On Saturday afternoon, kids can dress in costume and parade across the stage during the intermission of the Portland Ballet’s “Halloween Spooktacular’’ ( John Ford Theater, Portland High School, 284 Cumberland Ave., Portland, Maine, 800-838-3006, www.portlandballet.org, Oct. 31, 2 p.m., advance $13 adults, $8 students; $15/$10 at door). Resident choreographer Nell Shipman takes classic “scary’’ music (“Danse Macabre,’’ “Funeral March of the Marionettes’’) and matches the tunes to funny-scary dances about childhood frights, such as monsters under the bed or zombies dancing with tombstones.
13 frights
Whether aboard ship or gondola, wary of woods or castle keep, fear will surely factor in
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Show your stripes
The orange-and-black giraffes at the Roger Williams Park Zoo may look like they’re dressed for the season, but things get spookier after dark with the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular ( Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence,401-785-3510, www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org, open through Nov. 1, $12 adults, $10 seniors, $9 ages 3-12). About 150 intricately carved jack-o’-lanterns stand out among nearly 10,000 carved and lighted pumpkins arrayed on the quarter-mile Wetlands Trail in an ethereal and fanciful evocation of Halloween. On Thursday through Saturday nights, roaming performers enliven the scene and entertain the wee ones. Everyone is encouraged to dress in costume.
Patricia Harris and David Lyon can be reached at harris.lyon@verizon.net.
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