Weekend Fun: 'God of Carnage' Opens; 'Day of Dead'; Ballroom Dance Party

Friday, Nov. 1

• Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off Day. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.  Regional Water Quality Control Plan, 2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto.

• Shoot Zombies Now. Halloween paintball at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. 7 p.m. to midnight.

• World's Largest Haunted House. 7 p.m. to midnight. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.

• 2013 Senior Center Fashion Show. Mountain View. 1:30 p.m.

• God of Carnage. A brilliant comedy of manners…without the manners. Palo Alto Players at the Lucie Stern Theater. 8 p.m.

• Pacific Art League of Palo Alto presents “Prints Matter!” and “Flowers & Water,” two new exhibitions running through November. 

• Community Day: El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). San Jose Museum of Art. Free. 

• Silicon Valley Health & Wellness Expo. West Valley College, The Campus Center, 14000 Fruitvale Avenue, Saragota. 10 a.m. Featuring free health screenings, physician experts.

• God of Carnage. A brilliant comedy of manners…without the manners. Palo Alto Players at the Lucie Stern Theater. 8 p.m.

• Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off Day. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Regional Water Quality Control Plan, 2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto.

• Social Ballroom Dance Party. Cubberley Community Center Pavilion. Starts at 8 p.m.  

• Poppy Farm Fair & Bluegrass Jubilee. 10 a.m. Aptos.

• Reiki 1 Class. 4161 El Camino Way Palo Alto. 10 a.m.

• Eco Friendly Holiday Candle Making Class. Palo Alto.

• Open Mind Harvest Carnival. 505 E Charleston Road, Palo Alto.

• Deva Nruthya ... the Celestial Art of the Ancient. Stanford. Cemex Auditorium. 7:30 p.m.

• 'Lose Your Lawn' the Bay-Friendly Way. SummerWinds Nursery, 2931 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. 10 a.m.

• Assemblymember Paul Fong’s November 2nd Covered California Informational Event. San Jose.

• Shoot Zombies Now. Halloween paintball at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. 7 p.m. to midnight.

• God of Carnage. A brilliant comedy of manners…without the manners. Palo Alto Players at the Lucie Stern Theater. 2:30 p.m.

• King of Clubs for the Best in Karaoke! Mountain View. 8:30 p.m. to closing.

• ReCycle Bike Drive. Blach Middle School  and Egan Junior High School, Los Altos. Volunteers collecting from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. donations of gently used bikes - both child and adult sizes needed. 

• In My Life - A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles. San Jose.