Join Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for a fun, engaging 70 minutes of movement and stage makeup workshops, both with audience participating, followed by an abbreviated performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's hilarious The Pirates of Penzance.
The sensory-friendly performance features current and former Opera Theatre Young Artists with piano accompaniment. It is recommended for students in grades 3 to 10 and is tailored for young people with sound sensitivities. A quiet room and pacing lanes will be available. Space is limited to 60 participants, so reservations and advance tickets are highly recommended. The performance is also part of Opera America's National Opera Week, a concentrated critical mass of opera events throughout North American from Oct. 28 - Nov. 6. Tickets are $10 per person.
2 p.m. at the Sally S. Levy Opera Center in Webster Groves. More information and tickets: opera-stl.org
It's the Not-So-Haunted House that is oh-so-fun, where storybook characters come alive! Kids are invited to dress in their most "boo-tiful" Halloween costumes and have a ghoulishly good time going on a spook-tacular scavenger hunt throughout The Magic House to find trick-or-treat locations and seeing their favorite storybook characters.
Get into the Halloween spirit with some spooky fun and celebrate with the animals at Grant's Farm. Enjoy Halloween tram rides featuring Halloween lights, spooky scenes, live actors, scare zones, a Halloween-themed show, monster mash party and more. Costumes are encouraged.
Kids can work on existing gym skills, learn new skills or just play around during Open Gym at Miss Kelly's Gym in Creve Coeur.
The Best of Missouri Market at the Missouri Botanical Garden features more than 150 vendors offering handcrafted items, locally produced food, native plants, herbs, live music and local brews, plus a two-acre Kid's Corner with farm animals (like llamas, alpacas and sheep!), circus performers, face painting, crafts, and a pumpkin patch with decorating let by Perennial.
Kids in kindergarten through 5th grade can fun evenings making spooky crafts. Parents can drop off their kids and enjoy an evening out. Enrollment is limited.