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Weekly Highlights

Long-form recaps of the best local events, region by region.

NDSU Pumpkin Sale at
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

NDSU Pumpkin Sale at

The NDSU Horticulture Club's annual pumpkin sale returns outside the Memorial Union bookstore in Fargo on Oct. 22-23, with a 200-pound campus-grown pumpkin as the star attraction.

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BOOtanical Garden 2026
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

BOOtanical Garden 2026

Cape Fear Botanical Garden's Alice in Wonderland-themed Halloween walk-through returns to Fayetteville October 22-25, 2026, with thousands of lights, candy stations, and a Dog Night opener.

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Bams & Boos Mahjong Night
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Bams & Boos Mahjong Night

Pine & Tiles brings a Halloween American Mahjong night — Mahj 101 for beginners, guided and open play, a costume contest and a Lucky Pumpkin surprise — to District House of Taps in Fayetteville on Thursday, October 22, 2026, 6–9 p.m.

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Toga Night at Paddy's
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Toga Night at Paddy's

Fayetteville's weekly Art Attack turns Greek on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, with a toga party and birthday bash for hosts Patrick "Paddy" Gibney and Lorena Sanchez at Paddy's Irish Public House on Raeford Road, plus sets from Ethris, Awakening Ghost and Morior.

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Cape FearFUL Skies in
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Cape FearFUL Skies in

Cape FearFUL Skies brings an adults-only, costume-friendly tour of the night sky to the Cape Fear Museum's new nCino Planetarium in Wilmington on October 23, 2026, with the museum open late until 8:30 p.m.

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Ballet Nepantla's Mística
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Ballet Nepantla's Mística

New York's Ballet Nepantla brings Mística, its blacklight Day of the Dead ballet fusing folklórico and contemporary dance, to Wilmington's Thalian Hall on October 22, 2026.

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OBX Halloween Parade of
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

OBX Halloween Parade of

The 13th Annual Outer Banks Halloween Parade of Costumes brings a free trick-or-treat preparty, a walking parade and Best in Show prizes to Aviation Park in Kill Devil Hills on Sunday, October 25, 2026.

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Haunted Car Wash at Foam & Wash
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Haunted Car Wash at Foam & Wash

Foam & Wash Car Wash on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie turns its tunnel spooky for a Haunted Car Wash on October 23, 2026, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

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Pumpkin Point at Governors Island
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Pumpkin Point at Governors Island

Governors Island's free Pumpkin Point pumpkin patch and fall festival returns to historic Nolan Park on October 24 and 25, 2026, with thousands of pumpkins, ghost tours, folk music, and trick-or-treating.

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Double Dutch in Washington
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Double Dutch in Washington

The Double Dutch Aunties teach free street-style and competitive jump rope lessons in Washington Square Park every Thursday at 5:30 p.m., including October 22, 2026.

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Dos Amigos at Pie Projects
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Dos Amigos at Pie Projects

Santa Fe artists Jerry West and Luis Tapia share a two-person exhibition at Pie Projects Contemporary Art from October 20 to November 21, 2026.

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Tracks & Tales: A NM Storyathon
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Tracks & Tales: A NM Storyathon

Tracks & Tales: A New Mexico Storyathon puts 18 writers aboard Amtrak's Southwest Chief from Albuquerque's Alvarado Transportation Center to Las Vegas, NM, October 23-25, 2026, for a weekend at the historic Castañeda Hotel.

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Bard Crawl: Hamlet at Canteen
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Bard Crawl: Hamlet at Canteen

Duke City Repertory Theatre brings its no-director, one-rehearsal brewery Shakespeare to Canteen Brewhouse in Albuquerque on October 20, 2026, with free pay-what-it's-worth admission.

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American Pie Doc at Rio Grande
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

American Pie Doc at Rio Grande

New Mexico-raised producer Spencer Proffer brings his documentary "The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's 'American Pie'" to the Rio Grande Theatre in Las Cruces as part of the Las Cruces International Film Festival.

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Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Canyon Road Paint & Sculpt Out

Santa Fe's historic Canyon Road hosts the Historic Canyon Road Paint & Sculpt Out, with more than 100 artists demonstrating their craft along the half-mile art district.

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Haunted Trail at Pueblo Canyon
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Haunted Trail at Pueblo Canyon

Local teens turn the wooded path behind Pueblo Canyon Inn in Los Alamos into a free walk-through haunt on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.

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Stingy Jack Lantern Trail at
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Stingy Jack Lantern Trail at

The Watershed Institute in Pennington, NJ turns its trails into a lantern-lit telling of the Stingy Jack folktale on October 24, 2026, with costumed performers and guided group hikes for kids 5 and up.

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Beyond Pink Art Show at YWCA
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Beyond Pink Art Show at YWCA

YWCA Princeton's ninth annual Beyond Pink Art Show opens Thursday, October 22, 2026, with a reception, silent auction, and a two-day pop-up gallery of art by and inspired by cancer survivors.

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4 Paws in the Park at Overpeck
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

4 Paws in the Park at Overpeck

The second annual 4 Paws in the Park brings free pet adoptions, a Halloween pet parade, agility and puppy yoga to Overpeck County Park's amphitheater in Ridgefield Park on October 24, 2026.

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Monster Bash Zombie Walk at
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Monster Bash Zombie Walk at

Historic Smithville's Monster Bash returns Oct. 24, 2026, with vendors, a costume contest, and the area's largest zombie walk through the village's cobblestone streets.

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Halloween Town at
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Halloween Town at

The 15th Halloween Town turns Camp Tohkomeupog's wooded cabins near King Pine Ski Area in Madison, NH into a walkable trick-or-treat neighborhood on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, benefiting the Laura Foundation for Autism and Epilepsy.

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Redcoats & Rebels at
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Redcoats & Rebels at

New Hampshire Historical Society staffer Mary Adams brings "Redcoats & Rebels: New Hampshire and the American Revolution" to the Gordon-Nash Library in New Hampton on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m.

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Build-a-Beard at Portsmouth
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Build-a-Beard at Portsmouth

Portsmouth Public Library hosts Build-a-Beard, a free yarn-beard craft night on Oct. 19, 2026, part of a Tolkien season marking the building's 20th birthday.

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Howl-O-Ween at Squam Lakes
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Howl-O-Ween at Squam Lakes

Howl-O-Ween returns to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness, NH on October 24, 2026, with pumpkin enrichment on the exhibit trail and a chance to meet the center's resident animals.

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