Vampire Lovers, Hello Phones, Baby Parade, & the History of GHOSTS–What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (10/9-10/15)

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 Super Saturday @ D.B.A (113 N 7th St) 10pm-4am, Spend Columbus Day (10/12) in true New Orleans style, with DJ Bengey spinning eclectic pop, funk, soul, and classic dance tunes, drink specials all night ($4 pints, $5 16oz cans, & $6 shot + beer combos), RSVP

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WEDNESDAY 10/9
•  A Quarter Century Covering Afghanistan @ Brooklyn Brewery ( 79 N 11th St) 7:30-10:30, $25, Photographer Robert Nickelsberg shares personal tales from 25 years documenting the conflict in Afghanistan, in conversation with New Yorker war reporter Jon Lee Anderson, More Info
♫ Touche Amore / United Nations / The Saddest Landscape @ 285 Kent, 8pm, $12, BUY TIX
♫ Deltron 3030 / Del tha Funkee Homosapien / Dan the Automator / Kid Koala @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) 8pm, $25, BUY TIX
* The Brooklyn Waterfront: Past and Present @ Brooklyn Brainery (190 Underhill Ave, Prospect Heights) 8:30-10pm, $10, Learn about the history, development, and rebirthof the waterfront from Greenpoint to Sunset Park, especially relevant given current zoning debates, More Info

THURSDAY 10/10
# Head to Head Chili Cook Off @ The Diamond (43 Franklin St) 7:30pm, $10, Two bartenders face off with aspiring chefs to make epic chili, proceeds benefit Greenpoint Soup Kitchen
♫ CBGB Fest 2013 w/ The Spits / Useless Eaters / Foster Care @ The Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan) 9pm, $15, BUY TIX
 PAT 666 @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave) 10pm-2am, FREE, Dance party “for anyone from anywhere wearing anything and loving whoever they want” (sounds good to us), featuring video art, cheap drinks, and DJ’s Sparber / Hifi Sean / Amber valentine / JD Samson, RSVP

FRIDAY 10/11
♫ Mexican Summer Five Year Festival @ Pioneer Works (159 Pioneer St, Red Hook) 6pm-3am, $25, with Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti / TAMARYN / The Fresh & Onlys / Mike Wexler, Open Brooklyn Brewery bar from 6:30-8, food by Prime Meats & Frankies Sputino 457, On-site record shop, & transportation from Rockabus, More Info
Weird Weather @ The Yard (33 Nassau Ave) 6pm, a solo exhibition of artwork by Ted McGrath
 Julia Montepagani @ The One Well  (165 Greenpoint Ave) 7-9pm, FREE, Check out Montepagani’s frenetic, yet calming monotypes, RSVP
 Crowd Control @ Calico (67 West St) 7-9pm, FREE, opening for this three person exhibit featuring recent works by Kirkland Bray (found material collages), Kate Neilson (paintings), & James Ulmer (illustrations), RSVP
 The Machine and the Ghost: John O’Connor @ Pierogi (177 N 9th St) 7-9pm, FREE, solo show of the artist’s recent graphite and colored pencil drawings, paintings, and scultptural works, More Info
♫ Big Ups / Flagland / Butter the Children / Big Neck Police @ Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St, Bushwick) 8pm, $8, RSVP
♫ Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Jackson Scott @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (66 N 6th St) 8pm, $17, BUY TIX
• Habit @ Spectacle Theater (124 S. 3rd St) 8pm, $5, Director Larry Fessenden will be in attendance to introduce this 1995 indie vampire film, shot on location in NYC, RSVP
 Vampire Lovers Live + Sound + Cinema @ Nitehawk (136 Metropolitan Ave) 11:55pm, $12, Take a sexy vampire who targets the bosoms of young and beautiful rich women in 18th century Germany, and add a live dark Twin Peaks-y electronic dance pop by a place both wonderful and strange, RSVP

SATURDAY 10/12
* Greenpointers Fall Market @ From the Source (69 West St) 12-6pm, FREE, If you’ve been reading our page lately, you already know that this is going to be a day packed with talented local vendors, homemade goods, and delicious Autumn eats (i.e. apple cider punch), need we say more? RSVP
• Babywearing Parade @ Caribou Baby (272 Driggs Ave) 1-3pm, FREE, dress the little one in their best duds for a parade around McCarren Park, ending at Spritzenhaus for kid and adult drinks
♫ Mexican Summer Five Year Festival Day 2 @ Pioneer Works (159 Pioneer St, Red Hook) 6pm-3am, $25, with Spiritualized / No Joy / Connan Mockasin / Lansing Dreiden/ CO LA / Lilacs & Champagne, Open Brooklyn Brewery bar from 6:30-8, food by Prime Meats & Frankies Sputino 457, On-site record shop, & transportation provided by Rockabus, More Info
# Brooklyn Brine Pickle Tasting @ Eastern District (1053 Manhattan Ave) 4-6pm, FREE, Try all of Brooklyn Brine’s pickle varieties, including picked veggies
♫ CBGB Festival @ Coco66 (66 Greenpoint Ave) 8pm, $10, This 4 day fest starts on Wednesday and ends today with music by St. Lenox / The Pinz / Shyboy / Hello Phones, RSVP
 Forget Yourself Inside Me Like I Am a Vacuum and You Are the Sea @ 155 Freeman St, 8pm, $8 suggested donation, Triple Canopy presents a performance by Rebecca Patek, who incorporates power dynamics, deadpan stand-ups, and unsettling situations to create an engaging choreographed experience, More Info

SUNDAY 10/13
• Get to the Point 5K Run @ St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy  (12 Newel St) 1-10pm, $20 includes race fee + shirt, Run (or rope jump/skip) through the streets of Greenpoint (race starts at 1pm) and then reward yourself with a post-race party at the Boulevard at 2pm, Register, RSVP
• Greenpoint Williamsburg Blessing of the Animals @ Church of the Ascension (127 Kent St), 3-3:20pm, A community gathering to honor all animals big and small and remember those that have passed, More Info

MONDAY 10/14
* The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies Presents: Haunted History @ Cameo Gallery (93 N 6th St) 7-9:30pm, FREE, Spooky lecture topics include Cultures of Death, the History of Ghost Stories, and Madame Tussaude: Hot Wax and Cold Stiffs, featuring DJ Kate Pilgrim and candy(!), RSVP
♫ Salt Cathedral / Gold Lake / Young Unknowns @ Glasslands Gallery (289 Kent Ave) 8:30pm, $10, BUY TIX

* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
Pheremones likely
Art Event
Comedy Event
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