Manchester's Full Weekend Guide: Poetry Meets Photos, A Haunted Tavern Tale And Capone At The Funny Bone

MANCHESTER, CT — Manchester's Halloween weekend runs from a gallery opening to a haunted-tavern talk to two nights of stand-up. WORK_SPACE opens an exhibit pairing photographs with poems written about them, the library hosts a Connecticut ghost-story author and the Hartford Funny Bone at Buckland Hills brings in Jeff Allen and Capone.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• "Picture This: A Poetry & Photography Exhibit" Opening Reception — Thursday, Oct. 29, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Photographers submitted original images, and poets wrote original poems inspired by the selected photos; the collaborative exhibit opens with a reception. WORK_SPACE, 903 Main St.
• Abigail's Ghost: Portrait of an 1830s Connecticut Town — Saturday, Oct. 31, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Local author Kara LaBella talks about the legend behind Pettibone Tavern, one of Connecticut's most haunted taverns, and the epidemics, religious revivals and early industry that shaped her latest ghost story. The program is free for adults, no registration is needed and signed copies of the book are $10. Manchester Public Library, 1041 Main St.

This Weekend's Restaurants & Bars

• Jeff Allen: My First Final Farewell Tour — Thursday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. The comic, known for seven Dry Bar Comedy specials and appearances on "America's Got Talent" and "The Today Show," plays the comedy club and restaurant. Hartford Funny Bone Comedy Club & Restaurant, 194 Buckland Hills Drive
• Capone — Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 and 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 31, at 6:30 and 9 p.m. The self-styled "Gangster of Comedy" headlines four Halloween-weekend shows. Hartford Funny Bone Comedy Club & Restaurant, 194 Buckland Hills Drive

Start with poems and photographs on Main Street, hear how Pettibone Tavern got its ghost on Saturday afternoon and close out Halloween night with dinner and Capone at Buckland Hills.

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