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Gogobot is an innovative planning tool that tailors recommendations for places to stay, eat and play to your specific tastes. It also allows you to share your great experiences with people who have the same interests as you; people in your “tribes”. Gogobot’s ‘GoGo This Week’ feature empowers you to discover and take advantage of great events, openings and exhibits throughout the city each week. Here are some exciting events and sites to check out in downtown New York this week, courtesy of Gogobot. Visit the website or download the app for more GoGo This Week upcoming events.
1. Thrill Day
The Celebration of Whimsy: The C.O.W (Lower East Side)
Sat, Oct 24th from 2-6 pm
One of the greatest music videos of all time is Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Thrill Day celebrates this iconic zombie jam by inviting fans to learn the dance routine and perform it in what the organizers hope will be the largest simultaneous performance yet! A zombie make-up artist will be on hand ($15), just make sure you get there early to sign up. Ticket prices include entry fee and dance class. Adults $40; Children: $20; Audiences $10. After party and bar crawl to follow.
Tompkins Square Park (East Village)
Sat, Oct 24th from 12-3pm
We know plenty of New York eccentrics that dress up their dogs year round, but on the runway at Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade you’ll see the cutest, most outlandish and unique dog costumes ever! The competition for best in show is pretty intense so dog owners will be striving to outdo each other — and we’ll be there to watch!
3. Halloween Candy
Economy Candy (East Village)
Daily
If you never been to this one-of-a kind shop in the East Village, than use Halloween as an excuse to browse and stock up on some seriously cool, weird and old school candy: Turkish Taffy, Bubble Gum Cigars and Cigarettes, Candy Buttons, Push Pop, Charleston Chew, Big League Chew Gum, Cry Baby Tears and our personal favorites, Shakespearean Insult Gum, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Pop Rocks.
4. White Truffle Season
Burger and Barrel (Soho)
Daily for lunch and dinner
It’s white truffle season and while you could splurge on a plate of pasta, we are going to hand our dough over to Burger and Barrel. Their white truffle burger, the Pat LaFrieda patty, toasted bun with melted robiola cheese and a white truffle aioli straight from Piedmont will have you dreaming of white truffle for weeks.
5. Lit Crawl
Housing works (Soho)
Wed, Oct 21st from 7-10pm
Get ready for some bookish-boozy fun at the Pen American Lit Crawl. In addition to crawling, attendees can enjoy intellectually stimulating games like Literary Pictionary and Nerd Jeopardy. There will be face-painting, raffles, prizes, Flash Portrait Drawing, Tarot Card Readings, photo booths, Better Book Titles competition, Exquisite Corpse and more! Hosted by BuzzFeed’s Isaac Fitzgerald and author Mira Jacobs.
-Courtesy of Gogobot
If you know of great events happening in your neck of the woods that might be a fit for a future GoGo This Week column, please feel free to email details about the event to events@gogobot.com.
