SCARY DISPLAY: Students and teachers from the Project Learn School in Mt. Airy added their scarecrow to the First Friday Scare-A-Crow display in front of the Sedgwick Theater, 7137 Germantown Ave. Seen here are, from left, art teachers Joan Fox and Debby Pollak; scarecrow / painter Claude; students Talia Ginsburg, 10, Maya Lerman, 6, and Ilana Ginsburg, 10. (Photo by Debbie Lerman)

PRETTY AS A PUMPKIN: Emily Israel of Lafayette Hill takes one of the pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch at the Carson Valley School in Flourtown as part of their eighth annual Fall Faire on October 14. (If Emily makes a pumpkin pie out of it, every Local staff member would like a piece.) The Fall Faire included craft activities, pony rides, storytelling, musical entertainment, etc. (Photo by Donna Cogan)

WINE DINNER IN BLUE BELL: Due to the success of their first food/wine pairing, Chef Alison Barshak and Jonathan Newman, chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB), will host a second wine dinner on Sunday, October 29, to promote the PLCB’s Chairman’s Selection program. The event will be held at Alison at Blue Bell restaurant, where Chef Barshak will create a 4-course menu to match wines, hand-picked by Chairman Newman. The cost for is $69 per person plus tax, tip and beverages. For reservations, call 215/641-2660. Alison at Blue Bell is at 721 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell. For more information, visit www.alisonatbluebell.com. For more information about Chairman’s Selections, visit www.pawineandspirits.com.

HEARING-IMPAIRED ARTIST EXHIBITS: In Celebration of Manayunk Art Center’s 50th Anniversary, the center is currently featuring paintings, neon and canvas assemblages, mixed-media works and collages by Germantown resident Betty G. Miller, who is deaf. The Manayunk Art Center, is at 419 Green Lane (rear), between Mitchell and Pechin Streets. For more information, visit www.manayunkartcenter.org or call 215-482-3363. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 10 to 4, through Sunday, October 29.

It’s a Halloween Parade in Chestnut Hill
The streets of Chestnut Hill will be filled with little ghosts and goblins, princesses and ballerinas and other assorted characters as AbZOOlutely Chestnut Hill hosts a Halloween parade on Saturday, Oct, 28. The parade will begin at 1:00 at O’Doodles Toy Store, 8335 Germantown Ave. and will make its way up to Bethlehem Pike and back. Kids of all ages are invited to join the fun. Music will play on the street and many restaurants will offer special Halloween menus. And, as a special Halloween promotion, the shops of Chestnut Hill will offer “Boo Bucks” to customers. Boo Bucks are scratch and win cards that will be given to customers who make purchases in the shops. Winning tickets will get fun little ceramic animal mugs.