As Halloween approaches, government officials, health professionals, parents, and kids are all preparing for the ways trick-or-treating will be different this year. “If COVID doesn’t get better, I’ll be watching a movie with my family,” [continue reading…]
The 25th Philadelphia Police District and Hunting Park United (HPU) partnered to host the first Haunted Hayride event on Oct. 30 in Hunting Park. The Halloween event, created by Ryan Barksdale and Albert Cruz, the [continue reading…]
Goblins and ghouls are back again! The Center City Spirit Halloween store is open for business. Kids aren’t the only ones running around looking for costumes. Adults are, too. Store manager, Nicole Durkson said the most [continue reading…]
Tucked away in an aging building at Front and Jackson streets in the Whitman section of South Philadelphia, devoid of the typical bells and whistles that accompany haunted attractions, Fright Factory is easy to miss. [continue reading…]
A theater in Chestnut Hill, tucked behind a long driveway off of Germantown Avenue, has united residents through its performances for 85 years. Stagecrafters Theater is a nonprofit organization with early beginnings. The organization dates back [continue reading…]
Halloween is creeping right around the corner and candy-loving kids are in luck. The city was named the fourth-best in the country for trick-or-treating by Zillow. If that wasn’t good enough, Cedar Park earned the title of [continue reading…]
Everyone knows the phrase that pays this time of the year, “trick or treat.” But some people around the Graduate Hospital area have taken the “trick” part a bit too literally by destroying and stealing [continue reading…]
Parents and children of the Olney community filled the sidewalks of the North Fifth Street business corridor as business owners and members of the North Fifth Street Revitalization Project celebrated Trick or Treat on Fifth [continue reading…]
In Mount Airy at Earth – Bread + Brewery, patrons young and old were tricked and treated to a spectacle seemingly supernatural. Fred Schaefer, a chemistry professor from University of the Sciences, is a regular [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/31760505] The sight of an altar honoring people who have passed away and marigolds being placed around it can be an odd sight next to face painting, costumes, candy and other elements more typically associated [continue reading…]
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