Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance):

The Full Board meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)  / Hell’s Kitchen Culture Crawl and HYHK Alliance’s End of Season Survey/ Room to Grow’s Fill-a-Truck Event / Curbside Composting Information Sessions / The Green Room, a live music and arts series at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea /  

The Full Board of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4): Wednesday, November 6, 6:30pm-9pm Online via Zoom & YouTube and In-Person at Mount Sinai West (1000 10th Ave. btw. West 58th & 59th Sts. 2nd floor Conference Room B | The full membership of MCB4 convenes to, collectively, take care of business. Click here to view the agenda and draft versions of letters generated by individual committees and voted on by the Board’s full membership (approved as is, pending changes per Full Board discussion or, rarely, returned to committee for more work). Atop the Agenda: A presentation by the Midtown North and Midtown South Precinct Community Councils (citizen-run groups dedicated to meetings during which the public can interact with leadership from their their local NYPD precinct). A Public Hearing—this time, on the topic of District Needs and Budget Requests—lets you speak directly to the Board, as does the Public Session, during which you can opine on any topic(s) of choice. To attend via Zoom (and register for the Public Hearing & Session), click here. There will also be a sign-up sheet at the meeting for those attending in person. To view it live via CB4’s YouTube channel, click here. (Note: MCB4 meetings can be viewed after the fact, as archived recordings on the YouTube channel.) To attend via phone, call 646-518-9805 (when prompted, the Webinar ID s 986 0945 5541). For info about all things MCB4, their website can be found by clicking here.

Hell’s Kitchen Culture Crawl (Friday, November 8 through Sunday, November 10) and HYHK Alliance End of Season Survey (active through afternoon of Fri, Nov. 8) | The Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance (aka HYHK, the area’s Business Improvement District) presents its first-ever Culture Crawl. The three-day event “invites audiences to participate in free and discounted visual arts, dance, and theatre programming in Hell’s Kitchen.” Baryshnikov Arts, The Pershing Square Signature Center, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts are among the destinations. Attending any of the scheduled events will get you a Passport, used to “collect a unique stamp at each stop along the Crawl. Each stamp enters you to win gift cards to HK restaurants. For each event you attend, you increase your chances of winning fun prizes that you can redeem at beloved neighborhood dining destinations!” For the full schedule and to learn more head to hyhkalliance.org/culturecrawl. If you’ve had occasion to partake of spring through fall 2024 programming from HYHK (primarily in Bella Abzug Park) “and would like to share feedback or ideas for new programs,” says the Alliance, “please complete our brief program feedback survey. Complete the survey to be entered to win a $50 gift card to a restaurant within the BID. A winner will be drawn on November 8th at 5:00pm.” To access the survey, click here.

Room to Grow’s Fill-a-Truck Event: Saturday, November 9, 9:30am to 12pm at PS 340 (64 West 17th St.) | Now in its second decade, nonprofit Room to Grow provides parents and caregivers raising babies born into low-income circumstances with strategies, support, and essential baby and toddler items to promote their early childhood development.

Currently, Room to Grow is in particular need of toys, board books, Spanish-language books, and warm toddler clothing. How great is that need? Well, for starters, enough fill a large vehicle to capacity—hence, November 9’s Fill-a-Truck event. “Families will be able to donate new and like new baby and toddler items for children aged 0 to 3,” note event organizers, adding, “Whilst we accept many items, there are some items we are unable to accept, including strollers, car seats, large toys and stuffed animals. The attached flyer includes a copy of our Donation Guidelines, listing the items we can and cannot accept.”

JewCE! The Jewish Comics Experience: Sunday, November 10, 10am-5pm followed by the JewCE Awards, 6:30pm-8pm at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th St.) | A full day of panels, interactive workshops, and family-friendly activities celebrate the past and present impact of Jewish culture on comics and pop culture. At 10am, the workshop Jump Into Drawing Comics! is open to all ages and skill levels. Notes illustrator Josh Edelglass, who leads the workshop, “We’ll investigate and uncover the special language of comics through a series of fun cartooning exercises.” After that, participants will apply what they’ve learned to the creation of a one-page comic of their own. Moderated by Roy Schwartz, the 2:30pm panel Batman at 85 seeks the “secrets behind the cowl, including whether Batman is actually Jewish.” The panelists are Jordan B. Gorfinkel (former Batman group editor at DC, Birds of Prey creator, writer of the Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel), Athena Finger (granddaughter of Batman co-creator Bill Finger), and Danny Fingeroth (Marvel Comics group editor). Having attended last year, CCNews correspondent Charli Battersby noted that the first-ever JewCE “was announced before October 7, although the timing of the event is perfectly in tune with November 2023’s zeitgeist.” (Click here for Battersby’s full 2023 report, and keep an eye out next week as we’ll be publishing his account of JewCE 2024.) Coming up on October 10, the 4pm panel Israeli Graphic Novels After October 7 looks at how events on and after the titular date “forever changed life in Israeli society and for Jews around the world, especially in America.” Bestselling non-fiction author Sean Wise is joined by Uri Fink (creator the comic series Zbeng), award-winning illustrator and cartoonist Koren Shadmi, and writer/Omri Rose for a discussion about how graphic novels, are dealing with this current moment and looking to the future. Also throughout the day: At Artis Alley, meet comics creators and get them to sign their work; view a variety of comics, graphic novels, and merchandise at the Exhibit Hall; and participate in family-friendly activities including workshops and games. From 6:30pm-8pm, the daylong event concludes with the JewCE Awards, created in honor of those whose work addresses Jewish comic book narratives, themes, and characters. “This event is not just an awards ceremony,” say its founders, “it’s a testament to the diverse voices and stories that have shaped Jewish storytelling in the comic medium. Tickets are $15-$30 depending upon level of access; discounts for Center for Jewish History members; free for children under 12. To purchase tickets and access the complete schedule, click here.

Curbside Composting Information Sessions: Tuesday, November 12, 5pm-6pm at Penn South Community Room 8A (343 8th Ave., btw. W. 26th & 28th Sts.); and Tuesday, November 19, 7pm-8pm Manhattan Plaza’s Ellington Room (400 W. 43rd St., btw. 9th & 10th Aves.) | See the below flyer for details. To register for one of the upcoming sessions, click here.

The Green Room, a Live Music and Arts Series at Verdi Cannabis (158 W. 23rd St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) | Having opened in January, legal cannabis distributor Verdi Cannabis gets down to the business of regular event programming “We are doing this to bring the community together through music, arts, and cannabis; to make Verdi a safe, comfortable, fun place for people to come to and experience culture,” says Green Room co-curator Kenny Cunningham. The music part of the series happens every Thursday (generally, in the 6:30pm to 9:30pm time period). The current featured artist is painter and vocalist Susan Saar, whose work was “created mostly while listening to live jazz.” To keep up with what’s up with Verdi, click here to visit their website.