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FAIRS & FESTIVALS
A-Maze-ing Corn Maze and Festival Oct 10-11, 11am-6pm Sat, 12-6pm Sun, Oct 12, 10am-2pm, Corn Maze. $5. For info e-mail AuburnCornMaze @yahoo.com. Auburn United Methodist Church, 14100 State Route 4, Auburn.
Abe’s Corn Maze Oct 10-11, 17-18, 10am-6pm Sat and Sun, Ten-acre corn maze, inflatables, pony rides, petting zoo, flea market, cruise in, health and safety fair, flashlight maze & fireworks. $5-$3. For more information, call 522-5632 or e-mail [email protected]. iWorship Center, 3200 Shaler Road.
Boo Crew Haunted House Oct 09-10, 16-18, 6:30pm, Oct 9-10, 16-18, 23-25, 30-31, 2009 theme is Dr. Griswold’s Experimentorium. (Kid’s Open House Oct 24, 1-4pm.) 6500 Jett Rd. Rochester.
Carve for the Carillon Oct 10-11, 11am-5pm, Bring your carving tools and stencils, or use ours, and help carve 2009 pumpkins to be illuminated & displayed at the Jack-O- Lantern Spectacular. For more information, call 753-6219 or e-mail [email protected]. Washington Park Rees Memorial Carillon.
Fall Car Show At The Mill Oct 10, Take a spin to Lincoln. Sponsored by the Railsplitter Antique Auto Club and The Route 66 Heritage Foundation of Logan County. Restoration for The Mill. For info visit illinoisroute66.org. The Mill, Second and S. Washington St, Lincoln.
Girard Pumpkin Festival Oct 10, 8am-5pm, Pumpkin carving contest, costume contest, kid’s activities and games, air powered/ human powered/mechanical pumpkin chunkin contest, 5k run/walk, scarecrow display, craft and food vendors. For more info, call 627-3441 or e-mail [email protected]. Girard.
Heart of Jacksonville Porky Days & Applefest Oct 17, Fall celebration with food, crafts and vendors. Downtown Jacksonville, 200 E. State.
Indian Summer Festival Oct 10-11, 10am-4pm, Terrific family fun in the glorious outdoors. Live music, food, craft vendors, fine art, nature hikes, craft activities, turtle races, clowns, magicians, face painters and much more! $3, $10 for family. Lincoln Memorial Garden, 2301 E Lake Shore Dr.
Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Oct 16-17, 6-10pm, Prominade around the Carillon & Botanical Garden & view 2,009 hand-carved, illuminated jack-olanterns. Also Tree of Lights & food vendors. Park at SH-G & ride the free bus. $5-$3. For more information, call 753- 6219 or e-mail [email protected]. Washington Park Rees Memorial Carillon, Chatham Rd & Fayette Ave.
Once Upon a Prairie Storytelling Festival Oct 16-17, Storytelling at three locations and various times (See individual listings.) Vachel Lindsay Home (Classically Scared, Fri 6-8:30pm), Old State Capitol (Stories like Lincoln Used
to Tell, Sat 10am-4pm and In the Shadow of Lincoln, Sat 6pm) and Café Moxo (Cookies and Milk, Sat 2-3pm). All activities free. For info call 785-7960.
Spfld. Jaycees Haunted House Oct 09-21, 6:30-9pm weeknights, 6:30- 11pm weekends, Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Avenue.
Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Fall Festival Oct 10-11, 140 miles, 15 villages, arts and crafts, antiques and collectibles, historic sites and buildings, food. Fulton County. For info, call 309-647-8980 or e-mail [email protected]. Spoon River Valley, Canton.
Terror on the Square Oct 09-10, 16-18, 7-11pm, Unique professional haunted house with Disney style ghost illusions set in an actual 1930s funeral home. One-of-a- kind haunt with illusions, creepy setting and special effects. $8 adults, $7 kids, $15 terror pass. For info visit terrorontheweb.com. Petersburg Square, N 7th St. at W. Douglas Ave. Petersburg.
YMCA Fall Family Festival Oct 16, 5:30-8:30pm, Carnival games, DJ, prizes, face painting, give-a-ways, family swim, hotdogs, nachos, popcorn and more. Free to the community. Small fee for concessions. YMCA, 101 S. Fourth St.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Author Lehrman Luncheon Oct 15, 12:30-2:30pm, Lewis E. “Lew” Lehrman is the author of Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point and founder of the Lehrman Institute in New York. $20
