Date: October 9th 2015

Hello lovelies,

Our Halloween party tickets are moving quickly, with only a handful of Tier 1 tickets left. If you want to get in for $20, grab them before they sell out. The next tiers are $25 and $30 -- and we're confirming new acts and performances constantly. See below for updates to the invite.

Facebook fuckery alert: as if its general practices weren't sordid enough, Facebook has started to randomly delete groups. Last week, our group of close to 6,000 of you (and the main way we invite you to our events on the site) mysteriously disappeared. We need your help! 1) Does anyone have an actual contact at FB we can try and solve this through? This is pretty egregious. 2) Report the group missing! The more of an uproar, the more they're likely to fix (if this fails, we're going loud over social media next): http://on.fb.me/1Lbz1qf -- you'll need to include this link to the group: https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41331183538 3) Please RSVP to our Halloween FB event and invite your friends! https://www.facebook.com/events/1689186357981992

There are three(!) events at the loft next week, each of a different kind of appeal: - Tues: HONK NYC brass band fest welcome party & potluck with the musicians: https://www.facebook.com/events/1489951421300693 - Thur: the first official event of our Witch-in-Residence program by Katelan Foisy, a workshop/ritual for Hekate: https://www.facebook.com/events/930179457036295 - Fri: afterparty for the opening of Gowanus Open Studios / Beat Nite Gowanus: https://www.facebook.com/events/413334518857852

These are all free or by donation. Come join us!

Cheers,

Gemini & Scorpio, makers of themed costume events with live entertainment http://www.geminiandscorpio.com

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Gemini & Scorpio cordially request your presence at

Seventh Annual Masquerade Macabre

Halloween Saturday, Oct 31, 9pm-4am, $20* Tier 1 / $25* Tier 2 / $30* Tier 3 & door / $15 after 1am, 21+ (25+ recommended) Livestream Public (former 3rd Ward), 195 Morgan Ave, Bushwick, BK Official site & details: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html Tickets now on sale: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/280784 FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1689186357981992/ Social media: @gemini_scorpio / #MasqMacabre

A marvellous and mysterious event...a Halloween celebration of the extravagant and the grotesque...an all-night spectacle of atmosphere, costumery and diverse entertainments...an explosion of live music, dancing, circus arts, and late-night revelry, snake-charmed into an absinthe-fueled early-morning speakeasy.

Featuring: Kazoo-driven Italian gypsy rock with Philadelphia's The Late Saints. Demonic dance floor by DJs Joro Boro & Reaganomics. Frighteningly accurate fortunes told by practitioners of the occult arts. Jorogumo Spider-Demon Web Lounge (and party-wide installation) by Jaclyn Atkinson. Absinthe and other mind-altering potions by The House of St Eve (yes, t.h.o.s.e. cocktails…).

A word about our venue: some years ago, there was a surreal arts wonderland called 3rd Ward, a warren of studios and open spaces where everything from printmaking to laser cutting was explored. Also, there were parties. Legendary parties, with thousands in the street, and the huge building filled with music, spectacle, fire, and pure lawless magic. Halloween will mark our (and many of our collaborators from those years) first return to 195 Morgan with this kind of public event in two years. It may not ever happen again.

*An additional $30 gets you a commemorative Masquerade Macabre hip flask engraved with the monster hybrid Victorian couple from the event flyer. The engraving is vintage-style blind etching, not the modern black laser. We like it classy. Flask pic: http://bit.ly/GS_flask

Costumes required: Inspiration: macabre carnival, aberrations of nature, cabinet of curiosities, dark Victoriana, evil funhouse, steampunk, Jan Svankmaier & Brothers Quay films, Freaks, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Think dark & creepy. Or dark & funny. Or whatever your Halloween costume happens to be. But if we have to ask, it's not a costume.

Press: "Live music, dancing, absinthe and the dark arts" - The New York Times. "Late-night absinthe-fueled revelry, with dancing, circus arts, and a Victorian-inspired dress code." - The Village Voice. "Expect off-the-wall antics" - Huffington Post. "Denizens of the night...down absinthe until the sun rises." - TimeOut New York. "Absinthe-fueled debauchery." - Paper. "Vintage-inspired spectacle." - New York Press. "This quintessential New York experience, a costume-required masquerade ball, offers a cornucopia of pleasures guaranteed to keep you going all night (and morning) long." - Flavorpill. "Collection of artists who revel in all things exotic, sensual and creative." - Examiner

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PUPPETS: The Daisy Theatre: Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes http://bacnyc.org/performances/performance/ronnie-burkett-theatre-of-marionettes The Daisy Theatre is puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, who manipulates and voices a dynamic entourage of marionettes in a variety of acts ranging from opera to cabaret, and vaudeville to Vegas. A rotating cast of forty characters includes singer Rosemary Focaccia, marionette ventriloquist Meyer Lemon, chanteuse Jolie Jolie, and the beloved fairy child Schnitzel. With ever-changing content and nightly improvisation performed in an intimate setting, the tender, outrageous antics of The Daisy Theatre are a theatrical experience to be seen more than once. Children under age 16 will not be admitted. (Fri/Sat, Baryshnikov Arts Center's Jerome Robbins Theater, 450 W 37th St, 8pm, $25P)

PARTY: Ghetto Hors d'oeuvres: Borders Collide http://www.jackny.org/ghetto-hors-doeuvres-borders-collide.html More than a dozen poets and rappers have been brought together by Brooklyn Gypsies and Brooklyn Poets to share their work and explore issues related to gentrification and NYC living. Food, live music by Starr Busby, poets, rappers and comedians, live mural-making, DJ, dancing, and good conversation are all included. (Fri/Sat, Jack, 505 1/2 Waverly Ave, BK, 8pm, $20)

WORD: Horizons: Perspectives On Psychedelics http://horizonsnyc.org An annual forum that examines the role of psychedelics in science, healing, culture and spirituality. In recent years, a growing community of scientists, doctors, artists, activists, seekers and scholars have orchestrated a renaissance in psychedelic thought and practice. Horizons brings together the brightest minds and the boldest voices of this movement to share their research, insights and dreams for the future. (Fri-Sun, Various MH locations, see website for details, $75-$250)

FEST: Radio Theater at the 7Th Annual H.P. Lovecraft Festival http://www.horsetrade.info/event/f7d4bb67583ed5eb225cd1525eaa1129 Stories written by the Grandmaster of Horror, told by a gifted cast of storytellers, featuring an original orchestral score and award-winning sound design. Stories include: Reanimator, He, The Horror At Martin's Beach, and The Call Of Cthulhu. (Fri/Sat 7:30pm, Sun 3pm, The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th St, $20)

PUPPETS: Birdheart With Friends http://nationalsawdust.org/event/birdheart-with-friends An intimate and stunning chamber piece of animated theatre and live music, with two cellos, a sheet of brown paper, and a box of sand. Through a series of animated images built in front of the audiences' eyes the show creates something achingly beautiful from the humblest of beginnings. (Sun/Wed, National Sawdust, 80 N 6th St, BK, 7pm, $25)

PUPPETS: King Lear http://irondale.org/now_playing.html Two actors. Twenty puppets. Shakespeare’s fiery text. Lear is the puppeteer of his own puppet show, the solo human in his motherless kingdom of power and commodity. Like Dante's damned souls, caught in a perpetual hell particular to each, Lear obsessively plays out his loss of power, friendship, shelter, sanity, and at last even hope. The Fool is his withered soul, an acid clown who torments Lear, stage-manages his story, and finally disappears into Lear’s madness. (Mon/Tue, Irondale Ensemble Project, 85 S Oxford St, BK, 7:30pm, $25)

*MUSIC: HONK NYC! http://honknyc.com An annual extravaganza of street bands & spectacle. Gotham's beloved all-are-invited happening celebrates with 7 days of sweet music, dance & euphoric revelry. (Mon-Thu, this week and next, various MH & BK location, see site for details, FREE-$10)

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ART/WORD: The Art of John Lennon, 75th Anniversary Celebration - Lecture & Book Signing http://afanyc.com/john-lennon/the-art-of-john-lennon/art-by-john-lennon A lecture and book signing with Scott Gutterman, who co-authored "The Art of John Lennon" with Yoko Ono. RSVP at: pr@PROTECTED (AFA Gallery, 54 Greene St, Time TBD, FREE)

WORD: FashionSpeak Fridays: Steampunk Revolution https://www.facebook.com/events/456261794499160 Embark on a steam-powered tour of the fashion world a la steampunk style with noted authority and author Victoriana Lady Lisa, and enjoy an exhibit of original costumes designed by BethAnn Hannah. Steampunk style is highly encouraged. RSVP: RSVPFashion@PROTECTED (The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park S, 7pm, FREE/books available for purchase)

THEATER: Versailles 2015 http://www.thisisnotatheatrecompany.com/#!versailles-2015/cn5i This is Not a Theatre Company’s latest immersive theater exploration. Set against a backdrop of global crisis at a house party in an actual New York City apartment, the characters of Versailles 2015 focus on the minutiae of their daily lives in a play which questions the responsibilities and obligations of the true ruling class. With scenes that include a bathtub dance by Jonathan Matthews, the results are both familiar and wonderfully disconcerting. (RSVP for address, 7pm & 9pm, $25)

PARTY/FILM: Blade Rave featuring The Crystal Method http://bbqfilms.com Vampires of New York City: BBQFilms and Deacon Frost invite you to step into 1998’s BLADE film and take your rightful place atop the food chain. Expect a classic rave straight out of 1998, screening of the original BLADE film, costumed actors bringing BLADE scenes to life, and The Crystal Method plus performances by: Pictureplane, a place both wonderful and strange, DJ Choyce Hacks, The Dance Cartel, and secret special guest appearances. Most importantly, (synthetic) Blood Rain - Step into the splash zone and experience the Rave Scene from the film. Plan to wear something that you don’t mind getting a little bloody. VIP "Purebloods" get the special treatment they deserve as centuries-old royalty, including access to special areas, unique performances, and special one-of-a-kind gifts. (Terminal 5, 610 W 56th St, 7:30pm-11:30pm, $56/$108 VIP)

DANCE: Monk Tango http://www.flushingtownhall.org/event/c54e082b5e06fa20eeb04efed5d2fed3 The music of genius Thelonious Monk, arranged, played and danced Tango style. Featuring Konrad Adderley, bass; Nick Danielson, violin; Tito Castro, bandoneon; Gustavo Casenave, piano; Reno Padilla, vocals with dancers Yaisuri Salamanca, John Hernan Raigoza, Mariana Parma and Herman Brisuela. (Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, QNS, 8pm, $16/$10 members & students)

VARIETY: "Follies Noir" with The Hot Box Girls http://tickets.thecuttingroomnyc.com/event/962367-hot-box-girls-new-york The next incarnation of the neo-classical, immersive burlesque experience that has entertained audiences across the US and Europe. The premiere of a 40's-style romp through all of the glamour, comedy, sparkle, drama, and most importantly, all-singing all-dancing burlesque from the Hot Box Girls. Featuring: Lance-a-lot, Jaz Delance, Sean D'Leer, Ladybird Finch, Dixie Delight, Trixie La Fée. Harlow With Seth Weinstein with Jessie Bunting and the Hot Shim Sham Orchestra. (The Cutting Room, 44 E 32nd St, 10pm, $15 adv/$20 door, + $20 food/drink)

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ART/PARTICIPATORY: Hearts of the World https://www.facebook.com/events/1710864032466210 Have a seat at the 100 ft long table and paint what's in your "heart" as part of the Hearts of the World project. Take your painting home with you or donate it to the world-wide exhibition tour. All materials provided. The Human JukeBox Brass Band will be playing music all afternoon and The Lower Eastside Girl's Club will be making free silkscreen prints (Bring a t-shirt, tote bag, etc) (Tompkins Square Park, Center Circle, 1-5pm, FREE)

WORD/PARTICIPATORY: H.P Lovecraft Brooklyn Guided Tour with Jane Rose http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/event/h-p-lovecraft-brooklyn-guided-tour-with-jane-rose-4 In this tour, filmmaker, writer and Lovecraft fan Jane Rose will trace a path from Lovecraft's high hopes at the beginning of his Brooklyn sojourn in Flatbush, to tough times in the area now known as Brooklyn Heights, and artistic renewal beyond. While Lovecraft, an avid walker and antiquarian, roamed New York City and its surroundings widely, this tour will focus specifically on his ties to Brooklyn, exploring his impressions and inspirations along the way. The tour will take place in two sections. Attendees can come to either section, but both are strongly recommended. Admission covers both sections. Part 1 (Flatbush): 3:15: Meet at Parkside and Ocean Aven, right outside the park entrance. Part 2 (Brooklyn Heights) 5:15 pm: Meet on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall, on north side of hall facing the square. (Prospect Park, 95 Prospect Park W, BK, 3:15pm, $20)

SOCIAL DANCE: Swing Remix Dance Spectacular Season Opener http://swingremix.com/pages/upcoming2015.htm Start off with a Swing Beginner Class; all levels, no experience needed. Followed by live music by Glenn Crytzer's Savoy Seven, a dance performance, DJ, give aways, and more. Lindy Hop workshops also available at 6:30pm and 7:30pm for separate charge. (The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave, 7:30 doors/7:45pm Free Class/8:30pm Music & Dance, $16 adv/$18 door)

ART/PERFORMANCE: Whispering Voices: A Ritual for Our Time http://www.last-frontier.nyc Six artists with a vision coming together from different disciplines to create a unique art experience: an immersive live installation of sound, movement, images, and forms exploring our interconnectedness as human beings -- that elusive source that unites us all, and out of which everything we know and experience arises and returns. Throughout the ages, ritual has served to link the individual to this larger context. With religion no longer being part of most Westerners’ hectic everyday life, we have lost this vital means to connect to a deeper reality. Seeking to help bridge the human need for sacred spaces, our team is setting the stage for a shared experience that will hopefully result in a new ritual that is of and for our times. With Sol Kjøk, Katy Gunn, Autumn Kioti, Bob Clyatt, and Richard Borge and Sam Yocum. This multidisciplinary collaboration will take place at Last Frontier NYC: a huge, charismatic former industrial space with a rich patina built up on the expose d brick over the past hundred years, located at the water’s edge in Greenpoint. (Last Frontier NYC, 520 Kingsland Ave, 3rd fl, BK, 7:30pm doors/ 8pm performance, FREE/ sugg don)

PARTY: Sexy Nerds Comic Con Extravaganza https://www.facebook.com/events/1419959938334026 A night of music, dancing, costumes, games, and prizes. You don't need a comic-con badge to attend. Arcade room and massive raffle. Live DJ sets and dance lounge. Free Candy + Souvenir Photo. Dress code is dressy casual and costume (there will be a costume contest!). All attendees must have proper personal hygiene and clean attire. (Frames New York, 550 9th Ave at 40th St, 7:30pm, $15 / $10 with cosplay or NYCC badge, 21+)

VARIETY: Boomstick Ballet, A Bruce Campbell Dance Opera in 3 Acts http://lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/boomstick-ballet-october-10th The Love Show and .357 LOVER reunite to bring you an evening of mayhem, beauty and slapstick through dance and original live music, based on films starring the Cary Grant of cult classic horror flicks, Bruce Campbell. Act I: Evil Dead 2. Act II: Bubba Ho-Tep. Act III: Army of Darkness. Choreographed and directed by Angela Harriell, performed by The Love Show Dancers. Music & Lyrics by Corn Mo, performed by .357 Lover. Surprise special guests. (Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St, 8pm, $10-$35)

MUSIC: The Mast, Kim Boekbinder, ABBI PRESS, Yaeji, Grumby (DJ Set) https://www.facebook.com/events/1535865166703549 Kim Boekbinder is a performer, composer, musician, and visual artist who defies genre. She has travelled the world, stealing hearts and changing paradigms with her live performance and music. ABBI PRESS is a soul electronica singer and producer. Ambient electronics blend with the soul and jazz-influenced stylings of Abbi’s vocals to create atmospheric waves of melodic poetry and rhythmic connection. (Aviv, 496 Morgan, BK, 9pm, $10, all ages)

PARTY: The Psychedelic Social http://www.psymposia.com A loft party benefit to support MAPS' therapeutic psychedelic research. The social's purpose is to mix together the scientists, Fellow Travelers, drug policy advocates and shiny happy people. Expect special appearances by MAPS founder and director Rick Doblin, and many other speakers from the Horizons conference. (The RAKit Club, 338 Moffat St, BK, 9:30pm-2am, $20, 21+)

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COMMUNITY: Meow Day https://www.facebook.com/events/876867879059246 Bringing local cats for adoption and a cat themed market to local cat lovers. A Tail of Two Kitties will have their locally rescued cats and kittens available on view. Applications are required for adoptions. Come celebrate your love for cats while supporting local TNR & adoption. All proceeds from purchases are donated to local cat rescue efforts. (Silent Barn, 603 Bushwick Ave, Bk, 12pm-5pm, FREE)

WALK: Unlocking Mausoleums tix: http://eventbrite.com/e/ny-adventure-club-experience-unlocking-mausoleums-woodlawn-cemetery-tickets-18914285136 A behind-the-scenes experience at one of the largest cemeteries in New York City covering more than 400 acres and serving as the resting place for more than 300,000 people. On our adventure, we'll explore several of the cemetery's most notable mausoleums, sculptures, and landscapes, and get exclusive access inside some of its most impressive Gilded Age family mausoleums including Harkness, Harbeck, and Dunlop (which contains a dead parrot). After the event, we'll visit an eatery in Little Ireland, one of New York City's strongest and most visible Irish communities. Please wear a good pair of walking shoes since we'll be on our feet for the entirety of the tour.(Woodlawn Cemetery, Jerome Avenue and Bainbridge Ave, BX, 3-4:45pm, $20)

ART: Hotel Award Awards Ceremony no. 1 http://www.fluxfactory.org/projects/hotel-wars The unveiling, judging, and award ceremony for the first set of works from three teams of highly collaborative artists, game designers, urban theorists, and performers who have been challenged to create art to playfully respond to the "hotel boom" that has around the venue and their implications. (Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St, LIC, 4pm-5p, FREE)

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ART: BYO ART https://www.facebook.com/events/1019388848084941 Come celebrate each other's amazing artwork. Bring a piece & hang it. Artwork will be up until Thursday the 15th (pick up will be 5-6pm on Friday). No size limits but be aware that this is a group show / one piece of artwork per human / we have hanging materials. (The Living Gallery, 1094 Broadway, BK, 7-10pm, FREE / $5 to participate)

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*MUSIC/FOOD/PARTY: HONK NYC! 2015 Welcome Party http://www.honknyc.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1489951421300693 HONK NYC! brass band fest reception/potluck dinner/performance, co-presented with Gemini & Scorpio. 50(!) artists will arrive to G&S Loft in the BIG BUS: French band Les Vilains Chico, New Creations Brass Band from New Orleans, and Environmental Encroachment from Chicago. Mingle and meet the artists 7-10pm as you enjoy potluck dinner and cash bar. Performance by NYC-based disco-punk brass band Funkrust at 10pm. (Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 7pm, FREE with potluck contribution or $20 for dinner with the artists until 9:30pm / $10 sugg don after for party)

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FILM/MUSIC: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, with live music by M.V. Carbon http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/event/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-on-16mm-with-live-music-by-m-v-carbon The film is well known for its strange, theatrical, German Expressionist sets, lurching at threatening angles, the peak-roofed houses aligned on a hillside like the teeth of a predatory beast, the streets of the town rendered an abstract maze of diagonals and trapezoids, the local clerk sitting at an absurdly tall desk in honor of his self-importance. The film will be presented in all of its analog splendor on 16mm film, with a live score performed by the inimitable M.V. Carbon, whose spectral sonic palette is the ideal musical counterpart to the film’s uncanny visuals. (Morbid Anatomy Museum, 424A 3rd Ave, Bk, 8pm, $12)

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PARTICIPATORY: The World's Biggest Eye Contact Experiment https://www.facebook.com/events/1710240189195785 The intention, the moment, the worldly event: To engage the community in a moment of meaningful human connection; to connect with yourself and others on a deeper level; to record the action on video to create a global video message for peace and our shared humanity. Part of the international event coordinated by The Liberators International in cities all over the world. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WqRVs6FtcdxPX98K4b0RK4yr2qO2f0ss--OpYJGarEQ/viewform (RSVP for MH location, 5pm-8pm, FREE)

COMMUNITY: 14th Annual Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party http://www.materialsforthearts.org/masked-marvelous A night of performances, art making, cocktails and fun to benefit for Friends of Materials for the Arts with performances by: Coney Island Circus Sideshow, Fantasy Grandmas, Czech Marionettes, Vision Carriers, Calling All Parties, Sophocles Plokamakis, Harry Mandel. Hosted by Richard Kind. (Materials for the Arts, 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd fl, LIC, 6pm, $100)

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Take part in the next U.S. Department of Arts and Culture action. http://usdac.us/dare-to-imagine/ From October 10-18, 2015, the people-powered U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, along with dozens of partner organizations, will dispatch “Emissaries from the Future” to create pop-up Imagination Stations in public spaces nationwide. Through a range of creative activities, Emissaries will engage passersby in exercising social imagination, envisioning the world we wish to inhabit and—looking back from the future—celebrating the work we did to bring it into being. The resulting texts, images, videos, and more will all be uploaded to an online platform, yielding a crowd-sourced vision of the future, inspiring art, policy, and community action. See website for details of how to get involved.

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*THEATER: Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic http://www.speakeasydollhouse.com tix: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/943609 A hidden theater lies within the Heart of Times Square, and the Glorifier of the American Girl, Florenz Ziegfeld, invites you to join his Follies for an evening of music, magic, mystery, mayhem, and of course, plenty of spirits. Audience members will be free to pursue their interests across an expansive environment exploring the wonders and the dangers of the Golden Age of Broadway. Reimagine Ziegfeld's 1920’s extravaganza, The Midnight Frolic, with lavish showgirls, risque burlesque, thrilling aerialists and more. Choose your corruption at Montmartre's Cabaret du Néant while a garish garcon regales you with tales of guillotines and deadly bacteria. Sleuth the luxury suite at Hotel Ritz Paris where Jack Pickford ''allegedly'' tried to save his wife, Follies’ star Olive Thomas, after she drank poison. Take a gander at the glories and gutters that created the American Dream. (thru summer, Thu-Sat, Liberty Theater, 234 West 42nd St, 8pm, $75+, 21+)

ART: Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/alice This exhibition will bring to light the curious history of Wonderland, presenting an engaging account of the genesis, publication, and enduring appeal of Lewis Carroll's classic tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. For the first time in three decades, the original manuscript will travel from the British Library in London to New York, where it will be joined by original drawings and letters, rare editions, vintage photographs, and fascinating objects—many never before exhibited. (thru 10/11, The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Ave, $18/$12 sen & stu)

THEATER: The Witches http://www.thewitchesplay.com Part séance, part play, The Witches is an immersive, hallucinatory reliving of Macbeth's journey through ritual, magic, and manipulation. (thru 10/17, The Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th fl, 8pm, $18)

THEATER: Makbet http://dziecitheatre.org Shakespeare’s ageless tale of greed, guilt, omens and foul deeds comes alive through the unflinching performance of a handful of actors who take turns spontaneously trading off parts at the drop of a hat (literally) In this wildly ritualistic Macbeth, Dzieci explores and explodes the very essence of theatre and storytelling. Donation includes complimentary drinks and divination. (thru 10/18; Thu, Fri, Sat 7pm/Sun 4pm, Sure We Can, 219 McKibbin St, Bk, $10 don)

ART/MUSIC: The Gamelatron Urban Sanctuary http://www.thechimneynyc.com With his sonic kinetic sculpture Gamelatron Cemerlang (Indonesian: Bright, Slang: Bling), artist Aaron Taylor turns an Indonesian folk object, the gong, into “bling”, and re-contextualizes the ancient archaic ritual tradition to envelop the audience with his sculptures. The artist uses exhibitions of the Gamelatrons to create sanctuaries both in public and private spaces. He views the body of the work as an offering to the observer (thru 10/25, The Chimney, 202 Morgan Ave, BK, 7pm-10pm, FREE)

FILM: Cats In The Cradle (To The Grave): Three Japanese Ghost Stories http://www.spectacletheater.com/cats-in-the-cradle-to-the-grave-three-japanese-ghost-stories The Japanese Ghost Story series returns with three bakeneko-mono or ghost-cat stories, one of the most popular sub-genres of kaidan. All three of these films involve a woman who is wronged by a feudal lord and either ruthlessly murdered or driven to suicide. But first, she urges her cat to lap up her blood as she lies dying. The cat is transformed into her avenging spirit and proceeds to bring misery and death to the Lord’s castle. (thru 10/25, Spectacle Theater, 124 S 3rd St, BK, see website for details, $8)

ART: The Art of John Lennon Exhibition, 75th Anniversary Celebration http://afanyc.com/john-lennon/the-art-of-john-lennon/art-by-john-lennon John Lennon’s artwork celebrates human love and communication – two themes at the heart of his contribution to the art of the twentieth century. His iconic Self-Portrait image has become the cornerstone of the collection. (thru 10/31, Mon-Sat 10am-7pm/Sun 11am-6pm, AFA Gallery, 54 Greene St, FREE)

*THEATER/PUPPETS: Sisters Follies: Between Two Worlds http://www.abronsartscenter.org/performances/basil-twist-sisters-follies.html Commissioned for the 100th Anniversary of the Abrons’ Playhouse, this is spooktacular musical extravaganza direct from the unlimited imagination of puppeteer Basil Twist and stars the legendary Downtown icons Joey Arias and Julie Atlas Muz. Celebrating the Playhouse's founders Alice and Irene Lewisohn, and their legacy of producing avant-garde performances and dance from 1915-28, the spectral sisters return to haunt the theater 100 years later. $20 with special code "PULLMYSTRINGS". (thru 10/31, Tue-Sat 8pm/Sun 5pm, Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St, $45-$65)

ART: L.E.S. Art Drive https://www.bowery.org/donate/special-events/les-art-drive-2015 The L.E.S. Art Drive is an opportunity for the L.E.S. visual arts community to show unity, appreciation and support for the goals of The Bowery Mission, an organization that has been helping the homeless and poor in New York City for over 136 years. Using the ARTLOCAL app, Art-A-Thon participants will navigate the L.E.S. Art Drive gallery supporters and check-in at participating galleries as they visit them. There is special artwork in each gallery where 100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Bowery Mission. (thru 11/1, Various LES locations, se website for details, FREE)

HALLOWEEN: The Ride Inspector's Nightmare http://www.coneyisland.com/therideinspectorsnightmare A month long October Halloween haunt/interactive theater experience full of horror, crime and bad language. The show is written and directed by Dick Zigun and features Guest Artist Zero Boy as 80 year old retiring Chief Ride Inspector Patty McKay. The audience joins the cast at the end of McKay's retirement banquet which has been going on for hours of drinking, accident related story telling and extreme drug use. At the end of the party, Patty McKay falls asleep, sleepwalks and re-experiences nightmares associated with his long career. $50 VIP event on 10/24, 7pm-8pm, includes beer & wine open bar, finger food, go-go and burlesque. (thru 11/1, Sideshows by the Seashore, 1208 Surf Ave, BK, see site for details, $15)

DANCE: Company XIV: Cinderella http://companyxiv.com A new creation by the award-winning director/choreographer Austin McCormick, based on the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault (1697), the show features Company XIV's Baroque-Burlesque confection of theatre, dance, live music, circus, opera and sumptuous erotic design. (thru 11/15, Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane, see site for details, $55-$75)

THEATER: Versailles 2015 http://www.thisisnotatheatrecompany.com/#!versailles-2015/cn5i This is Not a Theatre Company’s latest immersive theater exploration. Set against a backdrop of global crisis at a house party in an actual New York City apartment, the characters of Versailles 2015 focus on the minutiae of their daily lives in a play which questions the responsibilities and obligations of the true ruling class. With scenes that include a bathtub dance by Jonathan Matthews, the results are both familiar and wonderfully disconcerting. (Fri thru 11/20, RSVP for address, 7pm & 9pm, $25)

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