The legendary director, producer, and comedic genius behind such classics as Freaks & Geeks, Bridesmaids, and Knocked Up offers a rare glimpse behind the curtain with stories about our favorite comedians and his beloved films. Join us for what promises to be a rollicking night celebrating the biggest comedy nerd in show biz and his storied journey to Hollywood superstardom. In conversation with Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show).

“Judd Apatow is one of the greatest comedy writers of all time and his new book proves it. Judd is such a great writer he should change his name to Judd Baldwin.”—Chris Rock

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with halloween falling on a friday, we’re getting two full weekends of spooky fun this year! the aws outage slowed us down a bit, so we’ll have our 10/30-11/2 listings ready in a couple of days. in the meantime, check out our roundup of 50+ halloween parties, shows, cover band concerts, pet parades, and more happening this weekend here.

cultural fests / street fairs / food events / markets / shopping events (free admission, unless noted otherwise): >>

► sat 10am-6pm: madison avenue fall gallery walk: participating galleries on madison avenue and side streets from east 57th st to east 86th st. >>

► sat 11am-5pm: spike’s joint fall pop-up sale: at filmmaker spike lee’s 40 acres and a mule hq (fort greene). bonus: lee be in attendance for signings. >>

► sat 11am-6pm: patches + pins expo: bathhouse studios (east village). $5 adv, $10 door. >>

► sat 1-4pm: the annual offset art book fair: sheila c. johnson design center at parsons (greenwich village). timed ticket required. >>

► sponsored: sat 1-4:30pm, 6-9:30pm; new york city wine fest: chelsea industrial, save 40% with promo code ‘theskint’ >>

► sat + sun (11am-6pm): fad market fall pop-up: st. paul’s roman catholic church (cobble hill). >>

► sun 12-6pm: sunday funday spooky makers market: footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood). >>

► sun 1pm: annual brooklyn mac and cheese takedown: royal palms shuffleboard (gowanus), $30. >>

► sun 2-7pm: brooklyn hearts club’s sinister sinner’s market: crystal lake brooklyn (williamsburg). >>

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friday

thru the season: ice skating! lace up and get your skate on at the rink at bryant park’s winter village (the holiday shops are now open, too!) and wollman rink in central park. various prices.

fri thru sun (fri-sat 12-7pm, sun 12-6pm): stay frosty: part tailgate, part trunk show, part festival, and part site-specific exhibition located in an open-air parking lot in west harlem. 20 artists, curators, dealers, and non-profits will transform their own cars into unique exhibition spaces for three days. 458 w 128th street, free admission. >>

fri thru sun: five boro fling – contra dance weekend: brooklyn contra’s annual weekend dance event returns with three days of contra dance, music, and song. st. paul + st. andrew methodist church (uws), $15+. >>

sponsored: fri + sat: flop house comedy club: nyc’s friendliest indie comedy club—with great comics, a cozy atmosphere, and no drink minimums—has some incredible lineups this weekend! save 33% with promo code ‘skint’ for any of these shows at 362 grand street in williamsburg – anthony moore, molly brenner, rachel williams, and brittany carney (friday 8pm + 9:30pm); sam kochman, gastor almonte, olga namer, stephen rogers, and katie hannigan (saturday 8pm + 9:30pm); at 83 1st ave in the east village – marcella denby, olivia stadler, joey rinaldi, demetrius fields (saturday 8:30pm). food, snacks, and drinks will be available for purchase. >>

fri 6pm: housing works fourth annual taylor swift karaoke competition: step up to the mic at housing works (the same place featured in taylor’s ‘all too well (taylor’s version)’ music video) and belt out your fave ts song in front of adoring fans. bonus: the top three singers will score $50-100 housing works gift cards. $10 adv, $15 door. >>

fri 6pm (weather permitting): free outdoor movie: top gun: maverick at the hudson yards public square and gardens >>

fri 7pm: tale storytelling show: harmon leon (this american life, the new yorker) hosts an evening of performances by some of the city’s best storytellers, including john fugelsang, martin dockery, joanne solomon, and rhonda hansome. the red room at kgb bar (east village), half price online with promo code ‘discountskint’ or if you mention the skint at the door (reg. $15), plus a two-drink minimum. >>

fri 7:30pm: ¡vaya! latin music series at lincoln center: dennis hernández y su conjunto amalia: cuban trumpeter dennis hernández and his band conjunto amalia come to lincoln center’s david rubenstein atrium (uws) for an evening of music and dancing. free admission. >>

fri 8pm: open to work: an unemployed comedy show: laugh at linkedin, layoffs, and late-stage-capitalism at amanda melhuish and cat montesi’s open to work comedy show. tonight’s lineup includes ashton womack (the daily show), caitlin reese (nbc), christina casillo (burger diva), justin catchens (vulture), jo wild, and freddy g. friends and lovers (crown heights), $10. >>

fri 8pm: laugh it off comedy show: bring your problems to the laugh it off comedy show, where audience members submit their everyday problems and comedians try their best to ‘fix’ them. boyb. melrose podcasts (east village), $16. >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s performers include kelly bachman, seaton smith, max fine, micah walsh, and liv talley. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

saturday

sat 11am-2:30pm: free bike helmets: the department of transportation continues its bike helmet distribution program today, offering free, personally-fitted helmets at john jay park (ues) while supplies last. >>

sat 4pm: modern whitney: where comedians interpret art: a panel of comedians give their own unique takes on interpreting a piece of art—before a professional expert swoops in to set the record straight. caveat (les), $14.64 with promo code ‘rockwell’ (reg. $20-23). >>

sat 5pm: relationsh*t: storytelling about all kinds of relationships meets on-stage therapy from actual therapists at lynn bixenspan and morgan pielli’s relationsh*t show. q.e.d. (astoria), $12. >>

sat 5-10pm: my body, my voice: a night of performance and activism benefitting brigid alliance: an evening of music, theatre, and conversation in support of reproductive justice, this benefit features original songs by singer-songwriters and musical theatre artists followed by the nyc premiere performance of ‘pavement kingdom: a clinic escort play’ by courtney bailey, and culminates in a panel discussion on reproductive justice with reps from planned parenthood, the national network of abortion funds, the brigid alliance, and nyc doula project. all proceeds will support the brigid alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to abortion care. laguardia performing arts center (lic), sliding scale admission. >>

sat 7:30pm: what’s the worst that could happen? a comedy show: ouija board edition: will purpura and ilana rubin attempt to raise spirits at this comedy show where audience members are invited to submit questions to a ouija board in-between stand-up sets. works in progress studio (gowanus), $5+. >>

sat 8pm: the chelsea symphony: ‘whirlwind: from mozart to green’: the chelsea symphony continues its 20th anniversary season with a program that includes works by mozart, geraldine green, and louise farrenc. st. paul’s church (chelsea), $30 adv for premium unassigned seating, or $20 suggested donation at the door. >>

sat 8pm: string orchestra of brooklyn (sob): the string orchestra of brooklyn presents a program of three very different works by beethoven, chalres ives, and lena frank that celebrate the sounds of nature and folk music. church of st. luke + st. matthew (clinton hill), $15 general, $10 seniors/students in advance, $20 door. >>

sat 9:30pm: drunk planet earth: mst3k meets animal planet meets drinking game at the drunkplanet earth show. the show revolves around watching animal planet iii, drinking, and the audience trying to stump the hosts with animal trivia. caveat (les), free admission. >>

sunday

sun 2pm: the broadway bach ensemble: autumn concert: the broadway bach ensemble, a community orchestra that presents four free concerts of music from the 16th to the 21st centuries each year, kicks off its 41st season with an afternoon program featuring works by bach, tchaikovsky, and reena esmail at the broadway presbyterian church (morningside heights). >>

sun 8pm (monthly) disasterpiece movie night: i am here…now: from the weird to the wondrous, disasterpiece unearths bad movies for a watch party complete with drinking games, trivia, pizza, and more. tonight: neil breen’s i am here…now (2009). wonderville (bushwick), free admission. >>

monday

mon-weds (6pm): miller theater’s pop-up concert series: the columbia university school of the arts’s musical happy hour returns for a new season of hour-long concerts where the audience is permitted to sit onstage with the performers and enjoy a free drink. this week, piano/percussion quartet yarn/wire celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special three-concert festival. columbia university’s miller theatre (morningside heights), free admission. >>

mon 6pm: amelia earhart plaque unveiling: greenwich village society for historic preservation unveils a plaque honoring pioneer aviator amelia earhart at greenwich house, where she once lived and worked as a social worker. free admission (rsvp required). >>

mon 6pm: navigating the infodemic: public safety, health and the environment with the center for communication: a panel of experts, moderated by on the media‘s micah loewinger, shares how reliable scientific studies and public health information can successfully reach the public and tackle disinformation in health and climate. nypl’s stavros niarchos foundation library (midtown), free admission. >>

mon 7pm: gravid water: at stephen ruddy’s gravid water show, actors perform scenes from classic and contemporary plays—with a twist: their scene partners are improvisers who have no prior knowledge of the script and react to them for the first time on stage. tonight’s guests include scott adsit (30 rock), zach cherry (severence, tami sagher (shrill), sunita deshpande (daredevil), cady huffman (the producers), brian stack (colbert), and more. ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

mon 7pm (monthly): movie musical mondays: little shop of horrors: a monthly series of iconic musicals hits the big screen at village east by angelika, continuing the season with frank oz’s little shop of horrors (1986), starring rick moranis, ellen greene, and steve martin. $19. >>

mon 7:30pm (monthly thru may): 23rd annual music mondays concert series: the music mondays concert series returns with a new season of classical and contemporary chamber music at advent lutheran church (uws). tonight, nordic folk-chamber trio dreamers’ circus performs music from denmark, sweden, finland, and norway. a casual reception will follow the performance. free admission (note: if online reservations are sold out, there will be a standby line). >>

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our roundup of 40+ ongoing events: fall foliage maps, oktoberfest events, the amazing maize maze, and more. >>

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with halloween falling on a friday, we’re getting two full weekends of spooky fun this year! the aws outage slowed us down a bit, so we’ll have our 10/31-11/2 listings ready soon. in the meantime, check out our roundup of 50+ halloween parties, shows, cover band concerts, pet parades, and more happening thru 10/30 here. as always, stay safe and gauge your comfort level when heading out.

the roundup is broken out into four sections:

• parties + events
• tribute bands
• movie-related
• pets

parties + events

10/24 5-10pm: this party is killing you! the robyn party robyn-o-ween: costumes encouraged. 9 bob note @ 3 dollar bill (east williamsburg), $15 adv, $20 door. >>

10/24 7pm-midnight: ‘spooky’ jazz + gin: speakeasy soirée: the urbane arts club (ditmas park), $21.83 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $27.14+, $20 after 10pm at the door). >>

10/24 8pm: the roast of the wolfman: a halloween comedy show: the spare room at the gutter (williamsburg), $15. >>

10/24 8pm: scream tribute drag show: c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $20.09. >>

10/24 10:30pm: annual ma’am-o-ween: disco, house, diva vocals, queer classics party. c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $13.39. >>

10/24 11pm: fifth annual klondyke’s kreepshow: all-black, all-trans halloween drag and sideshow. purgatory (bushwick), $17. >>

10/24 11pm: music for the masses: an ‘80s new wave halloween party: tv eye (ridgewood), $26.08. >>

10/24 11pm: the halloween black parade emo party and cybertron goth industrial, ebm, synthpop party: the brooklyn monarch (east williamsburg). $11.33 ticket provides access to both parties. >>

10/25-26 (10am-5pm): pumpkin point: governors island’s pumpkin patch returns. free admission. >>

10/25 7pm-midnight: halloween ball: coven of queens: hosted by susanne bartsch. moma ps1 (lic), $40. >>

10/25 8-10pm: switch n’play presents: slash n’ spray drag + burlesque: littlefield (gowanus), $20 adv, $25 day of. >>

10/25 8pm-late: rubulad presents: monsterrific madhouse party: costumes encouraged. rubulad (bushwick), $30 adv, $40 door. >>

10/25 9pm: the drunk texts: thou wilt scream: a shakespearean adaptation of scream meets drinking game. the rat nyc (dumbo), $12. >>

10/25 9pm-late: gemini + scorprio’s annual masquerade macabre: costumes required. g+s loft (gowanus), $30-40 ($25 after midnight if capacity allows). >>

10/25 10pm-late: hot rabbit presents: queers of the dead lgbtq+ halloween dance party: bonus: $1000 grand prize costume contest. the brooklyn monarch (east williamsburg), $30+. >>

10/25 10pm-late: zombie prom: themed costumes encouraged. house of yes (bushwick). $36.75 ($21 late entry after 1:30am). >>

10/25 11:50pm: niche night nyc presents: hella good 90s/2000s/alt/grunge/pop halloween dance party: costumes encouraged. hart bar (bushwick), free admission. >>

10/26 2:15pm: talkdeath’s 5th annual halloween cemetery scavenger hunt: green-wood cemetery, free. >>

10/26 7:30pm: the fourth annual spiffemol industries old-time radio horror show: jalopy theatre (columbia street waterfront district), $15. >>

10/27 7pm: the understudies present: the demon *blank* of *blank*: an improvised sweeney todd-esque musical: the pit loft (chelsea), $11.99 >>

10/28 7pm: drunk black history comedy show: halloween edition: isola brooklyn (williamsburg), $25. >>

10/29 6pm: pumpkitecture! seventh annual architectural pumpkin carving competition: the center for architecture (greenwich village), $15 admission. >>

10/29 8pm (monthly): punderdome pun slam: annual halloween costume compuntition: pun-masters have a war of the words at the beloved pun-slinging competition. tonight’s installment includes a pun-themed costume contest. hosted by fred firestone. littlefield (gowanus), $12 adv, $15 day of. >>

10/29 8:30pm: connor ratliff presents: the acting class – halloween edition: ucb (east village), $15. >>

10/30 4-7pm: the annual halloween on the harlem meer and pumpkin flotilla: central park’s charles a. dana discovery center (central park north bet. 5th ave + malcolm x blvd), free admission. >>

10/30 6:30pm: haunted history lecture: the age of the witch hunts: brooklyn brainery prospect heights, $12. >>

10/30 7pm: super smash bros tournament: halloween edition with live music: os nyc gaming lounge (chinatown), $12-25 sliding scale admission. >>

10/30 7:30pm: halloween queeraoke: costumes encouraged. pinebox rockshop (bushwick), $5-10 suggestged admission. >>

10/30 8pm doors: goth sk8 night: featuring sissies of mercy, johanna constantine, military scientist, greg fox, and qasim naqvi. xanadu (bushwick), $26.78 + $7 skate rental (or byo). >>

10/30 9pm: the aud ball’s halloween drag spectacular: the villain’s ball: all-villain drag show. dress to slay. 3 dollar bill (east williamsburg, $15 adv, $30 day of. >>

tribute bands

10/24 8pm doors: a night like this: the cure halloween party: interpol and the cure. costumes encouraged. bonus: robert smith lookalike contest. baker falls (les), $16.53. >>

10/24 8:30pm: ridgewood ghoul-o-rama ‘25: air, pearl jam, brian eno/roxy music, and empire records soundtrack. costumes encouraged. footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood), $15 suggested donation. >>

10/25 6:30pm: werewolf bar mitzvah iii (monster fight): black sabbath, deftones, weezer, little richard, nine inch nails, the chicks, and green day. bonus: costume contest. purgatory (bushwick), $15 adv, $18 day of. >>

10/25 7pm: halloween cover show: the beatles, blink 182, and smog. union pool (williamsburg), $18.54. >>

10/25 7pm doors: identity crisis: a halloween rocktacular: paul mccartney, suede, eddie money, and hole. baker falls (les), $15. >>

10/26 3pm until end: sunday scaries halloween bash: live band karaoke and cover bands (alice and chains, pink floyd, abba, radio head, and pop icons). baker falls (les), $10 with costume, $20 without. >>

10/26 7pm: night of the living riffs: cover show: misfits, the jesus + mary chain, anti-cimex, and alaska y los pegamoides. tv eye (ridgewood), $15. >>

10/29 7:30pm: our wicked lady presents: halloween cover bands: black sabbath, nirvana, rage against the machine, brittany spears, queens of the stone age, white stripes. main drag music (williamsburg), $18. >>

10/29 8pm: halloween puss: ozzy osbourne / black sabbath, hole, nick cave and the bad seeds, eddie money. the bowery electric (east village). $10 adv, $15 door. >>

10/30 7pm doors: mischief night cover show: pavement, afi, weezer, amy winehouse, phoebe bridgers, pop-punk hits. the broadway (bushwick/bed-stuy), $12 adv, $15 door. >>

10/30 7:30pm: halloween 1995: garbage, hole, pj harvey, empire records soundtrack. main drag music (williamsburg), $15. >>

10/30 8pm: shaggoween: sleater-kinney, oasis, the pixies, katy perry. purgatory (bushwick), $13.60. >>

10/30 8pm: the 10th annual sally can’t dance tribute to the cramps: hosted by michael t at the bowery electric (east village). $17.45. >>

10/30 8pm: habbaween: abba tribute: the bell house, $30.75. >>

10/30-11/1 (7pm-1am): gutterween at the gutter: 30 bands over three nights: smashing pumpkins, nine inch nails, misfits, chappel roan, elton john, black sabbath, blondie, charlie xcx, and more. the gutter (williamsburg), free admission. >>

movie-related

the rocky horror picture show shadow casts, live band karaoke, and other related events (various prices):
• 10/24-11/2: brooklyn art haus (williamsburg) >>
• 10/25 9pm: coney island usa >>
• 10/25 + 11/1 (9:45pm): quad cinema (greenwich village) >>
• 10/26 7:30pm: littlefield (gowanus) >>
• 10/27 6pm: arlene’s grocery (les) >>

10/24 6pm: the thing lab presents: unearthing john carpenter’s the thing: sva graduate center (chelsea). free admission. >>

10/24 7:30pm doors: aesop’s sound fables presents: nosferatu (1922) with a semi-improvised live score: francis kite club (alphabet city), $15 adv, $20 day of >>

10/24 7:30pm: (un)silent film: the phantom carriage in concert: the new school’s john l. tishman auditorium (greenwich village), free admission. >>

10/24-25 (6pm): paddle-in movies with gowanus dredgers: creature from the black lagoon and the beast from 20,000 fathoms. free-$20. >>

10/24-11/1: halloween events at film noir cinema (greenpoint): ‘terror terroir’ wine tasting + screening, cat horror double feature, smootaphilia: the best of jess franco, secrets of the dead short horror film fest, and more. various prices. >>

10/25 12pm-2am: shriek show xiv – low-budget horror film marathon: spectacle theater (williamsburg), $5-25. >>

10/25 7:30pm: whiskey flicks live!: horror movie clips with whiskey-infused running commentary. torn page (chelsea), $13 suggested donation. >>

10/25-26 (sat 12:30pm, sun 12:15pm): the nightmare before christmas 3d: museum of the moving image (astoria). $17.50 general, $12 seniors/students. >>

10/25-31: halloween, halloween ii, inferno, cemetery man, orphan, suspiria: roxy cinema (tribeca), $18. >>

10/26 2pm doors: shaun of the dead with zombi-lympics: screening and zombie challenge. united palace (washington heights), $12. >>

10/27 6pm: fright night: hellbound book launch event and fright night screening: with author michael harbron. the twisted spine (williamsburg). free admission. >>

10/27 9:15pm: spook show with zabrecky: bride of frankenstein: nitehawk cinema (prospect park). $22. >>

10/27-28 (7:30pm): screening of the cabinet of dr. caligari and nosferatu with original live scores by the flushing remonstrance: cobble hill cinemas (brooklyn), $22. >>

10/28 7pm: tuesday night creature features: village east by angelika wraps its creature features screening series with matt reeves’ cloverfield (2008). $19. >>

10/29 7pm: the lodger (1927) with a live score by morricone youth: nitehawk (williamsburg). $22. >>

10/29-31: hitchcocktober at angelika: scream queens and suspense fans unite at village east by angelika’s annual october tribute to the films of alfred hitchcock. this week’s finale: psycho (1960). $19. >>

10/30 4pm: tricks and treats – tv’s scariest episodes discussion: the paley museum (midtown), $21.50 general, $17.50 seniors/students. >>

10/30 7pm: silent fright: a night of haunting silent films with live musical accompaniment by amanda cattel: reverie room (uws), $20 plus $10 min purchase. >>

10/30 7pm: night of the living dead (1968) with a live score by morricone youth: nitehawk (prospect park). $22. >>

10/30 7:30pm: the phantom of the opera (1925) with a live score by ben model: the sanctuary at st. paul + st. andrew (uws), $20 general, $15 students. >>

10/30 8pm: bad movie night brooklyn presents: peter jackson’s dead alive (1992): full circle bar (williamsburg), free admission. >>

pets

* note: the pet events are free to attend unless otherwise noted. some costume contests charge a fee to compete.

10/25 12pm (registration starts at 9am): annual washington square park dog halloween parade + costume contest: washington square park’s arch plaza, fountain plaza, and garibaldi plaza (greenwich village). >>

10/25 12pm (registration starts at 11am): downtown magazine’s annual barktoberfest + costume contest: pier 57 rooftop park (chelsea). >>

10/25 12pm: mcgolrick dogs dog parade + costume contest: msgr. mcgolrick park (greenpoint). >>

10/25 12pm: my pets halloween costume showcase: the bandshell at jackie robinson park (harlem). >>

10/25 12pm: 27th annual great pupkin dog costume contest: prison ship martyrs monument in fort greene park. >>

10/25 12pm: fourth annual howling halloween pup cruise: the circle line (pier 83, midtown west). $40 (proceeds will benefit north shore animal league america). >>

10/25 2pm: 5th annual halloween pet parade: elizabeth street garden (nolita). free to attend, $20 to compete. >>

10/25 3pm (registration starts at 1pm): socrates sculpture park’s annual halloween dog costume contest: socrates sculpture park (lic). note: this event is part of the park’s annual halloween harvest festival. >>

10/26 1pm: annual stuyvesant square park halloween dog parade: the dog run at stuyvesant square park. donations welcome. >>

10/26 1pm (registration starts at 11am): annual woof-o-ween + costume contest: domino park (williamsburg). >>