Halloween is upon us once again. October is the month of caramel apples, pumpkin carving, trick-or-treating and of course, horror movies. The classics still leave the biggest impressions on their audience, so when Oct, 31 rolls around, and you are looking for a good, scary movie, consider the following:
The five-time Tony-Award winning musical Pippin will be performed by the State University Theatre starting Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m in Doner Auditorium. This 1970s dance-intensive musical follows Pippin, a young prince, through various life adventures and trials that he endures, all in hopes of finding his purpose.
Most college students do not have very much money to spend on Halloween costumes. Many end up making their own get-ups. Some of the usual costumes that can be seen on Halloween night are pirates, witches and gypsies. Depending on how into a costume someone gets, these costumes can turn out remarkably well.
Raised in one of the toughest neighborhoods in Miami, Fla., Flo Rida is now a nationally recognized singer and performer. He is currently touring the Midwest and will play in Brookings on Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. "Flo Rida is very popular right now," said Tom Richter, executive director of the Swiftel Center.
This year, for the first time ever, I get to celebrate Halloween. This statement, when I tell my friends or whatever random stranger or stalker may be standing near me, comes across as quite odd. People have a hard time believing that a 20-year-old white male from a middle class suburban neighborhood has never gone trick-or-treating.
Want a good book to read in the spirit of Halloween? Then I have a wonderful book for you. It follows the theme of vampires and is the third book in The Vampire Chronicles collection by Anne Rice. In the last two books, the tales of Louis and Lestat were the main focus, but in the third novel, the focus is moved to a number of different characters.
A Rocket To The Moon is based in Braintree, Mass., and consists of Nick Santino, Justin Richards (formerly of Brighten), Eric Halvorsen and Andrew Cook. Santino first started A Rocket to the Moon as a solo project in 2006, but after positive responses, he continued to pursue the music industry.