Thanks to Berkeley's Fourth Street for sponsoring our Halloween Guide this year. The Trick or Treating session they host is a fabulous addition to our round-up of things to do with kids on Halloween! Delaware Street will be closed off for several hours so that the community can enjoy freely walking around the Fourth Street area. Learn more >
Kids so pleased with their costumes they want to wear them more than once? Here is a round-up of Halloween activities and outings where Jedi Knights and Cleopatra will be more than welcomed.
Pre-Halloween events
Costume Swap at Color Me Mine (Alameda)
This yearly tradition is already happening. When you drop off your costume (during business hours from now until October 8th), you will receive a Free Studio Time Coupon and a Costume Voucher. You will bring back the Costume Voucher on Saturday, October 14th, between 7pm and 8:30pm and pick out your costume. Details here.
Halloween Day Activities: Tuesday, October 31
Berkeley's Fourth Street Shops Halloween Celebration
Merchants will be giving out candy/toys. Participating merchants will have pumpkin at their door. Free activities will be set up at Delaware and Fourth Street, including
- SCARY HAIR BOOTH by Keter Salon ~ Professional staff from Keter Salon will be on the street to give you spooky, scary hair with spiderwebs, creepy crawlies and wash-out color.
- FACE PAINTING ~ Made to order designs with sparkle!
- PHOTO BOOTH by Photolab ~ A tradition on Fourth Street, Photolab will commemorate your fun day with a free photo sent via email.
- FUN FISHIN' at Rabat (1825 Fourth Street) ~ Toss the fishing poll in and see what you get!
- PUMPKIN PAINTING at Market Hall Foods (1786 Fourth Street) More details >
- ART BOOTH sponsored by Castle In The Air
- BUBBLE SHOW
- CAT IN THE HAT/DR. SEUSS STORY BOOTH
- CATERPILLAR PUPPET SHOW AT 2:30
Where: Berkeley's Fourth Street at Delaware, which will be closed off for the festival
When: From 2 pm to 5 pm on Halloween
More Halloween Day Activities for East Bay Kids
- 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Haunted Railroad at Ardenwood (buy advance tix) at Ardenwood Historic Farm
- 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Haunted Railroad at Ardenwood (buy advance tix) at Ardenwood Historic Farm
- 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Haunted Railroad at Ardenwood (buy advance tix) at Ardenwood Historic Farm
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Fourth Street Halloween Fest at Fourth Street Shops
- 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Halloween Community Parade at Frances Albrier Community Center
- 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Halloween on Solano at
- 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Temescal Trick or Treating at Temescal District
- 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm House of Screams at MLK Jr. Youth Services Center
- 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm Spooky Storytime and Mystery Boxes at Oakland Public Library – Dimond Branch
Got a baby too young for Halloween?
Here are stroller walks that show off Berkeley's best-decorated streets:
- Russell Street in Claremont (celebration ends about 8:30 pm)
- Visit the amazing pumpkins on Ashby and Piedmont
- Stroll along Josephine Street between Cedar and Rose
- Make your way to Mariposa Avenue, one of Berkeley's loveliest tree-lined streets
Keep up with the many more neighborhood Halloween parties and celebrations on our calendar!
This Halloween Guide for Bay Area Kids was sponsored by the Fourth Street Shopping District in Berkeley, one of our favorite Halloween outings for families.
Photos courtesy of Fourth Street
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Show Dates:
Opening Reception
*Oct, Friday The 13th, 2017 7:00PM – 10:00PM
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Halloween Night
Oct 31st, 7-9pm
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Closing Reception Halloween Party
*Oct, Saturday 28th, 2017 7:00PM – 10:00PM
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DJ, Night Market, Face Painting, Body Painting, Halloween tricks and treats!
Location: Studio 23 | Official Website: http://www.studio23gallery.com
Address: 2309B Encinal Ave. Alameda, CA, 415.580.2309
Cost: Free/Donation
The 4th Annual Black Light Art Show:
Art is a journey, it’s power is to alter perspective…and what better way to alter your perspective than to have your eyeballs UltraViolated!\
The Blacklight Art Show is an experience best suited to the time of year when the veils grow thin between worlds, other dimensions seep thru in deceptively cheery colors to blind you beyond science…
Studio 23 is transformed from a mild mannered mecca of artistry into a pulsing powerhouse of spirits gathering force to unleash unholy havoc upon preconceptions…where love of art rules over all.
Over 15 local east bay artists are lovingly toiling and troubling to bring you feasts that glow and dilate your pupils with glee, come and join the dance and the conversation between light and shadow, under the wondrous canopy of Blacklight!
So come inside, see and feel the presence of the powers of creativity, meet and greet and have a treat, and feast your eyes…
The Installation: Dark Side Of The Grimm
This year a special addition, the back room is transformed as well into a Grimm fairy tale…based on “The Three Little Men in the Wood”, all created from paper and glowing as well, an immersive space featuring the work of many gifted artists.
The installation is a collaborative effort between five local Alameda artist’s; Ryan LaLonde, Alana Dill, Sara Edge, Wesley E. Warren, Jessica Warren & Vivian Young . The installation is created from 95% UV reactive paper. Each artist has focused on but not limited to their own creative contribution and when brought together will transport the viewer right into this fairy tale world.
The theme is based on “The Three Little Men in the Wood” or “The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest”, a German fairy tale collected in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm. The book was owned by artist Jessica Warren as a little girl.
“The image of the girl in the paper dress is burned into my memory from when I was a child. It’s funny because everyone that reads the story walks away remembering something different.
Things have been kind of crazy lately and really heavy, politically, natural disasters, the threat of war. I wanted to bring together a group of talented artists to create a world that allows one to escape from all that, if only for a few moments.
This is our 4th year of putting on the Black Light Art Show, I had been contemplating on doing an installation for some time. Each artist focuses on their particular contribution to the installation, then we bring it all together, tweak it over the next few weeks and unleash it to the public. It’s really exciting and a well needed distraction from everyday life.” -Jessica Warren
The art show and installation are both free to the public. Donations are welcome for both the installation and the group art show. There will be a special hand made paper Gnome taking donations specifically for this year’s installation. Suggested donation for the installation is $20. But do not let funds stop you from coming! We want everyone to enjoy this. Kids are always welcome at Studio 23, but remember we do often have live nude body painting. So bring kids at your own discretion.
The Dark Side of the Grimm installation will remain up at Studio 23 through December.
“The Three Little Men in the Wood” Read the story : http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm013.html
Installation Artists:
All artists have their own focus but are not limited to just that piece. Everyone has contributed far beyond their own specific work. The entire installation has been a collaborative effort.