Common Hour
The Village Voice writer Ed Morales will present "Living in Spanglish: The Search for Latino Identity in America."
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 12:30 p.m.

The Ring
Based on the classic Japanese horror movie Ringu, this film will get you in the Halloween spirit with bone chilling suspense and mind numbing fear. (Also showing on Saturday.)
Sills Hall, Smith Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Ladd's Haunted House
Ladd has some new inhabitants (witches, psycho clowns, vampires, zombies, cannibals, etc.) who want you to take a tour of the house.
Ladd House, 8 p.m.

Improvabilities Halloween Show
You'll laugh so hard, it'll be scary.
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Campus Wide
Start your weekend right with music from Jim Weeks Philharmonic, DJ Absouloot, and DJ Marquee.
Quinby House, 8 p.m.

Midnight Madness
Show your basketball skills or just show your support for Bowdoin's Men and Women Basketball Teams.
Morrell Gym, 12 a.m.

Water Polo DIII Club National Championships
Two-day competition featuring teams from all over the U.S.: Trinity College, NYU, RIT, Middlebury and Weslyan.
Greason Pool, 9 a.m.
$8 for 2 day pass, $5 per day 50% off for Bowdoin people

"Treasures and Trinkets: Collecting Culture in the North"
Since 1576, travelers to the North have sought treasures in the area. Individual travelers, from explorers to tourists, traded extensively with people of the Arctic, acquiring a range of hand-crafted objects that are the focus of the exhibit.
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum,10:00 a.m.

Halloween Costume Party
MacMillan House, 10 p.m.

Battle of the Bands
Come listen to a mix of music as six Bowdoin bands along with bands from Colby and the greater Brunswick area take the stage.
Smith Union, Morrell Lounge, 7:30 p.m.

Capture the Flag
Join the fall fun in this rousing game.
Quad, 3 p.m.

"Freezing the Moment: Photographing the Arctic"
Aimée Douglas '05 compiled images from the photography collections of the Arctic Museum for this exhibit that conveys the challenges facing photographers in the region during the 19th to the mid-20th century.
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 10 a.m.

DaPonte String Quartet Concert
The DaPonte String Quartet will be performing music by Franz Joseph Haydn, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Antonin Dvorak.
Moulton Union, Main Lounge, 3 p.m.

Alternative Spring Break Info Session
This March, Bowdoin students will be traveling throughout the Unites States and abroad to tackle issues related to poverty, women's rights, inner city youth, and developing nations. Come to the info session to learn more about this amazing alternative spring break opportunity.
Moulton Union, Main Lounge, 9:30 p.m.

Government Lecture
Professor Forsan Hussein to speak.
Druckenmiller Hall, Cleaveland 151, 7 p.m.

Korean Culture Week Event
Renowned author Helie Lee will speak about "Across the Generations: One Family's Chronicle"
Book signing to follow.
Moulton Union, Main Lounge,7:30 p.m.

"From Marriage to Childbirth to Child Rearing"
Albrecht Dürer published his celebrated devotional book of prints The Life of the Virgin in 1511. This exhibition will compare a selection of Dürer's images with documents from the 15th and 16th centuries, such as census information, child-care manuals, and marriage contracts.
Museum of Art, Becker Gallery, 10 a.m.

Golz Lecture
Friedrich Katz will discuss "The U.S. Role in Mexican President Francisco Madero's Over-throw."
Searles Science Building, Room 315, 7 p.m.

Lecture and Reading
Colby College Professor of English Jenny Finney Boylan, author of She's not There: A Life in Two Genders will talk about her memoir that describes being a transgendered person.
VAC, Kresge Auditorium,
7:30 p.m.

Gallery Talk
Madeleine Msall, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, will give a gallery talk about "Rational Ghosts -The Allure of Scientific Theories of the Unseen" for the exhibition "The Disembodied Spirit" in Link Gallery.
Museum of Art, Temporary Exhibition Gallery, 4 p.m.

"God and Global Judaism: Strategies for Spiritual Transformation and Social Healing in the Age of Bush and Ariel Sharon"
Rabbi Michael Lerner will deliver the 2003 Harry Spindel Memorial Lectureship in Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Affairs.
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Sophocles's Oedipus
The classic Greek tragedy gets a new spin by using mask-like puppets and other theatrical devices to surround Oedipus with a world spiraling out of control.
Memorial Hall, Pickard Theater, 8 p.m.

North Korea Famine Relief Drive
Stop by in Smith Union and Thorne Dining Hall all week to make a donation and
support humanitarian efforts in North Korea. Polar Points and cash accepted!

The Way Home
KASA presents a film about a 7-year-old boy who goes to live with his grandmother in the rural countryside of Korea, highlighting the world of difference that exists between rural and urban Korea.
VAC, Beam Classroom, 7 p.m.