Bookstores
SATURDAY
Francis Deisler – Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne professor and author of "Contemporary Assessment and Treatment of Adult Criminal Justice Clients"; noon to 4 p.m.; MJ's Bookmark, 414 S. Main St., Auburn; 260-925-2330.
MONDAY
William Paul Young – Author of "The Shack"; 7 p.m.; Envision Life Center, 4822 Projects Drive; TheShackEnvisionLifeCenter.EventBrite.com.
COMEDY
TODAY
AND SATURDAY
Darryl Rhoades and Amos Chang – 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.; Snickerz Comedy Bar, 5535 St. Joe Road; $9; 486-0216.
THURSDAY
Ron Feingold and Matt Bergman – 7:30 p.m.; Snickerz Comedy Bar, 5535 St. Joe Road; $8; 486-0216.
DANCES
TODAY
American Style Ballroom – 8 p.m., group lesson; 8:30 p.m. open dance; 6041 N. Clinton St.; $5; 480-7070.
SATURDAY
Ballroom Dance – Group classes, 8 and 9 a.m.; Spiece Fieldhouse, 5310 Merchandise Drive; free; 260-969-1867.
SUNDAY
Music Box Ballroom Dance – 6 to 9 p.m.; Lighted Gardens, 10794 N. Indiana 1, Ossian; $5 members, $9 non-members.
FESTIVALS
TODAY AND SATURDAY
Fall Festival – Campsite decorating contest, pumpkin painting contest, martial arts demonstration; Ouabache State Park, 4930 Indiana 201 E., Bluffton; 260-824-0926.
Pumpkin Fantasyland – Pumpkins, gourds, hayrides, food; Fashion Farm Inc., Ligonier; 260-894-4498 or www.fashionfarminc.com.
HALLOWEEN EVENTS
TRICK OR TREAT
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TODAY AND SATURDAY
Haunted Cave – 7 p.m. to midnight; 4410 Arden Ave.; $10; 436-0213 or www.hauntedcave.com.
Haunted Castle, Black Forest – 7 to 11 p.m.; St. Vincent Boy Scouts, 8965 Auburn Road; $9; www.hauntedcastle.com.
Great Zoo Halloween – 6 to 8 p.m. today, 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday; Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, Franke Park; $7 children, $5 adults; 427-6800 or www.kidszoo.org.
Fort Wayne's Haunting Fear – 7:30 p.m. to midnight; 2418 Broadway; $8; 747-3514.
The Haunted Hotel – 7 to 11 p.m.; 511 N. Jefferson St., Huntington; $10, general admission, $15 VIP FastPass; 1-888-932-1827 or www.hauntedhuntington.com.
Dr. Buzzsaw's Haunted Hospital & Buzzsaw's Basement – 7 to 11 p.m.; 3114 U.S. 30 E, Warsaw.
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" – The New Huntington, Huntington; $27, $29; 260-454-0603 or www.thenewhuntington.com.
TODAY
Halloween at the Barn – Straw maze; 6 to 9 p.m.; Shadarobah Horse Rescue, 10113 U.S. 33; 410-1999.
Howloween Party – Music by Distractions and Clusterfolk ; 7 p.m.; Calhoun Street Soups Salads and Spirits, 1915 S. Calhoun St.; $5.
Open Mic and Costume Party – 8 to 10:30 p.m.; Club Cancun, 110 W. Columbia St.; $2 cover.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
"Eaten Alive: 7 Deadly Sins" – Presented by Fort Wayne Dance Collective; 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Elliot Studio Theatre, Fort Wayne Dance Collective, 437 E. Berry St.; $12 adults, $8 seniors and students; 424-6574.
SATURDAY
Fall Fright Festival – 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Commercial Building, Van Wert County Fairgrounds, 1055 S. Washington St., Van Wert, Ohio; 419-238-9121.
Howl-O-Ween Bark and Scream Festival – 2 to 5 p.m.; Animal House Play and Style, 5902 Homestead Road; 436-0400.
Zoo'per Halloween Celebration – 4 to 9 p.m.; Black Pine Animal Park, 1426 W. 300 N., Albion; admission, 260-636-7383 or www.blackpineanimalpark.com.
Roanoke Halloween Parade and Truck or Treat – 4 p.m.; Town Hall, Roanoke; 672-2265.
INK Newspaper Old School Party – 8 p.m.; Scottish Rite Center Ballroom, 431 W. Berry St.; $20 a person; 420-3200.
Ghost Tales and Other Stories of the Season – 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.; Pokagon State Park, Angola; 260-833-2012.
Masquerade Ball – Sponsored by Warsaw Ballroom Dance Association; 7:30 p.m.; North Webster Community Center, 301 N. Main St., North Webster; $12.50 a person; 574-269-2287.
VFW Halloween Party – 8:30 p.m.; 127 Veteran Way, Kendallville; 260-347-3550.
Halloween Costume Ball – Music by Grateful Groove; 9 p.m.; Midtowne Place, 120 W. Washington Blvd.
Halloween at Deer Park – Pumpkin weighing contest, candlelight procession of pumpkin to Spring Street Bridge for pumpkin toss; 9 p.m.; Deer Park Irish Pub, 1530 Leesburg Road; 432-8966.
Halloween Costume Party – Music by Urban Legend; 9:30 p.m.; A.J.'s Bar and Grill, 2488 Getz Road; $5 cover; 434-1980.
Halloween Party and Costume Contest – Music by Big Dick and the Penetrators; 9:30 p.m.; Checkerz Sports Bar, 1706 W. Till Road; 489-0286.
Safe Halloween Trick or Treat – New Haven Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1201 Daly Drive, New Haven; hours, 749-0413.
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
ALL WEEKEND
Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory – "Wizard of Oz" exhibit, ends Nov. 15; artwork by Bob Voors and Garry Harshbarger, ends Saturday; 1100 S. Calhoun St.; $5 adults, $3 ages 3 to 17, free to ages 2 and younger; 427-6440 or www.botanicalconservatory.org.
Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum and National Military History Center – Vintage 1983 DMC-12 DeLorean on display at Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum; "A Sacrifice for Freedom" exhibit on display at National Military History Center; 5634 County Road 11-A, Auburn; 260-927-9144 or www.militaryhistorycenter.org.
National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States – "Cars and Trucks Like You Used to Own"; adjacent to Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, Auburn; open daily; admission; hours, 260-925-9100.
Science Central – "The Space Shuttle"; "Art Morph: Combining Art and Science," ends Jan. 3; extended Saturday hours during October, November and December; 1950 N. Clinton St.; $7 adults, seniors and ages 3 to 12; 424-2400 or www.sciencecentral.org.
TODAY AND SATURDAY
Karpeles Manuscript Museum – "Turkish Maps" exhibit; also Robert Bentz collections of jewelry and landscape drawings; 3039 Piqua Ave., lower gallery; 456-6929.
TODAY
Wabash County Historical Museum – "Portraits of Lincoln: The Lang Collection,"; ends Jan. 2; $5 adults, $3 seniors and ages 6 to 12, free to ages 5 and younger; "Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial," presented by Mike Capps, 7 p.m. Wednesday, $5, Honeywell Center, Wabash; 260-563-9070.
SUNDAY
The History Center – George R. Mather Lecture Series, "The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Plaza," presented by Will Clark and George Morrison; 2 p.m., free; The History Center, 302 E. Berry St.; $5 adults, $3 seniors and students, free to members and ages 5 and younger; hours, 426-2882 or www.fwhistorycenter.com.
TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY
Whitley County Historical Museum – "The Golden Age: Indiana Literature, 1880-1920"; 108 W. Jefferson St., Columbia City; free admission; 260-244-6372.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
ALL WEEKEND
Northeast Indiana Kennel Club Old Fort Cluster Dog Show – 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; 480-3710 or www.neikc.org.
TODAY AND SATURDAY
International Black Genealogy Summit Conference – Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza; 421-1226.
TODAY
"Pictures of Things That Aren't There" – Film; 6 p.m.; Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Neff Hall, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.; free.
Trail of Myths Night Hike – 6:30 p.m.; Fox Island County Park, 7324 Yohne Road; $2; 449-3246.
Night Hike – 6:30 p.m.; Metea County Park Nature Center, 12621 Leo Road; $3; 449-3778.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Stamp Collecting Show – Sponsored by Anthony Wayne Stamp Society; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive; free parking and admission; 471-2469.
SATURDAY
Southside Farmers Market – 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 3300 Warsaw St.; ends Nov. 21.
Churubusco Farmers Market – 8 a.m. to noon; behind National City Bank, Churubusco; 693-9350. Ends in October.
Model Railroad Show and Swap – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Coliseum Bingo, 911 W. Washington Center Road; $3 adults, $5 family, free to ages 12 and younger; 490-9999.
Wreath Laying Ceremony – 2 p.m.; De La Balme Revolutionary War Battle; sponsored by Anthony Halberstadt Chapter, SAR and the Colonel Augustine De La Balme Chapter, DAR; directions, 672-8375.
Star Viewing – Starts one hour after sunset through Nov. 28; Fort Wayne Astronomical Society telescope, Fox Island County Park, 7324 Yohne Road; skies must be clear for viewing; donations accepted.
SUNDAY
Hoosier Bird Buddies Fall Bird Fair – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road; $3 adults, free to children.
MONDAY
Summer Moser – Author of "The Adventures of Mackenzie the Pug"; 6:30 p.m.; Butler Public Library, 340 S. Broadway St., Butler.
Eagle Marsh Nature Hike – "Nature's Bounty," presented by Rachel Rossiter Smith; 1 to 3 p.m.; Eagle Marsh barn on Engle Road, half-mile east of West Jefferson Boulevard; free; 478-2515 or www.lrwp.com.
TUESDAY
Pine Valley Top Drawer Trunk Sale – 3 to 8 p.m.; Pine Valley Country Club, 10900 Pine Mills Road; dinner reservations, 637-3145.
THURSDAY
"Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Bombs that Changed the World" – Presented by Richard Ball; 1:30 p.m.; Classroom Medical Building, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.; free; 481-0147.
SPECTATOR SPORTS
SATURDAY
Komets hockey – vs. Muskegon; 7:30 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; reserved, $20 to $10 adults, $15 to $8 seniors and students, $9 to $6 ages 11 and younger; 1-800-745-3000.
THEATER
ALL WEEKEND
"Barefoot in the Park" – Amish Acres, 1600 W. Market St., Nappanee; performance times and tickets, 1-800-800-4942.
"Big Love" – 8 p.m. today and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; Umble Center, Goshen College, Goshen; $8 adults, $5 seniors and students; 574-535-7566. Ends Nov. 8.
TODAY AND SATURDAY
"Night Chills" – 8 p.m.; Pulse Opera House, Warren; tickets, 260-375-7017 or www.pulseoperahouse.org.
"Plain and Fancy" – Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres, Nappanee; performance times and tickets, 574-773-4188, ext. 201.
TODAY AND SUNDAY
"Get Smart" – 7:30 p.m. today, 2 p.m. Sunday; New Haven High School, New Haven; $7 adults, $5 students; 446-0220, ext. 7255.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
"Blithe Spirit" – 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; DeKalb High School, 3424 CR 427, Waterloo; $5; 260-920-1012, ext. 2130.
WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY
"Cats" – Ends Dec. 31; Round Barn Theatre, Amish Acres, Nappanee; performance times and tickets, 1-800-800-4942, ext. 2 or www.amishacres.com.
THURSDAY
"A Walk in the Woods" – Preview performance, 7:30 p.m.; First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St.; $10; 422-6329.
"A Christmas Key" – All for One Productions Inc.; 8 p.m.; Allen County Public Library Auditorium, 900 Library Plaza; at the door, $15 adults, $12 seniors, $10 students; 622-4610. Ends Nov. 14.
"Forever Plaid" – 7:30 p.m.; Bearcreek Farms Country Resort, Goodtimes Theatre, 8339 N. 400 E., Bryant; $20 meal and show, $12 show only; 260-997-6822. Ends Nov. 21.
