Up & Coming Weekly

October 19, 2021

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10 UCW OCTOBER 20-26, 2021 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Let's do the "Time Warp" again. Come watch "e Rock y Horror Picture Show" at the Gilbert eater. Dressing up is highly encouraged. Admis- sion includes a bag of popcorn and a beverage. Tickets on sale for Oct. 29, 30. Showtime is 8 – 10 p.m. Call the Gilbert eater at 910-678-7186 for additional information. Halloween Happenings Tis' the season for all things spooky. Here is a list of some of our favorite Hal- loween haunts and happenings in Cumberland County and the surrounding areas. Enjoy the crisp air, here's hoping, and all the festivities. Hallowe'en Revels Night Tours of the 1897 Poe House Hallowe'en Revels Night Tours of the 1897 Poe House is is a family-friendly, self-led outdoor Halloween event including trick-or-treating, hayrides and lawn games. Come in costume and walk the pathways of the garden lit by hundreds of jack-o-lanterns, lights and luminaries. Enjoy crafts, treats, candy and more. Refreshments are available for purchase. Don't forget flashlights for exploring! Fur friends in costume are invited for treats planned just for them, Oct. 28 only. Located at Cape Fear Botanical Gardens Oct. 28 - 31st from 6 – 9 p.m. each night. Purchase your tickets at https://w w w. eventbrite.com/d/nc--fayetteville/boo-tanical. Halloween at the Cape Fear BOO-Tanical Garden Halloween at the Cape Fear BOO-Tanical Garden Downtown Fayetteville Ghost Tours Downtown Fayetteville Ghost Tours Downtown Fayetteville Tours presents the 2021 Downtown Ghost Tour. is tour will meet on the corner of Winslow Street and Hay Street and will end near the Market Square. People of all ages are invited to join the tour. Discover the histor y and myster y associated with downtown Fayetteville's previous residents, who some say aren't fully departed. Guides have methodi- cally collected these stories, often from unsolved cold case files and from the librar y's histori- cal archives. ere areno special effects or cheap tricks. If you arrive as a skeptic you will un- doubtedly leave as a skeptic. e same with believers. No matter your view of the paranormal you'll see Fayetteville in a different light. Let the tour guides take you to eight spots downtown all within walking distance and hear their stories. For tickets visit: https://downtownfaytours. com/faq e Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex will be hosting spook y tours of the 1897 Poe House featuring short vignettes, early 20th centur y music, poetr y and a few ghosts. Tours last 20 minutes and are limited to 15 people at a time. "Hallowe'en Revels Night Tours of the 1897 Poe House" will run from Oct. 20 – 22, 27 – 29 from 6 – 10 p.m. Tours are free, but reservations are required. Call 910- 500-4240 for more information. Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Gilbert eater Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Gilbert eater GLAM-O-WEEN Wine Walk GLAM-O-WEEN Wine Walk Enjoy walking through downtown Fayetteville on a spook y wine tour. More than 20 wines will be available for sampling as well as a few selfie-stations along the way. Costumes are encouraged. e tour will start at Meraki Creative Agency on 308 Hay St. All attendees will receive their own wine glass, a wrist band and the Downtown Wine Walk program. Tickets for singles are $35 and tickets for couples are $50. e event will take place on Oct. 23, 5 – 8 p.m. 11th Annual Zombie Walk & Prom 11th Annual Zombie Walk & Prom Zombies are roaming downtown Fayetteville, Oct. 22. is family-friendly event is free and ever yone is welcome to dress up as the undead. is year the Zombie Walk will be all over downtown instead of the usual parade. e event will start at 6 p.m. and will feature music from the Guy Unger Band on Maxwell Street throughout the night. e costume contest will be at 6:45 p.m. and the zombie walk will continue through 10 p.m. Join Carvers Creek State Park for a night of fun and spook y stories around a campfire at the secret pond. e event is free, but reservations at the park office are required. e one-night event will take place at 7 p.m., Oct. 29. Snacks and marshmallows are recommended. Campfire Stories at Carvers Creek Campfire Stories at Carvers Creek Follow the trail around Lake Rim Park in search of spook y pumpkins. is free scavenger hunt requires no reservations or tickets, just a stop by the Lake Rim Park park office to get the clue sheet. If you find all of the pumpkins, you could receive a prize for your sleuthing. e park office is open 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. e scavenger hunt is open until Nov. 1. Spooky Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt Spooky Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt e Cameo Art House eatre will be showing more than one and a half hours of halloween cartoons ranging from "Mickey Mouse" to "Casper the Friendly Ghost". e family friendly event will take place over the Halloween weekend. Kicking off on Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. e event will also run on Oct. 30, 31, at 1 p.m. Admissions costs $5. Contact the Cameo Art House eater for tickets and additional information at 910-486-6633. Cameo Art House Hosts Halloween Cartoon Fest Cameo Art House Hosts Halloween Cartoon Fest Enjoy a free spook y tour of a local haunt just in time for Halloween. e Rockefeller House at Carvers Creek State Park was built in the 1930s. e house was once the winter vacation home of James Stillman Rockefeller. Halloween costumes and flashlights are encouraged. e tour is on Oct. 30. For more information, call (901) 436-4681 Spooky Rockefeller House Tour Spooky Rockefeller House Tour TRICK & TRUNK-OR-TREATS TRICK & TRUNK-OR-TREATS Witches' Night Out Witches' Night Out Dress up with your witches and head to Downtown Fayetteville for a spook y night of fun on Oct. 28. From 5 – 9 p.m., participating shops and restaurants throughout downtown will have special features just for witches. SPOOKY EVENTS SPOOKY EVENTS Trick-or-Treat the Market at Dirtbag Ales Trick-or-Treat the Market at Dirtbag Ales Join Dirtbag Ales for Trick-or-Treat the Market! is event is open to all ages. Wear your cool- est, hippest or scariest costume and trick-or-treat with the family. Dirtbag Ales are asking for a $10 donation per family to participate (cash only). Trick-or-Treat Downtown Fayetteville Trick-or-Treat Downtown Fayetteville Join local businesses, merchants and retailers in Downtown Fayetteville as they pass out candy to trick-or-treaters of all ages on, Oct. 30, from 4 – 6pm. Stoney Point Trail of Terror Trunk -or-Treat Stoney Point Trail of Terror Trunk -or-Treat Stoney Point Fire Department's Halloween Trail of Terror is hosting a no cost candy collection option, offering treats for young goblins under the age of 12, Oct. 23, from 1 – 3 p.m. Hope Mills Golf Course Trunk-or-Treat Hope Mills Golf Course Trunk-or-Treat Hope Mills annual trunk-or-treat will be held at the Golfview Greenway off of Golfview Road. Any cars wishing to register may do so on the CivicRec website no later that Oct. 25. e event is on Oct. 30, from 4 – 6 p.m. For additional information visit w w w.townof hopemills.com Sandhills YMCA Trunk-or-Treat Sandhills YMCA Trunk-or-Treat Join Sandhills YMCA for an afternoon of trunk-or-treating, kid's Zumba, popcorn, a movie and fun at the YMCA on Bragg Road, Oct. 30, from 3 – 5 p.m. e event is free. Cumberland County Girls Scouts Trunk-or-Treat Cumberland County Girls Scouts Trunk-or-Treat Trunk-or-treat with Cumberland County Girls Scouts at Smith Lake Recreation Area. ere will be candy, comtests and prizes. e event is being held on Oct. 29, from 5 – 7 p.m.

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