Things to Do This Weekend in Connecticut

CT’s Most Interactive Haunted House in Hamden at 41 R Marne Street in the rear of the building where Monkey’s Joes is.

All information and tickets are available at www.creeperum.com

General Tickets online are $20 At the door $25

The entire park will be transformed to frighten and delight guests and the spine-chilling Haunted Graveyard will not disappoint! Gates open at 5pm, park rides operate starting at 5pm and the Haunted Graveyard opens at dusk every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening in October. The Haunted Graveyard is rated PG for Pretty Ghoulish and is not intended for small children or adults who may be frightened easily.

Rides open during the Haunted Graveyard include Boulder Dash, Zoomerang, Ghost Hunt, Twister, American Flyers, Bumper Cars, Wipe Out, Thunder N’ Lightning, Rev-O-Lution, Wave Swinger, Carousel, Enterprise, Down Time, Giant Wheel, Pirate Ship, Sky Coaster, and Zoomers Gas N’ Go. Crocodile Cove Water Park and Kiddieland rides are not open during The Haunted Graveyard.

$34.99 adults, $27.99 under 12. Tickets include park admission and rides

Rose to Runway returns for its third annual fashion show event to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) and is inviting the fashion industry, luxury brands, and beauty experts to show their support. Rose to Runway is a chic and contemporary evening filled with fabulous fashion, signature cocktails, premier cuisine and designer shopping experiences. The event is held at The Loading Dock in Stamford, CT, one of Abigail Kirsch’s seven exclusive venues in the NYC area. This stylish evening attracts tastemakers from NYC, Westchester County, and the Greenwich area. The Rose to Runway event features an incredible fashion show, silent auction and our DJ is none other than NYC socialite DJ Marjorie “MAD MARJ” Gubelmann. The evening attracts tastemakers from NYC, Westchester County, and the Greenwich area along with influencers and bloggers covering fashion, lifestyle, and media industries.

One of CT’s scariest attractions, the Trail of Terror runs all weekends in October. Get your scares and screams while they’re fresh!

General admission is $15.

CT’s Most Interactive Haunted House in Hamden at 41 R Marne Street in the rear of the building where Monkey’s Joes is.

All information and tickets are available at www.creeperum.com

General Tickets online are $20 At the door $25

Come enjoy a day shopping at our Fall Festival. We have a wide variety with our 40 Artisans, Crafters & Vendors who will be selling their crafts and products. Grace’s Cafe will be open 9am-2pm. We will be sling our award winning chili along with other continental breakfast and lunch items. Live music will be played for the shoppers enjoyment.

This event is free. There is plenty of parking. Handicap accessible.

Kids in Halloween costumes can get free admission to The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk on the final two weekends in October when the popular family attraction transforms into the AquaScarium.

Children age 3 to 12 who come to the AquaScarium in costume on Oct. 21, 22, 28 and 29 will get free admission (a $15.95 value) with each paying adult. Adult admission is $22.95. (The offer requires one paying adult for each free costumed child.)

“Here’s the chance for free apparition, er, admission for your little ghouls and goblins,” said Dave Sigworth, the Aquarium’s spooksperson. “It would be a grave mistake to not bring them. Of corpse.”

Also during AquaScarium:

• face-painters will enhance Halloween alter egos between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., turning guests into wild creatures, superheroes, princesses and more. There’s a $5 fee.
• a dragon will be loose … but not too loose … at a free “Meet the Dragon” station, where Aquarium educators will invite guests to touch or hold a live bearded dragon. Times are 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-1:30 & 2:30-3:30 p.m.
• And the normal Toy-Boat Workshop will become a Pirate Toy-Boat Workshop from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’s a $5 fee to build a boat.

The AquaScarium itself will be ghoulishly decorated for Halloween, with jack-o’-lanterns, seasonal accessories and staff dressed in costume.

Sigworth added that the event is an AquaScarium in name only, with no frightening aspects for young children.

“AquaScarium gives kids the chance to try out and show off their costumes in a monstrously fun place, while saving mummy and dead-y some money at the same time,” said Sigworth, the Aquarium’s publi-crypt … er, publicist.

What might seem to be the scariest part of AquaScarium will occur at 12:15 and 2:15 p.m. each weekend day, when divers enter the “Ocean Beyond the Sound” exhibit to mingle with the Aquarium’s large sand tiger and lemon sharks. However, as one of the divers will explain to guests from inside the exhibit, humans are far more dangerous to sharks.

Come join us for the Cheshire Grange Craft and Vendor Fair on Saturday, October 28th, 10am to 2pm.

We will have many crafters and vendors, bake sale, teacup auction, bottle booth, lunch for sale, free coffee, free kids activities and more!

Grange Proceeds go to help fund our yearly community service projects which include activities such as mailing care packages to military personnel and holiday cheer packages to convalescent home residents.

The 3rd Annual Chili Challenge is the HOTTEST event of the fall season! More than 25 amateur chefs are competing in the fully-sanctioned International Chili Society cook-off designed to appeal to the whole family. Top local eateries are competing in the restaurant challenge that runs from 2:00-5:00. Along with the cooks, there will be 50 local vendors, live entertainment, beer, wine, and hard cider. Kids can look forward to trick-or-treating, costume contests, clowns, the touch-a-truck exhibit, and more. Tickets are only $10 in advance for age 11 and up for all the chili you can eat. Children 10 and under are FREE. Tickets can be purchased on the event website simsburychili.com or by calling (860) 651-7307.

Prepare for a hair-raising Halloween happening at Stepping Stones Museum for Children’s annual Monster Mash on Saturday, October 28th from 5:00 – 8:30 pm.  Families are sure to have a monstrously good time meandering through a Halloween maze, making boo-tiful crafts and meeting live creatures!

Venture if you dare into the Multimedia Gallery for the “Spooktacular Animal Adventure” presented by special guest Animal Embassy. The exotic animal rescue and adoption group will enable children to connect face-to-face with a pink-toed tarantula, an emperor scorpion, a Sinaloan milk snake, a boa constrictor, a spectacled owl, an Argentine black and white tegu, and more! The performances will begin at 5:30 pm.

“We appreciate Animal Embassy coming to demystify these amazing creatures and to help children to cross the line from fear to respect and appreciation,” said Rhonda Kiest, CEO and President of Stepping Stones. “Our hope is that families will see the beauty in these often creatures.”

Come dressed in your costume to enjoy a not-so-scary night full of tricks and treats:

• Play Monster Games like Witch Hat Ring Toss, Ghost Bowling, and Monster Bean Bag Throw
• Help  decorate a giant cardboard pumpkin with tissue paper, construction paper, and markers
• Under Wraps—help wrap a mummy or make a spider web
• Witch’s Brew—watch a demonstration of witch’s magic (science tricks)

Create Halloween decorations at Make and Take stations:

• Ghost Windsock—make a porch decoration out of cardstock and strips of plastic bag
• Spin Art Spider Web—tinker with a motor, battery, and wires to create a unique picture of a spider web

The Stepping Stones Cafe will be open during the event. The museum will close at 4:00 pm in preparation for this special event.

Monster Mash tickets can be purchased online, by phone, or in person at the Welcome Desk. Early-bird discount of $2 off each ticket is available until October 22nd. After October 22nd, the price is $12/person for members and $17/person for non-members. Children under the age of one will be admitted for free. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. Registration is required. Space is limited.

The entire park will be transformed to frighten and delight guests and the spine-chilling Haunted Graveyard will not disappoint! Gates open at 5pm, park rides operate starting at 5pm and the Haunted Graveyard opens at dusk every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening in October. The Haunted Graveyard is rated PG for Pretty Ghoulish and is not intended for small children or adults who may be frightened easily.

Rides open during the Haunted Graveyard include Boulder Dash, Zoomerang, Ghost Hunt, Twister, American Flyers, Bumper Cars, Wipe Out, Thunder N’ Lightning, Rev-O-Lution, Wave Swinger, Carousel, Enterprise, Down Time, Giant Wheel, Pirate Ship, Sky Coaster, and Zoomers Gas N’ Go. Crocodile Cove Water Park and Kiddieland rides are not open during The Haunted Graveyard.

$34.99 adults, $27.99 under 12. Tickets include park admission and rides

Each Saturday in October, departing at 5 p.m.

Hoist ale on Saturday evenings in October as The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk offers special Octoberfest Cruises featuring tastings from local craft breweries. These adults-only cruises – the latest in the Aquarium’s occasional “Maritime With A Twist” social events – will showcase a different brewery each Saturday. Sample and enjoy their flagship and seasonal products, while taking in the gorgeous sights on Long Island Sound. The schedule is:

• Oct. 7 – No Worries Brewing Co. of Hamden
• Oct. 14 – Charter Oak Brewing Co. of Danbury
• Oct. 21 – Two Roads Brewery Co. in Stratford
• Oct. 28 – The Owl’s Brew of New York and Beer’d Brewing Co. of Stonington.

Representatives from the breweries will be along to pour and discuss their beers. The Octoberfest cruises are timed to include the setting autumn sun and, with luck, a dazzling western sky reflecting on the water. Get back in time to enjoy dinner or an evening out with friends just steps away in the restaurants and nightspots of SoNo. Tickets are $50 ($45 for Aquarium members). Participants must be at least 21 years old.

For all cruises, participants must be at least 42 inches tall to board.

R/V Spirit of the Sound has a climate-controlled cabin but participants should dress for time outside on deck, where the best viewing occurs.

October is the month of shadows. As Halloween approaches, the spirit world meets the living, and in certain places, ghosts can be seen by mortals. Ridgefield’s own Hemlock Hills is one such haunted forest. Lingering here, spirits of Ridgefield’s long-ago past appear to all who pass by on the night of “The Ghosts of Ridgefield,” Saturday, October 28^th.

“The Ghosts of Ridgefield,” presented by the Discovery Center at Ridgefield, has become a popular Halloween tradition. Folks who venture into the forest are guided by leaders experienced in finding the legendary figures. Ghostly characters from Ridgefield’s past entertain passers-by with their tales and personal stories. Some of our “guests” in past years have included Colonel Bradley, Chief Catoonah, the Leatherman, and Sarah Bishop. It remains a mystery who will show up this year. Apple cider and cookies will be served around a campfire to fortify the brave participants.

Reservations are required for this popular program. Tours start at 6:00 P.M., and depart in groups of up to 15 people every 15 minutes. Those with very young children should request the earliest time slot. Admission is $10 for Discovery Center members, and $15 per person for non-members. To register, and for detailed directions, please contact The Discovery Center at www.ridgefielddiscovery.org, or call (203) 438-1063.

CT’s Most Interactive Haunted House in Hamden at 41 R Marne Street in the rear of the building where Monkey’s Joes is.

All information and tickets are available at www.creeperum.com

General Tickets online are $20 At the door $25

One of CT’s scariest attractions, the Trail of Terror runs all weekends in October. Get your scares and screams while they’re fresh!

General admission is $15.

Christian McBride, the recently named Artistic Director of the Newport Jazz Festival, is a five-time Grammy Award-winning bassist-composer who, since the early ‘90s, has recorded over 300 dates as a sideman and released albums as a leader since ’95. The Philadelphia native has become one of the most requested, most recorded, and most respected figures in the music world today. Aside from various stints with Sting, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, John McLaughlin and George Duke, among others, McBride tours consistently with his trio and his quintet, Inside Straight. He also fronts the Christian McBride Big Band, whose album The Good Feeling won a 2012 Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.

Tickets are $42.50.

Kids in Halloween costumes can get free admission to The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk on the final two weekends in October when the popular family attraction transforms into the AquaScarium.

Children age 3 to 12 who come to the AquaScarium in costume on Oct. 21, 22, 28 and 29 will get free admission (a $15.95 value) with each paying adult. Adult admission is $22.95. (The offer requires one paying adult for each free costumed child.)

“Here’s the chance for free apparition, er, admission for your little ghouls and goblins,” said Dave Sigworth, the Aquarium’s spooksperson. “It would be a grave mistake to not bring them. Of corpse.”

Also during AquaScarium:

• face-painters will enhance Halloween alter egos between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., turning guests into wild creatures, superheroes, princesses and more. There’s a $5 fee.
• a dragon will be loose … but not too loose … at a free “Meet the Dragon” station, where Aquarium educators will invite guests to touch or hold a live bearded dragon. Times are 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-1:30 & 2:30-3:30 p.m.
• And the normal Toy-Boat Workshop will become a Pirate Toy-Boat Workshop from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’s a $5 fee to build a boat.

The AquaScarium itself will be ghoulishly decorated for Halloween, with jack-o’-lanterns, seasonal accessories and staff dressed in costume.

Sigworth added that the event is an AquaScarium in name only, with no frightening aspects for young children.

“AquaScarium gives kids the chance to try out and show off their costumes in a monstrously fun place, while saving mummy and dead-y some money at the same time,” said Sigworth, the Aquarium’s publi-crypt … er, publicist.

What might seem to be the scariest part of AquaScarium will occur at 12:15 and 2:15 p.m. each weekend day, when divers enter the “Ocean Beyond the Sound” exhibit to mingle with the Aquarium’s large sand tiger and lemon sharks. However, as one of the divers will explain to guests from inside the exhibit, humans are far more dangerous to sharks.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks unite communities behind the American Cancer Society’s efforts to save lives from breast cancer. Making Strides of Greater Hartford reflects its own community, here’s what you can expect at our event.

Come together with survivors, caregivers, men and women from all walks of life who are passionate about saving lives from breast cancer. Celebrate your shared efforts. Inspire each other to carry on. And take comfort in the knowledge that because of your dedication, no one walks alone.

Check-in opens at 8:30am, and the walk begins at 10am. Be sure that your team is ready to go at least 15 minutes before your designated start time.

Survivor check-in:

Survivors, check in when you arrive at the walk. Please fill out a paper registration form or sign up online.

Survivor area:

The survivor area is a special area for survivors and the caregivers attending with them. We include both survivors and caregivers to make sure everyone is as comfortable as possible. You’ll find important information about American Cancer Society programs and services geared specifically for you.

We all walk together, but our event is not a race. Stop whenever you want or need to. You absolutely do not need to complete the entire walk if you are unable. Upon finishing the walk, please join us for entertainment and water. The walk concludes when the final walker crosses the finish line.

Marine Life Encounter Cruises at 1 p.m. on Saturdays & Sundays in September and on Sundays in October.  Cruise out aboard the Aquarium’s hybrid-electric research vessel for memorable encounters with fish, crabs, mollusks and other creatures brought up right out of Long Island Sound right before your eyes. Check website for specific dates.  21/2 hours.  Passengers must be at least 42 inches tall. Under 18, must be accompanied by an adult. Cost: $29.95 ($24.95 for Aquarium members). Advance reservations strongly recommended; walk-up tickets sold, space permitting. Get tickets or more details at www.maritimeaquarium.org or call (203) 852-0700, ext. 2206.

CT’s Most Interactive Haunted House in Hamden at 41 R Marne Street in the rear of the building where Monkey’s Joes is.

All information and tickets are available at www.creeperum.com

General Tickets online are $20 At the door $25

CT’s Most Interactive Haunted House in Hamden at 41 R Marne Street in the rear of the building where Monkey’s Joes is.

All information and tickets are available at www.creeperum.com

General Tickets online are $20 At the door $25

CT’s Most Interactive Haunted House in Hamden at 41 R Marne Street in the rear of the building where Monkey’s Joes is.

All information and tickets are available at www.creeperum.com

General Tickets online are $20 At the door $25

Dillon Francis will be performing at Foxwoods at 9pm on October 31. Tickets are $50.

Known for assembling phenomenal collaborations and partnerships throughout his career, Dillon Francis has always been about charting the unconventional course to success. His humorous, adventurous approach in a multitude of social media and short film undertakings (including his cameo in the ‘Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse’) have earned him the reputation as inventive visual artist and playful observer of pop culture. Initially recognized for helping to bring the tribal dance movement Moombahton to the forefront, he’s scattered the dance music landscape with numerous influential releases throughout his career.