Raleigh
Wakefield High School 's theater company will run a haunted house at the school from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. On 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. The school is at 2200 Wakefield Pines Drive. For more information, visit www .wakefieldtheatre .net .
Mordecai Historic Park will hold a night of Halloween-themed fun from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday. The free event will include food, music, games and crafts on the lawn at 1 Mimosa St., Raleigh. A kids' costume contest will begin at 6 p.m. The National Society for Paranormal Investigation and Research will be on site to reveal its findings from the Mordecai House and answer questions. For more information, call 919- 857- 4364 or go to www .raleighnc .gov /mordecai .
The Raleigh Jaycees Haunted House Power Outage at Possum Creek! takes place from 7 to 10 p.m. today, 7 p.m. to midnight Friday, Saturday and Monday, and 7 to 11 p.m. Sunday at 2526 Hillsborough St., above Sir Speedy's Print Shop. Admission is $10. Kids Day, for children 10 and younger, is 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, when admission is $5. For more information, visit www .terroratpossumcreek .com .
Batty Batty Batty 1-2-3 will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Blue Jay Point County Park, 3200 Pleasant Union Church Road. Children ages 6 to 8 can learn about the types of bats that can be found in Wake County and make a night creature luminaria. Cost is $8 per child. Registration is required. For more information, call 870-4330.
Party like an animal at Wake County's sixth annual Howl-O-Ween celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday 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 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.
Triangle Town Center will host its annual mall trick or treat from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Stores that plan to hand out candy will display pumpkins in their window.
Lakemont Pool walking trail, 409 Harvard St., will be transformed into a realm of ghosts and goblins Saturday for the third annual Spooky Trail. For the young and timid crowd, a pre-darkness event is scheduled from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The more fearless can visit from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Two dollars buys an admission ticket that can be exchanged for a cup of hot chocolate after the trip. There will also be a bake sale and hot dog roast. For more information visit www .lakemontpool .com .
Cary
The towering pines atCary'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 through Saturday. 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 are allowed. Concessions will be open. For a schedule of movies, go to www .boothamphitheatre .com .
Cary's downtown Halloween events Saturday 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 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 Monday 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 Monday, 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 traffic diversion.
Durham
Monster Mash , a Halloween-theme belly dance, Bollywood show, costume contest and open floor dance, will be held Saturday 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. Monday 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
The town will celebrate Halloween with the White Deer Monster Dash and Family Fun Run Saturday. 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 .
The town of Garner has completed the South Garner Greenway, which connects Timber Drive near Buckingham Road to the trails at White Deer Park. Trick-or-treating for children will be held along the trail from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Monday. Parking will be available at White Deer Park, 2400 Aversboro Road. For more information, call Stephanie Shaffer at 919-661-6892 or sshaffer @garnernc .gov.
Johnston County
Clayton Fear Farm, 1620 Loop Road, is open from 10 a .m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Evening hours are 7 to 10 p.m. through Thursday, and 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For ticket information, www .claytonfearfarm .com .
The Clayton Halloween Parade will be from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Monday on Main Street. Go to www .townofclayton .org for more information.
A Halloween Egg Haunt will be held at 7:15 p.m. today 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. today 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. Saturday.
Mary Duncan Public Library Haunted House, 100 W. Main St. in Benson, will be open from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday through Monday.
