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Many people dress up in elaborate outfi ts before diving into the icy waters at the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s New Year’s
Day Plunge. Photo by Erica Price
The best things to do in Brooklyn this season!
OCTOBER
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Nitehawk Prospect Park 188 Prospect Park
West at 14th Street in Park Slope, www.
brooklynhorrorfest.com. Oct. 17–24. $16–$18.
A celebration of spooky, scary
independent cinema, screening at
locations all over Brooklyn.
BRIC JazzFest Marathon
BRIC House 647 Fulton St. at Rockwell
Place in Fort Greene, (718) 683–5600, www.
bricartsmedia.org. Oct. 24–26. $30 per night.
International and local jazz legends
perform on three different stages during
this three-night festival.
Great Pup-kin Dog Costume
Contest
Fort Greene Park Monument stairs
Washington Park at Myrtle Avenue in Fort
Greene, www.fortgreenepups.org. Oct. 26
at 11:30 am. Free ($10 suggested donation to
enter).
Dress up your doggie for Brooklyn’s best
canine costume contest — or just show
up to watch the adorable animals!
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Kaiju Big Battel
Bell House 149 Seventh St. between Second
and Third avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643–
6510, www.thebellhouseny.com. Oct. 26 at 8
pm. $15–$30.
Wrestlers dress as giant monsters and
do battle in the ring! A ridiculous good
time!
“He Did What?”
Outside the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Peter J. Sharp Building 30 Lafayette Ave. at
Ashland Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636–4100,
www.bam.org. Oct. 27–Nov. 2; 7–10 pm. Free.
A 10-minute animated opera about
two senior citizens plotting a murder,
projected on a loop onto a building, with
audience members wearing headphones.
Park Slope Halloween Parade
From Seventh Avenue and 14th Street to the
Old Stone House Fifth Avenue at Fourth
Street in Park Slope, www.oldstonehouse.org.
Oct. 31 at 6:30 pm. Free.
Kids, parents, and local pols dress up
and parade through the streets of Park
Slope, ending at the Old Stone House.
NOVEMBER
Green-Wood at Night
Green-wood Cemetery 500 25th St. at Fifth
Avenue in Greenwood Heights, (718) 210–3080,
www.green-wood.com. Every Fri–Sat in
November at 6:30 pm. $25.
Take a tour of Brooklyn’s largest
graveyard, with stops at the gravesites
of prominent New Yorkers, including
19th century gangster “Bill the
Butcher.” Bring a fl ashlight!
Disney on Ice presents Road
Trip Adventures
Barclays Center 620 Atlantic Ave. at Flatbush
Avenue in Prospect Heights, (212) 359–6387,
www.barclaysc enter.com. Nov. 15–17 at
various times. $16–$25.
Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy skate
through multiple worlds of adventure,
visiting characters from “Moana,”
“Aladdin,” and “Toy Story.”
The Princess Bride: An
evening with Carey Elwes
Kings Theatre 1027 Flatbush Ave. between
Tilden Avenue and Duryea Place in Flatbush,
www.kingstheatre.com. Nov. 16 at 7:30 pm.
$30.
A screening of the classic fi lm, followed
by a talk with the Dread Pirate Roberts,
discussing his favorite scenes and
revealing little-known secrets behind
the fi lm.
DECEMBER
Janelle James Comedy
Festival
Bell House 149 Seventh St. between Second
and Third avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643–
6510, www.thebellhouseny.com. Dec. 5–7 at 8
pm. $20.
Local funny woman Janelle James
takes over the annual Eugene Mirman
Comedy Festival and makes it her
own, with three nights of stand-up
performances from big names.
“Little Women”
Gallery Players 199 14th St. between Fourth
and Fifth avenues in Park Slope, www.
galleryplayers.com. Dec. 6–22, Thu–Sat
at 8 pm, Sun at 3 pm. $25 ($20 seniors and
students).
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