On November 17th the Leonid annual meteor shower will be an atypically great event because we will have a new moon. They are saying we will a few hundred meteors per hour. I don't know much about this stuff but I am going to try and see this. I had seen a map where it showed you local spots with the least amount of light pollution, but I can't find it now. If I do find it, I will share it with you incase you want to watch it too.
This photo is from a Leonid shower. In the wikipedia link there is a sketch from the 1833 shower that looks spectacular.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids
