How can New York prepare for the next Hurricane Sandy? If you’re in New York, come to this month’s Big Story event: On Monday, December 3rd, at 7 P.M., David Remnick will moderate a panel of experts, including Stony Brook University’s Malcolm Bowman, New York City Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway, Columbia University’s Klaus Jacob, and the staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert. Tickets are free and will be available to the first hundred people to sign up, via this link: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bigstory

The New Yorker’s executive editor, Dorothy Wickenden, will moderate a live conversation about the Republican field on Monday, November 14th, at 7:30 P.M. at Florence Gould Hall (55 East 59th Street). Featuring the staff writers Hendrik Hertzberg and Ryan Lizza, the Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, and the Center for American Progress’s Neera Tanden.

Tickets are free and will be available to the first two hundred and fifty people to sign up here, beginning at noon E.T. on Wednesday, November 9th.