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GIMME FIVE: Halloween events edition

The most spooktacular events of the season
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VanDusen Glow in the Garden.

1. VanDusen Glow in the Garden

The second annual VanDusen Glow in the Garden celebrates the classic tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Wear a costume and share photos using #VanDusenGlowÌýfor a chance to win a one-year family membership to the garden and an afternoon of tea-for-two at Truffles Café. .

VanDusen Botanical Garden, only tickets for Oct. 30-31 remain, 5-9 p.m. $12.50/$10.50/$8.50.Ìý

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­TheatreSports League promises some monster match-ups this year. - VTSL

2. Halloween Monster MatchÌý

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­TheatreSports League hosts a spooktacular eventÌýfeaturing haunting décor, costumed performers in "head-to-headless" TheatreSports matches, aÌýdanse macabreÌýwith DJ,Ìýroving performers, palm reading and improvised poems at Poe Corner. Winner of the best costume prize receives an invitation to every VTSL opening night for a year.Ìý

Improv Centre, Oct. 28, doors 7:30 p.m.Ìý.

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Source: vancouver.ca

3. All SoulsÌý

A series of events that give participants the opportunity to honour the dead through ceremony and celebration. Music, film and the opportunity to make personal memorials in a quiet atmosphere bring deeper meaning to Halloween weekend.Ìý.

Mountain View Cemetery, Oct. 28-Nov. 1. Free.

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Can you solve the murder of Jimmy Capello? - Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Mysteries

4. Halloween Mystery Nights

Thirteen years ago Jimmy Capello was found dead in his downtown Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­apartment, strangled, poisoned and stabbed. Now the Terminal City Police Department has re-opened the cold case and it’s up to you to solve it. Halloween Mystery Nights return this year with Crime in Downtown, in which teams compete against each other whileÌýcompleting challengesÌýon the streets ofÌýdowntown Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­and Gastown. Armed with your game kit and a team of your closest friends, you’ll figure out which of the suspects killed Capello. Each team must contain two to five members and contain at least one adult.

Meet at Waterfront Station. Games available Oct. 30-31, 7-9 p.m. $25.Ìý

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5. The Beautiful & The Damned

Hosted by the Social Concierge, this is billed as Vancouver’s most decadent and mysterious Halloween event at one of the city’s most hauntingly beautiful hotels, where the historic Spanish ballroom is transformed into a world of the vampiric undead. Special live entertainment, dance performances, a welcome drink and a spread of midnight snacks. It's a black-tie affair with a difference, so dress in your finest over-the-top gowns, tuxedos and masks.

Rosewood Hotel Georgia,ÌýOct. 28, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $55.