Halloween

Halloween In Glendale: Cops Flood Trick-Or-Treat Street Looking For Teen Miscreants

Halloween just got a little spookier in one L.A. area community. That's because these people dressed as police will be haunting you around every corner. No, really, they're police. (The handcuffs are genuine, unfortunately). Yeah, Glendale cops are cracking down on teen mayhem on that city's Kenne ... More >>

Halloween Sex Creeps To See L.A. County Crackdown Tonight

Pervs and Halloween go together like milk and cookies, sure. But those nutcases who have attacked children are scarier than any costume or drunk you'll see tonight. And so the L.A. County Probation Department is going to check on "high risk child sex offenders" to make sure these guys (and let's be ... More >>

The Grossest Cake of All Time: Kitty Litter Cake! Happy Halloween!

When the gummy worm dirt cake first appeared, it was received as a giggle-worthy novelty for children's parties. It's silly and creative. When it started being a part of Halloween party foods, there were no qualms as most people saw it as funny. Then, someone had to one-up and thus was born the most ... More >>

The Real Meaning of Halloween

Village Bakery Celebrates 13 Days of Halloween

Village Bakery and Cafe in Atwater Village is preparing its scariest (well, cute-scary) lineup ever of confections and pastries for their now annual homage to All Hallows Eve: 13 Days of Halloween. Starting tomorrow, Oct. 19, the bakery will unveil a different Halloween-themed treat each day.

Top Halloween Costumes of 2012: Fifty Shades of Grey vs. Big Bird

Whoever declared a few years back that Halloween has basically turned into Dress Like A Hooker Day was indeed a prophetic genius. It won't be long until we simply go out as walking genitalia. Until then, the viral success of the kink-infested book Fifty Shades of Grey has at least kept a small laye ... More >>

Halloween: Candy, Pumpkin, Beer, Urban Legends More

Halloween pumpkins, teddy bears and Highlanders.​Stop trying to fight Halloween. Revel in the candy-coated madness of it all. From pumpkins to pumpkin beer, from candy to cookbooks, we've got your Halloween food needs covered. Tomorrow, we can all move on... to Dia de los Muertos.Top 5 Pumpkin ... More >>

C'mon, Girl Talk! The Plague Of Overplayed Halloween Songs

Please don't terrorize us with typical tunes this weekend!​See also: *LinA in LA Party Picks: Just Say No to "Slutoween" *Doin' It In A Haunted House: The Five Best Hip-Hop Halloween Songs *The Craziest Danzig Stalker of Them All Everybody's, um, favorite track masher-upper Girl Talk just re ... More >>

Halloween Limits on Riverside County Sex Offenders Unconstitutional, Says L.A. Group

Terry Tyson​Nobody loves a sex offender (except maybe his mom). As such, moves by California and, more recently, Riverside County to limit their participation in Halloween have been met mostly with support if not yawns. But a new, L.A.-based organization, California Reform Sex Offender Laws, ... More >>

Kids, Brush Your Fangs After This One!

Notes on Eating the Great Pumpkin A Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipe

Flickr/yiie​ If you're like a lot of people and never got around to carving your Halloween pumpkin into a jack-o'-lantern, don't let it go to waste, or even straight to the compost pile. You can harvest the seeds and turn them into a sweet or savory snack or garnish. And if you happened to ... More >>

Another Spooky Fire Hits The Mayfair Hotel In L.A.'s Westlake District, This Time On Halloween

Another blaze in this circa 1926 hotel, this one on Halloween.​Feels like Los Angeles could have used Ghostbusters this Halloween season. After a woman mysteriously died in the storied Millennium Biltmore Hotel downtown last week, a fire erupted at the circa-1926 Mayfair Hotel in nearby Westla ... More >>

HALLOWEENY HOOTENANNY, CELEBITY EDITION

Devo-lution

Not the Usual Haunts

Halloween 'Missed Connections' Out Of Central Casting

If you were the "super-tall fireman" on Halloween, a 1920s flapper is looking for you. The Clockwork Orange "boys" in Vegas over the weekend are also sought for amorous inquiry by a woman. Likewise, "that Indian girl at Monster Massive" is the subject of a virtual gentleman caller. Craigslist's Mis ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Grimm Fairytale Ball, Hard Haunted Mansion, Halloween in WeHo and More

Halloween in Los Angeles can be overwhelming, so many parties to attend, so many elaborate costumes to catch our eyes. While the costume party madness began for us over a week before the big day, the festivities didn't kick into full gear until Thursday night. Keep reading to find out what we did. ... More >>

Eight Great Reasons Why Goth Clubs Are the Only Place to Spend Halloween

Check out more photos in Erin Broadley's "Grimm Fairytale Ball" slideshow. Some photos are NSFW. Erin Broadley​You can pack thousands of scantily clad party people into a theater and give them Deadmau5 and Justice, but no mega-party can compare to goth clubs during this spookiest of holiday ... More >>

HARD Haunted Mansion: Closest We've Been to the Third Reich

View more photos from HARD night one and night two here. Anna WebberUrgent rush for the dead alien​Halloween at the HARD Haunted Mansion brought out the big guns for L.A.'s all-age night walkers and candy ravers. The sold-out event was held at the historic Shrine Auditorium, a landmark event ... More >>

Dirty Projectors Celebrate Halloween at Echo Park Rec Cen

"The new feelings will rise up like fake blood in crisp October/ From the cracks and the edges of the graves of our proudest moments/ Because that's not a monument it's a grave." Dirty Projectors' lead singer, Dave Longstreth, started his second set at the Echo Park Rec Cen on the last night of Oc ... More >>

Blood on the Dance Floor

WHAT GOOD IS SITTING ALONE IN YOUR TOMB?

WE-HALLOWEEN!

STREET SCREAM

THAT'S SO BURBANK

LACMA's Sixth Annual Muse Costume Ball

Trick or Treat, or Both: Halloween Candy Wine Pairings

​This Halloween, let's take back the candy bowl from the kiddies. Why should they get to have all the Smarties, candy corn and mini candy bars anyway? So we've asked some of our favorite wine shops in L.A. -- CitySip LA, Colorado Wine Company, Domaine LA, Elvino Wines and Pourtal Wine Tasting Bar ... More >>

More Halloween Fun: Dinner, A Costume Contest, Champagne & Horror Movies at Provecho

The list of restaurants celebrating Halloween keeps growing. But hey, why not, it's a lot more fun to celebrate this holiday than a lot of those that are coming up. (A staid turkey dinner or fake blood cocktails, which would you pick?) In the spirit of the latter, Provecho is hosting a Halloween din ... More >>

Set Times Announced for KCRW Masquerade Ball with DJ Shadow, Sea Wolf, and Edward Sharpe

Set Times Announced for KCRW Masquerade Ball with DJ Shadow, Sea Wolf, and Edward Sharpe

Stage Raw: Rachel Rosenthal at 83

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Poland, where theater is hipRACHEL ROSENTHAL AT 83 ​The Rachel Rosenthal Company (founded in 1989) is throwing a fundraiser to help celebrate the performance artist's 83rd birthday, past achievements and the upcoming publication o ... More >>

Disco Bloodbath: LA's Freakiest, Creepiest, Trashiest Themed Halloween Dance Parties

​The clock is ticking, and even if you don't have a (clever) costume yet, it's time to brave your social fear and figure out what the Hell you're gonna do this Halloween weekend. As far as dance dens go, pretty much everything bubbling this weekend will have a creep factor (more than usual in ... More >>

Alleged Zombie Attacked in Mexican Restaurant

Josh "CuriousJosh" Reiss​This story in via the AP from Iowa City, Iowa, home of the unbeaten University of Iowa Hawkeyes, the Iowa Writers Workshop, this writer and, apparently, a large zombie community that frequents the local Panchero's Mexican restaurant. This needs to be quoted in full: " ... More >>

Tranny's Rocker

Pumpkin Carrying & Decorating At The Santa Monica Farmers Markets Where To Buy Dick Cheney Halloween Costumes

It's pumpkin season again, in the fields and on front porches and at local farmers markets, where next Wednesday the Santa Monica farmers market will be holding its annual all-you-can-carry pumpkin patch. It's pretty self-explanatory: pay $5 and load up with as many pumpkins as you can carry ("balan ... More >>

Ten Creepy Cool '80s Songs to Get You Through Halloween

​Now that you're probably engaged in the almost-last minute Halloween costume cram session, you might be in the need for some tunes to get you through the hours of skirt-hemming and wig-styling. At the same time, though, we figured you might be a little tired of hearing Ministry's "Every Day i ... More >>

Cheapskate Costumes: Disgusting & Scary Metal Shirts

Cheapskate Costumes: Disgusting & Scary Metal Shirts

Dead Man's Bones to Play Two Halloween Shows at the Echo

We're sick of writing about Dead Man's Bones. We've covered them non-stop over the past few months, at least a post a week on a band that only has one album out. But despite the band's lineage, any budding musician looking for publicity would be wise to study their methods. First, become famous as a ... More >>

Halloween Storytelling

WELCOME TO TINSELTOMB

A Public Service Announcement from Alice Cooper

A Public Service Announcement from Alice Cooper

I SCREAM. YOU SCREAM. WE ALL SCREAM AND SCREAM SOME MORE

Anti-Hipster Haunted Garage Party in The Burbs

I spent a mellow, anti-hipster Halloween at my friend Mark's house in the burbs. It was supposed to be a Harry Potter party, but Mark changed his mind at the last minute. Instead of butter beer, he had Guinness and Budweiser. The entire Harry Potter aspect consisted of me, my cousin in a Tonks wig, ... More >>

Over the Weekend: HARD Haunted Mansion, Dia De Los Muertos, Children of the Candy Corn, West Hollywood Carnaval, LACMA Costume Ball

Lucky for us, Halloween fell on Friday this year so we could fully indulge without having to worry about crawling into work the next day dressed in the tattered remains of a sexy bee costume. There were too many events and parties this weekend to count and keeping up required more stamina than Red B ... More >>

Your Halloween Guide to the Best Parties

Scream Queen Superstar: Jackie Beat Gets Gruesome at the Cavern Club

Any dude can throw on a dress, spew sassy one-liners, lip-sync the pop diva hit of the moment, and call themselves a queen. But real drag royalty, those who take performing to its most provocative and entertaining heights, are much fewer and further between. L.A.-based bitch goddess, Jackie Beat is ... More >>

Arachnophilia

Monsters of Reality

Variety Show

Mike Kelley’s Day Is Done

So Domestic It's Scary

The biggest party/clubbin' weekend of the year came and went, and for the first time in years, I stayed home. Yeah I would've made a great pregnant nun, as all my pals urged me to dress up and go out with them as, and for sure my belly woulda looked damn good painted as a pumpkin... but I wasn't fee ... More >>

UNMASKED

    "What are you going to be for Halloween this year?" I asked a friend of friend last week.    "I'm gonna be a 'ho," she replied matter of factly.    "That should be easy," I answered, not even thinking.     Later, our mutual pal pointed out just how bit ... More >>