Five things to do in Brooklyn this week!

Saturday

October 3

Dogtoberfest

Beer and puppies, what could be better? Hang out with Deutsche doggies at the “Schnauzers and Dachshunds Oktoberfest Party,” with beer, sausages, pretzels, and lots of pups running around being adorable. All proceeds benefit the Brooklyn Animal Rescue Coalition.

3–5 pm at By Brooklyn [261 Smith St. between Degraw and Douglass streets in Carroll Gardens, (718) 643–0606, shop.bybrooklyn.com]. $15 ($10 if you bring a dog).

Sunday

October 4

Monster mosh

We are all going to die, but we can go down screaming! Death Fest, a two-day celebration of death metal bands that will turn Saint Vitus metal bar into an abattoir, slams to an end today with face-melting fiends Morpheus Descends, Desecrate the Faithful, Triple Cripple, Blast Perversion, Grunt, and (pictured) Fantasy Panther, among many others.

3 pm–midnight at Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave., between Box and Clay streets in Greenpoint, www.saintvitusbar.com). $40.

Monday

October 5

Rat king

Learn about the only candidate more outrageous than Donald Trump at “Who is Vermin Supreme?” which follows his 2012 presidential candidacy. Supreme, who wears a boot as a hat and ran on a platform of free ponies, will be at the screening, along with the director and Jimmy “The Rent is Too Damn High” McMillan.

What? Hot dogs are delicious: By Brooklyn will host a “Dachsunds and Schnauzers Oktoberfest” party for dog-lovers and their fuzzy friends on Oct. 3. Admission is $10 if you bring a dog of any breed ($15 without).

Bill Roundy

7 pm at Videology [308 Bedford Ave. at S. First Street in Williamsburg, (718) 782–3468, www.videology.info]. $5 suggested donation to Supreme’s campaign.

Tuesday

October 6

Going down

Frodo and Sam? Totally doing it. Legolas and Gimli? Probably! Get your fangirl heart a-fluttering at tonight’s installment of “Shipwreck,” the competitive erotic fan-fiction event where six writers create hot ’n’ heavy scenarios featuring the characters in “Lord of the Rings.” All entries will be read by Cecil Baldwin, the deep-voiced host of eerie podcast “Welcome to Night Vale.”

8 pm at the Bell House [149 Seventh St. between Second and Third Avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510, www.thebellhouseny.com]. $12.

thursday

October 8

Marvel man

If you really want to escape into a book, you want it illustrated by Brian Resnick, the Park Slope creator of “The Invention of Hugo Cabret.” Tonight he discusses his new book “The Marvels,” which includes 400 pages of elaborate pencil sketches of a boy who survives a shipwreck and joins a theater troupe, followed by a prose story set 100 years later.

6:30 pm at Congregation Beth Elohim (274 Garfield Pl. at Eighth Avenue in Park Slope, www.brooklynbythebook.com). $10.