Halloweiner!
So I just finished a monster post on Halloween events for tomorrow over on Houstonist. I’m too exhausted to repeat. Here are some of the places I’m thinking of haunting tomorrow. Who’s up for what?
BTW, i STILL need a costume. Send ideas, please. Kthxbai. (nothing with sexy before or after. or during. ok, maybe after.)
Nightmare on Alabama Street
West Alabama Ice House | 1919 W. Alabama
6pm-2am
FREE
A costume contest, live music by Human and Runaway Sun, and more than 50 lit pumpkins handcrafted by visitors the night before in a pumpkin-carving contest.
Steel Lounge Underground
Contemporary Arts Museum | 5216 Montrose
8-11pm
FREE
Josh Zulu & DJ Pooks present the next edition of “Steel Lounge Underground” Halloween Night at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston! This will be the last Steel Lounge Underground for 2008. Fat Tony, Kam Franklin feat. members of Free Radicals, Seth Jones, “Little” Martin.
13 on the 31st
13 Celsius | 3000 Caroline
7:30 pm to 1 am
Admission: $31 at the door and $5 discount if you bring a photo.
13 Celsius will once again be creating the altar of ‘things come and gone’. Bring a photo for the altar that we will be building in the courtyard. Serving food from “My beautiful Huetamo” the taqueria on wheels. Quesadillas al pastor lovingly topped off w/ sour cream, avocado and cilantro w/ a foil pouch full of radishes and marinated onions. Music from Miguel “Mano” Grillo, Esteban Torres & DJ Pooks. Video imagery will include larger than life surreal, cultural and iconic imagery projected on the multistory building next door.
*Admission includes 13’s famous Sangria and Michelada’s Spanish Red and White
Boo! EL & 002 Magazine Halloween Party at the Alden Hotel
Alden Hotel Houston, a+ | 1117 Prarie
8 pm – 2 am
FREE
Join the Emerging Leaders and 002 Magazine at a+ bar. No tricks, just treats for the best dressed. Costume contest judging at 10 pm. No cover, cash bar and bites available in the Alden Lobby. The Alden Hotel is calling all goblins and ghouls for an 8 p.m. scary soiree that starts on their ah-mazing veranda and creeps down to a+ bar late night. Get in for free by donning a costume, catch classic horrors on the big screen and nab a best-dressed prize. You can extend the mayhem by booking a room for a special $155 rate.
Halloween w/ Listen Listen, BooTown, and Scatter!
Caroline Collective | 4820 Caroline
6pm
$5 admission at the door
Let Caroline help you start your Halloween night off right with improv, scary stories, and local music. The October installment of Caroline Collective’s Final Fridays series will be an early Halloween party featuring a set by Houston band Listen Listen, Scary Storytime with BooTown, and a costume contest with improv group Scatter! Doors open at 6pm, and the Improv and Costume Contest set begins at 7. The show is open to all ages, and admission is $5. There will be free St. Arnold’s at the event for those 21+, as well as soda and water. The event ends at 9:45pm so that we will all have time to experience the other great events that Houston has to offer on Halloween night. www.carolinecollective.cc
Westheimer Halloween Pub Crawl
Brasil, Poison Girl , Boondocks, Etro Lounge, Catbirds, Slick Willie’s
starts at Brasil at 6:30pm
FREE
Ditch reality & join the 2nd Annual Montrose Crawl this Halloween Night, October 31st. First get your costume on, then get your drink on as The Crawl starts at Brasil and then goes from bar to bar between Dunlavy & Montrose on Westheimer. No covers, no tickets, plus drink specials all night long. And prizes will be awarded for the best outfits, so get into the spirit before you get into the spirits. More info: www.montrosecrawl.com
Where are YOU gonna be at?
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