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Stuff to do this weekend

It's Halloween. And it's the weekend, so there's plenty of stuff to do.

After the jump we've assembled a bag of fun-sized treats for your weekend. The good stuff. No Necco Wafers. Unless of course you like Necco Wafers. Does anyone like Necco Wafers? Someone must or they wouldn't still be making Necco Wafers...

Wait, what were we talking about?

The weekend! Yes!

After the jump a few things you might like to try this weekend. If you're doing something that you don't see here, drop it in the comments so everyone can see.

And whatever you're up to, have a safe and happy Halloween weekend.

Troy Night Out
Friday: Trick-or-treating, costume contests, music, art, and other surprises at Halloween Troy Night Out. Participating merchants are handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, there's a haunted circus at The Arts Center of the Capital Region, and there's a TNO costume contest. And its the grand opening of The Shop.

Halloween

Many, many places will be hosting Halloween-themed stuff Friday night. Here are just a few:

+ If you're looking for a big costume party, there is the annual party at the Washington Park Lake House.Friday 9pm - presale tickets are sold out, a "limited" number of $40 tickets will be available at the door

+The Washington Avenue Armory is hosting a Masquerave Halloween event. Friday 8pm - $20-$80

+ Crossgates stores will have candy for trick-or-treaters and the mall is hosting a costume contest.

+ In Saratoga Springs the The Riggi Mansion on North Broadway is hosting a family-friendly Halloween party. Trick-or-treaters should look out for random candy bars wrapped in $100 bills.

+ Cohoes is having its annual Halloween parade and party at 6pm on Remsen Street.

+ Albany Law School is hosting a trick-or-treat event. Student organizations will have booths with candy for trick-or-treaters and the law school will provide refreshments. Friday 5-8 pm - free

Spooky

Last chance to freak yourself out this Halloween season:

Down the Hall: An Immersive Psychological Thriller
Modeled on Punchdrunk NYC's production Sleep No More, the Theater Institute at Sage presents Down the Hall. It's an original, immersive theater piece that takes audiences on a tour of the haunted history of Russell Sage College. Thursdays - Saturdays at 8pm and 9pm through November 1 - $10 / $8 to the Sage community.

Saratoga Scare Fair
The Saratoga Scare Fair is an 8,000 foot haunted attraction at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds. Friday and Saturday nights throughout October - 6:30pm to 10pm - $8

Schuyler Farms Haunted Corn Maze
Schuyler Farms in Schuylerville offers trips through the "Field of Screams," a haunted corn maze, every Friday and Saturday night in October. $14

Haunted Hayride
The Double M in Ballston Spa has haunted hayrides every weekend in October. various times and prices

Field of Horrors
The Capital Combat Zone paintball facility in Brunswick has turned itself into the new "Field of Horrors," with haunted hayrides and haunted houses. (Two of the haunted houses are "not recommended for children.") Friday-Saturday 6-11 pm - $22 with online discount

Candlelight Tour of the Schenectady Stockade
Friday: The Schenectady County Historical Society is offering candlelight walking tours of the historic Stockade neighborhood. Friday at 7 pm and 7:30 pm - $10

Ghosts in the Yaddo Gardens
Yaddo is offering ghost tours in its gardens on Fridays and Sundays through October. 5 pm - $10

Theater

Evil Dead: The Musical
Troy Civic's productionEvilDead:The Musical continues this weekend at The Troy Atrium.

Bing Bamboo Room Burlesque
Saturday: The Bing Bamboo Room brings its Halloween Hangover show to The Low Beat . Saturday 9 pm - $15

Comedy

Spooky, Oooky, Pooky
Friday: Spooky meets funny at The Mop & Bucket Company's annual Halloween show at Proctors Underground. Friday 8pm - $14 / $6 for students and seniors.

Film

Dracula
Friday:The NYS Writers Institute is screening Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula Friday 7:30 pm, UAlbany downtown campus, Page Hall - free

Bergman
Sunday: The Saratoga Film Forum is screening Ingmar Bergman's psychological drama Persona. Sunday 7:30 pm - $7

Bacall
The Bow Tie in Saratoga Springs kicks off a November tribute to Lauren Bacall this weekend with screenings of Key Largo. Saturday and Sunday morning at 11 am

Rocky Horror
On Friday and Saturday night at 11:30 pm the Bow Tie is holding Halloween weekend screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

BUILT
Saturday: Historic Albany's annual BUILT art exhibit and silent auction is at the DeWitt Clinton hotel.Saturday 7-10 pm - tickets start at $75

Chuck Palahniuk
Saturday: Author Chuck Palahniuk will be at Skidmore to talk about his new book Beautiful You, which he's described as "gonzo erotica." Saturday 7 pm, Palamountain Hall - tickets (which include one copy of the book) are $35

Harlem Wizards
Sunday: The Harlem Wizards bring their basketball comedy to the Washington Avenue Armory in a benefit for the Addictions Care Center of Albany. Sunday 3 pm - $8 students, $10 adults, $35 value pack - one student free with each paid adult

Music

Friday: Hunter Hayes at TU Center
Country. 7 pm - $32.50 and up

Friday: Renaissance at The Egg
English prog rock veterans. 8 pm - $38

Friday: Eastbound Jesus + The Sea The Sea at Putnam Den
9 pm - $10

Friday: Wild Adriatic + MIRK at The Hollow
8 pm - $10 ahead / $12 day of

Friday: Built4BBQ Whole Hog Halloween at Pauly's
Rival Galaxies, Henry's Rifle, Kimono Dragons, Hammer Hawk. 7 pm - $5

Saturday: Bruce Hornsby at Troy Music Hall
An evening with. 8 pm - $30 and up

Saturday: Killswitch Engage at Upstate Concert Hall
Metalcore. With: All That Remains, Death Ray Vision, City of Homes. 7:30 pm - $25 ahead / $28 day of

Saturday: AKOUSMA at EMPAC
"An acousmatic music performance in the open spaces of EMPAC highlighting the best works from the annual AKOUSMA festival in Montréal, Quebec. Known as 'cinema for the ear,' acousmatic music is a compositional form traditionally presented in the dark to help focus and intensify the audience's sense of hearing." 8 pm - $18

Sunday: Dan Zanes at The Egg
Kids music maestro. 3 pm - $18 (adults in free with a kid)

Sunday: The Best of Jethro Tull at The Place
Performed by Ian Anderson. 7:30 pm - $48

Sunday: Love and Theft at Upstate Concert Hall
Country. With: Joel Crouse, DJ DU. 8 pm - $18 ahead / $20 day of

Museums

Penn Station
Sunday: The New York State Museum is screening American Experience: The Rise and Fall of Penn Station:

New York's Pennsylvania Station opened to the public in 1910. The station was a massive civil engineering project, covering nearly eight acres and requiring the construction of 16 miles of underground tunnels. No one could imagine that this architectural marvel built for the ages would be torn down a few decades later. Trace the brief life of New York's Penn Station, whose destruction spurred landmarks preservation.

Sunday 2 pm - free

Thomas Cole
Sunday: Art historian Paul Schweizer will be at The Albany Institute of History and Art for a talk on Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of painting. And he'll be signing copies of his new book, Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life. Sunday 2 pm - free with admission

Check out a park
This is a great time of year to check out a local park or hiking spot, like Pittsfield State Forest, the Saratoga National Historic Park, Vroman's Nose, Schodack Island, Cherry Plain, Moreau, Grafton Lakes or Peebles Island.

Also: There a recent Ask AOA question about favorite fall hiking spots turned up some good suggestions.

Farmers' Markets
Farmers' markets are moving indoors this weekend:
+ The Troy Waterfront Farmers Market will be in the Troy Atrium in downtown Troy Saturday from 9 am-2 pm.
+ The Saratoga Farmers' Market will be at the Lincoln Baths on Saturday from 9 am-1 pm.
+ The Delmar Farmers Market will be inside at Bethlehem Central Middle School on Saturday.
+ The Schenectady Greenmarket will be inside Proctors on Sunday.
+ The Spa City Farmers' Market will be in Lincoln Baths Sunday.

The Mop & Bucket Company and Troy Music Hall advertise on AOA.