5 Must-See Halloween Displays! 3 Fall Festivals Saturday! Day of the Dead @ Green-Wood!

Plus stories from 'Blair Witch'! Zombie Roller Disco! Taylor Swift Dance Party!

Welcome back to the best Park Slope events newsletter. Links to sources are in (parentheses) after each event. Follow our IG for updates as events change.

More Events and the Must-See Homes in our Halloween Guide

🎃🎃🎃At the start of the month, we published our Park Slope Halloween guide with a rundown of every event. We’re continuing to update it with new events and updates on what’s sold out.

But the big new addition is our collaboration with StoopDecor to map the must-see Halloween decorations. (Like Barbie-land and the Skeleton Party, above.) Check out the map and all the events.

Get Involved

🚮🌳Park Pitch In: City of Forest Day on Saturday: “Join Prospect Park Alliance for a citywide effort to raise awareness and celebrate New York City’s urban forest. Prospect Park Alliance volunteers will plant over 100 native trees to restore Prospect Park’s beloved landscape, which has seen the loss of a significant number of ash trees since 2017 due to Emerald Ash Borer, a deadly wood-boring beetle." (11:00 AM, Prospect Park)

🍽👛Park Slope Civic Council Food for Thought 2023 on Wednesday: “Join us at the Prospect Park Picnic House for our annual fundraiser. tasting event featuring local restaurants and bars.Each year, the Civic Council awards a Scholarship for Community Service to one college-bound high school senior from each of the four secondary schools at the John Jay Educational Complex who exemplify significant community and volunteer service." (6:00 PM, Prospect Park Picnic House, $100)

🍽👛CHiPS' Annual Gala 2023 on Wednesday: “A night of celebration of CHiPS being rooted in food, friendship, and service for over 50 years with friends, neighbors, and volunteers. Help us to continue to provide friendship, food, and empowerment to all those in need.” (6:30 PM, 501 Union Street, $250)

Worth Booking Now

🍿📹’Book Of Shadows’ Director Discusses ‘Blair Witch 2’ on October 30th: “Studio executives effed up the original intentions for the movie, but for this one night only event Director, Joe Berlinger joins us in person following a screening on 35mm film to discuss the fraught history of the making of the movie, and how it reads decades later.” (8:00 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

🗣👻The Moth StorySLAM on October 16th: “The Theme is: Haunted. Prepare a five-minute story about getting spooked: conjuring a phantom, solving a mystery with the Scooby gang, or encountering an unearthly beauty. Lingering sweet memories or bitter regrets. Ouji boards, cosmic energy, the heebie-jeebies, and burning sage to discourage "visitors" from beyond." (8:00 PM, The Bell House)

Events

Thursday, October 12th

🏷🪴🎍🌿BBG Fall Plant Sale: “Shop a curated selection of plants for your home and garden, including new and unusual varieties of houseplants; trees and shrubs perfect for fall planting; indoor and outdoor bulbs including uncommon amaryllis and paperwhites, alliums, hyacinths, fritillaria, and muscari; orchids; garden tools from Garrett Wade; and botanically inspired jewelry from Janet Mavec.” (10:00 AM, Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

👻😭🪦🗣Death, Grief, & Music With Ghost Stories Podcast & The Bad Light: “Join the captivating hosts of the Ghost Stories podcast, Sashka Rothchild and Dr. Victoria Sterkin, along with The Bad Light—a band destined to perform in a cemetery—for an unforgettable musical experience ruminating on death, dying, grief, and the creative process. Set in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel, the band will play through their latest album, ‘Goodbye’. Rothchild and Sterkin will take pause between songs and engage the audience in reflection and conversation.” (6:30 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $35)

👩🥊Free Women's Street Self Defense Seminar: "Open to all women 15 +. We will be exercising and practicing Jiu-Jitsu techniques so please wear comfortable workout clothes.” (6:30 PM, Park Slope Academy Brazilian Jujitsu)

🍿👹‘Kill Your Lover’ @ Nitehawk: “Dakota has had enough of her unhealthy and toxic relationship with Axel, but the feeling isn’t mutual. As she tries to end things, Axel begins turning into something different, something monstrous.” (7:00 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

🎬💬Brooklyn Talks: Spike Lee and Delroy Lindo: “Enter the world of one of the most influential American filmmakers, in this intimate conversation with actor Delroy Lindo, Lee’s friend and collaborator. The conversation celebrates the opening of Spike Lee: Creative Sources, offering a rare glimpse into objects from Lee’s personal collection.” (7:30 PM, Brooklyn Museum)

😂🥔Radiolab Presents: Small Potatoes. “You know those things? Those tiny, small potato things, that you’re not supposed to care about so much, but you actually think about all the time? [The bread twist tie that you can never open. The feeling in the back of your throat when you are about to get a cold. Your fear of turning left.] Instead of pushing them to the side, tonight we put them in the spotlight.” (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $10)

🍿🎅💵St. Mark’s Comics: Bad Christmas Movie Bingo. “Watch a Bad Christmas Movie and win prizes.” (8:00 PM, Industry City, St. Mark's Comics)

😂Mortified: “A comic excavation of teen angst artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories and more) as shared by their original authors before total strangers.Witness adults sharing their most embarrassing childhood artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, plays, home movies, art) with others, in order to reveal stories about their lives. Hear grown men and women confront their past.” (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $12-$15)

🤔🧠🥃Lit Up Trivia: “Play the best game of trivia (with a drag twist) on this side of town and get a round of drinks and shots if your team wins! Prize increases with the amount of players. (8:00 PM, Sandy Jack’s)

😂Improv But Good: “A night of comedy, some that's improvised, some that's musical, some that's improvised and musical, but all is good. Hosted by Veronika Slowikowska and Haley Stiel and featuring Kyle Gordon, Lily Armstrong and Esther Fallick.” (10:00 PM, Union Hall, $12)

🎸🎵Juno Roome: (New Date) “Roome is a Brooklyn-based artist, born in South Korea and has a lot to give. In the US since the age of 10, his upbringing wasn’t always easy and probably that’s the main source of his talent. With a dreamy approach to music, his falsetto vocals, jangle, soft guitar tone and relatable song-writing skills, Juno is on his way to claim his place on the NYC indie scene.” (10:30 PM, Littlefield, $18-$22)

Friday, October 13th

🍿⚰️1963’s ’The Haunting’ @ Central Library: "During the month of October, the Central Library will show films celebrating the scariest month of the year.” (3:30 PM, Central Library)

🧟🛼Zombie Soul Train Dreamland Roller Disco: “A themed, dress up, immersive roller skating experience. Come in your spookiest get ups.” (7:00 PM, Prospect Park - Lefrak Center, $29)

😂Hack City Comedy with Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto: “If having an Asian guy on a comedy show is unusual, then having two is just overkill. But that’s what the hosts of the Asian Not Asian Podcast Jenny Arimoto and Mic Nguyen are trying to do with their Hack City comedy show — overkill on the funnies.” (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $15)

📕🖋St. Mark’s Comics: Faith Erin Hicks Signing + Interview: “New York Times Bestselling Author and Eisner Award winner, Faith Erin Hicks, will be signing her new all ages book ‘Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy.’” (8:00 PM, Industry City, St. Mark's Comics)

📹Tootsie’s Video Vault: “Featuring unscreened films as well as fresh cuts made expressly for the show, Tootsie’s Video Vault is a great chance to catch some quick shorts and meet other local creators!” (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $8-$10)

💋🪩🎶The Taylor Party: “A Taylor Swift Inspired Dance Party like no other. Experience an Enchanting evening, singing and dancing through all of the iconic eras, creating The Story of Us. Pick your Eras outfit, bring your besties, and come party, for evermore!” (10:00 PM, The Bell House, $20)

😂Josh Gondelman: What's New?: “Josh Gondelman has written a whole bunch of new jokes he's excited to tell all at once. He's invited a few of his friends to tell some new jokes too!” (10:00 PM, Union Hall, $12)

Saturday, October 14th

🍂🎃Brooklyn Pop-Up Autumn Artisans Bazaar: “Start planning for the holidays with great gifts for family and friends, or lovely things to boost your spirits at home at this outdoor market featuring local artisans. Find unique fashion and jewelry, home décor, bath products, and art to suit every style while supporting small businesses.” (10:00 AM, Old Stone House)

💀🏵🌹Mictlan: “Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and parts of Latin America that honors the departed through music, dancing, gatherings with family and friends, and ofrendas (offerings made on home altars). Since 2018, Green-Wood has commissioned a Brooklyn-based artist to create and install a large-scale community altar in the Cemetery’s Historic Chapel. Visitors are encouraged to pay tribute to lost loved ones by lighting candles, and by leaving personal offerings, including flowers, photographs, food, and notes.” (10:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery)

🍂🎃Fall Festival @ 6/15 Garden “Join us in the garden to celebrate autumn with live music, children's activities, plant sale, and potluck BBQ.” (10:00 AM, 15th Street and 6th Avenue Garden)

💃💪Upbeat Pop! Dance Fitness at the Boathouse: “Join Prospect Park Alliance and Shape-up NYC for a 45-minute dance fitness class! Come prepared to shake, roll, grapevine, and clap to your favorite upbeat pop songs. We will use this time to cultivate joy and silliness while getting a great workout and reaping the benefits of cardiovascular fitness.” (10:00 AM, Prospect Park - Boathouse)

🚶🐦👀Introduction to Birdwatching Outings: “Prospect Park Alliance and a member of the Brooklyn Bird Club take you on an introductory walk to learn the basics of birding and search for the dozens of species that visit Prospect Park through all seasons.” (10:00 AM, Prospect Park - Audubon Center)

🛍Market for Makers: "100+ Makers! Bringing together independent artists + makers specializing in home decor, fashion, art, design, food (and more!) in a fun + inspiring environment that champions community." (10:00 AM, BK LOFT 26, $8)

🍂🎃Fall Fest Atlantic Avenue Terminal: "Parents are hosting a FREE family-friendly fall festival on Atlantic Terminal’s outdoor plaza, It will feature arts & crafts, pumpkin painting, block building, music & more! Kids are encouraged to come in costumes." (11:00 AM, Atlantic Terminal)

🚮🌳Park Pitch In: City of Forest Day. See Get Involved section above. (11:00 AM, Prospect Park)

🍿‘My Own Private Idaho’ @ Nitehawk Cinema: Loosely based on Shakepeare’s Henry the 5th Blah Blah Blah. It’s Keanu and River together!  (11:15 AM, Nitehawk Cinema)

🖼🚶Gowanus Canal Shoreline Art Walk: “Local artist Rich Garr leads this exploration through the Gowanus waterfront. He is a longtime area artist focusing on public art and community. This walking tour is a multi-sensory collage featuring art, and responding to the area's renowned history and current events.” (11:30 AM, Gownanus Canal Conservancy's Lowlands Nursery, $16)

🍂🎃Brooklyn Community Harvest Festival: “Enjoy family friendly activities for a greener and healthier community. BUGS favorite DJ Mr. Kid will provide music, dance, games, and fun prizes for all ages. Arts & Crafts | Music | Dance | Food | Bounce House | STEM Activities.” (12:00 PM, Brooklyn Urban Garden School 500 19th Street)

🎞🚬Newfest Shorts: Wake & Bake Brunch: “You’re cordially invited to join us for an afternoon feast where the devil’s lettuce is cinematically on the menu. Lightly inspired by the goofy genius of Gregg Araki’s 2005 cult hit ‘Smiley Face’, this queer stoner combo of very exaggerated and very real stories of canna-bliss will turn that morning frown upside down.” (12:00 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

🛍👗👖A Current Affair: Pop Up Vintage Marketplace (Two Days): “Shop the best vintage on the planet when A Current Affair returns to IC! Bringing together over 70 premier vintage retailers and private dealers from both coasts and beyond, A Current Affair presents the best vintage clothing, accessories, and jewelry under one roof.” (12:00 PM, Industry City)

🌳Presented As Part Of City Of Forest Day: Branching Out! Explore The Living Collection At Green-Wood. "With the aid of self-guided maps and our user-friendly mobile application, immerse yourself under the canopy of Green-Wood’s trees, discover the state champion hackberry, delve into Green-Wood’s rich history, and forge connections with the diverse urban wildlife" (12:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery)

🍿‘This Place’ @Nitehawk Cinema: "Led by star and co-writer Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs), ‘This Place’ explores the stories of two women in Toronto: Kawenniióhstha, a half-Iranian, half-Mohawk poet searching for her estranged father, and Malai, a Tamil graduate student grappling with her own father’s alcoholism." (12:45 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

🛍👗👖Waste No More: Brooklyn Museum Clothing Swap: "Clean out your closet and refresh your wardrobe for fall with Bed-Stuy Clothes Swap and Black Girl Environmentalist. Donate up to ten items of gently worn clothing and take home a few finds." (1:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum)

🖼Arts Gowanus: Open Studios 2023: "The Gowanus Dredgers and Arts Gowanus are happy to present a group exhibition featuring artists who have been displaced from their workspaces in Gowanus or are unable to maintain studios in the rezoned neighborhood. The exhibit is presented in partnership with Arts Gowanus as part of Gowanus Open Studios 2023." (1:00 PM,)

🎶Me, Myself and Eye: Mazz Swift: Join us for an afternoon of music with Mazz Swift.” (4:40 PM, 440 Gallery)

🛼Gotham Roller Derby: "Bronx v Brooklyn: For 3rd Place, Manhattan v Queens: For Championship." (5:00 PM, Prospect Park - Lefrak Center)

😂Myq Kaplan's ABCs (A Birthday Comedy Show): “Myq Kaplan has a birthday! Right around now! Come enjoy a comedy show full of Myq's delightful friends who want to help him celebrate or feel obligated to or both! With special guests: Carolyn Castiglia, Nadia Pinder, Shockwave, Sagar Bhatt, Shalewa Sharpe and Matty Litwack.” (5:00 PM, Union Hall, $10)

😂Good Delivery: “Join beloved stand-up Brooklyn stand up showcase, Good Delivery, as hosts Natasha Vaynblat and James Hamilton release their respective debut stand-up albums. Come for an exclusive chance to get a hold of the new releases, stay for the amazing lineup of comedians!” (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $10)

📕🖋St. Mark’s Comics: eJunky Signing with Nicholas Tana: “Famed director, Nicholas Tana will be signing his new graphic novel eJunky from Scout Comics." (8:00 PM, Industry City, St. Mark's Comics)

😂🎶Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins: “Varietopia is a modern variety show, showcasing the best in contemporary comedy, music, and other forms of live entertainment, hosted by acclaimed comedian Tompkins. Guests are always a surprise and surprises are always guaranteed!” (10:00 PM, The Bell House, $30)

😂A Little Bit More From Steve Wrigley: States Of America Tour. “Steve recently toured America with his hilarious fellow Kiwi pal Rhys Darby and was a huge hit! Since that tour Steve and his unpolished, honest southern hemisphere humor have seen him release a short special with Helium Comedy Studios. If you love the Kiwi sense of humor, This show sees Steve take it and point it squarely at all things America.” (10:00 PM, Union Hall, $12)

Sunday, October 15th

🎃🔪Pumpkin Carving for Families: “Carve your own pumpkin and leave the mess with us! We'll provide a pre-gutted pumpkin for you to carve with your child. Use our tools and stencils to create the perfect pumpkin for Halloween!” (10:00 AM, Private Picassos, $60)

🐅👻Boo at the Zoo: “Prospect Park Zoo is going batty every weekend in October. Visit the Prospect Park zoo to learn about bats around the world and visit the zoo’s African straw colored bats in the Hall of Animals. Plus, check out educational graphics and activity carts!” (11:00 AM, Prospect Park Zoo)

🍔🍜🌯🍗Smorgasburg: As God as my witness, I’ll never be hungry again. (11:00 AM, Prospect Park - Breeze Hill)

🪦🚶Secrets In Stone: “The Victorians loved a good secret—and they took a lot of them to the grave! Etched in centuries-old monuments, you’ll encounter inverted torches, hourglasses with wings, and empty beds. What does it all mean? This eye-opening walking tour will showcase these curious depictions and let you in on the meaning of these eternal, though often cryptic, symbols.” (12:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $25)

🎞Newfest Shorts: Pop! Goes The Culture: “This sensational shorts program showcases the unbreakable link between queerness and pop culture — the posters that adorn a childhood bedroom, the talk shows in which we seek comfort, the boy bands we obsess over, the romantic comedies we swoon over, and the fairy tales we read before bed. We are what we watch.” (12:00 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

🍿’Cora Bora’ @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Breakout queer comedian Megan Stalter stars as Cora, a musician with no career who performs screwball songs that mask a deeper hurt. In a moment of aimlessness and desperation, she heads back to her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Her mission: to salvage her shaky open relationship with her girlfriend.” (12:45 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

🎞 'Crooklyn' @ Brooklyn Museum: “Celebrate the opening of Spike Lee: Creative Sources with Spike Lee’s classic coming-of-age film Crooklyn (1994, 113 min.), set in the 1970s Bed-Stuy that Lee grew up in.” (2:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum, $25)

🍎🧃Pouring Green-Wood: “Joy Doumis and Jeremy Hammond partnered with Green-Wood to harvest the Cemetery’s apples (Yes! There are apples growing among the gravestones!) and make a delicious hard cider. Spread across 478 acres, our urban orchard has over 150 Malus (aka apple) trees. Join Joy and Jeremy for the story of how they produced over one hundred bottles of Proper Cider in their own backyard, literally. Naturally, a tasting of the final product is included.” (2:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $35)

🎹Classical Interludes: Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner and Eleni Katz @ Central Library: “In this program, featuring a double-bill of 2022 CAG Winners Eleni Katz (bassoon) and Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner (piano), the artists traverse the world with us in an international program featuring composers from France, Mexico, Germany, Poland, Taiwan, Russia, and the United States." (4:00 PM, Central Library)

🎹In Concert: Eleonor Bindman: "Eleonor Bindman returns to OSH. The concert program will include J.S. Bach: Toccata in E Minor BWV 914, Franz Josef Haydn: Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50, Frederic Chopin: 3 Mazurkas, and Ballade No. 2,  and works by Sergey Rachmaninov. (5:00 PM, Old Stone House)

😂Richard Perez: For One Night Okay? "Join Richard for just one night only as he workshops new material with the crowd (you?). There will probably be music, sexual themes, profanity, sound, lights, art, movement, intellectual experiences, and MORE. See Richard like you’ve never seen him before, okay?" (5:30 PM, Union Hall, $10)

🗣Unheard-of + The Gowanus Dredgers Present: What Remains. "Unheard-of//Ensemble presents Rome Prize winner Christopher Stark’s Fire Ecologies. Fire Ecologies is a climate manifest that explores human impact on America’s ecosystems. The work takes audience members through seven scenes that range from “alien” landscapes to scenes with footage from the Gowanus itself with video art by Zlatko Ćosić. This performance takes place on the Gowanus Canal, from the 19th St. Bunker location on October 15th. The audience can immerse themselves in the experience on the Gowanus, enjoying the program from on land or on water." (6:30 PM, Gowanus Bunker Boathouse)

📕🏳‍🌈Queer Lit Book Club: "Our first Queer Lit Book club in Brooklyn. The club will read all genres by publicly Queer authors on the 3rd Sunday of the month.. This week we will benchat about The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur." (7:15 PM, The Ripped Bodice)

😂Good God: "Good God is a live stand-up comedy and variety event guaranteed to be packed with the biggest household names, up-and-coming performers, and unforgettable variety acts that New York City has to offer… and of course, confessions—each show, audience members anonymously share their craziest, cringiest, most scandalous secrets, which your hosts then read out during the show. Come bare your soul! Or not. It's a blast either way." (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $10)

😂🙏🏳‍🌈🎶Gay Church, Halloween Edition: "Recently included in Time Out’s Best of Pride, Gay Church is a high-energy, unabashedly queer, rock-n-roll-as-hell musical comedy show experience that will nourish your LGBTQIA+ soul. Your master of ceremonies, Tessa Skara (HBO), and their rock band, The Gay Tears, leads you through an ecstatic experience focused on worshipping queerness and celebrating our shared culture through songs, dance, and (of course) jokes." (8:00 PM, Littlefield)

Monday, October 16th

🍿👹‘Almamula’ @ Nitehawk Cinema: “With temptation and curiosity around every corner, Nino wonders how long it will take before this creature pushes his desires to the breaking point. Director Juan Sebastián Torales captures the turmoil of adolescence with a dark sense of humor and unflinching honesty to produce a truly beguiling narrative.” (6:45 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

😂Reductress Presents: Haha...WOW!: "Join the editors of Reductress and our favorite comics in a show that will make you say haha...wow!! Hosted by Madison Dillard and Freddie Shanel Featuring: Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Claire Parker, Papirossa and Sydney Duncan." (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $15)

🗣👻The Moth StorySLAM: See Worth Booking Now section for more info. (8:00 PM, The Bell House)

😂Butterboy: "Three chuckle monsters descend on Littlefield every Monday at 8pm, clutching with them a horde of the freshest, silver-tongued comics and phone sex operators this city has to offer. Legends in their own right, these friends, Maeve Higgins, Jo Firestone, and a special guest host combine forces to host the funniest and best show in Gowanus!" (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $10-$12)

Tuesday, October 17th

🎞‘Anhell69’ @ Nitehawk Cinema: "A standout at SXSW and the recipient of Outfest LA’s Grand Jury Award, this poignant docufiction takes a candid look at the senseless violence affecting LGBTQ+ people in Medellín, Colombia. Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, director Theo Montoya creates a compelling portrait of a generation of artists pushing to be heard, battling for survival, and refusing to fade into obscurity." (6:45 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

📕Katy Lederer Presents 'The Engineers' In Conversation With Idra Novey: "In her long-anticipated fourth collection, The Engineers, Katy Lederer draws on the newfangled languages of reproductive technology, genetic engineering, and global warming to ask the age-old questions: What is ‘the self’? What is ‘the other’? And how to reproduce “one’s self”?" (7:00 PM, Community Bookstore)

🎞Newfest New Voices Filmmaker Grant Showcase: “Celebrate the four recipients of the 2023 New Voices Filmmaker Grant, a program NewFest launched last year in partnership with Netflix, with a screening of their recent short films and exciting works-in-progress.” (7:30 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

😂Drew’s Adventures (a solo show from Drew Michael): "Drew Michael embarks on the journey of a lifetime, meeting many characters and battling foes, in an effort to win the heart of the one he loves most." (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $15)

😂Mike Hanford Does An Hour: “Mike Hanford is crafting an hour of standup comedy.” (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $10-$12)

Wednesday, October 18th

😂Reggie Watts: Great Falls Tour: "Reggie Watts is an internationally renowned Musician/Comedian/Writer/Actor who currently stars as the bandleader on CBS’s The Late Late Show with James Corden. Using his formidable voice, looping pedals, and his vast imagination, Watts blends and blurs the lines between music and comedy, wowing audiences with performances that are 100% improvised." (7:30 AM, The Bell House, $45)

🍽👛Park Slope Civic Council Food for Thought 2023: See Get Involved section for more info. (6:00 PM, Prospect Park Picnic House, $100)

🍽👛CHiPS' Annual Gala 2023: See Get Involved section for more info. (6:30 PM, 501 Union Street, $250)

📕💋Brooklyn Smutty Book Club: "We're reading ‘Wolf Gone Wild (Stay A Spell, Book One)’ (7:00 PM, Paddy's of Park Slope)

🍿‘Chestnut’ @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Recent college graduate and aspiring writer Annie (Natalia Dyer) is reluctant to leave her hometown of Philadelphia for a new job across the country. But sparks fly and her life takes an unexpected turn when she crosses paths with two individuals: vivacious party girl Tyler (Rachel Keller) and the introspective Danny (Danny Ramirez).” (7:30 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

😂IDGAFOLOGY: "Class is in session at the school of not giving a F. Hosted by Jack Bensinger and Eric Rahill. Featuring: Tessa Belle, Jaboukie Young-White and Honey Pluton" (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $15)

😂Flatliners: A Variety Show: “So you think you have talent? We’ll be the judge of that...Sign up for Flatliners, a variety show in the spirit of ‘The Gong Show.’ Whether you’re a comedian, a magician, a musician, whatever; you’ll have 5 minutes to do your act. Performances will be scored, and in the worst case scenario, cut short. $50 cash prize for the winner." (8:00 PM, Rullo's )

Thursday, October 19th

🔥🎃Flameworking: Halloween Treats and Tricks: "Make your own Witch's Hat, Candy Corn, Pumpkins and Friendly Glass Monsters glass beads!" (5:00 PM, Urban Glass, $195)

🥘🥃Bowl of Zole Brooklyn- Pozolr and Mezcal Fest: "Bowl of ’Zole Festival comes back to Brooklyn. Over twenty acclaimed chefs cooking heritage Pozole, with over 120 expressions of Mezcal, Agave, and Tequila tastings." (5:00 PM, Industry City, $65)

🍿‘Something You Said Last Night’ @ Nitehawk Cinema: "After losing her job, aspiring writer Ren sets off on an eye-roll-inducing beach vacation alongside her sister and parents. Amidst the demands of familial connection, the safety of her inner world is initially stirred by everyone around her who fails to see her true self–leading to a surprising journey of reborn confidence." (6:45 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

📕💬Teju Cole Discusses Tremor with Emily Raboteau: "Co-presented with Greenlight Bookstore, BPL Presents features a powerful, intimate novel that masterfully explores what constitutes a meaningful life in a violent world—from the award-winning author of Open City. ‘Tremor’ is a startling work of realism and invention that engages brilliantly with literature, music, race, and history as it examines the passage of time and how we mark it. It is a reckoning with human survival amidst “history’s own brutality, which refuses symmetries and seldom consoles.” (7:00 PM, Central Library)

🎞Newfest Shorts: Trans+ Realism: "Is Trans+ Realism a new genre, or an undefined category? The origin of the word trans is “to expand beyond,” and this powerful program evolves beyond genres, identities and pre-conceptions for an augmented expression of our community. Each film in this program — all-trans and non-binary-directed — offers a glimpse into the diverse spectrum of the trans experience, illuminating the screen with stories about characters fearlessly forging their path and living their truths." (7:30 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

😂Andrea Jin: "Andrea Jin is a stand-up comedian and writer born in Shanghai, relocated to Canada, and currently based in Los Angeles." (7:30 PM, Union Hall, SOLD OUT)

🍿⚰️😂The Mummy Entirely From Memory: "Performers will attempt (and most likely fail) to recreate “The Mummy”, without the aid of scripts, rehearsals, or sobriety. All they will have will be their memory, a recent viewing of the film, and a lot of wigs. How certain are we that they’ll succeed? So certain that we’re making it harder for them." (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $10)

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