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Today Trunk or Treat: 5 p.m., Grace Commons Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder. Come enjoy family-friendly outdoor trick-or-treating in the heart of downtown Boulder. Wear your costume and enjoy food, games and fall fun. Free, gracecommons.org. Vampire Blood Drive: 1 p.m., Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those battling cancer. Come support others by donating blood with the American Red Cross. Please register. calendar.boulderlibrary.org. Decorate a Haunted (Gingerbread) House: 4:30 p.m., NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder. Ready for some creepy candy construction? Build and decorate your own haunted house this spooky season. All materials will be provided. calendar.boulderlibrary.org. ‘Building the Table’ Screening with a Top Chef: 6 p.m., Rosetta Hall, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder. A special evening celebrating food, culture, and community through the short film Portal Connects: “Building the Table.” Featuring guest chef Manny Barella of Top Chef, with dinner, discussion and dessert — all in the spirit of connection and storytelling. $39, 720-295-8142, exploretock.com. Joanne Lee Molinaro author talk: 6:30 p.m., First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder. Joanne Lee Molinaro will speak about and sign her new book, “The Korean Vegan: Homemade: Recipes and Stories from My Kitchen,” at First Congregational Church, in conversation with ultramarathoner Scott Jurek. $10, boulderbookstore.net. CU Boulder Guest Recital – The Sounds of Ashkenaz: 7:30 p.m., Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder. Experience an evening rich with the sounds of Jewish Eastern Europe. The recital will feature the soulful refrains of Yiddish song, the spirited rhythms of klezmer dances and the lively strains of Central European folk tunes. Free, 303-492-8008, cupresents.org. Upcoming “Escaping Denver” book signing: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Teague Bohlen will speak about and sign his new book “Escaping Denver”. $5, boulderbookstore.net. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” live shadow cast performance: 7 p.m. Thursday, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Enjoy this classic film with an audience participation twist. A shadow cast is an ensemble of performers that act out the movie while it is playing and serves as the catalysts for the audience cues to participate in callbacks or use their props. Be prepared to dance, yell, sing and more. $45.85, z2ent.com. Comedy Coven: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Join for 90 minutes of female-centric comedy with Comedy Coven featuring Britt Boyd, Christie Buchele, Priscilla Courtney, Sam Shay, Steph Sprenger, Kari Stern and Rebeca Trejo. Use code COVEN2025 for discounted tickets. $28, thedairy.org. Munchkin Masquerade: 3 p.m. Friday, Historic Downtown Boulder & Pearl Street Mall, Boulder. For scary amounts of cuteness, head to downtown Boulder. Unicorns, Stormtroopers, Batman, princesses, monsters, butterflies and more will flood Pearl Street for the best trick-or-treating in town, with many businesses filling kiddos’ buckets to the brim with candy. boulderdowntown.com. Trick or Treat Boo Bash: 4 p.m. Friday, Lucky’s Market, 3960 Broadway, Boulder. Join for a fang-tastic Halloween celebration. Bring the whole family for an afternoon of spooky fun, tasty treats and festive games. Free, 303-444-0215, facebook.com. Halloween Bash: 5 p.m., Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. Enjoy a special three-set Halloween show. The members of the Boulder band The Good Kind (Russ Grabski, John Kang, Drew Michael and R.T. Weber) are live music fanatics who have seen hundreds of live shows performed by some of the greatest musicians of the last 50 years; $26; velvetelklounge.com. “Night Flight” author reading: 7 p.m. Friday, Inkberry Books, 7960 Niwot Road, Niwot. Ann Da Vigo will read from her book “Night Flight.” The book tells the story of Hannah, a fictional high school girl who has a brief affair with the real-life John Gilbert Graham. He was the culprit who, in 1955, placed a bomb in United Flight 629, the passenger plane that crashed near Longmont, killing all 44 persons aboard. Free, 720-412-1548, inkberrybooks.com. The Vampire Ball: 8 p.m. Friday, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. For one night only, creatures of the night, their fiends, friends and foes will gather for an evening of dark opulence and electric indulgence. Dance in the grand ballroom, meet the Vampire Queen, enjoy live performances from Thee Fiasco and Saline Conjure, watch a screening of “The Lost Boys” and come dressed to distress. $51.75-$82.50, 303-440-7826, thedairy.org. Editor’s note: Availability and scheduling of events may be subject to change.
