Happening Monday: Oct. 4, 2010

FAMILY

Halloween Harvest Festival: Pierce College welcomes back Spookley the Square Pumpkin and his hay-stuffed handler Jack the Scarecrow in the pair’s live stage show at the college’s Woodland Hills campus, gussied up in its autumnal finest for the annual Halloween Harvest Festival. Scaredy-cats and fear junkies alike should be advised that, after dark, the festival becomes the FrightFair Scream Park, a souped-up, more terrifying version of itself. Pierce College. 20800 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills. Sunday to Thursday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-midnight. https://www.halloweenharvestfestival.com.

BOOKS

National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead The grandfather of humor magazines, National Lampoon, defined the taste of a generation and left its mark of hilarity on popular culture through such seminal films as “Caddyshack” and “Animal House.” Now you can get a unique view of the magazine’s legacy as members of the staff from the early days, including Rick Meyerowitz, Ellis Weiner and Ted Mann, present a multimedia look at the institution’s history. Los Angeles Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. 5th St., L.A. 7 p.m. Free. https://www.lfla.org.

POP MUSIC

John Lennon, Songwriter Yoko Ono has loaned the museum a number of her husband’s personal items, including several guitars, a pair of his signature wire-rimmed glasses, the typewriter he wrote on early in his career, original drawings and handwritten lyrics to songs such as “Imagine.” The Grammy Museum, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., L.A. 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Sunday to Friday, 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Saturday, through March 31. $20. (213) 765-6800. https://www.grammymuseum.com.

Guided by Voices: Why should the ‘90s reunion bandwagon stop with Pavement? Robert Pollard’s ever-rotating ensemble is back in action for boozy nights with 40-song sets of immaculately crunchy guitar pop, chock full of gems just as bleary, self-loathing and perfect as they were back when you were mail-ordering from zines. Wiltern, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 7 p.m. $41.50. https://www.wiltern.com.