EDITOR CARISSA THORPE THE VOICE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012 4 No need to lose your head if you haven’t made plans yet. Read below to find out how to make yours a happy Hal- loween. Zombies, lost souls & bod Get ready to have a ghoul’d time before and on Halloween By SIMONE PFEIFFER hat says Halloween like Michael Jackson’s Thrill- er? Zombie wannabes are meeting at Waterfront Skytrain Sta- tion on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 3:50 p.m. before heading to a secret location to perform the M.J. classic before an un- suspecting crowd. Participants are asked to donate $2 to $5 to cover production and rental costs associated with the flash mob. “We’re hoping to break Vancouver’s record of 420 participants,” said orga- nizer Larry Piché. Early birds can pay to have Blanche Macdonald and Vancouver Film School students zombify them with special ef- fects make-up, starting at $15. Those who know the choreography can RSVP on Facebook (Thrill Vancou- ver 2012), but voyeurs can just meet by 4 p.m. and follow dancers to the perfor- mance site. Later the same night, the wildly pop- ular Parade of Lost Souls music, visual art and streat theatre festival returns to east Vancouver from 5:30 to 9:30pm. The parade’s location is also being kept secret, but will be announced on the parade’s website, Facebook page and Twitter at 12:01 the morning of. Following the parade, revellers can head to the Parade of Lost Souls Dance Party at the Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings Street). Tickets are $25. The Vancouver Police Museum of- fers a darker experience, with a tour of the old city morgue on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 240 E. Cordova Street. The tour is rumoured to be the creepiest event Vancouver has to offer for All Hallows Eve. Tickets are $10 for kids 12 and under, and $12 for adults. Another option is a Haunted Van- couver Trolley Tour, including a cem- etary stop. Tickets are $40 via phone at 604-801- 5515, ext. 105 and run hourly from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. daily through Halloween. If youw’re stuck for a costume you can check out Value Village on 49 Avenue and Victoria Drive. Until Halloween, they will be open late, until 10 p.m from Monday to Satur- day, and until 8 p.m on Sunday. More Madness Costumes, located at 3350 Fraser St. is also keeping more vampire-ish hours. The store’s hours are 11-9 p.m. Monday through Thurs- day, 11-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon-8 p.m Sunday, through the 31. les Tricks & treats from local celebs HALLOWEEN CANDY TO BE HANDED OUT DANIEL WESLEY The local musician will be giving out chocolate- covered beetles and jello shooters BIF NAKED Vancouver songstress says she'll be giving out ‘big fat figs’ GRANT LAWRENCE The Radio 3 host and his wife, singer Jill Barber, will go all out with full-sized bars...for an expected 600 kids Marpole ready for music & art show Musicians and artists looking for a venue in south Vancouver are wel- come at monthly showcase By JUDY CHERN rum teacher and former Langa- D: student Jeff Tobin hopes to liven up South Vancouver with help from artists and musicians at the Marpole Arts Collective this Friday night. MAC is an event held on the last Fri- day of every month at Marpole Place Neighbourhood House, located at 1305 W. 70 Avenue. Lasting about 90 min- utes, MAC features two to three acts by up-and-coming artists with the aim of giving them more exposure. Admission is free, with hot food and cold beer for sale. The event is a rarity in south Van- couver — something more likely to be found on Commercial Drive or Main Street. “Music and art [don’t] exist in this area. Marpole’s always been like you’re passing through, but not really hanging out. We want to create a place for like-mind- ed people to partic- ipate, and try and create something special here,” said JEFF TOBIN Tobin. Organizer of arts MAC has a showcase lounge-style feel, with past shows featuring blues bands and local band Lou and the Witch Baby, who sound a lot like indie band Tegan and Sara, according to To- bin. Tobin’s own band, The 328s, opens and closes the night. He describes the band’s music as eclectic. They perform both their own songs and covers of ev- eryone from John Mayer to The Black Keys. The night also lends itself to jam ses- sions where anyone from the audience can go on stage and play in a relaxing atmosphere. “Maybe someone’s always wanted to play guitar but has been too scared, they can come do it here,” said Tobin. “On rainy days like this,” he said, looking out the window in an interview last week. “You don’t have to be de- pressed — come in and make music.” Studio 58 plays host to Langara faculty variety show this Friday After a year’s hiatus, faculty and staff return with their 22nd annual showcase of hidden talents By JANA MINOR angara is home to many talented Le members, both in and out of the classroom. Nowhere is this more evident than at the Langara Faculty Association’s an- nual gala, a fundraising variety show that features the musical and artistic talents of faculty and staff. The show has been running for 22 years according to Andrea Smith, his- tory instructor, gala organizer and singer/songwriter. Past performances have included dancing, skits and stand-up comedy. Musicians of every stripe tend to domi- nate the night, playing all genres —- jazz, rock, folk, celtic and classical. On this year’s roster is the band Five Twenty Two, a foursome that also per- forms regular gigs off-campus. This year’s gala is important to the LFA because it’s the last for retiring stage manager Carol Chrisjohn who has been labouring behind the scenes of Studio 58 for over 20 years. “lve worked here a long time, but I love my job,” said Chrisjohn. “You can’t go wrong working with 20-year-olds,” she said. One such student is Emma Ham- mond, who managed sound for the last gala event. “T thought it was great the instruc- tors got up and performed,” said Ham- mond, who described strong audience support from co-workers and family. “Tt didn’t feel like some forced event that they have to do every year, it’s more like some casual fun,” she added. “Tt’s not a competition, it’s all for fun. That’s the spirit of it,” said Veronica Yeung who works in the academic dean’s office and is also a pianist. She said she sees her colleagues in a different light after they perform. Yeung also noted that it’s for a good cause, with ticket proceeds going to- ward student scholarships or depart- ment equipment purchases. This year’s gala takes place Friday, Oct. 26 at Studio 58 (in the basement of A Building). A wine bar opens at 7:15 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 through the Studio 58 box office, which can be reached at 604-323-5227. JANA MINOR photo Musical acts dominate at the Langara Faculty Associa- tion’s gala every year.