This is Halloween …

The Monster Mash Family Halloween is a family-friendly dance with a DJ, refreshments and games. 7-9 tonight. $5. Crowne Plaza Lansing West, 925 S. Creyts Road, Lansing. (517) 323- 8555, deltami.gov/parks/events.

The sixth annual Haunted Aud is presented by Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre. This year it’s “The Hostile,” a haunted hotel. 8-11 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. $10, MSU Auditorium, MSU campus, 542 Auditorium Road, East Lansing.

House may not be your best bet for a place to stay; the Last Ride simulates a casket trip into a grave; or if that’s all too much for you, there’s also a scare-free dark corn maze. 7-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. $10 each attraction. 1826 Rolfe Road, Mason. shawhavenhauntedfarm.com.

You can put your survival skills to the test at the third annual Zombie Shoot. Hosted by T.C. Paintball in Lansing, the event is a combination of a haunted village and paintball. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. 3262 McConnell Highway, Charlotte. $18. (616) 249-8227, tcpaintball. com.

After the kids go trick-or-treating, it’s time for the parents to have a little treat. Sixteen of Lansing’s downtown bars are participating in the Tour of Terror Bar Crawl. Get your free wristband punched by at least eight bars to be entered to win prizes. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday. FREE wristbands. facebook.com/ downtownlansing.

The Glitter Disco Inferno at Spiral Dance Bar on Devil’s Night will be a night of drag, burlesque, “boy-lesque” and sideshow entertainment. 9 p.m. Thursday. $5. 18 and up. Spiral Dance Bar, 1247 Center St., Lansing. (517) 371-3221, facebook.com/magicalkittenglitterdisco.

You can let your inner devil out at the Avenue on Devil’s Night. Get bad with Jonica Blu from the Bad Girls Club, then get down with DJ Eclipse Beats. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Thursday. $15. The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. avenuelansing. com.

Shawhaven Farm in Mason has five spooky attractions: Wagons of Fear is a haunted hayride; the Dead Maze will have you running for your life in a corn maze infested with zombies; Samara’s Boarding

At the Dia de los Muertos Cemetery Stroll, you can investigate the signs and symbols of nature that surround life and death. 6-8 p.m. Saturday. $5. 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. mynaturecenter.org.

In “The Gravedigger” at Williamston Theatre, a gravedigger digs up different type of friendship in this “sidequel” to Mary Shelley’s classic novel, “Frankenstein.” 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 3 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $22. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. (517) 655- 7469, williamstontheatre.org.

Trick or Treating times for East Lansing, Lansing, Okemos, Grand Ledge, Mason and DeWitt are 6-8 p.m. Friday.

— CITY PULSE STAFF

FRIDAY, OCT. 31 >> SUSAN WERNER AT TEN POUND FIDDLE

Since her 1993 debut, “Midwestern Saturday Night,” Susan Werner has been considered one of the brilliant songwriters in contemporary folk scene. Her distinct Americana sound is a fusion of jazz, pop, blues, country and agnostic gospel. The Chicago Tribune called her “one of the most innovative songwriters working today.” Friday she plays a Ten Pound Fiddle concert at the MSU Community Music School. Werner has released 12 fulllength LPs, including her 10th album, 2011’s “Kicking the Beehive.” The disc was produced by Rodney Crowell and features Keb’ Mo and Vince Gill. The Iowa native’s latest is 2013’s “Hayseed.” The concept album tells small-town stories of rural farm towns. The website praised Warner: “When it comes to crafting a song, Ms. Werner’s only peers are Jimmy Webb and Paul Simon.” 8 p.m. $18/$15 members/$5 students. MSU Community Music School, 4930 S. Hagadorn Road, East Lansing.

SATURDAY NOV. 1 >> HORSEPOWER & HOPS

I’m a Beer Hound continues to treat the Lansing area with festivals that feature craft brews and cider. This weekend, beer hounds can attend Horsepower and Hops at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in downtown Lansing. Guests can choose from 10 beers and cider from Atwater Brewery and Uncle John’s Cider Mill as they walk through local automotive history. Admission includes 15 3-ounce samples and a customized sampling glass. $5 from every ticket goes to the museum. Local talents Joe Wright and Mark Warner will perform during the festival. 5-10 p.m. 240 Museum Drive, Lansing. $35-$50. (517) 372-0529, imabeerhound.com.

SATURDAY, NOV. 1 >> ULTIMATE PAINTING AT THE LOFT

For anyone who has ever thought the art world could use a dash of fierce competition, the Loft hosts “Ultimate Painting” on Saturday. Local artists sign up to pit their talents against one other, having only 20 minutes to paint a masterpiece. The audience decides the winner by voting on their favorite piece once the clash of canvases has ended. The winner gets a cash a prize and advances to the state finals, which will take place next July. All the paintings will be auctioned off at the end of the evening with the proceeds benefitting the artists and local charities. 7 p.m. $10. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 913-0103, theloftlansing.com

SATURDAY, NOV. 1-2 >> ART FOR CHARLIE CHILDREN’S ART SHOW AT THE BROAD

Art for Charlie, a nonprofit organization founded to raise funds through art events and sales for families who need help with hospice care or are grieving the loss of a child, holds its fourth annual art show and auction at the Broad Art Museum on Saturday. After everyone votes for their favorite piece from the children’s show, the winners will be displayed the following day. The exhibit will then be moved to the East Lansing Marriott’s lobby where the art will be available for purchase on Nov. 11. Noon-4 p.m., Saturday; 10 a.m-5 p.m., Sunday. FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Museum, 547 E. Circle Drive, East Lansing. (517) 763-4413, artforcharlie.com.

SUNDAY, NOV. 2>>AUTUMN POPS CONCERT

Lansing has its own version of “America’s Got Talent” coming this weekend to the Presbyterian Church of Okemos. A wide range of artists will deliver pop, classical and jazz performances on a variety of instruments. Those who attend are invited to stick around after the concert for coffee, cider and cookies. Donations will be accepted to benefit the American Guild of Organists´ Scholarship and education fund. 3 p.m. 2258 Bennett Road, Okemos. (517) 321-4973, or more information elsbethw2@gmail.com.

SUNDAY, NOV. 2>>UMIT ISGORUR: TURKISH CELLIST

Whenever MSU violin Professor Walter Verdehr welcomes back far-flung alumni from his 40-plus years of teaching, sweet music making is in order. But even by Verdehr´s standards, a chamber concert at the MSU Auditorium´s Fairchild Theatre will be a rare treat. After studying at MSU in the 1980s and serving as principal cellist of the Lansing Symphony, Turkish cellist Umit Isgorur went on to international success as a soloist with orchestras and chamber groups. Igorur heads the String Department at Dokuz Eylul University State Conservatory, where he founded a symphony orchestra and became the first full professor of cello in Turkey. Sunday, he will reunite with Verdehr and pianist Ralph Votapek for a generous program that will include Bach, Schumann and a fantasy by Saint-Saëns with new MSU faculty harpist Chen-Yu Huang. The capstone will be the grand and lovely piano quintet of Cesar Franck, with Verdehr, Isgorur, violist Yuri Gandelsman and violinist Fangye Sun, another alumna of Verdehr. 3 p.m. Fairchild Theatre, MSU Auditorium MSU campus, East Lansing. $8-10. (517) 353-5340, music.msu.edu.