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Both downtown Youngstown and Warren have plans to make Halloween celebrations a multi-venue experience this weekend.
Youngstown has a couple of options.
The Economic Action Group and City of Youngstown will have a free Halloween Bar Crawl from 4 to 10 p.m. Friday.
Participants can pick up a pass at any of the participating businesses starting at 4 p.m. Get the pass stamped at as many locations as possible and turn it in at the end of the night for a chance to win a prize, including cash, Phantoms hockey tickets and tickets to see Nelly at the Covelli Centre on Dec. 11.
Participating businesses are Avalon Downtown Pizzeria, Casa di Canzonetta, Circle Bar & Restaurant, DOPE Cider House & Winery, Draught House, Imbibe Martini Bar, Noble Creature Wild Ales & Lagers, Penguin City Brewing Company, Ryes Craft Beer & Whiskey, The Social, Twisted Roots, Varsity Club and V2 Wine Bar & Trattoria.
The evening also will include a costume contest from 8:30 to 9 p.m. at the Phelps Street Gateway, where the Downtown Ambassadors will provide free hot chocolate, apple cider and smores throughout the evening. A shuttle will be available between Penguin City and Casa di Canzonetta from 6 to 10 p.m.
Attendees can reserve a spot online through Eventbrite.
A second bar crawl is planned for Saturday. Participants can check in between 4 and 6 p.m. at Bull & Bear Tavern's campus location, where participants can pick up their lanyards and drink vouchers.
After that they can visit the other participating locations -- Twisted Roots, V2, Circle Hookah and Bar -- in whatever order they like.
A mid-crawl party is planned from 7 to 9 p.m. at Imbide and the afterparty runs from 10 p.m. to midnight at Ryes. Costumes are mandatory for the afterparty.
Tickets are $25 in advance through Eventbrite and $40 the day of the event and include three drinks or shots at designated locations, no cover charges and access to drink and/or food specials.
A free shuttle will be available in Warren from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday as part of the 5th Dub City Halloween Bar Loop.
Two buses will transport revelers to eight venues -- Urban Tap, Sons of Italy 2850, Club Michael, Modern Methods Brewing Company, Horseshoe Bar, Station Park, VFW Post 1090 and Bushwick. The bus also will stop at the downtown parking deck, where free parking is available.
Drink specials and live music are planned at select locations, and participants can take their drinks from venue to venue in DORA (Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area) cups.
The gushing praise for the documentary "You Can See Everything" since its debut Labor Day weekend at the Telluride Film Festival certainly piqued my interest, but I also was apprehensive.
Nathan Fielder, who co-directed the film with Lance Oppenheim, gets a lot of critical praise for his work, and I didn't make it past the first episode of either "The Rehearsal" on "The Curse" and never watched "Nathan for You." I feared "Everything" was more of the same.
It's not. A nearly three-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, convicted of wire fraud for bilking investors on a blood-testing device that couldn't deliver on her promises, doesn't sound like destination viewing, but it has more twists than most thrillers.
In the second half of the film, the ground constantly shifts underneath the viewers in ways that makes them re-evaluate what they've already seen and anticipate what comes next.
It's also a movie that's best enjoyed knowing as little as possible before watching. I went on opening weekend locally because I didn't know how much longer I could avoid the spoilers.
I haven't done a top 10 list for years, in part because every new movie just felt like a lesser version of something I'd already seen. "You Can See Everything" definitely isn't that. It delivered a unique moviegoing experience, and I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes the first documentary to earn an Oscar nomination for best picture.
Andy Gray is the entertainment editor of Ticket. Write to him at agray@tribtoday.com.