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As scary as it is, Halloween is upon us again. Whether you're one of those who wears a costume year-round or someone who just poses on All Hallow's Eve -- a Monday night this year -- there are a slew of parties to ponder and pose at.
is having their First Annual Beethose Masquerade Ball tonight. There's a Halloween prix fixe menu at $45 per person. We thought Beethose at first was a misspelling of Beetlejuice, but alas, it's a cover band for Beatle-maniacs. They'll be performing the entire Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album as well as other Beatles hits. Cover charge is $5 if you're in costume and $10 for those who refuse to dress up. Had the Beatles ever experimented with a Kabuki phase, they definitely would have enjoyed the notion of dromo's Spooky Kabuki on Monday, when the restaurant will transform itself into a Japanese Kabuki Theater from 8 to 11 p.m. with drinks like the Jack O' Tini (Jacko Tini?), plum sake with pumpkin pie mix and Schnapps, and other assorted spirits that will no doubt render you scary after you've consumed a few.
Also on Monday night, the undergoes a transformation and will become the Hotel Victor Victoria, a cross-dressing, invitation-only Halloween party at 9 p.m. at which guests are required to come as their ''gender counterpart.'' In addition, a large screen will project the Julie Andrews cross-dressing classic. There are package hotel rates if you are dying to dress up as your male or female alter ego, so call the hotel for more information. If cross-dressing just isn't your thing, and we completely understand, guys, or you can't bear the thought of wearing a constricting, restricting brassiere or G-string, consider 's Halloween Ball on Monday where a special menu will be available at $55 per person and a Trick or Drink Happy Hour will offer $3 well drinks and domestic beer as well as $6 Screaming Shebeen Queens cocktails. Best costume gets a gift certificate for dinner for two; best dance couple wins a gift certificate for brunch for two. Speaking of screaming queens, 's Halloween Spectacular at on Sunday night will begin at 6 p.m. The legendary DJ, will be featured.
For more tricks and treats, the bar at the will be having a pumpkin carving contest Monday night, and the will be screening The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Hollywood from 9:30 to 11 p.m., followed by karaoke and free drinks at . Drag queen Novak has prizes and requests that y'all come dressed to kill. Admission includes a complimentary prop bag full of toast, rice, rubber gloves and more, and if you've never participated in the legendary, interactive Rocky Horror experience, Novak will be instructing the clueless.
You won't need instructions on how to have fun at the Halloween parties at and , especially considering that a slew of celebs will be on hand doing hosting duties. Funnyman is hosting his second annual costume ball at Privé on Saturday night and, no joke, will perform at Mansion Saturday where he will hopefully be decked out in parachute pants and dressed as ... himself.
Not in the mood to come down off your Halloween high on Tuesday night? Consider 's Taco Tuesdays featuring $2.50 beers, $3 margaritas and $1 tacos from 10 p.m. till whenever. Jalapeno Jax, owned by the former owner of Automatic Slim's Buzzy Sklar, is at 7251 Biscayne Blvd. From tequila to whiskey, this weekend marks the 's Whiskey Weekend, a three-day blur of tastings of over 70 varieties of premium scotch, as well as wine, champagne and lots of delish food to wash it all down. The cost for the grand tasting from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday is $50 per person, with a portion of ticket sales going to the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. There's also a silent auction. For tickets, call 305-365-4286.
Also Friday, the official grand opening of , hosted by which, by the way, is expanding its repertoire over to on Lincoln Road, beginning Nov. 9 when Dinner Club Wednesdays moves from to Touch. For a dinner party that caters totally to the fairer sex, goes all out on Thursdays with ladies night, featuring free three-course dinners to all women who make reservations. Now that's classy.
Debatably classy is the 2nd Annual Bathrobes and Babydolls Halloween Extravaganza at 6 p.m. Sunday at the . The lingerie party will be an almost too-revealing look at some of your friends and neighbors. will spin; and host.
And speaking of Bush and Freshman, the duo that started the whole rooftop shindig at the on Fridays, the Townhouse is celebrating its fifth anniversary party on Thursday with a fancy 'do. is even flying down some NYC party people to round out the 250-guest crowd. Thankfully, the party will take place throughout the entire hotel so you won't have to worry about elbowing your way up to the roof.
And for those who can elbow their way into the truly exclusive parties, and are hosting a Night of Moroccan Heat at their Star Isle manse on Saturday, featuring a slew of celebs and a silent auction benefiting the O'Neals' Real Model Foundation and Miami Heat Family Outreach Charitable Fund. And no, we don't think dressing up as a Heat player will get you in.
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