Waco Insider #139
Blow Your Own Pumpkin, Skellington Curiosities Halloween Ball, and Epiphanies New Works Festival
If you’re looking for something unique to do this Halloween season, look no further than Stanton Studios. Every fall, its hot glass shop is opened for people to blow their own pumpkins, starting on October 13 and continuing every Friday and Saturday until the end of October.
Pumpkins are $55 each and take approximately 15 minutes to create, but you must schedule your glassblowing session in advance.
Whether you live the spooky vibe 365 or are a one-night-a-year person, Sean and Kylie Skellington’s annual Halloween bash on Friday is a can’t-miss event. This year, it’s moved to Southern Roots Brewing Co. but still features live music (courtesy of Dead Horse Creek), great food, locally-made beer, costume contests, and more.
Tickets are available online or at the door.
Under the thoughtful guidance of Trent Sutton, Wild Imaginings continues to provide an ambitious schedule of productions, classes, and community outreach.
Its Epiphanies New Works Festival returns this Thursday through Sunday with performances of last year’s winner, The Handless King, at University Baptist Church and staged readings of four more plays at Cultivate 7twelve.
See the full schedule and buy tickets online.
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Thursday, October 12
October’s Discovery Activity: Nature Journal | Urban REAP | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo | Extraco Events Center | 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wild Imaginings Children's Theater Class | Cultivate 7twelve | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Teacher Happy Hour | Art Center Waco | 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
$20 Steak Night | Barnett’s Whiskey House | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Kolten Benton | Lounge ’93 | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
3 Nations Pint Night | Dancing Bear Pub | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Hispanic Heritage Celebration (SOLD OUT) | Baylor Club | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Gary Jones Jr. | Hoot’s Tokio Store | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Trivia Night | Fuzzy’s Taco Shop | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
$3 Thursday College Night with DJ Euby | Freight Bar | 7:00 pm – 2:00 am
Bobby Dean & The Timeless Country Band | Sul Ross Boot Scootin’ Dance Club | 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
Stars Over Texas Jamboree: Golden Oldies | Lee Lockwood Library and Museum | 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Trivia Night | Brotherwell Brewing | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Thursday Karaoke | Twisted Sisters Patio Bar | 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Epiphanies New Works Festival | University Baptist Church | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
John Mark McMillan with Taylor Leonhardt | Common Grounds | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Friday, October 13
Warehouse Sale | Waco Shoe Company | 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Blow Your Own Pumpkin | Stanton Studios | 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
October’s Discovery Activity: Nature Journal | Urban REAP | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Rise 'N Grind 2023 | Waco Convention Center | noon – 10:00 pm
End of Harvest Celebration | Valley Mills Vineyards | noon – 8:00 pm
Pumpkin Festival 2023 | Western Belle Farm | 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo | Extraco Events Center | 4:00 pm – midnight
Spooky Paint-N-Sip | Cultivate 7twelve | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Burgers & Bingo | Karem Shrine | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Spooky Trivia Night | Fabled Bookshop & Cafe | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Towne Adams | Uncle Worm’s Smoke House | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Jennifer Pisarcik & Jon Fox | 1424 Bistro | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Stephany Chavira | Fuzzy’s Taco Shop (Hewitt) | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Dueling Hearts | Fuzzy’s Taco Shop | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Junior Paranormal Investigator Open House | Dr Pepper Museum & Free Enterprise Institute | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Greg Bashara Quartet (SOLD OUT) | For Keeps Coffee | 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Kent Klaras | Camp Fimfo | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Murder Mystery Dinner: The Illusion of Murder (SOLD OUT) | Brazos Theatre | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Epiphanies New Works Festival | University Baptist Church | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Eric & Thomas Unplugged | Segovia Wine Bar | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Markus Miller | Blue Dog Wine & Martini Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
4th Annual Skellington Curiosities Halloween Ball | Southern Roots Brewing Co. | 8:00 pm – midnight
Los Roachez | Twisted Sisters Patio Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Steve Dansby | Last Chance Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Inkcaps | Truelove Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Le Cure | Backyard Bar Stage & Grill | 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
CaCean Ballou | Freight Bar | 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Karaoke | Chapter 11 | 9:00 pm – 2:00 am
Saturday, October 14
Blow Your Own Pumpkin | Stanton Studios | 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
McLennan County Master Gardeners: Children's Fair Activities | Waco Downtown Farmers Market | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
2023 IRONKIDS Waco Fun Run | Indian Spring Park | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Waco Downtown Farmers Market | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Warehouse Sale | Waco Shoe Company | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
3rd Annual Sancho Rancho Pumpkin Patch | Sancho Rancho | 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Cars, Cuts & Coffee | Carquest Auto Parts | 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Girls Conference | Doris Miller Community Center | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Pumpkin Festival 2023 | Western Belle Farm | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
October’s Discovery Activity: Nature Journal | Urban REAP | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Crafts & Storytime: Spooky Campfire Tales | Texas Rangers Hall of Fame & Museum | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Waco Walks: TSTC Campus Walk | Col. James T. Connally Aerospace Center | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Dos Equis River Cleanup | Waco Paddle Company | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Bicycle World Vendor Expo | Bicycle World | 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
SIC'EM Science Day | Mayborn Museum Complex | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Republic Gun Club Car Show with Cody Lee Stone | Republic Gun Club | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Community Workshop: Managing Pests in Your Garden | Urban REAP | 11:00 am – noon
Total Eclipse of the Art | Mayborn Museum Complex | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Plein Air Day | Art Center Waco | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Woodway Public Safety Association Annual Drive-Thru Cookout Fundraiser | Woodway Elementary | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo | Extraco Events Center | noon – midnight
3rd Annual Oktoberfest Celebration | Pinewood Public House | noon – 10:00 pm
Rise 'N Grind 2023 | Waco Convention Center | noon – 8:00 pm
Halloween Lego Build Event | Barnes & Noble | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Schoolhouse Rock Live! (matinee) | Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Dr Pupper | Dr Pepper Museum & Free Enterprise Institute | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Whiskey Tasting featuring Rare Allocated Whiskies | Barnett’s Whiskey House | 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cross Bones MC Halloween Trunk or Treat & Bike Night | Papa Joe’s Texas Saloon | 5:00 pm – midnight
Epiphanies New Works Festival | Cultivate 7twelve | 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Schoolhouse Rock Live! | Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Brewing Back to the '80s with Cody Lee Stone | 308 Chama Drive | 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Stan Wilfong | Lounge ’93 | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Bonnie & Clyde Murder Mystery (SOLD OUT) | East Terrace House | 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Jon Fox | Segovia Wine Bar | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Katie Stewart | Camp Fimfo Waco | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Comedy Night | Bare Arms Brewing | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Darrell "D-Rail" Ray | Hoot’s Tokio Store | 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Murder Mystery Dinner: The Illusion of Murder | Brazos Theatre | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Billy Bone US Blues | Last Chance Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Chris Renzema with Jess Ray (SOLD OUT) | Waco Hippodrome Theatre | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Bill & Phil Show | BIG’s Mayberry Tavern | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
David Matthew Doran & Unshaven | Twisted Sisters Patio Bar | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
CaCean Ballou | Freight Bar | 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Karaoke | Chapter 11 | 9:00 pm – 2:00 am
Sunday, October 15
IRONMAN 70.3 Waco | Indian Spring Park | 6:30 am – 3:30 pm
3rd Annual Sancho Rancho Pumpkin Patch | Sancho Rancho | 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Woodway Farmers Market with Joel Wood | Carleen Bright Arboretum | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Sunday Brunch | The Turn Bar & Grill | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Pumpkin Festival 2023 | Western Belle Farm | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Seafood Sunday | The Brazos Landing | 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo | Extraco Events Center | noon – 11:00 pm
Rise 'N Grind 2023 | Waco Convention Center | noon – 9:00 pm
Schoolhouse Rock Live! (matinee) | Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Epiphanies New Works Festival | Cultivate 7twelve & University Baptist Church | 2:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Service Industry Night | Freight Bar | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Service Industry Sunday | Clicks Billiards | 7:00 pm – 1:00 am
Monday, October 16
Monday Storytime | Mayborn Museum Complex | 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Drumwright Family Lecture: Vincent Lloyd | Armstrong Browning Library | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Wild Imaginings Children's Theater Class | Cultivate 7twelve | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Acoustic Open Mic | Taqueria Mexicano Grill 15 | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monday Funday with Lucas Jon Turner | Hemingway’s Watering Hole | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Karaoke Mondays | The Crying Shame | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Karaoke Night | Bare Arms Brewing | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Trivia Night | Lakeside Bar | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Name That Tune Music Bingo | Freight Bar | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Waco Jazz Orchestra: Swing It Like You Mean It | Ball Performing Arts Center | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Tuesday, October 17
Business Power Hour | Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Cocktails with Jen | Hemingway’s Watering Hole | 5:00 pm – midnight
Beer Garden Yoga | Brotherwell Brewing | 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Fabled Book Club: Mother-Daughter Murder Night | Fabled Bookshop & Cafe | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Towne Tuesday Open Mic | The Crying Shame | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Smarty Pints Trivia | Southern Roots Brewing Co. | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Distinguished Artist Series: The Percussion Collective | Glennis McCrary Music Building | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Booze Clues Trivia | Dancing Bear Pub | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday, October 18
The Meetup | Startup Waco | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Village Wednesday | Mayborn Museum Complex | 10:00 am – noon
Story Time: Nocturnal Animals! | Cameron Park Zoo | 10:00 am – noon
1000 Friends of Waco | Glory Bell Coffee | 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Pint Night Wednesdays & Karaoke | Barnett’s Whiskey House | 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bridge Street Farmers Market | Bridge Street Plaza | 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Whiskey Wednesday | 1424 Bistro | 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Trunk or Treat | South Waco Recreation Center | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Trivia Night | Bare Arms Brewing | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Bobby Dean & The Timeless Country Band | Taqueria Mexicano Grill 15 | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Eric & Thomas Unplugged | Lounge ’93 | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Music Bingo | Brotherwell Brewing | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Open Mic Night | Last Chance Bar | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Wine Down, Whiskey Up Craft Night | Freight Bar | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cabaret | Waco Civic Theatre | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Lyceum Series: Joel Frahm Trio | Glennis McCrary Music Building | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Witty Wednesday BuzzTime Trivia | Hemingway’s Watering Hole | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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Coming Next Week
Cabaret, Silobration, and Brew at the Zoo.
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