Spooky Halloween events

Friday, October 27

• Grandmothers for Africa South Okanagan presents A Taste of Africa, experience Africa’s culture, music, products and cuisine, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m., The Shatford Centre, tickets available from the Shatford, fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation

• Penticton Public Library presents Haunted Halloween celebration with spooky stories, craft and petrifying puppet show, ages 5-12, 3:30 - 5 p.m., free event, in Children’s Library

• Penticton Public Library presents Learning at Lunch with guest speaker Jerry Buzzell on a tour of Jebel Akhdar, the green mountain of Oman, noon - 1 p.m., Penticton Public Library auditorium, free

• IODE Diamond Jubilee Chapter’s 90th birthday celebration, celebrate with refreshments at the IODE’s Thrift Store, 464 Main Street, , noon - 4 p.m., everyone welcomed

• Jesse Cook’s Beyond Borders Tour 2017, featuring Juno Award-winning acoustic guitarist Jesse Cook, Cleland Community Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $49.50 (tax included), available from Penticton Community Centre box office, www.jessecook.com

• The Grist Mill and Gardens historic site is hosting its final long table dinner (formerly Sunday Dinner), served family style on long tables with the majority of ingredients coming from Inside the Fence, 5:30 p.m., doors open at 5 p.m., $25, advanced tickets only at: oldgristmill.ca/dinners or phone 250-499-2888

• Dance Penticton meets, 7 p.m., Penticton Elks Lodge (upstairs)

• Heidelberg Club meets at South Main Drop In Centre, 6 p.m.

• BCHL junior A hockey, Albertni Valley Bulldogs at Penticton Vees, 7 p.m., South Okanagan Events Centre, for tickets visit SOEC box office, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., log on to ValleyFirstTix.com or phone 1-877-763-2849

• Kootenay International Junior B hockey league, Kelowna Chiefs at Summerland Steam, 7:30 p.m., Summerland Arena

• South Main Drop In Centre, bocce, 9:45 a.m., yoga, 9 a.m., tai chi chuan, 10:30 a.m., hypnosis relaxation with Bob Kittle, C.H.t, 11:45 a.m., 2:30 p.m.; PSDICS annual general meeting, 1 - 3 p.m., ukulele intermediate, 3 p..m., meditation, 4 - 5 p.m., Halloween Dance with Heart and Sole, 7 p.m.

• Legion Branch No. 40, fish and chips Friday, 11:30 a.m., LA fundraiser and DJ, 5:30 p.m.

• Medici’s Friday Night Live on Oliver, the valley’s killer live music gig, open mic forum, 522 Fairview Road, 7 p.m.

• New show: Cornucopia, an exhibit of photography, by Dorian Woods Poloway, daily at the Front Street Gallery, 60 Front Street in Penticton

• Now playing at Landmark Cinemas 7: “Jigsaw,” (18A, explicit violence, 92 minutes); “Suburbicon,” (PG, 105 minutes); “Geostorm,” (3D, PG, 106 minutes); “Only the Brave,” (PG, 134 minutes); “The Snowman,” (18A, explicit violence, 119 minutes); “The Foreigner,” (14A, 113 minutes); “Victoria and Abdul,” (PG, 111 minutes); “Blade Runner 2049,” (14A, 164 minutes)

• Now playing at the Oliver Theatre: “Blade Runner 2049,” (Friday only, 14A); “American Made,” (Saturday - Tuesday, 14A).

• World Series, L.A. Dodgers (Darvish, 1012) at Houston Astros (TBA), 5:09 p.m., PT, game three in best-of-seven, series tied 1-1

Saturday, October 28

• The Penticton Elks Lodge Halloween Party, costume prizes, fun, music with Rolling Coal, 6:30 p.m.

• 1st annual Pug-O-Ween at Penticton’s Gyro Park, 1 p.m., bring your pugs in costume, prizes by Lucky’s Pet Supply, donations accepted for BC-SPCA (pugs and their owners only!)

• Kootenay International Junior B hockey league, Osoyoos Coyotes at Summerland Steam, 7:30 p.m., Summerland Arena

• The Dream Cafe presents Pierce Brothers, 8 p.m., $45 and $30, for tickets visit www.thedreamcafe.ca or phone 250490-9012

• Royal Canadian Legion ladies auxiliary Fall Tea, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., 502 Martin Street

•Get ready for Halloween and enjoy the final outdoor market of the year before they move indoors for the winter; Penticton Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., season finale, 100 block of Main Street

• Halloween Party with Houdini the Owl at the South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls for kids ages 5-12, in costume and accompanied by an adult, $5, register in advance by emailing sorco@telus.net.

• “A Mystery in the Library,” his majesty King Henry VIII has disappeared, ages 19 and over, $20, register in advance at pentictonlibrary.ca

• Landmark Cinemas 7 presents Passport to the World, today, “Treasure Island,” (Puerto Rico), 11 a.m.

• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, cribbage, 10 a.m., meat draw and 50/50 draw, 2 p.m.

• “A Nightmare on Butler,” family friendly event hosted by Summerland grads to raise money for dry grad, Lakeside Church, 5505 Butler Street in Summerland, 6 - 10 p.m., family friendly. $6 (before 7 p.m.), $7 (7 - 10 p.m.)

• Nest and Nectar Family Friendly Halloween Party, costume contest for children, adults, families, fundraiser for South Okanagan Similkameen Mental Wellness Centre, $20 per adult, $17 per child 10 years and under, call 250-493-7338

• Intergalactic Hocus Pocus Halloween Party, The Barking Parrot, 9 p.m.

• Penticton Wellness Fair, Penticton Community Center, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., first of two days

• World Series, L.A. Dodgers at Houston Astros, 5 p.m., PT, game four in best-of-seven series

• Okanagan Symphony Orchestra presents “Spooktacular” including soundtrack music from Dracula, Psycho and Harry Potter, under the direction of Rosemary Thomson, 7:30 p.m. in Kelowna, purchase online: www.okanagansymphony.com

Sunday, October 29

• Grandmothers for Africa South Okanagan book launch, “Powered by Love,” a Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa”, 2 - 4 p.m., Poplar Grove Winery, 425 Middle Bench Road, Naramata, fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, free

• Penticton Speedway Day of Destruction, 2 p.m., featuring hornets, FOF in the 250 street stocks, hit 2 pass, located 5 kms east past the hospital on Carmi Avenue

• South Main Drop In Centre, R&R Rounders, 12:30 p.m., social dance (DJ), 7 p.m., all ages and abilities of dancers are always welcomed

• Live Music Sundays at The Cannery Brewing Company featuring Dorian Goodwin, 7 - 9 p.m., no cover charge

• Penticton Wellness Fair, Penticton Community Center, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., first of two days

• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. branch breakfast, 8:30 a.m., meat draw and 50/50 draw, 2 p.m.

• Cribbage tournament at Penticton Elks Lodge, registration at 8:30 a.m., games begin at 9 a.m. sharp

• Okanagan Symphony Orchestra presents “Spooktacular” including soundtrack music from Dracula, Psycho and Harry Potter, under the direction of Rosemary Thomson, 7 p.m. in Kelowna, for tickets, www.okanagansymphony.com (this show will not be in Penticton).

• Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, general meeting, 11 a.m., unit to reopen following the meeting.

• Penticton Okanagan Rotary Scotch Tasing and Modern Hors Doeuvres, with emcee Martin Lewis, 6-9 p.m., Bogners Restaurant, $50 per ticket, limited to 80 guests, tickets available from Rotarians, Bogners and CIBC Wood Gundy

• Westbank Country Opry featuring five musicians on stage with special guest Gordon James, 2 p.m., Westbank Emmanuel Church, $10 at the door, kids 12 and under are free

• Landmark Cinemas 7 presents “Passport to the World,” today, Treasure Island (Puerto Rico), 11 a.m.

• World Series, L.A. Dodgers at Houston Astros, 5 p.m., PT, game five in best-of-seven series