Halloween Event Roundup 2011
Below is a list of upcoming Halloween events; keep checking back for more events as the holiday gets closer. Don't see your event? Send it to info@iberkshires.com.Note: To view area trick or treating hours, click here.
Minerva Arts Center, North Adams, stages "Night of the Living Dead" with a call for audience participation — zombies preferred. The adaptation of the cult classic film by George Romero by Vivian E. Reed and Keith E. Weil is directed by Vivian E. Reed. The production opens Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 (pay what you can); and continues Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 20-22 and Oct. 27-29, all at 7:30, and Sunday, Oct. 30, at 5 and Monday, Oct. 31, at 10 p.m. Admission is $10; students and seniors $5. Saturday's performance is followed by "After the Apocalypse – Heather Maloney and Mike Quinones at the MAC!" at 10. Tickets are $5 for the concert only. For more information: www.MinervaArtsCenter.org or 413-346-4502.
New Stage's resident family theater group Castle Hill Theatre Company returns with "Enchanted Halloween Forest" on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28-30. Interactive experience with Red Riding Hood's "Grandma," Hansel and Gretel's gingerbread house, Rumpelstitlskin and more. Suitable for all ages; new show every 15 minutes and from 4 to 8 on Friday, and from 1 to 5 on Saturday and Sunday. All tickets are $5; the theater is located at 55 North St., Pittsfield.Greylock Federal Credit Union is helping Berkshire County families to enjoy a safe and happy Halloween. Berkshire County kids can visit any of the credit union's branch locations on Oct. 28, 29 and 31 and pick up a free safety key Light to use for trick-or-treat on Halloween night.Donate a can, get a candy. Berkshire Community College has rescheduled its Trick-or-Treat for Canned Goods for Monday, Oct. 31, 5 to 7 in the Susan B. Anthony Center. All donations collected will benefit the First Methodist Church, Christian Center and Berkshire Dream Project. Examples include rice, beans, pasta, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter and jelly, pork, beans and oatmeal.Canceled: Annual Adams Lions Club Halloween Parade and Greylock Federal Credit Union Pumpkin Patch Hunt.Canceled: Adams Friends of Animals Pet Halloween Costume Parade.New Life Community Fellowship will hold a Harvest Party at 172 Hubbard Ave., Pittsfield, on Sunday, Oct. 30, fom 5-7. Games, puppet show, food, and fun. Come dressed in costume as there will be a costume contest. For more details, call 413-684-0001.Halloween party for children ages 0-12 on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 3 at All Souls Church in North Adams is still on.Moments House is holding a Halloween Zumbathon fundraiser for the cancer support facility on Sunday, Oct. 30. Kids costume event begins is 1-1:45; adults from 2-4. Pilgrim Memorial Church, Wahconah Street, Pittsfield; donation $20 or $5 per child for kid's event.Canceled: Northern Berkshire Relay for Life Haunted Hayride in North Adams. The Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough presents "Mallo-o-ween" on Sunday, Oct. 30, from noon to 2. Youngsters can trick or treat at participating stores and the Radio Disney Road Crew will be in the Food Court with music, games and more. 
