Haunted Houses

» Haunted Plantation: 7 to 11:15 p.m. Friday at Hawaii Plantation Village. Cost: $7, ages 10 and up. Children under 16 must be accompanied by adult. Visit http://www.myspace.com/thehauntedplantation.
» Shockhouse: Featuring 10 rooms at the Blaisdell Mansion on Ward Avenue. Cost: $10 at the door, children 5 and under are free. Visit http://www.myspace.com/thehauntedplantation or http://www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. Dates and times are as follows: 5 p.m. to midnight Oct. 30; 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Oct. 31; and 5 p.m. to midnight Nov. 1.
» Haunted Lagoon Canoe Ride: 6:30 to 9 p.m. through Friday at the Polynesian Cultural Center. The ride features a family version and a more frightening version not meant for children. Cost: $8 adults, $5 ages 5 to 15, free for children 5 and under. Annual pass holders receive one free ride. Call 293-3333.
» Nakamura's Haunted House: 6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday at 94-396 Hokuili St., Mililani. Free. Call 623-6308.
» A Spooky Forest: The enchanted spooktacular forest at Wahiawa Botanical Garden features specters in the trees, a haunted cemetery, ghouls around a cauldron and maybe even a sighting of the Green Lady. 4 to 8 p.m. through Friday. Call 621-5463.
» Haunted Hay Ride: 7 to 10 p.m. through Friday at Gunstock Ranch. First ride leaves at 7 p.m. and last tickets will be sold at 9:30 p.m. Parental discretion advised. Cost: $5. Visit gunstockranch.com/community_events.html.
» Mililani Middle and High School Haunted House 2008: 5 to 10 p.m. Friday. Proceeds benefit the schools' music departments. Cost: $7 adults, $5 students. Call 626-7355.

Trick-or-Treat

» Ala Moana Center: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday to Monday at participating stores. Call 955-9517.
» Kahala Mall: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. Participating stores will have balloons near entrance. Call 732-7736.
» Koko Marina Center: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday. Participating stores will have “;Trick-or-Treat Here”; signs. Call 737-4676.
» Pearlridge: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Call 488-0981.
» Town Center of Mililani: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Participating stores will place an orange pumpkin at entrances. Call 625-5233.
» Treat Street: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Bishop Museum. Family activities, pie-eating contest and more. Cirque du Soleil is donating 5,000 noses for visitors and is giving away tickets to the show. Call 848-4169 or visit http://www.bishopmuseum.org.
» Ward Center: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Participating vendors will display a black bat in the doorway. Call 523-8802.
» Waikele Premium Outlets: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday. Children dressed in costume will receive a free trick-or-treat bag. Call 676-5656.
» Windward Mall: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at participating stores. Call 235-1143.

Trick-or-Treat Alternatives

» ”;Fall Harvest Festival”;: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Pacific Revival Center, 419 Waiakamilo Road. Family night features a cake walk, festival games, food, music and more. Call 953-0557.
» Family Fun Night: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Calvary Chapel Honolulu @ Komo Mai, 98-1016 Komo Mai Drive in Aiea. Features games, food booths, candy and costumes. Kid-friendly costumes only; no goblins, ghouls or devils.

Costume Contests

» Dave & Buster's: 8 to 10 p.m. Friday. Call 523-8802.
» Jungle River Mini Golf: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Featuring costume contest, door prizes, games and more. Call 488-8808.
» Ward Centre: 7:30 p.m. Friday, streetside contest for those 16 and older. Contestants can parade along Auahi Street for celebrity judges. Prizes for most creative costumes. Call 523-8802.

Special

» ”;The Hunchback of Notre Dame”;: Screening of the 1923 silent film starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara, with accompaniment by organist John McCreary. 7 p.m. Friday, Hawaii Theatre. $8 presale, $10 at the door. Call 528-0506.
» Library events: Public libraries are holding these free pre-Halloween and Halloween programs: Bond Memorial (Big Island), (808) 889-6655: Slightly scary stories, poems and activities for children ages 5 to 9, 6:30 p.m. Monday. Halloween storytime, 11 a.m. Friday, for preschoolers. Makawao (Maui), (808) 573-8785: Storytime with Jolie the Clown, plus magic tricks and balloon twisting. 10 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday. McCully-Moiliili, 973-1099: Halloween storytime features special stories for preschoolers. 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday.
» ”;Trick or Treat for Safer Streets”;: Children in costume accompanied by adults are welcome to hold signs reminding drivers to be safe for Halloween. Signs will be provided. 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the entrances to Mililani, including the cross streets of: Meheula Parkway and Makaimoimo Street (between Burger King and Mililani Library), Kamehameha Highway and Lanikuhana Street, and Kamehameha Highway and Mililani Shopping Center, near the Chevron gas station. E-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
» Mission Houses Lives by Lantern Light: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at Mission Houses Museum and Mission Cemetery. Join costumed docents by lantern light for a tour of the oldest wooden frame house in Hawaii. Then, graveyard historian Nanette Napoleon tells real-life tales from the tombs in the cemetery. Plus, hands-on activities. Admission: $15; $10 museum members, one adult free with each paid child. Reservations required. Call 531-0481, ext. 707.
» Auntie Pasto's Halloween Party: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday at Kunia Shopping Center restaurant. Party will include a dinner of pasta, salad, pumpkin tiramisu and choice of drink, candy for the keiki, a costume contest and live entertainment. Cost: $25 adults, $10 ages 12 and under. Presale tickets available. Call 680-0005.
» Laughtrack Theatre Horror Show: Three improv performances, plus short games with the audience between performances, and an afterparty that features a Midnight Madness improvisation on stage open to the public (included in the ticket price). 9 p.m. Friday, $15 at the door. Call 384-3362 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
» ”;Orbs of Oahu Halloween Tour”;: Midnight Friday. Travel by car to some of Oahu's most haunted locations. Cost: $66. Reservations required. Call 524-4944 or visit http://www.oahughosttours.com.
» Harvest Festival: Through Friday at Ward Centers. Family events at the centers. Call 523-8802.
» Candy drive: Donate unopened Halloween candy to troops in Iraq at Kahala Mall's Center Court. Waialae Dental Care will pay 50 cents per pound, with a maximum of 10 pounds per person. 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Call 732-4377.
» Halloween costume drive: Donate your costume to Big Brothers Big Sisters on Saturday at Kahala Mall Center Court (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) or the Kahala branch of American Savings Bank (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).
» 10th Annual Dia de los Muertos: 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday at First Unitarian Church, 2500 Pali Highway. Latin American festival of the dead is a family event featuring the band Adela Chu & Espiritu Libre. Food will be available. Costumes welcome. Fundraiser for the Storybook Theater's Children's Peace Garden in Hanapepe, Kauai. $15 donation at the door, children under 12 free. Call 737-8852.
» Keiki party at Senor Frog's: Trick-or-treating, costume contest, inflatable jumpers, kid-friendly music and dancing, limbo contest and other games, and karaoke. 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Call 440-0150.

Storytelling/Performances

» ”;Ultio Venia”;: A play in which a couple participate in the exorcism of a young woman and draw the wrath of demons who seek revenge. For mature audiences. 7:30 p.m. through Saturday, 1116 Smith St. Tickets: $10. Call 722-6941.

Night Life

» Monster Ball: Deejays will spin, plus a costume contest. Appetizers available for purchase. 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Friday, Cupola Theatre, $10 cover, for 21 and over. Call 237-5462 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
» Halloween@Hyatt: Featuring a $1,000 cash costume contest, party on the pool deck and two other rooms of music with deejays XL, G-SPOT, Delve, IKON and QuikSilva. 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Friday, 21 and over, Hyatt Regency, 2424 Kalakaua Ave. Tickets $10 presale at http://www.groovetickets.com or $15 at the door. Call 591-3500.
» Monster Mosh: An ARTafterDARK event at the Honolulu Academy of Arts that features music by 86 List and Unity Crayons' Punk Rock Bizarre, the film “;Blood Colony,”; prizes for best costumes courtesy Club Monaco, food and cocktails by E&O Trading Company, plus access to all the galleries. 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).