It’s alive! It’s alive! At least it will be alive soon, “it” being Bay Area Stage’s production of “Young Frankenstein: The Musical,” which opens Friday, Oct. 12 and promises to be more fun than a roll in the hay. The 2007 musical is an adaptation of Mel Brooks’ 1974 spoof of 1930s Universal horror films, […]
Art & Culture Commission to support public art project with classic horror movie screening
Frankenstein’s monster returns in search of a bride in a one-night screening of “The Bride of Frankenstein” at the Majestic Theatre on Friday, Oct 27. This showing of the 1935 Universal classic horror picture starring Boris Karloff is a part of Spooktacular, a Halloween event put on by the by Benicia’s Arts and Culture Commission […]
St. Dominic School to host Halloween party fundraiser at Clocktower
Things will get a little spooky at the Clocktower next weekend. Thankfully, all the scares will be for a good cause as St. Dominic School hosts its Halloween Ball and Auction. According to auction chair Kyra Meister, this is the first time Benicia’s PreK-8 Catholic school has hosted a community Halloween event, and she figured […]
Benicia gets into spooky spirit in October with Halloween events
October is finally here, which means the days are going to become gradually cooler, pumpkins will continue to invade foods and blocks will be covered with decorations. Benicia is certainly getting into the ghoulish spirit, as several Halloween events are planned for the month mostly through Benicia Main Street. Below is a short rundown of […]
A Different Drummer: The house with the blue light
Here’s a spooky story my Uncle Ed told me one night around the campfire. He totally got me. My skin horripilated causing me to jump out of it. It’s a silly story, but I liked it so much I told it separately to each of my four nieces as soon as they were old enough […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Happy Halloween (From all of us at the Benicia Herald & Rhyme and Reason)
Zombies, werewolves, ghosts and such, are heading to your door If they ask for candy, give them some then give them more Halloween is finally here, and in our neighborhoods Cemeteries have appeared, where grassy yards once stood That costumed kid just wants a treat, so hand it over please Or else you’ll suffer all […]
Poetry Corner: Mary Susan Gast “Halloween”
Impertinently knocking on death’s door riding the rafts of fantasy darting as night melds with day between the darkness and the light The youngest and most gleeful among us tear through the quiet streets a tumble of magpies, a jabber of blackbirds, rapt and wrapped in fabrics diaphonous, wooly, or diabolical playing gap-toothed grinning tag […]
NightMARE Island to disappear for the year after Oct. 31
Get ready to get scared for a good cause, as NightMARE Island, the annual Halloween-themed fundraiser at the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve, continues through Monday, Oct. 31. This year’s haunted house, created by Kay’s House of Horrors, is located at Building A-168, a 5,000-sq. ft. former bomb storage unit. Zombies will be on hand […]
Jasmine Weis: A look at Halloween traditions around the world
Halloween is a cherished holiday in the USA, with 93 percent of kids and 68 percent of adults celebrating the day, and an estimated $6.9 billion being spent on costumes, candy and decorations-and that’s just for last year! With Oct. 31 just around the corner, everyone is scrambling to put together last minute costumes and […]
A Different Drummer: A Halloween Christmas thanks giving
I had a grand unexpected experience last week, something wonderful and unforeseen. It began when wifey and I accepted an invitation to join our kids, their kids, and a dozen friends and relatives in an RV Halloween Weekend at the 49er Village RV Resort in Plymouth, Calif. We’ve been there before so we knew what […]