saturday
various times: get a free krispy kreme doughnut (including monster ones) when you wear your costume at participating locations. >>color>
various times: get a free cookie at insomnia cookies when you show up in costume. >>color>
various times: halloween comicfest: get free comic books at six participating nyc locations. >>color>
9am-5pm (ends today): the tcs new york city marathon health and fitness expo features 100+ vendors and exhibitors. jacob k. javits convention center, free. >>color>
11am + 12pm: haute dog! more canine costume events:
the great pupkin at fort greene park >>color>
puppy parade at battery park city >>color>
11am + 12pm: the first 25 people at babeland’s sohocolor>, l.e.s.color>, park slopecolor> locations today will get a free vibrator. arrive in costume, and you’ll be entered to win a $50 gift card.
12pm-4am: videology transforms into the winchester tavern from shaun of the dead, with the film playing on a loop all day, plus zombie makeup artists (5-8pm), a photo booth, sixpoint beer specials, zombie-themed cocktails, british food pub and more. free admission. >>color>
1pm, 3pm, 4pm (ends today): crypt crawl: bring a flashlight and explore the crypt of the cathedral church of st. john the divine while hearing about the origins of halloween from the celtic new year celebration to all hallow’s eve. $25 general, $20 students/seniors. >>color>
1-5pm, 6-9pm (ends today): scary students! the annual gravesend inn, a haunted hotel created by city tech’s resident theatrical troupe, returns to downtown brooklyn for its 16th year. $8 general, $5 students. >>color>
2pm: it’s daytime, so hopefully you won’t be too spooked by a two-hour walking tour of green-wood cemetery. $20. >>color>
3pm-midnight: things will get weird (in a fun way) at royal palms shuffleboard’s second annual weird al-oween party, where you’ll be greeted with a free cup of bohemian polka punch (6-8pm) and can compete in an ’i love rocky road’ ample hills creamery ice cream eating contest, hit up the like-a-surgeon operation station, dance to dj workhorse + friends, and more. costumes required. free admission. >>color>
5-9pm: halloween 313: a clinton hill private residence becomes a haunted house with a unique theme each year. this year: ‘malice in underland.’ show runs every 30 minutes. 313 clinton ave (bet. lafayette + dekalb), free. >>color>
5pm-close: booritos: get a $3 chipotle burrito when you walk into any location in costume with an unnecessary ‘additive.’ a portion of the proceeds benefit the chipotle cultivate foundation. >>color>
6-11pm: williamsburg’s fat goose restaurant offers a twin peaks-themed pre-game option for you: free coffee and doughnuts available at the bar, and three $10 cocktails inspired by the show. >>color>
6:30pm: the annual park slope children’s halloween parade (the largest in the u.s.) marches from 14th st. and 7th ave to washington park for a community gathering. free. >>color>
6:45pm doors, 7:30pm show: boo-ingo!: le bingo at le poisson rouge puts on two halloween-themed bingo nights (including a costume contest) where you can win trick or treat bags filled with goodies and cash. hosted by drag queen linda simpson. free admission, $2 per bingo card. >>color>
7pm (ends today): improvisers perform your favorite movies in the style of wes anderson at the pit. $5. >>color>
7-10pm: free art opening: ‘blood suckers: a show about vampires’ at bushwick’s good work gallery. >>color>
7-10pm: dress as your fave character when the little mermen cover beloved disney hits — rock style — at santos party house. $12. >>color>
7-11pm: the massive 42nd annual village halloween parade marches up sixth ave from spring st. to 16th st. with giant puppets, 50 bands, dancers and more. anyone in costume can march! just line up on 6th ave @ canal st. 6:30-8:30pm to join in. free. >>color>
7pm-3am: the salon’s third annual halloween stomp, a vintage inspired masquerade party, features four hot jazz, swing, and blues bands, plus burlesque and gogo dancers, swing djs, and video projections. free dance lesson 7:30-8pm. costumes/vintage attire encouraged. 4 w. 43rd st, bet. 5th + 6th aves., $25-30 adv , $35 door, $20 after 11:30pm. >>color>
7pm doors, 7:30pm show: murphy’s law, agitator, and steal reserve play the bowery electric. $15. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: cover bands at knitting factory: my morning jacket (the bottom dollars), the stooges (raccoon fighter), green day (secret someones), hall + oates (halloween oates). $10 adv, $12 dos. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm start: the theater for the new city’s 35th annual village halloween costume ball includes big band dancing, cabaret and theater acts, and food available for purchase. costume or formal wear required. $20 admission. plus, free to the public (outside), 4pm: bluegrass and jazz bands, medieval ritual show, fire eaters, jugglers, story weavers and stilt dancers. >>color>
8pm: the night of the laughing dead comedy/variety show at q.e.d. astoria, hosted by jenn dodd and tim girrbach in-character as america’s oldest porn star and satan, includes comedians aparna nancherla and christian finnegan, contortionist amazing amy, and music from the dreamstalks. costume contest and party after the show. q.e.d. astoria, $10. >>color>
8pm: a place both wonderful and strange presents: ‘keys open doors – the hidden life of laura palmer’, a film mash-up about the last moments of the twin peaks character’s life, with a live electronic score. originally commissioned by the david lynch foundation. c’mon everybody, $8. >>color>
8pm: the people’s symphony concerts continues the season with dover string quartet and cellist paul watkins performing schumann, dutilleux and schubert. washington irving auditorium, $14. >>color>
8pm: cover bands at kings county saloon: weezer (the civil suits), the knife (bob and martha), radiohead (no honeymoon), fugazi (geometers) and chvrches (the royal they). free. >>color>
8pm: wax idols, them are us too, azar swan and dj becka diamond play saint vitus. $10. >>color>
8pm: dfa records celebrates halloween at palisades with eight bands, including a few record release shows. $12 adv, $15 dos. >>color>
8pm: the musical idol massacre halloween party at passenger bar includes music videos by the teenage guide to popularity, burlesque, a music idol costume contest, and drink specials. hosted by murray hill. $5 suggested donation. >>color>
8pm: alana amram’s monster mash + ny nightrain’s haunted hop team up at secret project robot for cover bands (television, blondie, beastie boys, kiss, and many more) 8pm-12am, followed by a dance party. $10 with costume, $20 without. >>color>
8pm: house of vans presents hallowolfbat, an evening of bands, djs, a 16-foot robot, piñatas, and more in its 25,000 square-foot event space. bonus: free goose island beer. free rsvp (does not guarantee entry). >>color>
8pm-midnight: spend an arty eve with creatively costumed partiers and performers at moma ps1’s fourth annual halloween ball, hosted by susanne bartsch. $15. >>color>
8:00 doors, 8:30 show (weekly): the show/tell show mixes show + tell with stand up comedy at williamsburg’s over the eight. tonight’s performers include ben kissel (last podcast on the left), brandon scott wolf (best time ever with neil patrick harris), tovah silbermann, lukas kaiser (comedy central), irene morales, and niles turner. hosted by julian kiani. optional: bring something to show + talk about for a chance to win $20 cash (plus, tonight’s halloween show offers $20 for the best costume). free. >>color>
8pm doors, 8:30pm show: cover bands at cake shop: wire (parlor walls), the smiths (stringer), stp (dirty dishes), bruce springsteen (death to slater), blondie (the regrets), the ramones (hellbirds) and violent femmes (oh golly). $10. >>color>
8:30pm: the moose masquerade orchestra performs the white stripes album elephant in its entirety at the living room. free if in costume, $5 otherwise. >>color>
9pm: warm up your pipes for some live piano ‘scareyokey’. anna copa cabanna and joe mcginty lead a night of halloween ssingalongs, with live theremin by rob schwimmer, burlesque by francine ‘the lucid dream’, costume and dance contests, a voice robotizer, and b-movie classics playing in the background. sid gold’s request room, free admission. >>color>
9pm: the rotten apple roots + bluegrass halloween party takes over jalopy with five bands. $12 adv, $14 dos. >>color>
9pm: cobra club’s annual zombie prom returns with 80s djs, karaoke, and more. free. >>color>
9pm: gemini + scorpio’s seventh annual masquerade macabre party features music by circus composer sxip shirey, the futuristic brass band, the late saints, and djs joro boro and reganomics, plus bloody burlesque, fortune telling, absinthe, and more. costumes required. livestream public, $30 general, $15 after 1am. >>color>
9pm: boom collective, metaball and gayletter present psychopomp at brooklyn masonic temple, with djs and visuals galore. $20 adv, $25 dos. >>color>
9pm doors: cover bands at the silent barn: the smashing pumpkins (delicate steve), ramones (celestial shores), alanis morissette (very fresh + members of ava luna, zula and railings), and a trl-style mashup. $10 with costume, $12 without. >>color>
9pm doors: chocolate rules at bushwick’s fine + raw chocolate factory’s dance party. $10. >>color>
9pm doors, 10pm show: rubulad presents: pee-wee’s playhouse of horrors, with live music, djs, u-craft-it-costumes, cartoons and films, a homespun merry go-round and more. secret location tba, 10pm, $10 before 10pm, $20 10pm-2am, $20 after 2am. >>color>
9:30pm (monthly): gas station horror: host j. w. crump shows 30-second scenes from b-horror films purchased from gas stations and bodegas, which are then finished by improvisors. plus, giveaways, raffles, and trivia. the pit, $10. >>color>
10pm: !badass burlesque! presents ‘my bloody badass’/velocity chyaldd birthday show at the celebration of whimsy. $15 adv, $20 door. >>color>
10pm: the monthly crazy since da 90s dj party gets in the holiday spirit at union hall. $5 before 11pm with rsvp, $10 after 11pm. >>color>
10pm: dance to music that was popular in the soviet union in the 80s at drom’s soviet 80s halloween ball. $10. >>color>
10pm: expect old school synth wave and dark techno with veronica vasicka, vereker and l. sangre at the helm of bossa nova civic club’s costume blood bath dance party. free before midnight, $10 after. >>color>
10pm: lloydski spins the jams at dope jams’ eighth annual halloween costume ball. costumes highly encouraged. good room, $15 adv, $20 door. >>color>
10pm: horrorchata presents be cute or die, a dance party for homos and aliens from outer space’, at littlefield. $10 adv, $15-20 door. >>color>
midnight: mr. brownstone, ’the worlds drunkest tribute to guns ‘n’ roses’, performs at baby’s all right. $20. >>color>
midnight-ish movies:
a nightmare on elm street @ landmark sunshine. $10. >>color>
an american werewolf in london (saturday only) @ videology. $5. >>color>
ghostbusters @ ifc. $14. >>color>
mulholland dr. @ ifc. $14. >>color>
the hills have eyes @ ifc. $14. >>color>
the house of the devil @ ifc. $14. >>color>
the rocky horror picture show @ at bow tie chelsea cinemas. $9. >>color>
they live @ ifc. $14. >>color>
trouble every day (fri only) @ spectacle. $5. >>color>
sunday
racked rounds up more than 30 sample sales happening in november. >>color>
the annual tcs new york city marathon leads 45k local + international, recreational + elite runners through all five boroughs starting in staten island and ending in central park. >>color>
10am-7pm: the rock n’ shop all-day market at bushwick’s the paper box adds cover bands and comedians to today’s halloween hangover, plus free pancakes 10am-12pm. free admission. >>color>
4pm doors: the phantom of the opera takes over the united palace of cultural arts with a screening of the 1925 film accompanied by a live organ score, q+a with film critic lou lumenick, a mini-concert by cast members of the broadway show, and a costume parade. $10 general, $5 seniors adv, $15 general, $10 seniors door. >>color>
7pm (weekly): videology continues its sunday night trivia series based on a specific tv series or movie, with rounds based on clips, pictures and general knowledge. tonight’s theme: mean girls. free. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: support your favorite larry david impersonator at bernie fest, a comedy show benefiting the bernie sanders presidential campaign and featuring stand up by janeane garofalo, mark normand, aparna nancherla, mike drucker, matt koff, greg barris, aaron glaser, will betts and emily lynn. cameo, $8 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8:30pm show: tops, puro instinct and jerry paper play music hall of williamsburg. $12 adv, $15 dos. >>color>
8pm (weekly): the if you build it comedy show with host kara klenk features performances by guests kevin mccaffrey (letterman), missy baker (someecards), rojo perez (keith and the girl), tom cowell (comedy central), merrill davis, tommy mcnamara and country music comedy duo reformed whores. ucb east village, $5. >>color>
8pm: cover bands at palisades: guided by voices (old table), fugazi (no one and the somebodies), elo (the gradients, the smiths (stringer) and more. $5. >>color>
sunday thru 11/22: performa 15, the sixth edition of the visual art performance biennial, presents a program of new performances by visual artists from around the world. various locations, many events free. >>color>
all weekend
12-6pm sat, 1-6pm sun-mon: mano a mano: mexican culture without borders celebrates the day of the dead with a tribute to mexican journalists and the chance to remember your own departed loved ones. food and crafts available for purchase, plus live music. st. mark’s church in-the-bowery’s yard, free admission. >>color>
sat + sun (ends sun): seek refuge from sweater weather at scandinavia house, which’ll be hosting a weekend of independent film for the nordic international film festival. free. >>color>
sat + sun (ends sun): the secret theatre hosts the annual flying solo festival, during which 18 different one-person shows will play over the course of the weekend. $7.50-9 plus ticket fees here (reg. $18). >>color>
sat + sun (ends sun): the museum of the moving image’s ‘it came from within: a david cronenberg horror weekend’ series includes seven of the director’s films, from the brood to videodrome. $12 general, $9 students/seniors. >>color>
thru 11/3: go retro with film forum’s classic 3-d series: dial m for murder, creature from the black lagoon, house of wax and more. $13. >>color>
thru 11/5: the film society of lincoln center’s annual scary movies series returns for its ninth year. $14 general, $11 students/seniors. >>color>
thru 3/6: the bank of america winter village at bryant park is now open for the season: more than 100 holiday and food shops, celsius bar/restaurant, and ice skating rink. skating is free, skate rental is $15, lockers are free (byo lock or purchase one for $9 on site). >>color>
thru march: prospect park’s ice skating season begins at the lefrak center at lakeside. a halloween-themed skate kicks things off on saturday. $9 admission weekends, $6 skate rental, extra for bag check and lockers. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
sales, deals, freebies
get $20 to spend on groceries at gourmet garage in tribeca for $10. >>color>
ticket deals
go on a fall foliage cruise up the hudson river with a stop at cold spring 11/7-14 for $28+ (plus ticket fees, reg $40+). >>color>
get tickets to drunk shakespeare at the lounge at roy arias studios thru 12/31 for $29+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $58+). >>color>
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