The Weekly IST List: October 31 - November 6

M O N D AY [ 31 ]

music/party · The White Ghost Shivers' Halloween Ball at American Legion Hall! Burlesque, Independence Brew, apple bobbing with the TX Roller Girls, Tarot card readings, a kissing booth and more. The White Ghost Shivers will also be performing a live soundtrack to accompany Buster Keaton's "Cops." ($25, 9pm)

music · Galactic, Mofro and New Monsoon at Stubb's

music · Halloween Show at Emo's with Flametrick Subs, Satans Cheerleaders, Shadow Reichenstein and Trend Kill Clinic

music · Dumpsta Phunk with The Groove Line Horns and Skerik at The Parish Room [Austinist on Dumpstaphunk]

in-store · Drums & Tuba at Waterloo Records (Free, 5pm)

music · Exit the King and Requiem at The Parlor (Free, 9pm)

film · The Drafthouse Downtown screens a rare 35mm print of "Good to See You Again Alice Cooper", the 1974 concert film featuring Cooper's original lineup. (9:45pm, Also Wednesday)

music/party · Halloween Bash at Elysium with Inversion Effect performing a live accompaniment to "Nosferatu." Also, costume contest [Austinist On The Invisible Czars] [Austinist on Nosferatu]

T U E S D A Y [ 1 ]

music · Social Distortion, Bullets & Octane and The Dead 60s at Stubb's

forum/wine · The Dionysium of Death at the Drafthouse South Lamar. Tonight's program focuses on the macabre. Debate: "Resolved: That There Is An Afterlife", a lecture on embalming, a presentation on Dia de los Muertos and a declamation of Poe's "The Imp of the Perverse." And, naturally, lots of wine. ($5, 7:30pm)

film · Austin Film Society screens Kim Ki-duk's "3-Iron" at the Drafthouse Downtown (7pm)

in-store · Sleeping People and Transmography CD release at End of an Ear (Free, 5pm)

books · Local actor Joseph Fotinos discusses The Midnight Shadow Show: Prof. Griffin Journals at Bookpeople (Free, 7pm)

prom! · The World's Best Prom at the Drafthouse Downtown (Through Thursday)

music · Liz Phair at La Zona Rosa

W E D NE S D A Y [ 2 ]

music · John Cale at Stubb's [Austinist Interviews John Cale]

music · Sparkle Motion, Bad Rackets, No Grave But the Sea and Afterglow at Beerland

film · Harry Potter Triple Feature at The Paramount Theatre! Check website for screening details (Through Sunday)

music · Preserve the Sound at The Parlor (Free, 9pm)

music · Neva Dinova, Orenda Fink (of Azure Ray) and Loxsly at The Parish Room

conference · The Blogging Enterprise, a one-day conference sponsored by SXSW Interactive, explores "blogging, podcasting and video podcasting and their potential benefits and value in building brands, educating prospects, making sales and cultivating customer loyalty." Also, it costs a fortune. At JJ Pickle Campus at UT ($170, 8am-5pm)

books · Craig Clevenger discusses his second novel, Dermaphoria, at Bookpeople (Free, 7pm)

in-store · John Cale at Waterloo Records (Free, 5pm)

music · The Casting Couch, Cars Can Be Blue, Ryan Anderson at Trophy's

( F I R S T ) T H U R S D A Y [ 3 ]

film/festival · The Austin Asian Film Festival kicks off! Four days of over 30 feature films, documentaries and shorts from Bhutan, china, North and South Korea, India, Pakistan, Vietnam and more. Kicks off with Daniel Gordon's "A State of Mind" at the Drafthouse Downtown. Festival passes are available online (Through Saturday)

books · Novelists Karen Olsson and Nate Blakeslee present their respective works, Waterloo and Tulia: Race, Cocaine and Corruption in a Small Texas Town, at Bookpeople (7pm)

party · Opening night party for the Austin Asian Film Festival at Maiko Sushi Lounge (9:30pm)

film · aGLIFF's "Filmmaker Series" presents "The Short Films of Jenn Garrison" at the Arbor Cinema ($10, 8pm)

music · Sage Francis, Sole, Sol.Illaquists of Sound at Emo's (ouside)

art · West End Galleries First Thursday Gallery Night (Till 8pm)

music · Jeff Klein, Zookeeper and Ryan Lindsey at Emo's (inside)

music · Broken Social Scene and Feist at Stubb's

music · Quien es BOOM! at Whisky Bar (Free, Midnight)

music · Misprint Magazine's issue release party at Flamingo Cantina, featuring Peel, Single Frame, Lomita and Short Film

theatre · Leah Ryan's "Chopper" at Hyde Park Theatre (Through Saturday, 8pm)

in-store · Drop Trio CD release at End of an Ear (Free, 6pm)

music · KAOS Radio benefit show at Beerland, featuring Blood Burnin, Bloody Tears and 00Spies