Events for Oct. 28-Nov. 1
Boo!
The City of Angels becomes a "ghost town" this time year, so check the online calendar at LAParent.com for an extensive lineup of Halloween activities. Here are a few spooktacular highlights:
Halloween Howls And Barks
It's a day fit for humans and canines when Much Love Animal Rescue hosts its Bow Wow Ween fundraising event at the Topanga Community Club. This day offers fun for those who walk on two and four legs in addition to fundraising for this organization that rescues homeless animals and finds them homes. Besides kids' activities and games, don't miss the celebrity-judged canine costume contest. A number of animal rescue groups too will be on hand with adoptable dogs. Admission is $10, and it costs $25 per dog to enter the canine costume contest.
When: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., Oct. 31
Where: Topanga Community Club, 1440 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., L.A.
Contact: 310-636-9115, www.muchlove.org
Scaring Up Some Funds
The Silverlake Conservatory of Music will throw its annual "Hullabaloo" fundraiser on Halloween night, transforming it this year into a "Halloweenabaloo." The event, at Union Station, kicks off with a "kids hour" of music, trick-or-treating and Halloween celebrating. At 7 p.m., the music performances will begin, featuring Conservatory students and teachers, SCM's co-founder Flea (from the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and other surprise guests. In years' past, Patti Smith, Eddie Veddar and Joshua Redman have all performed. The evening also includes a haunted house for kids, a costume contest, face painting, food and a silent auction. Tickets cost a $150 donation
When: 6 p.m. Sat., Oct.31
Where: Union Station, 810 N. Alameda St., L.A.
Contact: 323-665-3363, www.silverlakeconservatory.com
Free Tricks and Treats
There is no shortage of ways to celebrate Halloween. But if you're looking for something free, here are two to check out. Old Pasadena will throw a Halloween shindig that runs from noon to midnight, although the big fun takes place from 4-7 p.m. when more than 75 Old Pasadena stores and restaurants participate in a free store-to-store trick-or-treating event. There will also be "haunted photos," pumpkins, costumed characters and other free activities (although the Old Town Haunt does cost $15). Down in Long Beach, Rancho Los Alamitos has its annual Fall Harvest Festival on Halloween day. This Pumpkin Fun Street Fair features a costume parade (2 p.m.), holiday-themed games and crafts, entertainment (like the Jumbo Shrimp Circus) and other family-friendly activities, along with the opportunity to explore the grounds of this historic ranch and gardens.
When: noon-midnight Sat., Oct. 31, Pasadena; noon-4:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 31, Rancho Los Alamitos.
Where: Old Pasadena and One Colorado, Pasadena; Rancho Los Alamitos, 6400 E. Bixby Hill Rd., Long Beach
Contact: 626-356-9725, www.oldpasadena.org; 562-431-3541, www.rancholosalamitos.com
Fertility Fiction
Think that just because your period is regular, you're fertile? Think again. Lisa Masterson, M.D., co-host of "The Doctors," takes on this and other fertility myths this week on Christina Elston's Health-E blog.
Contest Calendar
There's still time to enter to win a day at Disneyland with mom-blog editor Carolyn Graham at her "I Don’t Have Time For This" blog. The special day is Nov. 21; the winner receives four tickets to the park, a meal with mom bloggers and other fun stuff! Enter here. Deadline: Oct. 29.
Contest Corner: Enter to win Ice Age III: Dawn of The Dinosaurs Limited Edition "SCRAT PACK" Double DVD set, a 100-piece wooden building set from NAPPA Honors winner CitiBlocs, a huggable but monstrous Kreechers Klub pillow, the latest action-packed Star Trek DVD and UNO Moo, a simplified preschool version of the popular card game, UNO®. Enter to win at LAParent.com by Nov. 23.
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