Pencil This In

Check out our list of Halloween picks from yesterday, but here's a last minute suggestion for anyone dressing up as Sarah Palin tonight: head to Union Square at 10 p.m., it's going to be scary! If you aren't feeling in a dress-up kind of mood, here are some more suggestions on how to spend the weekend (and more music suggestions for tonight coming up in our Week in Rock post). Photo via MGChan's Flickr.

EVENT: This weekend you can check out The 2008 Editions/Artists' Book Fair. It will fill an entire block, with former Chelsea nightclub The Tunnel hosting indoor events. Dealers and publishers present thousands of works from around the world, and the event includes talks by artists like Richard Tuttle and James Siena. "Anyone interested in contemporary printmaking should not miss this event." - Elisa Winter

All Weekend // 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. // The Tunnel [269 11th Ave] // Free

CRITICAL MASS: Dress up, and dress those bikes up, it's time for Critical Mass's Halloween ride, and "become the positive and 'spooky' demonstration of what our streets could look like with non-polluting sustainable transportation and community."

Friday // 7 p.m. // Union Square Park North // Free

BEER: If you're thirsty this weekend, head over to Brewtopia: the Great World Beer Festival Friday or Saturday. "One of the world's largest beer events and New York City's longest running beer festival, [Brewtopia] features breweries and beer companies from around the world." There are over 100 beers to try, with live entertainment going on throughout. With tickets at around $60, that souvenir glass had better be nice! - Elisa Winter

Friday (7 to 11 p.m.) & Saturday (12 to 4 p.m., 5 to 9 p.m.) // Pier 92 // Tickets at the door

MOVIE: Our very own Billy Parker continues his Hoodies, Wheelies and Movies series at Cafe Grumpy. Tonight's film is Donnie Darko, which definitely has a Halloween vibe to it (on top of the hoodies and wheelies).

Friday // 7 p.m. // Cafe Grumpy [193 Meserole Ave, Greenpoint] // Free

FOOD: After Halloween, it's time to celebrate the the Day of the Dead! The "unique celebration of life during which traditional Mexican families prepare enormous feasts in remembrance of their lost loved ones" will be observed tomorrow at Dos Caminos. Chefs Ivy Stark and Scott Linquist will conduct a Holiday Cooking Class, demonstrating "how to recreate this extraordinary holiday at home with homemade cocktails, guacamole, tamales, short ribs, candied pumpkin sundaes and sugar skulls." Yummers!

Saturday // 11:30 a.m. // Dos Caminos [373 Park Ave S] // $65 (212) 331-0328 for reservations

THEATER: Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame has been lavishly adapted for the stage with music, masks and elaborate puppets—one of which is so big it requires three puppeteers to manipulate it. The Times loves it, calling the show "captivating. As an introduction to Hugo, history, grand storytelling, skilled acting and the splendid possibilities of theater, 'Hunchback,' combining eeriness, humor and classic storytelling, is a genuine Halloween treat." – John Del Signore

Saturday // 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. // The New Victory Theater [229 West 42nd St] // Tickets

EVENT: The Brooklyn Museum will be hosting another First Saturdays event. Tomorrow "visitors are invited to explore the diversity of London through film, music, and dance. Highlights include live music by Nigerian British singer-songwriter Adama; screenings of the poignant film My Beautiful Laundrette and the powerful documentary Election Day; and a dance party featuring Brit pop, Northern soul, new wave, beat, and British indie selected by DJs Miss Modular, Dr. Maz, and Kevington of Mondo, NYC's premiere indie dance party."

Saturday // 5 to 11 p.m. // Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn] // Free

BIKE: This Sunday Time's Up will ride to remember and celebrate fellow cyclists at their "Day of the Dead" event. "Cyclists dressed as skeletons in festive colors and carrying gifts of paper flowers and sugar skulls will visit ghost bikes & hold mini-funerals
for cyclists killed on City streets."

Sunday // 2 p.m. // Ride begins in front of the Cemetery at 74 E 2nd St

THEATER: Huntington, Long Island native Josh Jonas embodies a wide swath of local characters in his new one man show Capture Now. The coming-of-age story concerns a Long Island teenager obsessed with rock music and girls, and his 6-year-old brother who is diagnosed with cancer. There's a great review from the Times's Andy Webster, who says "it is striking to discover, reviewing press materials after the performance, that these events are not directly based on Mr. Jonas’s personal experience. The illusion has been conveyed. No small feat, that." – John Del Signore

Sunday // 3 p.m. // The Green Room [45 Bleecker St] // Tickets