Tag: Halloween

Happenings, Movies

Hocus Pocus at the Mahaiwe

 

The Mahaiwe is now open for screenings to limited capacity audiences, with a variety of horror and campy content through the month of October! This weekend’s showing is the 1993 Halloween classic, Hocus Pocus. 

This fantasy-comedy stars Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker as three troublemaking Salem witches resurrected on Halloween night. (PG, 1h, 36min.)

Read the Mahaiwe’s policy before purchasing tickets. 

DATE/TIME: Friday, October 23, 2020 / 7:30pm
Saturday, October 24 / 4:30pm and 7:30pm

ADMISSION: $9 
All tickets must be purchased in advance prior to arriving to the theater; tickets will not be available at the box office. Buy Tickets here

LOCATION: The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
14 Castle Street
Great Barrington, MA

MORE:
www.mahaiwe.org
FaceBook/MahaiwePerformingArtsCenter
instagram.com/themahaiwe

 

For more local happenings, news, and events, follow ColumbiaCountyCurrent on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Happenings

The Hudson Area Library Presents ‘Raising the Dead: Tales from Hudson’s Crypts’

LocalHistoryCemetery2020The Hudson Area Library presents ‘Raising the Dead: Tales from Hudson’s Crypts’ with Kelley Drahushuk on Saturday, October 24th at noon. This will be a special, socially-distanced guided tour of Cedar Park Cemetery.

As this is a walking tour, wear appropriate footwear & dress for the weather & conditions. You may encounter uneven ground, semi-steep hills, and mud and will not always be sticking to the paved pathways.

Mask wearing required at all times.

DATES/TIME: Saturday, October 24, 2020 / 12pm – 1:30pm
(Rain Date: October 25)

LOCATION: Cedar Park Cemetery
20 Columbia Turnpike,
Hudson NY 12534
Meet at the cemetery office parking lot

ADMISSION: Free – Registration required
Participation is limited to 10.
Register by emailing programs@hudsonarealibrary.org or
calling 518-828-1792 x101.

MORE:
HudsonAreaLibrary.org
facebook.com/HudsonAreaLibraryNY
instagram.com/hudsonarealibraryny

For more local happenings, news, and events, follow ColumbiaCountyCurrent on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Happenings, History

Legends by Candlelight Ghost Encounters at Clermont

The highlight of Clermont’s fall season is back. Legends by Candlelight Ghost Encounters will take place on the next four Fridays and Saturdays, October 16, 17, 23 and 24.

Guests will find themselves at a special lecture given by Clermont’s curator when something goes wrong and the spirits of the house are released. Ghosts will emerge from Clermont to tell their stories of love, loss, success and failure. Some ghosts are scary, and some are funny, but all the stories they tell are true!

Visitors will be seated on the lawn of Clermont surrounded by the flickering specters of Jack-o’-lanterns. Please bring your own lawn chair and/or blanket, and since it will be outdoors, be sure to dress for the weather.

Please note Clermont follows all NYS Department of Health guidelines for safety during the Covid-19 pandemic. Masks and social distancing will be required of all visitors until these guidelines are lifted by New York State Parks.

DATES/TIMES: Fridays and Saturdays, October 16, 17, 23, 24, 2020
Encounter times: 6pm, 7pm, 8pm

ADMISSION: Adults $12 / Children (5 – 12) $5
Advance tickets are required and no walk-ins allowed.
To reserve or for more information, call (518) 537-4240.
Tickets sell out, so reserve soon.

LOCATION: The Clermont Mansion
87 Clermont Avenue,
Germantown, NY 12526

MORE:
friendsofclermont.org 
facebook.com/friendsofclermont
instagram.com/clermontfriends

For more local happenings, news, and events, follow ColumbiaCountyCurrent on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Arts & Entertainment, Happenings

Two Of Us Productions’ Halloween Radio Dramas, Oct 17

Join The Two Of Us Productions for their last staged reading of the regular 2020 season. Saturday’s performance will include two Virtual Staged Readings of chilling radio dramas: The Face of Death featuring The Shadow; and Suspense Theater’s The Whole Town is Sleeping.

The Face Of Death:  Lamont Cranston (a.k.a. The Shadow) meets two friends, George Adams & Ralph Baker along with their acquaintances Lucy & Helen at the local club after dinner. After the ladies leave Cranston pulls Adams aside to ask why he seems so preoccupied & is shocked to hear that Adams is afraid that Medusa will turn him to stone if he doesn’t pay the ransom she demands!

Suspense Theater’s The Whole Town Is Sleeping: Miss Lavinia Nebbs, is going to the moving pictures tonight with her friends Francine & Helen. They are all concerned with two recent murders in their quiet town, but still walk across the dark ravine’s bridge to get to the theater. It is on the path through the ravine that they find the dead body of the third victim of “The Lonely One.”

This will be a zoom presentation, free for all, but registration is required to obtain the zoom link.

DATE/TIME: Saturday, October 17, 2020 / 7:30pm

LOCATION: Hosted on ZOOM
Register at www.thetwoofusproductions.org for link.

ADMISSION: Free. Donations appreciated.

MORE:
TheTwoOfUsProductions
Facebook.com/TheTwoofUsProductions
instagram.com/thetwoofusproductions

 

For more local happenings, news, and events, follow ColumbiaCountyCurrent on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Happenings, History

Clermont State Historic Site Presents Historical Halloween Story Hour, Oct 10
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane
by John Quidor

 

Clermont State Historic Site presents Historical Halloween Story Hour on October 10.

Join some of Clermont’s costumed interpreters as they read a classic Halloween tale that has its roots right here in the Hudson Valley: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow! Children must be accompanied by an adult, and an adult must be accompanied by a child.

PLEASE NOTE: Clermont follows all NYS Department of Health guidelines for safety during the COVID 19 pandemic. Masks and social distancing will be required of all tour participants until these guidelines are lifted by New York State Parks.

DATE/TIME: Sunday, October 10, 2020 / 11am

LOCATION: Clermont State Historic Site
87 Clermont Ave
Germantown, NY 12526

ADMISSION: FREE. Registration required.
Register Here

MORE:
www.friendsofclermont.org
facebook.com/friendsofclermont

For more local happenings, news, and events, follow ColumbiaCountyCurrent on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter