Week Ahead: Monster Bash; 'Bully' Film; Magic Forest Play; Landel Haunted House

Monday, Oct. 21

• "Holidays on a High Note" Benefit Luncheon. Peninsula Family Service's Foothill Auxiliary event to be held in Atherton. 

• Author Event: Brandon Mull ("Spirit Animals") Book Talk & Craft. Linden Tree Books, 265 State Street, Los Altos. 4;30 p.m.

• Infant, Toddler, Preschool Open House in Los Gatos. NOW ENROLLING at Bright Horizons. 

• Annual Cut-A-Thon for cancer. Voila Salon (221 State St. Los Altos. 

• Mathbreakers: come try our new math video game! Hacker Dojo: 599 Fairchild Drive, Mountain View.

• Free Financial Planning Semnar - "Retirement Income Planning" 6 p.m. Palo Alto.

• Be Your Own Boss Fair, 2013. 131 E. Main Street, Los Gatos. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Paola Gianturco: Grandmother Power - slide show and book signing. Channing House - 850 Webster St., Palo Alto. 7 p.m.

• 2013 INvisible Project Launch Party. Menlo Park.

• Easy Peasy Super Easy Seed Saving. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin Street, Mountain View.

• Free Screening of "Bully" -Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro Street, Mountain View.

• 'World's Largest Haunted House' - San Jose.

• Take Control Of Your Pain: a patient-education day. Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park.

• A Benefit Night of Music and Culture. Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. 

• Haunted House at Landels Elementary. 115 Dana Street, 7 p.m.

• Mountain View Monster Bash. 

• 'World's Largest Haunted House' - San Jose.

• Halloween Bark For Life Walk. Holbrook-Palmer Park, 150 Watkins Ave, Atherton.

• Girls Chorus Auditions for Spring.  Burlingame United Methodist Church, 1443 Howard Avenue, Burlingame, 10 a.m.

• The SEXY Halloween Singles Dance Extravaganza! David's Restaurant, Santa Clara.

• PreSchool Family 30th Annual Fun Day 2013. Palo Alto.

• New Music Works - Halloweenworld "Come As You Aren’t!" Santa Cruz.

• Magic Forest Journey. Waldorf School of the Peninsula - Mountain View campus 180 N. Rengstorff Avenue, Mountain View, 5:30 p.m.

• Titanic Masquerade Halloween Party Cruise. Fume Blanc Commodore Pier 40 | San Francisco. 7:30 p.m.

• Haunted House at Landels Elementary. 115 Dana Street, 7 p.m.

• 'World's Largest Haunted House' - San Jose.

• Enchanted Forest craft making event.  Moreland Woods 4835 Doyle Road, San Jose. 1 p.m.

• Join the Lupus Foundation of America and Take Steps to End Lupus Now. Golden Gate Park on the Music Concourse. 9 a.m.