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HALLOWEEN MADNESS: Join the High Springs Brewing Company for a night of Halloween madness! The special event, set for 5 to 11:30 p.m. today, will feature a costume contest, special witches brews, food trucks and live music. For the kiddos, organizers have DIY kits available to help them get into the spooky spirit while you enjoy a cold beer. Kits cost $12 to $15 each and can be pre-ordered online or bought at the venue. Come on out for a spooktakular night of fun! The High Springs Brewing Company is located at 18562 NW 237th St. in High Springs. Admission is free. For more information, or to pre-order a DIY kit, visit bit.ly/hsbchm21.
“HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL JR.”: Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical comes to life on the Gainesville High School stage today through Nov. 7. Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of first love, friends and family while balancing their classes and extracurricular activities. It’s the first day after winter break, and the jocks, brainiacs, thespians and skater dudes find their cliques, recount their vacations and look forward to the new year. Basketball team captain and resident jock Troy discovers that the brainy Gabriella, a girl he met singing karaoke during his family’s ski trip, has just enrolled at East High. They cause an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical. Although many students resent the threat posed to the status quo, Troy and Gabriella’s alliance might just open the door for others to shine as well. Catch a showing at 7 p.m. today, noon and 4 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 6 plus 2 p.m. Nov. 7 at Gainesville High School, 1900 NW 13th St. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit bit.ly/hsmjr21.
MICANOPY FALL FESTIVAL: Micanopy is a scenic location for a fall arts and crafts festival — the town that time forgot. This quiet little town will be bustling with activity as the vendors fill Cholokka Boulevard for the annual MIcanopy Fall Festival. A number of local artists, crafters and musicians participate in the festival every year, as well as artists from across the southeast. The tradition and ever-evolving quality of the show attracts a broad range of the buying public. Along with 200 displays of arts and crafts, there are other attractions, including the main stage, which plays host to a variety of good-time music throughout the festival as well as an old-time auction of items donated by participating vendors on Saturday afternoon. Take it all in from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in downtown Micanopy along Northeast Cholokka Boulevard. For more information, visit micanopyfallfestival.org.
SPARKS AND SPOOKS: From tricks and treats to oozy slime and creepy fake blood, a witch’s brew of fun awaits kids and families at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention as Sparks and Spooks takes over from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The Halloween spooktacular features a safe environment with games and activities that will cast a spell of curiosity on all who participate. Kids can learn about the macabre and mysterious forces of nature from the Cade’s own mad scientists while participating in engaging, sensory-friendly activities, arts and crafts. Howling surprises await from the Cade’s 3-D printer, demonstrations in the Creativity and Fab Labs and full access to the museum’s current theme and exhibits: “Toys & Games,” “Measurement Rules” and “The Great Indoors.” Children 17 years and younger get in free in costume, so bring your little superheroes, monsters and beasties all suited up to the event. Other tickets are $12.50 for general admission, $10 for seniors and college students, $7.50 for ages 5-17 without costumes and free for ages 4 and younger. The Cade Museum is located at 811 S. Main St. For more information, visit cademuseum.org.
“PHANTOM”: Dance Alive National Ballet will present “Phantom,” a ballet based on the darkly brilliant novel by Gaston Leroux, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Featuring an international roster of dancers, “Phantom” is a creation by award-winning choreographer Executive Artistic Director Kim Tuttle. Vivid and dramatic, the music is a combination of classical and contemporary, traditional and high tech — from Mozart to electric violin with scintillating operatic works throughout. The ballet’s masked ball, with lavish costumes and feathered masks, trumpets the entrance of the phantom in his blood-red cape and devil mask. Journeying through an opulent opera house replete with enormous Egyptian Anubis and mysterious catwalk to the heroine’s sweetly virginal boudoir, the phantom’s sinister home beneath the opera house, and a darkly chilling cemetery with 20-foot angels hovering in a starry night, the audience will be drawn into the torn life of the phantom, his beautiful and vulnerable protégé, Christine, and Raoul, her desperate lover. There will be special Halloween treats for young audience members at the matinee performance, and costumes are welcome — especially for adults at the evening performance. Tickets are $25 to $45. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit performingarts.ufl.edu or call 392-2787.
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