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It's Halloween weekend, so we won't bog you down with the many parties around town. But if you're not up for wearing a costume, eating candy and consuming lots of booze, here are alternatives. Enjoy the weekend and fall weather.
Friday
The Eagles: 8 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena. Tickets are $51-$351.
Ben Folds: Singer-songwriters performs at the Fillmore Detroit at 7 p.m. Tickets are $39-$85.
Friday evening tickets remain, though Day two is sold out.
Beer Festival: Eastern Market, 5-9 p.m. (Sold out Saturday.) Tickets allow 15 three-ounce samples of over 800 beers from more than 110 Michigan brewers. Tickets: $45.
Friday and Saturday
Damned Exhibition of Enlightened Darkness: More than 130 artists present art, performance and masquerade. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. 715 E Milwaukee St, Detroit. Tickets: $15-$75. Details afre here.
Saturday
Dog costume party: Free photo booth, games and treats for pets and owners at Grand Circus Dog Park, 2:30-4 p.m. Prizes for best dressed, most creative, scariest, and funniest outfits. Details.
Salsa dance party: LL7 Latin Jazz plays from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. at Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward Ave. Food and drinks. Lessons at 9 p.m. Tickets:
Art gallery show: Free exhibit of painters Paul Kremer, Mark Flood, MOMO and Jason Revok. Their works are shown alongside video, performance and functional objects. Library Street Collective, 1260 Library St., Detroit. 6 p.m. Information.
Pepa Pig Live: Peppa Pig is a British preschool animated television series. If you're looking to please your kid, this looks like a pretty good bet. Fox Theatre, 5 p.m. Tickets: $38-$133.
All three days
Detroit Symphony: Music from "Star Wars," "Star Trek, 2001: A Space Odyssey" and other science fiction films. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward. Tickets.
