Our second COVID Halloween is coming up. Once again, I have no major plans. Locally, there will be a few outdoor events. Hoping to get to one of those, weather permitting. Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. For over a year now, I’ve been driving around in a ridiculous jack-o-lantern car. We’ve also been getting into the spirit by watching the Bob’s Burgers Halloween episodes and the Muppets Haunted Mansion. But I’m feeling nostalgic for days past. When my son was young enough for trick or treating. When I still owned our massive old house, where I hosted huge pumpkin carving parties.
Five spooky-ish things to enjoy:
- N.B. Museum archivist discovers ’spooky’ songbook in basement library: Officium Defunctorum contains chants sung hundreds of years ago on All Souls Day for the repose of the dead
- An Art-Making Robot Was Detained on Her Way to Show at the Pyramids Because Egyptian Customs Officials Thought She Was a Spy: Border agents kept the robot artist Ai-Da in custody for 10 days and debated removing her eyes, which have built-in cameras.
- Vintage Halloween Cards Are the Stuff of Nightmares: Anthropomorphic pumpkins, mirror divination, and space-traveling witches all appear in the curious collision of imagery on vintage Halloween cards (personally, I find these more charming than nightmarish).
- What We Do in the Shadows is a show that brings me great joy. This Colin Robinson energy vampire costume is PERFECT.
- A local roundup. This Week’s Best Events: Twin Cities Horror Fest, Vampire Beer, Party on Lake
Bah, I had intended to promote this sooner. Now it’s nearly over. But what a cool thing. I hope they do it again next year. Halaloween: An Online Muslim Horror Film Festival. Muslim Horror films on-demand, for free, from across the globe October 1st - 31st.
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