Please stop by 177 Livingston on Thursday and Friday for two TC-related events. On Thursday at 7:30, Eliot Weinberger and Jeffrey Yang will be presenting "Natural Histories," a selection of readings about animals large and small. Weinberger is a translator of Spanish and Chinese poetry and one of the best essayists working today, polemical and lyric by turns; Yang is poetry editor at New Directions and an excellent poet. TC contributor John Latta wrote about Weinberger here, here, and here, and about Yang's An Aquarium here. More info is available here.
On Friday at 7:30, at Light Industry, TC senior editor William Smith will be presenting "In Collaboration," a screening of works shot by Robert Fiore, followed by a discussion with Fiore. Friday's program includes work by Joan Jonas, the Maysles brothers, Richard Serra, and Brian De Palma, and, one hopes, something from Pumping Iron. More details are available here.