Halloween week is here and we compiled a list of spooky and fun happenings in our area, for kids and adults alike, in the next few days. If you know of any other events that are not included in the list please email: editor@westphillylocal.com or use the comment section below.

Tuesday, October 29

Bat House Building Workshop – Mariposa Food Coop (49th & Baltimore) – 7 p.m. – A special Halloween week workshop exploring the funny flying nocturnal creatures and what you can do to help restore their often threatened habitat. You can learn how to build your own bat house, where to put it, and what to do when a colony moves in. Free admission. Please RSVP to education@mariposa.coop.

Thursday, October 31

Peanut Butter and Jams Halloween with Charlie Hope – World Cafe Live (30th & Walnut) – 10:30 a.m. – Come sing along with 2012 Juno Award Winner Charlie Hope. Charlie will sing some well-known songs as well as her originals that will get children and parents moving and singing along. Audience participation is encouraged, so be sure to bring your singing voices and dancing shoes! Costumes are welcome. Tickets ($10) are available here.

Halloween at The Woodlands – 40th & Woodland – noon – 4 p.m. – Bring your kids for some treats at the mansion before the tot parade in Spruce Hill.

Stories to Make you Shriek! – Kingsessing Library (1201 South 51st Street) – 4 p.m. – A spooky story time presented by Ms. Kim for brave kids.

Spruce Hill Halloween Tot Parade – 45th & Baltimore – 4 p.m. – This is a fun Halloween tradition in the Spruce Hill neighborhood. The parade will start gathering after 4 p.m. on 45th St. just north of Baltimore Ave. (next to Milk and Honey). The kick-off time is 4:30 p.m. To read more about the parade, click here.

Town Watch Haunted Gym – St. Francis de Sales School (47th & Windsor) – 5-7 p.m. – This year, St. Francis de Sales School has agreed to host the annual Haunted House & Garden event, in their already scary Basement-Gym-Basketball Court. Springfield Avenue will remain open this year, but the 900 and 1000 blocks of Farragut  and the 900 block of 47^th Street, from Springfield to the north side of Warrington, will be closed to auto traffic. For more info and if you want to volunteer at this event, check out this page. 

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) – Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania (34th & Spruce) – 7:15 p.m. – Enjoy the 1920 classic silent film featuring famed organist Peter Krasinski on the Curtis Organ. This is a free event and open to the public. Click here for more details.

Godzilla – URBN Annex Black Box Theater (3401 Filbert Street) – 8 p.m. – The Performing Arts at Drexel University program and Co-op Theater Company is opening Yasuhiko Ohashi’s charmingly bizarre love story “Godzilla” on Halloween night. Directed by Philadelphia multidisciplinary theatre artist Aaron Cromie, “Godzilla” focuses on young Yayoi Ichinose, who brings her fiancé, Godzilla, home to meet her parents. Performance schedule: Oct 31, Nov 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 8:00 p.m.; Nov 3 at 2 p.m.; Nov 7 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page.

Friday, November 1

Knock Down Drag Out! – Studio 34 (45th & Baltimore) – 9 p.m. – Penn Jersey Roller Derby present their third derby drag show Knock Down, Drag Out! Featuring your favorite PJRD guys and gals performing original drag acts. Also, prizes for best audience drag PLUS a “drag-tastic” dance party following the show and going until midnight! Doors open at 9:00 pm. Show begins at 9:30. Standard admission is $7 ($5 if you show up in drag). Click here for more info.

Saturday, November 2

Day of the Dead Celebration – Penn Museum (3260 South Street) – 1-4 p.m. – Celebrate Mexican culture and the tradition of the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) with the Penn Museum. Enjoy this afternoon filled with music, storytelling, arts and crafts, and other fun activities for the whole family. Guests can marvel at a traditional Mexican Day of the Dead altar, created specially for the event by renowned artist Cesar Viveros, and learn about the various dedications placed upon the ofrenda (altar). The event is free with Museum Admission. More information is available here.