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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