(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (8pm -10pm) Meet other right brained, creative souls. Artists, actors, writers etc. Ice-breaker, speed dating, group conversations, & fun "secret" ingredients. Find men with similar views, tastes, values. Refreshment/mingling break. Structured. Find compatible matches. Exchange numbers. Call to register 212-989-8549 (Earlybird online $25 door) (212-989-8549) Event Website

(JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St, New York, NY 10023, 646-505-4444) (See website fir schedule) An urban retreat of culture, creativity, and community for GLBT Jews, partners, and allies. This is a Shabbaton like you’ve never experienced before, featuring: ($185) Event Website

(Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011) (F @ noon/S&S @ 10AM) A three day festival devoted entirely to chocolate--is guaranteed to give eager appetites a head start on the season of holiday merrymaking. Designed for the public, the event allows visitors to discover all there is to know about, taste, and explore in the world of chocolate. ($30) Event Website

(The Crowne Theater in the Producer's Club, 358 West 44th St., New York, NY 10036) (8pm) Newlyweds, Jack and Emily arrive at her father’s summer cottage for their honeymoon, only to find nothing is as it seems. After a visit from Jack’s ex-girlfriend who had followed them there, she is found outside, dead. The local Sheriff, a New York detective, and the famous mystery author who lives next door try to solve the mystery. After many arrests, including the bride and finally her father, the mystery turns out to be a humorous storm in a teacup. ($18) (917-438-9223) [email protected] Event Website

(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (6pm) Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrates the life and memory of our ancestors and loved ones who have passed away. This ritual has been observed by indigenous cultures and Latinas\os for over 3000 years. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to celebrate and remember friends and relatives who have died. Traditions include building private altars honoring the deceased, and offering sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed. In this spirit, The Center will create an alter to honor the memory of the members of our community who worked tirelessly to empower and transform our community. The Center would like to invite you to participate in this event by helping to decorate the alter with flowers, candles, sugar skulls or by bringing the favorite beverage or food of a family member or friend who has passed away. (212-620-7310) [email protected] Event Website

(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (6:30pm) Join the Center as we celebrate Latina Filmmakers. In Back to Life is about a woman who grieves the death of her girlfriend only after experiencing the vulnerability of sleeping with her best friend. This evening of cinema will include three other short films directed by emerging Latina Filmmakers. A talk back will be held following the shorts. ($10 at the door, $8 online) Event Website

(City Center, 131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019) New York City Center presents the third annual season of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, celebrating the centenary of the Ballets Russes. Highlights include two U.S. premieres – a new ballet by Artistic Director Christopher Wheeldon, co-commissioned by New York City Center and Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, and a new work by Australian choreographer Tim Harbour, commissioned by Morphoses, as well as repertoire by Lightfoot León, Alexei Ratmansky and Mr. Wheeldon. The engagement will feature live music performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, with opening night conducted by the orchestra’s founder and music director, Alondra de la Parra. ($15, $25, $60, $85, $110) Event Website

(268 Wesr 47th St @ 8th Ave) Combining the energy and glamour of a world-class nightclub with the spectacle and illusion of the theater, Purgatorio will offer an interactive Halloween experience unlike anything seen before in New York nightlife. Adults 21 and over will be immersed in a multi-level world of macabre fantasy complete with interactive variety acts and installations, all set in a dynamic environment that is at once frightening, erotic and whimsical. There’s nothing typical about this nightclub. Dance, drink, and party with the undead at Purgatorio and see what indulgences await you on the other side. ($39.99+) Event Website

(Voorhees Theatre, 186 Jay St, Downtown Brooklyn, NY 11201) Theatreworks' high-tech haunted hotel, the Gravesend Inn, returns again this year. Produced by Theatreworks, City Tech's resident theatrical troupe with design, construction, and operating support provided by students and faculty of the College’s nationally unique Entertainment Technology Department, this theme-park-quality Halloween attraction has been thrilling children and adults alike since 1999. ($6 for adults; $4 for students (with ID)) Event Website

(Madame Tussauds, 234 West 42nd St btwn 7 & 8th Aves, Times Square, New York, NY 10036) (9pm -1am) What dark secrets lurk in the depths of the world-famous wax museum? Our history tells of a dark side that few care to revisit. During the French Revolution, Madame Tussaud was forced to dig through piles of executed noble’s bodies, creating death masks of famous victims and collecting gruesome artifacts for her travelling Chamber of Horrors like the guillotine blade that beheaded Marie Antoinette. This Halloween, we’ll take you where you’ve always been afraid to go and show you that it’s not all glamour and celebrities. ($20) Event Website

(Sanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th Ave btwn 22 & 23rd Sts, New York, NY 10011) Warning: Haunted House is an intense interactive experience that lasts approximately 15 minutes per person. You don't just walk through it - you live it. And yes, you will be touched. ($12+) Event Website

(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) Who Shot Rock & Roll is the first major museum exhibition on rock and roll to put photographers in the foreground, acknowledging their creative and collaborative role in the history of rock music. From its earliest days, rock and roll was captured in photographs that personalized, and frequently eroticized, the musicians, creating a visual identity for the genre. The photographers were handmaidens to the rock-and-roll revolution, and their images communicate the social and cultural transformations that rock has fostered since the1950s. The exhibition is in six sections: rare and revealing images taken behind the scenes; tender snapshots of young musicians at the beginnings of their careers; exhilarating photographs of live performances that display the energy, passion, style, and sex appeal of the band on stage; powerful images of the crowds and fans that are often evocative of historic paintings; portraits revealing the soul and creativity, rather than the surface and celebrity, of the musicians; and conceptual images and album covers highlighting the collaborative efforts between the image makers and the musicians. Event Website