TueDo List: Witchy Tales + Internet Artifacts + Le Freak, C'est Chic
Plus, we'll miss you Matthew.
THIS WEEK
📖 READ: Anne Lamott on aging. How to tackle an age gap in the office? Roxane Gay answers. Sharon Stone’s doctors thought she was faking her stroke. After a divorce, traveling made me fearless. New midlife career: Ship welder?
👀 LOOK: Fans pay tribute to Matthew Perry. Swifties in their 70s. Maggie Smith, 88, is the new face of Loewe. Check out these internet artifacts. Why does Frankenstein endure in pop culture? 50 arthouse horror films (to make your friends hate you.)
🎧 LISTEN: Need a mood-booster? Bookmark this Nile Rodgers & CHIC Tiny Desk Concert now and forever. Podcast: Why the show Naked Attraction is actually pretty great. Flavor Flav sings the national anthem and is not half bad. The band Geese live on KEXP. What’s in Meshell Ndegeocello’s bag?
🤣 LOL: Matthew Perry in “Sarcasm 101” on SNL. Dog beds for humans.
🎟️ GO: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction, November 3 at Barclays Center: Tix still avail, the line-up is insane and while it’s unlikely Kate Bush will show, you never know… Rick Springfield in Vegas. Pittsburghers should not miss the book release party for Gen X Pittsburgh: The Beehive and the ‘90s Scene.
📺 WATCH:
This week: Black Cake, an Oprah-produced series based on Charmaine Wilkerson’s New York Times bestseller (Hulu).
Thurs: Based on Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, All The Light We Cannot See (Netflix).
Fri: Meg Ryan and David Duchovny in the rom-com What Happens Later (Theaters). Priscilla, based on the ‘85 memoir Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley (Theaters). Based on Karen Dionne’s novel, Daisy Ridley in The Marsh King’s Daughter (Theaters). Newly remastered, you can now stream all 172 episodes of L.A. Law (Hulu).
Sun: Lost Women of Highway 20, a documentary narrated and produced by Octavia Spencer, is about the obstacles women face in getting justice.
STORIES: TueNight Halloween-ish Tales (2013-2023)
For our 10th Anniversary, we’ll be doing round-ups of some fave stories over the last decade.
🧙🏼♀️Witchy Poo: A Cautionary Tale by Margit Detweiler
💀 I Don’t Fit In. And Neither Do My Halloween Costumes by Erica Hormung
👻 How a Single Can of Pumpkin Followed Me for Years by Madeleine Deliee
🎃 My Secret to Dominating the Neighborhood? Pumpkin Bowling by Kathleen Warner
REMEMBERING: Chandler Bing Forever
By Penny Wrenn
Matthew Perry, dead at 54. Nothing about it feels natural, celebrities aging yet still “one of our own.” Chandler Bing, joke clincher, scripted yet uncannily real. The “Friend” we related to the most…
TUENIGHT 10: Julia Khvasechko, Beating Brain Cancer And Winning Marathons
Your Age: 49
Basic bio: Julia is a health and human performance coach, a licensed massage therapist and a registered yoga teacher. She also is a pacer. Julia works with all types of athletes, from the weekend warrior who is attempting her first race to the seasoned athlete who is training for the Ironman challenge.
Beyond the bio: I find my greatest joy in movement. I have completed a marathon in each of the 50 states three times; I pace the World Marathon Majors; I have run in 10 countries, on five continents; and I am getting ready to run my 300th lifetime marathon in the NYC Marathon on November 5! But in 1998, I was bedridden. I had to relearn how to walk again after brain surgery for cancer. Every finish line I cross is a gift that I will never take for granted.
What makes you a grown-ass lady? I prioritize self-care first and foremost with a whole-food, plant-based, nutrient-rich diet and daily exercise. My yoga and meditation routine are non-negotiable and I don’t skimp on sleep. In order to care for others — and do all the other things on my long to-do list — my self-care is absolutely a top priority. It’s not selfish, it’s self-preservation…
Julia will be sharing her story at our Birthday Bash on November 21 — don’t miss it!
Tickets are going fast for our Birthday Bash! Online & IRL
Get ready to toast to 10 incredible years of Gen-X storytelling at our birthday bash. We’ve curated a stellar lineup of storytellers, all sharing inspiring stories on the theme of “AMBITION” with host Ophira Eisenberg. You can join us in-person or online.
Enjoy Halloween TueNighters!
