Weekly Events Calendar: 11.09.05

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Art & Design Events...

It's Best Of The Guide month. Join us in figuring out what qualifies as the greatest in the AT world.

Designing the Taxi: Rethinking NYC's Moveable Public Space
- November 2nd through January 15th
- Parsons The New School for Design. 2 West 13th St.

The Modern Dinner Plate at DWR
- Talk and show by James Victore, artist and designer, who has depicted politics, culture, and everyday life on dinner plates
- November 10th, 7-9pm
- 408 West 14th Street

The Plain of Heaven: The High Line's Transformation Explored
- Through November 20th
- Creative Time sponsors Artist conversations on Saturdays at 2 P.M.
- 820 Washington St

What's New with Lighting
- Gothenburg Lighting Festival founder Olle Anderson discusses the latest lighting options from Scandanavia.
- November 09, 2005
- BGA Showroom, 257 Park Avenue South, 6th fl. 212.460.5050 ext. 14

Municpal Art Society's Walking Tour of Art Deco Midtown
- November 11th, 11:00 a.m.
- Urban Center, 457 Madison Avenue at 51st Street.

Apartment Therapy Walks the Island
- Join AT on an epic Broadway stroll
- Sunday, 9:30am or anytime throughout the day when you can track them down

Fall Foliage Walk in Fort Tryon Park
- NY Restoration Project leads a colorful tour
- November 12th, 10am-noon
- Meet at Margaret Corbin Circle at the north end of Fort Washington Ave. 212.333.2552

Broadway Panhandler: Gingerbread Houses - NYC Style
- An assortment of New York City's top pastry chefs have created NYC Gingerbread Houses - gingerbread brownstones, 1 bedroom apartments, lofts and more
- Gingerbread house building demo on November 19th at 3pm
- Raffle to take home a yummy structure on November 28th (100% of the proceeds from the raffle will be donated to City Harvest)
- On display through November 23rd
- Broadway Panhandler 477 Broome Street

Housing Works Thrifts 10th Street Grand Opening
- 100% of the profits from this store go towards fighting HIV/AIDS and Homelessness
- Every Sunday through winter--partake in free baked goods from local bakeries
- 245 W. 10th St. (hudson/bleecker) 212.352.1618

Designing and Building Your Own Green/ Environmentally Healthy Home or Apartment
- Course on how dwellers can turn their apartments into green homes--covering topics ranging from energy efficiency to rooftop gardens to lighting and insulation.
- October 18th through November 22nd, 7 - 9 pm
- The Graduate Center of CUNY, and GreenHomeNYC
  The Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue @ 34th St., 212.817.8215

Field Experiments in art-architecture-landscape: Hombroich spaceplacelab
- View 14 projects integrating art, architecture and landscape by renowned architects and artists from around the world. Hombroich spaceplacelab is a laboratory for alternative modes of living.
- Through December 31st
- Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, 212.358.6111

Art Billboards
- Alex Katz's "Give Me Tomorrow" at 40 East 4th St
- Gary Hume's "Cheerleader" at 55 Houston St
- Lisa Sanditz's "Tie-Dye in the Wilderness" 343 Canal St