On Saturday, October 16, watch the streets of Rochester come to life with ghosts, ghouls, superheroes, and more as children trick-or treat with the Downtown merchants. Children can then meet at the corner of East Street and E. University for a costume parade at 5:15 pm. Followed by a Halloween Fest in the Farmers’ Market Lot. Kids are encouraged to dress-up and Trick-or-Treat downtown from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Nearly 50 businesses will participate in the Trick-or-Treat event and the … [Read more...]
Dear Crabby, Why are Halloween Tchotchkes Suddenly Everywhere?
August 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dear Crabby, My sister and I went out this past weekend for a little retail therapy in the hopes of scoring some great end-of-the-summer deals. Do you know what we found instead? Halloween! Nearly every store we walked into had full-blown Halloween and fall displays. Is it just me or is it too early for all this? Thanks,Mindy Midsummer Dear Mindy Midsummer, Ugh. I’d really love to know what sort of calendar retailers are working off from. It has to be different from what I have … [Read more...]
Dear Crabby, Is it Safe for My Kids to Go Trick-or-Treating?
October 28, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Dear Crabby, I’ve heard what all the experts have said about whether or not I should send my kids out trick-or-treating, but I know you won’t sugarcoat it. What are your thoughts? Thanks!I. CraneDear I Crane, Just last year we were talking about whether or not Halloween, well trick-or-treating, should get moved to Saturday so parents like yourself didn’t lose what is left of your minds trying to rush home to get your ghosts and goblins ready for running around to collect a pillowcase … [Read more...]
Stone Wall Pumpkin Festival 2020
September 23, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm presents Stone Wall Pumpkin Festival Stone Wall Pumpkin Festival Pre-registration is available NOW. The Cost is $30 per table for museum members and $35 per table for non-members. Extra pumpkins are $5. Let your light still shine this Halloween at our socially distanced edition of Stone Wall Pumpkin Festival. Guests are invited to carve a pumpkin and place it on the stone walls surrounding the Museum property. Return at night to see all the … [Read more...]
Dear Crabby, Should Halloween be Moved?
July 31, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Dear Crabby, Normally, I would have waited another three months before I asked this question, but there’s already fall decorations on store shelves and even those delicious Reese’s pumpkin-shaped chocolates are out! So, my question is, what do you think about the recent petition to get Halloween moved to the last Saturday in October? Thanks, Charlene Confection Dear Charlene Confection, Ahh, yes. I’ve been reading about this petition. Last I heard it had over 100,000 signatures. It … [Read more...]
Dear Crabby, Have you Ever Been BOOed?
October 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Dear Crabby, Halloween is almost upon us and I’m hearing a lot of talk about BOOing people in your neighborhood. I’m told this is a good thing. Have you heard about it and if so, what do you think? Thanks, Frank N. Stein Dear Mr. Stein, I’ll admit, I wasn’t aware of this BOOing business. At first, I thought maybe people were supposed to stand on their neighbor’s lawn and boo their lack of (or just plain awful) Halloween decorations. Or maybe you were supposed to boo … [Read more...]
Trick-or-Treat in Downtown Rochester
October 2, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Trick-or-Treat Downtown, Costume Parade, Spaghetti Dinner, Kid’s Craft, and Movies in the Moonlight On October 20, join your friends and neighbors in downtown Rochester for Trick-or-Treat Downtown, a costume parade, a spaghetti dinner and a Halloween edition of Movies in the Moonlight. Kids are encouraged to dress-up and Trick-or-Treat Downtown from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Nearly 50 businesses will participate in Trick-or-Treat and the participating businesses will be marked with window … [Read more...]
Dear Crabby, Do you Carve Pumpkins for Halloween
September 21, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Dear Crabby, It Might be Early to Ask, But Do you Carve Pumpkins for Halloween? Curious, Jack O. Well, Jack, I do most years. It's an old tradition in the Crabby household - carving pumpkins is a glorious event. We usually plan our attack the weekend before Halloween. We pick up our pumpkins at a local cider mill or farmer's market or the Stone Wall Pumpkin Festival. Many folks go for the perfectly round, perfectly orange, perfectly Halloween'ish, pumpkin. I look for the odd … [Read more...]
Dear Crabby, What’s the Point of Trick-or-Treating?
October 25, 2017 by 1 Comment
Dear Crabby, I don’t know where October has gone, but my calendar tells me that next week is Halloween. So, now I need to go out and buy candy for the neighborhood rugrats. Remind me: what's the purpose of trick-or-treating? Thanks! Samantha Sucre Dear Samantha Sucre, What’s the point of trick-or-treating? Pretty sure it’s the fact that kids get a pillowcase full of candy that weighs more than them, and for one night only, their moms and dads don’t seem to care. As a parent, the … [Read more...]
Trick or Treating in Downtown Rochester and Other Halloween Activities
October 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Trick-or-Treat Downtown, Costume Parade, Spaghetti Dinner, Kid’s Craft, and Movies in the Moonlight On October 21, celebrate Halloween activities in downtown Rochester with Trick-or-Treating, a costume parade, a spaghetti dinner, and a Halloween edition of Movies in the Moonlight. Kids are encouraged to dress-up and Trick-or-Treat Downtown from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Over 50 businesses will participate in Trick-or-Treat and the participating businesses will be marked with window … [Read more...]
