Hey everyone! This week’s edition of BEST WEEK(END) BETS are, as always, hand selected from BYT ALL CITY and carefully calibrated for maximum fun and minimum stress, and will be punctuated with inspirational images of THE WEST WING for all the obvious reasons (Election is but a few days away! We are having a great election party you should come to! Toby’s zingers! Martin Sheen for President! Josh and Donna 4EVER! CJ!) OK-lets walk and talk.

FIRST UP!-Some PSAs! UPCOMING BYT EVENTS!

• We JUST announced our awesome ELECTION PARTY : Jonathan Toubin is back in town for the first time since that horrible accident, and Kid Congo is guest selecting during the SOUL CLAP contest. + Chris Burns, Adrian Loving, DJ Ri5E, Cotton Candy Machines, Eating Contest, it all starts early, in case you want to get your coverage on, other stuff….
• + our Beaujolais party is on November 14th and if you want to guarantee yourself the single finest hangover of the year – pencil that in. Details etc coming soon.

MUST-READS ON BYT THIS WEEK:

• A super spectacular photo recap from BYT & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
• Best-of #HurricaneParty on Instagram : everything you hoped/were afraid of and so much more
• PARANORMAL INVESTIGATING + PSYCHIC MEDIUMS + HANGING OUT AND TELLING GHOST STORIES WITH CELEBRITIES + this thing involving SLAYER pumpkins
• + WE NOW PUBLISH NYC BEST WEEKEND BETS TOO-tell all your New York friends to subscribe to it + follow us over there on twitter @BYTNYC.
• And you can stay forever in the loop and follow us on facebook & twitter & pinterest too

OK, ready for a pre-election weekend?

THURSDAY:

• Bad news is-Hurricane Sandy canceled this Tuesday’s HIGH HEEL RACE. Good news is: It got rescheduled for TONIGHT! Check out our awesome high-heeled fashion preview for it and get yourself to 17th street STAT.
• alternative after-work art related activities: Phillips After 5 or the opening of Color Schooled @ Long View
• PSA through Nov 18th-FALL FRINGE is happening NOW.
• if you’re looking for a new place to grab a drink at-we would like to recommend the new CAUSE BAR & RESTAURANT, which is actually giving 100% of their proceeds to charity. Beer AND karma points-together forever at last. First look and photos RIGHT HERE.
• embark on a scavenger hunt in a museum
• see a Coney Island road show
• + there are still tickets left for the 2nd added DR.DOG show @ 930 Club. If you need extra motivation for that-check out that one time we went to a monster truck rally with those guys.
• or-for dance purposes, the 2 different sides of that particular coin are covered by Beats on Repeat Anniversary Party @ Velvet and #CrankLite @ Napoleon
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

FRIDAY:

• now-you’ve probably gone completely stir crazy this week, so use today to plan your future going out. To help evaluate the possibilities: check out our SHOWS TO SPEND YOUR $$$ ON listicle+playlist, listen to some new tunes, enter to win some RA RA RIOT tickets before you can even buy them, stuff like that.
• get into the spirit of both elections and adorable Asian toys by attending this party for HELLO KITTY FOR PRESIDENT. Which is totally real and totally free and seems like it will be totally hilarious too (6-8pm).
• also: DC WEEK KICKS OFF TODAY. All the networking+partying in one place. The opening party tonight @ PENN Social is sold out but keep an eye on their schedule for more stuff to come.
• for a different spin on your expected Friday dining experience-we’d like to recommend Bryan Voltaggio’s Family Meal Drive-In Movie Night. The movie is “Attack of Giant Leeches”, in case you were wondering)
• and several promising gallery openings, including HouseBound (which should resonate to all of us with Cabin Fever this week) @ Heiner Contemporary
• Then-plenty opportunities to get funky:
• CLOSER Body & Soul Party (RSVP for Location)
• BODY JAM is @ Looking Glass Lounge
• Empresarios release their new record @ TROPICALIA
• +  opportunities to not get funky:
• Woods are playing RED PALACE and The Caribbean are playing an early U Street Music Hall show.
• bonus: THIS IS HAPPENING: “… the charismatic Dr. Science (Adam Rueben) takes the audience on a science-tastic journey filled with dry ice, potato clocks and a baking-soda-and-vinegar volcano…until something goes horribly, horribly wrong.” HEY-you had us at dry ice.
• In the mood for more serious theatre? WAR HORSE is in the middle of a triumphant run at Kennedy Center. Go.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

SATURDAY:

• first things first: at 10am, there is a pretty awesome sounding MILLION PUPPET MARCH happening @ Lincoln park to support public PBS funding. Do it. Here is their official facebook page with all the info.
• more into running than marching? Well, there is a half marathon happening that also somehow involves eating a Ben’s half smoke at the half-way point. I am not sure if this is a good idea, but it is a good enough PR gimmick that I felt compelled to write about it so…mission at least (half?) accomplished
• then… A THEATRE DEAL PSA: ARENA STAGE just launched this super sweet program for people under 30 to get ticket subscriptions for only $15 a pop per show. If this doesn’t make a theater goer our of you-I don’t know what will.
• solid independent gallery options: Katherine Mann’s opening @ Project 4 + Project Dispatch’s Majority Rule vote/art party
• + some really fun, smaller shows/parties: CHAPPO + NICO’S GUN + BYT’s Shauna as Stella Diver are playing The Pinch. Details+a sassy listening party from CHAPPO right here. And – US Royalty is doing an intimate show with Misun @ The Gibson Guitar showroom.
• Speakeasy DC’s Storytelling showdown continues.
• over on H Street: K’Naan is playing RNR Hotel
• or get Eastern European style weird at the Fez & Mustache Party over @ DC9 or weird in general at TNT!TNT!TNT!TNT!TNT! at Haydee’s.
• for those who just cannot stop thinking about elections: AFI is playing the seminal POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT collection today with director Marshall Reese on hand to discuss all that propaganda you just digested
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

SUNDAY:

• as we all know-now is the part where I recommend to catch up on some movies. Our FILM SECTION is chock-a-block full with recommendations, and I can PERSONALLY vouch that ARGO, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS and THE SESSIONS are all very much worth your $10.
• but also:
• DC TWEED RIDE is today which may be the perfect reason to get out and shake that Hurricane fraught indoor self of yours. Afterparty at the Brixton follows. Check out some photos from past years here for inspiration.
• today is your last chance to catch Washington Ballet’s DRACULA
• stop by The Corcoran and check out ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL exhibit to get mentally prepped for Tuesday
• for all those Steely Dan fans out there (and we know you’re out there) get thee to DC9 for The Darcy’s interpretation of AJA. Things should get weird in a good way. Cale has had this show marked on his personal calendar since the day it was announced.
• Lauryn Hill and NAS are playing a show together. Anything can happen.
• Bebel Gilberto makes us all feel like we’re on the best vacation we’ve ever been to.
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

NEXT TUESDAY:

• REMEMBER TO VOTE (if you’re allowed to)
• REMEMBER TO EAT AND DRINK ELECTION SPECIALS IN YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND THEREFORE SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY
• REMEMBER TO COME TO OUR 2012 ELECTION SPECTACULAR (tickets are a bargain $10 in advance, and if you’re extra cheap-you can try and win some here)
• + ALL SORTS OF other stuff

AND REMEMBER: THERE ARE A BAJILLION OTHER THINGS TO DO LISTED IN BYT ALL CITY, so use it (to both post your events and search for them) and if you think we may have missed something, comment away–you know you want to.

Till next time: