TONIGHT
The Gate celebrates Oktoberfest by devoting 16 taps to lagers inspired by ze German fest. site>>

FRIDAY
The Gate partners with Shmaltz Brewing Co., Southpaw, Bierkraft, Blind Tiger, and Barrette to present the 1st Annual Coney Island Freaktoberfest Boutique Beer & Music Festival. On tap: a variety of craft beers, live music, burlesque, and performances by the Coney Island Sideshow. All-you-can-drink tix here>>

SATURDAY

These Tours Were Made For Walkin (and Camping and Biking)
Open House New York returns Saturday and Sunday with a gazillion unusual and mostly free tours throughout NYC. Take your kids on a historic Red Hook tour, armed with pencil and sketchpad; see dancers perform a tour through Green-Wood Cemetery; rooftop camp at an undisclosed locale (scroll to Douglas Paulson), bike to Brooklyn’s greenest buildings, or check out Jim and Karla Murray’s “Counter/Culture” photos, featured on our homepage, at the Brooklyn Historical Society, free this weekend as part of OHNY. Pick one, or two, and RSVP now. Spots fill quickly. site>>

Navy Yard Art
Along with OHNY, Brooklyn Navy Yard Arts provides a rare public glimpse of their workplace Saturday beginning at noon, when the new artists collective holds open studios inside seven Navy Yard buildings. Shuttle buses make it easy to access; exhibited work ranges from sculpture to paintings to photography and furniture design. site>>

Found in Translation
At 4pm, Iranian-born author Dalia Sofer reads from her Times-acclaimed debut novel “The Septembers of Shiraz” as part of the Brooklyn Library’s new immigrant writers series, including Pulitzer-prize winner Junot Diaz on Nov. 1 and Lara Vapnyar on Dec. 6. (site>>) Before you go, bring your used books to the Central Library for the Great American Book Drive from 10 to 3. site>>

Electric Avenue
Live bands like French pop rockers Les Sans Culottes (above), ponies, vintage public buses, and fare from locals like Sahadi’s (celebrating its 60th year) take over one mile of Atlantic Ave. from Hicks St. to Fourth Ave. during the annual Atlantic Antic. site>>

SUNDAY

Brooklyn’s Designs
The Brooklyn Flea and Greenjeans launch their co-curated Fall Furniture Festival, featuring green furnishings made by local designers like DUMBO’s 4Korners (whose credenza is pictured above). Many of the indie furniture makers, including Bushwick’s Brave Space Design, the Navy Yard’s Nightwood and Red Hook’s Uhuru, will be on hand to talk shop every Sunday in October. More details here>>

Clothes Swap
Dow got you down? Exchange your old clothes for new threads at My So Called Swap from 4-8pm, amidst episodes of “My So Called Life,” drink specials, cupcakes, and Tarot readings. K&M Bar, 225 North 8th St. at Roebling, 718-388-3088. (Saturday at 6pm Collecther in Bed-Stuy holds one too. site>>)

MONDAY
The essential parenting blog A Child Grows in Brooklyn (a must read for BK families), also runs event picks on Wednesdays, and the one that caught our eye this week is the popular BIG Movies for Little Kids, a classic film series for children at Cobble Hill Cinemas every other Monday. This coming week at 4pm, they’ll screen “The Red Balloon” and “White Mane,” (new 35 mm print!) site>>

TUESDAY

“Sunken Red,” part of BAM’s Next Wave Festival, is a one-man, multimedia show adapted from Dutch writer Jeroen Brouwers’ haunting memoir about his childhood in a Japanese prison camp. site>>

Six bands and six comedians take over the Music Hall of Williamsburg for an Obama benefit. Between Eugene Mirman’s jokes and The Fiery Furnaces’ set, catch the second presidential debate in the “Obama Room.” site>>

Premier beer store Bierkraft hosts a beer and chocolate tasting at 6:30pm, featuring sweets from Sunset Park’s Tumbador Chocolate. site>>

Sent by Nina and Nicole. Photos from top courtesy Dance Theater Etc., Brooklyn Navy Yard Arts, Greenjeans, Atlantic Antic, and BAM.