What:R.I.P.P.E.D. A Halloween Masquerade Bash
When: Wednesday, Oct. 31st
Where:29 Wythe Street (@ North 13th Street) Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Fee:Free with RSVP, Complimentary Bass Pale Ale bar all night, no cover with RSVP.
About:
Live Performances by: Apes & Androids, Totally Michael, DJ Dirtyfingers, Andrew Andrew, DJ Kingdom
With crazy hosts Darryl Nau and Krystyna Printup ( Peace of Pizza), who dress like it's Halloween every day, and huge n' scary punk-rock pinata, made by the guys who made this. Plus, cheap cash bar for any non-Bass Ale Pale drinkers, and... more candy!
[from Freewilliamsburg.com via MyOpenBar]

Pigs Ears, It's What's for Dinner...on Halloween
Even when The New Yorker magazines pile up, we always find time to read the "Table for Two" column. This week's column points us to an appropriate spot to dine on Halloween. El Quinto Pino features Pig Ear Salad.

A more unconventional option was the pig's-ear salad, served cold and with a vinegary dressing. The ears, carved into bite-sized chunks, were a little gray, and gristly; one could easily imagine them flapping against a porcine skull. (It didn't taste bad, exactly, but it was the only dish left unfinished.) Slightly less shocking (and infinitely more appealing) was the sea-urchin panini, a slim cylinder of baguette slathered with butter, spice, and briny, aphrodisiacal roe.