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Weekly Highlights

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

Ghost Clearing Talk at Santa
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Ghost Clearing Talk at Santa

Jane Phillips, a Santa Fe paranormal energy clearer who says she has cleared more than 600 properties, gives her fifth free Halloween-season talk at the Main Library on Oct. 29, 2026.

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Halloween Ghost Dinner at
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Halloween Ghost Dinner at

The Wayside Restaurant in Bethlehem, NH pairs a four-course curated menu with local ghost stories from the Littleton Area Historical Museum on October 30, 2026.

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Halloween Wagon Rides at
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Halloween Wagon Rides at

Halloween wagon rides roll through the grounds of the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, NH, October 30 through November 1, 2026, with views of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range.

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Kahuna Laguna Trunk or Treat
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Kahuna Laguna Trunk or Treat

Kahuna Laguna's third annual Trunk or Treat brings costumed kids to the North Conway indoor water park on Oct. 28, 2026, with $20 park passes from 3 p.m. to close and trick-or-treating from 5 to 7.

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Saving Walden's World in
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Saving Walden's World in

Director Jim Merkel brings his PBS-bound documentary 'Saving Walden's World' to Pease Public Library in Plymouth, N.H., on Monday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. for a free screening and Q&A.

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Dark Tales &
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Dark Tales &

Folklorist Karin Murray-Bergquist brings ghost ships, lost sailors and revenants to Wooden Walls Distillery in St. John's on Halloween night, October 31, 2026.

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George St Mardi
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

George St Mardi

St. John's turns its famous two-block bar strip into Newfoundland's biggest Halloween costume party on Saturday, October 31, 2026, with $10,000 in Bud Light costume prizes and DJs on the street until midnight.

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Pet Pawlooza at Fredericton
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Pet Pawlooza at Fredericton

The Fredericton SPCA's Pet Pawlooza returns to The Fredericton Inn on Halloween, Saturday, October 31, 2026, with costumed pets, vendors and photos by donation.

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BSides Fredericton 2026
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

BSides Fredericton 2026

BSides Fredericton 2026, New Brunswick's community-run cybersecurity conference, returns to the Fredericton Inn on October 27-28 with free talks, a vendor hall and hands-on workshops.

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Last-Minute Halloween Build at The
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Last-Minute Halloween Build at The

The Discovery's Open Build series turns its hands-on Shop over to Halloween props and costume fixes on Oct. 31, 2026, the last of four drop-in sessions before trick-or-treating.

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Haunted Harvest at Centennial
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Haunted Harvest at Centennial

Centennial Hills Library and the neighboring YMCA host the free Haunted Harvest on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, with trunk-or-treating, a haunted house, a DJ, lawn games and food trucks.

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Ryan T. Pozzi at Norfolk Public
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Ryan T. Pozzi at Norfolk Public

Author Ryan T. Pozzi brings his Bloomsbury debut, "The Mess That Made Them," to the Norfolk Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, for a free conversation with library director Jessica Chamberlain.

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NYT Journalists Talk Trust at
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

NYT Journalists Talk Trust at

New York Times standards editor Patrick Healy, Midwest correspondent Ernesto Londoño and visual journalist David Guttenfelder join Star Tribune editor Kathleen Hennessey at Northrop's Best Buy Theater on Oct. 26 for a free discussion on bearing witness and earning reader trust.

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Murder Mystery at Wangensteen
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Murder Mystery at Wangensteen

The Wangensteen Historical Library's fifth annual Halloween pop-up, "The Grave Mistake," turns its rare-book room into a whodunit on Oct. 29, 2026, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Movie Night in the Anoka Lions
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Movie Night in the Anoka Lions

The Anoka Lions open their big white tent beside Anoka City Hall on Monday, October 26, 2026 for a free double feature — Hotel Transylvania 2 at 6 p.m. and the R-rated Halloween at 8 — with a free art project from Rum River Art Center.

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Youmacon 2026 at Huntington Place
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Youmacon 2026 at Huntington Place

Youmacon returns to Huntington Place in downtown Detroit Oct. 29–Nov. 1, 2026, for four days of anime, cosplay, gaming and Japanese pop culture over Halloween weekend.

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Under the Radar Michigan Watch
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Under the Radar Michigan Watch

Sault Ste. Marie gets a free sneak peek at its Under the Radar Michigan episode on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at the Del-Mar on Ashmun Street.

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Extra Credit: U-M Research Meets
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Extra Credit: U-M Research Meets

Three University of Michigan professors present their research cold to hear.say's improvisers at The Ark in Ann Arbor on October 27, 2026 — free, no tickets required.

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Dalai Lama Succession Talk
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Dalai Lama Succession Talk

The 13th Kundeling Tatsak Rinpoche, heir to a lineage of Tibetan regents, discusses the Dalai Lama's reincarnation and its geopolitical stakes at UMass Amherst's Old Chapel on October 26, 2026.

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Bat Week at UMass
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Bat Week at UMass

UMass's Natural History Collections open Room 146 in Morrill Science Center II from October 26 to 30, 2026, for a free, drop-in Bat Week exhibit with live local bats, a mystery-jar contest, and prizes for costumes on Halloween Friday.

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Ballet Storytime at Eastport
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Ballet Storytime at Eastport

Ballet Theatre of Maryland dancers visit the Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library in Annapolis on October 30, 2026, to show how movement tells a story — free and open to all.

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Hot Cider Hustle at National
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Hot Cider Hustle at National

The Hot Cider Hustle 5K and 10K returns to National Harbor on Halloween morning, Oct. 31, 2026, with hot apple cider and caramel apples waiting at the finish line.

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Chesterville Poetry Night at the
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Chesterville Poetry Night at the

Chesterville Poetry Night returns to the historic 1851 Center Union Meeting House at 3 Borough Road on Friday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m., free and open to poets and listeners of all ages.

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Scary Readings at Boothbay Harbor
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Scary Readings at Boothbay Harbor

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor hosts its annual Scary Readings and community Halloween potluck on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, with technical director Kevin Kiley dressing the historic, reportedly haunted hall for the night.

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