Halloween and snoozin': Your weekend planning guide
If you love sweets and sleeping in, this is your kind of weekend: Halloween and the end of daylight saving time fall on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
From free events and family fun to adults-only, here's a roundup of events to get you out of the house — or not.
Free: Celebrate in the Halloween Capital of the World
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If you're going to celebrate Halloween, you might as well do it in Anoka, Minn., the Halloween Capital of the World.
Hit up the town's Grand Day Parade at 1 p.m. Saturday on Main Street. It kicks off with an airplane show above the parade route.
For families: Let your budding builders go wild
Build a time machine, skis or air-wacker (see below) with giant building sets at "Rigamajigs! Rigamawhat?! Building fun @ St. Paul," running now through April 30 at the Minnesota Children's Museum.
Some building planks are as big as the average kid.
Museum admission is $9.95 for those 1 and older, and it's free for members and children under a year old.
For adults: Shivering with antici ...pation
This year marks the 40th anniversary of cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Why not take in a science fiction double feature?
In Minneapolis, Transvestite Soup is presenting two midnight shows Saturday and Sunday at the Uptown Theatre. Tickets are $9. Bring your own props or buy them before the start of the show.
In Duluth, "Rocky" fans can do the time warp at The Duluth Playhouse. Actors will re-enact the action alongside the movie. Tickets are $15 and include a prop bag. Friday's show is sold out.
Indoors: Catch up on some ZZZs
Hit the snooze button and sleep in on Sunday — you get an extra hour with the end of daylight saving time at 2 a.m.
P.S. When changing your clocks, don't forget to change the batteries on your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, too.
Outdoors: Follow the (animal) tracks
Learn the ancient art of animal tracking with the Minnesota Tracking Club at Fort Snelling State Park.
Tracking is the study and interpretation of tracks and other signs that animals leave behind.
The two-day workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. It's free, but all vehicles will need a valid state parks permit, which can be purchased upon arrival. A one-day vehicle permit is $5.
Registration is required; call 612-725-2724 to register.