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On Friday, there will be several magazine-sponsored events for your Halloween partying convenience: Esquire hosts the annual celebrity-studded Joonbug masquerade at Capitale. Hip-hopper-turned-MTV reality star Reverend Run will be the evening's master of ceremonies. For those of you who'd rather not pony up for a ticket, Mass Appeal and Missbehave will team up with Rockstar Games to host a dance party in Williamsburg. If you're looking for a more refined Halloween night, The Economist, kicks off its "Off The Page Discussion Series" Friday, with Leonard Lopate hosting a fittingly morbid look at the "art of obituary." Off the Page events will continue throughout the weekend...