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Pink Bash in downtown Orlando
Come to the Orlando Sentinel Pink Bash for food, drink, shopping and entertainment to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The breast-cancer awareness event runs from 5 to 9 p.m. in front of Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $25 at OrlandoSentinel.com/pinkbash (promo code PINK gets you $5 off ) or $30 at door.
Today
♦Pink Bash: There will be live entertainment, dozens of exhibitors, unlimited drinks, shopping, food for purchase, fashion show, pink carpet photos and prizes. Proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Central Florida. 5-9 p.m., Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Seneff Arts Plaza (front green area), 445 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando, $30, OrlandoSentinel.com/ PinkBash.
♦West Volusia Historical Society: Enterprise photographer, historian and art teacher Riley Nutt will present the program “Picturing Death: PostMortem Photography in the 19th Century.” The illustrated lecture will explore the traditions of mourning in the middle to late 1800s and how the new magic of light and shadow photography was used to capture a loved one’s passing. 7 p.m., Conrad Historical Research Center, 137 W. Michigan Ave., DeLand, free, 386-740-6813.
♦Greater Orlando Civil War Roundtable: Robert Redd will present the program “Civil War Ghost Soldiers Continue to Fight in St. Augustine.” 7 p.m., Pine Castle Woman’s Club, 5901 S. Orange Ave., Orlando, free, 407-889-0528.
♦Matt Butcher and The Schoolyard Band: With Mike Dunn & The Company. 9 p.m., Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, $7 (18 or older), 407-748-8256.
♦Bid whist card game: 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sanford Senior Center, 401 E. Seminole Blvd., Sanford, free, 407-688-5129.
♦A Petrified Forest: A freaky forest filled with spooks. 7:30-11 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and Oct. 28 (through Oct. 31), A Petrified Forest, 1360 E. Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs, $12-$35, 407-468-6600.
♦Casselberry Chess Club: Open to all skill levels, including those wanting to learn the game. Tournaments held weekly. 6-11 p.m. Thursdays, Wirz Park, 806 Mark David Blvd., Casselberry, free, 407-388-0636.
♦Tennis: For men and women, age 50 and older, with average ability. A small group gets together for a couple hours of recreational tennis. Players supply balls. Monday, Thursday and/or Saturday mornings, Candyland Park, 599 Longdale Ave., Longwood, free, 407-417-1670.
♦La Cage Aux Folles: 8 p.m. today through Satruday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden, $25-$33, 407-877-4736.
♦Halloween Hustle 5K Race to End Childhood Hunger: Wear a costume. Festivities include entertainment, trickor-treating, carnival games and face painting. Proceeds support the Junior League of Greater Orlando’s core cause of childhood health, hunger and poverty benefiting community programs in those areas. 5 p.m., Baldwin Park, New Broad Street, Orlando, $7-$35 depending on age and date of registration, 407-898-1700.
♦Dracula’s Castle Haunted House: The haunted house will offer two choices: scary and notso-scary. Food donations benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. 7-10 p.m. today, 7-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Watson Realty-Wekiva, 317 Wekiva Springs Road, Longwood, admission is two canned food items or two nonperishable food items per person, 407-620-2924.
♦Hair: 8 p.m. today through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, UCF School of Performing Arts Theater, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, $20, 407-823-1500.
♦Wine Dinner: Including American fare with farm-fresh ingredients paired with wine. 7 p.m., Cork & Fork American Grill, 5180 S. Conway Road, Belle Isle, $75 per person (includes tax and gratuity), 407-250-6763.
Friday
♦Sanford Art Walk: With exhibits and music at participating venues. 6 p.m., First Street, downtown Sanford, free, 407-302-2586.