Cheap Chick Halloween Guide 2009

You might mistake NYC for Sunnydale in the next week or so, with all the demons and other monsters lurking around. If you're as brave as Buffy Summers, you may want to check out some of these events, at your own risk, of course. Is that a stake in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Either way Happy Halloween!

Saturday October 24, 2009
Nation's Largest Dog Halloween Parade
12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Catch canines in costume competing for thousands in prizes. Now you can really see if dogs look like their owners...
Cheap Chick Info: $5 (includes raffle tickets)
Location Info: Tompkins Square Park, First Run is located inside NYC's Tompkins Square Park near the entrance at 9th St. and Ave. A
Subway:L to 1st Ave.

Housing Works Thrift Store Halloween Extravaganza
11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Candy and pumpkin decorating fun for the kids until 2 p.m. and then cocktails for the adults after 2 p.m. Includes free food and drinks from Whole Foods-don't forget to do some shopping for costumes and artist-designed pumpkins, it's all for a good cause!
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Housing Works Soho Thrift Store, 130 Crosby Street
Subway: Downtown 6 to Bleecker, D,F to Broadway/Lafayette

Tuesday October 27, 2009
The Vampire-Werewolf Summit of 2009
7:30 p.m.
Can these two demons ever be at peace with each other? Find out tonight. Maybe Buffy could be a moderator...
Cheap Chick Info: $15 in advance, $20 day of show. Tkts can be purchased here.
Location Info: Comix, 353 West 14th Street at 9th Avenue
Subway: A,C,E to 14th St.

Thursday October, 29, 2009
Zombie Prom night at The Delancey
8 p.m.
Live music and a king and queen-sounds like a typical prom to me...you don't really need your date to be alive do you? As long as they can dance ;-) Don't forget your own costume...perhaps it will help protect you from the zombies.
Cheap Chick Info: $10
Location Info: The Delancey, 168 Delancey Street between Clinton and Attorney Streets
Subway: J to Essex Street or F to Delancey Street

Outlines Halloween Reading at Housing Works
7 p.m.
From Housing Works: "Tricks or Treats: Join three writers as they explore the dark side of queer fiction."
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info:Housing Works Bookstore
Subway:Downtown 6 to Bleecker, B,D,F,V to Broadway/Lafayette

Friday October 30, 2009
Ralph Lee's Halloween Extravaganza & Procession of the Ghouls
7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
See Nosferatu, and then watch out for demons, wtiches, and ghosts lurking in the Cathedral.
Cheap Chick Info: $20, You can purchase tickets here.
Location Info: Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
Subway: 1 or 9 to 110th Street/Cathedral Parkway

The Halloween Eve Masquerade
9 p.m.
"Step out in style the night before Halloween....and rub elbows with other glamourous ghouls…at Brooklyn's most enchanting little speakeasy, the Green Building, a 19th-century warehouse nestled along the banks of the Gowanus Canal, in Carroll Gardens.
Cheap Chick Info: $20
Location Info: The Green Building, 450 Union Street
Subway: F,G to Caroll Street, R to Union Street

Try Matty’s ”the Seventh Annual Halloween Dance and Show"
9:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. with a showtime of 11 p.m.
The show will take you to through the inside workings of a psych ward, and the rest of the night features dance performances.
Cheap Chick Info: $15 at the door
Location Info: Dance Manhattan, 39 W. 19th, Fifth Floor
Subway: N,R,Q,W,4,5,6 to Union Square, R,W to 23rd Street

Halloween at Trinity Church (Correction, this event is on the 30th, not the 31st.)
Haunted Hamilton Happy Hour 6-8 p.m., Movie screening from 8-10 p.m.
Sip presidential cocktails and wander the cemetery, then see if there are any "paper faces on parade" at the screening of Phantom of the Opera complete with candles and creepy organ music.
Cheap Chick Info: Free!
Location Info: Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street
Subway: 2,3,4,5 to Wall Street, R,W to Rector Street

Friday October 30 and Saturday October 31, 2009
National Comedy Theatre's Halloween Spooktacular
7:30 p.m. and 9 :45 p.m.
Enjoy a night of Halloween-themed comedy described as "sort of a combination of Friday the 13th meets Whose Line is it Anyway?"
Cheap Chick Info: $15, $12 for students and seniors
Location Info: National Comedy Theatre, 347 West 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues Subway: A,C,E,1,2,3 to 34th Street/Penn Station

Friday October 30-November 1, 2009
Village Pourhouse Pub Crawl
Various times.
Enjoy drink specials plus awards for the best costumes. For more information click here.
Cheap Chick Info: 1-day pass is $15, Not so Cheap Chick-friendly price: $30 for a 3-day pass
Location Info: Varies.
Subway: Varies.

Halloween! Saturday October 31, 2009
Swing, Soul, and Blues Monster Mash
10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Dance to music by Champian Fulton and her Quartet until later in the night when DJs take over. Prizes for the best costumes will be awarded as well!
Cheap Chick Info:$16 in advance and a not-so Cheap Chick-friendly price of $25 at the door. For more info click here. Or here.
Location Info:Manhattan Ballroom, 36th bet. 5th and 6th
Subway: N,R,W,Q,D,F to 34th Street/Herald Square

Annual Haunted Forest and House at Inwood Hill Park
5 p.m.-10 p.m.
Described as PG-13 fun, you may run into Dracula, Frankenstein, a mummy, and werewolf lurking in the forest or in the haunted house. Pizza, and drinks will also be provided.
Cheap Chick Info:Free!
Location Info:Inwood Hill Park, 218th Street and Indian Road
Subway: A to 207th

Macabre Greenwich Village Walking Tour
1 p.m.
Did you ever realize how creepy the village is? Well Joyce Gold will fill you in on all the gory details, including murder and ghosts.
Cheap Chick Info: $15, no reservations required, pay at tour
Location Info: Meet at the Washington Arch on Fifth Avenue just south of 8th Street
Subway: A,C,E,F,V to West 4th Street, N,R to 8th Street

Halloween in Green-Wood Cemetery Big Onion Walking Tour
1 p.m.
Today will be the perfect day to visit the City of the Dead *insert shiver down your spine here.* The tour will cover the architecture and history of the cemetery and may include the graves of DeWitt Clinton, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Leonard Bernstein, and John "The Soda Fountain King" Matthews.
Cheap Chick Info: $15
Location Info:Green-Wood's main entrance, 5th Avenue and 25th Street, One block east of the "R" train subway 25th Street station.
Subway: R to 25th Street

Village Halloween Parade
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
You should do this at least once as a New Yorker, but beware of crowds...you may want to take your place in the Thriller line-up or walk in the parade yourself for the best views.
Cheap Chick Info: Free! Get there early!
Location Info: From Sixth Avenue and Spring St. to 23rd Street
Subway: Whatever gets you closest to the action, subway stations like W. 4th Street, the 14th Street Stations, and the 23rd Street Stations are best.

Ongoing:
Looking for a wild and crazy Halloween party? Check here! And here! Also some New York magazine Halloween tidbits.

Vortex Theater Haunted House
Through Halloween.
Tues-Fri.: 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Sat.-Sun: 5 p.m.-11 p.m.
An "experimental" haunted house that you must traverse alone. Open only for those 18 and over.
Cheap Chick Info: Buy tickets online for $12 general admission, $20 VIP treatment (meaning you skip the line and can go straight in.) $14 tickets available at the door. For tickets and other info, click here.
Location Info:164 11th Ave. bet 22nd and 23rd Street
Subway: C,E to 23rd Street