Haunted Fun

by Susan Hardie


HALLOWEEN BASH Come to a contra dance to celebrate the holiday on Oct. 30 from 7:30-11 pm. Tickets: $4. 1912 Building, 400 E. Third St., Moscow, Idaho (208-882-0273)





SPIKE MUSIC The Last Hassle Media Show Ever and Halloween Costume Party features the Fall of Troy, Belt of Vapor, the AWESOME Miami, Right Turn Danger and Mikelas Fiend on Oct. 29 at 7 pm. Tickets: $6; $5, with costume. Spike Underground, 122 S. Monroe St. www.spikecoffeehouse.com (838-1614)





DRACULA For Halloween, Interplayers offers Dracula, 1920s-style. Damon Abdallah is genuinely creepy as an asylum inmate and David Seitz injects a little humor into the scientist role of Van Helsing. Performances continue through Nov. 6 on Tuesdays-Thursdays at 7:30 pm, on Fridays at 8 pm, and on Saturdays at 2 pm and 8 pm. Tickets: $20; $18, seniors; $10, students. Interplayers, 174 S. Howard St. www.interplayers.com (455-PLAY)





FILM AT KENWORTHY Check out The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Oct. 29-30 at 9:30 pm and midnight. Tickets: $10. Frankenstein, the 1931 classic, shows on Oct. 31 at 5 pm. Free. Wear a costume and get free popcorn. Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main St., Moscow (208-882-4127)





PHANTOM Nope, it's not the Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, but it's similar. Check out this version on Oct. 29-30 and Nov. 5-6 at 8 pm, on Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 at 7 pm, and on Oct. 31 at 2 pm. Tickets: $14; $12, seniors and students; $8, children. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d'Alene (208-667-1323)





TALES OF TERROR Ignite! Community Theatre presents an evening of theatrical reader's theater with classic tales from Edgar Allen Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Frost and more on Oct. 30 at 7 pm. Tickets $10; $5, students. Music City Recital Hall, 1322 N. Monroe St. (999-4984)





MONSTER OF A MOVIE CenterStage continues its Worst Midnight Movie Series Ever with the creepy crawler Squirm on Oct. 30 at midnight. Tickets $3. CenterStage, 1017 W. First Ave. (747-8243)





DRACULA IN SLIPPERS Ballet Spokane, Spokane's own professional ballet company, will perform Bram Stoker's classic story on Oct. 30 at 7:30 pm and Oct. 31 at 2 pm. Tickets: $18; $16, seniors and children 12 and younger. Valley Performing Arts Center, 821 S. Sullivan St. (325-SEAT)





HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA Theatre Ballet of Spokane will bring out all the willies, sylphs and other monsters of ballet during this show on Oct. 30 at 7 pm. Tickets: $20; $8, students. The Met, 901 W. Sprague (838-5705)





BOO FEST This family-friendly event reveals illusions and bizarre exhibits on Oct. 28-31. Events are on Thursday and Sunday from 5:30-9 pm, and on Friday and Saturday from 5:30-10 pm. And Caf & eacute; MAC is open with its full menu during Boofest hours. Cost: $5. MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. (456-3931)





HALLOWEEN SALSA COSTUME PARTY SalsaSpokane hosts a dance and costume contest on Oct. 30 at 7:30 pm for dinner and 9:30 pm for party. Cost: $15 with dinner; $5 party only. La Katrina Tacos, 510 S. Freya St. (838-1950)





HALLOWEEN FALLAPALOOZA The Children's Museum of Spokane celebrates Halloween with arts and crafts and prizes if you come in costume on Oct. 30 from 11am-2pm. Free. Creativity Clubhouse, Skywalk level of River Park Square, 808 W. Main St. www.childrensmuseum.net (624-KIDS)





HALLOWEEN STORYTIME Stories, face painting, finger puppets and more stories on Oct. 30 at 11 am. Borders Books & amp; Music, 9980 N. Newport Hwy. (466-2231)





OLD-FASHIONED HALLOWEEN Come to the Ghoul Ol' Fashioned Halloween Party, featuring a "Not So Haunted" House, games, crafts, hay rides and more, on Oct. 30 from noon-4 pm and on Oct. 31 from noon-3 pm. Cost: $5. Camp Dart-Lo, 14100 N. Dartford Dr. www.campfireinc.org (747-6191)





OUT LOUD POETRY Mootsy's kicks off its series on Oct. 31 with an open mike from 6-7 pm and a costume/performance contest at 7 pm. Must be 21. 406 W. Sprague. (838-1570)





DOGGY COSTUME CONTEST Fido takes center stage in this Dog Costume Contest featuring fun, prizes and freebies on Oct. 30 at 11 am. Entry fee: $2. Petco, 3005 E. 29th Ave. (532-0185)





FAR OUT COSTUME CONTEST Far West Billiards celebrates Halloween with a costume contest on Oct. 31 with music by Dearly Departed at 9 pm and judging at 10 pm. Free. 1001 W. First Ave. (455-3429)





HAUNTED HOUSE Celebrate a scary Halloween at the Cutter Theatre's Haunted House on Oct. 30 from 6-9 pm. Tickets: $2; $1 with a can of food. 302 Park Street, Metaline Falls, Wash. www.cuttertheatre.com (509-446-4108)





MYSTERIES OF THE DARK Boo! Another Haunted House to explore on Oct. 28 and Oct. 31 from 7-10 pm, and Oct. 29-30 from 7 pm-midnight. Cost: $6. 203 N. Stone St. (993-8354)





THE WICKED GATES A really spooky haunted house will be held on Oct. 30 from 6-10 pm. Cost: a can of food. 10020 E. Nora Ave. (927-9357)





HALLOWEEN HAY RIDE The New Life Singles Ministry hosts a bouncin' good time on Oct. 30 at 6 pm. Cost: $9. Must preregister. 3924 E. 6th Ave. (535-3486)





Publication date: 10/28/04