Whassup: First Snow Edition

via dumpday.comWell, we got a little snow this week, as every single Facebook friend in NY said in their statuses. It's a good thing they did, too, because I refuse to look outside to check the weather. It raises the risk that I might glimpse a bird, realize the absurdity of working in an office, strip off all my clothes, and run free into the wilderness as a wildman. Then, my credit cards would lapse, and I'd lose my Netflix account. But now that the NYC sky has broken its snow seal for the season, we can look forward to probably at least a couple white dumps that almost instantaneously turn brown with muck. All the more reason to attend fun events at places that serve core-warming whiskey. Welcome to Whassup: First Snow Edition:

* Thursday, Nov. 14: Veterans Read, Old Stone House: Here's a very Brooklyn-appropriate, and very cool, way to honor veterans: a collection of service-men and -women-turned-writers will share their work at this reading, hosted by Brooklyn Reading Works. Authors include Air Force vet and poet Lynn Hill, ex-Marine and fiction writer Phil Klay, and more. Attending this event might even be more meaningful than attaching a yellow-ribbon magnet to your car. 8pm, FREE. 

* Friday, Nov. 15: Gorilla 2 Opens, Bergen St.: If you enjoy Gorilla Coffee's fine brews and history of drama, then your options for simian-themed java enjoyment double today. Gorilla will open a second spot at 472 Bergen Street, and it sounds like they're fancifying things a bit, with "a rotating list of single-origin coffees," according to Park Slope Stoop. You are intended to learn coffee-ish things from the baristas, instead of just hoping that the cute, perky one is hitting on you (she's not).   

* Friday, Nov. 15: Whaling with Melville, WORD (Greenpoint): Celebrating the anniversary of "Moby Dick's" American publication date (Nov. 14, 1851), WORD has all sorts of Melvillian goodies: sea shanties, "Moby-Dick" the sitcom preview, along with a Dickish card game, book report, journalism, beards, trivia and more. You can also put Dick-like things in your body, with clam chowder from Littleneck and beer provided by Harpoon Brewery (get it?). If that doesn't convince you, just remember that "Moby Dick" is hands-down the greatest piece of literature to consist mostly of the words Dick, seamen, and sperm. 7pm, FREE.

* Saturday, Nov. 16: Space Jam Party, Bell House: The "Space Jam" website is a wonderful Internet time capsule -- frozen in mid-1990s style. If you remain similarly frozen due to nostalgia and an inability to admit you now have a gut, then please enjoy yourself at this "Party Like It's 1999" session. They'll be spinning songs from the film (hint, probably something by a Mr. R. Kelly) and other '90s, ahem, jams. 10pm, FREE. 

 * Sunday, Nov. 17: Chili Takedown, Bell House: This epicness of chiliness has sold out per yoozsh, but Bell House, out of the chiliness of their own hearts, are offering a giveaway. Enter here to potentially win. The lucky, hungry soul (and associated stomach) will be notified by noon Friday. Event is 2pm Sunday.

* ONGOING: Project LeafDrop, Various Sites: Collect all those leaves mouldering on your stoop/sidewalk/face and give them to community gardens in search of mulch. Various sites around Park Slope and surrounding 'hoods will be hosting drop-offs in November and December.