Long Center Presents Kathy Najimy With Hocus Pocus Long Center for the Performing Arts October 30

one. An In-Person Conversation with Kathy Najimy with "Hocus Pocus"

vii:30 p.m. Oct. 29. $24-$44. The Long Center, 701 West. Riverside Bulldoze. 512-474-5664,thelongcenter.org

The 1993 movie "Hocus Pocus" has helped countless kids and adults alike go into the Halloween spirit. See it in a whole new way with this event that will bring at least 1 of the Sanderson sisters back to life. Actress Kathy Najimy takes the stage for a alive discussion and Q&A before a screening of the picture show. She'll be telling behind-the-scenes stories, among other stories, as 1 of the witches in an evil coven who are accidentally freed.

ii. The Umlauf's fifth almanac Straw Fest

11 a.one thousand. to 5 p.m. Oct. 27. Free. 605 Azie Morton Route.umlaufsculpture.org/strawfest

Information technology's finally starting to feel like autumn, so let's gloat appropriately. The Umlauf's annual autumn festival returns for the whole family unit with pumpkin carving, face-painting, a petting zoo, live music and more than. A family and pet autumn fashion show may prove to exist the highlight. Purchase snacks and beverages on-site; plus, there will be gratuitous samples from Texas Keeper Cider and Yet Austin Whiskey Co.

3. The Austin Séance

7 p.m. Oct. 28-xxx, nine p.thou. Oct. xxx-31. $xv. The Vortex, 2307 Manor Road. austinseance.com

Just in time for Halloween, A. Lucio and Jake Cordero of the Austin Séance will set out to explore the supernatural. At the Vortex and its intimate Pony Shed, they will host a session taking a deep dive into American spiritualist history and its tools, as well every bit requite a modernistic interpretation of an old-time séance. Innumerable techniques are employed past spiritualists and others for making contact with the other side.

4. Scare-Tacular at Gingerland

5 to 11 p.1000. Oct. 30. $twenty. 15709 Richards Bulldoze, Del Valle.eventbrite.com/e/scare-tacular-at-gingerland-tickets-75934994613

The day before all the trick-or-treating, 365 Things Austin is throwing a haunted bash at Gingerland Austin with enough thrills and chills for the whole family. The evening will have a haunted hayride, petting zoo, hay maze, a pumpkin patch and a bar with child-friendly and adult beverages. For the hayride, you'll hop on the dorsum of a tractor-pulled trailer and enjoy a relaxing ride under the Texas sky. Only make certain you're paying attention to what's around the next turn.

5. The Roosevelt Room'due south Halloween

iv p.yard. Oct. 31. Free. 307 W. Fifth St. facebook.com/TheRooseveltRoomATX

Enjoy Halloween night with a classy spin. The downtown cocktail bar will have haunted decor and candlelight for one night just. Just that's non all: The Roosevelt Room will take spooky live jazz starting at 9:30 p.m. Classic black-and-white horror films will play on the projector. A Halloween-inspired drinks carte volition be bachelor. Plus, guests who come up in costume and order from that menu can get twenty% off their beak.

six. André Aciman at BookPeople

7 p.m. Nov. 1. Free. 603 N. Lamar Blvd. 512-472-5050, bookpeople.com

In a spellbinding exploration of the varieties of love, the author of the worldwide bestseller "Call Me by Your Name" revisits its complex and beguiling characters decades subsequently their first meeting. In "Find Me," which he'll speak nearly and sign in this writer event, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A risk encounter on the train with a beautiful young woman completely upends Sami's plans.

7. Second annual Pours for Pups

Noon to 5 p.grand. Nov. 2. Complimentary. Zilker Brewing, 1701 E. Sixth St.facebook.com/events/698405590661429

Zilker Brewing loves our hirsuite friends so much that the East Austin brewery is partnering upwardly with Happy Hearts Dog Rescue to host the 2nd annual Pours for Pups fundraiser. The dog costume contest starts at 1 p.m., and then make sure your four-legged companion is dressed to print. Plus, Giddy Artist will be on-site from 1 to 3 p.thou. drawing upwardly i-of-a-kind caricatures; pups and people both welcome.