TONIGHT: It’s the economy, stoopid

Don’t want to watch the third and final presidential debate at home? Catch the candidates on large projection screens at Pacific Standard, which has Sixpoint’s Hop Obama on tap just for the occasion (site>>). Or head to the Gate, which not only is breaking its usual sound-down-on-the-TV policy for politically obsessed patrons but is also offering Duvel on draft for the first time (site>>). Also tuning in: Commonwealth, home to Park Slope’s chapter of Drinking Liberally; MonkeyTown, where you should call 718-384-1369 to reserve a seat before their four screens (site>>), and Galapagos, above, where $5 tickets include a free drink (site>>).

THURSDAY: Big Reads
“The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker” is the finger-on-the-pules title of NYT reporter Steven Greenhouse’s new book, which he reads from at Park Slope’s Congregation Beth Elohim at 7:30. Next week, their “Election Year Issues” series continues with New Yorker writer Hendrick Hertzberg. site>>

Also in the Slope, Brooklyn Reading Works returns with a night of Pushcart-nominated, MacArthur-scholarshipped, high-test poets including Jeff Wright, Ilene Starger, Michele Madigan Sommerville and OTBKB’s Louise Crawford, who’ll read from her provocatively titled collection “Anarchists Don’t Return Phone Calls.” 8pm at the Old Stone House. site>>

SATURDAY: Berlin, BK and Benefits Worth Bankrolling
Bed-Stuy’s Brooklynite Gallery opens a show with a cross-Atlantic hook: New York street artist Dain (whose work, above, is wheatpasted around town) represents the New York art scene of the 1960s-80s, while Berliners Various and Gould echo New York’s past in the present-day art hub. Called “Time Machine,” it opens at 7. site>>

Walk, Don’t Destroy
Our list of local good deeds failed to properly link to the walk of the weekend: Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn’s 4th Walkathon. Sign up here>>

Street Food of Champions
The annual Vendy Awards make their first ever appearance in Brooklyn, at Dumbo’s Tobacco Warehouse from 3-7pm. The $80, tax-deductible, advance tickets benefit the Street Vendor Project, and buy you all the pupusas, jerk chicken, biryani, falafel, and carne asada you can eat. site>>

COMING UP!

Indie-aoplis
The CMJ Music Marathon infiltrates the city Oct. 21-25 with a brigade of industry players and music junkies hoping to zero in on the next Vampire Weekend. Despite the festival’s steep entry badges, anyone can nab tickets to single events, but you’ll want to buy in advance for bigger names like Jens Lenkman at the Brooklyn Vegan Showcase Tuesday at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (site>>). Or check out free shows, like Ear Farm’s Day Party (site>>) next Wednesday at Pianos with local stars like Takka Takka (above) and Sam Champion. We’ll post more must-see bands on the site in the coming week.

Required Listening
If avant garde musicians John Cage, Yoko Ono, and Steve Reich ring a bell but nothing more, the music series “Essential Repertoire” coming to Issue Project Room Oct. 22-26 will school you on classics like “Cut Piece” and “Four Organs.” It ends with contemporary experimentalists like Tristan Perch. site>>

Local Design
Jan & Aya, the sweet, eclectic Greenpoint boutique famous for its Golden Twinkies (they’re back!), hosts a design conference Oct. 25 and Nov. 1 where local designers like Joey Roth (of the Sorapot) will speak about their process and craft. The $15 tickets include wine and cheese. site>>

Boo-tiful
Next week’s Tip Sheet will be Halloween themed, but A Child Grows in Brooklyn already has a head start on Brooklyn’s best trick or treats for kids. site>>

Sent by Nina, Nicole, and Jocelyn. Photos/images from top via Amazin’ Jane on Flickr, the Club Creatures on Flickr, The Street Vendor Project, Ear Farm, a-i-u.net, and Sarah Magid.