Halloween Fests This Weekend

Marquez Elementary, October 30 Marquez Charter Elementary School, 16821 Marquez Ave., will hold its 2005 Halloween Festival on Sunday, October 30, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will include activities, arts and crafts, games, a haunted house and a costume parade, as well as food, a bake sale, entertainment and prizes. Palisades Rec Center, October 31 The Palisades Recreation Center Halloween Carnival will be held October 31 from 4 to 8 p.m. at 851 Alma Real. Activities will include a puppet show at 4:30 p.m., along with carnival games, candy, prizes, a haunted house, pony rides and a petting zoo. Admission is free. Heal the Bay at SM Pier Aquarium, October 29 and 30 Heal the Bay is hosting a Halloween weekend for the whole family, this Saturday and Sunday, October 29 and 30, from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, 1600 Ocean Front Walk. Activities will include a “Mad Scientist Laboratory” complete with microscopes and creepy critters; presentations on “Creatures of the Deep,” featuring “Invasion of the Body Snatchers: How Spooky Ocean Creatures Take Over and Control the Bodies of Other Animals”; “Trick-or-Treater” beach-cleaning activity designed to show kids how littering on the coast hurts animals in the sea; free face painting; movies, stories and speaker presentations about the deep, dark sea. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Adult admission is $1. For more information, call 393-6149. Waldorf in Santa Monica, October 30 The Westside Waldorf School will be holding its annual Halloween Enchantment Festival on October 30 from 5 to 9 p.m. on its campus in Santa Monica, 1229 Fourth St. Unlike traditional haunted houses, the Halloween Enchantment Festival offers a gentler experience, based on a combination of Harvest celebrations and fairy tales. Children of all ages are guided by an angel through classrooms that have been transformed into magical realms. All are welcome. Advance tickets are available at wswaldorf.org, and a limited number of tickets will be sold at the door. Rustic Canyon Rec Center, October 31 A free Halloween carnival featuring games, prizes, costume parades and refreshments will take place at Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 601 Latimer Rd., from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, October 31. Parade times are as follows: age 3 and under will parade at 5 p.m.; ages 4 to 7 will parade at 5:30 p.m.; ages 8 and up will parade at 6 p.m. Contact: 454-5734.