Friday, Oct. 28
The Found Theatre, 599 Long Beach Blvd., will be clearing out and selling many of its costumes and props during a two-day rummage sale from 9am to 3pm at the theater. The sale will also include clothing, household items, art and jewelry. More info at (562) 433-3363 or foundtheatre.org.
The families at Lafayette Elementary School, 2445 Chestnut Ave., will host their annual harvest festival from 2:30pm to 6:30pm on the school’s playground. The monies raised this year will be used to purchase printers for classrooms. Event activities will include a bean-toss competition, hair coloring, arts and crafts, and a costume contest.
Saturday, Oct. 29
The Historical Society of Long Beach will present its 16th annual cemetery tour of the two oldest cemeteries in the city from 9am to about 3:30pm. Tickets can only be purchased on the day of the event at Sunnyside Cemetery, 1095 Willow Ave., from 8:30am until noon— cash or check only. Snacks and drinks are available for purchase throughout the day. A free hot dog and hamburger lunch will be available from 11:30am to 1:30pm. The event is a family-friendly walking tour in a park-like setting, with some uneven ground. There is some parking space available inside Sunnyside and plenty of parking in the surrounding neighborhood. Prices are $18 general admission, $12 for HSLB members, and $5 for students. Children 11 and under are free.
Bixby Park Preservation and Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine will host their second annual Halloween carnival at Bixby Park, corner of 1st Street and Junipero Avenue between Broadway and Ocean Boulevard, from 11am to 3pm. The event will include prizes for carnival games, a costume contest at 2pm, ghoulish activities, Edgar Allen Poe-try Contest, a Best Home-Decorated/Home-Carved Pumpkin Contest, and scary arts and crafts. Tickets cost 50 cents each, contest entries are $2 and the bouncer is $1. Proceeds from the event will be used for new park furnishings. Actors dressed as Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley will perform excerpts from the novelists’ famous works near the bandshell at noon, 1pm and 2pm. For more information, call (562) 983-8139.
Los Altos United Methodist Church, 5950 East Willow St., will host a Halloween carnival for young children and preschoolers at 4pm, with games, a costume parade, and fun for the family until 6:30pm. The public is welcome to participate in the festivities in the church parking lot at the corner of Woodruff Avenue and Willow Street. Admission is free. Contact the church office at (562) 598-2451 for more information.
Shops on 4th Street’s Retro Row will participate in a Day of the Dead/Halloween-themed “Last Saturdays on 4th” event from 4pm to 8pm. A Dia de los Muertos art exhibit will line the street. The Art Theatre, 2025 E. 4th St., will offer free popcorn to those with a receipt from that day from any Retro Row merchant. (Also, The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be screened at midnight with shadowcast.) Also included will be other art exhibits, a food truck, a costume party, trick-or-treating and live music. Visit 4thstreetlongbeach.com/uncategorized/last-saturdays-on-4th-october-29th-4-8-pm.
The City of Signal Hill will host its annual Halloween carnival from 5pm to 8pm on the Signal Hill Park basketball courts (on Hill Street just west of Cherry Avenue). This family event, themed as a “Halloween Harvest Festival,” will feature old-fashioned games, a petting zoo, contests, a juggler, food, candy and live music. Admission is $3 for children (age 13 and under); adults get in free with payment for a child.
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra will launch its 2011-2012 Orchestra POPS! season at the Long Beach Arena, 300 East Ocean Blvd., with American Songbook, featuring Principal POPS! Conductor Steven Reineke along with New York cabaret performer Tony DeSare presenting classic tunes by Cole Porter, Irvine Berlin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and more. Audience members are invited to attend dressed in Halloween costumes, as well as to bring food and beverages to enjoy before and during the performance. Doors will open at 6:30pm; show will begin at 8pm. Tickets start at $21. Student rush tickets are available for $10 with valid ID. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (562) 436-3203 or visit LBSO.org.
Sunday, Oct. 30
The Community Action Team will present its 11th annual Haute Dog Howl’oween Parade at 2:30pm, with a start/finish point at Livingston Park, 4900 E. Livingston Dr. in Belmont Shore. A vendor and pet-adoption fair will take place in the park from 12:30pm to 4:30pm. The organization will attempt to break the world record for the number of costumed dogs in a parade and will be photographing each dog on the route to send the photographs to records officials. Costumed kids will lead the parade, followed by the dogs. Attendees may bring their own folding chairs or rent one of 500 seats on Park Avenue for $5, starting at about 1pm. For more information, email Justin@justinrudd.com or visit justinrudd.com.
Monday, Oct. 31
California Heights United Methodist Church, 3759 Orange Ave., will host a Halloween Trunk-or-Treat Spooktacular from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. The event will include trick-or-treating from decorated cars in the children’s center parking lot. For more information, visit calheightsumc.org or call (562) 595-1996.
Calvary Chapel Signal Hill will host its annual community outreach, the “Let Him Shine” Celebration, from 6pm to 10pm. The event will take place on the campus of Signal Hill Elementary School, 2285 Walnut Ave., as a safe and fun environment for families and will include free carnival games, jumpers, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy and free candy. There will also be a puppet show for children, a live drama presentation and live music. For more information, contact assistant pastor Amaury Rosario at (562) 804-5509.
The Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance (WANA) will host its 5th Halloween on the Green party at 20th Street and Daisy Avenue. Costume contest registration starts at 6:15pm with judging at 6:30pm. Treats for contest participants and prizes for best costume will be provided. For more information contact Maria at (562) 427-5021 or email wrigleyalliance@msn.com.
Tuesday, Nov. 1
The Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., will present its second annual celebration of the Mexican traditional holiday of Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) with an altar exhibit from 6pm to 8pm and a multimedia presentation from 8pm to 10pm by Long Beach’s Distinguished Artist of the Year, Gregorio Luke. For complete information on tickets, visit lbplayhouse.org, call (562) 494-1014 (option 1) or email boxoffice@lbplayhouse.org.
Thursday, Nov. 3
Dr. Stella’s FUNtastic Dental & Orthodontics, 2700 N. Bellflower Blvd. Suite 217, will be collecting excess candy left over from Halloween from 2pm to 7pm. The dental office will give $1 and a toothbrush in exchange for each pound of candy turned in. The candy must be unopened. It will be shipped to troops overseas. Find out more at (562) 627-8800 or FUNtasticDental.com.
