Portland Story Theater presents Spellbound – A Halloween Gathering

As the days grow darker and the cold comes creeping into our bones — as the leaves fall, as the wind calls in the night, as winter wakes from his slumber and begins to gnaw at the door, it is the perfect time for an evening of unsettling stories. Portland Story Theater’s Spellbound takes the tradition of telling scary stories to the next level. Crafted to conjure the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve, listeners will be drawn into tales of the strange, eerie, and genuinely frightening. The Alberta Abbey is the perfect setting for an evening of storytelling surrounding the unsettling and spooky occurrences we all have that can’t easily be explained… The mysterious memories that haunt you in the night as you lie in bed, awakened by a dream…

Hosted by Sam A. Mowry and featuring Tim Stapleton, Mary Welch, Annie la Ganga, along with Founders Lawrence Howard and Lynne Duddy.

Come early when the doors open to hear the house band: Bamberger, Engel, Hines, and Eave with special musical guests Meoneo from Bonn, Germany. This show only: 17+, it's ok if accompanied by an adult.

Beer Wine and Sandwiches will be available for purchase!

October 24, 2015

8 pm Showtime (7pm doors open)

$15 ADV | $18 Doors | $5 Arts for All

Tickets: pdxstorytheater.org

Alberta Abbey

126 NE Alberta, Portland (2 blocks west of MLK)

Free Open House @ The Doll Asylum

Welcome to the Doll Asylum. We are a place for the old, the decrepit, the forgotten…the insane. We try to ‘fix’ those we can, and provide a place of refuge for those we can’t.

Founded in 1867 by German Dr. Hermann Reinhardt, the Doll Asylum’s purpose was to receive dolls who were abandoned, neglected, or most importantly, showing signs of psychotic or murderous behavior.

Doll Maker by hobby, Dr. Reinhardt thought he could bridge the gap between the inanimate and animate and stomp out the dark thoughts that lay beneath.

While no true success was to be had in his day, Dr. Reinhardt did establish a home for those unwanted creatures and in doing so, has protected society at large.

Doll Asylum will be open October 23-25, 30-31 from 5-9pm. There is no admission but if you would like to admit a doll to the asylum, they would be happy to help.
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Adults and children accompanied by adults are welcome for a tour of the Asylum.

WARNING!:
If you find dolls or the macabre offensive, this open house may not be for you. Then again, you only live once… right?​
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Long term effects may occur for both Children and Adults (good or bad, it’s hard to say). You may have trouble sleeping for a few nights, then be OK , then get really creep’d out with a scary doll dream, then think it’s over, then wake up screaming…This may go on for some time.​​​
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Seriously though, we are warning you. This may not be for you.
VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED

October 23-25, 30-31, 2015

5-9 p.m. | Free | All Ages

More info: dollasylum.com

The Doll Asylum

6315 N. Michigan, Portland OR

FREE Fridays & Saturdays @ Portland’s Barrel Room Dueling Piano Show Bar & Dinner Show

Dueling Pianos Show

October 2 & 3, 2015

9 p.m. | FREE | 21+

Friday & Saturday are FREE with promo code PDXFREE when you check out at http://bit.ly/1V8Ar9I or call 503.242.0700 for groups over 10.

Reservations are always free with PromoCode: PDXFREE or call 03.242.0700×702

• October 23 & 24 – Kevin Krohn
• October 30 & 31 – Halloween Special

Dueling pianos is a great group party concept if (and only if) you get the right players in the correct venue. Mission Accomplished. Since 2010, The Barrel Room lays claim to the longest running dueling piano shows in Portland. The show, which at times can get a “little cheeky,” isn’t just two players banging on pianos for five hours, We boast a Vegas style, Request Driven, Audience Interactive Show complete with Bits, Games, Sing-A-Longs, Comedy and some of the best players in the U.S.

Price includes SEAT ONLY, no dinner option, dinner is available, 2 item minimum Please, 21+ with valid ID, SEATS MUST be booked in advance, walk ups are subject to door cover after 10PM.

*Promotional tickets are limited

Barrel Room

105 NW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97209

(503) 242-0700

Run Like Hell Through Downtown Portland This Weekend!

The Run Like Hell is back for its 13th year! Join us in 2015 as once again, thousands of participants dress in costume and take to the streets of Portland for this fun filled, Halloween-themed half marathon / 10k / 5k / kids half miler! This year’s theme is “under the big top”!

Run Like Hell features:

• commemorative technical t-shirt
• two ice cold lagunitas beers (21+)
• tasty post race food
• live local music at post race party
• The MUSICAL MILE (plus music every 2 miles)
• great race support / volunteers (aid every 2 miles)
• custom medals (for half marathon finishers)
• much much more
• Go to the website and register today!

*Please note there is a 15 min / mile time limit for the half marathon!

Run Like Hell

Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, Kid’s Half Miler

October 25, 2015

More info: terrapinevents.com/

Friday October 23rd

Packet Pick up

11:00am – 7:00pm

Road Runner Sports

29 NW 23rd Place – Portland

Saturday October 24th

Packet Pick up

10:00am – 3:00pm

Road Runner Sports

29 NW 23rd Place – Portland

Sunday October 25th

6:30am – Packet Pick up

7:30am – Half Marathon race

8:00am – 10k race

8:20am – Kids half miler

9:15am – 5k race

12th Annual West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta in Tualatin

If you’ve never been to the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta odds are you’ve never seen anyone sit inside a giant pumpkin let alone race one across a lake dressed as a superhero or the tooth fairy.

Over the last 11 years the award-winning West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta has become Oregon’s best October event. Spectators come from not only  the Pacific Northwest but also from all over the United States and Canada. The event has been featured by a wide variety of local, regional, and national media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, the Travel Channel, Better Homes and Gardens, HGTV, and Food Network Magazine.

Admission to the festival is free as are most of the activities.

Schedule of Events:

8:00am     Pumpkins start to arrive for the Terminator Weigh Off
9:00am     Regatta Run starts at Tualatin Community Park
10:00am   Terminator Weigh Off begins
10:30am   Mz Pearl’s Variety Show on the main stage
11:00am   Mark Benthimer Magic Show on the main stage
11:30am   Village Inn Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest on the main stage (sign up at the information booth starting at 10. Space is limited)
12:00pm   Smokey and Rojo the Llama Boys arrive. Look for them under the main tent
12:15pm   Costume Contest starts on the main stage (sign up at the information booth starting at 10. Space is limited)
1:00pm     Mz Pearl’s Variety Show on the main stage
1:30pm     Welcome and sponsor recognition on the main stage
1:40pm     Tualatin High School Marching Band pep rally on the plaza
2:00pm     Regatta races start

Free activities all day:
Pumpkin Bowling on the east side of the lake
Pumpkin Golf on the north end of the lake
Inflatable Obstacle Course at the south end of the late

Saturday, October 17, 2015 10am-4pm @ the Tualatin Lake of the Commons -

 8325 SW Nyberg St, Tualatin.

Free Fall Festival @ Congress Center

Portland Mall Management, Inc. is hosting a FREE fall festival next Monday, October 19th at Congress Center at 1001 SW 5th Ave.! Local sculptors Lorie Gordon and Bert Adams will live-sculpt two 75lb pumpkins. There will be an apple tasting from Hood River’s Kiyokawa Family Orchards. Hot apple cider samples will be provided by Caffe Viale.

Attendees will be able to take home free apples, pumpkins, and candy corn. And live banjo music from local musician Austin Quattlebaum will provide an upbeat atmosphere for the entire event! Attendees can also prepare for the cool fall weather by entering to win a Pendleton Crater Lake Park blanket!

Free Fall Festival

October 19, 2015

FREE, Noon – 1 p.m. | All Ages

More info: portlandmall.org

Congress Center

1001 SW 5th Ave., Portland

Halloween Pumpkin Festival @ Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm

It’s been a long, hot summer so there’s no better way to celebrate the first weekend in autumn than down on the farm. The Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm will host hundreds of families as they celebrate Pumpkin Fest from September 25 through October 31.This year kicks off the first ever, Mud, Sweat and Beers 5K run and Brewfest, on October 3 at the Farm, presented by the Woodburn Rotary to benefit the Woodburn Boys and Girls Club.

“We are thrilled we can add to our offerings this year with the 5K run and brew fest on October 3rd, while still offering all the family-friendly hands on activities our visitors have come to expect for more than an entire month,” said Barb Iverson, owner, Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. “And of course, we’reexpecting zombies to make their annual visit during October’s Fields of Terror. So, now is the time to practice your paintball skills.”

Pumpkin Fest Activities

Archery practice range: Archery is one of the most popular events at the Pumpkin Festival. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, archers can practice on the range with foam tipped arrows.

Archery Tag: In the spirit of dodge ball, archery tag is a group activity that uses foam tipped arrows to “tag”, all opposing players or hit all targets on their target board.

Other activities:

All days:      

• Duck races
• Tube slide
• Pedal trykes
• Hay pile/tunnel & slide
• Spider web
• Horse swings
• Five-acre walking corn maze
• Scavenger/chicken hunt
• Rope the cow
• Plant a tulip

Friday-Sundays only:

• Pumpkin cannon
• Cow train corn maze ride
• Hay tractor ride
• Paintball gallery*

*First handful free, extra paint available: 50 paint for $5.00

Activity tents: Hands on tents and information exploring some of the different crops that grow on the farm:

• Tulips – Help plant the tulip bulbs.
• Roping station – Neighbor’s cows got out and need to be roped home.
• Can the beans – Toss the bean seed into the cans.
• Grass seed table – Till, harvest and load the grass seed for market.
• Corn box – Play in some of our farm-grown corn.
• Wheat grinder – Grind some of our wheat to make flour.
• Hazelnut box – Dig in the nuts to find the Golden Hazelnut

Fields of Terror

For the popular Fields of Terror, the bravest visitors (suggested 13-and-over) are boarded onto a hay wagon and taken to the fire pit holding area. From there visitors will either climb into the Zombie Hunter, take a ride in the haunted corn maze or walk the terrorizing hay maze. The Fields of Terror activities take place on Friday and Saturday evenings from October 3 through October 31.

About Wooden Shoe Farm

The Iverson Family Farm started in 1950 with the marriage of Ross & Dorothy Iverson and their purchase of the main farm. In 1974, the family began growing tulips and by the early 1980, the acreage had expanded to 15 acres.  In 1983, Wooden Shoe Bulb Company (changed to Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in 2001) was formed to market bulbs on a retail level.  In1985, it opened the tulip fields for the weekend to the public. Today, the fields are open for an entire month twice a year, in the spring for the Tulip Festival and the fall for the Pumpkin Festival.   It is also open from March to December on weekends for wine tasting.  More information can be found at woodenshoe.com.

Wooden Show Pumpkin Fest

September 25-October 31, 2015

More info: woodenshoe.com

Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm

33814 S. Meridian Rd., Woodburn, OR 97071

800-711-2006

Bella Organic Farm Haunted Corn Maze

Bella Organic Farm Haunted Corn Maze & Corn Maze

Our Sauvie Island Pumpkin patch at Bella Organic Farm will be opened daily through October 31 (with free hayrides out to the patch)

Sauvie Island Haunted Corn Maze Open Fri/Sat nights in October!

The Rip City themed corn maze honoring Jerome Kersey will be open daily until October 31. Voodoo Doughnut Haunted Maze is open Friday/Saturday nights at dark!

Organic produce market, delicious hot food, caramel apples, kettle corn, Hopworks organic beer, and Bella Farm Hard Cider and Wines! Enjoy FREE bonfires while you wait to be called down to the haunted corn maze! Petting Zoo, cow train, grain train, hay maze, duck races, and more for kids! Terry Porter, Blaze (the mascot), and the Jerome Kersey Foundation will be there Saturday, October 10th!

Wear your Blazers gear to the farm to represent our team!

Bella Organic Pumpkin Patch & Winery On Sauvie Island

16205 NW Gillihan Rd., Portland, OR 97231

October 2-31, 2015

Rip City Regular Maze is open Daily

Opens at Dusk (last ticket sold at 10 p.m.) | $12 or $17 for both Mazes

More info: bellaorganic.com