EAST HAVEN, CT — East Haven's Halloween weekend has a Bigfoot problem. The Shore Line Trolley Museum's Haunted Trolley turns its final rides of the season into an interactive Sasquatch hunt, while the Hagaman Memorial Library screens "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," demonstrates 18th-century chocolate making and hosts a paranormal researcher on Halloween afternoon.
This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment
Movie Night: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" — Thursday, Oct. 29; pizza and drinks at 5 p.m., movie at 5:30 p.m. Tweed New Haven Airport sponsors pizza and drinks for the PG-13 sequel starring Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton and Catherine O'Hara. Registration is required; call the library at 203-468-3890, ext. 106. Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St.
18th Century Chocolate Making — Thursday, Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. Robert Lecce of The Pewter Pot in Salem, Connecticut, gives a chocolate-making demonstration. Registration is required through the library's reference desk, according to its Patch listing. Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St.
Haunted Trolley: In Search of Sasquatch — Friday, Oct. 30, at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 31, at 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 1, at 5, 6, 7 and 8 p.m. A 30- to 45-minute interactive ride aboard a vintage trolley combining a Bigfoot hunt, theater, audience participation and comedy, limited to 40 riders per trip. Advance tickets are $29, or $49 for VIP (first boarding, choice of seats and a souvenir shirt); organizers call the 5 and 6 p.m. Sunday rides more family-friendly, and riders under 16 need an adult. Shore Line Trolley Museum, 17 River St.
Spirits of New England With Paranormal Researcher Dustin Pari — Saturday, Oct. 31, 2 p.m. A Halloween-afternoon talk on New England's spirits in the library's DeMayo room. Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St.
Start with pizza and "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" on Thursday, hear Dustin Pari's ghost stories on Halloween afternoon and then climb aboard the trolley to help decide whether Sasquatch is real.