{"id":318379,"date":"2026-10-31T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/318379\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:46:09","slug":"erie-playhouse-bring-ghost-light-5k-to-life-for-halloween-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/318379\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Playhouse Bring Ghost Light 5K to Life for Halloween | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People got into the Halloween spirit Saturday morning while supporting the Erie Playhouse at its Ghost Light 5K.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"5k.png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The Playhouse previously held the 5K as a fundraiser and decided to bring the event back this year. Organizers set a goal of 100 runners but surpassed that number, with 226 racers taking part.<\/p>\n<p>Participants followed a course through downtown Erie, with the first finishers crossing the line in under 19 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the event was not only a successful fundraiser but also a fun way for the community to celebrate the Halloween season.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds will benefit the Erie Playhouse and support its work bringing performances to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People got into the Halloween spirit Saturday morning while supporting the Erie Playhouse at its Ghost Light 5K.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[524,11642,136,138,137,1430,2350,129608,732,13517,4527,13894,7866],"class_list":["post-318379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-community","tag-downtown-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-playhouse","tag-fundraiser","tag-ghost-light-5k","tag-halloween","tag-performances","tag-race","tag-running","tag-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}