Easton Garlic Fest Returns Saturday

It's another pretty hectic weekend in Easton, mostly due to one thing: garlic.

Easton Garlic Fest returns Saturday and Sunday for its 11th year, with dozens of foods vendors and restaurants offering garlic-themed products and dishes.

There'll be live music, chef demonstrations, and a cook-off featuring the mayors of Easton, Bethlehem and Allentown. You'll get a chance to sample garlic themed dinners and even garlic themed desserts.

The festival, which typically draws thousands of people, runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days in and around Centre Square. 

Visit http://www.eastongarlicfest.com/ for a complete schedule, list of vendors, and a map of where everything will be.

Also this weekend:

• Haunted Easton begins the first of four weekends Halloween events with Haunted Movie night at Two Rivers Brewing. The evening begins with cocktails at 8 p.m. At 9 p.m., find out what paranormal investigators found when they looked at the restaurant. Then at 10 p.m., The House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price. (There's a $5 suggested donation at the door.)
• Jack Hanna's Into the Wild takes the stage at the State Theatre Sunday at 2 p.m. 
• Lafayette College's Theater presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Williams Center for the Arts Black Box Theater. Tickets are $2 for students, $6 for everyone else.
• Stinky and the Spuds play Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at ConneXions.
• The Eric Mintel Quartet plays at the Lafayette Barr's jazz night Saturday at 9:30 p.m.
• The Sigal Museum holds an opening reception for Gettysburg's Ghosts, an exhibit featuring Chris Damiano's series of graphite illustrations Sunday at 2 p.m. Admission is free.
  
• Ride the Josiah White II, the National Canal Museum's mule-drawn canal boat, Saturday at Hugh Moore Park. The ride is longer than usual, giving you a chance to get a history lesson about the region's role in the nation's industrial development. Tickets are $18.50 Call 610-923-3548, ext. 237, or email store@canals.org for reservations and information.