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PumpkinPalooza

October is in full swing and with it all the pumpkin patches, fall harvest festivals and haunted houses that make this autumnal month one of the best times of the year. This weekend, downtown Sparks celebrates one of the most visible harbingers of the season: the pumpkin. The bright orange gourd is the star of the second annual PumpkinPalooza, a family-friendly festival and fundraiser for the Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living. Highlights of the weekend event include the Pumpkin Derby, the Lighting of the Pumpkins and the Zombie Prom, as well as a children’s costume parade, storytelling, carnival-style games, pie-eating, pumpkinseed spitting, marshmallow-shooting and mummywrapping contests, live music and the Pumpkin Beauty Contest. The event takes place from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on

Saturday, Oct. 19, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, at

Victorian Square in downtown Sparks. Admission is free. Call 353-3599 or visit www.pumpkinpalooza.org.

—Kelley Lang

Holland Halloween Cover Show

Members of local bands get in the Halloween spirit by dressing up as various punk, indie rock, hip-hop and other musical acts at Holland Project’s annual show. This year’s lineup includes “appearances” by garage punk bands the “Wipers” and the “Cramps,” death rockers the “Sisters of Mercy,” pop-punk outfit “Blink 182,” hip-hop legends the “Beastie Boys” and New Zealand’s comedy folk duo “Flight of the Conchords,” among others. The all-ages show begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, at the Holland Project, 140 Vesta St. Cover is $2 with a costume and $5 without a costume. The fun continues with an after-show event featuring the “Black Keys” and the “Yeah Yeah Yeahs” at 40 Mile Saloon, 1495 S. Virginia St. Visit www.hollandreno.org.

Reno Chamber Orchestra

The RCO presents its second concert of the season featuring guest artist Caroline Goulding. The violinist will perform the “Scottish Fantasy,” a concerto by Max Bruch based on Scottish folk songs. The chamber orchestra will also perform Symphony No. 5, South African composer Peter Klatzow’s arrangement of Johannes Brahms’ String Quintet Op. 111, as well as Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9. Maestro Theodore Kuchar, RCO music director, will conduct the orchestra in these performances, which begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Nightingale Concert Hall inside the Church Fine Arts Building, 1335 N. Virginia St., at the University of Nevada, Reno. Tickets are $5-$45. Call 348-9413 or visit www.renochamberorchestra.org.

Social Science

Dress as your favorite ghost, alien or mad scientist at the Discovery Museum’s monthly adults-only event, which includes science demos, art projects, a DJ spinning tunes, wine and beer and food from some of Reno’s most popular food trucks. The event begins at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, 490 S. Center St. Admission is $20-$30. Call 786-1000 or visit www.nvdm.org.

Carson City Ghost Walk

It wouldn’t be October without a ghost walk or two. The monthly Carson City Ghost Walk season will conclude this Saturday, Oct. 19, with its original ghost walk event. Participants will learn about lingering spirits of Carson City’s past as they take a 90-minute, guided tour through the St. Charles Hotel, four historic homes and the Governor’s Mansion in the capital city’s historic downtown district. Tours depart every half hour from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. from the corner of Third and Carson streets next to the Firkin & Fox, 310 S. Carson St., located on the lower floor of the St. Charles Hotel. Tickets are $15-$20. There will also be a mini ghost walk for kids and families, starting at 10:15 a.m. Costumes are encouraged, and there will be old-fashioned trick or treating during the event. Tickets are $5-$10. Call 348-6279 or visit http://carsoncityghostwalk.com.

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