Gravestones, Ghosts, and Ghouls

The Friends of Storrs Library's annual sale, and every purchase supports the library. Sunday closes early, at 2pm.

The Athenaeum pitches this performance and historic reenactment at adults and high-school audiences, not younger kids. A costumed performer works through the detective-story and horror catalog that put Poe into the American canon. Registration required.

Last weekend for Deerfield After Dark. Mulled cider in Hall Tavern, then walks through the dark village to meet Revolutionary-era figures. $30, $25 for members, $10 for 17 and under.

Doctor Gasp returns to the Blue Room, with Western Mass string band Moon Hollow sharing the bill, for a Halloween-season set at 43 Main Street. Tickets run $10 to $20.

Last Oktoberfest weekend at Munich Haus. $39 a person covers a stein of beer, the buffet, and music. Advance tickets only, non-refundable, no door sales, so sort it out before Friday.

Sixteenth year of the Monster Dash, a flat 5K loop you can run, walk or bike through the old St. Mary's cemetery, benefiting the Unitarian church. $23 adults, $16 students, with a $39 family cap.

Historic Deerfield runs an all-day program on gravestone carving, a tour of the Old Burying Ground, and a talk on gravestones and epitaphs. Several sessions through the day, listed on the site.

Come in costume for trick-or-treating around the village. The village itself is open 10am to 6pm both days, with wagon rides and pumpkin painting too.

Look Park's fall festival runs the same day as the Haunted Train and ALLURA. Hours were not published as of this writing; check the park's events page before heading out.

The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library are marking their fiftieth anniversary with cake and refreshments inside the library. Drop in any time in the two-hour window.

Indie folk from Lady Lamb, with Space Cowboy Newt opening.

Free town Halloween event with library activities and a photo booth, trunk-or-treat on Care Drive, then a Rag Shag parade with police escort along Route 63 to Veterans Memorial Field. Parts of it depend on the weather.

The Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College brings a talk to the South Hadley Public Library's Community Meeting Room on what science now says about the dinosaur facts kids absorb from picture books. T. rex arms, whether dinosaurs roared, the usual suspects, taken apart by people who work with the fossils.

Halloween at the Museums turns the Quadrangle into a costume-friendly loop across all four Springfield Museums, with activities keyed to the day. Four buildings and the Dr. Seuss sculpture garden on one admission ticket is the deal here.

Historic Deerfield's Stories and Stones family program looks at gravestone designs and the hands that carved them, running at the Discovery Center across eight dates through mid-November. Kids who like cemeteries, symbols, or history-detective work will get more out of this than they will out of a hayride.

The Halloween Costume Skate at Amelia Park puts kids on the ice in whatever they're wearing to trick-or-treat the next weekend. A dry run for the cape, basically, plus skating.

Halloween Magic brings magician Tommy James to the Belchertown Town Hall Auditorium with a routine built around a haunted jack-o-lantern, Dracula's skull, and a wand that misbehaves. Hosted by the Clapp Memorial Library.

Ghost Town at Sundown is Wendell's once-a-year haunted village: gather at the gazebo at 5:45, process in at 6, then trick-or-treat through spooky houses and a shadow play theater. One of the odder Halloween traditions in Franklin County, worth the drive out Route 2.

Spooky Safari at the Zoo in Forest Park runs a trick-or-treat trail through the zoo with crafts and animal encounters. Tickets are online only and sales close Friday Oct 23 at noon, so this is not a walk-up.

Hampden Parks and Recreation runs its first Haunted Trunk or Treat in the Town Hall parking lot, with candy at every trunk, music, and a prize for the most original decorations. To host a trunk, email parks@hampdenma.gov.

Wistariahurst Museum's Sensory Friendly Trick or Treat opens the Cabot Street mansion for a quieter, lower-stimulation walk-through with candy stops. Families register on Eventbrite for one 10-minute slot, with no more than two families inside at a time.

The Greenfield Public Library's annual Family Costume Parade is an indoor loop around the library with snacks and a Halloween craft, held rain or shine. A low-key option for kids who want to wear the costume one more time before Friday.