http://www.nypress.com/articles.sec-28-1-24_7-culture.html This week the olds make a comeback.Through the wrinkles of time they say unto us in performance, on stage and in film, We still exist and can fucking school you whippersnappers in everything from dance to writing to film festivals. Its a battle of the generations.]]> REMEMBER WHEN YOU went trick or treating last Halloween and everybody gave you weird looks? It wasn’t because of your totally ironic Sara Palin as the Joker costume.You’re in that weird and awkward phase where you’re not a kid, but you’re so sick of costume parties that if you see one more girl dressed up as a sexy [blank] you’ll scream.What is there left to do? If you still love the horrific side of Halloween, but don’t want to watch the same old scary movies or take in the scene that house parties can offer, why not try one of these gruesome haunted houses.]]> There’s always been something inexplicably fun about The Citizen’s Band. While we’re generally bored of burlesque, this musical theater troop has had enough chutzpah and crazy-ass ou]]> Hey, do you want to be in a room full of scary guys with cauliflower ears? Me too! So let’s go to the Javits center where the MMA is hosting its big confab featuring appearances by Wanderlei Silva, Matt Hughes and an assortment of martial arts schools vying for the honor to teach you how to kick ass. ]]> Oct. 11, Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer St.), Brooklyn, 347-529-6696; 8:30, $15.]]> Autumn leaves remind us of our own aged form, but this week allows that aging can be done gracefully.Ten years after the Dude was born, he lives on in a bowling alley in Brooklyn. And 100 years after a movement died, its resurrected in the basement of the Guggenheim.]]> How I Learned to Live In New York Sept. 23, Happy Ending, 302 Broome St. (betw. Forsyth & Eldridge Sts.), 212-334-9676; 8, FREE Lessons from funny people about learning to cope in the big city lik]]> Lucha Vavoom calls itself the home of sexo y violencia, which sounds pretty good.The violence part is Mexican wrestling, and Lucha Vavoom! the sex part is burlesque—though a theoretical argument could be made for the inversion of those descriptors. Regardless, tonight’s wildly entertaining card features the Crazy Chickens who have, by far, the catchiest theme song in the history of wrestling.]]> It’s strange and upsetting but true that little social opprobrium awaits those who discriminate against gypsies.This acceptance of hatred for the Roma usually stems from hazy memories of a study-abroad trip where some gypsy tried to rob something. But a little bit of time steeped in the rich cultural life of these folks—thanks to the 5th New York Gypsy Festival—goes a long way to dispel this insidious worm of hatred.Tonight’s show features the lively Hungarian artists Little Cow and Hazmat Modine.]]> Can you cram an entire summer into one week? Maybe you can.This week, there s enough cultural programming and outdoor bullshit to make up for three months of rain, depression and hideous summer scarves. Give it a whirl before its time to put on a sweater. Joshua David Stein]]> Sunday night, hundreds crowded into a balmy Glasslands Gallery to pay tribute to Carlos Alvarez who tragically passed away the weekend before at the all-too-young age of 29.]]> August.Those who flee for the Hamptons or Godknows-where-else miss a city in hot, sweaty repose.This weeks events could only happen here, where bad taste yields good art, hazy days long nights and the last days of summer untold cultural bounty. Joshua David Stein.]]>