Trick or Treat: Get your costumes ready, Howl-Zoo-Ween is back this weekend at the Peoria Zoo. Don’t forget your buckets, you’ll be walking an enchanting trail with treats and even more tricks. Howl-Zoo-Ween goes from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are available for $8 online or at the Safari Zoo Gift Shop. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the zoo will also host their Fall Festival with pumpkin decorating, games and crafts.
Listen: Calling all poetry lovers! The Illinois Prairie Library District Marcella Schneider Branch is hosting Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson for “Life as a Laureate.” The event begins at 11:30 a.m. with a Meet & Greet. Jackson will speak at noon. Poets can also bring their own work to read. This event is free!…