Well, ain't this a plum way to start off a month: With two straight days of light snow and the fiery colours of the city falling to the asphalt of roadworked streets, the most notoriously miserable of months is upon us, November.
'Tis the season to hunch over bars and lean on friends for warmth, to shift deep into hibernation mode in our apartments, turn a pallid white as we wait for a crack in clouds for sunlight, nurse week-long Halloween hangovers, and maybe—just maybe—not leave our phones' texts on read.
This is a rallying cry and it ain't: If you need to get out, you need to fight those urges to stay inside and take a bite out of any one of the pop-ups, sales, events, and exhibitions we've listed below.

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