Spooktacular 2019

Muhlenberg Community Library's 4th Annual Fundraiser SPOOKTACULAR!

OCT. 19 | 10-2:30

DURING THE 13TH HOUR (1PM), GHOST STORIES WITH CHARLES J. ADAMS, III

^ 10AM-12PM, Trunk-or-Treat, Hoffman's Produce Hay Bale Maze (weather-permitting), Face Painting, Kids & Adult Crafts

^ 12:15PM, Costume Contest

^ 1-2PM, Charlie Adams

^ 2:30PM, Basket Raffle Drawing

NEW THIS YEAR!

^ Spooky Sensory Station of Gross Foods

^ Frights Photo Booth with Costumed Characters

Cost for this event are as follows:

All Day Basic: $5 (excludes Charlie Adams)

Charlie Adams Special: $10 (all other events included)

Children 0-2 years & non-participating adults accompanying children are free.

THIS EVENT HAS ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGE GROUPS.

NO PRE-REGISTRATION. WRISTBANDS ARE AVAILABLE DURING THE EVENT. *Children under 10 must be accompanied by a supervising adult 18 or older.

A little history of the word "spooktacular":

"...Katherine C. Martin, the head of U.S. dictionaries for Oxford University Press, found evidence that the term dates back to at least 1897. She sent me a 119-year-old Christian Observer article describing a Halloween party where blindfolded attendees were made to touch items that felt like eels or snakes or corpse hands but were actually just “some sausage links, a pinball, a ham bone, a piece of wet fur, and an old kid glove which had been filled with wet bran and laid on ice!” The article’s writer, Laura A. Smith, referred to the objects as “spooktacular.” Quote taken from: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/10/spooktacular-etymology-halloween-linguistics/505385/