/tags/halloween halloween en-US Copyright Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:46:28 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-10-31/hello-halloween-heres-a-curated-list-of-the-seasons-spooky-reads Bloomsbury Books shares with JPR's Vanessa Finney their recommendations for your next scary story — and the depth and breadth of the Horror genre might surprise you. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:46:28 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-10-31/hello-halloween-heres-a-curated-list-of-the-seasons-spooky-reads Vanessa Finney /music-arts-and-culture/2022-10-29/cancelled-for-two-years-of-the-pandemic-ashland-childrens-halloween-parade-returns-monday After a two-year hiatus, Ashland’s much-loved Halloween parade returns this Monday. Sat, 29 Oct 2022 12:14:49 GMT /music-arts-and-culture/2022-10-29/cancelled-for-two-years-of-the-pandemic-ashland-childrens-halloween-parade-returns-monday Roman Battaglia /2021-10-26/need-some-new-halloween-movies-and-books-for-your-kids-do-come-in-mwah-ha-ha We've got some age-appropriate entertainment ideas for the little goblins in your lives. Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:09:52 GMT /2021-10-26/need-some-new-halloween-movies-and-books-for-your-kids-do-come-in-mwah-ha-ha Elizabeth Blair /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-10-30/why-we-like-halloween-scares Seven BILLION dollars. That's not chump change, and it is what Americans spend on Halloween every year... decorations, costumes, candy, all of it. Sure,… Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:45:17 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-10-30/why-we-like-halloween-scares Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-10-30/the-history-of-halloween-celebrations-in-america Maybe between answering the doorbell for trick or treaters and helping yourself to the candy, you wonder about the history of Halloween. Not the long-ago… Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:39:53 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-10-30/the-history-of-halloween-celebrations-in-america Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-28/celebrating-dia-de-los-muertos Death isn't usually cause for celebration in the United States.But a tradition born in Mexico changes that from Oct 31-Nov. 2, when Latino communities… Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:54:42 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-28/celebrating-dia-de-los-muertos Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-28/monsters-in-our-midst We certainly have an imagination for monsters, especially on Halloween. But imagination does not equal reality. Or does it? Linda Godfrey, author of a… Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:50:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-28/monsters-in-our-midst Geoffrey Riley /listener-announcements/2016-10-25/halloween-night-special-war-of-the-worlds On Halloween night, Monday October 31st at 8pm, JPR will broadcast a two-hour Halloween special featuring Orson Welles' original 1938 radio drama "War of… Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:51:50 GMT /listener-announcements/2016-10-25/halloween-night-special-war-of-the-worlds Eric Teel /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-10-31/sort-of-ghost-stories-for-halloween Ghosts and goblins and more will take to the streets tonight. Naturally: it's Halloween. But sometimes things happen to people that they simply can't… Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:10:20 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-10-31/sort-of-ghost-stories-for-halloween Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-10-31/halloween-celebrations-in-the-state-of-jefferson At last, it's here… a day to act all creepy and ghouly, and nobody has a particular problem with it. Halloween is such a big deal in Ashland, the police… Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:50:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-10-31/halloween-celebrations-in-the-state-of-jefferson Geoffrey Riley