Apartment Therapy New York | Weekly Events Calendar: 9.21.05

Art & Design Events...

It's Nesting Month at Apartment Therapy!
- This month we will be focusing on getting the apartment back into shape as the hot induced lethargy wears off
- Next month's theme is Fall Colors with the I've Got Color! Contest --Show us your most colorful room, provide tips and resources for readers to follow, and you could win a hefty prize, courtesy of CB2!

LA Launch Party for Apartment Therapy !
- OK 8303 West Third St. West Hollywood, Sept 22nd, 7-9pm

Municipal Arts Society's "The Very Small Home"
- Azby Brown discusses Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space
- Lecture, Book Signing, Wine and Cheese Reception
- Wednesday, 09/21/2005, 6:30-8:30pm
- Urban Center Books, 457 Madison Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets, Gallery 1, 212.935.3595
- Registration: agean@mas.org

GreenHome September Forum: International Green Building Movement
- September 21st , 6:30 - 8:00 pm
- Hafele showroom, Madison Park, 25 East 26th Street
- Neil Chamber and founder of Green Ground Zero
- Registration: rsvp@greenhomenyc.org
Grand Central Terminal's Fall Inside Out Street Festival
- Vanderbilt Avenue between 42nd and 44th streets
- September 27th, 11 am to 6 pm

Queens County Fair
- 47 Acre Farm replete with livestock and produce competitions, pie-eating and corn-husking contests.
- Sept. 24th-25th from 11 to 6
- Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park. 718-347-3276

Brownstone and Iron: Views of the Village
- September 22nd, 6-8pm
- Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, 327 West 11st Street, between Greenwich and Washington Streets, 212.475.9585 x34

o2NYC's 'How sustainability thinking expands the role of design.'
- Alistair Fuad-Luke discusses his "Eco Design Handbook" --a comprehesive guide to 570 green products and 125 green materials
- September 22nd, 6:30-8:30 pm.
- Green Map System's offices, 131 Essex #2B.

CitySol! Music Festival
- Solar music party, green power sign-up drive and ecodesign market
- October 1st, 1-7 pm
- Solar1 in Stuyvesant Cove Park, 2420 FDR Drive (at 23rd Street)

Dean’s Dialogue on a Sustainable Future
- Susan Szenasy, Metropolis editor in chief, moderates a dialogue between deans of nine architecture schools in the NY Metro Area
- September 21st, 6-8pm, Reception/Party: 8-11pm
- Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place
- Rsvp@aiany.org or 212.358.6111

Armory's Modern Show
- 20th century art and furniture
- AT's very own Maxwell Ryan will lead a discussion on "Developing an Eye" on Saturday,
- October 14th, 15th & 16th , 11-7pm
- Lexington Avenue and 26th Street in Gramercy Park, 212.255.0020

Design Ideas for Small Spaces
- Domino and DWR host Sandy Chilewich, Gustavo Martinez, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz and Vicente Wolf
- DWR, 27 East 62nd St. 212.888.4539
- Sept. 21st, 7-9pm
- RSVP to e62nd@dwr.com by 9/19

Art Billboards unveiled this week
- 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

Jen Beckman's Annual Pin-Up Show
- Photos, prints, drawings, paintings exhibited and for sale
- Opening Reception September 21st, 6-9pm
- Above Fanelli's, 94 Prince St @ Mercer (buzz #1), 212.219.0166
- Through Oct 2nd, Thurs - Sun, 2pm - 8pm

GreenHome NYC's Fall Fundraiser
- Performances by Kara Suzanne & the GojoHearts, Cyan Tinted Soul, Kanipchen-fit, Motico, and Eiffel Tour
- September 23rd, 7-12pm
- Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg 70 North 6th Street (between Kent and Wythe) 718.782.5188
- Only $10
Humanscale's 6th Annual Competition to Benefit World Wildlife Fund--Faces in the Wild
- Designers are encouraged to submit art that represents a non-domesticated animal to be auctioned off
- Submissions must be received by Sept 16th. Contact Karen@BDEonline.biz
- September 29th, 5:30-8:30
- The Humanscale Showroom, 11 East 26th St, 8th fl.

Nocturne at David Allen Gallery
- Red Hook Landscapes by Jade Doskow
- Through October 16th
- 331 Smith St., 718-488-5568

AAF Contemporary Art Fair
- October 27th through 30th
- Pier 92, 52nd Street and 12th Avenue, New York City

Dutch Disturbance 2005
- Judith van den Boom at The Future Perfect
- Collection of porcelain figurines and vases with a fresh look at traditional Dutch identity
- Through October 6th
- 115 N 6th St. 718 599 6278