If Halloween is, underneath the grotesque imagery, about reinventing and learning about another side of yourself for a night, Bob Dylan isn’t a bad choice for a Halloween-themed concert outing. The man pulled off the culture-shifting reinvention going from semi-serious folkie to code-inscribing rocker long before Madonna ever squeezed into her first bustier. More regular transformations have followed—his latest incarnation has been as a chameleon-like vaguely Southern troubadour, possibly inspired by a book called Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class. Here are five things to do, one of them a night with Bob.

MUSIC - Bob Dylan
Dylan has a way of magnifying even the most minor surprises. Will he deign to pick up his guitar again for more than just a few songs? Will he toss in an unexpected cover? Will he do a little jig? Now that he looks like a vagabond magician from a Melville novel, anything is possible. Aragon, 7:30pm, $52.50, all ages.

NIGHTLIFE - Only Children of the Corn
As we continue to build momentum toward all of our costumed exploits this weekend, the Only Children—a recently formed DJ crew that includes eclectic hipster selectors Bald E., Dinoscopy and Mister Wolf—provide slightly more low-key forum to you to take your zombified Michael Jackson outfit out for a trial run. The trio spins a mix of funk, soul, disco and more. innjoy. 9pm. FREE!

FILM - Death Race 2000
Never mind the awful recent remake; the original Death Race 2000 is an arch satire about our bloodthirsty culture. It’s about a cross-country race in which drivers earn points for killing pedestrians. Doc Films, University of Chicago, 1212 E 59th St between Kimbark and Woodlawn Aves (773-702-8574). Metra: Elec Main to 59th St. Bus: 4 (24hrs), X4, 14, 28, 59, 171. 9pm. $5.

DANCE/NIGHTLIFE - Halloween House Party
The Joel Hall Dancers & Center host a 21-and-older Halloween party at the Victor Hotel. Chicago’s own DJ Rees Urban and DJ Lil’ John be spinning house music all night. Victor Hotel, 311 N Sangamon St (773-293-0900, joelhall.org). El: Green, Pink to Clinton; Blue to Grand. Bus: 8, 9. 9pm–2am, $10 at the door, cash only.

THEATER - Sex
Prologue Theatre Company stages Mae West’s 1926 pulp comedy about a whip-smart prostitute, which got West put on trial for authoring and starring in an indecent public act. North Lakeside Cultural Center, 8pm, $15.