Arts hot ticket: Ghost Train in Stanley Park

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      The Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train

      To November 1

      We love the low-tech magic of this year’s installment, dubbed Jack O’Lantern’s Journey Through the Dark Forest (shown above). Based on old Celtic lore, glowing pumpkins abound and the devil himself makes a visit. Look for storytellers, crafts, and movies in the main plaza outside the minitrain, and don’t forget to bring a food-bank donation.

      Scott St. John

      October 26 at the Orpheum

      The knockout Canadian violinist joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to put his bow to a truly underrated 20th-century composer: Erich Korngold, whose Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 is as technically demanding as it is heart-searingly romantic. A lush slice of fin de siècle Vienna, it’s a lovely complement to Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow, set in the same era and on at Vancouver Opera this week. The concerto is an ode to Alma Mahler, who was the widow of Korngold’s childhood mentor, Gustav Mahler.

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