Only in New York

A science-themed drag show offers a campy introduction to New York City’s bats, featuring three drag acts and a bat scientist.

Watch a word-for-word theatrical adaptation of a Real Housewives of New York episode, titled “Sun, Sand and Psychosis.”

Watch all 13 episodes of *Serial Experiments Lain* in original Japanese with English subtitles on VHS at a Bushwick bar.

Draw live models suspended on climbing walls and in the air during a figure-drawing session at MetroRock.

A science event devoted to the octopus umwelt—the strange question of how octopuses perceive their surroundings.

Readings of poems by dead poets make up this unusually specific evening at a Financial District coffee-and-cocktail hall.

Dress and act like your favorite late comedian in a Dead Comedian Contest, with audience costumes encouraged.

Watch the 36th Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, including a dog parade, costume contest and festival block full of treats and activities; no dog is required and watching is free, while the specific parade and judging times will be finalized closer to the event.

Watch stand-up comedians roast 16 players competing in a live Mario Kart tournament, with wildcard players pulled from the audience and a $250 grand prize; audience tickets are $19, competitors pay $27, all tickets include two takoyaki balls and one meat skewer, and the event has a two-drink minimum.