When it comes to Halloween thrills, do you prefer dancing in costume or flailing about in fear?
Flailers, nothing gets your limbs thrashing like a trip through the dark passages of the Haunted Kinetic Lab of Horrors. The creepers at The Kinetic Sculpture Lab are freaking people out Oct. 26-28 and again on Oct. 31 from 7 p.m. to midnight ($12). This shriekfest has music every night by The Dead Drops and is recommended for ages 13 and over. In Willow Creek, check into the Asylum – Haunted House at Dream Quest on Saturday, Oct. 28 and Tuesday, Oct. 31 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. ($5-$10 donation). Make sure you check out. Recommended for mature audiences.
If you like a little more motor control in your bodily movements, mash it up with your monster pals at one of these costume parties/dances: Mateel Community Center’s annual Halloween Boogie is the place to get freaky with Five Alarm Funk and Stymie & The Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra on Friday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. ($30, $25 advance, 21 and up). Find clues and solve a whodunit at Arcata Veterans Hall at the Murder Mystery Halloween Costume Ball Saturday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. ($20). See who’s haunting the halls on Tuesday, Oct 31 at 7 p.m. at the Haunted Mansion Costume Party at the Portuguese Hall ($15, 18 and up to enter, 21 to drink), featuring costume and dance contests, and wicked performances by Esch, Drinking Moonlight, NADA Crew, Masta Shredda, Kash, Subaura and DJs Chops Junkie & Mr.415. And also on Oct. 31, The Inn at 2nd & C (formerly the Historic — and haunted — Eagle House Inn) has KMUD and Burningleaf Productions’ March Fourth Mystery Costume Ball at 9 p.m. ($23, $17) with all the mystery, performance, dance and cocktails you can handle, plus music by Portland’s March Fourth Marching Band, The Elegant Mollusque Philharmonic and Cobra Wolf Shark.
This article appears in A Homeless Survival Guide.
