Location: Midtown West, NYC
Talk: Pedro Almodovar + Penelope Cruz
Show time: 6:30 PM
Venue: The Times Center
Food: Havana Central
Drink: The Campbell Apartment
Miscellaneous: Kinokuniya Bookstore

Meet one of the greatest Spanish directors and his muse as Pedro Almodovar + Penelope Cruz sit down to talk about their latest film together Broken Embraces, marking the fourth time the writer/director and actress have worked together. While Times Square is obviously an expensive mess of restaurants, Havana Central offers affordable Cuban food like Camarones con Coco – coconut dusted jumbo shrimp fried and breaded with pineapple ($12). The former office of 1920s mogul John W. Campbell, The Campbell Apartment is an utterly spectacular bar located in Grand Central Terminal. Who knew? For fans of Japanese pop-culture, Kinokuniya Bookstore has a large selection of Japanese themed books, videos, CDs, magazines, comics, and stationary.