5 Things to Know About This Week

Columbus Day week ends in Barrington next weekend with a festival, a stroll a fair and a soccer shoot out. Whew!

1. Barrington Pilates hosts its third annual 'Pilates for Pink' day at the studio on Friday, Oct. 12, for national breast cancer awareness month; a part of all class registrations will go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
2. Sowams School hosts its annual October Festival on Saturday, Oct. 13, starting at 10 am on the playgrounds around the school on Sowams Road.
3. The Barrington Business Association sponsors its first Harvest Stroll on Saturday, Oct. 13, from noon to 4 pm with food trucks, pumpking carving and scarecrow making at Town Hall and other activities at businesses around town center.
4. St. John’s Episcopal Church hosts its annual Pumpkin Junction fair for kids and their families on Saturday, Oct. 13, during the pumpkin sale from 8 am to 5 pm.
5. The second annual Soccer Shot Out takes place next Saturday from 8 am to 2 pm at three Barrington soccer fields to benefit the East Bay Coalition for the Homeless. Sign up at Chianese Park, St. Andrew’s field and Middle Highway field.