Kids Halloween Party
The library's annual Halloween night, spread through the whole building and out into the north parking lot. Costumes on, ninety minutes, no registration. Come early if you want a space.
More at Abington Free Library
Ask an 8th Grader
Incoming sixth graders put their questions about middle school to the kids who already survived it, in the library's young adult area. An hour, and free.
Back to School Family Game Night
Board games spread across the whole community room before the school year swallows everyone's evenings. Ninety minutes, open to families, at the Abington branch on Old York Road.
DIY Backpack Charms
Grades three through twelve make a charm to hang off a backpack. An hour in the community room with all the materials supplied. Registration recommended.
Around the same time
Canal-O-Ween
Close to five hundred carved jack o lanterns line the Delaware Canal towpath, lit by volunteers at sundown every night for a week. Free, rain or shine, with parking at the Fuld and Morgan lot.
The Innocents (1961)
Deborah Kerr as the governess in the Turn of the Screw adaptation. Whether the children see ghosts or she does is still argued about sixty years on.
Ashes Reign, Out of Darkness and AS-33
Three heavy bands on a Sunday. A small stage on Haverford Road with a long habit of booking bands nobody else will.
