Ronnie’s Awesome List – Oct. 16-31

Sunday, October 16

~ ANIMALS Hawk Talk and Banding Demos, get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory with a docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification using photos and other props. A newly banded wild hawk is brought up and shown to the crowd and released. No registration necessary, meet on top of Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands at noon.

~ ART Drawing Inspiration, Do you doodle? Draw on your imagination and make your mark at the museum as we sketch, scribble, and squiggle our way through the wonderful world of drawing, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

~ ART Wrapping Traditions: Korean Textiles Now, Patchwork your own bojagi wrapping cloth to take home, 12pm-4pm, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, 51 Yerba Buena Lane, San Francisco.

~ CRAFT Disney Discoveries, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Don’t miss your train! Using recycled materials, you will create a decorative train that will be a keepsake of your fun-filled journey to the Museum!

~ EVENT Headlands Center for the Arts Fall Open House, noon-5pm, 1 hour hikes depart from the Headlands Center for the Arts at 1:15 pm and 3:15 pm. Get inspired by art and nature during the Headlands Center for the Arts Fall Open House. Head out on the trail with a Headlands Institute educator, then drop by the open house to meet artists and see new works in progress.

~ FESTIVAL Children’s Faire, 10am-4pm, for children ages 3-10 years old.  This day of family fun includes games, puppet shows, story telling, crafts, local vendors, a visit from the Sleeping Giant, and activities such as the Knights Quest, and the Hero’s Maze.  Organic food is available for purchase. Marin Waldorf, 755 Idylberry Road, San Rafael.

~ FESTIVAL Tolay Fall Festival, Native American Village with demonstrations,“From Earth to You” hands-on children’s area & Kiddie Corral, Night Time Creatures Barn with Creep Crawly Critters room, live animals, and nature hikes. Tons of family fun on a spectacular 1,737-acre ranch outside Petaluma.

~ FESTIVAL Yerba Buena Family Day, welcome all ages with a full day of free admission, hands-on art makinng activities for kids and special family-friendly performances. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at five locations downtown San Francisco including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), Children’s Creativity Museum (formerly Zeum) and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.

~ FILM Light of the River, In Japanese with English subtitles. In this warmhearted, amusing, beautifully animated adventure about finding your way in a strange world, a family of river rats is driven from its riverbank home by a human construction project. Ages 4+, 2:15 PM 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley.

~ FILM Circus Dreams, Stuff a clown-sized hankie up your sleeve for this wonderfully heart-squeezing documentary about a traveling youth circus on the brink of closure. As the performers get a true taste of circus life, with all its highs and lows, we get a rare glimpse behind the big top at the real people who bring a special kind of magic to life. Ages 8+, 12:00 PM – Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael.

~ HOLIDAY Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, 9am-5pm.

~ HOLIDAY Adobe Pumpkin Festival, Petaluma.

~ HOLIDAY Goblin Jamboree, stroll through a haunted wonderland complete with games, attractions and live entertainment. Ride a train or real ponies, visit the spooky-but-not-scary Haunted Pier, make potions in the witches’ and wizard’s school, visit the petting zoo and enjoy a full brew of games, activities and live entertainment. 10am-4pm, Bay Area Discovery Museum.

~ MUSEUM Children’s Creativity Museum, Free Museum admission and carousel rides, 10am – 4pm, Be the first to experience our Imagination Lab and other exhibit enhancements geared toward our youngest visitors. Meet our “Creativity Critters” (peeking behind the red curtain) who you’ll see throughout the museum. You’ll also be able to make a clay animation, music video, digital art, and more!

~ PERFORMANCE Children’s Fairyland, Puss in Boots. What’s a kitten to do when the dogs bully her? Momma cat responds by telling the classic story of how a loyal cat with a taste for good footwear takes her human friend from rags to riches. Words and music by Tony Jonick. 12:30pm & 3pm, Jacquelyn Lynaugh as Miranda the Gypsy tells stories and tales of magic and lore. 1:30pm & 2:30pm, Oakland.

~ SCIENCE East Bay Mini Makers Faire, 10am-5pm, hack, make and remake things into new, personalized stuff. This is truly a Do-It-Together experience. 10am – 5pm.

~ STORYTIME Storytime with Christopher Smith Sunday, 11:00am Book Passage 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. Corte Madera.

~ THEATRE The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Saturdays 1pm, Sundays 1pm & 3:30pm, Young Performers Theatre.

~ THEATRE Magic School Bus, Live!, Grab your imagination and get on board with Ms. Frizzle and her class as they learn why it matters that the polar ice is melting and what they can do to help. Bay Area Children’s Theatre at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, 2pm.

Monday, October 17

~ EVENT Museum Mondays for Little Ones, Enjoy stories, movement games, and arts & crafts activities designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers. $5 per child; up to 2 adults per child are free before 11am.After 11am, regular Museum admission applies. Schultz Museum.

Tuesday, October 18

~ ANIMAL Toddler Treks, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, for children 1 to 3 years of age. Learn about the Shark that shares our world – all can be found in the Bay Area or the Academy. We will use props and our imagination to “trek” together to the place each animal calls home. Academy of Science.

~ LECTURE Breaking the Cycle of Bullying: Tools to Help Your Child, (3 – 12 years) Whether a child bullies, is bullied, or is a bystander, he or she is affected by bullying. Examine how parents can empower their children to help break the cycle of bullying. $35, with Holly Pedersen, MFT, PhD. 6:30pm-8:30pm.

~ STORYTIME French Immersion Storytime with Le Petit Jardin, 18mo – 4 yrs, 10:30 AM, Preregistration required, Belvedere-Tiburon Library.

Wednesday, October 19

~ AUTHOR Picture Books & More, Grades 1 & 2, Cool stories, outrageous crafts, and super special snacks, Advance sign-up required, The Creekside Room, The Mill Valley Public Library, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.

~ FESTIVAL Tolay Fall Festival, Native American Village with demonstrations,“From Earth to You” hands-on children’s area & Kiddie Corral, Night Time Creatures Barn with Creep Crawly Critters room, live animals, and nature hikes. Tons of family fun on a spectacular 1,737-acre ranch outside Petaluma.

Thursday, October 20

~ FESTIVAL Tolay Fall Festival, Native American Village with demonstrations,“From Earth to You” hands-on children’s area & Kiddie Corral, Night Time Creatures Barn with Creep Crawly Critters room, live animals, and nature hikes. Tons of family fun on a spectacular 1,737-acre ranch outside Petaluma.

~ HOLIDAY Ghoulish & Giggly: Halloween Stories and Crafts, 10am, Dragons, fairies, wizards or . . . puppies? Whether you’re ghoulish or giggly, come to the library for a morning of stories and crafts. We’ll read some spooky stories, make mysterious and magical masks, and have a wickedly good snack. Sausalito Library.

~ PERFORMANCE Magician Timothy James, for ages 5 & up, 4pm
Marvel at the magical skills of magician Timothy James, Belvedere-Tiburon Library.

~ STORYTIME French Immersion Storytime with Le Petit Jardin, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM, Council Chambers, San Anselmo.

Friday, October 21

~ ART October Family Class: Get Ready to Get Messy: Discovering Shapes, Children and adults will explore super messy art and science activities while we take care of the clean-up! Does your young child love to squish, squeeze and smash? Give them the opportunity to unleash their inner artist in this messy class series. Pre-registration required. Space is limited to 10 children per session. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 10am – 11am and 11:15am – 12:15pm.

~ AUTHOR Jonathan London, for Froggy Builds a Treehouse. Don’t miss this rare chance to see this enormously entertaining author/illustrator. Perfect for preschoolers, 10 a.m., Book Passage, Corte Madera.

~ FESTIVAL Tolay Fall Festival, Native American Village with demonstrations,“From Earth to You” hands-on children’s area & Kiddie Corral, Night Time Creatures Barn with Creep Crawly Critters room, live animals, and nature hikes. Tons of family fun on a spectacular 1,737-acre ranch outside Petaluma.

~ HOLIDAY Halloween Music and Magic Show, Mill Valley Community Center, 2 shows 4pm & 6:30pm.

Saturday, October 22

~ ANIMALS Hawk Talk and Banding Demos, get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory with a docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification using photos and other props. A newly banded wild hawk is brought up and shown to the crowd and released. No registration necessary, meet on top of Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands at noon.

~ ART Doing and Viewing Art (ages 4-12). Family tours are followed by related hands-on art projects led by professional artists. Children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Cool Clay, 10:30am, deYoung Museum.

~ ART Doing and Viewing Art (ages 4-12). Family tours are followed by related hands-on art projects led by professional artists. Children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Sketching for Fun, 2:00pm, Legion of Honor.

~ CRAFT Randall Museum, Honor the Mexican holiday Dia de los Meurtes. Use clay and wire to make a little dancing skeleton to put in your Day of the Dead diorama. 1pm and 4pm.

~ FESTIVAL Tolay Fall Festival, Native American Village with demonstrations,“From Earth to You” hands-on children’s area & Kiddie Corral, Night Time Creatures Barn with Creep Crawly Critters room, live animals, and nature hikes. Tons of family fun on a spectacular 1,737-acre ranch outside Petaluma.

~ HOLIDAY Randall Museum Come and “hang” with live bats and learn all about these amazing flying mammals.  Also, create your own spooky, swooping, flying bat for some Halloween fun!

~ MUSIC CHELLE! and Friends, drums, percussion, bass and powerful voices, delivers a musically rich performance of New Orleans jazz, R & B and gospel, fused with Caribbean rhythms. Sing, dance and celebrate the music as well as our cultural diversity. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 2 11am – 12pm

~ MUSIC San Francisco Jazz Festival, Family Matinee, Birth of Cool, 11am, The cool era in jazz was a breath of fresh air for both listeners and performers alike. Hear why the music of Miles Davis and others transformed the jazz landscape, giving composers and improvisers a broader sonic palette as well as a minimalist approach. Herbst Theatre.

~ PERFORMANCE Children’s Fairyland, The Five Heads. A magical bird that can make milk, an enchanted snake that can morph into human form, and a laughing forest are only some of the wonders in the fairytale world of this African Cinderella story. 12:30pm & 3pm, Jean Paul Valjean will delight audiences with his acrobatics and juggling with the “Short Attention Span Circus”. 1:30pm & 2:30pm, Oakland.

~ THEATRE Magic School Bus, Live!, Grab your imagination and get on board with Ms. Frizzle and her class as they learn why it matters that the polar ice is melting and what they can do to help. Bay Area Children’s Theatre at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, 2pm.

~ THEATRE The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Saturdays 1pm, Sundays 1pm & 3:30pm, Young Performers Theatre.

Sunday, October 23

~ ANIMALS Hawk Talk and Banding Demos, get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory with a docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification using photos and other props. A newly banded wild hawk is brought up and shown to the crowd and released. No registration necessary, meet on top of Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands at noon.

~ ART Drawing Inspiration, Do you doodle? Draw on your imagination and make your mark at the museum as we sketch, scribble, and squiggle our way through the wonderful world of drawing, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

~ BLOCK PARTY Sunday Streets 2011 Season Final in the Mission.

~ DANCE Hula for Families, 12pm, Palace of Fine Arts.

~ FESTIVAL Tolay Fall Festival, Native American Village with demonstrations,“From Earth to You” hands-on children’s area & Kiddie Corral, Night Time Creatures Barn with Creep Crawly Critters room, live animals, and nature hikes. Tons of family fun on a spectacular 1,737-acre ranch outside Petaluma.

~ FESTIVAL Who Wants to Be a King (or Queen)?, 10:30 am–4:30 pm, Become a king or queen (maharaja or maharani) at this fun-filled family event that has activities the whole family will enjoy. Pick up an Eye Spy and search the galleries for symbols from India’s royal courts; dress like a king or queen and have your picture taken by a museum photographer; listen to a family of sitar players play music from rock to raga, and learn to sing some riffs yourself; join a docent storytelling tour; sample ice cream flavored with cardamom and rose—two of the region’s tastiest flavors; and make art projects inspired by elephants, Indian royalty, and gods and demons in anticipation of Sanjay Patel’s exhibition opening in November! Free with museum admission, Asian Art Museum.

~ MUSIC Tim Cain, 11am Nicasio Valley Farms Organic Pumpkin Patch

~ PERFORMANCE Master Magician Jay Alexander performs a rare family show! 11 am – Noon, $8 Per Person (under 2 yrs old free), Randall Museum, San Francisco.

~ PERFORMANCE Children’s Fairyland, The Five Heads. A magical bird that can make milk, an enchanted snake that can morph into human form, and a laughing forest are only some of the wonders in the fairytale world of this African Cinderella story. 12:30pm & 3pm, Jean Paul Valjean will delight audiences with his acrobatics and juggling with the “Short Attention Span Circus”. 1:30pm & 2:30pm, Oakland.

~ PERFORMANCE Cashore Marionettes, 11am and 3pm, $24, Wheeler Auditorium, Berkeley.

~ STORYTIME Storytime with Christopher Smith Sunday, 11:00am Book Passage 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. Corte Madera.

~ THEATRE Magic School Bus, Live!, Grab your imagination and get on board with Ms. Frizzle and her class as they learn why it matters that the polar ice is melting and what they can do to help. Bay Area Children’s Theatre at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, 2pm.

~ THEATRE The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Saturdays 1pm, Sundays 1pm & 3:30pm, Young Performers Theatre.

Monday, October 24

~ EVENT Museum Mondays for Little Ones, Enjoy stories, movement games, and arts & crafts activities designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers. $5 per child; up to 2 adults per child are free before 11am.After 11am, regular Museum admission applies. Schultz Museum.

Tuesday, October 25

~ STORYTIME French Immersion Storytime with Le Petit Jardin, 18mo – 4 yrs, 10:30 AM, Preregistration required, Belvedere-Tiburon Library.

Wednesday, October 26, New Moon

~ ANIMAL Toddler Treks, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, for children 1 to 3 years of age. Learn about the Shark that shares our world – all can be found in the Bay Area or the Academy. We will use props and our imagination to “trek” together to the place each animal calls home. Academy of Science.

~ CRAFTS Picture Books & More, Grades 1 & 2, Cool stories, outrageous crafts, and super special snacks, Advance sign-up required, The Creekside Room, The Mill Valley Public Library, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.

~ HOLIDAY San Anselmo Goblin Parade, 5-7pm, From the corner of Ross and San Anselmo Ave. to Tamalpais Ave.

~ LECTURE Was That Me Yelling? (all ages) Yelling can be caused by stress, depression, anger, and other reasons. Most parents agree that yelling isn’t beneficial, but many report that they just don’t know what to do when their children misbehave. Learn to create a plan about the factors that trigger yelling and develop strategies to avoid it. $35, Rona Renner, RN, expert parent educator, temperament counselor, and host of Childhood Matters radio show, 6:30 – 8:30 pm.

Thursday, October 27

~ HOLIDAY Magic Circus Wizard Show, 4pm, The Magic Wizard Circus Show is coming to town for an afternoon of bewitching magic, impish comedy, mysterious illusions and lots and lots of fun. Benny the Wizard and Bebe the Clown have amazing tricks up their sleeves (and under their hats and behind their ears). Don’t miss it! Sausalito Library.

~ HOLIDAY Haunted House, Novato Youth Center.

~ STORYTIME French Immersion Storytime with Le Petit Jardin, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM, Council Chambers, San Anselmo.

Friday, October 28

~ ART October Family Class: Get Ready to Get Messy: Discovering Shapes, Children and adults will explore super messy art and science activities while we take care of the clean-up! Does your young child love to squish, squeeze and smash? Give them the opportunity to unleash their inner artist in this messy class series. Pre-registration required. Space is limited to 10 children per session. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 10am – 11am and 11:15am – 12:15pm.

~ HOLIDAY Haunted House, Novato Youth Center.

~ HOLIDAY Halloween Harvest Festival, 5-8pm, Marinwood.

~ HOLIDAY Friday Nights at the de Young Masquerade Ball, 5pm

~ HOLIDAY Strawberry Halloween Faire, 10:30am-12pm.

Saturday, October 29

~ ANIMALS Hawk Talk and Banding Demos, get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory with a docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification using photos and other props. A newly banded wild hawk is brought up and shown to the crowd and released. No registration necessary, meet on top of Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands at noon.

~ ART Doing and Viewing Art (ages 4-12). Family tours are followed by related hands-on art projects led by professional artists. Children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Amazing Architecture, 10:30am, deYoung Museum.

~ ART Doing and Viewing Art (ages 4-12). Family tours are followed by related hands-on art projects led by professional artists. Children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Frieze Frame: Storytelling in Art, 2:00pm, Legion of Honor.

~ EVENT Ocean Aglow: Family Night Hike & Campfire, 6-8:30pm, Join us for a night hike to Rodeo Beach in search of bioluminescent plankton twinkling in the sand. Gather ’round the campfire for quality time with friends and family, sing songs, and get silly as you roast s’mores by moonlight. $12/per person, pre-registration required. All ages are welcome. Baby carriers are recommended for children 4 and under.

~ FESTIVAL Bay Area Science Festival

~ HOLIDAY Halloween Family Farm Day, 10am-2pm, $30/person; $95 families of 4 or more; age 2 and under free, Slide Ranch.

~ HOLIDAY Haunted House, 5-6pm (not scary), 6:30-7:30pm (semi-scary), 8-9pm (horrifying), $3 Tam Community Center: 203 Marin Avenue, Mill Valley, 388-6393.

~ HOLIDAY HallowScreen! 11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm, Celebrate Halloween weekend with our special selection of haunted cartoon shorts such as The Skeleton Dance, The Mad Doctor, Pluto’s Judgement Day, and more. You’ll have a “howling” good time. Costumes Welcome! Walt Disney Museum.

~ HOLIDAY Jack O’ Lantern Jamboree, Come in costume and enjoy a spooktacular extravaganza with Unlimited rides, Parades, Goody bags for kids, Treat stations for kids, Two jumpers, one for little kids and one for bigger kids, Arts & Crafts, Pirate school, Balloon twisting, Costumed fairytale characters, Clowns and magicians Children’s Fairyland 10am-5pm.

~ HOLIDAY Family Halloween Fest, 10am-2pm, Randall Museum.

~ HOLIDAY Bay Area Discovery Museum’s Spooky Soiree, celebrate creativity at play with first ever, grown-ups only masquerade party in San Francisco.

~ HOLIDAY Haunted House, Novato Youth Center.

~ HOLIDAY Graveyard Stroll, 6-7:30pm, 18 Jeannette Prandi Way, San Rafael, Marin County Parks Field Office, 507-2816

~ HOLIDAY Trick or Treat Down 4th Street, San Rafael, 1-2:30pm.

~ HOLIDAY Halloween Dance Party with Raytones, Put on your costume and join the coolest fun-time band for a Halloween dance party. The Raytones combine a mix of pop, funk, and rock & roll with playful lyrics about such things as wearing your favorite pjs and hula hoops. Ray the Rhino will be on hand to show you some cool dance moves. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 11am – 12pm

~ HOLIDAY School Fuel Haunted House, 5-7:30pm, NUSD administration building, Novato.

~ HOLIDAY The Halloween Cabaret Carnival! 10:30am, Freight and Salvage, Berkeley

~ HOLIDAY Supernatural Halloween Party, 6:30-9:30pm, California Academy of Sciences.

~ HOLIDAY Halloween at Deer Park, 10am, We’ll take a short hike in Deer Park, looking for signs of autumn. Have plants gone to seed? Which trees drop their leaves? Why are spiders so conspicuous this time of year? Bring a snack and then we’ll gather under the “Halloween” tree for a story.

~ HOLIDAY Halloween Jamboree, Children’s Fairyland 10am-5pm.

~ PERFORMANCE Children’s Fairyland, 11am, 2pm & 4pm, Oakland.

~ SCIENCE East Bay Discovery Day, Cal State East Bay, Hayward, 11am-4pm.

~ THEATRE The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Saturdays 1pm, Sundays 1pm & 3:30pm, Young Performers Theatre.

Sunday, October 30

~ ANIMALS Hawk Talk and Banding Demos, get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory with a docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification using photos and other props. A newly banded wild hawk is brought up and shown to the crowd and released. No registration necessary, meet on top of Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands at noon.

~ ART Drawing Inspiration, Do you doodle? Draw on your imagination and make your mark at the museum as we sketch, scribble, and squiggle our way through the wonderful world of drawing, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

~ EVENT Discovery Day Open House, the one day of the year when the public can visit and spend the day behind the scenes, meet our scientists and learn about their research in San Francisco Bay and beyond. Romberg Tiburon Center, 11am-4pm.

~ HOLIDAY Haunted House, Novato Youth Center.

~ HOLIDAY Boo at the Zoo, San Francisco Zoo,10am-4pm.

~ HOLIDAY Boo at the Zoo, Oakland Zoo, 10am-3pm.

~ HOLIDAY HallowScreen! 11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm, Celebrate Halloween weekend with our special selection of haunted cartoon shorts such as The Skeleton Dance, The Mad Doctor, Pluto’s Judgement Day, and more. You’ll have a “howling” good time. Costumes Welcome! Walt Disney Museum.

~ HOLIDAY Halloween Spooktacular!, 1:00pm – 4:00pm, Calling all Ghosts, Ghouls, and Witches join us if you dare … for a Halloween scare! Come dressed in your best and surprise all the rest at The Walt Disney Family Museum’s frightfully fun event. Crafts, Costumes, Museum’s frightfully fun event. Crafts, Costumes, and games ghoulore will be everything we have in store. Walt Disney Museum.

~ HOLIDAY Jack O’ Lantern Jamboree, Come in costume and enjoy a spooktacular extravaganza with Unlimited rides, Parades, Goody bags for kids, Treat stations for kids, Two jumpers, one for little kids and one for bigger kids, Arts & Crafts, Pirate school, Balloon twisting, Costumed fairytale characters, Clowns and magicians Children’s Fairyland 10am-5pm.

~ HOLIDAY Halloween Haunts and Happenings, 12 – 4 pm, come dressed up in your Halloween costume and join us in a variety of spine-tingling activities. See tarantulas and blood-sucking leeches, watch spooky animated films, make sugar skulls and much more. Exploratorium.

~ HOLIDAY Spooktacular Twilight Tour, San Francisco Zoo, 5–9pm.

~ HOLIDAY Kids Cooking Class – Halloween, 10am. ITK Culinary.

~ HOLIDAY Gourmet Halloween Sweets Tour in the Ferry Building, 11am and 2pm.  A special tour just for kids with 9 different gourmet sweets stops, from pumpkin whoopie pies to organic Halloween cupcakes.  Tickets must be purchased in advance and are $38 per child, $5 per participating adult.

~ HOLIDAY Yerba Buena Halloween Costume Walk, 12:00-1:30pm, featuring interactive performances and games for kids. Hosted by the Unique Derique, and featuring live music by Venezuelan Music Project and special guest Chiqui Boom, we invite children under ten and their adults to parade in their Halloween finery! Children’s Garden.

~ MUSIC Charity and the JAMband, Costume Parade at Concert Finale, 3:30pm.

~ PERFORMANCE Children’s Fairyland, Owen Baker Flynn with his “World Premiere”, a lively show featuring juggling, fire eating and a multitude of surprises. 10:30am, Puss in Boots. What’s a kitten to do when the dogs bully her? Momma cat responds by telling the classic story of how a loyal cat with a taste for good footwear takes her human friend from rags to riches. Words and music by Tony Jonick. 10:30am, The Five Heads. A magical bird that can make milk, an enchanted snake that can morph into human form, and a laughing forest are only some of the wonders in the fairytale world of this African Cinderella story. 11:30am, Oakland.

~ STORYTIME Storytime with Christopher Smith Sunday, 11:00am Book Passage 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. Corte Madera.

~ THEATRE Hansel and Gretel, 2pm, Halloween costume parade at 1:30 pm prior to the matinee. Showcase Theater, San Rafael. Adults – $45 / $35, Children 15 and under – $15.

~ THEATRE The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Saturdays 1pm, Sundays 1pm & 3:30pm, Young Performers Theatre.

Monday, October 31

~ EVENT Museum Mondays for Little Ones, Enjoy stories, movement games, and arts & crafts activities designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers. $5 per child; up to 2 adults per child are free before 11am.After 11am, regular Museum admission applies. Schultz Museum.

~ HOLIDAY Boo at the Zoo, San Francisco Zoo,10am-4pm.

~ HOLIDAY Boo at the Zoo, Oakland Zoo, 10am-3pm.

~ HOLIDAY Petaluma Downtown Merchant’s Trick or Treat Trail, 3-5pm.

~ HOLIDAY Sausalito Halloween Festivities, 5:45-8pm, Parade begins at the Fire Station 333 Johnson and Caledonia Street.

~ HOLIDAY Safe Trick or Treat Downtown Novato, 11am-2pm.

~ HOLIDAY Trick-or-Treating and Party, Homestead Valley, Mill Valley.

~ HOLIDAY HallowScreen! 11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm, Celebrate Halloween weekend with our special selection of haunted cartoon shorts such as The Skeleton Dance, The Mad Doctor, Pluto’s Judgement Day, and more. You’ll have a “howling” good time. Costumes Welcome! Walt Disney Museum.