Music
Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra presents Masterworks Concert 1 at Theatre at Meydenbauer, Nov. 6.
Bonding time between me and my dad growing up often consisted of me watching him defeat bad guys on the video game “Turok.” How awesome is it that the sound track from the video game, “Turok 2,” composed by Darren Mitchell will be part of the program for BYSO’s performance?
11100 NE 6th St., Bellevue, ; 425-467-5604; http://www.byso.org/
Family
“Free Family Day: Fall Festival” from 1-4 p.m. Oct. 29 at Bellevue Arts Museum.
Make paper pumpkins and bats to decorate any haunted house, decorate blinking reflectors to wear while trick-or-treating for a safe and fun Halloween, learn how to build skeletons, make paper marigolds and more. Great for ages 4-12.
510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue; 425-519-0770; http://www.bellevuearts.org/
“Dia de Muertos: A Mexican Celebration to Remember Our Departed” Oct. 29-30 at Seattle Center, Center House main floor.
Imagine a culture where we don’t just mourn for our loved ones who have past on, we celebrate them. At the Dia de Muertos celebration, create sugar skulls and paper skeletons, explore expressive community altars and march in a musical procession lit by candles to remember the dearly departed. The celebration joins together tradition and art to keep alive the very deepest of Mexican culture, where indigenous and Spanish roots intertwine through spectacular sand paintings, special foods, face painting, exquisite rituals and music and dance.
305 Harrison Street, Seattle; 206-684-7200; http://www.seattlecenter.com/
Halloween Family Fun Fest 5-7 p.m., Oct. 31 at Bellevue Square
What would Halloween be without candy? Enjoy trick-or-tricking in the safety of Bellevue Square Mall. Select stores will be ready for little ghosts and goblins with candy beginning at 5 p.m. Enjoy Recess Monkey live in center court, a Mad Science booth on the second level and balloon tying throughout the mall.
500 Bellevue Square, Bellevue; 425-454-8096; http://bellevuesquare.com/.
Crossroads Bellevue Annual Mall-O-Ween from 5-7:30 p.m. at Crossroads Mall.
The annual Halloween party will include with trick-or-treating at participating merchants, music with the Freckles Brown Band and photo opportunities with Batman, a knight in shining armor, Belle from “Beauty and the Beast” and Tinkerbelle. Parents, bring your cameras.
15600 NE 8th St, Bellevue; 425-644-1111; http://crossroadsbellevue.com/.
Theater
“Laramie Project” play at Interlake High School, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 17-19 and an additional 1:30 p.m. show Nov. 19.
Interlake students take on a play based on the real tragedy of Matthew Shepherd’s murder in Laramie, Wyo. Shepherd, a 21-year-old gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten to death in 1998. Instead of dramatizing murder, the play respectively dramatizes interviews with local people who represent many points of view. The result is a powerful and moving picture of how both violence and compassion can change a town.
16245 NE 24th St., Bellevue; 425-456-7200; http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192830444125288.
Gabrielle Nomura can be reached at 425-453-4602.
