Southwest Community Center, South Ave 10am noon free (Job fair is next week) Ithaca: Halloween Storytime with Ithaca Firefighters Tompkins Co. Public Library, Thaler/Howell Room 11 11:30am, free Syracuse: Future of Erie Boulevard? Info on competition for ideas Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East Noon Oswego: Chamber Music Concert with pianist Helen Yorke SUNY Oswego Sheldon Ballroom 7:30pm $15/student discounts
Thursday, October 29 Syracuse: Go Red for Women Fair includes spa, health info, 10:30am-noon Lunch (emceed by NBC3s Lisa Spitz noon-1:30pm www.SyracuseGoRed.heart.org DeWitt: Mall-o-Ween Trick or Treating Shoppingtown Mall 1 7pm, $1 per child, benefits CNY Consortium for Childrens Services Ithaca: Spaghetti Dinner benefits New Roots School farm to school program Greek Orthodox Church, Seneca and Geneva Streets 5 8pm
Oswego: Fire Safety Open House
Oswego Town Volunteer Fire Dept, 640 County Rte 20 6 8pm Syracuse: Candlelight Vigil for drug overdose victims sponsored by ACR Health Hanover Square 6pm Rome: CNY Hops: Birth, Death and Rebirth Rome Historical Society talk 200 Church Street 6pm free Syracuse: Temple Grandin Speaks Autism Advocate, expert in animal behavior presented by NY Farm Bureau Landmark Theatre, 362 South Salina St 7pm, Tickets at the door www.kelbermancenter.org Waterloo: Heroin is Here community forum Seneca Co. Sheriff & Medical Director among the speakers Waterloo High School auditorium, 96 Stark Street 7-8:30pm
Friday, October 30 Friday Sales ~Norwich: First Baptist Church, 10 West Park Place Rummage & Bake Sale, Fri 4-7, Sat 9-noon Friday Food Phoenix: Masonic Temple, 451 Main St (fish, 5 7pm, $10) Ithaca: Halloween Parade & Trick-or-Treating Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) to Downtown & Center Ithaca 4 6pm
Homer: Show Us CNY15 photo exhibit opening party
Homer Center for the Arts 5-7pm (exhibit runs til Nov 14) Geneva: See ALL the Harry Potter Movies Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca Street ~Friday: 5:30pm The Sorcerers Stone 8:45pm The Chamber of Secrets ~Sat: 12:30pm The Prisoner of Azkaban 4pm The Goblet of Fire, 8pm The Order of the Phoenix ~Sun:12:30pm The Half-Blood Prince, 4pm The Deathly Hallows, Part 1, 8pm The Deathly Hallows, Part 2. Saturday: Childrens Parade & Costume Contest, 2 4pm $16 for all, $5 individual movies www.thesmith.org Fulton: Family fun celebration & Costume Party (pre-school 6h graders) Fulton First Methodist, 1408 State Route 176 (across from Fulton Junior High) 6-7:30pm www.fultonfirst.org Cortland: Flute & Piccolo Recital Grace & Holy Spirit Church, 13 Court Street 7:30pm $7 adults, $5 seniors, under 10 free ($1 discount with canned food) Liverpool: Halloween Haunted House Raven Haven, 7475 Thunderbird Road (off Bear) 7pm until lines end, also Saturday 7-8pm free Central Square: Halloween-themed Bunco Tournament Central Square Fire Station Costumes encouraged doors open 6:30pm, $10
Oneida: Open Mike Night
Kallet Civic Center 7pm, $3 www.kalletciviccenter.org Auburn: Made in America (American composers) concert Auburn Chamber Orchestra Merry-Go-Round Playhouse 7:30pm, $5 donation requested
Saturday, October 31 Saturday Sales ~Norwich: First Baptist Church, 10 West Park Place Rummage & Bake Sale, 9-noon
Rte 11 north of Brewerton: Ted & Amys Pet Costume Contest
Billy Whittakers Cars and Trux, 309 US Rte 11 10am judging (registration starts at 9) East Syracuse: Bead Show VFW Post, 6996 East Taft Road Saturday 10am 5pm, Sunday 10am 4pm $3 entry www.beadsocietycny.org Syracuse: Science gets Spooky Slime, invisibility, pumpkin smashing and more MOST, Armory Square 10:30am 4pm (regular admission) www.most.org
North Syracuse: Mensa Admission Test (how smart are you??)
North Syracuse Library, 100 Trolley Barn Lane 10:30am $20 (half price!) info: 458-9097 Syracuse: Halloween Parade North Geddes St (Harley Davidson) to South Geddes (Boxing Ctr) 11am, Boxing matches start 1pm Vernon Downs: Breeders Cup Thoroughbred Racing Simulcast from Keeneland Racecourse, Lexington, KY 11am - conclusion Triple Crown winner American Pharoahs last race at 5:35pm NBC3 also carrying the races Ithaca: Winter Composting how-to program Steamboat Landing (Ithaca Farmers Market 11-noon (free) Ithaca: Harry Potter movies State heater, 105 West State St 11am The Chamber of Secrets, 3pm The Prisoner of Azkaban $6 adults, ($5 if in costume) www.stateofithaca.com Syracuse: Consumer Buying Power for Youth Southside Innovation Center, 2610 South Salina Street noon 2pm Seneca Falls: Women, Witches & Halloweens Past Talk on witch persecution Seneca Falls Womens Rights Park Visitor Center, 136 Fall Street 1pm free
Ithaca: Diagon Alley (Harry Potter attire, activities)
Press Bay Alley, downtown 1 6pm (free to look, free cider & trick or treating) Geneva: See ALL the Harry Potter Movies Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca Street ~Sat: 12:30pm The Prisoner of Azkaban 4pm The Goblet of Fire, 8pm The Order of the Phoenix ~Sun:12:30pm The Half-Blood Prince, 4pm The Deathly Hallows, Part 1, 8pm The Deathly Hallows, Part 2. Saturday: Childrens Parade & Costume Contest, 2 4pm $16 for all, $5 individual movies www.thesmith.org Ithaca: The Coffin Carver Historical talk on gravestone maker The History Center, 401 East State Street 2pm Ithaca: Creatures of the Night Talk/demo on nocturnal creatures Sciencenter, 601 1st Street 2pm www.sciencenter.org Mall Trick-or-Treating ~Great Northern Mall 3pm ~Destiny USA 5 7pm Syracuse: Community Halloween Bash Peppinos, 1849 Grant Blvd Costume contest, free pizza slices 4pm start
Syracuse: Community Harvest Festival
4-7pm at: McKinley-Brighton School Delaware Academy Franklin School ML King School Dr. Weeks/Northeast Community Center Ed Smith School Southwest Community Center Liverpool: Halloween Haunted House Raven Haven, 7475 Thunderbird Road (off Bear) Saturday 7-8pm free Earlville: Haunted Opera House Earlville Opera House 7-9pm, free (Children must come with adult, not suggested for under 8s)
Sunday, November 1 Fall Forward! Set clocks to Standard time (2am change) Onondaga Lake Parkway: speed limit to 45 mph until April 1 Fulton: Non overnight parking starting Sunday, until April 1 Sunday Food: Mattydale: American Legion, 2718 LeMoyne Ave Pancakes 8am-noon Carrier Dome: NY State Field Bands competition 8am 10pm Spectators: $15 adults, $5 under 12, $2 pre-schoolers schedule: www.nysfbc.org
Syracuse: Squishing of the Squash
Syracuse Zoo at Burnet Park 10am 3pm free with park admission www.ononodagacountyparks.com East Syracuse: 2 original pieces of fire equipment returning home East Syracuse Fire Station #1, 204 North Center Street noon Geneva: See the Harry Potter Movies Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca Street 12:30pm The Half-Blood Prince, 4pm The Deathly Hallows, Part 1, 8pm The Deathly Hallows, Part 2. $5 individual movies www.thesmith.org Liverpool: Holiday Vendor Fair small business owners, hosted by The Dream Factory of Syracuse Maplewood Suites, 400 7th North St 1 5pm OCC: Hits of the 60s & 70s in the B Side benefits Jerry Barsha Foundation Storer Auditorium $35 ($25 Seniors +62 & students) 3pm www.jerrybarshafoundation.org Syracuse: Itzhak Perlman, violin concert Mulroy Civic Center Crouse-Hinds Theatre 3pm, limited tickets www.experienceSymphoria.org Amboy (Oswego County): Leave it to Beavers walk to pond area Amboy 4-H Environmental Center, 748 State Rte 183 2pm, $4, $12 family rate
