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1. Map: Yankees parade route
Where to be on Friday, Nov. 6, for the parade
2. What Once We Felt
The Duke on 42nd Street - 229 W. 42nd St. - New York (Midtown West)
I'm an unabashed fan of plays set in the future, so I'm looking forward to "What Once We Felt", a thoughtful drama about the last book to be published on paper. Ann Marie Healy, the playwright, is a talented, intelligent writer herself, so I expect some smart observations about modern culture.
3. Idiot Savant
Public Theater - 425 Lafayette St. - New York (NoHo)
Because "Idiot Savant" stars Willem Dafoe ("Spider-Man"), we'd love to recommend this show to everyone. But he's working with Richard Foreman, the godfather of Gotham's experimental theater, who's not for everyone-unless you're looking to get your mind blown by an acid trip of theatrical weirdness....
4. Haunted Houses in NYC 2
By Kate Bonacorsi - September 17, 2009
Where to get your blood curdled this Halloween in New York
5. Next to Normal
Booth Theatre - 222 W. 45th St. - New York (Midtown West)
This melancholy rock musical is ready for Broadway after prep runs in DC and Off-Broadway. Despite its use of rock music, its themes sound more like Sondheim an ordinary group of folks, here a suburban family while Alice Ripley's turn as a bipolar mother is already getting Tony buzz.
6. The best Halloween candy stores in New York
A tour of the best candy stores In NYC
7. In the Next Room
Lyceum Theatre - 149 W. 45th St. - New York (Midtown West)
Sarah Ruhl is the darling of modern theater, a rare playwright whose so popular (with the in-crowd, at least) that she can write a play that opens straight on Broadway, with no tryout elsewhere! In the Next Room is a period piece about the invention of the titular instrumentused in the 19th c. to...
8. Yelloween at Bagatelle
Bagatelle - 409 W. 13th St. - New York (Meatpacking District)Cheap champagne at Bagatelle (for once!).
9. The Yankees Championship Parade
Yankees are the World Series champs (again), so throw on your Jeter jersey, grab a bat for protection and head downtown to relish in victory (and booze).
10. Bingo Nite w/Murray Hill and Linda Simpson
Bowery Poetry Club - 308 Bowery - New York (NoHo)Drag queen Linda Simpson and downtown fixture Mr. Murray Hill host a night of drunken Bingo.
11. Blood Manor Haunted House
542 W 27th St - New York (Chelsea)
5,000 square feet of terror, the labyrinth takes you through twenty themed rooms of horror
12. Steampunk Fashion Show
Corsets! Parasols! Petticoats! Welcome to the second annual Steampunk Fashion Show
13. Street fairs
Get your fill of tube socks, fried dough, chair massages and cheap Thai food
14. Nightmare: Vampires
Noho Event Center - 623 Broadway - New York (Greenwich Village)
You'll go from spectator to prey as the "Museum of Vampyric Artifacts" is attacked by, guess what? Vampires! And what do they want? Blood!
15. New York Comedy Festival
New York
Five days of knee-slapping laughs from today's biggest comedy stars, including Bill Maher, Ricky Gervais and Tracy Morgan
16. Bag It: Hayne Suthon 2
The Marfa owner and cougar of the downtown dining scene reveals her six purse essentials
17. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition 1
Discovery Times Square Exposition - 226 W. 44th St. - New York (Midtown West)
The largest collection of Titanic artifacts are on display for a limited time at the Discovery Times Square Exposition.
18. Blood Manor
Blood Manor Haunted House - 542 W 27th St - New York (Chelsea)
New York's "premiere haunted house" is back with 5,000 square feet of creepy corridors and blood-curdling themed rooms.
