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horrorscopes Aquarius Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 You might have a few mood swings on Halloween. Someone might show up in the same costume or a Libra could get to that cute Gemini before you. Even so, it’s worth it to control your temper and have a good time on Halloween. Take it easy on the alcohol and surround yourself with positive people, like Tauruses and Leos. They can keep you from doing something you might regret. Song of the weekend: “Cannibal Queen” – Miniature Tigers
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You might feel a little down but don’t sulk all weekend. Leave the ice cream behind and hit up a bar or party, and look for a Cancer with dance fever. He or she may be the ticket to leaving your brooding tendencies behind. If you haven’t picked a costume yet, dress as a favorite celebrity. This can be a great outlet for your creative side. Don’t lose sight of your ability to read body language, and make sure to screen out the weirdos on Halloween night. Song of the weekend: “Oxford Comma” – Vampire Weekend
Aries Mar. 21 - Apr. 19 As the leader of your social circle, it may be tempting to force friends to play second fiddle to your extravagant costume during Halloween weekend. Cut it out. Keep it creative and fun but don’t convince others to downplay their costuming. You’ve probably been planning your costume since May but you’re the type to make a last-minute trip to the fabric store and go all out with something attractive and original. Make sure to budget time and money so you can enjoy the night. Song of the weekend: “She’s So Unusual” Cyndi Lauper
Taurus Apr. 20 - May 20 While it may seem tempting to curl up at home with Hitchcock or Poe on Halloween night, you’d be missing all the fun. Dress as something classic and scary to cruise the bars or attend a party. Look for Virgos or Capricorns to light up your night — they may be dressed as royalty or animals. Take it easy on the alcohol or you’ll find that cute Virgo holding your head out of the toilet. Song of the weekend: “Take Me Out” –Franz Ferdinand
Libra Sept. 23 - Oct. 22
Gemini May 21 - June 20 Your fickle mood has caused you to change your mind about costumes several times, and if your friends are trying to match you, they might not be happy. Appease your social circle and stick to something. Seek out an Aquarius during the celebration. He or she may be dressed as a sexy librarian, owl or other symbol of knowledge. Make sure to control yourself during the night, or your violent nature could take hold. You wouldn’t want to get blood all over your costume. Song of the weekend: “The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get” – Morrissey
Cancer June 21 - July 22 For you, Halloween is a chance to get out, dance and have a good time — as if you need an excuse. Make the most of it and go out with friends but don’t be hesitant to chat up the brooding Scorpio dressed as a Goth. He or she could help turn up the heat on your night. If you are in a relationship, take the opportunity to get closer to your significant other on the dance floor. Song of the weekend: “One More Time” – Daft Punk
Leo July 23 - Aug. 22 It may be time to stop focusing on gossip and instead focus on having a good time. You’ve been gearing up for Halloween all month and it’s time to party — and you’ll be the center of attention in a gorgeous costume. An Aries may be jostling for everyone’s favor on Halloween night but you can earn his or hers with a well-made costume. Look for a man or woman dressed in a concept costume or caricature of a celebrity. Song of the weekend: “Take It Off” – Ke$ha
Virgo Aug. 23 - Sept. 22 Your changeable nature is great on Halloween — you have no trouble getting into character for your attractive, yet demure costume. Fire signs in your life may be ragging on you to go crazy on Halloween and do things you normally wouldn’t, but hold your ground with Aries, Leo and Sagittarius and be yourself. Seek out a Taurus on Halloween — he or she might be dressed as a witch, werewolf or vampire. Song of the weekend: “Speechless” – Lady Gaga
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You are ready to cut loose on Halloween weekend but be wary of getting too rowdy. An Aquarius might feel that he or she needs to compete and your compatibility may turn into a fight. Try to cool your temper, and focus on having a good time. You might be the type to wait until the last minute to ready a costume — get creative with some of the outlandish things in your closet. Formalwear can turn you into a princess or spy, and even last year’s costume will make a splash. Song of the weekend: “Paper Planes” – M.I.A.
Scorpio Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 You are the pinnacle of mystery. Embrace that on Halloween night and dress like a tortured soul — black clothes and eyeliner should do the trick. A Cancer will be out on the dance floor, and if he or she pulls you out of the corner, take that opportunity. It could lead to a wild night that you may not remember. Don’t overdo it on the booze, or you could ruin the mystique by vomiting on someone’s shoes. Song of the weekend: “She’s Lost Control” – Joy Division
Sagittarius Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 Your fun-loving and hedonistic nature is perfect for the holiday and you may be tempted to drink all night. Space it out and look for a Leo to keep you centered. He or she will probably dress in a glamorous manner and will complement your flashy personality. If you haven’t picked a costume yet, go for something that will start a conversation — skimpy works, as does topical. Song of the weekend: “Party Hard” – Andrew W.K.
Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 19 You may feel mopey this Halloween — how can we party when there is so much wrong in the world? Capricorn, there will always be something wrong. Forget about it and have fun on Halloween. A Virgo in a muted costume may be the key to ignoring your angst. Just think — those starving children in India don’t need candy or booze. Who’s going to consume it if you don’t? Song of the weekend: “Maps” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Troy Paulekas said human figures interest him — figures that don't and can't necessarily exist. "You could think of them as androids, not yet fit for production and thus removed from the usual order of things. They're metaphors for society as a whole, a gathered assortment of particulars selectively bred
for their peculiar, decadent and depraved genetics," Paulekas said. The figures in his artwork are originally composed of ink, scanned, photo edited, and screen-printed. Paulekas's art will be featured among other artists Nov. 1 in the Teaching and Learning Center Reflections Gallery.
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Survive the zombie apocalypse
Slaying brain eaters There are many weapons one can wield in the days of
zombies are attacking human flesh, what is to say they are not attacking animals? Who knows, maybe mad cow disease, chicken flu and swine flu
are derivations of the zombie virus. Finding fresh greens is always a good idea but eating them raw is the best way to go because no light or flame will attract the flesh bags to your location. Therefore, smoking is out of the question. I know this might be hard for some but chewing tobacco or “the patch” is always an option.
Zombie-safe zone Most of the time, staying at ground level aside from traveling is a bad idea. The best suggestion is to find a large building with roof access. Setting post here will allow the survivalist to grow a garden and spot wandering flesh-eaters from a distance. Also, pick a large building with other roofs adjacent to it. This is a great way to store vehicles for a quick escape if the stampede becomes overwhelming. Warehouse buildings might prove to be the best.
Zombie escape vehicle Let’s face it — there are times a survivor will need to escape in haste. A sports car is best for a quick getaway. If the roads are long and full of curves having tuned suspension will improve handling. Crashing a
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Jacob Gergen shuffles down Main Street during Moscow’s second annual Zombie Walk Saturday evening hosted by Zombie Savant Entertainment and Safari Pearl. The event was held to benefit the Milestone Food Bank. Gergen said he came out because it’s a good cause and just to have some fun.
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It was Colonel Mustard with a revolver in the library. Or was it Miss Scarlet with a rope in the kitchen? Students can find out “whodunit” at the Clue Murder Mystery Party, held from 7 to 10 p.m. October 31 on the ground floor of Scholars Hall at the Living and Learning Center. Scholars Hall and Gault Hall are hosting a real-life game of Clue. Six actors will dress up as Clue characters: Professor Plum, Mr.
Green, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet. Teams of four students will walk around each room and gather clues from the characters. The students that solve the murder will receive a cheesy prize, said Kirsten March, co-creator of the event. The 12 people involved created game sheets for players to take notes on who, what, where, when and why. “Each character will have their own room — we have the kitchen, dining room, lounge and, conveniently, a billiard room to decorate,” Moore said.
March said she and Moore planned the event for Halloween night because they didn’t think anyone would want to go out on a Sunday. “Clue was my favorite game when I was young,” Mary Condon, LLC resident, said, “It will be interesting to see how they interpret the game board into a real-life game.” Moore said drinks and cookies will be provided. “I have heard of a lot of people wanting to come,” “I anticipate a good turn out.” (Moore said.) The event is free for everyone.
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Jessica Osterloh, junior at the University of Idaho, said she decided to dress up as Sakura from the anime cartoon “Naruto.” “It’s an easy costume, and anyone who watches the show will be able to recognize her easily,” Osterloh said. Whether you like to dress up as the scariest thing imaginable or make your friends fall over laughing at how ridiculous and original you look, costumes can reflect our personalities, or clash with them entirely. Whichever the case, costume variation makes this time of year fun. Osterloh said for Halloween, she plans to go to the Lionel Hampton School of Music for “Tubaween,” “It showcases the school’s tuba talent and is always lots of fun because it has a musicthemed parody,” Osterloh said. UI junior Tim Hellickson said he is going to be a clown because, “clowns are creepy.” Hellickson will spend Hallow-
een in Portland to see folk music performer Sufjan Stephens. UI sophomore Josh Baumann said he decided to incorporate a favorite pastime and dress as a beer-pong table for Halloween. “I saw it advertised as a Mardi Gras costume online and thought it would be funny and functional,” Baumann said. At some point during the night, he said he plans on using his costume to challenge other partygoers. UI women’s soccer team members Jill Flockhart, Nitalia Zuniga and Christina Boodie said the soccer team has several plans for the holiday. “The whole soccer team will be participating in the kid’s trick-or-treat at the Kibbie Dome Thursday, and Sunday we have a game,” Flockhart said. Flockhart will be dressed as the Red Power Ranger, Zuniga will be Disney’s Nemo and Boddie will be a kitty cat. All three ladies said the inspiration for their Halloween costumes were kids’ costumes, because they all looked really cute.
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Ronna Jerabek-Fisher showed off her latest project, a homemade Halloween costume of a shark eating her. “I saw a costume like it online but figured why spend a $40 when I can make one for only 15?” Jerabek-Fisher said.
World culture: Halloween traditions overseas Americans aren’t the only ones who enjoy costumes, goodies and spirits of the dead. Halloween and similar festivals occur in many cultures. Read on to see some international “fright night” traditions.
to celebrate the saints. All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, was later established to remember those who died. People said prayers and lit candles that day to ease the souls’ pre-heaven suffering. Many Englanders don’t participate in trick-or-treating. Children instead United Kingdom gather money for the Halloween’s origins poor in return for w ma matt can be traced to rawr a “soul cake.” Then Christianity’s influthey say a prayer ence in Britain from for the donor’s deceased the 6th to 8th century. Pope relatives. The cake is made Gregory III moved All Saints’ differently throughout EngDay from May 13 to Nov. 1 to land, from fruitcake to buns combat observance of the pacovered with caraway seeds. gan Samhain festival, in which Other people in the U.K. the dead were remembered. put turnip lanterns on their All Saints’ Day was also gateposts on Halloween to procalled All Hallows. Samhain octect themselves from spirits. curred on Oct. 31 and became known as All Hallows Eve, or http://festivals.iloveindia. Halloween. Gregory allowed com/halloween/aroundpeople to dress in costumes the-world/uk.html
Pakistan Tariq Usman Saeed, Pakistani cultural ambassador at the University of Idaho, said Halloween has only been celebrated in Pakistan for five or six years. He said celebration is limited to larger cities like Lahore. The emphasis is on food and games, he said, instead of scary imagery. Saeed said there are special games for children and they have a lot of fun. Hotels put up festive lighting, people attend restaurants and dance parties and theatres show horror films, he said. Markets sell costume accessories and makeup, Saeed said, and beauty parlors have special deals on Halloween designs. He said trick-ortreating happens in some city neighborhoods and frightening elements are mostly restricted to “ghosthouses”
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UI students Rory Riggs, left, Bryan Toston, center, and Walter Taresh, peruse costumes in Safari Pearl Monday evening. Safari Pearl has been busy with students searching for last-minute Halloween costumes, wigs and other props.
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Safari Pearl seems to be incomparable to superstores, such as Wal-Mart for shoppers searching for the best Halloween costumes. “There’s a lot more diversity this year,” said Katherine Sprague, Safari Pearl founder. “We don’t have everybody looking for the same costume.” Sprague started Safari Pearl 22 years ago with “four boxes of comics and a couple hundred dollars,” Tabitha Simmons, managing partner at Safari Pearl, said. Sprague said they attend trade shows and choose the best products from hundreds of manufacturers. She said they have picked up some new lines that are durable and can be washed and re-worn. “You can spend $4 to $500
on a costume and we don’t stock those sorts of things,” Simmons said. “We try to choose good values that you can wear more than once.” She said even in this economy, people love to dress up and forget about their life and problems. Laine Hanabher, a student at Washington State University, said she came to Safari Pearl because Pullman no longer has a costume shop. “I heard it had a really large selection of costumes,” Hanabher said. “The prices are right. If you try to go make your own costumes, it’s probably going to be around the same cost, if not more.” Other WSU students agreed with Hanabher and said friends recommended Safari Pearl because prices were better than
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Halloween hubbub Trees have begun legs. It stared down their perennial at victims with eyes death cycles. Halmade from plastic loween is near. pumpkins. Its victim Corn mazes, hung from “webbing” haunted houses on the roof’s edge. and gory blockbustI plan to avoid ers vie for patrons. lawn chairs until Household decoraPayless stocks rooftions transform front sized boots. yards into cemeteries. Dance bars and night- matt maw http://www.halrawr loweenmonsterlist. clubs are rendered more frightening info/ than usual. Some will attend haunted Disney black magic houses. Others will watch Other cultural staples can movies like “The Shining.” I be spookified. Disney has an will gorge myself on candy online video channel called corn and cry for the trees. Disney Living. It recently uploaded parodies of horror Scare-it-yourself films with Disney twists. If you plan to host a killer One of the videos spoofed party, check out the MonsterStanley Kubrick’s “The Shinlist of Halloween Projects. ing.” A child sped down a The website is a collection narrow hotel hallway on a of how-tos for spooky props plastic tricycle. He rounded and mechanisms. There are the corner and stopped in instructions for fog-filled front of two girls dressed like cauldrons, pneumatic corpses Minnie Mouse in polka dot that burst from coffins and dresses. The boy looked horchandeliers made from skulls. rified. The girls beckoned him There’s even a video that to play with them “forever, demonstrates some of the and ever and ever.” The boy props in action. thought for a moment and The giant lawn-chair spismiled. He was oblivious to der is particularly unsettling. the warm and fuzzy tortures In one photograph it loomed see hubbub, page 10 from a roof on septic-tubing
Top five: Halloween hit list One thing’s for sure when song. It was a No. 1 hit the it comes to Hallowyear it was released, een hits — they don’t and it climbed the make them like they charts again over a used to. In the new decade later. This song millennium, there is playful and cheesy. hasn’t been a single The “shoo-ba-doo” Halloween-themed from the background song top 10 hit. Alsingers and silly sound though this saddens effects make for an many, here’s a list of early rock-‘n-roll good tunes that are sure time. The Misfits have a to get goblins and cover of this song that’s sten kri Lady Gaga look-alikes far less cheesy, but whitney the ridiculous voices dancing the night rawr and cauldron-bubbling away. sound effects make the original version fun. “Thriller” — Michael
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On the best-selling record of all time is a hit so full of haunted Halloween spirit you just have to put the punch down and hit the dance floor. This is one of the greatest songs Jackson put out, and hands down, this track provided the best music video of the 20th century. This video is so good the Library of Congress has it on file as “culturally significant.” Don’t worry about knowing the entire dance - it’s just as fun to drunkenly repeat the same three signature zombie moves over and over again.
“Nightmare on My Street” — DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (1988) Yes, Will Smith — also known as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air — did in fact have a Halloween hit single in the ‘80s. This song was such a hit in that the producers from “Nightmare on Elm Street” sued for copyright infringement. This song is a humorous take on Freddy Krueger visiting the Fresh Prince one night while he sleeps.
“Psycho Killer” — Talking Heads (1977) More than 15 bands have covered this song, including Brand New, Phish and Barenaked Ladies, but nothing beats the original from Talking Heads’ first album. Although the track was not written with Halloween in mind, it fits the haunted spirit of the season. The lyrics were inspired by what the band assumed would be the thoughts of a serial killer. What makes this song a Halloween party must is the bellowing sing-a-long chorus.
“The Time Warp” — ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Soundtrack (1975) With this upbeat danceworthy song on your playlist, ghosts and naughty school girls alike will be doing “The Time Warp.” The dance is quite simple to groove to because the lyrics tell you what to do. “It’s just a jump to the left, and then a step to right.”
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“The Monster Mash” — Bobby “Boris” Pickett (1962)
“It’s almost Halloween” Panic! at the Disco
For my father, and a lot of people in his generation, this is the ultimate Halloween
“Ghost Town” - Specials
“I Put a Spell on You” - The Animals “I’m Your Boogieman” White Zombie
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Who’s afraid of the boogey man? Yes, the boogie monster to someone else it seems ridiculous. used to hide under my bed. The ironic thing about individual And he was “somewhat hideous” and monsters is that although in our minds “produced physical or mental they are real, to others they fear by either his appearance are seen as irrational fears. or his actions,” the WikipeOprah will not allow gum dia definition of a monster. in her studios — or in the No matter if this appearwords of another gum-phobe, ance existed in the imaginashe has banned the “halftion of a young child or in masticated, saliva-drenched reality, it still existed. Therefood mass with the consisfore the monster was real. tency of industrial rubber.” The hideousness of the booMonsters come in all gie monster is something we shapes and sizes. Bridges, probably all agree on. It is comspiders, mannequins, spontabethany neous combustion, butterflies, mon knowledge this infamous monster is out to prey on young aliens or rainbows.These fears breeze children at night. We have all rawr may sound ridiculous but probably encountered the boothey are things some people gie monster at some point in our lives. truly dread. I was able to combat my But not all monsters are universal. deathly fear of plugholes from childAlmost all of us are afraid of somehood, but still the thought of underthing, and curl up inside at the mere water rocks can give me the shivers. thought of the object of our fears. To Within relationships, there are so us, these things are “hideous,” even if many monsters lurking around that
it is a wonder the world’s population keeps increasing. Or perhaps it is the monsters that ensure our continuation as a species. We are so afraid — afraid of letting people in or letting go. We avoid any form of deep involvement with others for along with this comes effort, problems and inevitable pain. It is easier to remain detached — to play it safe. For many others, it is the fear of being alone that keeps them trapped. People become so attached to others that they lose all independence. People scramble to “own” each other. They are so afraid of losing their other halves that they will remain in relationships that strip them of dignity, cause them pain and hold them back from their dreams. Paulo Coelho, author of “The Alchemist,” said the moment love becomes attachment, becomes
demanding, it is a prison. “It has lost the freedom; you cannot fly, you are encaged,” Coelho said. He said the only thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve is the fear of failure. Now we have come to one of the biggest, universal monsters. Just as we develop attachments to people, we develop attachments to lives of comfort. It is so easy to cling to the past – to dwell on things we have come to know for fear of the unknown. Fear — of judgment, of risk and of failure, stops so many of us from becoming the people we want to be. When lying in the darkness, most of us cuddle down under the covers when the boogie monster comes. After all, in all his invisibility, he is undoubtedly creepy and out to get us. But just like the fear of butterflies,
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DARK CARVER
You hear a wolf howling at the full moon lighting your midnight path. An icy wind brushes your shoulder, and leaves crunch underfoot. You spin around in vicious anticipation but there’s nothing there — nothing but the menacing smile of a jack-o-lantern lighting an old rickety house’s porch. It’s an eerie glow of other-world energy that completes the Halloween season. Pumpkin carving, bobbing for apples, gorging on candy and sipping eggnog are elementary for anyone wanting to experience the best of Halloween. University of Idaho student Alex Rowson said pumpkin carving was first on the Halloween to-do list. Rowson offered an in-depth tutorial on how to carve your own ghoulish Halloween ornament. photo essay by amrah canul rawr
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The fifteen-pound pumpkin sat heavily on his newspapercovered kitchen table and light sifted through thin blinds to illuminate his work-station. Although carving styles vary, five underlying steps can transform the unappealing fruit: Choosing the pumpkin, applying the design, gutting and cleaning, carving and adding the finishing touches for display. Rowson said he found the biggest pumpkin he could at the local supermarket. Although he said he was a little disgruntled about its horribly disfigured backside, he was satisfied with the front. “It’s the pretty standard design, it’s supposed to represent a skull… traditionally,” Rowson said. “I would do a happy face,”
Nora Nielson, an onlooker, said. Silly or happy faces are popular choices but Rowson said he was set on a sinister design.
Rowson said a simple ballpoint pen works well for drawing the template and mistakes can be erased with rubbing alcohol.
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“Gruesome, definitely a bit evil,” Rowson said as he took a step back to evaluate his handiwork. And so the hardest part was over. “I was gonna put some oil on the edges this year. I’ve never done that before, but I read online that it would help to keep it from drying out,” Rowson said. He was about to display the pumpkin when he said he did not have candles and made a quick run to Rosauer’s to remedy this.
“Normally people put pumpkins out to let kids know they’re giving out candy,” Rowson said. Rowson placed pumpkin candles inside the pumpkin, complete with corkscrews on the bottom to prevent a fire-hazard,
and took his pumpkin outside. The pumpkin was placed on an old stump on the front lawn where he said it would best serve candy-scouting trick-or-treaters or perhaps give late night wanderers a scare.
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With the template in place the pumpkin is ready for gutting. There are special-made knives for pumpkin carving but Rowson said a simple 5-inch serrated kitchen knife worked well enough. He cut a hole through the top of the pumpkin, making way to scoop out the meaty center. “I’m not going to make pie,” he said as he transferred the stringy insides
to a silver pot, “I was looking at some other recipes. I was thinking of making some kind of pasta out of it. You can also roast these (the seeds) and eat them.” Rowson said until now, he had not carved a pumpkin for two years — since he last lived at home. He said pumpkin carving was a family and neighborhood activity. “When we were little my
dad was the one who always carved the pumpkins,” Rowson said “Our neighborhood always had pumpkin carving and haunted houses.” Nielson said her family used to paint pumpkins. “No one paints pumpkins,” Rowson said and proceeded to clean out the last bits and pieces. “That’s good enough, this is gonna be the tough part.”
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Halloween weekend is a time of gathering, a time of celebration and a time to party your socks off. This year is no exception as Halloween occurs on the weekend. Venues in downtown Moscow will keep Halloween events going all weekend long.
Champions Sports Bar Champions will host the Budweiser Boo Bash Saturday as part of their festivities. Owner Barry Tassler said, “The Budweiser crew will be coming from out of town. We’ll have the Budweiser girls, giveaways and drink specials. Everyone is welcome to come in costume or not.” Champions will offer free beer sampling. A costume contest will be held with cash prizes. The bash starts after dark.
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vehicle because one is taking corners too fast in a jalopy is counterintuitive to survival. If a sports car is too small, choose a vehicle that will allow a plowing blade. This will help one get through a heaping pile of zombies with ease. There are other suggested tips to prepare for the zom-
Sisters’ Brew will host a murder mystery Friday, from 6 to 9 p.m. Participants will get different costumes and character cards as a host guides the event, leading to the discovery of the killer among the group. “I’ve never done one before, but always wanted to, so this year I decided to do it,” owner Gina Rich said. A prize will be offered to the person who guesses the correct killer first. Those participating in the experience had to sign up by last Tuesday.
Mingles Mingles will host a Halloween Night Bash on Saturday with a costume contest and door prizes. Three hundred dollars will go toward the costume contest and first place will get $100. Additional awards will be given for the best sexy, funny, most original and scariest cos-
bie apocalypse. Remember, knowledge is power. Preparation is the best thing one can do. Without it a person’s survival rate could decrease immensely. For expanded advice reference books by Max Brooks and avoid watching films about zombies. These films are useless because Hollywood does not know what they are talking about, unless the advice giver is Bill Murray.
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tumes. Each entry will receive a free drink token, but a person can only win one category. The contest begins at 10 p.m. and prizes will be given at midnight.
John’s Alley John’s Alley will host Halloween events all weekend long. Friday, Saturday and Sunday the staff will be costumed up and ready to party. Saturday, there will be a costume contest and giveaways. Thor Fenwick of John’s Alley said, “We’re definitely going to be partying all weekend, and expect a lot of people to be out each night.” Hand Full of Lovin, a Seattle-based Indie group, will perform Saturday night, and Lua Cinder, a Reggae band from Missoula, will perform Sunday night.
The Garden Lounge The Garden will host a costume contest both Saturday and Sunday night.
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he’d face in the techni-color dungeons of Cinderella’s castle. A second spoof used Gore Verbinski’s “The Ring,” a film about a girl’s spirit who kills people through televisions with videotape. The parody followed a man who turned off his T.V. after it switched on by itself. He turned and the T.V. flickered to life again. He looked back in terror and Snow White appeared on the screen. Instead of crawling toward him like a lizard on
Drink specials will be provided.
CJ’s Nightclub CJ’s will host a Halloween party and costume contest Saturday night. There will be a cover charge of $7 to attend events.
Kenworthy Performing Arts Center The Kenworthy will play “Zombieland” at 8 p.m. Friday, 9 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Movie-goers are encouraged to wear costumes to the show. Halloween bashes, costume contests, drink specials, a murder mystery party and a zombie flick will make up the downtown scene this weekend. People can enjoy the festivities on their own or with friends. There will be something for all tastes.
LSD, she smiled and waved. The man waved back and returned to forgetting his medication. People would remember medications if they tasted like candy. http://www.youtube.com/ user/DisneyLiving?v=h9YPE1dF a4Y&feature=pyv&ad=630504 9594&kw=halloween#p/a/u/0/ h9YPE1dFa4Y
Sinful sweets Goodhousekeeping.com made an advice video about Halloween treat calories. Good Housekeeping’s health director Toni Hope gave sugges-
tions and broke down caloric content. Other clips showed women removing wrappers from chocolates like clothing from forbidden lovers. The Good Housekeeping Research Institute advised against complete abstinence. Knowing calorie amounts can help people stay on the right path. Hope praised Tootsie Rolls as one treat of choice. A little sugar on the side never hurt anyone. Just make sure to call him Tootsie while he cleans the pool in his Speedo. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=zLFVnYfGNwY
F.Y.I. Village Centre Cinemas The new Village Centre Cinemas located in the Eastside Marketplace is now open to the public. Renovations included stadium style seating in two theatres, new paint and carpeting, refurbished bathrooms and concession stands. One auditorium will feature Dolby Digital 3D. Movie and show times can be checked at (208) 882-6873 or www.eastsidemovies.com.
Animals of the Night The Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute will present
the third annual Animals of the Night event from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at the PCEI Nature Center at 1040 Rodeo Drive. Trained animal handlers will educate on live owls, reptiles, spiders and more. The event is family friendly and will also feature face painting, games, and snacks. Admission for PCEI members is $4 for adults and $3 for children. For PCEI membersto-be, are be $6 for adults and $4 for children. For more information visit the PCEI web calendar at www.pcei.org/calendar.htm or call Education Manager Jenica Wood-Beauchamp at (208) 882-1444 illustration by loren morris | rawr
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from page 4 like our haunted houses. He said Halloween is all about getting together and having fun. “These events are a source of happiness for all people,” Saeed said. “We shouldn’t miss any opportunity for sharing small pleasures.” http://pakistaniat.com/2006/10/31/ pakistan-halloween/
Japan Halloween has its Japanese tradition in a similar holiday called O-Bon. During O-Bon, people remember the departed and acknowledge that they’ll always be loved. The name comes from a Sanskrit word meaning “to hang upside down.” A legend recounts a Buddhist monk who sees his mother hanging upside down in hell during a vision, then descends to lead her to nirvana. Halloween lasts three days. People visit and decorate their loved ones’ graves on the first day. They build spirit altars called “tamadane” at home on the second day in honor of the deceased. They decorate them with ancestral signs and vegetarian dishes and place horses carved from cucumber on the altar to symbolize spiritual steeds the departed may ride. Hundreds of people gather on the third day for the bonodori dance. They wear traditional garb, costumes with masks and makeup and other outfits. Paper lanterns are lit and sent across water to lead the spirits to the far shore. Halloween is becoming one of Japan’s greatest holidays. Ghost stories are popular and special events occur throughout the country. There is also great commercial activity. Tokyo Disneyland and Osaka’s Universal Studios arrange events and stores sell festive candies. Buddhists eschew the popular trends and celebrate the holiday in memory of dead relations.
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from page 5 those online. Simmons said the most common costume this year is the Red Queen, from the 2010 version of “Alice in Wonderland.” Sprague said people have become more adventurous in their costumes. “There are more groups going as Peter Pan than just ‘Alice in Wonderland,’” Sprague said. Safari Pearl is not the only business to sell make-up, wigs or other accessories, but they have better quality ones as well as trained employees, Simmons said. “No one else does whole line theatrical make-up, and our staff is trained,” Sprague said. “There is always someone on the sales floor who can answer it. We understand how to lace a corset and choose a size.” Safari Pearl started with comics and has grown to games, anime, costumes and adult accessories. Simmons said the market is small enough where they couldn’t do just one of these but selling various products gets them through the year. “The Halloween season is certainly a nice boost. Everything has its up season,” Simmons said.
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