This Week: Best November Family Events in NYC & Beyond, Hilarious Halloween Photos, Escape to Jamaica

10/30/14 - By Raven Snook

We wrapped up our extensive Halloween coverage this week with a few funny slide shows: creatively creepy Halloween displays around NYC (I really dig those skeletons lounging in lawn chairs), and some hilariously awkward pics of costumes from our '70s childhoods. If you're still trying to figure out what to do on October 31, we also rounded up the top 21 celebrations on Halloween night. And if you've had it with Halloween, don't worry: November kicks off this weekend and we've already got roundups of the best things to do throughout the month in NYC and New Jersey, and there's not an All Hallows' Eve event in sight.

I admit I don't leave NYC much (husband's a homebody, I can't drive and the kid is overscheduled), but after reading about Providence, Rhode Island's awesome WaterFire outdoor art installation, indoor carnival rides at West Nyack's Palisades Center and the audible geological structures in Pennsylvania's Ringing Rocks Park, I clearly need to get out of town more often. And clicking through the pics of Negril, Jamaica's all-inclusive resort Hotel Riu Palace Tropical Bay and the isle's luxury private villa rentals on our Travel site made me flirt with the idea of cashing out my 401K to take one heck of a family vacation.

Here's what else we covered on the NYC site this week:

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We wrapped up our Halloween posts with slide shows of cool displays and decorations, and adorably awkward 70s costumes, plus a roundup of the best places to celebrate Halloween on October 31.

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Our November Go List highlights the top 15 family events throughout the month including Dumbo's first-ever New York Festival of Light, a new kids' show with songs by Laurie Berkner and Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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This week's news post included the on-sale date for Kids' Night on Broadway, cool performing opportunities for kids and FREE ice-skating lessons in Brooklyn.

We finished up our series of posts on Red Hook, Brooklyn with a roundup of a dozen family-friendly restaurants in the neighborhood.

Our Halloween-themed WeeWorks posts included easy-to-make cheesecloth ghosts and pumpkin bowling.

Best bets for the weekend include multiple Day of the Dead celebrations, a sing-along concert with Dan Zanes at Symphony Space and Obake Family Day at Japan Society.