MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Two local businesses, Chic Le Chef of Hidden Valley Lake and Middletown Florist and Gifts, are teaming up for a special Halloween-themed event that benefits Hospice Services of Lake County.

“Halloween on the Silver Screen,” an evening of food, wine pairings, and “frightful” black and white movies, will take place Saturday, Oct. 30, from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Hidden Valley Lake County Club.

Wines from Guenoc Winery, Shannon Ridge Vineyards and Winery, and the Moore Family Winery will be featured, and the menu includes goat cheese and olive tapenade crostini; “devilish” chicken wings (which are wine braised with blackened Cajun spices); lamb meatballs with yogurt sauce and “poison sumac” (sumac is a traditional Middle Eastern flavoring); stuffed “magic mushrooms;” Transylvanian garlic and apple chutney cups; and Cabernet and chocolate mini cupcakes with dark chocolate ganache.

There will be a silent auction, and guests are encouraged to come in costume to be eligible for door prizes.

Julie Hoskins, owner of Chic Le Chef, and Tina Stewart, proprietor of Middletown Florist and Gifts, wanted to create an event that was fun as well as worthwhile.

“So many families in Lake County have been helped by Hospice services that we felt it was important to give back,” said Hoskins.

Hospice Services of Lake County supports a home-like setting for individuals who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

According to the group's Web site, it is “committed to the dignity of the human experience by serving the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of individuals and their loved ones through the end of life’s journey.”

To learn more about their services, visit www.lakecountyhospice.org.

Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at Middletown Florist and Gifts in the Middletown Plaza or at Chic Le Chef in the Hidden Valley Lake Hardester’s Plaza.