Terrorizing characters and frightening fun – Enzian will host a month-long Halloween celebration featuring the annual Haunted Swamp: Walk of Terror. Now in its second scary year, the walk is a chilling tour through two thousand feet of natural woods behind the theater. This event has been expanded over two weekends; Oct. 22 through 23 and Oct. 29 through 31, 8 p.m. to 1a.m.

Featuring original characters, spine tingling theatrics and impressive decor, attendees will experience nail-biting fun and anxiety as they fall prey to hidden scare traps and surprises around every turn of their tour.

Along with the Walk of Terror tours, Enzian will showcase free and inexpensive scary movie presentations throughout the month. From pop culture favorites and family classics to horror, grindhouse cult screenings, the month-long Movie Madness program will feature a film for everyone.

“From neighborhood trick or treating to homemade house parties, Halloween has always been an event that brings the community together, in fun and scary traditions,” said Enzian President Henry Maldonado. “Enzian is a place where we celebrate community, and Halloween has always been a most fun time of the year. We invite all to come for film, food, friends and a really scary time.”

Eden Bar, Enzian’s outdoor restaurant and bar, will be a party destination for adult Halloween revelers as it serves delicious food, beer and cocktail specials throughout the evening from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Attendees are encouraged to come in costume.

Admission into the Walk of Terror is $6 when purchased in advance, $8 day of the event and free for Enzian Film Society members. Swamp attendees will also receive exclusive discounts at Eden Bar. Eden Bar is free and open to the public to enjoy (21 years and older to drink). To purchase admission tickets and for more information, visit www.enzian.org.

Visit the “Music at the Casa” Sunday Open House from 12-3, listen to beautiful music and take a tour of our historic home and the James Gamble Rogers II Studio by trained docents. Free to the public, donations accepted.

Localtion: 656 Park Avenue North, Winter Park, Florida
Website: www.casafeliz.us

For the Month of October, you can look forward to the following performances:

	Alborea Dances – October 3 Ernesto & Jenny Caballero Alborea Dances is a multicultural Entertainment Dance Company.
	Flamenco Guitar – October 10 Luis Garcia Luis Alfredo is a classical guitarist with formal training at El Conservatory de Musica de Puerto Rico, and the University of Central Florida.
	Violin Ensemble – October 17 Lisa Ferrigno Lisa Ferrigno has been Concertmaster of the Brevard Symphony in Melbourne, Florida since 1999.
	Beautiful Music with Shannon Caine – October 24 Flute Ensemble Beautiful Music with Shannon Caine – established in 1989, also featured as preferred partner at the Casa Feliz since prior to Grand Opening events with our musical groups.
	Jim Carlton, Guitar – October 31 Jim Carlton is a popular fingerstyle guitarist, singer, comedian and writer.

Taking place on the 30^th of October is the 7th annual Family Fall Festival, which will be hosted by the YMCA. The event is taking place at Cady Way Pool, located along 2525 Cady Way at exactly 11 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon. County Commissioner Bill Segal will be at the festivities to officially kick off the event, along with Winter Park’s Week of the Family.

For the past 6 straight years, the City of Winter Park, Florida, has sponsored the Family Fall Festival. For 2010, they’re turning the reins over to YMCA, who will now be tasked to continue this fun tradition and host the annual event for the whole community.

And with YMCA now taking care of things, it’s clear that the event has the organization’s touch. This year’s Family Fall Festival will be filled with activities the whole family can participate in, such as healthy living and child development lectures, hay rides, inflatable bounce houses, arts & crafts projects for kids, balloon animals, a pumpkin patch and more.

As always, the goal of the event is to strengthen the bonds between Winter Park’s families. Not only do they get an opportunity to have a fun-filled day, they also get to learn valuable lessons while they’re at it.

Join us for the 37th Annual Winter Park Autumn Art Festival!
Date: October 9-10, 2010 (Sat & Sun)
Time: 9am – 5pm
Location: Central Park (along beautiful Park Avenue)
Festival Website: www.autumnartfestival.com

Over 150 Central Florida artists display their work at this weekend festival in downtown Winter Park, which includes entertainment, food, and children’s hands-on art workshops. Co-sponsored by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, the City of Winter Park and Crealdé School of Art. Admission is free!

“Music at the Casa” Sunday Open House presents “Bossa Novas at Casa Feliz” Joe Young IV Trumpet Quartet!

Date: September 26th, 12-3 pm

Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum!

For more information, call Angela Roark at 407-484-1246.
Visit our historic home museum from 12 noon to 3 pm, listen to beautiful music and take a tour of the house and the James Gamble Rogers II Studio by trained docents. Open to the public, free of charge, suggested donation $3 per person.

In a move to preserve the memory of the late tennis player Nancy Corse Reed, the City of Winter Park’s Parks & Recreation Department will be dedicating the Azalea Lane Tennis Pavilion in her name on the 17^th of May. The pavilion is located at the Azalea LaneTennis Center, along Azalea Lane in Winter Park. The ceremony begins at exactly 12 noon, followed by a luncheon where donations worth $12.50 will be collected from each of the guests.

The City however, doesn’t want this day to be sad. In fact, they’re hosting a round-robin tennis tournament in honor of Reed on Monday, which kicks off on the same day at 9 to 11:30 in the morning. Call time for the players is set 30 minutes before the tournament. Since slots for the games are limited, interested players are asked to RSVP before the 7^th of May. You can make a reservation by calling 570-249-0088 or sending  pat.handwerk@gmail.com an e-mail.

Born in Minnesota, Nancy Corse Reed grew up in Maryland, where she found a love for tennis at a tender age. She became a star at Rollins College, where she took the spotlight as a member of one of the best teams in the United States.

In the years that would follow, Reed would become an international tennis sensation, taking the number one seed in the 35 to 65 year age division.

With the summer fast approaching, the City of Winter Park formally announced the kick-off date of the 2010 Florida Collegiate Summer League, a sporting event that not only gives the public a chance to watch first-rate baseball, but also provides them with clean community-oriented fun.

The season’s first pitch will be thrown by Winter Park City Manager Randy Knight, in a game against the Sanford River Rats which is set to take place on the 4^th of June, at 7 in the evening. The Rollins College Alfond Stadium, located along the corner of Orange and Aragon Avenues in Winter Park, will be playing host to this summer’s season opener. The home team, the Diamond Dawgs, are in for an exciting season, and are slated to host 23 games here in the city.

Tickets are priced at only $5.00 each, and kids under the age of 6 can get it for free. Running on its 7^th straight season, the Florida Collegiate Summer League is a wood-bat collegiate baseball league that highlights some of the best college baseball players in all of the United States.

Needless to say, if you’re a true-blue baseball fan, then this is one tournament you shouldn’t miss.

Got a green thumb? Then you’re sure to love one upcoming event here in the City of Winter Park.

The Winter Park Neighborhood  Council is set to once again host the lecture series ‘Green Gardening,’ in picturesque Winter Park. This year’s series features classes and lectures with the presence of renowned landscape artists and architects as well as talks from celebrated gardening specialists and masters of the hobby. Green Gardening takes place throughout the months of May, July, and October.

The city’s Environmental Review Board is working together with the Neighborhood Council to encourage the community to participate in the series of lectures so they can know more about the ins and outs of gardening and landscaping. This is done in an effort to have the most number of certified Florida-Friendly Yards in the state.

The Florida Yards & Neighborhoods program is a campaign that showcases homes that boast of eco-friendly gardening and landscaping techniques. These yards are thus called Florida-Friendly Yards, and are recognized for their minimized use of potable water for irrigation, which reduces the risk of harming the environment through the use of excess pesticides and fertilizers.

A yard doesn’t need to follow a template to be recognized. It’s how a homeowner keeps his garden looking good and environmentally friendly that counts the most.

It’s time once again for another round of spring cleaning, and the City of Winter Park, Fl,  is encouraging residents to come and join the city’s yearly Spring Cleanup, which takes place during the last week of May, until the beginning of June. Four city quadrants are designated clean up areas, but residents are more than free to clean where they please.

This year’s Spring Cleanup also has a pickup day, allowing residents to discard hard-to-dispose items such as broken appliances, computers and other electronics, broken furniture, and other heavy & bulky objects. All residents have to do to avail of this convenience is to place these items outside the curb at 5 in the evening, the night before the scheduled pickup day in their quadrant.

Remember that hazardous waste will still be collected the regular way, and will not be included in the Spring Cleanup. These items include household chemicals, tires, batteries, paints, propane tanks, and pesticides.

The same goes for yard waste, which will still be collected during regular trash pickup days.

So what’re you waiting for?Free up some space in your home and figure out which items can be given to charity or disposed.