Weekend roundup: Trick-or-treating downtown Friday, Halloween parties Saturday

LOS ALAMOS - Halloweekend fills the weekend in Los Alamos and White Rock, with downtown trick-or-treating Friday and adult parties Saturday night, according to Los Alamos MainStreet's event listing.

Friday, Oct. 30

Central Avenue closes to vehicles from 4 to 6 p.m. for Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet. During those hours the Bradbury Science Museum hosts its free High-Tech Halloween, with bubble, potion and wind-tunnel stations, and PEEC-A-BOO runs at the Los Alamos Nature Center. The Mesa Public Library follows at dusk with s'mores outside, and high school teens have a free Halloween Carnival at the Teen Center from 7 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 31

Voting in the Los Alamos Arts Council's 25th annual Scarecrow Contest along Central Avenue closes at 1 p.m. White Rock Baptist Church holds its 19th annual Trunk or Treat Fall Festival from 5 to 8 p.m. and asks guests to bring a cereal box for LA Cares.

For adults, the Bradbury holds its first Brad-buried Halloween Bash from 7 to 11 p.m., with a dance party, food truck and horror movies; there is no fixed ticket price, and guests are asked to donate what they can. Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op hosts Halloween Tubaoke from 6 to 11 p.m., with a costume contest at 9 p.m.

Times and places for every listing are in the paper's daily events calendar.