Thursday

PSA National Ceramics Invitational Opening Reception: 5 p.m., Clemens Fine Arts Center Gallery, WKCTC.

Ladies Night: 5 p.m., Casa Mexicana, 4793 Village Square Dr.

Celebrity Bartenders: Sherri & Lee Morill: 5 p.m., The Pasta House, 451 Jordan Drive.

Like Water: Original Music: 6:30 p.m., JP’s Bar & Grill, 119 Market House Sq.

WKRR Halloween Costume Contest and Chili Cookoff: 7 p.m., KC’s Rec Room, 3501 Park Plaza Rd.

Trivia Night: 7 p.m., The Star, 3100 Broadway.

Screamfest 2012: 7 p.m. showing of “The Cabin in the Woods,” 9:15 p.m. showing of “Night of the Creeps,” Maiden Alley Cinema, 112 Maiden Alley. $7.25 for one film, $12 for both.

Karaoke with Stephen French: 9 p.m., Pure Country, 4101 Clark’s River Rd.

Friday

Halloween Black Light Museum Tour: 5:15 p.m., The National Quilt Museum, 215 Jefferson St. $5.

Danny Jones: 6 p.m., The Pasta House.

Ms. Dahn Piano and Vocals: 6 p.m., Ristorante di Fratelli, 211 Broadway.

Live at Shandies: 7 p.m., Shandies, 202 Broadway St.

Paducah Writers Group: 8 p.m., Etcetera Coffeehouse, 320 N. Sixth St.

Cantageus: 9 p.m., Fat Moe’s Bar & Grill, 902 Broadway.

Shandies Friday Night Sing Off: 9 p.m., Shandies.

Saturday

Fall Harvest Festival: Kentucky Oaks Mall, 5105 Hinkleville Rd.

Free Wine Tastings: 11 a.m., Purple Toad Winery, 4275 Old U.S. 45.

Paducah Riverboat Lunch Cruise: Noon-2 p.m., Belle of Cincinnati, at the foot of Broadway.

Rosalyn Rikel Ramage Book Reading and Signing: 1 p.m., Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway.

Daymar College Spooktacular: 2 p.m., Daymar College Paducah Campus, 509 S. 30th St.

Spooktacular Halloween Fun Fair: 2 p.m., Envy Boutique, 3203 Old Benton Rd.

Wine and Beer Sampling: 3 p.m., Roof Brothers, 3145 Park Ave.

Craft Beer and Wine Tasting: 4 p.m., Wagner Wine and Spirits, 2700-B New Holt Rd.

Reggie Lafaye: 6 p.m., Ristoranti di Fratelli, 211 Broadway.

Paducah Zombie Walk: Walk begins at 5:45 p.m., Ninth and Broadway. Participants encouraged to show up early.

2012 Carson Center’s Distiller’s Dinner: 6:30 p.m., the Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Ave.

Zombie Walk After Party: 7 p.m., Maiden Alley Cinema,

Thriller Night Halloween Bash: 9 p.m., Fat Moe’s Bar & Grill.

Zombie Prom: 9 p.m., Shandies.

Ironcore Resistance: 9 p.m., KC’s Rec Room, 3501 Park Plaza Rd.

The David Ivey Band: 9 p.m., Pure Country, 4101 Clark’s River Rd.

Sunday

Trunk or Treat: 7 p.m., First Christian Church of Paducah, 415 Audubon Dr.

All weekend

Oak Grove Cemetery Walking Ghost Tours: 7 and 8 p.m.,  Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oak Grove Cemetery. Tours depart from office at 1613 Park Ave. $15 adult tickets; $5 for children. Tickets available at the Market House Theatre box office, 270-444-6828.

Call for entries in 2012 Members’ Show: Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway. $15 to enter one piece; $25 for two pieces. Entry deadline Nov. 3.

“Confrontations and Observations: Drawings by Denise Stewart-Sanabria and Christine Wuenschel,” Yeiser Art Center. Through Oct. 30.