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

Curbside Composting Info Session / The 13th Precinct Community Council Meeting / Geraldine Page Centennial Celebration: A Screening Series  / The Green Room, a live music and arts series at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Kimchi-Making with Hooni Kim

Curbside Composting Information Sessions: 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 the session, click here.

The 13th Precinct Community Council Meeting: Tuesday, November 19, 6pm at 230 East 21st Street | Meetings normally take place in the early evening on the third Tuesday of the month, offering the public the oppotuity to interact with top precinct leadership. Please direct any questions before the meeting via email to Officer Marisa Gonzalez marisa.gonzalez3@nypd.org. These questions will be answered first. For the 13th Precinct’s web page, click here to access general info, find the next Build the Block meeting in one of the Precinct’s four Sectors (A, B, C, D), and download the latest Crime Statistics in PDF or Excel format. Note: The 13th Precinct serves a southern portion of Midtown, Manhattan. Areas of coverage: The Peter Cooper Village/Stuyvesant Town residential complex, Gramercy Park, the lower portion of Rosehill, Madison Square Park, and Union Square Park. Located at 230 E. 21st Street, the precinct’s main phone number is 212-477-7427.

Geraldine Page Centennial Celebration: A Screening Series at Torn Page (435 W. 22nd St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves.) / Tuesdays at 7pm on November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 17, and January 7 & 14.  | As our arts reporter Trav S.D. observed of Geraldine Page in this preview piece, “The widely respected stage and screen actress, who passed away in 1987, would be turning 100 this coming November 22. To mark the occasion, Torn Page, the family-run arts space located in Page’s former West 22nd Street apartment, will be presenting eight Tuesday night film screenings from November 12 through January 14—the perfect antidote, one thinks, to very challenging times. . . Remarkably, Page was nominated for an Oscar for each of the eight films presented in this series. The film for which she won a Best Actress Oscar, The Trip to Bountiful (1985), will lead off on November 12. Also screening in the series will be The Pope of Greenwich Village (1985), the early Franis Ford Coppola film You’re a Big Boy Now (1966) featuring Page’s husband, Rip Torn, Woody Allen’s Interiors (1977), the 1972 Walter Matthau-Carol Burnett team-up Pete ‘n’ Tillie, Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) also with Torn, Williams’ Summer and Smoke (1961), and the 1953 John Wayne western Hondo. Each film in the series will open with remarks by a colleague who had worked with Page, who won two Emmys and two Golden Globes, and was nominated for four Tonys. Few attain that level of recognition.” All events are free, but seating is extremely limited. For the complete schedule and the RSVP link, 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. November’s roster is as follows: Thursday, 11/21, it’s music from High-Fi 4, from 7pm-9:30pm. Friday, 11/29, DANKSGIVING is the Green Room Live Music Series Takeover by Dank. Music from IRIEspect, 7pm-9:30pm. Saturday, 11/23, celebrate the official launch of clothing and lifestyle brand Amsterdam 2 Brooklyn, from Verdi’s own Rich Perez.

Currently on the walls at Verdi is the work of Chris Capaci, self-described as “a Jersey City resident since 2010” who has “dedicated over 20 years to the arts of both photography and video.” His subject matter includes portraits of people, food and cocktails, natural landscapes, and bustling city streets. Learn more via @capacityimages on Facceboook, Instagram, & “X” (aka Twitter). To keep up with what else is up with Verdi, click here to visit their website.

Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea: Saturdays, 9am-2pm | Seasonal, local food by vendors you can rely on for the basics and trust when it comes to embracing new cuisine and ingredients is the great strength of this weekly Market that pops up Saturdays, 9am-2pm, on West 23rd Street Off of Ninth Ave. And they’ve been there, early spring to early winter, year in and year out for a full decade (an occasion celebrated at the October 12 Market). A tip worth taking: Click here to sign up for their newsletter, and every week you’ll get a preview of what’s so special about the next Market.  Also a source of food for thought in advance of each Saturday’s Market: A visit to its online presecce (click here to do so). A new addition for 2024: Textile Recycling! Bring your linens, old clothes, shoes, torn, stained, or new to recycle (look for the green bin). Also Note: Food Benefit Programs are welcome. Go to the Manager’s Tent to use your SNAP EBT card and get tokens to spend with the vendors. Matching Health Bucks are available ($2 for every $2 withdrawn, up to $10). FMNP vouchers can be used June-November. For a full explanation of benefits, visit this link. NYC residents who have questions about the FMNP program can dial 311.

Kimchi-Making with Hooni Kim: Sunday, November 24 at 4pm at PLATFORM (inside Pier 57, located at 25 11th Ave. at West 15th St.) | Michelin-starred chef and owner of Market 57’s Little Banchan Shop, Hooni Kim, will guide you through this hands-on kimchi-making class at PLATFORM–Pier 57’s showcase kitchen/educational space. Participants will learn about the art of making two types of kimchi: napa cabbage and Korean radish. Among the authentic ingredients provided will be Hooni’s own gochugaru (made with peppers grown in Haenem, Korea). In addition, the Korean alcoholic beverage “takju”(from Brooklyn brewery Hana Makgeolli) will be served as a traditional accompaniment to the flavors of kimchi. Proud graduates of the class will emerge having their created their very own batch of kimchi, whose fermentation process continues at home. Tickets are available for $65 or for $100 with a copy of My Korea by Hooni Kim. To purchase tickets, click here.

—-Listings compiled by Scott Stiffler

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