Events calendar October 2016.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
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Anchorage

OCT 29 Skinny Raven St5 Frightening 4k

This fun out-and-back course is an opportunity to see all the awesome costumes: there will be a team and individual costume contest with great prizes after the run. All activities are based on the Fourth Avenue side of the Hotel Captain Cook. After running, hit businesses downtown with the kids for Trick or Treat Street starting at noon. skinnyraven.com

OCT 31 Zoo Boo

Put on a costume and visit the Alaska Zoo to celebrate Halloween. There will be spooky trail decorations, event staff in costumes, and trick-or-treat stations throughout zoo grounds. The fun gets underway at 5 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. Dress warm and carry a flash light to help light the way around the zoo while visiting the animals in this nocturnal setting. alaskazoo.org.

Fairbanks

OCT 8-9 Go Winter! Expo

This event focuses on winter: how to get through it safely and sanely while having some fun. This year will include the Interior Alaska Gun show, as well as indoor and outdoor activities, food, and information about winterization, home care, and travel ideas, all at the Carlson Center. fairbanksevents.com/go-winter-expo/

Eagle River

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OCT 7 Eagle River Brewfest

From 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., sample a variety of microbeers brewed in Alaska, including beers from Alaskan Brewing, Denali Brewing Company, Midnight Sun Brewing Company, Arkos Brewery, Glacier Brewhouse, Sleeping Lady Brewery, Celestial Brewing Company, and Odd Man Rush Brewing at the Eagle River Lions Club. There will be complimentary appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks will be served, must be 21 or older to attend. All proceed benefit the Eagle River Boys & Girls Club, brownpapertickets.com/ event/2220576

Petersburg

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OCT 1-31 Octoberfest Celebration

Petersburg celebrates Octoberfest throughout the month with concerts, gallery walks, the Hump 500 Go-cart Race, Devil's Thumb Chili Feed and Brewfest, Octoberfest Artshare, Beat the Odds, a race to raise funds for cancer patients, and the Rain Country Quitters Quilt show, among other events, petersburg.org

OCT 15 International Friendship Day

Celebrate diversity with performances and ethnic food booths at the Pioneer Park Civic Center from noon to 5 p.m. expiorefairbanks.com

OCT-NOV 21-6 Blithe Spirit

This play by Noel Coward is about the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who hosts a seance to gather material for his next book. The plan backfires when he's then haunted by...