Hoping to give The New Yorker Festival a run for its money, the folks at the The New York Times’ Art and Leisure section gamely roll out The Times’ Arts & Leisure Week, sort of like your grandparents’ version of The New Yorker fest, offering provocative public intellectuals such as Martha Stewart, who will chat tonight with Times food writer Kim Severson on the topic of the “Megabrand.” Does her parole officer know about this?
[Martha Stewart talk, 242 West 41st Street, 6 p.m., www.artsandleisureweek.com]