October
19: Support Your Local Chamber Day open house, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Pine River Chamber
19: Central Lakes Community Performing Arts: comedian Paula Poundstone, 7 p.m., Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd High School
20-22: Nisswa Christmas Home Tour, fundraiser for Lakes Area Food Shelf
20-22, 28-31: Haunted Bungalows in Pequot Lakes, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 20-22 and Oct. 28-29, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 30-31
20-22: Haunted Trail, 7-9 p.m., Northland Arboretum, Brainerd
21-22: Haunted Trail, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 21, noon-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. Oct. 22, Babinski Foundation, rural Pequot Lakes
21-22, 28-29: Haunted Hidden Hollows, 7-10 p.m., Paul Bunyanland, Brainerd
21-22, 28-30: Safari Scare, 5-9 p.m., Safari North, Brainerd
21-22, 28-29: Stage North Theatre: “The Crucible,” 7:30 p.m., Franklin Arts Center, Brainerd
22: Fall Festival, noon-5 p.m., Babinski Foundation, rural Pequot Lakes
22: Historic Hauntings (ages 12 and younger), 6-7:30 p.m., Nisswa History Center and Museum, Pioneer Village, Nisswa
25-27, Nov. 1-3: Brainerd Community Theatre: “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” 7 p.m., Chalberg Theatre, Central Lakes College, Brainerd
28: Grassroots Concerts: Sarah Morris, 7:30 p.m., Live Well Nightclub and Coffee Bar, Nisswa
29: Pequot Lakes Halloween event, 10 a.m.-noon, downtown businesses and Trailside Park
29: Trunk or Treat, 10 a.m.-noon, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Pequot Lakes
29: Fall Spooktacular, 3 p.m., Sherwood Florist, Depot and chamber parking lot, Pine River
29: Nisswa Fire Department Haunted Barn and Hay Rides, 5-7 p.m. not so scary, 7-9 p.m. scary, 8089 Gardenview Road, Nisswa
30: Children’s Halloween Party (ages 10 and younger), 1-3 p.m., Nisswa American Legion
30: Nisswa Lions Club’s Halloween Trick or Treat event (ages 12 and younger), 2-4 p.m., Schaefer’s Foods parking lot, Nisswa
31: Trunk and Treat event, 4-6 p.m., Gloria Dei Lutheran Church front parking lot, Pequot Lakes
31: Trunk-N-Treat, 5-7 p.m., Crosslake Lutheran Church parking lot