Don't miss fantastically fun Halloween events coming soon to Grand Prairie!

Thursday, Oct. 23,

4:30 p.m.

Kids' Halloween Craft,

Main Library, 901 Conover Dr.

972-237-5700

Friday, Oct. 24, 6-8 p.m. - Halloween Community Carnival
Charley Taylor Recreation Center, 601 E. Grand Prairie Road

972-264-6890

Friday, Oct. 24, 6:30-9 p.m. - Trick or Trail Halloween Festival

Tony Shotwell Life Center, 2750 Graham St.

972-237-7529

Friday, Oct. 24-Saturday, Oct. 25, Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m.- midnight

Nightmare at the Wax Museum

Ripley's Believe it or Not! and Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax

601 Palace Parkway, click here for info.

Friday, Oct. 24-Saturday, Oct. 25, Dark-11 p.m. - Forest of Fear

Loyd Park at Joe Pool Lake, 3401 Ragland Road

$10 per vehicle admission fee, 972-237-4120, loydpark.com

Saturday, Oct. 25, 1-6 p.m. - Pumpkin Swim

Kirby Creek Natatorium, 3201 Corn Valley Road

Jump in with hundreds of pumpkins in the heated indoor pool.

Pick out your favorite and take it home.  Limit one per swimmer.

$3 per person, 972-263-8174

Monday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m. - A Ghost in My Suitcase: A Guide to Haunted Travel in America

Main Library, 901 Conover Dr. 

Meet author Mitchel Whitington as he highlights haunted locations and their ghost stories across America. 

972-237-5700

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 7-8 p.m. - Lone Star Spooks Author

Meet author Nate Riddle, Main Library, 901 Conover Dr.

972-237-5700

Friday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m.

Kids Halloween Storytime and Costume Parade

Warmack Branch Library, 760 Bardin Road

Friday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m. - Terror at the Uptown

Uptown Theater, 120 E. Main St., $5 per person

972-237-8786 or artsgp.org

Friday, Oct. 31, 6-8 p.m. - Street N' Treat

Farmers Market, 120 W. Main St.

Games, bounce houses, candy, prizes, food

Free for all ages.  972-237-8100

Grand Alps Resort Coming to GP!

The Grand Alps Resort DFW, Inc. and Hard Rock International are planning to build a $215 million, 350,000-square-foot snow ski facility and full service Hard Rock Hotel on Belt Line Road, just north of Interstate 30.  Click here for more info.

Free Financial Education Workshop

Learn how to reduce your debt, rebuild your credit, set financial goals, save and plan for the future.

Sundays - Oct. 26, , Nov. 2, Nov. 9, Nov. 16

Grand Prairie Memorial Library, 901 Conover Dr.

Click here for info.  

Registration required. Click here.

Dragons Love Tacos Day Nov. 1

Farmers Market

Saturday, Oct. 25, Nov. 1

8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Market Square, 120 W. Main St.

972-237-4599 or gptx.org/farmersmarket

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Saturday, Nov. 1

11 a.m., Development Center, 206 W. Church St.

Registration required.

Call 972-237-8055 or click here

EPIC Encounter Public Input Meeting

Tuesday, Oct. 28

2 p.m., Parks, Arts & Recreation Administration Office

Hall of Fame Conference Room

400 College St.

Provide valued input on the EPIC

Click here

Little Lunch of Hope

Thursday, Oct. 29

11 a.m.-1 p.m., $25 per ticket

Benefiting Children First Counseling Center

For info. and reservations,
call 972-264-0604

Mama's Party

Monday, Nov. 3

7:30 p.m.

Uptown Theater
120 E. Main St.

Local theater performers, cabaret singers and others sing show tunes.

$5 entry fee goes to charity.

972-237-8786 or uptowntheatergp.com

City Council Meeting

Tuesday, Nov. 4

6:30 p.m.

City Hall - City Council Chambers, 317 College St.

972-237-8035

Genealogical Society Meeting

Thursday, Nov. 6

6:30 p.m.

Main Library, 901 Conover Dr.

Time Travel with Google Earth

Featuring speaker Lisa Louise Cooke

www.gpgstx.org

Tish Hinojosa

Friday, Nov. 7

8 p.m.

Uptown Theater, 120 E. Main

972-237-8786, uptowntheatergp.com

Fire Station #1
Grand Opening

Tuesday, Nov. 11

4-5 p.m., 510 W. Main St.

Presentation and refreshments.