By now you're used to pumpkin ale everywhere. How about some straight-up pumpkins for fun?
The Independent Cafe and Bar in Seminole Heights, Tampa, has pumpkin-carving fun for kids and a spooky sci-fi movie for the grown-ups afterward.
First, bring the kids to the Indie today at 6 p.m. for its Second Annual Family Pumpkin Carving.
The Indie will provide pumpkins, carving tools, and drinks and pizza for the kids. Prizes will be awarded for top three pumpkins, courtesy of Sophia Sanchez, Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate.
The Indie's monthlong Monday horror film series concludes tonight at 8 p.m. with the 1997 flick Event Horizon. The film has one of those Aliens-style creepy-mystery-in-space storyline and follows a rescue crew investigating a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole but has returned with a new passenger. And what's scarier than an uninvited guest while you're drinking beer? Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill and Kathleen Quinlan star.
The Independent-Seminole Heights is at 016 N. Florida Ave., Tampa. 813-341-4883. independenttampa.com.
If you're tired of Halloween shenanigans, see a worthwhile documentary that's received accolades in the film fest circuit in St. Pete this evening at 7 p.m. We Are Wisconsin introduces the viewer to six not-so-ordinary citizens who protest at the Wisconsin State Capitol and spend the ensuing 26 days building a movement that challenges Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s bill, which threatens to do away with benefits and collective bargaining rights for most public workers. Their efforts led to the first gubernatorial recall on a ballot for only the third time in U.S. history.
The film screens at 1047 Central Ave., St. Pete. Click here for Facebook event page.
Last but not least, the Abundant Ghoulish Treats Radio Theatre Fundraiser takes place tonight at 7 p.m. at The Studio@620. Join WMNF's Radio Theatre Project for an old school story hour and party featuring scary scripts by Edgar Allan Poe, creepy celebrity guests like Paul Wilborn et. al, a freaky flash mob, silent auction and surprise treats galore. The new season of RTP starts Nov. 18. Stay tuned for details! Tickets are $20. The Studio@620 is at 620 First Ave. S., St. Pete, 727-895-6620, studio620.org.
This article appears in Oct 24-30, 2013.