9am-6pm (ends today): order a dna test, have an old photograph analyzed, speak with experts, attend talks, and more at 'the genealogy event' at metropolitan pavilion. $15 admission, some events extra. >>
10am-6pm: last day to enjoy the hester street fair this season >>
11am: it's time for the 14th annual great pupkin dog costume contest at fort greene park. check out these adorbs photo galleries dating back to 1999. $5 sugg. don. to compete. >>
12-3pm: greenpoint's first annual howl-a-ween dog costume party + contest benefits mccarren park's dog run with raffles, portraits, more >>
12pm-sunset: the gowanus girls indie design + food mart pop-up features 30+ craft and food vendors at gowanus grove (400 carroll st), free >>
12pm-2am: watch eight lesser-known and low-budget horror flicks from the 1960s-80s with titles like killer workout (a.k.a. aerobicide) and children shouldn’t play with dead things) at the second annual all-day spectacle shriek show. spectacle theater, $5 per film or $25 for all. >>
1pm (+ 11/24, 12/29): watch a series of digitally remastered classic doctor who episodes on a big screen. today: second doctor patrick troughton in the tomb of the cybermen (1967). paley center, free with $10 admission. >>
1-7pm: sample bites from 12 restaurants and get drink specials from three bars at the east village eats tasting tour. discount for skint readers: $25 online before 6pm fri (reg $60). >>
1:30, 3, 4, 5pm (+10/31): explore the crypt of the cathedral church of st. john the divine while hearing about the evolution of halloween from the celtic new year celebration to all hallow’s eve. $20. >>
2pm: tribute to puppeteer jerry nelson (sesame street's the count) with dave goelz (gonzo!), bill baretta (the muppets, earl on dinosaurs), fran brill (sesame street). momi, free with $12 museum admission. >>
2-5pm: treats for grown-ups! sample six liquid and candy pairings (chardonnay + candy corn, apple cider + pumpkin spice hershey's kisses, spiced rum + coke bottle gummies, coffee liquer + alcohol-infused whipped cream + a chocolate cigarette, more) at bottlerocket wine + spirits, free. >>
3pm: dance to michael jackson's ‘thriller’ for the sixth annual ‘thrill the world' – a worldwide simultaneous reenactment of the video for world records and charity. jackie robinson bandshell (w. 145th st), free. >>
5, 6pm: catch a preview of a doc. about glasswork artist joseph cavalieri, whose work includes stained-glass panels depicting the simpsons characters in scenes of murder, death and dying. dixon place, free. >>
6:30pm (ends today): bring a flashlight to the haunted lantern tour of the historic water battery at fort trotten park, free >>
7pm: author colin dickey discusses his book afterlives of the saints, which focuses on odd stories of saints involving spontaneous combustion and the like. bonus: halloween candy. word, free. >>
7pm: dave matthews violinist/mandolinist boyd tinsley presents his film poem faces in the mirror at tammany hall with free beer (7-8pm), q+a, performances by tinsley and a ‘special musical guest’, plus live tunes from my antenna and hungry duck. $10. >>
7pm doors: the lady warriors of g.l.o.b. (gorgeous ladies of bloodwrestling) throw halloween-themed wrestling matches in fake blood to punk rock tunes at double down saloon. costume contest @ 9pm. free admission. >>
7-10pm: williamsburg vegan ink shop/art gallery gristle tattoo’s 'carnival of terror' group art show features 25+ artists, tattoo specials for walk-ins, plus free wine, beer, and snacks. free. >>
7-11pm (thru 11/30): opening reception for last rites gallery’s fifth annual group halloween exhibit, ‘the 13th hour’. free. >>
8pm: author + historian jennifer tucker gives illustrated lecture, 'are we alone? planet mars in the edwardian visual and scientific imagination', discussing the ‘mars mania’ that followed the publication of the first photos of the red planet in the late 19th century. observatory, $10. >>
8pm (+ 10/31-11/1): theater/event producers ugly rhino transform the brooklyn lyceum into warehouse of horrors: gowanus ‘73, an interactive haunted house/murdery-mystery experience set in seedy 1970’s brooklyn paired with three cocktails. $20. >>
8pm-12am: wit’s end and the dorothy parker society celebrate the jazz age at their fourth annual black cat masquerade with live music from gelber and manning. free dance lesson @ 8:30pm, vintage/vintage-inspired attire with a halloween twist recommended. flute midtown, $12. >>
8pm-12am: dances of vice's fourth annual 'phantasmagorey' is an edward gorey-inspired victorian ball with live hot jazz from brian carpenter's ghost train orchestra, burlesque, a fashion show, a costume contest, more. riverside church, $30 adv, $40 door. >>
8pm-4am: no costume, no entry at 'the greatest halloween party ever': djs, live bands, burlesque, a ball pit, raffles, food from the nuchas empanada truck, a costume contest, more. bonus: free beer 8-9pm, $2 'zombie juice' 1-2am. srb brooklyn (gowanus), $15. >>
8:30pm: tonight's 'if you build it' comedy show with hosts kara klenk and nick turner features the lucas brothers, aparna nancherla, josh gondelman, amaya perea, adam burke, and miles k. ucbeast, $10. >>
8:30pm: nyc indie band people get ready play an album release party with electro-poppy openers future of what at glasslands, $10 >>
9pm: cover bands omelets of disease (misfits), geek skull (the ramones) and bad sabbath (bad brains and black sabbath) perform at the gutter, $5 >>
9pm: zombie cash = a undead-band tribute to johnny cash with a halloween lyrical spin. jalopy, $10. >>
9pm-4am: the daft punk halloween tribute party includes a 25-dancer performance and multiple dance rooms, and is also a fundraiser for a halloween parade dp tribute float. windmill studios (williamsburg), $30. >>
9:30, 11:30pm: d20 burlesuqe presents a tribute to h.p. lovecraft at parkside lounge, $10 before 10/26, $15 after >>
10pm: ‘the tarantino': improvisers perform an improvised quentin tarantino movie on the fly at the pit, $10 >>
10pm: drag queen/comedian/singer hedda lettuce hosts a screening of carrie (1976) at clearview cinemas chelsea, $10. >>
10pm: dress as your fave 90s icon for a halloween edition of the sweaty 'crazy $ince da 90$' dance party at union hall. costume contest with cash prizes. $5 adv, $8 door. >>
10pm-4am: the freaks come out at night for the rub's classic hip hop dance party @ the bell house. costume required. $10. >>
10pm-6am: bangon!nyc's halloween party takes over a 20,000 square-foot multi-level warehouse space with 2 main stages, music from penguin prison, jesse marco and others, aerial + burlesque performers, a bouncy castle, food from the casa mexican taco truck, more. $25-35. >>
10:30pm-5am: gemini + scorpio's annual 'masquerade macabre' party goes all-out with entertainment on both floors of the brooklyn lyceum featuring the hungry march band and stumblebum brass band, eclectic djs, a sweeney todd cello tribute, burlesque + aerials, fortune-telling, silver film portraits, more. costume required. $20+. >>
midnight: new york night train's 7th annual haunted hop: 45rpm-fueld grooves from dj jonathan toubin, spooky dionne warwick tribute band dionne werewolf, instructional dances from the land of 1000 dances dancers, a costume contest with a cash prize, more. brooklyn bowl, $5 in costume, $8 in civvies. >>
midnight (ends today): are you the keymaster? the minions of gozer perform a live shadowcast during ghostbusters. ifc center, $13.50 >>
midnight (ends today): sam raimi’s campy horror classic evil dead ii screens at landmark sunshine, $10 >>
midnight (+ 10/31): do the time warp with chelsea boys at clearview’s screening of the rocky horror picture show, $9 >>
sunday
postponed to 11/4 due to weather
1pm: learn about + explore the new york marble cemetery and other east village burial sites normally closed to the public, $12 >>
1pm: greenpoint pooches get decked out for halloween and parade their way through mcgolrick park >>
1-3pm: the manhattan skyline serves as the backdrop to the 10th annual howl-o-ween + muttsquerade parade charity doggie costume parade and contest at the brooklyn heights promenade. $25/pooch to compete includes a goodie bag for your pup. >>
2:30pm: obsolete cinema’s monthly screening’s at freddy's goes ‘80s horror with c.h.u.d. (canibalistic humanoid underground dwellers) (1984) and wolfen (1981), plus trivia with prizes. free. >>
3pm: the brooklyn symphony orchestra and members of the new york opera exchange perform selections from bizet, rossini, verdi, more. st. ann’s + the holy trinity church (brooklyn heights), free ($15 sugg. don.) >>
4pm: mezzo-soprano laurie rubin performs and reads from her book do you dream in color?, about growing up blind and achieving her dream of becoming an opera singer. bank street bookstore, free. >>
4pm-midnight: rooftop films throws a free 8-hour indie-horror movie marathon (indoors) at the brooklyn lyceum with music, complimentary food and drinks, plus prizes >>
5pm: ukulele cabaret returns to jimmy’s no. 43 with a creepy group strum, musical performances and an abridged version of the rocky horror picture show,.free >>
5pm: sing along with jack skellington and co. at the way station’s nightmare before christmas singalong, free >>
7pm: come dressed as your fave food, beverage, or food celeb at brooklyn kitchen's first annual gastroball costume party, and enter to win prizes from local restaurants and stores for the best. music spun by finger on the pulse's darin + greg bresnitz. brooklyn brewery, $10 admission includes a beer and a treat bag. >>
8pm: storytellers, comedians, and sex educators tell true stories of sex, desire + romance at 'bare'. tonight they celebrate their one year anniversary with john flynn, glennis mccarthy, dan st germain, amy sohn (prospect park west), and musical guests reformed whores, and kill the band. bell house, $10. >>
8pm (ends today): free outdoor movie tonight: ghostbusters (café habana) >>
8pm-1am: you're encouraged to 'come in disguise and inhabit an alter ego' as reading, music, burlesque, tarot readings, and the night unfold at the poetry brothel's 327th annual masquerade (actually, it's the 5th). the back room, $10. >>
8:30pm: molly nilsson, cat martino, and amalie bruun play glasslands, $10 >>
all weekend
last weekend of the season to enjoy the coney island cyclone + luna park and the red hook ball field food vendors
the first designers + books fair features amercian and european design + architecture book vendors, demonstrations, signings, and panel discussions. fit, $10 admission, panels extra. >>
11am-4:30pm: get lost in the queens county farm museum’s three-acre interactive ‘amazing maize’ maze. free farm admission (except 10/30), $9 maze admission. >>
12pm: teenage vampires run amuck! joel schumacher's the lost boys (1987) screens at nitehawk, $ >>
1pm: annual autumn tours at green-wood cemetery include stops at the graves of the wizard of oz, george washington’s favorite dentist (?), the founders of spiritualism, and the normally-closed-to-the-public catacombs. $20. >>
1:30, 2:30, 3:30pm (ends sun): smashing pumpkins, medieval style! bring your pumpkin to the new york hall of science, and they'll launch it from their 19-foot outdoor catapult. free with $11 museum admission. >>
2pm: bela lugosi
thru 10/31: the gravesend inn, a high-tech haunted hotel created by city tech's resident theatrical troupe, returns for its 13th year of tours. 186 jay st, brooklyn, $6. >>
thru 10/31: times square = scary. times scare = scarier. 42nd st @ 8th ave, $13 here (reg $39+) >>
thru 11/3: you'll encounter serial killers from ted bundy to the zodiac killer at the killers: a nightmare haunted house. 107 suffolk st (bet. rivington + delancey), $30 adv, $35 door, or $21 here and $15-30 here. >>
thru 11/3: the blood manor haunted house returns for its 8th year with 5,000 square feet of killer klowns, zombies, more. 163 varick st, $25 online, $35 door ($20 student nights, $15-22.50 here, free if it's your b-day!). >>
thru 12/29: the museum of the moving image's 'see it big' screening series returns for the fall season withthe birds, psycho, the thing, psycho, poltergeist, and the texas chainsaw massacre. upcoming films include suspiria, the innocents, more. >>
thru 1/6: halloween isn’t quite here yet, but that ain’t stoppin’ the 100+ holiday shops at bryant park from opening their gift and food boutiques today >>
thru 3/3: ice skating season has begun! citi pond at bryant park is open for the season. free admission, $14 skate rental, free lockers, $9 locks (so b.y.o.). >>
thru 4/29: the $120 million dollar privately-owned pastel version of edvard munch’s the scream is now on display at moma. free fridays 4-8pm (reg $25). >>
due to space constraints, be sure to check out our list of 50+ free and cheap halloween events for fri-weds holiday-themed picks >>
check our website for a list of ongoing events >>
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