Sink your teeth into Colorado's Halloween 2011

Happy (almost) Halloween! Check out this list of great events from the Denver Post. Which of these are you going to?

 

What's your favorite flavor of fear? Steampunk? Zombies? Spiders?

This weekend and next, no matter who (or what) you are, there's a Halloween party cooked to match your craving, whether it's the Dead Artist Ball in Lafayette or the CSU Chemistry Club'sMad Scientistevents for families. Historical ghost tours, capers in the corn and the usual shriek shacks abound. Best of all, if you just want to dance, the spirits will happily oblige you.

Tricks and Treats

All events through Oct. 31 unless otherwise noted. For more hauntings that have already appeared in the paper, go to denverpost.com/halloween.

HAUNTED HOUSES

Powick's Asylum for Disturbed Children

Interactive "art of horror" installation and "haunted house" at 1.21 Jiga Watts. Today-Oct. 23 and Oct. 28-31. 7 p.m.-midnight. Not for young children. $8.1432 Tremont St., 303- 910-6593 ,http://voodoodollsproduction.co/powick.htm.

Primitive Fear and 13th Street Manor

13th Street Manor is a haunted Victorian home; Primitive Fear is in the catacombs of the house. Sun.-Thurs. 7 p.m.-11 p.m., Fri-Sat. 7 p.m.-midnight. $17-35.5155 E. 64th Ave., Commerce City, 303-814-0411 ,303haunts.com

Autumn and Realm of Terror

Autumn is an outdoor haunted cornfield and Realm of Terror is haunted woods. Sun.- Thurs. 7 p.m.-11 p.m., Fri-Sat. 7 p.m.-midnight. $17-35.11 Cavanaugh Road, Bennett, 303-814-0411 ,303haunts.com

Haunted Jason's

Daily from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. haunted house with smoke/fog, lasers, auto-mechanical creatures and costumed actors.adjacent to Jason's Billiards, 2200 S. Monaco Pkwy, 720-377-1560

OTHER EVENTS

Scream Scram 5K Run/Walk

Annual Halloween-themed race to raise funds for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver beginning at 6 p.m. today. Also 100M "Spooky Sneak" for Kids 6 p.m. Costume contest. Trick or Treat Street at finish line. $40 adults, $25 under 12 and seniors.screamscram.com.

Halloween 2011

Mercury Cafe halloween events:

Oct. 28: 7:30 p.m. theater: Allied Witches in "Making A Killing," a comic tragedy modern myth of Persephone, $10; 8 p.m. SpiritWays: Ultimate Witch's Ball with Calliope & Primal Circle, $15; 10 p.m. Poetry Seance, free; Oct. 29: 12 p.m. Samhain Ritual, free; 9 p.m. The Tanukis-Gora Gora Orkestar and more. Costume contest & prizes, in the dance hall, $10; 9:30 p.m. Hamster Theater & Thinking Plague, in the Jungle room, $12; Oct. 30: 8 p.m. Atomic Pablo - Swing dancing and costume contest, $9; Oct. 31, Halloween night, dinner 5:30-10:00 p.m., accompanied by Joe Green on Cello.1990 California St., 303-294-9258 ,mercurycafe.com

Spooky Halloween Magic and More

90-minute all-ages show at Theatre of Dreams Arts and Event Center, Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m. with Magic team Joe Givan and Carol Massie, ventriloquist/puppet master Mark Hellerstein. $20. Reservations required.735 Park St., Castle Rock, 303-660-6799 ,amazingshows.com.

Dead Artist Ball

"A Haunting Night in Lafayette," Oct. 22, 7-11 p.m. at the Peaks Bar & Grill at the Indian Peaks Golf Course. $20 includes DJ, hors d'oeuvres, dancing and costume contest.2300 Indian Peaks Trail, Lafayette, 303-666-4706

Spooktacular! Spooktacular!

Oct. 29 at the Sherman Events Center, the Mile High Freedom Band is putting on a Halloween dance-along cabaret. 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Come an hour early for dance lessons.1770 Sherman Street, 303-778-0916 .

Mad Scientist

CSU Chemistry Club's Mad Scientist events for families and children, Oct. 28, 6:30-9 p.m. in the Chemistry Bldg. Snacks and science-based fun activities including Mad Scientist show.Near Lake St. and Centre Ave. on the CSU campus. Parking available at 1508 Centre Ave.

Halloween Journey

Music, cider, roaring campfires with tours through a graveyard with jack-o-lanterns and scarecrows at the Shepherd Valley Waldorf School. For all ages. $9 per person or $36 for a family up to six members. Advance tickets required.6500 W. Dry Creek Parkway, 303-652-0130 ,shepherdvalley.org/shepherd-valley-halloween-journey.html.

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