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Island Park Halloween “Boo” TacularMasone Beach Oct. 29 1-4 p.m. (rain date Oct 30th)

Enjoy a costume parade, DJ, face painting, pumpkins and ghost stories, plus refreshments.

Oceanside Library Movie “Ghostbusters”7:00 p.m. (Sensory Friendly). Oct. 28.

Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd and Ramis as three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis co-star as a client and her neighbor, and Ernie Hudson as the Ghostbusters’ first recruit.

Alice Through the Looking GlassIsland Park Library. Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter.

Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to help the Mad Hatter.

Oct. 28, 1:30 p.m., Oct. 29, 2 p.m.

That ‘tale as old as time’ returnsStep into the enchanted world of Belle and her Beast when Plaza Theatrical Productions stages Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast Jr.,” Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 29-30, in Bellmore. Follow along with the brainy and beautiful Belle’s as she yearns to escape her provincial life. A meet and greet with the cast follows the performances. Info: (516) 599-6870 or www.plazatheatrical.com.

All the right notesThe acclaimed Chiara String Quartet brings their inspired musicality to the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, Friday. The lively ensemble presents a dynamic interpretation of the classic string quartet repertoire. Info: (516) 877-4000 or www.aupac.adelphi.edu.