• Put on your best costumes and take the kids for a fall-themed weekend at Zoo Boo at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Watch animals enjoy special pumpkin enrichments and see how creative keepers are at designing jack-o-lanterns. Hours are 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. today and Sunday. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, 5400 N. Pearl St., Tacoma. Admission of $6.25-$14.50, activities are free with admission, pdza.org/calendar.php?eid=68.
• The Tacoma Symphony Orchestra performs its season-opening concert tonight featuring Debussy’s La Mer, plus Gershwin’s Cuban Overture and Piano Concerto in F with special guest Leon Bates; 7:30 p.m., Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma. Tickets are $24, $42, $62. Call, 253-591-5894 or 800-291-7593, tacomasymphony.org.
• Tim Allen takes the stage in an 8:30 show tonight at the Emerald Queen Casino, 2024 E. 29th St., Tacoma. Tickets are $40-$100 and are available through Ticketmaster.
Check out blog.thenewstribune.com/getout for more events or go to calendar.thenewstribune.com for more ideas.
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