Books: Greenpoint author Anna Godbersen hits pay dirt with her Young Adult sensation “The Luxe,” which debuted at number six on the New York Times Children’s Books Best Seller list. The historical fiction novelÂ puts “Gossip Girl”-type teenage antics against a Gilded Age backdrop.Â Â Â Comments (1).

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‘Heaven’ on earth

Saturday, January 5: On the “First Saturday” of 2008, the Brooklyn Museum is going all out with a Middle Eastern culture celebration including the Iranian film “Children of Heaven” (pictured); a reading by Suheir Hammad from Def Poetry Jam; and more.

5 pm at the Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights). Free. For information, call (718) 638-5000 or visit www.brooklynmuseum.org.

Cult classics

Sunday, January 6: Moviehouse takes over Galapagos Art Space tonight, showing “Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas” on one screen and “A Clockwork Orange” on another. Stop by to see animated shorts including “Drink” by Pat Smith, pictured, and to catch attendees dressed as their favorite characters from the feature films.

8 pm at Galapagos Art Space (70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg). $5. For information, call (718) 782-5188 or visit www.galapagosartspace.com.

Not the Fonz

Tuesday, January 8: Tonight, the Brooklyn Academy of Music kicks off its Spring 2008 season with the first of two Samuel Beckett productions: “Happy Days,” starring famed Irish actress Fiona Shaw. The said-to-be-hilarious production is produced by the National Theatre of Great Britain.

7:30 pm at the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene). $25-$75. For information, call (718) 636-4100 or visit www.bam.org.

It’s ‘Mine’!

Wednesday, January 9: Twenty notable authors, including Emily Barton and Jonathan Lethem, contributed to “Brooklyn Was Mine,” a new book of essays about the borough, and tonight, three of them — Jennifer Egan, Susan Choi and Darin Strauss — will be reading from their passages in Park Slope.

7:30 pm at Barnes and Noble (257 Seventh Ave. at Sixth Street in Park Slope). Free. For information, call (718) 832-9066.

‘Wild’ night

Friday, January 11: Grammy nominee Meshell Ndegeocello — remember her 1993 debut “Plantation Lullabies” and her 1994 duet with John Mellencamp on a cover of Van Morrison’s “Wild Night”? — comes to the Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight in support of her latest record.

8 pm at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg). $25 in advance, $27 day of show. For information, call (212) 260-4700 or visit www. musichallofwilliamsburg.com.

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Digesting 2007

By Tina Barry

Dining: Let it be known that 2007 was the year of the cocktail in Brooklyn. Lists of “elixers” concocted by “mixologists” were as important in some restaurants — more important sometimes — than the entrees. Here is a fond look back at a year of indulging in bacon and booze in Brooklyn’s restaurants.Â Comment.

Tattoo you

By Jessanne Collins

Art: The opening party for Martina Secondo Russo’s debut solo exhibition, “Tattooed Limbs and Other Oddities,” had all the typical trappings of a gallery show — chatter, cheer and free wine — but a second glance at the artwork and the gallery space showed more than a few quirks.Â Comment.

High ‘Wire’ act

By Nicole Brydson

TV: “You know, people step to me and they basically say, ‘you’re playing my life.’” actor Jamie Hector told GO Brooklyn about his role as Marlo Stanfield in HBO’s hit series “The Wire,” which enters its fifth and final season on Sunday, Jan. 6. Comment.

Out at ‘Sea’

By Adam Rathe

Music: Only eight days into the new year, rock group The Shondes — the name means “shame” or “disgrace” in Yiddish — will celebrate a milestone that plenty of bands only dream of: the release of its first album.Â Comments (1).

Take a hike

By Daniel Goldberg

Art: A walk through Williamsburg — especially along the crowded Bedford Avenue corridor — on a Friday night is always an experience, but on Jan. 11, there will be more than just the normal spectacle to gawk at. Comment.