ANTIQUES

GOOD OLD DAYS The Triple Pier Antiques Show is one of the largest gatherings of antique dealers in the country. Walking shoes are a must for antique-lovers browsing the furniture, fashion, memorabilia, and art spread out over three piers that span five city blocks. Sneak preview: Fridays, November 12 and 19, 4-7 p.m., $35. Regular hours: Saturdays, November 13 and 20, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sundays, November 14 and 21, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 88, 90, and 92, Twelfth Avenue between 48th and 55th streets, $15. Note: Some sections open earlier on Saturdays, see www.stellashows.com for full schedule.

BENEFITS

WINNING EVENT Morley Safer hosts the New York Hall of Science’s Victory Gala, which honors Mets owner Fred Wilpon and NYU professor Red Burns. The president of the Bank of New York, Gerald Hassell, receives the award for technology in the financial services industry. Tonight, 6:30 p.m. cocktails, 7:30 p.m. dinner, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St. at 47th Avenue, Flushing, Queens, 212-627-1000, 212-627-1000, $50.

HEALING ARTS A benefit for Fractured Atlas features dance, opera, and spoken word performances by emerging artists. The nonprofit provides health care, grants, and affordable rehearsal spaces for artists and arts organizations. Saturday, 7-11 p.m., the New 42nd Street Studios, 229 W. 42nd St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, 917-606-0857, $50 general, $20 members.

ARTY PARTY An art auction and dinner honors artist and National Academy board member Sharon Korman. On the auction block are works by Wolf Kahn, Richard Estes, and Ms. Korman herself. Proceeds benefit the National Academy School of Fine Arts. Monday, 6 p.m. cocktails, 7:30 p.m. dinner and live auction, 8:30 p.m. silent auction, 212-369-4880 ext. 202, $300-$1,000 general, $100-$300 for dessert and silent auction (arrival after 8:30 p.m.).

BOOKS

LIFE GOES ON Professor Alan Segal reads from his book “Life After Death” (Doubleday). The book explores the ways that Western religions approach the question of the afterlife, starting from contemporary American views from the religious and political right and left. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnard College, Julius Held Lecture Hall, 304 Barnard Hall, 3009 Broadway at 117th Street, 212-854-2037, free.

MAGIC MAN Memoirist Augusten Burroughs reads from his collection of true short stories, “Magical Thinking” (St. Martin’s). Mr. Burroughs’s previous book, “Dry,” focused on his life after rehab, and his first, “Running with Scissors,” explained how he got there. Tomorrow, 6 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.

MADISON’S AVENUES New York’s first lady, Libby Pataki, signs her children’s book “Madison in New York” (VSP Books), which follows a young girl as she gives her puppy a tour of New York from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper East Side, 240 E. 86th St. at Second Avenue, 212-794-1962, free.

FILM

MUCH JARMUSCH A retrospective of the work of independent director Jim Jarmusch kicks off with a screening of his first feature, “Permanent Vacation” (1981). The film, which was made when Mr. Jarmusch was a student at NYU, is screened with a 2002 short starring Chloe Sevigny (tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.). Other highlights include 1986’s “Down by Law,” in which Tom Waits and Roberto Begnini share a jail cell (Saturday, 2, 4:30, 6:50, and 9:15 p.m.); “The Year of the Horse,” a 1997 documentary about Neil Young and Crazy Horse that was shot on 8mm film (Thursday, November 18, 7:30 p.m.); and the 1999 Forest Whitaker vehicle “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” (Friday, November 19, 2, 4:30, 6:45, and 9:15 p.m.). Festival: Tomorrow through Friday, November 19, days and times vary, BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave., between St. Felix Street and Ashland Place, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $10 general, $7 students on Monday-Thursday, $6 members, seniors, and children under 12.

TRIFFID TRAUMA Wave Hill looks at nature’s darker side in a series of science fiction movie screenings. Up next is the 1962 film “The Day of the Triffids,” which stars “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” actor Howard Keel, who passed away this week. The film tells the story of a meteorite shower that results in the escape of 7-foot-tall moving plants that go on the attack (Saturday). Other highlights include “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (November 20) and “20,000 Leagues under the Sea” (December 11). Saturdays through December 11, 3 p.m., Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Bronx, 718-549-3200 ext. 222, $4 general, $2 members.

FOOD & DRINK

COUNTER CULTURE The vegan restaurant Counter presents a dinner paired with organic wines. California winemaker Tony Coturri of Coturri Winery selected the drinks, which are complemented by food by the restaurant’s executive chef, Scott Barton. The menu includes vegetable ragout, bean cassoulet, and chocolate-and-chili soup. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Counter, 105 First Ave., between 6th and 7th streets, 212-982-5870, reservations with credit card required.

MUSIC

MEMORIES OF WAR The Collegiate Chorale opens its 63rd season with a performance of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” conducted by Robert Bass. The piece was commissioned for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed during the Battle of Britain in World War II. The text intersperses the Latin Mass for the Dead with poems by World War I poet Wilfred Owen. The Veteran’s Day concert also features the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. The concert is preceded by a lecture by British baritone Benjamin Luxon. Tomorrow, 7 p.m. talk, 8 p.m. performance, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $15-$85.

NEW YORK BJORK Multi-instrumentalist and composer Travis Sullivan leads the “Bjorkestra,” a collection of 18 jazz musicians who play the works of Icelandic popster Bjork. Friday, 7 p.m. doors open for first show, 9:30 p.m. doors open for second show, Fez Under Time Cafe, 380 Lafayette St. at Great Jones, 212-533-7000, $10.

SCANDINAVIAN SOUNDS Danish pianist Anne Oland performs works by Grieg, Beethoven, and Carl Nielsen. Ms. Oland has recorded all of Beethoven’s sonatas and the complete piano works of Nielsen. Friday, 7:30 p.m., Scandinavia House, Victor Borge Hall, 58 Park Ave. at 38th Street, 212-847-9740, $15 general, $10 members and students.

REMINISCENCE AND REQUESTS The first part of Canadian musician Gregory Charles’s show “Black & White” is an autobiographical work based on his childhood in Montreal. The second act is entirely made up of requests from the audience, as Mr. Charles shows off the talent that put him onstage at Carnegie Hall for a piano recital at age 12. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Beacon Theatre, 2124 Broadway at 74th Street, 212-307-7171, $30-$60.

SPELLING

MEN OF LETTERS Wordsmiths participate in a spelling bee that benefits the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. Spellers include Jonathan Ames, James Frey, Myla Goldberg (author of “Bee Season,” a novel about spelling bees), Adam Haslett, Tama Janowit z, Heidi Julavits, and Francine Prose. The principal editor for the Oxford English Dictionary, Jesse Sheidlower, serves as judge. Monday, 7 p.m., NYU Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, between Washington Square East and LaGuardia Place, 212-741-9110 ext. 16, $75.

TALKS

JAZZ RIFF A literature professor and the director of Columbia’s Center for Jazz Studies, Robert O’Meally, gives a talk as part of the “Harlem Speaks” lecture series. Mr. O’Meally discusses his scholarship on Ralph Ellison, Billie Holliday, and other figures in jazz history. Tomorrow, 6:30-8 p.m., Jazz Museum in Harlem, 104 E. 126th St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-348-8300, reservations requested.

TALKING ON AIR Artist Bryan Hunt discusses his work with fellow artist Eric Fischl and the director of the Montclair Art Museum, Patterson Sims. The New York City Parks Department awarded Mr. Hunt a permanent commission to be installed in Lower Manhattan next spring. The work will be based on his blimpshaped “Airship” works. Talk: Saturday, 1:30-3:30 p.m., free. Exhibit: Through Saturday, December 11, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 1018 Madison Ave., between 78th and 79th streets, second floor, 212-744-7400, free.

THEATER

SOUTH AFRICAN STAGE The South African lyric theater company Dimpho Di Kopane presents a series of four multilingual productions. Through Sunday, November 28, days and times vary, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Synod Hall, 1047 Amsterdam Ave. at 112th Street, 212-932-7314 for information, 212-581-1212 for tickets, $50 general, $25 seniors and students.

SICK PLANS AND PENGUINS Writer and performer Rich Zeroth’s short play “Swollen Head” is the story of a fifth-grader desperate for attention who feigns illness 127 days in a row. The result is a rare brain disease diagnosis and a school play devoted to his recovery. Adam Wade’s “Penguin,” a glimpse at high school life as observed by a penguin, is on the same bill. Tonight, 8 p.m., Saturday, 7 p.m., Juvie Hall, 24 Bond St. at Lafayette St., 917-650 5878, $7, no reservations.

KING SONG The Beijing Opera performs “The Adventures of the Monkey King” using spears, swords, and martial arts moves – all while attired in elaborate silk brocade costumes. The performance is tailored for American audiences, with some of the dialogue in English. Friday, 8 p.m., NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place at West 3rd Street, 212-992-8484, $35 general, $20 students.

HISTORY’S MISTRESSES Artists Without Limits Project presents two staged readings of “The Mistress Cycle,” a new musical by Jenny Giering and Beth Blatt. The work tells the interlocking stories of five women from different historical periods who are involved with married men. Broadway actresses including Rebecca Luker and Stephanie Bast lend their talents. Monday, 4 and 7 p.m., Tuesday, 3 p.m., Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 W. 46th St., between Ninth and Tenth avenues, 212-591-0705, free, reservations required.

TOURS

LUSCIOUS LESSON A walking tour that looks forward to Thanksgiving treats focuses on the stories and sweets of Greenwich Village. The NYC Discovery “dessert tour” includes chocolate snacks and stops at the homes of Edith Wharton, Henry James, and Mark Twain. Saturday and Sunday, 12:30 and 2:45 p.m., 212-465-3331 for reservations and meeting place, $17 includes sweets.

WORKSHOPS

E-ETIQUETTE A workshop tomorrow on e-mail etiquette helps “newbies” avoid the inadvertent blind cc, the mystery subject line, and the SCREAMING SENTENCE. Instructor Nancy Ancowitz offers advice on crafting concise, appropriate e-mail messages for both business and personal use. Tomorrow, 7-9 p.m., Makor, 35 W. 67th St., between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, 212-415-5500, $30.

PHOTOGRAPHY

LIGHT AND MOTION The inaugural exhibit at the new 57th Street location of the venerable photography gallery Bonni Benrubi is devoted to the Cubanborn artist Abelardo Morell. He uses his camera to create black-and-white images with Old World precision. Many photographs recall the early motion studies of Eadweard Muybridge, and Mr. Morell’s still lifes capture laboratory glassware and clock mechanisms with a tone of awed wonderment. A large portion of the exhibit is devoted to works created with a camera obscura, a device that uses light and a convex lens to project inverted images. Mr. Morell uses the technique to overlay a Tuscan landscape onto a spare bedroom, the Thames River merges with an office, and London’s Tower Bridge is combined with a nondescript bedroom in the city’s Tower Hotel. “Light Entering Our House” (2004) is at left and “Motion Study of Falling Pitchers” (2004) is above. Through Saturday, December 4, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Bonni Benrubi Gallery, 41 E. 57th St., between Madison and Park avenues, 13th floor, 212-888-6007, free.