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This Week at Austin Peay: G.H.O.S.T. to give community a safe trick-or-treating alternative

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The Licaris are ready for Halloween.

(Posted on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021)

G.H.O.S.T. – or Greater Halloween Options for Safe Trick-or-treating – returns to campus this fall with a drive-through-style alternative for families on Halloween.

The event is free and open to anyone in the community. Austin Peay clubs and organizations, and groups from throughout the community, dress up and hand out candy.

This year’s route will be open from 2-5 p.m. Oct. 31 along Marion Street by the Foy Fitness and Recreation Center.

G.H.O.S.T. is sponsored by the Student Government Association.

Percussion Ensemble Halloween Concert to celebrate superheroes

The wildly popular event will return for two performances on Oct. 29, and this year the concert will be superhero-themed.

In-person performances and a livestream will be at 6 and 8 p.m. in the Music/Mass Communication Building’s Mabry Concert Hall.

“We have the ‘Immigrant Song’ – the ultimate Thor tune – and ‘Back in Black’ is in Iron Man, so we get to do Led Zeppelin and AC/DC,” Professor of Music David Steinquest said. “Most of the bad guys don’t get music…or good music, so I had to be creative there. Billy Eilish wrote a tune called ‘Bad Guy.’ Those lyrics, for our audience, could be inappropriate, so I turned them into appropriate lyrics and they’re also Halloween-comic-villain appropriate.”

The evening also will feature special guests, such as Allison Steinquest, Chris Brooks, Chris Crockarell, the Dark Knight Singers and the Gotham City Brass. As always, the performers will be dressed in costumes to commemorate the October holiday.

Admission to the Halloween concert is two cans of food, which will be donated to a local charity, or $5. Both shows traditionally sell out, so Steinquest suggests buying tickets early. For tickets, visit the APSU Marketplace event page.

Other Halloween events

Ghoulish events will be happening all over campus this week. Here’s a peek at some others:

Renowned activist Dr. Rupa Marya to speak on campus

Rupa Marya
Marya

At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, the Austin Peay State University College of Behavioral and Health Sciences will welcome renowned physician, activist and writer Dr. Rupa Marya to the Morgan University Center Plaza for a presentation on health and social justice in America.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of APSU’s new interdisciplinary health and social justice certificate, which the college launched this fall.

To read more about the event, Marya and the health and social justice certificate, read this story.

‘The Spitfire Grill’ musical coming Oct. 27-31

Spitfire Grill
 

The Department of Theatre & Dance’s production of the musical “The Spitfire Grill” opens at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27.

The show also will be at 7:30 every night through Oct. 30 with matinee 2 p.m. performances on Oct. 30-31.

You can buy tickets at the show’s ticket webpage.

Career & Graduate School Fair happening today

Students can find their next full- or part-time job, internship or graduate school opportunity at the Career & Graduate School Fair from 3-5 p.m. today at the Morgan University Center Ballroom. The fair is open to all majors. You can find out about other career fairs and Govs Networking Night by reading this story.

‘The 5 Love Languages of Children’ virtual series

Parenting Peayple and the Adult, Nontraditional and Transfer Student Center are offering a “The 5 Love Languages of Children” book virtual series starting on Tuesday, Oct 26.

The series’ first session will be at 1 p.m. this Tuesday, and books will be provided to all registered participants. Participants need to RSVP at the series event page to get a copy of the book before the event. Participants also will get the Zoom link upon registration.

Session 2 will be on Nov. 9, and Session 3 will be on Nov. 16.

The series is in collaboration with the Tennessee Child Care Resource & Referral Network.

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