Raleigh
The Raleigh Jaycees Haunted House Power Outage at Possum Creek! takes place today and Oct. 27-31 at 2526 Hillsborough St., above Sir Speedy's Print Shop. Admission is $10. Hours: 7 p.m. to midnight Fridays, Saturdays and Halloween, 7 to 11 p.m. Sundays, and 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays. Kids Day for children 10 and younger is 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 30, when admission is $5. For information, www .terroratpossumcreek .com .
CHERUBS will hold its Masquerading Angels Ball from 6 p.m. to midnight today at the Hampton Inn at Brier Creek. Highlights include a live band, casino, silent auction and portraits. Attendees must be 21 or older and are encouraged to wear tuxedos and gowns. Masks are required, but typical or scary Halloween costumes are not allowed. Tickets are $50. At 10 p.m., the annual raffle to help families of babies born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia will be drawn. For more information or to buy tickets, go to www .cherubsangelball .org .
Tales from the Farm: Great Ghostly Gourds takes place from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Historic Yates Mill Park, 4620 Lake Wheeler Road. Learn about the history of pumpkins and the role they play in Halloween. Attendees will make their own pumpkin crafts to take home. Registration is required. Cost is $3 per person or $5 per family. For information, call 856-6675.
Batty Batty Batty 1-2-3 will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 at Blue Jay Point County Park, 3200 Pleasant Union Church Road. Children ages 6 to 8 can learn about the types of bats found in Wake County and make a night creature luminaria. Cost is $8 per child. Registration is required. For more information, call 870-4330.
Wakefield High School's theater company will run a haunted house from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and next Saturday at the school, 2200 Wakefield Pines Drive. Next Saturday, a family festival will run from 5 to 8 p.m., with trick-or-treating, concessions, games and inflatables. Tickets for the amusements are $1 each or 15 for $10. Admission to the haunted house is five tickets. For more information, go to www .wakefieldtheatre .net .
Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School's Fall Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 at Spring Forest Road Park, 3801 Spring Forest Road. Activities include inflatables, games, food, music and a fun run. Cost is $5 per person or $20 per family. Cost is $8 at the door. For information, call Elizabeth Strong at 855-9811 or visit www .cemcs .org .
Party like an animal at Wake County's sixth annual Howl-O-Ween celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 29 at the SPCA's Curtis Dail Pet Adoption Center just off Tryon Road. Enjoy Halloween crafts, sweets, games, and a growlingly ghoulish fashion show put on by dogs available for adoption. Meet the winner of the SPCA's Best Black Shelter Cat contest and take part in a storytelling time with SPCA Humane Educator Vanessa Budnick. A monetary donation or pet-related item as admission to the event would to help support the SPCA's life-saving programs. Partygoers should leave their own pets at home to allow the homeless dogs, cats, and rabbits to have center stage. For additional details, visit www .spcawake .org /halloween , or call 772-2326.
Cary
The towering pines at Cary's Booth Amphitheatre provide the perfect setting for spine-tingling chills as patrons thrill to some of the most frightening classics on the big screen beginning Tuesday through Oct. 29. Gates open at 6 p.m., and the movies start at dusk. Admission is $3; kids 12 and younger are free. Blankets, chairs and picnics allowed. Concessions will be open. For a schedule of movies, go to www .boothamphitheatre .com .
Cary's downtown Halloween events Oct. 29 include Tricks & Treats Halloween Bash at the Herbert C. Young Community Center, Trick-or-Treat on South Academy Street from Ashworth's Village to the Cary Arts Center, and the Not-So-Scary Storytelling, pumpkin ceramics classes, and Fright School's sixth annual Haunted House at the Cary Arts Center. The town also will partner with the Cary Town Center on Oct. 31 for Safe-n-Sane Halloween from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information on these activities, search "Halloween" at www .townofcary .org , or call 469-4061.
Chapel Hill
In expectation of large crowds at downtown Chapel Hill's annual Halloween celebration Oct. 31, Franklin Street will close to traffic at 9 p.m. and reopen at 11:30 p.m. Access to downtown will be restricted because of lane and street closures, and parking will be essentially unavailable downtown. Chapel Hill Transit will run its usual bus routes, although some will be rerouted because of the traffic diversion plan.
Durham
Monster Mash, a Halloween-theme belly dance, Bollywood show, costume contest and open floor dance, will be held Oct. 29 at Triangle Dance Studio, 2603 S. Miami Blvd. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show runs from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Admission is $12.
Hallow-Eno will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 31 at West Point on the Eno Park, 5101 N. Roxboro Road. Admission is free. Activities are geared to children ages 12 and younger, and include Treats at the Mangum House, The Scrap Exchange at the picnic shelter, face painting at the mill, The Young People's Performing Company at the Environmental Education Center, hayrides, and campfire stories and songs. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Bring flashlights and imaginations!
Garner
Spooky Species, an event for children ages 2 to 4, is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Lake Benson Park. Learn about bats, bugs and other spooky species. Take a hike and make a Halloween craft. Cost is $5 for residents and $7 for nonresidents.
The town will celebrate Halloween with the White Deer Monster Dash and Family Fun Run Oct. 29. The five-kilometer Monster Dash is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Buffaloe Road, ending at Lake Benson Park. Runners can dress in Halloween costumes for the chance to win a prize. The registration fee is $35. Each runner will receive a T-shirt. The Family Fun Run starts at 5 p.m. in Lake Benson Park. Participants will have to trick-or-treat their way through the one-mile course. They can dress in Halloween costumes. The fee is $10, and T-shirts will be available. To register, visit www .garnernc .gov or www .fsseries .com .
Johnston County
Clayton Fear Farm, 1620 Loop Road, is open from 10 a .m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. Evening hours are 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. For ticket information, www .claytonfearfarm .com .
The Clayton Halloween Parade will be from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Oct. 31 on Main Street. Go to www .townofclayton .org for more information.
Halloween Spooktacular Kids Night will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. today, and a Halloween Egg Haunt will be held at 7:15 p.m. Oct. 27 at Smithfield Community Park, 600 Booker Dairy Road. Go to www .sraconline .com for more information.
Haunted House for the Faint of Heart will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at 100 W. Main St. in Benson.
Take a Historical Ghost Walk at 7 p.m. Thursday at Riverside Cemetery, 241 E. Market St. in Smithfield.
The Lazy O Farm Maze Dayz, 3583 Packing Plant Road in Smithfield, is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through October.
Mary Duncan Public Library Haunted House, 100 W. Main St. in Benson, will be open from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 29 to 31.
