Our curated events picks for this week: PEN World Voices Festival, Parisians vs. New Yorkers at the French Embassy, the New Yorker's passport to the arts.
Some hotels have a resident artist, others have a resident band. But how many hotels can boast of a resident cat? Meet Matilda, the charming, gracious Ragdoll feline who holds court at the Algonquin hotel in New York City.
A special edition of our weekly curated list of events with information about volunteering for Hurricane Sandy Relief.
At the New Yorker Festival, Geoffrey Canada, Katherine Boo, Jose Antonio Vargas and Abhijit Banerjee debate the urban implications of poverty and immigration.
New Yorker writer Judith Thurman interviewed Alison Bechdel about her graphic memoirs, LGBT issues and family as part of the New Yorker Festival.
The First Person Plural reading series opener featured Paul LaFarge, Lynne Tillman, and LoVid last night at Shrine Harlem.