Through Oct. 27 — Glass and Sculpture Exhibits: Scott Percival, glass and Aaron Brownell, sculpture, Gilson Room Gallery, Emporia State University, 341-5246.
Oct. 21 — Family Pumpkin Carving, bring your own pumpkin and tools, patterns will be provided, 2 p.m., Emporia Public Library, 340-6466.
Oct. 21-22 — Kansas High School Rodeo, Lyon County Fairgrounds.
Oct. 21-22 — TRYSA Soccer Tournament, TRYSA Soccer Fields.
Oct. 21-11/3 — Glath Exhibit, student exhibit by Shem Campbell, Gilson Room Gallery, Emporia State University, 341-5246.
Oct. 22 — First Christian Church: 150th Anniversary, special presentation by Garee Giest, Minister of Music at Scott City Christian Church, 10:30 a.m., First Christian Church, 342-1582.
Oct. 23 — Emporia High School (JV) football vs. Manhattan, 4:30 p.m., Welch Stadium, Emporia State University, 341-2365.
Oct. 23 — Speed Dating: A New Form of Matchmaking, advanced registration required, The Learning Connection, 7 p.m., Natashas’s, 343-6555.
Oct. 23-26 — Craft Week: Halloween, 9 a.m., Emporia Public Library, 340-6466.
Oct. 24 — Family Night at the Library, this week’s theme “Once Upon a Spider’s Web,” 6:30 p.m., Emporia Public Library, 340-6466.
Oct. 24 — 2006 Lieutenant Gubernatorial Candidate Forum, Mark Parkinson, running mate for Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Susan Wagle, running mate for Sen. Jim Barnett, 7 p.m., Albert Taylor Hall, Emporia State University, 341-5481.
Oct. 24 — Musical Recital with Cheryl Doty, advanced registration required, The Learning Connection, 7 p.m., Emporia Presbyterian Manor, 343-6555.
Oct. 24 — A Concert of Chamber Music, 7:30 p.m., Heath Recital Hall, Emporia State University, 341-5431.
Oct. 25 — Flint Hills Senior Fair, 8:30 a.m., Flint Hills Christian Church, Harvest House, 343-6800, ext. 2521.
Oct. 25 — Emporia’s Farmers Market, 4 p.m., Seventh Avenue and Merchant Street, 343-6555.
Oct. 26 — Woodburning on Gourds, advanced registration required, The Learning Connection, 6 p.m., Dayton’s, 343-6555.
Oct. 26 — Making It In Emporia: Business Appreciation Lunch and Manufacturers Crawl, Flint Hills Technical College Business and Industry Center and the Mid-America Manufacturers Technology Council, companies on tour include: Sauder Custom Fabrication, Glendo Corporation, and Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing, advanced registration required, 11:45 a.m., Flint Hills Technical College, 343-4607, ext 271.
Oct. 26 — Mid-America Woodwind Quintet, 7:30 p.m., Heath Recital Hall, 341-5431.
Oct. 26 — Main Street Auction, Travelodge Inn and Conference Center, 340-6430.
Oct. 26-27 — Day Camp, advanced registration required, grades K-8., 7:30 a.m., Camp Alexander, 342-1386.
Oct. 26-27 — In Our Backyard: Rural Responses to Domestic Violence, advanced registration required, SOS, 8:30 a.m., Potter-Beath Activity Center, 343-8799.
Oct. 27 — Lecture, astronaut George “Pinky” Nelson, “The View From Space,” 7 p.m. Albert Taylor Hall.
Oct. 27 — Emporia State University soccer vs. Missouri Southern, 3 p.m., 341-5354.
Oct. 27 — Emporia High School (V) football vs. Junction City, 7 p.m., Welch Stadium, Emporia State University, 341-2365.
Oct. 27- Haunted Tours of Emporia, begin at any of the four historic reputedly haunted historic sites: Albert Taylor Hall on the Emporia State University Campus, The Granada Theatre, Preston Plumb House and the William Allen White State Historic Site, 7 p.m., 343-6858.
Oct. 28 — Emporia’s Farmers Market, 8 a.m., Seventh Avenue and Merchant Street, 343-6555.
Oct. 28 — Ross Natural History Reservation, advanced registration required, The Learning Connection, 9 a.m., 343-6555.
Oct. 28 — Emporia State University soccer vs. Southwest Baptist, 6 p.m., Emporia State University, 341-5354.
Oct. 28 — Gala Benefit Concert with Scott Herring, percussion, 7:30 p.m., Heath Recital Hall, Emporia State University, 341-5431.
Oct. 28 — Halloween Costume Contest and Live Band M-Theory, 10 p.m., Wagon Wheel, 343-2525.
Oct. 28 — TRYSA Soccer Tournament, TRYSA Soccer Fields.
Oct. 29 — First Christian Church: 150th Anniversary, remembering those that have gone before us, box lunch following morning service, 10:30 a.m., First Christian Church, 342-1582.
Oct. 29 — Trick or Treat at the Library, 2 p.m., Emporia Public Library, 340-6466.
Oct. 29 — 4-H Achievement, Lyon County Fairgrounds, 341-3220.
Oct. 31 — Boo in the Zoo, Trick-or-Treat and play games for candy and prizes, 4 p.m., David Traylor Zoo of Emporia, 342-6558.
Oct. 31 — Family Night at the Library, this week’s theme is “Treats and Tales,” 5:30 p.m., Emporia Public Library, 340-6466.
Meetings and Conventions
Oct. 27-28 — Kansas Art Educators Association State Conference, Emporia State University, 341-5696.
- Listing deadline is the 5th of the month before the event month. For more information or to have your event included on the Community Calendar, contact the Emporia Area Chamber and Visitors Bureau at 620-342-1803, 800-279-3730, or www.emporiakschamber.org.