It’s time again to move with the beat at Tapology’s 2019 Concert at The Whiting! On Sunday, October 27, the highly-anticipated, fall festival will honor the women of tap with a unique and electric performance. While putting on their best show, this year Tapology will be raising funds for Flint’s Children of Challenge.
It’s the time all the kids have been waiting for in Greater Flint! For the kids Halloween parties, trick or trunk and spooky events abound starting on Thursday, October 24 through the rest of month. Get the costumes ready and empty those pillow cases, it’s time for some holiday treats!
In January 2011, Flushing High School senior Thomas Smith died while home from sudden cardiac arrest due to an enlarged heart. In his honor, his family started the Thomas Smith Memorial Foundation. The foundation is built upon three principles: to honor all youth who die from sudden cardiac arrest, provide free teen heart screenings to children age 13-19 and donate external defibrillators to child-centered organizations in Michigan. This year the Thomas Smith Memorial Foundation, in collaboration with Hurley Children’s Hospital and Hurley Trauma Care, will hold a free teen heart screening event from 9-2pm on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Flushing Middle School located at 8100 W. Carpenter Rd.
Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October. This is a day for you to recognize that sweet and special someone. It doesn’t matter who that person is, they just have to be “sweet” in order to get a little recognition. The day is often celebrated with gifts of flowers, candy and cards. Many restaurants in the area offer Sweetest Day specials.
Spend your weekend at For-Mar, Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad! Starting Friday at 5pm, Crossroads Village hosts Halloween Ghosts & Goodies. This yearly event celebrates all things Halloween and is great for children. Visit the enchanted forest, laugh at musical comedy at the Colwell Opera House, get lost in the straw maze and be overloaded with treats, treats, treats! Don’t you dare leave without a ride on the Huckleberry Ghost Train Express. Halloween Ghosts and Goodies will take place all weekend at Crossroads so bundle up and join the fun.
Are ghosts for real? You can find out on Sunday at the Historic Holly Hotel. You and a team of professional ghost hunters armed with several types of sensors, detectors, cameras, thermal scanners, will together explore the dimly lit and admittedly haunted Holly Hotel.
The Meg Okura Trio will be performing a free concert this Thursday October 17, 2019!
Some interesting things have happened in the month of October over the years.
Tomorrow night, starting at 6pm at the Flint Farmer’s Market, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Flint will hold the 17th Annual Suits & Sauce Dinner and Silent Auction presented by Big John Steak & Onion. Dinner will be provided by Blackstone’s Smokehouse. Proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Flint.
Sara Shanning, is the author of the Chosen Angels series. Seal One releases October 1 (ebook), and print is available now on Amazon and at Faith Christian Store in Flint.
