Downtown's next big night is this Saturday. A Halloween Movie on Main screening of "Halloweentown," paired with a pumpkin painting party, is set for 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Heritage Park, according to committee summaries in the packet for Thursday's Main Street Advisory Board meeting.
The Denison Arts Council is lined up to judge the pumpkin painting. The design committee's notes say the timing, age groups and award categories were still being worked out. The promotion committee also noted that organizers may ask the city to close Main Street for the movie night.
Heritage Park, at Main and Burnett, held its reopening ceremony Oct. 15.
Into November
The same summaries lay out the downtown calendar into late November:
- Friday, Nov. 6: The last Yellow Jacket tailgate of the season, 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Touchdown Alley and Forest Park.
- Saturday, Nov. 14: The Veterans Day parade, 2 to 3 p.m., running from Barrett Avenue to Rusk Avenue. The same day, the downtown Progressive Dinner runs from 3 to 8 p.m. at participating restaurants. Minutes from the board's September meeting say the dinner's timing was shifted so it would not clash with the parade.
- Nov. 19-21: The Mistletoe Market at the Texoma Event Center. City tourism staff told the board they were putting together 1,000 visitor bags for it.
- Saturday, Nov. 28: Small Business Saturday and a Donut Hole Stroll at participating downtown shops.
