Halloween Happenings

Halloween is not just about dressing up and getting drunk. Or…okay, maybe it is. But it doesn’t have to be! All kinds of things are going on this weekend—see what FlyBy has rounded up for you (parties included), after the jump.

PARTIES

Harvard’s Annual Costume Catwalk

Friday, Oct. 30, 9-11 p.m.

Annenberg

FREE, but it’s a freshman thing

Freshmen, go to this for the free food. Or for the opportunity to schmooze with Dean Dingman, Professor Lue, and Professor Berry, who are the guest judges. Or to cobble together a costume (materials provided). But mostly, go for the food.

Sweet & Nasty

Friday, Oct. 30, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

Adams Dining Hall

$7 at the door

Sweet & Nasty, a Halloween classic, has been advertised as “Harvard’s most scandalous Halloween party.” Probably because it’s hard to compete with stripper poles and cages.

More after the jump...

Heaven and Hell

Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

Currier House’s Ten-Man Suite and Fishbowl

FREE

Another Halloween staple, this “multi-story, totally free dance party” has “$1500 worth of club lighting” and four DJs. If you don’t mind huge crowds of sweaty partygoers, we hear this is the big event of the weekend.

SHOWS

Screening of Asian Horror Film “Shutter”

Friday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m.

Fong Auditorium

FREE

Harvard Thai Society’s will be screening “Shutter,” a Thai horror film that was remade into this forgettable American film. Free Thai tea with Boba will be provided.

Expressions Dance Company Presents “Experiment”

Saturday, Oct. 31, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Lowell Lecture Hall

$7

After all that ruckus about their promotional videos, maybe it’s worth it to check this out. Unless the tagline “what starts clean…must turn dirty” makes you too uncomfortable.

HCSUCS Halloween Show

Saturday, Oct. 31, 8:30 p.m.

Adams K-Space

FREE

That acronym, by the way, stands for Harvard College Stand Up Comedy Society. The show is supposed to last less than hour, but they promise that “you’ll scream! With laughter!”

OTI Halloween Improv Show

Saturday, Oct. 31, 7:30-8:15 p.m.

Holden Chapel

FREE

Another improv show. Go, and maybe you’ll scream with more laughter.

Marat/Sade

Friday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 31 and Sunday, Nov. 1, 2 p.m.

Loeb Experimental Theater

FREE (email marat.sade.tix@gmail.com)

This play is also known as “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade.” We’re not sure what it’s about, but it supposedly involves “a sleepwalker with a knife, a firebrand ex-preacher, four gin-riddled singers, a sexual maniac with a wig, a schizoaffective historical re-enactor, a histrionic man in a bathtub, his mistress, and a Spanish guitar.”

OUTDOOR & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Walden Pond Bike Trip

Saturday, Oct. 31, 2-4:30 p.m.

Meet at Mather Courtyard

FREE

If you’re in the mood to cycle 17 miles to Walden Pond, this event is for you. You can also take the commuter rail home (you know, if cycling 34 miles in one day isn’t your kind of thing). Email ewood@mit.edu if you’re interested.

Trick or Treat with Harvard China Care

Saturday, Oct. 31, Time based on your availability

Local Boston neighborhoods

FREE (and philanthropic)

Awww…you can go trick-or-treating to support orphanages and fund surgeries for orphans in China. Transportation costs are provided. Email mingcheung@college.harvard.edu for more info.

Trick-Or-Treat for Canned Food

Saturday, Oct. 31, 2-5 p.m.

Cambridge neighborhoods near the Quad

FREE (and philanthropic)

Alternatively, you can go trick-or-treating for canned food! Join in on this formerly Pfoho-only tradition (but now open to everyone) that is being sponsored by the IOP Community Action committee. Email nleiby@fas.harvard.edu, yan@fas.harvard.edu, or sgottl@fas.harvard.edu for more info.

OTHER EVENTS

HUBSS Halloween Social

Friday, Oct. 30, 7-9 p.m.

Ticknor Lounge

FREE (with free Berryline)

The Harvard Undergrduate Biological Sciences Society has planned “a spooky celebration of things that sparkle in the night,” during which you can “play with your very own flask of bioluminescent dinoflagellates.” Basically, this event involves “treats without tricks, brights without blights, fun without….sun.” We’re not sure what this means exactly, but hey, it’s something different.

Dia de Los Muertos

Friday, Oct. 30, 8:30 p.m.

Leverett Dining Hall

$15

Celebrate the Day of the Dead by watching ballet folklorico, taking part in a skull design competition, and enjoying mariachi music.