This one’s for you, Twihards!
1. Dark Shadows at Twilight: A Paley Center Vampire Weekend
Midtown’s pop culture-loving Paley Center (25 W 52nd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves; 212-621-6600, mtr.org) hosts a vaguely Twilight-themed weekend with screenings of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood and other vampirey fare. Check out the schedule here to find a screening you want to see, or go from 2:30 to 4pm on Saturday for a panel discussion led by Entertainment Weekly’s Ken Tucker. Afterward, you’ll probably have a taste for blood—take a stroll down to Keens (72 W 36th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves; 212-947-3636, keenssteakhouse.com) for one of the best steaks in the city.

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Christmas Is Miles Away

Theater
Christmas Is Miles Away
Catch this realistic, coming-of-age story by Chloe Moss, now through May 23, and revisit the vertigo of your youth.

Clubs
Giant Step: Afrika Bambaataa
The electropop godfather will be working the ones and twos at another jam-packed Giant Step soiree.

Comedy
The Improvised Shakespeare Company
This improve company mixes faux British accents, Elizabethan-era speech and Shakespearean tropes for a can’t-miss show.

Block-head
Creative Block
Catch the 54th annual Obie Awards for an avante-garde party that includes acrobatic burlesque, indie0rock bands and a mash-up dance posse.

Music
Jason Anderson + The Wailing Wall + Alden Barton
Known for his sticky-sweet tunes under the pseudonym Wolf Colonel, Anderson takes his recent solo album, Tonight, to new rock & roll heights. Catch his free gig at the Cake Shop tonight.