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•Mad Hatter’s Tea Party: Dress in costume andpartake of games, treats, riddles and rhymes

When: 2 to 4p.m. Oct. 30Where:ClockworksCafe Cost: $5,free for ages 6and younger.

•Community Creepy Craft Night: with the Salem Etsy Team; make a Halloween TreatCone or bring your own crafts to work on

When: 6 to 9 tonight

Where: Clockworks Café and CulturalCenter, 241Commercial St.NE

Cost: Free

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Culture Shock CommunityProject’s 13 Nights ofHalloween are back.

The yearly fest findsCulture Shock teamingup with various groups —

everyone from the Willamette Art Center to the Occult and ParanormalHouse of Investigational Research —to bring all kinds of Halloween fun.There are events both scary and non-scary, costumed and noncostumed,drag queened and nondrag queened.

So it can be a little overwhelming.Happily, like snowflakes, no two 13Nights events are quite alike ... and sowe can coldly and ruthlessly catego-rize them for your planning purposes.

Note: This flowchart is in no wayimplying that you should only go toone of the 13 Nights events. No, no,no! The beauty of this series is itsextreme, uh, cheapness: Nearly allthe events are free.

Per usual, the events benefit vari-ous nonprofits, including SalemFriends of Felines (Hallo-Queen Bin-go); Marion-Polk Food Share(Skatemare Before Christmas derbybout); Salem-Keizer EducationalFoundation (Monster Ball DodgeballTournament) and Women EndingHunger (the 5K Monster Dash FunRun).

For more information, or a fullschedule, go to www.cultureshock-project.org/13nights.

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EVENTS &CULTUREZambia Night bringsculture to ClockworksThis year’s Zambia Night isFriday at Clockworks Cafe andCultural Center

The night will include Mancalalessons, belly dancing, MarkPowers’ African Drummers,Zambian market, music andchildren’s activities.

It will run from 5:30 to 9 p.m.Clockworks is at 241Commercial St. NE. It’s free,but donations are accepted.For more information, call(503) 585-4605 or go towww.bethsgirls.org.

Swedish meatballs at dinnerTry the tastes of the northernlands on Friday at the annualScandinavian Dinner.

On the menu are Swedishmeatballs with gravy, leftsa (atraditional potato flatbread),krumkake (Norwegian wafflecookies), among other fare;the proceeds will go towardchurch repairs.

It will begin at 6 p.m. Friday atTrinity Lutheran Church, 500 NSecond St. in Silverton. Dinnercosts $11 or $5 for ages 12 andyounger. For more information,call (503) 873-2635.

Friday pub crawl tofeature rich zombiesThe every-other-monthCreative Pub Crawl will lurchthrough town on Friday with aZombie Billionaires theme;these zombies will havenothing but the fanciestundead attire.

The crawl will begin at 6 p.m.at the Pop Up Art Gallery inthe Salem Center Mall’s foodcourt and will hit Copperjohnsat 7 p.m., Magoos Sports Barat 8 p.m., Cherry City Café at 9p.m. and Flipside! at 10 p.m.

The crawl is free, but you mustbe 21 or older and able toprove it. For moreinformation, call (503) 551-2818.

— K. Williams Brown

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Which event should you go to?

DO YOU PREFERYOUR SPOOKSFICTIONAL ORNONFICTIONAL?

ARE YOU THEARTSY TYPE?

WHAT ABOUT BELLYDANCING?

DO PUMPKIN INNARDSCREEP YOU OUT?

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•Creative Pumpkin Carving: Bring yourown pumpkin, then learn techniques fromthe masters

When: 4:30 p.m. Monday

Where: Willamette Art Center, at the northend of the Oregon State Fairgrounds

Cost: Free, but BYO pumpkin

•Belly Dance Showcase, Halloween-Style: The monthlyevent will be spiced up with the addition of Halloween themes

When: 7 p.m. Oct. 28 • Where: Clockworks Cafe • Cost: Free

•”Night Chills Tales of Terror” South Salem High School drama students will bring “Night Chills: Tales of Terror by Edgar Allen Poe” to life: When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Where: Clockworks Café Cost: Free

•Ghastly Ghostly Tales: Grown-UpStorytime: Four actors from PentacleTheater will team up to tell tales ofghostly mayhem and merriment — it’snot too scary

When: 7 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Loucks Auditorium at theSalem Public Library, 585 Liberty St. SE

Cost: Free, but seating is first-come,first-served

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•Paranormal Meet’n’Greet: The Occultand Paranormal House of InvestigationalResearch will introduce themselves, talkabout their paranormal investigations,show off their equipment and lead a Q&A

When: 7 p.m.Wednesday

Where:ClockworksCafé

Cost: Free

NONFICTIONAL

•Costumed Live Art: Live modelsin costumes will pose to besketched, drawn, painted orphotographed; watch for specialguests

When: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday

Where: Clockworks Café & CulturalCenter

Cost: Free, but tips for thevolunteer models are graciouslyaccepted

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YEA •Hallo-Queen Bingo: Some of Salem’s most fabulous drag queens will reign over a night of bingo to benefit Salem Friends of Felines. The night includes prizes for those incostume. When: 9 p.m. Oct. 27• Where: Southside Speakeasy, 3529 Fairview Industrial Drive SE • Cost: No cover; bingo cards are $5 per pack, with proceeds going to SFOF

NAY •“Drag” Me to Hell Variety Show: The 21-and-older drag show will be hosted by Rikki Lee and Ophelia Dick to benefitRainbow Youth. When: Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show begins at 7 p.m. Sunday Where: Southside Speakeasy Cost: No cover; 21 and older only

•Heads Will Roll: withgruesome food and drinks,bowling discounts and musicfrom Trevino Mobile Music When: 8 p.m. FridayWhere: Town & CountryLanes, 3500 River Road N,KeizerCost: Varies

•5K Monster Dash FunRun and Walk: Wear yourcostume and bring a can offood for the 1K walk and 5Krun to benefit WomenEnding Hunger and Marion-Polk Food Share

When: 9 a.m. to noonSaturday

Where: Riverfront Park

Cost: $15 or $7 for ages 12and younger

Call: (503) 581-3855, Ext. 322

•Monster Ball DodgeballTournament

Culture Shock and the SalemKeizer EducationFoundation team up for a

dodgeball tournament

You can register ahead oftime through www.cultureshockproject.org

When: 10 a.m. Sunday

Where: Pavilion at theOregon State Fairgrounds

Cost: $10 per team;spectators are admitted freewith donation of schoolsupplies for SKEF

Cost: Varies; from 10 tomidnight, it is $10 forunlimited bowling plus shoerental

•Zombie Yoga The un-dead and ... un-un- dead areboth invited to a stretchyhour

When: 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 28

Where: Indigo WellnessDowntown, 155 Liberty St.NE

Cost: $12; $10 for studentsand seniors

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Grand Night for Singing — “The NightmareBefore Christmas”: Sing along with Tim Burton’s1993 claymation classic; words are broadcast on the bigscreen, and costumes are encouraged.

When: Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at7 p.m. Oct. 27

Where: The Grand Theatre, 191 High ST. NE

Cost: $8, $4 for 16 and younger

•”Rocky Horror Picture Show”: The LiveInteractive Performance Series of Salemfeatures actors that perform with those onscreen, plus props for the audience toparticipate

When: 7 and 10 p.m. Oct. 28; the 7 p.m.show is for ages 21 and older, and alcoholwill be served; the 10 p.m. show is for ages18 and older, and it’s dry

Where: Northern Lights Theatre Pub, 3893Commercial St. SE

Cost: $10, which includes your goodie bagof props

•Thrill the World: Dozens of zombies willappear, do the famous “Thriller” dance,then melt back into the crowd

When: Oct. 29, dancing begins at 7 p.m.sharp. If you arrive at 7:05, there will benothing to see, so get there early

Where: Chemeketa Street NE betweenCommercial and Liberty

Cost: Free

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•Improv Comedy: with CapitolCity Theater

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday

Where: Capitol City Theater, 189Liberty St NE

Cost: $8 online; $12 at the doorand $6 for those wearing acostume

•Skatemare Before Christmas:The Cherry City Derby Girls’ travelteam, the 8-Wheel Assassins, takeon Tacoma’s Dockyard DerbyDames in the last “out of towners”bout of the year

When: Doors open at 5 p.m., andthe bout starts at 6 p.m. Saturday

Where: Pavilion at the OregonState Fairgrounds, 2330 17th St. NE

Cost: $10 advanced or $13 at thedoor

Tickets: Purchase in person atClockworks or online atwww.cherrycityderbygirls.com

•Bump and Shiver Scavenger:Hunt: 13 Nights’ imp mascotsBump In the Night) and Shiver (UpYour Spine) will be sought duringthe hunt When: 1 p.m. Oct. 29 •Where: Clockworks Cafe • Cost:Free

•Thrill the World afterparty:The zombies will head toClockworks afterward, and you areinvited to join them

When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29

Where: Clockworks Café

Cost: Free

•Halloween Magic Show: MagicNow will lead a night of magic andmystery

When: 7 p.m. Oct. 30

Where: Clockworks Café

Cost: Free

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