🎃 Happy Thursday! If you haven't made plans yet for Halloween, we've got you.

• We're also sharing a few things to do this weekend if you're not celebrating the holiday.

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🇲🇽 Experience mariachi, dancing, food, crafts and colorful altars at a family-friendly Día de los Muertos celebration at the Evergreen Washelli cemetery. | North Seattle | Free | Thursday, 5pm | Details

💆 Kids can get free face painting while their parents get facials at this Halloween-themed event at Aveda University Village. | U District | Free | Thursday-Saturday | Details

🎭 Laugh along with "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals," a campy horror-comedy musical that follows Paul and his friends as they try to stop a musical pandemic from consuming their city. | West Seattle | Free | Friday-Sunday | Details

🍬 Don your costume for a family-friendly Halloween celebration at the Pacific Bonsai Museum, complete with a scavenger hunt, treats and festive activities. | Federal Way | Free | Saturday, 10am-2pm | Details

⛳ Tackle a nine-hole glow-in-the-dark golf tournament, followed by a Halloween party with costumes, prizes and music. | Pasifika NW Grill & Bar | Tukwila | Saturday, 5pm-midnight | Details

🛍️ Browse handmade goods, art and metaphysical finds from local vendors at the Eastside Alchemy Market, an indoor Halloween market and food drive. Costumes encouraged. | Bellevue | Free | Saturday, 12pm | Details

👻 Families can enjoy kids' activities, pumpkin decorating and a costume photo op before trick-or-treating at neighborhood businesses. | Pioneer Square | Free | Saturday, 11am | Details

🎃 Get festive at the Halloween Harvest Fest at John C. Little Sr. Park, which will feature candy, food, costumes, animatronics and community resources. | New Holly | Free | Saturday, 5pm | Details

🤘 Dress up as your favorite singer or rock icon at "Dead or Alive: A Night of Musical Legends," a dance party that invites guests to give their best three-minute lip-sync performance (or just cheer from the sidelines). | West Seattle | Saturday, 6pm | Details

🎬 Watch the classic monster movie "The House of Frankenstein" with an improv twist, as live performers create their own dialogue, music, and sound effects based on audience suggestions. | U District | Saturday, 7:30pm | Details

🎤 Put your costume to the test while watching stand-up comedy at "Howlin' on Halloween," a Halloween stand-up show and costume contest at Elliott Bay Brewing. | Lake City | Saturday, 8pm | $20 | Details

Not in the mood to dress up? Here are a few other options if you're not feeling the Halloween vibe.

🎶 Relax to the sounds of acoustic live music at Single Hill Commons in Seattle. | Ballard | Thursday, 7pm | Free | Details

🎤 Tokyo Kanpai Boys bring a touring English-language comedy show to Laughs Comedy Club, featuring four comedians drawing on Japanese and American perspectives. | U District | Thursday and Friday | Details

🛍️ Peruse the offerings of local vendors at the Seattle Premier Artisan & Small Business Showcase, a two-day marketplace at Seattle Center. | Saturday-Sunday | Details

🏓 Join a free intergenerational pickleball event pairing seniors and youth for games, music, food and prizes. | Mount Baker| Free | Sunday, 2-7pm | Details

🪔 Browse an all-ages bazaar featuring Diwali goods, clothing, jewelry, henna, and Indian food. | Pine Lake Community Club | Sammamish | Free | Sunday, 2:30-8pm | Details

🎼 Soak up a free concert that blends musical styles with "Interrelatedness: Fusion of Musical Traditions from East and West." | Bellevue | Sunday, 3:30pm | Details

If your Halloweekend includes couch time, here are five new streaming titles to consider.

The One About Matthew Perry — Documentary series available now on Netflix

• Relatives and longtime friends recount how Matthew Perry became a sitcom phenomenon, lived with addiction and later used his experience to advocate for others in recovery.
• What they're saying: Perry's sister Mia Perry Bowick hopes the series helps viewers see him "as a whole person," beyond Chandler Bing and his addiction.

Dexter: Resurrection — Season 2 premieres Friday on Paramount+

• Two new serial killers complicate Dexter Morgan's (Michael C. Hall) already precarious life as his son Harrison (Jack Alcott) pursues his own version of justice.
• The big picture: This chapter arrives 20 years after Dexter's television debut, with Uma Thurman returning and Brian Cox joining the cast.

Nocturne — Crime drama premieres Friday on Apple TV

• Jonah Lynn (Liev Schreiber) leaves Philadelphia police work for a quieter life in small-town Pennsylvania, but a jailed murderer (Stephen Graham) threatens his family and draws FBI agent Saga Bauer (Zazie Beetz) into the hunt.
• Behind the scenes: The series is based on the bestselling novels "The Sandman" and "Lazarus," written by the husband-and-wife team behind the name Lars Kepler.

The Gilded Age— Season 4 premieres Sunday on HBO Max

• Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) confronts the damage her ambitions have done at home, while Agnes (Christine Baranski) tries to reclaim her standing.
• Zoom in: Jim Gaffigan, as President Grover Cleveland, joins the cast.

Minions & Monsters — Animated comedy available now on Peacock

• Minions James, Henry and Ed make a monster movie in 1920s Hollywood and accidentally unleash actual creatures, with Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz and Jeff Bridges among the voice cast.
• Zoom in: Ed, the first Minion who's hearing-impaired, communicates through Minionese sign language.

Go deeper: See last week's picks.

👯 Melissa is not dressing up this year, but would love to see pics of your awesome costumes.

🎉 Clarridge is going to wait till the last minute to decide Halloween plans.

This newsletter was edited by Geoff Ziezulewicz, who one day will splurge on a super-realistic Batman costume for Halloween and literally become the night.