This Week on the Cheap: Safe Halloween, local theater and more
This Week on the Cheap offers an array of free and inexpensive ($10 orless) events in the Kalamazoo and surrounding areas, for the week of Oct. 24-30.
The Free
Support Kalamazoo College’s soccer teams:
Kalamazoo College men’s soccer team will compete against Alma, 4 p.m.Oct. 25, Kalamazoo Community Soccer Complex, 901 South Drake Road, Field #6;and 3p.m. Oct. 29 on Field #1 at the Kalamazoo Community Soccer Complex, kzoo.edu/sports/ms/.
Kalamazoo College women’s soccer team will play against Trine, 4 p.m.Oct. 26, Kalamazoo Community Soccer Complex, 901 South Drake Road, Field #6. kzoo.edu/sports/ws/.
Learn about:
An international art event that displays contemporary sculptures alonga stretch of coast near Sydney, Australia during the KIA’s ARTbreak showing ofthe documentary film “Sculpture by the Sea,” noon Oct. 25, Kalamazoo Instituteof Arts, 314 S. Park St. 269-349-7775, kiarts.org.
The “Off the Wall: Art in three Dimensions” exhibit at theKIA during a public tour, 2 p.m. Oct. 30, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 314 S.Park St. 269-349-7775, kiarts.org.
Enjoy some free Halloween events:
Take part in Safe Halloween in downtown Kalamazoo, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Oct. 29, Kalamazoo Mall between Water and Eleanor streets. 269-388-2830.
Kalamazoo Valley Museum Oct. 29 Safe Halloween events — Don’t BugMe!, a celebration of Halloween and the new CSI exhibit by creating all kindsof bugs, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A walk through the graveyard and haunted halls ofthe planetarium during the “Nitewalk” Planetarium Show; appropriate for allages; seven minutes long, leaves every half hour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. And investigatea long-abandoned spacecraft that has been aimlessly traveling the solar systemduring the “Spooky Spaceship” Challenger Learning Center mission; all ages,children under 8 must be accompanied by a partner age 12 or older, leaves everyhour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All at Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 230 N. Rose St.,Kalamazoo. 269-373-7990, kalamazoomuseum.org.
“PumpkinPalooza” featuring games, a cake walk, a “mad scientist lab,”"trunk-or-treating” and more, 5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 29, Parchment United MethodistChurch, 225 Glendale Blvd., Parchment. For the community. Costumes areencouraged.
Families with decorated trunks and truck beds will be passing out candyto kids, there will also be refreshments, hayrides, pony rides, games, facepainting and inflatable games during a Trunk-or-Treat event, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 29,Kalamazoo Valley Family Church, 2500 Vincent Ave. All are welcome.269-324-5599, valleyfamilychurch.org.
Trunk or Treat event, 6 p.m. Oct. 30 at VictoryBaptist Church of Portage, 308 W. Milham Ave., Portage. All are welcome.
More:
Listen to Tom Montgomery Fate, the author of “Cabin Fever: A SuburbanFather’s Search for the Wild” speak in an event co-sponsored by the WMUUniversity Center for the Humanities and the Department of English and the GwenFrostic Reading Series, 6 p.m. Oct. 24, Edwin & Mary Meader Rare BookReading Room #3016, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University.
Hear middle school bands during the Fourth Annual Conference on MiddleSchool Bands, hosted by the University Concert Band, 7 p.m. Oct. 25, MillerAuditorium, Western Michigan University. wmich.edu/music.
Join in on an attempt to break the World Record for the LargestSimultaneous Dance to Michael Jackson’s Thriller in Thrill The World Kalamazoo,10-10:15 a.m. Oct. 29, north end of the downtown Kalamazoo Mall. Thousands ofpeople in cities around the world will learn the Thriller dance and perform itprecisely at the same time. This is the first year for Kalamazoo to be includedin this world record attempt joining over 130 events on five continents aroundthe world. The dance is six minutes long and will begin precisely at 10 a.m. 269-327-2252,thrilltheworldkalamazoo.com.
The Cheap
See and hear works combining visual arts and writing in “SideshowSession,” a benefit for Fire; readers include Elizabeth Kerlikowske, ElizabethKing, Vickie VanAmeyden, Julie Stotz-Ghosh, Jill Marcusse, Deborah Gang, LisaOuelette and Christine Parks, 7 p.m. Oct. 26, Fire, 1249 Portage Road. $3.269-343-4003.
Hear Bulgarian mandolin quartet Seasons as they perform a concert withan accent on Bulgarian music and music influenced by the folkloric traditions ofBulgaria, 7 p.m. Oct. 26, Foundry Hall, 422 Eagle St., South Haven. $7, $5 formembers, free for children under 13. Foundryhall.com.
Help fight breast cancer by attending Girls with Guitars & PinkRibbons, an awareness concert featuring Noel Christine, Kari Lynch, withspecial guest Douglas James; Denise Brown and Last Train Out; and ShelaghBrown, 6:30-10 p.m. Oct. 27, Cowboy up, 22046 M-60, Mendon. $2, 100 percentgoes to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Take the kids to “Creatures of the Night: Whooo Dun-It?” a non-scaryalternative to Halloween that offers a glimpse at the nocturnal activities ofthe natural world, 4-7 p.m. Oct. 28-29, Kalamazoo Nature Center, 7000 N.Westnedge Ave. $5 per child and $1 per adult for members, $7 per child and $2per adult for nonmembers. 269-381-1574. naturecenter.org.
Take the kids to see a play. There’s “Bunnicula,” 7 p.m. Oct.28; 11 a.m. Oct. 29; 2 p.m. Oct. 29-30; Farmers Alley Theatre, 221 FarmersAlley. $10. 269-343-2727, farmersalleytheatre.com. or there’s “Alice’sAdventures in Wonderland” from the Kalamazoo Civic Youth Theatre, 7 p.m.Oct. 28 and Nov. 4; 1 and 4 p.m. Oct. 29 and Nov. 5; 2 p.m. Oct. 30; 9:30 a.m.and noon Nov. 1-2; 5 p.m. Nov. 3, Civic Auditorium, 329 S. Park St. $7.269-343-1313, kazoocivic.com.
Root for Kalamazoo College’s football team during their game against Alma,7 p.m. Oct. 28, Waldo Stadium, Western Michigan University. $5, $3seniors/children under 18, free for children under 5. kzoo.edu/sports/fb/
Dress in 1950s costume and receive a discount to the Friday NightHighlights Movie, “Grease”, rated PG, 7 p.m. Oct. 28, KalamazooValley Museum, 230 N. Rose St. $3. 269-373-7990, kalamazoomuseum.org.
See the Nohbdy’s Heroes reunion concert featuring The Paper Sound, 7:30p.m. Oct. 28, First Assembly Church, 5550 Oakland Drive. $10, all proceeds willbenefit HOPE Community Center. nh.eventbrite.com.
Crawlspace Theatre Productions presents what happens when Charlie Brownand his gang meets the greatest evil “The great Pumpkin Massacre,” 9 p.m. Oct.28-31; 11 p.m. Oct. 29-30, Farmers Alley Theatre, 221 Farmers Alley. $10.269-343-2727. crawlspacetheatre.com.
Local skateboarders will screen their own films of stunts and ska,punk, hardcore, and reggae group three Cents Short performs, 7:30-9:30 p.m.Oct. 29, Foundry Hall, 422 Eagle St., South Haven. $5, $3 members or withskateboard. 800-838-3006, foundryhall.com.
The Kalamazoo Model Railroad Historical Society presents their ModelTrain Expo, featuring the sale and show of model railroading complete withoperating layouts, door prizes and concessions, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 30,Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairground, 2900 Lake St., Hazel GrayBuilding. $5 adults, children 10 and under free. 269-375-1248, kmrhs.org.
The Student Michigan Education Association at Western MichiganUniversity is hosting a Halloween Party with arts and crafts, photos and candy,costumes welcome. Stop in anytime between noon and 5 p.m. Oct. 30, BernhardCenter, Rooms 209-210, Western Michigan University. $5 per family, cash only.All proceeds go toward the SMEA Outreach-To-Teach and Adopt-A-Grade Programshappening in the spring.
See Alan Kazam and Alan Smola, with special guests Pete McLeod, Gordothe Magician and Trino Schinocariol, during The 3rd Annual HalloweenSpooktacular Magic & Illusion Show, 3 p.m. Oct. 30, State Theater, 404 S.Burdick. $10, $7.50 for children 12 and under. 269-345-6500, kazoostate.com.
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