New Milford Weekend Guide: Scarrybrooke's Haunted Trail And A Special Effects Makeup Workshop

NEW MILFORD, CT — New Milford gets ready for Halloween with two nights of Scarrybrooke Park's haunted trail and hayride and a Sunday workshop on special effects makeup downtown, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Sunday, Oct. 25.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Scarrybrooke Park Haunted Trail — Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23-24, 6 to 10 p.m. A hayride and haunted trail wind over Harrybrooke Park's 48 acres in the event's 13th year, staffed entirely by volunteers from local nonprofits. Timed tickets are sold online and are nonrefundable; the trail is at 100 Still River Drive, but parking is at 2 Pickett District Road. Harrybrooke Park, 100 Still River Drive
• Special FX Makeup Workshop — Sunday, Oct. 25, 1 to 4 p.m. Learn to create ripped skin, wounds, warts, bruises, scars and burns; the class is for ages 11 to adult, costs $49 with supplies included, and sign-up is by phone at 860-354-4318. Village Center for the Arts, 12 Main Street

Learn to fake a gory wound at the Village Center for the Arts on Sunday, then put it to use on the Scarrybrooke trail next Friday, Oct. 30, its final night.