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Trick? Or, Treat 🎃 Yourself At The Library

Post Published: October 14, 2022

Come celebrate Halloween fun at the Library!

This month, we have "fangtastic" indoor and outdoor Halloween festivities for the whole family popping up around the Library.

Check out our spooky book displays, discover our Halloween-inspired picture book list, explore a haunted Edgar Allan Poe garden at Glencarlyn Library and watch out for friendly goblins during our scavenger hunt at Columbia Pike Library.

Dog lovers can bring their canine friends to a Halloween costume "Bark" party at Aurora Hills Library. Come, join us. Always free. Always open. Always "spooktacular!"

Find all Halloween events for kids and families on our calendar!

Halloween Events
Students from the Kenmore Middle School’s Drama Club.

Students from the the Kenmore Middle School’s Drama Club perform at last year's Poe Garden event.

Poe Garden: A Literary Halloween Tradition
Monday, Oct. 17, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Glencarlyn Library, Community Garden
Adults/caregivers with babies; children, Grades 1-12

Join the Kenmore Middle School’s drama club for our annual literary tradition in Glencarlyn's haunted garden. There will be readings of Edgar Allan Poe, festive decorations in our garden and refreshments in the library. Join us... all who are brave enough!

Poe Garden

Bark Party: For Dogs and Dog Lovers
Sunday, Oct. 29, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Aurora Hills Library
All ages

Stop by the park next to Aurora Hills with your favorite canine friend for activities and a Halloween costume contest at this block... no wait... BARK Party.

Bark

Halloween Scavenger Hunt at Columbia Pike
Monday, Oct. 31, 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Columbia Pike Library
Adults/caregivers with babies; children, Grades 1-12

Can you find the Halloween characters hidden around the library? Locate them all and receive a sweet treat! Halloween costumes are encouraged.

Halloween Scavenger Hunt

October 14, 2022 by Library Communications Officer Filed Under: Homepage, News

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