Morning Brief: October 17

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by Rebecca Lewis | 10/17/2014 | 5:00am

Morning Brief: October 17

Record deal of the season.

If you're looking for some good deals on records, look no further than Black Gold in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. They'll be hosting their ninth "Gold Dig" sale on Saturday where some 5,000 records will sell for just $1 each. There will a range of genres and if you spent some time sifting through all the records, you may get a real find. The sale starts at 10 am.

NEED TO KNOW

Kurds Hold Defense Against ISIL [USA Today]

Obama May Name Ebola "Czar" to Oversee US Response [New York Times]

New York's Stepping Up Ebola Training [CBS  Local]

Fist Lawsuit Filed Against Illegal Airbnb Hotels [NY Daily News]

NYC's Unemployment Lowest in Six Years [New York Times]

SPORTS

The Rangers won against the Hurricanes 2-1. They'll be home again on Sunday playing the Sharks.

The Islanders also won against the Sharks. They play in Pittsburgh against the Penguins tomorrow.

The Devils lost to the Capitals 6-2. They're up against the Sharks at home in Jersey tomorrow.

In football, the Giants are playing the Cowboys in Texas on Sunday.

The Jets lost to the Patriots 25-27.

TODAY'S WEATHER

It'll be partly cloudy today with highs around 72. Tonight will be mostly clear, with lows around 59. [Full Forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

TONIGHT (Friday the 17th):

• America @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill

• John Sebastian and David Grisman @ City Winery

• J Mascis with Luluc @ the Bowery Ballroom

• Damien Rice @ Warsaw

• Paula Cole (with Daniel Champagne) @ the Towne Crier Cafe

• Erin McKeown @ the Rubin Museum of Art

• Eric Church with Dwight Yoakam and Brandy Clark @ Madison Square Garden

• “Songwriters By The Sea” featuring Joe D’Urso, Willie Nile, Allison Moorer and Joe Rapolla with

Anthony D’Amato @ Outpost in the Burbs

• Motopony (with The Family Crest and Cold Blood Club) @ Mercury Lounge

• The Last Bison (with Monica Heldal) @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne

• Cassandra Wilson @ the Blue Note (Tonight, tomorrow and Sunday)

• Kim Simmonds And Savoy Brown @ Iridium

• WFUV PRESENTS: Drive-By Truckers with St. Paul And The Broken Bones @ the Beacon Theatre

• WFUV PRESENTS: Rufus Wainwright @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts

• WFUV PRESENTS: Martin Sexton (with Brothers McCann) @ the Tarrytown Music Hall

• WFUV PRESENTS: The Felice Brothers @ Landmark on Main Street

• WFUV PRESENTS: Citizen Cope @ Terminal 5 (Tonight and tomorrow)

TOMORROW (Saturday the 18th):

• 10,000 Maniacs (with Savanna King) @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne

• Lucy Kaplansky @ the Emelin Theatre

• Blue Oyster Cult @ the Space at Westbury

• Gary Wright @ the Sanctuary Concerts

• Damien Rice @ the Box

• Dan Bern @ the Turning Point

• The Fab Faux plus The Hogshead Horns and The Crème Tangerine Strings with special guests @ the Beacon Theatre

• Richard Marx @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts

• Michael Franks @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill

• Zeus (with Juston Stens And The Get Real Gang) @ Mercury Lounge

• The California Guitar Trio and The Montreal Guitar Trio @ the Towne Crier Café

• Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Saturday: And Friends) @ Carnegie Hall (Tomorrow and Sunday)

• Stick Men featuring Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto (both of King Crimson) and Markus Reuter @ Iridium

(Tomorrow and Sunday)

SUNDAY (the 19th):

• Rufus Wainwright with Sloan Wainwright @ the Ridgefield Playhouse

• Gary Wright with Louise Goffin @ City Winery

• John Sebastian and David Grisman @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne

• Spin Doctors (with The Slim Kings) @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill

• The White Buffalo (with Swear And Shake) @ the Bowery Ballroom

• St. Paul And The Broken Bones (with Jessica Hernandez And The Deltas) @ the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Jake Shimabukuro @ the Norwalk Concert Hall

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1931, Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion, signaling his downfall.

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