•PAINTING, 9 a.m., Elmira Senior Center, 550 E. Church St., Elmira. Call for details. 733-8254. BOOKS •BOOKS SANDWICHED IN: "THE HEART OF ISLAM," BY SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR, noon-1 p.m., Steele Memorial Library, 101 E. Church St., Elmira.
FRI., OCT. 27 Costumes And Games Conejo Valley YMCA hosts safe, supervised preHalloween experience for children of all ages, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., 4031 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Costume parade, games, craft booths, movie, barbecue. (805) 523-7613.
PELL CITY — “It’s finally here.” Those are the words Pell City Rotary Club member Ed Gardner Sr. used to describe the lengthy process of attracting a cast of performers from Monroeville to present their adaptation of a native author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Best of Times Bookstore: Joanne Reisberg, author of "Zachary Zormer Shape Transformer: A Math Adventure." 1 p.m. Saturday; free; 425 W. Third St., Red Wing; 651-388-1003.
(ARA) - Before you know it, the neighborhood will be overrun with ghosts and goblins, monsters and aliens, superheroes and villans big and small. Halloween, the one day of the year when you get to push reality aside and become someone or something else is almost upon us.
TOP LEFT: Therapy dog Meatloaf was dressed as a cowboy for the fifth annual Howl-oween Babes and PAWS Costume Parade at St. Joseph's Hospital. About 15 therapy dogs and 35 children of staff members paraded around the hospital and gave out candy to staff and patients Saturday.