Italian American Women, Food, and Identity: Stories at the Table
Thursday, October 25, 6:00-8:00
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY, 25 West 43rd St. (Fifth-Sixth Aves., 17th fl.), Manhattan
www.CalandraInstitute.org/events/italian-american-women-food-and-identity-stories-at-the-table
Free admission; reserve a seat by calling 212-642-2094
Food and Inequality
Thursday, October 25, 6:00-7:30; lecture series concludes November 27
Vagelos Education Center, 104 Haven Ave. (West 171st-West 172nd Sts., room 201), Manhattan
www.Mailman.Columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/seminars-conferences/food-public-health-and-social-justice
Free admission with online registration
Sister Pie: The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit
Thursday, October 25, 6:00-8:00
Smith Canteen, 343 Smith St. (Carroll-President Sts.), Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
www.CherryBombe.com/merch/sister-pie-cherry-bombe
Tickets: general admission, $10; advance purchase recommended
NYC Food Film Festival
Concludes Thursday through Sunday, October 25-28, various hours
Various locations in Manhattan
www.TheFoodFilmFestival.com
See website for details on events and ticket availability
Bethel United Methodist Church Cranberry Festival
Friday, October 26, turkey-dinner seatings at 4:30, 6:00, and 7:30; Saturday, breakfast 8:00-11:00, lunch 12:30-3:00ish
Bethel United Methodist Church, 7033 Amboy Rd., Tottenville, Staten Island
www.BethelUMCSI.com/uploads/3/3/1/0/3310513/cranberry_flyer_2018.pdf
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2014/11/bethel-united-methodist-church-cranberry-festival.html
Friday turkey dinner: adults, $12; children, $10; call 718-356-8485 for reservations; free admission on Saturday for a la carte breakfast and lunch
Meatpacking District Harvest Fest
Rescheduled for Saturday, November 3
Hudson River Park's 14th Street Park, Tenth Ave. between 14th and 15th Sts., Manhattan
www.Meatpacking-District.com/events/harvestfest
Free admission
Dashain celebration of Adhikaar ("rights," in Nepali)
Saturday, October 27, noon-4:00
7107 Woodside Ave. (71st-72nd Sts.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/events/450428288780280
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2016/10/dashain-celebration-of-adhikaar.html
Free admission
Opening day: Winter Village in Bryant Park
Saturday, October 27, noon-8:00; continues daily through January 2
Bryant Park, between 40th and 42nd Sts. and Fifth and Sixth Aves., Manhattan
www.BryantPark.org/eat-drink/holiday-shops
Free admission
Season finales, October 27-28
Hester Street Fair
Smorgasburg, Williamsburg
Brooklyn Flea, Industry City
Cancelled: Queens International Night Market
Cancelled: Bronx Night Market
Brooklyn Flea, Dumbo
Free admission to all
St. Lucia House Foundation Jounen Kwéyòl
Sunday, October 28, 11:00-???
St. Lucia House, 438 East 49th St. (Church-Snyder Aves.), East Flatbush, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/164131296972942/photos/a.1136601603059235/2237187986333919
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2014/10/st-lucia-jounen-kweyol.html
Admission: $5
Lights of Diwali Ethnic Bazaar & Street Fair
Rescheduled for Sunday, October 28, 11:00-7:00
Outside the Cast Iron Lofts, 17th St. between Coles St. and Jersey Ave., Jersey City
www.Facebook.com/events/732986463707489
Free admission
Day of the Dead at St. Mark's
Rescheduled for Sunday through Tuesday, October 28-30, noon-6:00, rain or shine
East yard, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 131 East 10th St. (at Second Ave.), Manhattan
www.ManoAMano.us/en/day-of-the-dead-dia-de-muertos-nyc.html
Free admission
Just Food G.A.L.A.
Tuesday, October 30, 7:30-10:00
Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St. (Sixth-Seventh Aves.), Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/just-food-gala-tickets-50131516716
Tickets: $65 and up; proceeds benefit Just Food
Having A Ball: How the Meatball Became a Global Citizen
Thursday, November 1, 6:30-8:30
Museum of Food and Drink, 62 Bayard St. (Lorimer-Leonard Sts.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.MOFAD.org/events/2018/9/26/having-a-ball-how-the-meatball-became-a-global-citizen
Tickets: $30
One in a series presented by MOFAD
Storytelling Cafe: Cannoli, Kanafe, and Kulfi
Thursday, November 1, 7:00-9:00
City Lore, 56 East 1st St. (First-Second Aves.), Manhattan
www.CityLore.org/event/storytelling-cafe-cannoli-kanafe-kulfi-hosted-by-annie-lanzilotto
Tickets: $15 advance/$20 onsite
Bitten: A Food Conversation
Thursday, November 1, 8:30-3:30
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd St. (Eighth-Ninth Aves.), Manhattan
www.ThisIsBitten.com
Tickets: $225 and up
Sold out/waitlisted: Dinners of the Past: From the President's Table, October 25
Ongoing: Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), Friday through Sunday; Queens International Night Market, Saturday (through October 27); Hester Street Fair, Saturday; (through October 27); Smorgasburg, Williamsburg, Saturday (through October 27); Brooklyn Flea, Industry City, Saturday (through October 27); Farmers Market at Marcus Garvey Park, Saturday (through November 10); Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday; outdoor Fulton Stall Market, Sunday (through December 23); Brooklyn Flea, Dumbo, Sunday (through October 28); Feeding the City, Monday through Saturday (through March 2019); Broadway Bites, daily (through November 2); Winter Village in Bryant Park, daily (through January 2); New York Greenmarkets, various days; Down to Earth Markets, various days
Food courts (and the like): Arthur Avenue Retail Market, Berg'n, Brookfield Place, Canal Street Market, Chelsea Market, City Kitchen, DeKalb Market Hall, Eataly, Essex Street Market, The Falchi Building, Fei Long Supermarket Food Court, Food Gallery 32, Gansevoort Market, Golden Shopping Mall, Gotham Market at the Ashland, Gotham West Market, Grand Central Terminal dining concourse, Industry City food hall, Moore Street Market, New World Mall Food Court, New York Food Court, North 3rd Street Market, The Pennsy, The Plaza Food Hall, Queens Crossing, Turn-Style, Urbanspace @ 570 Lexington, Urbanspace Vanderbilt
Classes: See the schedules of the Astor Center, The Brooklyn Kitchen, Camaje Bistro & Lounge, De Gustibus, Haven's Kitchen, the Institute of Culinary Education, the International Culinary Center, the League of Kitchens, Murray's Cheese, the National Gourmet Institute, and La Scuola di Eataly, and the roundup of classes on CourseHorse
Walking tours: Tag along with Big Onion, City Food Tours, Culinary Backstreets, Ethnojunkie, Food and Footprints, Fun Foodie NYC, In Food We Trust, the Institute of Culinary Education, Jack Eichenbaum, Joe DiStefano, the Museum of Chinese in America, Noshwalks, Pig Feet Walking Tours, Ray's Food & Walking Tours, Queens Food Tours, Queens Food Tours, Sidewalks of NY, Turnstile Tours, Urban Oyster, and "Wildman" Steve Brill
Tickets on sale: Food Loves Tech, November 2-3; Fundraising liwetan (communal meal eaten by hand) for earthquake and tsunami relief in Indonesia, November 3; Ethnic Jewish Food Festival, November 3; Sweet and Sour: Chinese Food and Immigrant Identity, November 7; The Future of the Jewish Deli, November 7; Sumo Stew, November 12; A Tribute to Karen Hess and Presentation of the Amelia Award, November 13; Taste of Ridgewood, November 15; LuckyRice New York Feast, November 16; Brooklyn Chili Takedown, November 18; The Secret Lives of Coffee and Tea, November 19; Farming While Black, November 27 (free admission with online registration); The Great Northeast Cheese and Dairy Fest, December 1; Latke Festival, December 3; Brush Up on Your Latkes, December 4
On the radar: St. Anthony's International Festival, November 2-4; Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church Bazaar, November 2-4; Canstruction, November 2-15; Divya Jyoti Association Diwali Motorcade & Cultural Show, November 3; St. Spyridon Greek Food Festival and Bazaar, November 9-11; Slovenian Feast of St. Martin, November 11; Wat Buddha Thai Royal Kathina Celebration, November 11; Norwegian Seamen's Church Christmas Fair, November 15-18; Church of Sweden Christmas Fair, November 16-18; Holy Cross Armenian Food Festival, November 17; Danish Seamen's Church Christmas Fair, November 17; Indonesian bazaar at St. James Parish Hall, November 17; Our Lady of Grace Parish Christmas Fair, November 17-18; Estonian Christmas Bazaar, December 1; Ukrainian Museum Christmas Bazaar, December 1-2; Finnish Christmas Fair, December 8
