LET THE SPOOKING
SEASON BEGIN!
Ghost Walk with me
Eerie tours of Linwood Cemetery, Oct. 14-16 and Oct. 21-23
Tours depart promptly from the Linwood trailhead at 7, 7:45, 8:30 and 9:15 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 7, 7:45 and 8:30 p.m. on Sundays.
12th Street at Bennett Avenue, Glenwood Springs
Although adults may already be feeling Halloween candy fatigue, there are interesting ways to celebrate the spooking season without ending up with tooth rot. Ghost walks, haunted bus tours, fall festivals and masked balls. We like the creepy ghost walk through Linwood Cemetery in Glenwood Springs best of all, mostly because you get to wander through the chill mountain air, your way lit by a flickering kerosene lantern. We only mention it this early because the tour is so good that it sells out quickly. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Frontier Historical Museum and the Looking Glass bookstore in Glenwood Springs, or by calling 970-945-4448.
FRIGHTFUL FESTIVALS
Coronation of the Pumpkin King and Queen | Kick off Littleton’s fifth-annual Pumpkin Follies and Goat Show | 7-9 p.m. Friday at the Main Street Tavern, 2575 W. Main St., Littleton | The fall festivities continue on Saturday at 11 a.m. with a sidewalk parade and busker, and a Snap ‘n’ Pop Drop at 1 p.m.
Ghost Stories on Banjo Billy’s Bus | spooky tours of Boulder run 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from the front of the Hotel Boulderado, 13th and Spruce Streets, Boulder, through October. $20. Info: banjobilly.com or 720-771-0087.
17th Annual Pumpkin Festival | At Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, includes hayrides, barrel train rides, crafts and food | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. $5, adults; $3 kids older than 3.
Meet the Spirits | Dearly departed souls rest in Boulder’s Columbia Cemetery, Ninth and Pleasant streets , Boulder | noon-5 p.m. Oct. 23. Tickets $10 adults; $5 kids. Info: historicboulder.org
Eighth Annual Masked Ball | Music, costumes, food and festivities in a Halloween atmosphere | 8 p.m. Oct. 29, Blue Sage Center for the Arts, 228 Grand Ave., Paonia. Info: 970-527-7243.
MORE FOR TODAY
10 A.M.-3:45 P.M. Last chance to ride the Georgetown Loop Railroad this season | 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | Exit 226 from Interstate 70, just west of the Silver Plume Depot on service road.
NOON-5:30 P.M. Whittier House Tour of historic homes | $15, available at 2540 Williams St. and 2034 E. Martin Luther King Blvd., Denver. | Info: whittierneighborhood.org
8:30 A.M.-3 P.M. Cedaredge Applefest,celebrating the apple harvest with music, booths, motorcycle show, beer and wine garden. | Cedaredge City Park | Free | Info: cedaredgecolorado.com/applefest2005.htm
10 A.M.-5 P.M. Lakewood Cider Days, 30th-annual festival paying tribute to the city’s orchardsmen and women. | Lakewood Heritage Center, near Wadsworth Boulevard and Ohio Avenue. | Free
MORE FOR THE WEEK
WEDNESDAY Kicaput Singers and Dancers of Alaska | Noon-1 p.m. in the UMC Ballroom or Courtyard on the University of Colorado campus, and nightly through Saturday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. on the Pearl Street Mall, Boulder. | Free | Info: 303-746-1737.
THURSDAY John Denver Week | Celebration of the life and music of John Denver kicks off with work detail in the Aspen wildlife sanctuary named for the musician. | Info: stayaspensnowmass.com/p-john-denver.php
FRIDAY Sutton’s Sixth – and last – Rocky Mountain Jazz Party | 7:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 12:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Marriott City Center, Denver. $275 for the weekend. Info: 303-838-4240.
Grossology | Opens at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science | 2001 Colorado Blvd. | Info: 303-322-7009.
Mesa Verde Country Wine & Art Festival | Tasting seminar noon-3:30 p.m. followed by a wine dinner Friday; tasting and festival noon-5 p.m. | Cortez City Park | Info: swcolo.org/tourism/winefest.html
NEXT WEEKEND
Wilderness for everyone
Benefit for universal access along Berthoud Pass Corridor
Saturday at 5 p.m. at Shadows Ranch, 1259 Alvarado Road, Georgetown| Info: outdoors4all.org
Cocktails, silent auction, tales of the saga of early efforts to bring the Colorado Territory a transcontinental wagon and rail route over Berthoud Pass. Meet Col. Edward Berthoud, along with Bridger, Dodge, Gaskill and others, all in the name of developing and testing Americans With Disabilities Act access standards along the the 26-mile long Berthoud Pass Corridor. Tickets are $45 for a single and $90 for a couple.
MORE SATURDAY
10 A.M.-4 P.M. Trinidad Trash-to- Treasure| Community antiques, flea market, barbecue | 100 block of East First St. | Free | Info: trinidadarts.org
NOON-6 P.M. First Delta Uncompahgre Blues Festival| Listen for acoustic and country juke-joint jams to Chicago style eclectic and electric rave-ups, noon-6 p.m., Confluence Park, Delta. Free.
