Saturday, October 6: Today’s “Party for the People” combines a free concert featuring members of Dead Prez as well at Blitz the Ambassador (pictured), with do-gooder workshops from neighborhood groups. How could you not get involved when you live someplace this cool?

Sunday, October 7: With 40-plus sites in Brooklyn, the fifth annual Open House New York tour will give you a chance to see the borough like never before. Get the lowdown on a working blacksmith’s shop, a Carroll Gardens row house and Prospect Park’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch (pictured), among many others. Being nosy was never so much fun.

Tuesday, October 9: He might live in Williamsburg, but Zach Condon performs under the name Beirut. And today you can pick up his new record, “The Flying Club Cup,” full of the unusual stringed instruments and quirky songs that have put his shows at the top of the local record nerd’s ”must see” list.

Wednesday, October 10: Trivia nights are old hat and even adult spelling bees have become passe, so tonight Christine Onorati, Greenpoint’s first lady of letters, will host a “Define-a-thon” at her Word bookstore. Contestants will be competing to define tough words, with the winner receiving not only glory but prizes from American Heritage and a Word gift certificate as well.

Friday, October 12: The Brooklyn Paper recently lost reporter Ariella Cohen to New Orleans, and since we’re already looking for ways to numb the pain, tonight’s Old New Orleans Rum tasting at LeNell’s seems an appropriate choice. The spirit has come along way since you last mixed it with cola, so drop by and get reacquainted.