Enjoy weekend close to home or on the road

If you haven’t made plans for Saturday yet, check out some of the fun events going on in my neighborhood and beyond.

You can put together a team of trivia buffs and head to St. Florian in Chicago’s Hegewisch neighborhood.

They are hosting a trivia night Saturday in the school gymnasium, 131st and Houston Avenue. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 per person, and top teams will win cash prizes.

For more information, email oliojoel@yahoo.com.

Before trivia night, you can grab a bite to eat as the Knights of Columbus, General Pulaski Council 3323, host a spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Columba Social Center, 13323 S. Greenbay Ave. in Chicago’s Hegewisch neighborhood.

It’s $8 for adults and $5 for children 10 and younger. Meal includes all-you-care-to-eat spaghetti with meat sauce, meatballs, salad, bread and dessert.

If you feel like getting out of the city, head to Cowtober Fest from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Fair Oaks Farms, 850 N 600 E in Fair Oaks, Ind.

Stopping by the farm is always fun for little and big kids, and this event looks adorable. As a side note, if you stop in the dairy store, I recommend the butterkase cheese. I tried it for the first time this weekend and am wishing I bought a larger hunk of it.

At Cowtober fest, kids can play carnival games, test their apple bobbing skills and visit the pumpkin patch. A Halloween costume parade is at 3 p.m. for ages 3 to 12.

Adults can peruse craft vendors and enjoy live entertainment. At 6 p.m., they will begin haunted hay rides for $5 per person.

For more information, visit http://www.fofarms.com/milkcowmusicfestival/COWTOBERFEST.html

Finally, I’d like to give another shout out to LARC and the group’s upcoming fish fry. I had the date wrong in my last column so here’s the correct information.

It will take place from 4 p.m. to midnight Nov. 9 at the workshop, 19043 Wentworth Ave. in Lansing. I know they’d love to see you there as they serve up delicious perch, shrimp and chicken strips catered by Glenwood Oaks.

For more information, call (708) 474-1540.

The opinions are solely those of the writer. She can be reached at jpallay14@sbcglobal.net.