Gelf event tomorrow night at 7:30 pm!

While the Fountain of Youth has, to our knowledge, not been discovered, man has long tried to imagine a world without death and aging—a quest that has taken in authors and scientists alike. Join Gelf at Pacific Standard on November 17 for an evening with a writer who has imagined a postmortal universe and two researchers who are—if not unlocking the secret to eternal life—at least trying to make aging less unpleasant (and curing some nasty diseases along the way). Our three speakers will Drew Magary, a Varsity Letters alum, Deadspin contributor and author of The Postmortal, a riveting meditation on a world with a cure for death; Aubrey de Grey, a gerontologist and chief science officer of the SENS Foundation, a group that works to promote 'rejuvenation biotechnologies' that could combat aging-related illnesses and, perhaps, aging itself; and Jan Vijg, chair of the genetics department at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an expert on the human genome's relationship to aging and death. Geeking Out will be held Thursday, November 17th, at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) at Pacific Standard 82 4th Ave (between Bergen St. and St. Marks Pl.) in Brooklyn. There is no admission charge, though your voluntary contribution will help defray the costs for this and other great Gelf events. Drinks will be available. Please spread the word and bring your friends.

New Cocktail of the Month!

Sorry, folks, due to all kinds of events and madness here, we've been a little late on coming up with the recipe for our new cocktail of the month. But here it is!

The Mike Crab Apple Snapple ($8): Calvados, spiced rum, lemon, topped with cider.

Named in honor of one of our most famous patrons, this is a great fall drink. Come honor him by giving one a try.

New Improv Comedy Show Debuts November 9 at 8 pm!

Haphazard Stance

An Improv Comedy Show

A monthly show where all comedy is made up on the premises. See some of the city's best indie improv teams perform their stuff. Hosted by the improv group The Mondays with special guests. On November 9, the Mondays will perform with Curtains and Hook Up Henry.

The Mondays are:
Pete Cestaro
Alessandra Migliaccio
Jesse Neil
Amanda Ratti
Michael Romanos
Brandon Tarzis

Curtains are:
Anthony Apruzzese
Molly Bernatsky
Daniel LoPreto
Jenna Marucci
Caitlin Puckett
John Purcell

Hook Up Henry are:
Michael Viso
James Leggaro
Robbi Webb
Robin Levine
Jessica Rionero
Dave Kawalec
Henry Russell Bergstein
Jocelyn Drew

Mimsy Storytelling Tuesday, November 1 at 8 pm.

Mimsy celebrates Halloween's spooky, weird, strange vibes with what else -- a psychic! Join us as our team tells stories inspired by or directly related to tarot readings from Joshua the Psychic. Who knows, your future might also be in the cards...

Joshua the Psychic was given the highest rating in TimeOut New York's Seers Catalog: http://newyork.timeout.com/things-to-do/this-week-in-new-york/20356/seers-catalog

Mimsy is a team of storytellers working to turn storytelling on its head, showcasing new forms of telling stories and using improv as a springboard for on-the-spot backline storytelling.

Mimsy are:

Ben Lillie
Caitlin Brodnick
Erin Barker
Hanuman Welch
Joe Evans III
Miguel de Leon
Olivia Henderson
Sarah Jewell

Watch the NYC Marathon at Pacific Standard November 6.

As is our Pacific Standard tradition, on marathon day, Sunday, November 6, we'll be opening early, at 9 am, to host people who want to watch the marathon, which runs right by our bar. You can watch the leaders and the pack pass by out of our big windows. We'll have a barbecue station outside as we usually do. And, finally, we'll have our Marathon Marys for for $7 per pint glass of goodness.

California Beer Night November 11.

As part of a new concept, Brooklyn Beer Week, Pacific Standard will be doing a California beer night on November 11 starting at 7 pm. We'll have Ballast Point, Green Flash, and Lagunitas on tap all night for $1 off, as well as brewery representatives (hint: if you talk to them, they often buy your beer). More details as they come available.

Awesome poetry reading November 2 at 7 pm.

Come celebrate the release of S, a chapbook, by drinking some good beer and listening to a great line-up of readers:

TIMOTHY DONNELLY’s THE CLOUD CORPORATION was published last year by Wave Books and in the UK by Picador this fall. His TWENTY-SEVEN PROPS FOR A PRODUCTION OF EINE LEBENSZEIT was published by Grove Press in 2003. He has been poetry editor of Boston Review since 1995. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Fence, Harper’s, The Iowa Review, Jubilat, Lana Turner, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, and A Public Space. He teaches in the Writing Program of Columbia University’s School of the Arts.

FLORENCIA VARELA’s work has previously appeared in journals such as Diagram, Drunken Boat, Gulf Coast, The Malahat Review, and Washington Square Journal, among others. Her chapbook, OUTSIDE OF SLEEP is forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press. She currently lives in Brooklyn.

and of course...

SARAH V. SCHWEIG’s poems have appeared in BOMB Magazine, Boston Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Western Humanities Review, and Verse Daily, among others. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Columbia University, where her MFA manuscript was the recipient of the David Craig Austin Memorial Award. Her chapbook, S, is available through Dancing Girl Press. She lives in Brooklyn.