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Picks Of The Week October 24-30

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Get
ready for Halloween with ghoulishly fun things to do every day this week. —

Monday, October 24
Halloween
Arts And Crafts: Create A Bat-o’-Lantern At The Columbus Library
724 10th Avenue

3-4pm


Ages 18 months-3 years can get creative in spooky craft time.

Tuesday,
October 25
Creepy Cauldron Collage at CMOM
212 West 83rd Street
10am and 1pm


Kids ages 4 and younger can make a creepy cauldron from
cut-out shapes.


Wednesday,
October 26

Crypt Crawls: A Halloween Tour
1047 Amsterdam Avenue

5pm


Through
Sunday, older and braver souls can tour St. John The Divine’s Cathedral Crypt
for a pre-Halloween scare.

Thursday,
October 27
Halloween Stories at the NYPL Yorkville Branch
222
East 79th Street
4pm

Ghoulish tales for kids of all ages. First come, first served.

Friday,
October 28

Halloween Murder Mystery at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden
421
East 61st Street
6:30pm & 7:30pm

Explore the museum by candlelight
and put your finest detective skills to work as you try and solve a murder
mystery. Ages 8 and up welcome.

Liberty Science Center Spooktacular
222 Jersey
City Boulevard
6-10pm

With activities for every
age, head to Jersey
City for an
evening of Halloween delights. Take part in tabletop experiments, plus costume
contests, themed crafts and even a Bug Ball where tots who are feeling groovy
can do the Monster Mash!

Saturday,
October 29
Boo at the Queens Zoo
53-51
111th Street
11am-4pm

Spooky festivities for the
entire family! (Be sure to catch the Haunted Habitat.) Children 12 and under in
costume, accompanied by an adult, will receive free admission.

Pumpkin Festival in Central Park
72nd
Street
Entrance
11am-3pm

This annual fall fest boasts
the best activities for autumn, including a haunted house, pumpkin patch (where
kids can pick their own round fruit) and an obstacle course.

Sunday,
October 30
Boo at the Bronx Zoo
2300 Southern Boulevard
11am-5pm

Catch this creature-filled scare-fest before it’s too late!

Spook-Tacular at the South Street Seaport
12 Fulton
Street
11am-5pm

End your weekend on a high
note: pumpkin painting, scarecrow making plus company from the likes of the
Berenstain Bears.

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