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MONDAY

Head to Hous Projects gallery to catch two photo exhibits by artists Scott Davis and Tara Bogart before they close September 1.

It’s also your last chance to catch The Parade, Nathalie Djurberg’s eerie and unnerving show, up at the New Museum until September 2.

Catch The Landlord at BAM this evening, a comic and poignant portrait of race relations in NYC in the 1970s.

TUESDAY

Bryant Park’s Word for Word Poetry series presents an evening of ekphrastic poetry, featuring Eduardo C. Corral, Sharon Dolin, Dean Kostos, and Michael T. Young.

WEDNESDAY

Join author of Snowball’s Chance, John Reed, and president of the National Book Critics Circle, Eric Banks, at McNally Jackson for a lively literary debate.

Victor LaValle will read from his recent novel, The Devil in Silver, at BookCourt.

THURSDAY

In anticipation of the new exhibition, NEWSFEED: Anonymity & Social Media in African Revolutions and Beyond Curatorial Series, opening on October 18, MoCADA and Greenlight Bookstore are hosting a supplementary reading series. Head to MoCADA for the second installment of this series, Occupying Wall Street: The Inside Story of an Action That Changed America by Writers for the 99%, with Amity Paye and Jessica Moore.

Head to EFA Project Space for a reception and open house featuring works by artists who participated in the 2012 Residency for Arts Workers as Artists, including Jonathan Durham, Francis Estrada, Howard Halle, Elizabeth Hamby, Jamie Kim, Naomi Miller and Sarah Walko.

FRIDAY

Flash back to cinema of the 1970s with Turkish film Kartal Yuvasi at The Spectacle, or Rock and Roll High School at Nitehawk. Vastly varied; take your pick.