Halloween Haps: OK, Charlie Brown. You think you’ve got problems finding the Great Pumpkin. Try carting it off to the World Pumpkin Confederation Pumpkin Weigh-off, Saturday morning during the search for the World’s Largest Pumpkin. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Pumpkin heavyweights will tip the scales from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The contest is open to everyone with a passion for pumpkins. Squash and watermeleon can also be entered in their respective categories. The weigh-off takes place at Berthold Nursery and Garden Center, 434 E. Devon Ave., Elk Grove Village. The winner of the worldwide competition will receive a hefty $3,000. Last year’s winner weighed in at 836 pounds. For more information, call 708-439-2600.
Shirley Henderson
All Wright: Many turn-of-the-century architects designed not only buildings but also a good deal of what went inside them. Frank Lloyd Wright was a master at this, and on Tuesday the Kelmscott Gallery, 4611 N. Lincoln Ave., will open the first exhibition devoted exclusively to Wright’s designs for carpets, draperies and upholstery. The show, which includes rare fragments of fabrics and a collection of Bauhaus textiles, will continue through Nov. 19.
Alan Artner
Monster mash: The BOO! Halloween Film Festival at the Chicago Public Library Cultural Center will scare up some classic horror films and contemporary remakes during the month of October. Howl with “The Wolf Man,” starring Lon Chaney Jr., from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. Then get bitten by “Wolf” with Jack Nicholson, shown on Oct. 11. Also in the festival, “Frankenstein” with Boris Karloff on Oct. 18 and “Young Frankenstein” with Gene Wilder, Oct. 25. All movies begin at 5 p.m. The film festival is free at the Cultural Center, located at 78 E. Washington St. For more information, call 744-6630.
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Shirley Henderson
Medieval times: “The Knights of King Arthur” will open the Newberry Consort season with “Early Music from the Newberry Library,” music from an Arthurian romance, beginning at 8 p.m. Friday at 60 W. Walton St. A repeat performance on Saturday begins at 8 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St., Oak Park. Tickets prices range from $20-$25 for adults, with student discounts. The four-concert series ends in May. For more information, call 312-943-9090, ext. 381.
Shirley Henderson
Sign of the times: Sexuality is strength in “The Good Time Girls,” a Cafe Voltaire offering created by Michael Flores. The concoction spins the unauthorized tabloid tale of three women in three time periods. The women are 1950s porn star Betty Page; Pamela Martin, a notorious late 1960s groupie, and Heidi Fleiss, today’s Hollywood madam and recent druggie. Phone 312-509-4978.
Larry Bommer