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Halloween is finally here and there are a lot of Portland area events to get into tonight.

• Halloween Parties in Portland | Barfly Bus Tour | No Cover

• Halloween Erotic Ball: Crystal Ballroom | $5000 Costume Contest

• Halloween Dance Party: Kennedy School | Dr. Theopolis

• Neighborhood Note's 4th Annual Howl-o-ween + Free Portland Halloween Events

• Lone Fir Cemetery Tour of Untimely Departures | Halloween

• Spend Halloween on Broadway: Portland Center Stage | $10 Secret Code

• Free Halloween Instore at Music Millennium | Eagles of Death Metal | Costume Contest

• Wieden Kennedy Halloween Party | Kid-Friendly | Haunted Hous

• Rererato Halloween Party | Have Some Candy On The Final Evening.

• Nemo Design Annual Halloween Party | RSVP Now

• Fez Ballroom Portland Halloween Party | $200 Costume Contest

• Free Halloween Instore at Music Millennium | Eagles of Death Metal | Costume Contest

• Wonder Ballroom Halloween Show: Eagles of Death Metal

• Ground Kontrol Halloween Party | Creepy Games & 80s Horror Films | Free

• Beulahland Halloween Party | Costume Contests & Scary Movies

• Dead Sexy Halloween Ball With Smoochknob | Dante's Inferno

• Berbati's Pan Halloween: Famous Mysterious Actor Show

• Nocturnal Secret Halloween Event | Electronic Music Party

• Triple X Sexy Superhero Halloween Bash: Twilight Cafe | Live Music + Costume Contest

• Portland Halloween: PRA Snap Party at Holocene | Free

Photo By Kenneth B. Moore

Halloween doesn't stop in Portland this year, especially with Day of the Dead falling on a Saturday. Here is one possibility to keep rocking your costume.

From Backspace:

November 1st
Day of the Dead Costume Dance Party!
9pm, 5$
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Atole
Guidance Counselor
Explosivo
DJ Linoleum

This is a Costume Dance Party to respect, honor and
celebrate el Dia de los muertos aka Day of the Dead!

Any and everyone is welcome to come in or out of costume..
The first 50 people that DO come dressed up will get a one-time

Fun Bag full of DIY treats like Exclusive New Jams by the bands-

All-Ages show and she is super stoked!

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Neighborhood Notes, a great Portland blog, has a kid-friendly / family-friendly Halloween event tomorrow evening.

Neighborhood Note's 4th Annual Howl-o-ween event:

Families are invited to celebrate Howl-o-ween on October 31st from 5:00 – 8:00. This is Neighborhood Note's 4th Annual Howl-o-ween event. This year it's held at Isobel's Clubhouse.

Parents, Grandparents, and other caring adults please bring the children in your life, dressed in their Howl-o-ween finery, for a fun photography event in the Pearl. Photos will be taken, spines will shiver and treats will be handed out.

Looking for a safe place to trick or treat? Some of the clubhouse's neighbors hope you'll trick or treat with them. Residents at the Elizabeth Condominiums as well as local businesses are excited to see you.  We'll share a list at the Howl-o-ween event.

Each family will receive a complimentary…Read More at Neighborhood Notes.

AroundTheSun Blog has MANY, Many, Many FREE Portland Halloween events like

• Trick-or-Treating at Pix
• Mexican Sugar Skull Celebration
• Not So Spooky Storytelling at Woodstock Library

Go to AroundTheSun blog for full details and more events.

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I'm not exactly sure if Rererato is closing its doors or just not doing anymore evening shows. Although, I see they are having a show on Nov 15, so…umm…Either way, looks like a good party.

From Rererato:

FRIDAY NITE 7-10pm
2008 RERERATO HALLOWEEN PARTY!!
Flaspar + Yellow Crystal Star + Death Worth Living + Gay Deceivers

Start your Halloween night off right at an early show at Rererato. This will be the final evening event at Rererato, so come say your goodbyes, have some candy, catch some great music, and maybe even win a prize for best costume!!

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Flaspar
“Flaspar is fashionable nightclub punk, the sort of thingrolling bass lines, glassy, sexy female vocals that (as former Vegas dance evangelical Atole explained to me last week) is perfect for tricking indie-rock kids into dancing. But Flaspar is no scam: The quartet knows well enough that it's hitting on an all-the-rage style (a la the Killers), but backing it up with enough free-form psych chops to keep music snots like me happy.” Michael Byrne @ Willamette Week
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Another Oldtown-Chinatown Portland Halloween party. It looks like you can hit 20 Portland Halloween parties within a half-mile of this location.

From IZM:
Friday October 31st, East Chinatown Lounge presents their annual Halloween party hosted by DJ iZm for his weekly Friday night East Infection, featuring  DJs ATM, Easter Egg, and Rafael Vigilantics as well. Party starts at 9:30.

there is a 5 dollar cover + a RSVP comp guest list by contacting jeffizm@gmail.com (subject: guest list)

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Lone Fir Cemetery Tour of Untimely Departures takes place tomorrow evening. It's inexpensive ($5) and a great way to kick off your Portland Halloween. From the Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery:

Meet some of Lone Fir's "residents" at their graves and hear the unusual circumstances surrounding their untimely departures. Ghostly guides will also share some of the history of Lone Fir as they take you through the cemetery.

Friday, October 31
Rain or Moonshine
Tours are approximately 45 minutes in length and
will occur between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
at the Southeast 26th and Stark Street entrance of the cemetery
$5.00 suggested donation

Proceeds support education, preservation and restoration efforts coordinated by Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery( website)

***Photo above is by Mark Coleman (flickr here). He has many great Lone Fir Cemetery photos in his Hidden Within book here. You can also follow Mark on twitter: @Kram

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With Day of the Dead…I mean Dread coming Saturday, the Halloween parties just don't end.

From Monkeytek DJ:

BOMBAMAN ALERT!!! VARIOUS DAY OF THE DEAD / DREAD BASS SESSION AT BRANX!!

Bombaman has been tearing a whole through this thing called dubstep and has released a clutch of little bass monsters inside, which have since hatched and swarmed into something new and contagious.

He will visit Various Portland on November 1st to show us what it's all about. Definitely high energy!

Branx
320 SE 2nd Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97214

For some reason, the info for this party was kept semi-secret and the address was just sent out today. I'm not sure what that is about, but here it is if you'd like to attend.

From Apolinario Ancheta:
Alright boys and girls, time is running out on your costume ideas, so you had better get it together.

Plenty of areas to lock bikes if you're inclined.  Thanks to our sponsor: Lompoc Brewery for providing us with beer for the evening and to Breeze Block Gallery for getting the artists together and decorating the space; as well as 407 LLC for allowing us to hold the event.

dj time slots:
Sean McCoy [Good Green Neighbors]  9 – 10:15
Stephen Quirke [Proton Radio / D.R.U.M. club] 10:15 -11:30
Taylor Quinn [Click Track] 11:30 -12:45
Divided [Variance / Deep Bump / SFO] 12:45 – 2:00
31Avas vs. M. Quiet [Kultureszene] 2:00 – 4:00
Apolinario Ancheta [Click Track] 4:00 -5:15
Ravi [Ivarthedj] 5:15 – Close Read the rest of this entry »

As a first-time attendee of the Portland Zombie Walk, I was not sure what to expect.

I dig zombies. And I love Portland. This boasted both.

I first arrived at 3:45, with only two zombies in the Pioneer Courthouse Square. There were, however, already 50 observers waiting for zombies.

At about 3:55, they started showing up in masses. There were chefs, brides, hookers, police officers, athletes, celebrities, even babies. I love baby zombies.

By now, there were at least 150 observers.

After a half hour of photo snapping (most of which you can see on the (Zombie Walk Flickr pool!) a group of zombie dancers began performing a well-rehearsed Thriller dance… Read the rest of this entry »

Here is a great chance to see and acoustic Eagles of Death Metal show for free before they play later that night at the Wonder Ballroom Halloween Party. Plus, Music Millennium is giving away free goodies!

From Music Millennium:

DON'T MISS OUR SPECIAL ACOUSTIC HALLOWEEN INSTORE!
COSTUME CONTEST! FREE GOODIES!
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL Friday, 10/31 6:00 PM
Eagles of Death Metal are back with more of their Seventies-inspired, mega-riffing classicism. The EODM formula for fantastic is, humm, let's see…that's one part Jesse "Boots Electric" Hughes, one part Joshua "Babyduck" Homme stirred and served chillllled in a tall glass of class…It goes down smooth every time.

http://www.myspace.com/eaglesofdeathmetal

Music Millennium
3158 E Burnside
Portland, OR 97214

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