Monday, October 13: Public Assembly in Williamsburg is launching a new Monday night burlesque series — and what better way to start the ball rolling than with The Peach Tartes? Check out Scarlet O’Gasm, Madame Rosebud, Veruca Honeyscotch, Penny Dreadfulz and Rita Menweep as they bump and grind their way into your heart (or other places).

10 pm, Public Assembly (70 N. Sixth St.. between Wythe and Kent avenues in Williamsburg). Call (718) 384-4586 or visit www.publicassemblynyc.com for info.

In God’s country

Thursday, October 16: Windsor Terrace author Daniel Radosh spent a year researching Christian pop culture before writing “Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture” — and what he came up with will shock most secular Brooklynites. For one thing, some Christian pop culture is actually OK (who knew?).

6 pm. St. Francis College [180 Remsen St. at Court Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 489-5446].

Truffle shuffle

Friday, October 17: Talk about a fancy meal! Tonight, Marco Polo Ristorante, that Court Street institution, has created a truffle menu that pairs the earthy root with perfect Beni di Batasiolo wines. Sure, maybe you’re reluctant to plunk down $135 on dinner, but this five-course meal (with cocktails and a talk by the vintner) is a rare value.

6:30 pm. Marco Polo (345 Court St., at Union Street in Carroll Gardens). Reservations required. Call (718) 852-5015.

Barbet’s feast

Friday, October 17: After tonight’s screening of Barbet Schroeder’s new film, “Inju, The Beast in The Shadows,” the auteur himself will take questions. Sure, lots of cineastes will ask about “Le Cochon aux Patates Douces” (1971), but you should ask him about his acting role in “Beverly Hills Cop III” — you know, just for fun.

7:30 pm. Brooklyn Academy of Music [30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100]. Tickets, $11.

Art attack

Saturday, October 18: You know the Gowanus Canal as a sludge-filled sluice, but more than 140 artists know this fetid corpse of water as their muse. Today, take a nice walk along both banks of the canal and pop into artists’ workspaces and other galleries.

1–6 pm (Saturday and Sunday. Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour. Free. For map, visit www.agastbrooklyn.com.

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It’s fare game

By Mike McLaughlin

Dining: The proof is in the pupusa for a beloved Latino food vendor from Red Hook Park whose simple snacks may be named the best street food in the city next week. Comment.

B-I-N-G-O!

By Sarah Portlock

Event: When the economy tanks, what else is there to do but play Bingo? That’s how Spencer Rothschild explained the new “Bingo Night” at his popular Barrio restaurant on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. Comments (1).

Feliz viaje!

By Evan Gardner

Event: It’s the end of the vine for Feliz Red. The popular red table wine — a 2005 vintage created exclusively by Park Slope liquor store Red, White and Bubbly — has sold out. Your last chance to get a bottle is this Thursday. Comment.