8 things to do in New York this week

Are in The Eight-Day Week in The New York Observer, from a conversation about James Baldwin to Ralph Steadman, National Poetry Month, a restaurant with 800 bottles of wine and more. Do keep sending your NYC event listings at least 2 weeks in advance with full details (date/time/address/phone number/price/description in body) to 8dayweek at observer.com and please pass that on to anyone you know organizing cool events in NYC. Thanks for reading!