Weekend Picks: Esperanza Spalding, Scary Movie Series, more
Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding performs from her new release, "Radio Music Society," with a 12-piece world-class band. (Fri. and Sat., $40-$65, 8 p.m., Apollo Theater, 253 W. 125th St., 212-531-5300)
Eek! Get into the Halloween spirit with The Film Society at Lincoln Center's Scary Movie Series, featuring new scary flicks, campy cult classics and rarely screened horror picks. (Fri.-Wed., $8-$13, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 W. 65th St., filmlinc.com)
Get an up-close look at the gorgeous fall foliage on the daylong Hornblower Cruises' Hudson Valley Sights of the Season Cruise - plus, it's co-hosted by City Winery and Jacques Torres Chocolate, so there'll be great wine and tasty sweets aboard, plus breakfast, lunch and a narrated tour. (Sat. and Nov. 3, $95-$159, 11 a.m., Pier 40, 353 West St., hornblower.com)
Celebrate the one-year anniversary of Bare! - which brings together storytellers, comedians and others to share true tales of sex, desire and romance. (Sun., $10, 8 p.m., The Bell House, 149 Seventh Ave., Gowanus, 718-643-6510)
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
