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November 13 – November 19, 2011

1/ Let’s Bowl Again

AIGA/NY does more than just talk, we walk the laminate flooring walk, in rented bowling shoes. Grab your best bowling buds and come compete in our Second Annual Bowling Night.

When: Monday, November 14, 2011, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Where: 300 New York at Chelsea, NYC

Price: Team lanes and the Spare Sharks are all sold out! If you want to be on a wait list please contact

2/ Hangover Square and the Rise & Fall of Laird Cregar

Author Gregory Mank will introduce the film Hangover Square (1945). Film screening will be followed by a discussion of its star, Laird Cregar.

When: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 6:15 pm

Where: Department of Cinema Studies, NYU, Michelson Theater, 721 Broadway, 6th Floor, NYC

Price: Free and open to the public

3/ The User: The New Auteur

During the last few decades of the twentieth century, the outlets for niche and genre films—horror, action, sci fi, documentary and foreign language, began disappearing. Because they were low-budget, these films could afford to be highly experimental, and so they served to advance the craft of filmmaking. The New Auteur demonstrates how each of us is an active participant in forming this new landscape of online cinema.

When: Ongoing through March 4, 2012 all day, each day

Where: MAD Museum, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC

Price: Free with museum admission

4/ User Research Friday

User Research Friday is a casual one-day conference about UX research. Since 2006 it has brought together the user research and design community for advanced topics, methodology, and drinks. The 2011 conference will focus on “The Hard Stuff”: user research about devices, phones, and other non-software parts of our world.

When: Friday, November 18, 2011, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Where: Interaction Design MFA Department, School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21 Street, 3rd Floor, NYC

Price: Free and open to the general public with rsvp