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What To Do

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31

(HALLOWEEN PARTY)
SPOOKY PARTY
The Theater for The New City holds its 31st Annual Village Halloween Costume Ball. Guests vie for costume prizes. Celebrants will sink fangs into Halloween delicacies in The Witches’ Cauldron. Costume or formal wear required. Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave., 212-254-1109, www.theaterforthenewcity.net; 7:30, $20.


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1

(ART)
KISS THE MYSTIC
Artist Jose Alvarez  presents his first solo New York show, The Visitors, a great introduction to this Florida-based mystic, with new crystal paintings, psychedelic collages and performance videos and photographs that continue his exploration of science and spirituality. The Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-255-5793. Reception: 6pm, free.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2

(THINGNESS)
Those not “drowning in quirk” are encouraged to check out Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects With Unexpected Significance. Contributors to the book of the same name will indulge in a kind of artsy show and tell, to get to the thingness of a paperweight, a towel, a frying pan... N+1, 195 Chrystie St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-260-4350; 8, free.


GEEK SQUADOFFF
The “international festival for the post-digital creation culture” is an exposition for web, graphic and information designers. Which means...finally, all in one place will be every jackass who ever crashed your computer with a fancy spinning twirling flashing widget. Nov.-4 at the BMCC TRIBECA Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. (betw. Greenwich & West Sts.); www.offf.ws.

(THEATER)
FREAKSHOW AND TELL
Satirist/actor/writer Jeffrey Essmann presents his original two-man show The Usual Freak Show. LaMaMa E.T.C., 66 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. & Bowery), 212-475-7710; Fri.-Sat. 10; Sun 5:30, $15.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3

(DANCE)
LOTUS OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
London’s Tripsichore Yoga Theatre company are the original mavericks of yoga. Not only are they the world’s leading practitioners of yogic standup comedy, but Tripsichore’s new show Merely Total Risk combines “traditional asanas with inventive choreography.” Think downward facing dog meets Cirque du Soleil. Jivamukti Yoga School, 841 Broadway (betw. 13th & 14th Sts.), 212-353-0214; 7:30, $20.

(MULTI-MEDIA)
TAKEOVER TAKEDOWN
BAM presents Takeover, a one-night party featuring music by Antibalas, Be Your Own Pet, The Exit, Heartless Bastards and Dirty On Purpose; a tongue-in-cheek Lindsay Lohan Mid-Career Retrospective film. Of course, you can’t get a party started without dancing and so be prepared for DJ sets from Ubiquita NYC; and art installations throughout the building. BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave., B’klyn, 718.636.4100; 9pm-4am, $15/$20.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4

(MUSIC)
PLAY-AIR PIANO
Some kind of statement about NYC real estate is at the heart of Air Rights! Making Music Out of Thin Air, a suite of four works written for oddball piano virtuoso Kathleen Supove. (Also tomorrow night.) Flea Theater, 41 White St. (betw. Broadway & Church St.), 212-352-3101; 7, $15.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5

(DISCUSSION)
STORIES FROM THE FRONT
Get the skinny on equal rights tonight as Organizers from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force bring stories from around the country about legislative battles and victories for the gay and lesbian community. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.); 7, free.


(PARTY)
RETRO SCENESTER PARTY
Paris-based label Recall Records celebrates its 10th anniversary with performances by Recall artists Chris Stills, Fires of Rome, Thomas Dybdahl and Grand National. Screenings between sets feature scenes from Downtown 81, a movie starring legendary artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that surveys the Downtown art and music scenes in the early ’80s. Afterward the scene shifts for a Downtown 81-themed after-party, with DJ sets from Grand National and Mark Kamins.  Blender Theatre, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington & Park Aves.), 212-777-6800; 7, $25; Tribeca Grand Hotel, 2 6th Ave. (betw. White & Walker Sts.), 212-519-6600.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

CHOP CHOP
Catch up with your favorite Japanese warriors as they kick it in Ryuji Sawa: The Return. Tonight through Nov. 11 at Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave. (betw. 9th & 10th Sts.), 212-352-3101;  $30.