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Gentleman Jim Rodda has raised his pirate flag, officially transforming the historical house on the corner of Pacific and Drew into a pirate ship. And, that's just one of the cool stops on the Halloween Magical Mystery Tour of Appleton's Northside. You'll find pirate magic at the Painted Lady (402 East Pacific) any day or [...]
If you, like me, think Halloween kicks off the holiday season, you would have loved the scene in Appleton Saturday night. Angels strolled the Ave, their giant, sweeping wings heralding all the peace on earth and good will to man that’s headed our way in the coming months. (Let’s hold on to both of those [...]
There’s snow way Wisconsin trick or treaters will ever let a little weather keep them from celebrating Halloween. Thank goodness for hardy stock! We saw dinosaurs and super heroes, princesses and dragons, a couple of Imposters and a unicorn. Our first trick or treater of the night was really just a nice young man out [...]
If you want to experience the best parts of Halloween -- creativity, spookiness, community and fun -- stoll past the Munns' house on an October evening. You'll find an homage to almost every Halloween tale in a home packed from roof to floor with clever creepiness including Chucky, Jason and a girl on a swing [...]
For days leading up to the big one, weather forecasters had been predicting a miserable Halloween. They were right about the snow and the wind, but Halloween 2019 turned out to be anything but miserable in our little corner of the tundra. In fact, I think the costumes and the little people who wore them [...]