Rad HappeningsNew and updated! So many things to do!
I will spare you all the "spooktacular" puns. Enough already! Let's just cut to the chase. This year the Midcoast is busting out with things to do for Halloween. Boo-ya! (Reneged on my no-pun promise. Sorry.) So here's your rundown: October 22 to October 30 Fright at The Fort Prospect, ME Visitors are led through the dark passageways of Fort Knox where indescribable things lurk in the shadows, creating screams of fright. Location: 711 Fort Knox Road. Time: Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Cost: $5. Information: 207-469-6553 or visit www.fortknox.maineguide.com Thursday, October 28 Rockland Library 6:30 PM A Halloween Screening of SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes will be screened. This turn-of-the-century story is about a mysterious carnival that literally blows into a small town to prey upon the vanities, delusions, and regrets of the townspeople by granting their secret desires at the expense of their souls. Friday, October 29 Halloween Dance Party with "Thriller" Workshop Swing & Sway Dancing, 143 Maverick Street, Rockland 6:00 - 7:00 pm Join professional hip hop instructor Kea Tesseyman for a Halloween workshop in which you will learn to dance the classic Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance in a group setting. Then show off your new moves at the dance party from 7 - 9. Costumes are encouraged. Time: 6 - 9 p.m. Cost: Thriller lesson, $5; dance party, $10. Information: 207-594-0940 or visit www.swingandsway.com October 29 to October 31 Halloween Murder Mystery Weekend Norumbega Inn, Camden, ME This is more for the tourists or people who can afford the cost, but worth a mention. The Norumbega Inn, Maine's legendary castle by the sea in Camden, hosts a Halloween Murder Mystery Weekend to die for; the weekend offers guests an unusual opportunity to perform alongside professional actors while sleuthing to determine "whodunit." Wine and cheese receptions, two elegant seated dinners, and two gourmet breakfasts are included. Location: Norumbega Inn, 63 High Street. Cost: $225 per person for two-night program. Information: 207-236-4646 or visit www.norumbegainn.com Saturday, October 30 Midcoast Zombie Walk Starting at Camden Amphitheatre 2:00- 8:30 pm Be prepared for the onslaught dressed in your zombie worst and make your way towards the center of Camden with the rest of the undead. Parts of the walk will be filmed and used in a short, locally made zombie movie. To attend, click here. Saturday, October 30 Halloween Season Opener The Underground Lounge Hosted by Hot Pink Flannel 8:00 pm -1:00 am Costume contest with cash prize, Live Music, Hot Damn DJs, Freak Show, Dance music and the coolest people you know. $5 cover. FMI: click here Saturday October 30 All Aboard Trolley Haunted Trolley Ride 5:00 pm A Haunted Trolley Ride is starting at 5:00 pm for one group already. If there is enough interest, they will run a second trolley. $30 per person includes trolley ride, tip, pizza and Express Ticket to Fort Knox (separate line)"The Trolley of Freaks"will pick your group up, take you to Fort Knox's Fright Night fort tour (one of the spookiest around), stopping at the Witches Foot graveyard on the way, get you take-out pizzas then drop you off in downtown Rockland for pub crawling by 9 or 9:30. Thx to Stephanie McMahan Herrick for doing a lot of the research on this! FMI: contact All Aboard Trolley Saturday, October 30 8:00- 1:00 pm Three Tides & Marshall Wharf Brewing Company, Belfast A black light Halloween dance party with NYC DJ Captain Mo and Portland based DJ Ian Hammond. $5 cover 21 + w/ID 17 Marshall Wharf beers on tap. Bring out your dead! Saturday, October 30 Thompson Community Center's BYOB Halloween Party Laura's band "Rave On" is playing a Halloween party- danceable classic rock. $10 fee but bring your booze. Prizes for best costume and they run a snack bar all night. FMI: click here Saturday, October 30 Merry Masquerade to Benefit Merryspring 7:00 - 10:30 PM Merryspring Nature Center will present a Merry Masquerade at High Mountain Hall in Camden on Saturday from . A costume ball to benefit Merryspring, the Merry Masquerade will feature music by the Vistas, dancing, specialty hors d'oeuvres, door prizes and a cash wine/beer bar. Tickets, $25, are available at the door or in advance at Merryspring.Call 236-2239 or visit www.merryspring.org. Saturday October 30 Amore Restaurant and Lounge Celebrate the night with the girls! Drag show with Pandora Boxx and the Divas. FMI: click here. Saturday, October 30 Damnationland Horror Short Films Colonial Theatre, Belfast 9 PM "Damnationland: The Way Life Should Bleed," is a touring show featuring seven short films by Maine filmmakers, writers, actors and musicians. According to The Portland Press Herald, "The horror anthology film is a first in Maine movie history with seven professional local filmmakers and seven new original short films combined to create one very scary-looking, completely original horror flick." Check out the (NSFW) trailer at www.damnationland.com. Cost: $7. Not appropriate for younger than 17. Damnation, why does there have to be so many competing fun things to do on one night? Sunday, October 31 NEED EXTRAS! Filming Halloween Party Scene! 4:00pm - 10:00pm Looking for friends to come to Jason's place to help be extras in his first ever short film, RAPTURE. We have had to reschedule the original film shoot planned, and now there will be an actual Halloween party while we film. BYOB and snacks, etc., there will be a dj in the house! Also, if you have lights, blacklights or decorative party lights you could bring, that would be fabulous!FMI: click here Pub Creepy Crawl Rockland Friday, October 29 Mc-Hale's, 8 Lindsey St Come join our halloween party on Oct 29, prizes, dance contest, best costume, or come as you are, DJ Heath playing dance music all night. 7:00pm - 11:30pm Saturday, October 30 Black Bull Live music by Bill Cameron. No cover, but no "official" costume party hosted either. People will be there in costume likely because of the crawl though. Saturday, October 30 Halloween Costume Dance Party w/DJ Andy. $100 cash prize for best costume. No cover Camden Friday, October 29 Smokestack Grill is having a Halloween party--possibly all weekend long! But they're kicking it off Friday night (10 pm) with drink specials, contests, prizes for best costume and music with DJ Andy. Saturday, October 30 Karaoke Halloween costume party at Cuzzy's. Saturday, October 30 Simonton Corner is having a public Halloween party I'm told. This is mostly word of mouth as they don't advertise anything online. If anyone has more details they can post them on The Killer Convo's Facebook page and I'll update this list!
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Midcoast Black BookThis is a random collection of things, ideas, trends and just weird stuff that Midcoast Maine has to offer. Obviously, this is subjective and can’t include everybody, or else it would be called…the phone book. If you are blind and need to see this bigger, click here.
Rad HappeningsYou live here in the Midcoast. It's not like the city, where mind-blowing, creative shindigs are happening all the time...on a Tuesday. We're lucky when we get anyone to pay attention to us up in the north forty. Rad Happenings are the kind of events or scenes that are developing here that you will probably want to be hip to. If you are blind and need to see this bigger, click here.
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