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Five things to do in Brooklyn this week!

Five things to do in Brooklyn this week!

Saturday

Oct. 28

Bark knight

It’s the Great PupKin, Charlie Brown! There are few things we love more than a doggie costume contest, and this annual event in Fort Green Park always brings out the most creative canine couture. After the walkies-off, visit the park’s Halloween Festival, which will feature rides, games, and music from Astrograss.

11:30 am at Fort Greene Park Visitor Center (enter at Myrtle Avenue and St. Edwards Street in Fort Greene, www.fortgreenepups.org/the-great-pupkin). Free.

Sunday

Oct. 29

‘Thrill’ ride

Second only to disguised doggies in our hearts are costumed kids — and today, a horde of terrifying tiny zombies will spin, kick, and moonwalk their way through a dance performance inspired by Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” If you or your kids want to join the adorable undead, show up at noon for a choreography class from AbunDance.

1:30 pm at Myrtle Avenue Plaza (550 Myrtle Ave. at Emerson Place in Clinton Hill, www.myrtleavenue.org/thriller). Free.

Monday

Oct. 30

Vampire, weakened

New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist Marlon Williams will keep the creeps going tonight as he performs his funny, spooky new single “Vampire Again,” about a lonely outcast in Los Angeles, along with a selection of tunes from his next album, coming in 2018.

Vamp for the camera: New Zealand singer Marlon Williams will perform his song “Vampire Again” at Rough Trade on Oct. 30.
Justyn Strother

8:30 pm at Rough Trade (Rough Trade NYC [64 N. Ninth St. between Kent and Wythe avenues in Williamsburg, (718) 388–4111], www.roughtradenyc.com]. $15.

Tuesday

Oct. 31

Nite spirits

On Halloween night (or afternoon, whatever) take a spooky sneak peek at the upcoming Nitehawk theater coming to Park Slope! The former Pavilion theater will open for tonight only as a haunted house, with candy for trick-or-treaters, free beer for parents, and a reading from “Frank Eintstein” author Jon Scieszka.

3–7 pm at Nitehawk Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West at 14th Street in Park Slope, www.nitehawkcinema.com). Free.

Wednesday

Nov. 1

To die for

Halloween may be over, but the morbid masterpieces keep coming! The existential murder-mystery play “Harkiri Kane (Die! Die Again!),” written by Brooklyn cartoonist Dean Haspiel, features an amnesiac angel of death trying to solve his own murder, a serial killer, and a mysterious woman. What more do you need?

8 pm at the Brick [579 Metropolitan Ave. between Lorimer Street and Union Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 907–6189, www.bricktheater.com]. $20.

Dog-zilla: Fred Zorn sits next to his dog Rowdy at the Great PupKin canine costume contest, happening on Oct. 28 in Fort Greene Park.
Photo by Stefano Giovannini