All Library locations will be closed Tuesday, December 24 & Wednesday, December 25, for the Christmas holiday.
Get In the Halloween Spirit With Fang-tastic Library Resources
Friday, October 13, 2023
Have a delightfully spirited Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of scary story recommendations, frightfully fun films, and other creepily cool Library resources.
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DON'T FEAR THE READER
Our librarians have used their dark literary magic to conjure a cauldron of terror-inducing titles and quirky, spooktacular reads to get you in an appropriately fearsome mood for Halloween.
More lists:
- Dark and Twisted Fairy Tales >
- Halloween Titles for Kids >
- Spooked Silly! Not-So-Scary Books for Kids >
- Ready For Your Halloween Party! >
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? >
Movies: ScreaminG & Streaming
Scary movies are a Halloween tradition. The Library offers a number of ways you can satisfy your horror habits.
Browse our catalog for devilishly delightful DVD titles that you can sink your teeth into.
Check out these lists of movies that feed your hunger for horror:
Our streaming video service Kanopy gives you instant access to cinematic catacombs full of films ranging from contemporary horror flicks like Hereditary and The Witch to classics such as Nosferatu and House on Haunted Hill.
Browse Horror & Thriller Films | About Kanopy
Halloween Happenings
Attend one of the Library's costume parties, games, film screenings, or creepy creative activities!
FRIDAY, OCT. 13
Bookmobile at Ghost Light
4 p.m. | Bookmobile Appearance
Fall Fun: Spooky Spiders
5:30 p.m. | Plaza Branch
Friday Horror Flicks
1 p.m. | Waldo Branch
SATURDAY, OCt. 15
Family Video Vault: 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'
2 p.m. | Central Library
SUNDAY, Oct. 16
Sunday Cinema: 'M3GAN'
2 p.m. | Central Library
TUESDAY, OCT. 17
Tuesdays at Two: 'The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'
2 p.m. | Central Library
FRIDAY, OCT. 20
Friday Horror Flicks
1 p.m. | Waldo Branch
Fall Fun: Halloween Crafts
5:30 p.m. | Plaza Branch
SATURDAY, OCT. 21
Family Video Vault: 'Casper'
2 p.m. | Central Library
SUNDAY, OCT. 22
Sunday Cinema: 'The Invisible Man (2020)'
2 p.m. | Central Library
WEDNESDAY, OCT 25
Final Frights
8 p.m. | Bluford Branch (Ages 14-18 only)
THURSDAY, OCT 26
Baby Boo Bash
10:30 a.m. | Central Library
Movie Matinée: 'Nope'
1 p.m. | Southeast Branch
FRIDAY, OCT 27
Friday Horror Flicks
1 p.m. | Waldo Branch
Fall Fun: No-Carve Pumpkins
5:30 p.m. | Plaza Branch
SUNDAY, OCT. 29
Sunday Cinema: 'Practical Magic'
2 p.m. | Central Library
MONDAY, OCT. 30
Halloween Program
6:30 p.m. | Waldo Branch
TUESDAY, OCT. 31
Tuesdays at Two: 'The Addams Family'
11 a.m. | Central Library
Tuesdays at Two: 'Ghostbusters'
2 p.m. | Central Library
Halloween Kahoot Trivia
3 p.m. | Sugar Creek Branch