Halloween

Halloween in Denver: Where to go, what to do

While a lot of people began celebrating Halloween this past weekend, there are still a ton of parties to check out, where you can show off whatever clever costume you dreamed up this year (we're going as either King Diamond -- or one of the baseball furies, depending how our make-up turns out). Keep ... More >>

Photos: Top twenty Halloween confession memes

What deep, dark secret about Halloween do you keep hidden 364 days a year, but let out of its cage today? That's the topic explored on the Halloween Memes tumblr. Look below to see our favorite submissions to the site -- the funniest, the strangest, the ones that seem most universal. The results are ... More >>

Dia De Los Muertos, Halloween and more beer on the calendar this week

Despite its ongoing fight with the city, El Diablo will be hosting its annual Dia de los Muertos Celebration on Tuesday, October 30. And that's not the only spooky event on the culinary calendar -- there are plenty of Halloween parties that should be a real treat. Here's a taste of what's on the m ... More >>

3 things to do for free this week, October 29-November 1, 2012

Now that you're past the age where you can dress up in a costume and knock on people's doors to get candy, you need to use other ways to get things for free this Halloween week. So we've found three All Hallow's Eve-themed events that won't deplete your wallet, from screenings of classic horror movi ... More >>

20 best family-friendly Halloween events

Looking for somewhere safe to trick-or-treat? Want to hear some ghost stories in a haunted, old West setting? Hankering for a spot where the whole family can dress up and enjoy a little (mildly) scary entertainment? From Día de los Muertos celebrations to parties offering unlimited trips to the bou ... More >>

Photos: Wacky Halloween treats from Rocket Fizz

Colorado is home to the highest number of Google searches for Halloween treats, according to NBC's Today; fortunately, the Centennial State has plenty of places to get our sugar rush. And we just acquired one more: A second Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop (the original is at 1512 Larimer Street) h ... More >>

Twenty best Halloween costumes at Down & Derby

Denver's regular adult skate night, Down & Derby, is known for its costumes, but attendees went all out on Saturday in honor of Halloween. Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Thing 1, Thing 2 and the walking dead joined a surprising group of peers at the Exdo Event Center over the weekend. Britt Chester broug ... More >>

Reader: You know you're from Colorado when your Halloween costume is snow-proof

What marks a resident of this state? Our Latest Word blog just served up You Know You're From Colorado When Tumblr top ten, which includes this as number seven: You never understood why the Fellowship in LOTR had so many issues crossing the pass, when you trudge through that kind of snow every day ... More >>

Halloween is free on South Gaylord Street for humans and pets alike

Flickr​Denver blog posts aren't usually this scary. Things to Do in Denver When You're Broke touts the free Halloween celebration on South Gaylord Street, complete with a pet parade. It's B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Boxer). At People's Press Collective, ColoradoPeakPolitics shares the many mask ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, October 28-30, 2011

​This weekend is all about one thing: Halloween. While there are a couple things you can do without stretching your costume muscles, nearly all of the events happening are related to Halloween in some way. If you don't like the holiday, you best hit up the video store and stock up on full seas ... More >>

A dozen cost-effective (read: cheap) music-related costume ideas for Halloween

​Sometimes, you just don't have the cash lying around to splurge on that expensive Halloween costume. Fear not, young heathens! We have compiled a list of costumes for you that cost nearly nothing. In fact, you probably have the materials lying around the house. Click through for some ideas. A ... More >>

Top five Halloween candies from the Dollar Tree

J. WohletzThese nasty little chews should be illegal.​It's another holiday season of broke-ass broke-ness, but I can still celebrate Halloween with the finest tricky treats that the Dollar Tree has to offer. I found some surprisingly boss candies between the aisles of off-off-off brand toilet ... More >>

Sad Halloween costume of the day: The $5 debit card fee costume

If you're kind of nerdy, which is totally fine, you're probably already thinking about what you want to wear for Halloween, whether you sport your costume at a party or at home on your sofa while you wait for packs of eight-year-olds to knock on your door. As a public service, we at Show and Tell a ... More >>

Top five creepy mini-things at the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys

J. WohletzIt is way too soon for this crap to be vintage.​ The only things more creepy than miniatures, dolls and toys that are supposed to be creepy are ones that are unintentionally disturbing. And the kindly volunteers who worked this weekend were blissfully unaware of the darkly bizarre ... More >>

In honor of Halloween, here are our five favorite theremin cover songs

The theremin is a choice instrument for making spooky Halloween sounds. Case in point, this collection of theremin cover songs, in which a slew of popular tunes immediately become significantly more creepy after being filtered through the completely awesome but frightening device. It's one of our ... More >>

Halloween weekend roundup for Denver area -- and Uncle Sam says to vote on Tuesday!

Full Shikes below.​We're in the Halloween spirit at Westword -- especially managing editor Jonathan "Uncle Sam" Shikes. And you can join in with the click of a mouse. Check out our overflowing Halloween events page, our lists of the top 16 Denver Halloween parties for people who'd rather eat a ... More >>

Ogling opportunities abound at clubs on Halloween

Top 16 Denver Halloween parties for people who'd rather eat

​If you're looking for something to do this Halloween weekend but enjoy good food over dipping a ladle into a bowl of spiked punch with eyeballs floating in it, these parties may be just right for you. (Don't see your Halloween food event listed here? Hype your party in the comments section!)

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Spooky eats and creepy drinks

A Flickr photo.​The food scene is getting in on the Halloween fun; on this week's calendar, you'll find several restaurants hosting special Halloween dinners and parties (and keep checking Cafe Society for our top Halloween picks). But there's much more beyond the ghouls and goblins -- here's ... More >>

Five most unnerving Halloween candy commercials

Oh hi. I have "fort" in my house. you should come check it out. Alone.​For the next few weeks our favorite candy companies -- or at least the ones that spend the most on TV advertising -- will be shoving their chocolately, peanut butter and nouget-filled ads down our throats. Yes, it's the hig ... More >>

Motet to reopen Cervantes' with Halloween greatest hits show

​January 22 and 23, the Motet will be reopening the newly refurbished Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom with a couple of shows highlighting the best moments from past Halloween shows. In case you aren't familiar, the group's Halloween tradition is to "dress up" as some of their favorite bands ... More >>

Over the (long) weekend: Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Munly & the Lupercalians at the Bluebird

Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Munly & the Lupercalians Thursday, December 31, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better Than: Any number of lame New Year's parties occurring around Denver. A wooden pier constructed outside of the Bluebird Theatre seemed odd and out of place. It would prove to be a premonition se ... More >>

Boulder cops thrilled with low-key Mall Crawl, Naked Pumpkin Run

"Thank you for not arresting us!"​In the weeks leading up to Halloween, the Boulder Police Department worked overtime to prevent a chaotic revival of the Mall Crawl tradition that peaked in the late '80s and early '90s, and warned possible participants in the annual Naked Pumpkin Run that they ... More >>

Ugly Betty, looking good at Lola

Nancy LevineUgly Betty, looking good -- if blurry -- at Lola.​There wasn't a Balloon Boy in sight, but Ugly Betty would no doubt have blown away any Heene outfit at Saturday's Halloween costume contest at Lola. Perhaps in deference to the site of the contest, the coastal Mexican restaurant lo ... More >>

The Naked Pumpkin Run turns into the Not-Quite-Naked Pumpkin Stroll

The caption on this photo from the "Don't Taze Me, Br09" Facebook page reads: "Ladies and Germs, I give you the destroyer of the Naked Pumpkin Run, Mr Mark Beckner, our lovely Chief of Police :)"​Over the past few years, no one had to wonder if Boulder's Naked Pumpkin Run had taken place -- bu ... More >>

This isn't a trick: Chipotle is bringing back free food on Halloween

​It's back: Chipotle is giving away free food on Halloween eve. The Denver-based burrito chain has done this annually, though it's kept the offer a little more quiet in recent years. But we may as well shout it out: From 6 p.m. until close, customers can get a free burrito, naked burrito bowl ... More >>

Grave On!

Spirit Wise

Political Party

Three weeks after a fight broke out, Hai Bar keeps it low-key

Ten band inspired costume ideas

​Halloween, the time when adults decide to don their favorite witty getups, whether it be the intellectual "Freudian slip" or the pop culture driven "Christian Bale Yelling." We're sure some of you are short on ideas, so we've compiled a list of band inspired costumes to wear to your favorite part ... More >>

Zombie Crawlers get $1,000 bill -- for cleaning up fake blood

A Flickr photo"I don't care if real blood is easier to clean up than the fake kind..."​This past weekend's Zombie Crawl on the 16th Street Mall (captured in this slideshow) was a huge success on every level for the bash's founder, Daniel Newman. But that doesn't mean it was cheap. After spendi ... More >>

MP3 Freeloader: New tracks from the Epilogues and the Photo Atlas

​Yesterday, we told you about this Friday's split CD release party featuring the Photo Atlas and the Epilogues. Today we present you with a track from each of the bands for free download. The full split, titled the Friendship EP, will obviously be available at the show, and features the Photo Atla ... More >>

Screw Candy: What rich people should give out on Halloween

​Pop quiz, hotshot. You've got the wealth of Bill (or at least Antonio) Gates, but you live in a neighborhood that doesn't wall-out or otherwise secure your house from casual trick-or-treating. You love Halloween, and you want your house to be legendary. You don't want to go crazy here--no Op ... More >>

Ghoul-d eats, drinks at Interstate's Haunted Highway shindig

​Don't have any plans for Halloween night? How about partying while getting your eat and drink on at the same time? Interstate Kitchen and Bar is hosting a "Haunted Highway" Halloween party on Saturday from 9 p.m. until close with unlimited food and premium well drinks for $30 per person. The ... More >>

Cinema on the Edge

Twitter Tuesday: Halloween Twitpoll

We hope we can find a party this cool...​Halloween is rapidly approaching and we're already a-quiver with excitement. Next to New Year's Eve, Halloween is probably the biggest excuse of the year for adults to go out and act foolish and immature -- good times! We can't wait to see the parade of ... More >>

Scream and Scream Again

Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: Halloween killed by cultural crapification

click image to enlarge​ The yard pictured above clearly showcases how "American Crapitalism" has ruined the world's best holiday. Halloween is an ancient autumnal ritual of impersonating the dead and tossing bones into bonfires to placate evil spirits. It is celebrated on October 31, because ... More >>

Gorillas, pumpkin beer and more gorillas make the Wynkoop the place to be on Halloween

Bananas kick off the Gorilla Run.​Halloween is always a big day at the Wynkoop Brewing Co., because the pub celebrates its birthday that day (it's 21 years old this year) and because of the annual Denver Gorilla Run, a 5.6K race in which everyone dresses up as a gorilla and raises money to sup ... More >>

Playing Dress-Up

Talking Shop

Boulder Police on why they want to reign in the Mall Crawl and Naked Pumpkin Run

Once upon a time on Halloween, the Pearl Street Mall crawled like this.​The Facebook campaign to resurrect the Boulder Mall Crawl, a Halloween tradition that was put down in 1991 because crowds in the tens of thousands got a wee bit too rowdy, is dead -- if it was ever alive. On Wednesday, Rya ... More >>

Ryan Van Duzer on the Boulder cops -- and the aborted revival of the Boulder Mall Crawl

Ryan Van Duzer.​Ryan Van Duzer thought it'd be a lot of fun to bring back the Boulder Mall Crawl -- so he and a friend, Jonathan Sackheim, put up a Facebook page a year ago urging people to gather on the Pearl Street Mall on Halloween and get into the spirit of an event that was halted in 1991 ... More >>

Candy Girls: Pumpkin Spice Kisses

Liz Kellermeyer​During last year's introduction of Hershey's autumn-themed candies, we tested the Candy Corn Kisses and found them tastier than expected, though tooth-achingly sweet. This year, the Pumpkin Spice Kisses lured us into buying them off an early Halloween rack being prepared at Target. ... More >>

Today's featured event: No mere mortal can resist/The evil of the Thriller!

​Though Thrill the World dance events circled the globe last October (and in L.A., as our cousins at the L.A. Weekly reported), there's no doubt that Michael Jackson's untimely passing this year will spark even more interest among people who want to emulate MJ's famous Thriller moves in public ... More >>

A Thriller, Thriller Night

No mere mortal can resist/The evil of the Thriller.

Atomic Cowboy

Back in the saddle again.