Weekanerd NYC: Red Red Wine, Alex Robinson, Gary Trudeau, and Rescue Me

Monday, November 3rd

• Cafe Scientifique: How Red Wine Helps The Heart and Other Chemical Mysteries
  
• 7:30 @ Rialto Restaurant, 265 Elizabeth St., Manhattan

Elsewhere on this day, Holly Hunter will be giving a talk and Coppala will be screening something or other, but any event that will tell me about why getting boozed up is good for me is where I want to be. Scott Snyder of Columbia University will be bringing the good news. Free.

Tuesday, November 4th

• Comic Book Club with Alex Robinson and Rick Spears
  
• 8pm @ The People's Improv Theater, 154 W. 29th Street, Manhattan
  

Alex Robinson is the artist behind Box Office Poison, Tricked, and his new monster-slashing opus, Lower Regions. He's also a class act, a funny guy, and an all around great interview subject, so this episode of New York's only live comic book talk show promises to be a good time. Throw in Rick Spears of Black Metal and Pirates of Coney Island and a $5 ticket price, and you can't go wrong.

Wednesday, November 5th

• Gary Trudeau
  
• 1pm @ The 92nd Street YMCA, at 92nd and Lexington, Manhattan
  

I know web comics are all the rage with the kids, but let's give the masters of the modern age their due. This talk is $20, but there are a limited number of $10 tix for those of us under 35, which is a damn good deal.

Thursday, November 6th

• Rescue Me Signing
  
• 7pm @ Borders, 2 Pen Plaza, Manhattan
  

I bet we've got some Rescue Me fans out there, or at the very least some Denis Leary fans who, like me, were glued to the Endless Stand-Up era of Comedy Central for many of their formative years.