The Best Spooky, Scary & Fun Things To Do in Brooklyn This Week: 10.22.18 – 10.28.18
Here's how to have fun this week, and kick off the Halloween festivies a week early.
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Custom Halloween Mask Workshop
68 Jay Street #612 at Distill Creative
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Price: $150
In this workshop you will create a Halloween mask from feathers and fabric. You’ll learn how to sculpt flowers from silk and other fine fabrics to create a beautiful mask that can be worn with your costume. All materials included. (BYOB if over 21)
The Path to a Post-Rikers NYC
128 Pierrepont Street at Brooklyn Historical Society
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Price: $5; FREE/members
Hope for breaking the brutal violence of Rikers Island with a 10-year plan to close the complex brings with it new questions on accountability, bail reform, borough-based jails, inmate release, and the persistent inability to operate a humane criminal justice system, regardless of location. New York Times reporter Ashley Southall leads a conversation tackling these tough questions with criminal justice experts including CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance Executive Director Michael Jacobson, Deputy Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice Dana Kaplan, and Vera Institute Program Director Insha Rahman.
#imakealiving: How to Build an Insanely Profitable One-Person Business
501 Union Street at 501 Union
Time: 6:30pm – 10pm
FREE
The #imakealiving event brings together a diverse group of creatives, entrepreneurs & small business owners for a lively, candid and often hilarious conversation.
Full Moon Cacao Ceremony
31 Noble Street at Anima Mundi Apothecary
Time: 7pm – 8:30pm
Price: $40
This is a time of creating new connections and relationships more aligned with our desires. Join Anima Mundi Apothecary in releasing what doesn’t serve and cultivating new community and relationships that fill your cup. Ceremony will include Mayan teachings, guided meditation, reiki, and community building. A ritual to help us to express gratitude for our harvest season and make space for this next period will also be shared.
Goth Nacht: A Night Devoted to Goth Culture
58 Kent Street at Kickstarter
Time: 7pm – 9pm
FREE
Join Kickstarter for a nightlong celebration of all things goth! The night will feature an interview of Propaganda Magazine founder Fred Berger by Andi Harriman, goth DJ and author of “Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace.” It will also feature two short talks; Black on Black: An Inquiry into AfroGoth by Leila Taylor, Creative Director for Brooklyn Public Library, and You Can’t Kill Me: I’m Already Dead by Oddities star Evan Michelson. You will also the opportunity to have your picture taken in our Propaganda Magazine Cover Photo Booth! Following, enjoy a goth dance party at Brooklyn Bazaar, right around the corner, DJed by speaker Andi Harriman and DJ Joe Hart!
