1. I've never seen Midnight Cowboy on the big screen and am due to see it again. Not quite sure I'd call Film Forum's screens big, but you catch my drift. In case you're not familiar with the film, it stars John Voight and Dustin Hoffman in what has to be his best performance ever. Don't forget the small part Sylvia Miles plays, which is worth its weight in gold. "Texas greenhorn Joe Buck (John Voight) arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman)." It's also an interesting look at New York pre-70's, which is what we're all most familiar with from the onslaught of movies from the late 70's filmed here. Watch the trailer, read more on FF's site, and get tickets now. It'll only be here for a week.

2. Feel like dressing "travel chic" (I swear I'm not making that up) and attending a Creative Time Benefit? Sounds awesome, for sure, but you've gotta pony up $1,500 per person if you wanna play that reindeer game. Not sure about you, but that's more than my monthly rent. If I had money, I'd skip the party and put my money where my mouth is and bid on one of the works in the silent auction.

3. Speaking of art, there's a show on at Fake Estate (525 w. 26th St. Suite 502A) called Casualties Of Beauty with new works by painter Sarah Chuldenko. (Make sure to checkout the works on her site) "A provocative collision of buoyant breasts, carnivorous plants, topographic flesh, oil slicks, and roadside IED's, Chuldenko's sensational paintings simultaneously depict phoenix totems of creation and destruction, with a hint of irony.