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THIS WEEK: Oct. 21 to 27, 2016

Kiddieland Funhouse and Corn Maze. Edward’s Garden Center, 525 River St., Forty Fort. Through Oct. 29 with hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. $3. 570-287-4329.

Preschool MESS Program, hands-on interactions to build knowledge about math, early literacy, science and stories (MESS) for ages 3 to 5 (but not in kindergarten). Hoyt Library, 284 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 21. Registration: 570-287-2013.

Halloween Story Time, with guest storytellers, crafts and games. Laflin Public Library, 47 Laflin Road. 4 p.m. Oct. 21. Costumes welcome. 570-654-3323.

Lego Animation and Claymation, a class in creating stop-motion animated movies using LEGOS or clay for ages 7 to 14. With Rand Whipple of Box of Light Studios. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 10:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 22. $17. Registration: 570-996-1500.

Dymond’s Farm Hayrides. Take a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch at Dymonds Farm, 352 Brace Road, Orange. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in October. 570-333-5011.

Pumpkinland, with hayrides, pony rides, haunted house, obstacle course, pumpkin painting, inflatable maze, seasonal food, Native American teepee and more. Dundee Gardens, 2407 Sans Souci Parkway, Hanover Township. Noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in October. 570-735-5452.

Robotics. Build and program your very own android and command its actions. For ages 7 to 14. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22. $17. Registration: 570-996-1500.

Star Wars Reads Day, a celebration with activities, crafts and Stormtroopers. Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22. Free. Registration: 570-823-0156.

Vampires and Zombies and Ghouls, Oh My! A lesson using green screening to create scars, cuts, decaying flesh and bloody teeth, then using film magic to choose a backdrop for your terrifying creature and placing yourself in the scene. For ages 7 to 14. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 3 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22. $17. Registration: 570-996-1500.

Little Screamers Haunted Hayride, a “not so scary” Halloween attraction for the kids. Dracula’s Forest, 2828 Rock Drive, Clarks Summit. 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 30. 570-586-5084.

Trunk or Treat, a Halloween tailgate party with prizes for the Best Dressed Trunk and trick-or-treating for the kids. Sponsored by the Swoyersville Kiwanis Club at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church parking lot, 116 Hughes St., Swoyersville. 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 23. 570-288-5848.

LEGO Club, for ages 6 to 18 along with a Junior LEGO Club for ages 2 to 5, with the theme “Star Wars.” Hoyt Library, 284 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays through Nov. 21. 570-287-2013.

Coloring for Teens, with a Halloween theme: “Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls.” Laflin Public Library, 47 Laflin Road. 4 to 5 p.m. Oct. 25. Materials provided or bring your own. 570-654-3323.

Freaky Films, a showing of “Ouija” (PG-13), especially for teens at the West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. 5:45 p.m. Oct. 25. Snacks provided but bring your own drink. Registration: 570-654-9847.

Things That Go Boom in the Night, the 25th annual Halloween spectacular presented by the Dead Alchemist Society. Included: making slime and super bouncy balls, chemistry experiments, vomiting and fiery pumpkins, moon and stargazing through telescopes and math and physics demonstrations. Wells Fargo Amphitheater, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 26. Free. 570-674-6769.

Things That Go Boom in the Night, the 20th annual ghoulish exhibition of chemical delights including fiery demonstrations, balloon explosions and a flaming pumpkin finale. Burke Auditorium, McGowan School of Business, West Union and North River streets, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre. 7 p.m. Oct. 26. 570-208-5900, ext. 5627.

Freaky Films, a showing of “The Grudge” (PG-13), especially for teens at the West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. 5:45 p.m. Oct. 27. Snacks provided but bring your own drink. Registration: 570-654-9847.

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Halloween Celebration, spooky after-hours happenings including scary booooks around the “campfire,” watching a kid-friendly tale of terror, making a creepy-crawly craft and more. Bring a carved jack-o-lantern to enter in a competition for best in show. West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. 6 p.m. Oct. 28. Free. Registration: 570-654-9847.

Spooktacular Spiders, hands-on activities, stories and crafts to learn about spiders. For ages 3 to 5. Environmental Education Building, Frances Slocum State Park, 565 Mount Olivet Road, Wyoming. 10 a.m. Oct. 29. 570-696-9105.

Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic, a “Disney Live!” presentation with 25 favorite cartoon characters including Goofy and Donald, Snow White, Rapunzel, Tinker Bell and many more. Mohegan Sun Arena, 255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Township. Noon and 3 p.m. Oct. 29. Tickets start at $15. 800-745-3000.

Trunk or Treat. Decorate your car trunk and pass out candy to costumed youngsters. Sports Complex, 700 block of East Grant Street, Olyphant. Oct. 29 with car arrival at 11 a.m. and trunk or treating at 1 p.m. 570-383-0319.

Children’s Halloween Party, with food, games, crafts and trick or treating in “Halloween Town.” Come in costume. Waverly Community House, 1115 N. Abington Road. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 29. Free but donations accepted. 570-586-8191.

Ecozone Discovery Room. Climb into a bald eagle’s nest, crawl into a bat cave and dig in a fossil pit in this room of hands-on exhibits. Pocono Environmental Education Center, 538 Emery Road, Dingmans Ferry. 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and 19 and Dec. 4. $2. 570-828-2319.

Halloween Baseball Game, the third annual event for ages 7 to 12. Come in costume (no baseball uniforms). Tambur Field, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. 2 p.m. Oct. 30. Free. 570-674-1490.

Trunk or Treat. Decorate your vehicle and pass out candy to kids at the Lehman-Idetown United Methodist Church, 1011 Mountain View Drive, Lehman. 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 30. 570-477-5219.

Halloween in the Halls, a safe trick-or-treat event for ages 12 and younger at the residence halls of Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 30. 570-674-6178.

Trunk or Treat, with hayrides, candy, food and fun. Sweet Valley Church of Christ, 5439 Main Road. 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 30. 570-477-2320.

Trunk or Treat, trick-or-treating from the trunks of cars at Ken Pollock Auto Group, 339 Route 315, Pittston. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. 570-655-4575.

Preschool Story Time, for ages 3 to 5.Wyoming Free Library, 358 Wyoming Ave. 11 a.m. to noon Mondays from Oct. 31 to Nov. 28. 570-693-1364.

Safe Trick or Treat Event, sponsored by the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association. Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. 5:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. 570-208-4149.

Hands-On STEM. Explore a variety of interactive activities at your own pace including magnets, static, tornadoes, tiny robots, building with straws or wooden planks, marble run, estimation jars, tanagrams and more. West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1. Free. Registration: 570-654-9847.

Natural Wonders: Nuts to You, discovery-based learning about the world of squirrels for ages 3 to 6. Lackawanna College Environmental Education Center, 93 MacKenzie Road, Covington Township. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 3. $8. Registration: 570-842-1506.

Preschool MESS Program, hands-on interactions to build knowledge about math, early literacy, science and stories (MESS) for ages 3 to 5 (but not in kindergarten). Hoyt Library, 284 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 4 and 11. Registration: 570-287-2013.

Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair, learning how the brain works by participating in hands-on neuroscience experiments. Room 133, Loyola Science Center, University of Scranton. 9 a.m. Nov. 5. Free. Registration: 570-941-4419.

Passport to Science, with interactive laboratory projects and science demonstrations for grades 4 to 10. Lawrence and Sally Cohen Science Center, 140 S. River St., Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre. Nov. 5 with labs beginning every 30 minutes from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free. Registration encouraged at wilkes.edu/PassportToScience.

Ravenous Readers, a book discussion for grades 2 to 6 of “The BFG” by Roald Dahl. Wyoming Free Library, 358 Wyoming Ave. 11 a.m. to noon Nov. 5. Registration: 570-693-1364.

Motion, building, racing, dropping, sliding, pushing and bouncing as you conduct experiments to support Newton’s laws of motion in this Library Laboratory science class for age 9 and older. West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. 6 p.m. Nov. 8. Sign-up: 570-654-9847.

Minecraft IRL, with creeper toss and nerf gun targets, videos, 3D mushroom craft, pixel art, a hunt for elements and bingo. West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15. Free. Registration: 570-654-9847.

The Octonauts and the Deep Sea Volcano Adventure, a children’s musical show with Disney’s Octonauts’ eight-member crew including Captain Barnacles, Lieutenant Kwazii and Medic Peso, who take the audience on an underwater quest through a world of adventure, interactivity and tons of sea-life surprises. F.M. Kirby Center, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. 6 p.m. Nov. 16. $44.50, $39.50, $27.50. 570-826-1100.

Natural Wonders: Critter Camouflage, discovery-based learning about the natural world for ages 3 to 6. Lackawanna College Environmental Education Center, 93 MacKenzie Road, Covington Township. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 17. $8. Registration: 570-842-1506.

Cute Thanksgiving Pies for Kids, a course designed to provide children ages 12 to 14 with easy recipes for Thanksgiving pies. Offered by Luzerne County Community College at the Joseph A. Paglianite Culinary Institute, Market and Main streets, Nanticoke. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 19. Registration: 570-740-0495.

Minecraft Medley. Fire up your imagination with mods, redstone and command blocks. For ages 7 to 14. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 19. $17. Registration: 570-996-1500.

Tea, Tips and Treasures, a tea party for age 3 and older with the theme “Fun with Food.” Wyoming Free Library, 358 Wyoming Ave. Nov. 19 at noon. Free. Reservations: 570-693-1364.

Minecraft Parkour. Build your own parkour-style maps, minigames or roller coasters and play with each other’s designs. For ages 7 to 14. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 19. $17. Registration: 570-996-1500.

Pieces of the Pi, a Minecraft session in setting up a raspberry pi along with coding with Scratch or Pyton. For ages 7 to 14. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 3 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 19. $17. Registration: 570-996-1500.

Holiday Express, a train ride from Scranton to Moscow along with Santa Claus, caroling and a stop at a restored freight station to write letters to Santa, make holiday arts and crafts, see a model train and village exhibit and take selfies with St. Nick. Refreshments available. Steamtown National Historic Site, 300 Cliff St., Scranton. Nov. 25 and 26 with departure at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; Nov. 27 with departure at 12:30 p.m. $24, $22 seniors, $17 children. Reservations: 570-340-5204.

Thumbprint Self Portraits, a program for teens on creating an art project with an enlargement of your own thumbprint. West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. 6:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Free. Registration: 570-654-9847.

Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas, the annual free showing of the film about a poor otter family that risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize in a talent contest. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 5:30 and 7 p.m. Dec. 2 and 3. 570-996-1500.

Kids and Cookies, a baking class for ages 9 to 11 with instruction on basic culinary skills and designing signature holiday cookies. Educational Conference Center, Luzerne County Community College, 1333 S. Prospect St., Nanticoke. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 3. Registration: 570-740-0495.

Holiday Workshop, a morning of cookie decorating, holiday crafts, singing and creations by the Balloon Lady. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 3. All ages. 570-996-1500.

Tea, Tips and Treasures, a snowman-themed tea party for age 3 and older. Wyoming Free Library, 358 Wyoming Ave. Dec. 17 at noon. Free. Reservations: 570-693-1364.

Holiday Camp, three days of art workshops including pottery, mixed-media sculptures and painting/drawing. For ages 5 to 12. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Dec. 27 to 29. $35. Registration: 570-996-1500.

Disney on Ice: Passport to Adventure. Join Mickey and Minnie Mouse as they travel to four timeless worlds: the African Pride Lands, Ariel’s mystical underwater kingdom, Neverland with Peter Pan and Arendelle with the snowman Olaf. Mohegan Sun Arena, 255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Township. 7 p.m. Jan. 12 and 13; 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. Jan. 14; 3 p.m. Jan. 15; noon Jan. 16. 800-745-3000.

Get ready for some fiery pumpkins at the annual ‘Things That Go Boom in the Night!’ Oct. 26 at the Wells Fargo Amphitheater of Misericordia University in Dallas.
https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/web1_10.21-kids-MU-Boom-in-the-Night-1.jpg.optimal.jpgGet ready for some fiery pumpkins at the annual ‘Things That Go Boom in the Night!’ Oct. 26 at the Wells Fargo Amphitheater of Misericordia University in Dallas.

King’s College students will present their annual show of Halloween chemical delights Oct. 26 at the McGowan School of Business in Wilkes-Barre.
https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/web1_10.21-kids-King-s-Boom16.jpg.optimal.jpgKing’s College students will present their annual show of Halloween chemical delights Oct. 26 at the McGowan School of Business in Wilkes-Barre.