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Happy Halloween, Block Clubbers!
I hope you have a wonderful, spooky day planned, whether that involves partying with friends, taking your kids trick-or-treating or even just going for a walk around your neighborhood to check out the Halloween decorations.
I was one of several Dolly Partons at my neighborhood’s annual Dead Celebrity party last weekend, and I now feel a special kinship with my fellow Dollys. Tonight I am headed to the Haunted on Halsted parade, followed by a soup party at a friend’s house in a popular trick-or-treating neighborhood.
If you don’t have plans for the day yet, never fear! Check out some stories and suggestions below to get you in the Halloween spirit if you are so inclined (including some last-minute costume ideas), as well as our usual updates on arts and events around Chicago.
Whatever you’re up to this weekend, have fun and be safe. And please send any pics of fun Halloween displays in your neighborhood or costumes to arts@blockclubchi.org. You may see them in a future newsletter!
See you in November,
Gwen Ihnat
Arts & Culture Editor |
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Scottish immigrants came to Chicago starting in the 1800s, bringing traditions like dressing in costume that evolved into one of our biggest holidays. |
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Spooky Stories For Your Saturday 👻 |
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Parades, fall fests and Día de Los Muertos celebrations are on deck this weekend. |
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If you’re stumped for a Halloween outfit this weekend, check out one of our iconic Chicago costume ideas. |
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Chicago definitely has its share of ghost stories and supposedly haunted places. |
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The faceless phantom-like “thing” wandered restlessly at the corner of Broadway, Ridge and Bryn Mawr avenues, spooking residents, police and horses. |
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Regularly Scheduled Programming |
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MUSIC:
Festivals like Lollapalooza and Riot Fest leave sections of public parks closed for weeks, frustrating some residents. A ballot question is meant to be a conversation starter about alternatives, one alderman said.
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EVENTS: Join an Owl Prowl, go forest bathing along the Des Plaines River Trail, run in the 48th annual Turkey Trot Chicago and more. |
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BOOKS: Employee Raven Stubbs joined Sarah Hollenbeck as co-owner of the 47-year-old store last month after the previous co-owner, Lynn Mooney, retired. |
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MOVIES: The 2025 film “The Good News,” co-produced by local nonprofit Austin Coming Together, was awarded at the 68th annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards. |
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BLOCK CLUB EATS:
The Jamaican restaurant and bar moved to Harper Court in 2014 after seven years in Lincoln Park.
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