Article updated: 10/19/2012 12:34 PM

Weekend picks: New Smashing Pumpkins play the Allstate

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Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins perform Friday, Oct. 19, at Allstate Arena.

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The lighting of a possible record setting 32,000 jack-o-lanterns will be a highlight of the Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest.

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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Anna Lopez and Garrett Anderson perform choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo's "One Thousand Pieces" at the Harris Theater in Chicago this weekend.

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Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl is set to perform at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora on Friday, Oct. 19.

Get some helpful pumpkin-carving tips from professional carvers at the "Boo! at the Zoo" celebration at Brookfield Zoo.

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Meet Bubba at the CROCtoberfest event at the Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm in Lake Forest.

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Cuban group Tiempo Libre joins with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra for the "A Night in Havana" concert on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin.

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Actors portray martyrs of the Haymarket riot in the The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest's "Tale of the Tombstones." The 21st annual walking tour is set for Sunday, Oct. 21.

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Comedian Dog Benson will make a special appearance at Zanies in Rosemont on Sunday, Oct. 21.

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See (and hear) the new incarnation of the Smashing Pumpkins (with Billy Corgan still at the helm) at the Allstate Arena Friday. Get into the Halloween spirit at the annual “Creatures of the Night” celebration at Brookfield Zoo this weekend. Join in a possible record-setting lighting of 32,000 jack-o-lanterns in one location at 6:30 p.m. Saturday during The Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest. And don't miss the Barn Burner BBQ at Lambs Farm.