Gone Fishing: Celebrate Hallow’s Eve and a birthday too at the historic Fisher Mansion on Saturday. The doors are open for an open house between 1 and 3 p.m., and thematic dress is encouraged. More here.

Storytime: Tune into the live edition of Plan B Theatre Company’s Alice Radio Hour at Abravanel Hall this weekend. Take a trip down the rabbit hole today through Saturday, or tune into KUER or XM90 for a free screening on Friday.  Tickets here.

Uh-Maze: Corn mazes are all the rage, and nobody does ‘em like the Beehive State—at least not this side of Nebraska. Check out our compilation here.

Light It Up: When the kids are candied out, pack up the crew and drive by a Bountiful pad that puts pay-for haunted houses to shame. See pictures and get directions here.

The midnight hour is close at hand! Still need to get your Halloween on? Here are some ideas:

Ghost Tours: Get the spooky scoop on haunted cemeteries and buildings with Salt Lake’s paranormal experts. Dates and times here, Ogden tours included.

Thriller: Odyssey Dance Theatre’s Halloween variety show mixes homespun props and professional dancing. Our favorite part is the batch of living dead girls, ready to steal your seat … or your brain. Tickets and showtimes here.

Frightmares: Haunted amusement park? Yes, please (but only on weekends). Get more information here.

Haunted Canyon: Bundle up and cuddle up on the Heber Creeper’s version of a spooky train ride. Gather up the info here.

Bewitching Events: Head to Gardner Village for some of the cutest witches you can lay eyeballs on. There are teas, makeovers, scavenger hunts, carriage rides, dinner shows and more. See here.

Garden After Dark: The garden gets mystical with Red Butte Garden’s Garden After Dark featuring classics like haystacks, jack-o-lanterns, light displays and popcorn. The show is on this Thursday and Friday. Click here.

Night of the Living Dinosaurs: Jurassic Park becomes a “reality” in Ogden when Night of the Living Dinosaurs and Trail of Terror take over the George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park, this weekend only. Details here.

And eat your heart out on haunted houses and spook alleys, if that’s your thing:

• Asylum 49 (Tooele)
• Carnival of Fear (Taylorsville)
• Castle of Chaos (Salt Lake)
• Corpse Nightmare & Haunted Hollow (St. George)
• The Dreaded Grove (American Fork)
• Goatman Flats (Orem)
• Haunted Forest & New Psycho Manor (American Fork)
• Haunted Hollow (Ogden)
• Haunted Hollow (Wellsville)
• Haunted Village at This Is The Place State Park (Salt Lake)
• Nightmare on 13th (Salt Lake)
• Scream Asylum (Provo)

Feel free to make any additions you dare to!

By Ali Anderson Smith

Make a spooktacular spread with any of these local goods:

Skull Pattern / $3 / By Hook’d

Frank Junior / $45 / By Velvet & Vine

Paper Doll Halloween Printable / $45 / By Sarah Jane Studios

Halloween Finger Puppet Set / $10 / By Wee Knits

“Good Little Witch” Cupcake Toppers / $6 / By The Blissful Baker

Halloween Cat Postcard / $1.50 / By Sweet & Simple Studio

Reversible Super Hero Capes / $18 / By Homemade Heroes

Spooky Tree Silhouette Pillow Cover / $26 / By Modernality

As we said, we like a girl who takes Halloween seriously. Lehi-based Etsy seller 30 One totally gets the idea, and spins up one-of-a-kind, crafty-meets-creepy Halloween decorations and keepsakes. Snatch up one of her Spooky Ooky Halloween albums while you still can.

You can check out her Etsy shop here.

We love a ghoul …err, girl, that takes October seriously. Meet Jeni B. Gochnour, who can give a squash a makeover you wouldn’t believe. Think bottle-cap eyeballs and haphazard teeth, for starters. The kind of creature you’ll have a hard time putting away once you swap out your holiday spread.

Jeni B. Gochnour is hosting her seventh annual Autumn Art Show next Thursday and Friday at a brand-new location at the Holladay Garden Condominiums. As usual, you can expect a collection of spooktacular artists and arts to knock your boots off—the likes of witch you’ve never seen.

{Holladay Holiday}

Autumn Art Show with Jeni B. Gochnour
Thursday, October 15, 6 – 9 p.m.
Friday, October 16, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Holladay Garden Condominiums
1706 E. Murray Holladay Road (4800 South), Holladay, across from the Holladay Lions Club
www.jenigochnour.blogspot.com

At last! The day has finally arrived. We hope you have a Halloween boo-nanaza with the help of any of these activities:

For some of today’s events, click here.

For ghost tours, haunted houses and other amusements, click here.

For corn mazes, click here.

Other suggestions: Try a pumpkin-flavored concrete at Nielsen’s Frozen Custard (3918 Highland Drive, Holladay; and 570 W. 2600 South, Bountiful), cruise by Taco Time for a pumpkin enpanada, carve up a jack-o-lantern and toast the seeds for a popcorn substitute during your slasher flick, and then read about or head to any of Utah’s haunted locations … if you dare.

Happy Hauntings!

Spooked Out: Head to Discovery Gateway tomorrow for a Halloween Spooktacular. There will be mask-making, bag-decorating, costume show-offing and more. Get $1 off when you dress in character. See here.

Light It Up: When the kids are candied out and the temp drops too low, pack up the crew and drive by a Bountiful pad that puts pay-for haunted houses to shame. Utah knows how to celebrate! See pictures and get directions here.

Go West: With Darius. This fifteen-year-old with Muscular Dystrophy and a group of college students took it to Hollywood in attempt to talk MTV into pimping out his wheelchair. The feel-good footage of Darius Goes West is showing Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Leonardo at Library Square. Details here.

Haunted Hotel: Make a reservation for two at Ogden’s historic, rumored-to-be-haunted Hotel Benlomond. It’s said that you can even request a haunted room at this elegant, all-suites overnight destination. Do so here.

Other options? You can ride the lightning with the masters of puppets on Monday night at Energy Solutions Arena, cowboy up with Heber City’s Cowboy Poetry Festival which kicks off on Tuesday, or get 25% off your Halloween print orders with Jonathan Canlas photography through Wednesday.

And did you hear that Log Haven is haunted?

Spotted: Handmade and hand-embellished Halloween capes for little witches … and big ones, too

Good For: Staying warm without breaking character

Where: E-mail Nanette at artmarket{at}comcast.net

How Much: Small, $38; medium, $45; large, $52

Fair Books: There are still a few days left of the Utah Humanities Book Festival at the Main Library and various locations throughout the state. Catch up with Terry Tempest Williams and other local faves. Get the details here.

Storytime: Tune into the live edition of Plan B Theatre Company’s Frankenstein Radio Hour at Abravanel Hall beginning tomorrow, when the actors take on a graphic reading of Shelley’s big-booted boy. Tickets here.

Block Party: Head to the Gallivan Center on Saturday between 1 and 5 p.m. for a Monster Block Party. The king-size celebration includes trick-or-treating, costume contests for all ages, pumpkin decorating and more. See here.

Bring A Broom: Hansel and Gretel and their wicked witch come alive this Saturday evening at Halloween Hi-Jinks, also at Abravanel Hall. Come early for a Halloween contest, then kick your heels up and enjoy tunes conducted by David Cho. Info here.

Sales!: Percents-off worth mentioning include the Semiannual Sample Sale at Yoox where you can get luxury for less (think 90% off); the Friends and Family Event at Kate Spade where you can get 25% off all items (enter KSFF08 at checkout); spend $150 on your pre-holiday shopping at Kaleidoscope and get 20% off your entire purchase; and print out this Flower Basket Boutique coupon and get 15% off any one pretty item.

And don’t forget Fall Festival on the Farm this Saturday, too!

Whether creepy or cute, here are some options for getting your corn maze on:

America West Heritage Center: In Wellsville, they’re keeping Cache Valley’s original corn maze alive with three mazes: one classic, one for kiddos, and one not for the faint-of-heart. Details here.

Bigfoot Corn Maze: Get your shoes inside Bigfoot’s Corn Maze in Pleasant Grove. Shaped like Sasquatch, you just might make a sighting. See here.

Black Island Farms: Hayrides, bonfires and a garden stocked with pumpkins, squash, carrots and more are part of this affair, located in Syracuse. Learn more here.

Cornbelly’s Corn Maze: Thanksgiving Point whips up a mean, classic Halloween extravaganza. Head to Lehi to trench through a 13-acre cornmaze, bundle up for a hayride, or take a hard day’s work out on an enormous jumping pillow. Learn more about Cornbelly’s here.

Crazy Corn Maze: Bigger and better this year, check out a “maize” from the company with a record-number of “corny” creations. You can get a dollar off this West Jordan puzzle by visiting the website.

Hee Haw Farms: Things get extreme at this Pleasant Grove hideaway with the “Cornevil Corridor” alongside the hayrides and less-evil, run-of-the-mill maze. Get times and prices here.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year … depending on who you ask. Around here, Halloween is something to celebrate all month long so we have some catching up to do. Here’s a list of some of the area’s ongoing events:

Ghost Tours: Get the spooky scoop on haunted cemeteries and buildings with Salt Lake’s paranormal experts. Dates and times here, Ogden tours included.

Thriller: Odyssey Dance Theatre’s Halloween variety show mixes homespun props and professional dancing. Our favorite part is the batch of living dead girls, ready to steal your seat … or your brain. Tickets and showtimes here.

Frightmares: Haunted amusement park? Yes, please (but only on weekends). Get more information here.

Haunted Canyon: Bundle up and cuddle up on the Heber Creeper’s version of a spooky train ride. Gather up the info here.

Bewitching Events: Head to Gardner Village for some of the cutest witches you can lay eyeballs on. There are teas, makeovers, scavenger hunts, carriage rides, dinner shows and more. See here.

And eat your heart out on haunted houses and spook alleys, if that’s your thing:

• Asylum 49 (Tooele)
• Carnival of Fear (Taylorsville)
• Castle of Chaos (Salt Lake)
• Corpse Nightmare & Haunted Hollow (St. George)
• The Dreaded Grove (Springville)
• Goatman Flats (Orem)
• Haunted Forest & New Psycho Manor (American Fork)
• Haunted Hollow (Ogden)
• Haunted Hollow (Wellsville)
• Haunted Village at This Is The Place State Park (Salt Lake)
• Nightmare on 13th (Salt Lake)
• Scream Asylum (Provo)

Anyone have any favorites or reviews? Have no fear, we’ll have more options next week….

Happy Halloween, ghoulfriends! Remember to put on your scariest face and pull out your old reliable copy of “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.” (Definitely the inspiration for our spooky graphic, if you couldn’t tell.)

Find haunted houses and spooky goings-on here.

Find cornmazes here.

Find one-time programs like KUER’s Radio Hour here.

Get ideas from Martha here.

Or head to the 9th and 9th area today between 4 and 6 p.m. where you can enjoy Halloween tunes, a pet costume parade and free apple cider … while you shop for items not on your last-minute costume cheklist. Or, try making some chicken tortilla soup before you stick that knife through the pumpkin.

Alright. We gave you a list of spook alleys and another of freaky corn mazes. Of course, there are some one-time bashes and scary hours worth sitting in or tuning into. Here they are, ghoulfriends:

Trolley Square Pumpkin Drop: The pumpkins drop (literally) from the water tower at Trolley Square today at 11 a.m. Land yours on the bullseye and win unnamed prizes. Spectators supposedly get a discount to lunch at a Trolley eatery. Learn more here.

Monster Block Party: All ghouls and goblins (little ones, too) are invited to this bash at the Gallivan Center on Saturday, Oct. 27. There will be pumpkin-decorating, trick-or-treating booths and more. Get the details here.

Halloween Hi Jinks: Head to Abravanel Hall for spooky tunes, Utah Symphony-style. The sound goes down on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Costumes encouraged. More here.

Radio Hour: There’s nothing like a good ghost story. On Halloween Day, tune into FM 90 at 11 a.m. for two dramatizations of Utah ghoulish tales, as performed by Plan B. Learn more on the KUER site.

Few places do a corn maze better than the Beehive State—OK, maybe with the exception of Nebraska. Here are some picks from this year’s roster:

Cornbelly’s Corn Maze: Thanksgiving Point whips up a mean, classic Halloween extravaganza. Head to Lehi to trench through a 13-acre cornmaze, bundle up for a hayride, or take a hard day’s work out on an enormous jumping pillow. Learn more about Cornbelly’s here.

Crazy Corn Maze: Bigger and better this year, check out a “maize” from the company with a record-number of “corny” creations. You can get a dollar off this West Jordan puzzle by visiting the website.

Black Island Farms: Hayrides, bonfires and a garden stocked with pumpkins, squash, carrots and more are part of this affair, located in Syracuse. Learn more here.

Hee Haw Farms: Things get extreme at this Pleasant Grove hideaway with the “Cornevil Corridor” alongside the hayrides and less-evil, run-of-the-mill maze. Get times and prices here.

Did we miss any?

You’re never too old for a good scream or a cheap thrill. Here’s a quick list of some of Salt Lake’s ongoing Halloween and harvest events, to be referenced as little or often as you deem reasonable. We think the Ghost Tours look the most intriguing.

Ghost Tours: Get the scoop on haunted cemeteries and buildings with Salt Lake’s paranormal experts. Dates and times here, Ogden tours included.

Thriller: Odyssey Dance Theatre’s Halloween variety show is playing at Kingsbury Hall through Oct. 31. It’s a great blend of homespun props and professional dancing. But our favorite part is the signature living dead girls, ready to steal your seat … or your brain. Tickets and showtimes here.

Garden After Dark: Head to Red Butte Garden for “Magic in the Garden After Dark,” complete with magic shows, fire cauldrons and hot drinks. Sounds like a fun one for the kiddos. Here are the details.

Night of the Living Zoo: You get a whole spaghetti dinner and up-close-and-personal experiences with some of the zoo’s nocturnal animals. Sounds scary enough. More here.

Frightmares: Haunted amusement park? Yes, please (but only on weekends). Get more information here.

Haunted Canyon: Bundle up and cuddle up on the Heber Creeper’s version of a spooky train ride. The ghostly image on the site is enough to scare our pants off. Gather up the info here.

Or if a classic haunted house with chainsaws and campy displays from The Exorcist and Poltergeist, and teens running about in “Scream” masks are more your thing, here are some of those:

• Castle of Chaos (Salt Lake)
• Nightmare on 13th (Salt Lake)
• Haunted Village (Salt Lake)
• Reapers Keep (Ogden)
• Dark Night Haunted House (Layton)
• Richmond Mansion (Richmond)
• Haunted Forest and Haunted Hollow (American Fork)
• Corpse Nightmare and Field of Screams (St. George)
• Asylum 49 (Tooele)

Does anyone have a favorite?