Image credit: Magenta Theater in Vancouver, Washington The Magenta Theater in Vancouver, Washington, is hosting a Halloween Costume Contest this year. Dress in your most amazing costume and post up to three photos of yourself on Facebook using the hashtag #MagentaCostumeContest2020. The post with the most likes in each category wins a gift card to … Continue reading Magenta Theater hosting online Halloween Costume Contest
Photo by Cheryl Landes Looking for ideas for celebrating Halloween at a safe distance during COVID-19? Here are eight: Create a candy slide.Ghost your friends by leaving candy at their doors.Throw a costume party on Zoom.Turn your house or apartment into a mini-neighborhood.Host a distanced outdoor movie screening.Choose mask-friendly costumes.Set up a neighborhood scavenger hunt.Go … Continue reading Ideas for a safe, happy Halloween in times of COVID
Evenn during COVID, the Scary Run must go on in Washougal, Washington! This year, the run is virtual, and there are live modified 5K and 10K events on Halloween, 8-11 a.m. For details and to register, go to whyracingevents.com/scary-run-half-marathon-10k-5k. Washougal is 25 miles northeast of Portland.
A clown greets a customer at Fast Eddie's haunted car wash in Augusta, Maine (photo credit: WABI Channel 8) If you're in Augusta, Maine, for Halloween, you can celebrate Halloween by getting your car sparkling clean in a haunted car wash. It's happening on Friday and Saturday, October 30 and 31, at Fast Eddie’s Express … Continue reading Haunted car wash a frightfully fun experience in Augusta
Image credit: Clackamas County Scare Fair in Canby, Oregon So many changes in haunted experiences have happened this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's the rundown on what's open and closed this year in and near Portland, Oregon. If you have any information on other experiences not listed here, please post in the comments … Continue reading Which haunted houses and other experiences are open in Oregon in 2020?
A holiday light display on Peacock Lane in Portland, Oregon (photo by Cheryl Landes) For more than 75 years, residents of Peacock Lane in Portland, Oregon, have decorated their homes and yards with colorful Christmas lights and displays for the public to enjoy. That has changed this year because of COVID-19. "Due to regulations regarding … Continue reading Peacock Lane residents cancel 2020 holiday light display in Portland
The view of the curtain at a previous performance of The Nutcracker by the Eugene Ballet in the Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon (photo by Cheryl Landes) Update, December 4, 2020: I received an email from the Eugene Ballet today announcing the cancellation of its live … Continue reading Eugene Ballet shortens 2020-2021 season, cancels touring
The entrance to Zoolights at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington (photo by Cheryl Landes) One of the Pacific Northwest's longest running holiday light displays returns to the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma Friday, November 27, through Sunday, January 3. This year's Zoolights features more than 700,000 LED lights. Favorite … Continue reading Zoolights returns to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium November 27
Photo by Cheryl Landes Updated October 27, 2020 The Boston Globe reported today that Worcester, the second largest city in Massachusetts, added its name to a growing list of cities and towns in the commonwealth that are banning trick-or-treating this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The other three cities and towns are Springfield, Haverhill, … Continue reading Trick-or-treating banned in some Massachusetts cities and towns due to COVID-19
Mice crash this tea party on the City of Sierra Madre's 2017 Rose Parade float, "The Cat's Away". (photo by Prayitno, Wikimedia Commons) On Thursday, officials for the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, announced that the event on New Year's Day 2021 would be cancelled. Ongoing concerns with COVID-19 and the delays in reopening … Continue reading Tournament of Roses Parade cancels for the first time since World War II
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