Spooky Fall Community Events
Libraries and communities celebrate fall with Halloween programs and spooky mystery book clubs.
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Libraries and communities are welcoming fall with Halloween-themed programs and events. Naperville Public Library’s offerings include cemetery and Salem witch-trial talks, crafts, storytimes, and hands-on family activities, while Petaluma’s seasonal lineup features an outdoor screening of The Addams Family, a pumpkin patch and corn maze, and Day of the Dead celebrations. October reading groups are leaning into mystery and the supernatural: Moore County Public Library selected Sherry Thomas’s A Study in Scarlet Women, featuring a woman solving crimes as “Sherlock Holmes,” and another book-club preview spotlights a supernatural island mystery and a novel about a woman accused of witchcraft. Together, the events and reading picks offer options for both family-friendly fall outings and spookier seasonal entertainment.
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Naperville’s Fall Harvest play event runs Oct. 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with hands-on activities and exhibits from Naper Settlement, DuPage Children’s Museum, Knoch Knolls Nature Center and the library.
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Petaluma’s 26th annual Día de los Muertos celebration begins at St. Vincent de Paul Church with a health fair, Aztec dancers, Ballet Folklorico Paquiyollotzin, live music and traditional food.
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The Moore County book club’s pick is the first in Sherry Thomas’s Lady Sherlock series. The first three books were each named NPR best books of the year, and the series’ latest installment, The Vanished Sister, is set for release that week.
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The island mystery’s backstory centers on five missing women whose dresses were found hanging from an oak tree; a diary suggests a séance may have summoned something supernatural.
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