Halloween Guide Adult alternatives to trick or treating this evening

Feel too old to go door to door begging for candy? Don’t have kids to ruin your Halloween, but don’t know how to spend it without falling into a diabetic coma? Well, drop that bag of Reese’s and put some pants on! Cover ’em in blood! The A.V. Club’s got your back with a succinct guide to adult Halloween in the Twin Cities.

Punk Bowl Halloween
Memory Lanes, 10 p.m., free
Memory Lanes’ usual Monday night Punk Bowl is going with a Halloween theme for Oct. 31, and it might be the $2 PBRs talking, or the $3 Jameson shots, but it’s tough to ignore those prices! This may just be the best Halloween option for rockers on a budget. Bands including Crusader, No Remorse, Cokskar, Ashen, and Clump will perform (no cover!) starting at 10 p.m., with bowling between sets.

Hausu 
Trylon Microcinema,  5:15 p.m., 7 p.m., 8:45 p.m., 10:30 p.m., $8
Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 1977 twisted pop-art gore-fest ends up being worlds more interesting (and confusing) than its American counterpart. For anyone who’s into camp or B-movies, this one’s a must-see. Read more here.

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The 18th Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza
Hidden Falls Regional Park, 7 p.m., pay what you want
The BareBones Productions artist collective spares no amount of effort or artistic ingenuity for its Halloween puppet show every fall. Now in its 18th year, the BareBones show has become a visually stunning testament to the mastery of the Twin Cities arts community. It’s an amazingly well-crafted show for people young and old, with large-scale puppets, bicycles, beautiful sets, and great voice acting. The event is “pay what you will,” but since BareBones is a non-profit, chip something in if you can. Believe us, it’s worth it. 

Donnie Dirk’s Zombie Den
What better way to follow up the BareBones puppet show than with a free drink at Donnie Dirk’s Zombie Den. Through Halloween, the Northeast bar is giving out a free Halloween drink in exchange for a bone—that’s right, any bone. As long as it’s clean, it will work.  

Triple Rock Halloween tribute show
8 p.m., $8 with costume $10 without
According to the Triple Rock, this year marks “the seventh or eighth Triple Rock Halloween tribute show,” and it seems like the venue is pulling out all of the stops in 2011. Several cover bands consisting of members from all of your favorite local groups will perform songs by the likes of: Weezer, Anthrax, The Dead Kennedys, and Joan Jett. And there’s a costume contest with creative categories like “Most Uncomfortable.” And there’s booze, and probably some dancing—and that’s enough, right? No? Well then go to First Ave.’s equivalent event, where there might be even more dancing! And the event at First Ave. is 18+! Hell, go to ’em both, win both contests—this is Halloween we’re talking about. Shake it like a bag of bones.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show 
Uptown Theater, midnight, $8
When The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released on video for the first time in 1990, some considered it the end of a vibrant cinematic subculture. But watching the film at home, away from the running commentary of Rocky Horror cultists, has never been quite the same experience. Future Oscar winner Susan Sarandon gives a spirited (and nearly nude) performance as a newlywed who winds up in Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s castle after her and her husband’s car breaks down. The songs in this horror-musical include “Dammit Janet,” “The Time Warp,” and “Sweet Transvestite,” all of which tie into the elaborate audience participation that’s evolved around the film over the years. And, what better time to dress up as your best Frank-N-Furter or Janet and head to the theater for this late-night showing? Answer: There is no better time.