Friends of DOR OTHY DORO Metr a's calendar of EVENTS ou know wher e all the HO T spots ar e! Metra's EVENTS,, tha thatt lets y you where HOT are! o@aol.com By: AuntieM4Dor AuntieM4Doro@aol.com
neighborhood mothers bought us soap and encouraged us to soap each others windows, Oh what a blast we had! Until, the next day we found out that our mothers were all in cahoots and for our punishment we had to clean all the windows as our mothers sat on the porch, drinking coffee while getting there windows washed for free! And of course, my mother was the ring leader! God bless you Jewel Maxine! Lets see whats going on in Metraland …ILLINOIS
BOO! I scared you, yes I did! Well, it’s
Chicago: BERLIN (773-348-4975), Saturday, October 26th “Halloween Drag Matinee” Hosted by Trannika. Followed by “Twisted” with DJ Larissa, and drink specials! Sunday, October 27th “Depeche Mode/New Order” a Multimedia Mixdown! DJ Greg Haus mixes music and video by 2 of our favorite bands of the past 30 years! Wednesday, October 30th “Devils Night Static” with resident DJ Pete Augusta! Thursday, October 31st “Halloween Total Therapy” Picture Plane live at Midnight, supreme cuts with DJ Svengali. RSVP for no cover! SPIN NIGHTCLUB (773-327-7711), Saturday, October 26th SPIN’s Annual “Halloween Ball and Costume Contest” with over $1,500 in cash prizes! Go to SPIN in your best drag or best costume and you could win $500 for first, $200 for second or $75 for third! Prizes in each category! Thursday, October 31st “Hocus Pocus” The best party on the block just got better, Halloween falls on SPIN’s $1 drink night! TOUCHE (773-465-7400), Tuesday, October 29th “Hardcore Rocky Horror Party" Wednes day, October 30th “Halloween Bear Chested Party” go show them your hairy monsters! Thursday, October 31st Halloween party, with “Treats And Tricks Costume Contest”
my absolute most favorite time of the year! Fall and my favorite holiday of all time! Halloween, Halloween falls on the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows Eve also known as All Saints day. The word Halloween dates back to about 1745, it comes from a Scottish term All Hallows Eve. In Scottish, the word eve is even, and this is contracted to e’en or een. Over time, (All) Hallow (S) E (V) en evolved in Halloween. Hum who knew? Now you do!! Devils Night is the night before Halloween and dates back as early as the 1940’s. Traditionally, youths engaged in a night of criminal behavior which usually consisted of acts of vandalism (such as egging, soaping or waxing windows and doors, leaving rotten vegetables or flaming bags of animal feces on front porch stoops, or toilet papering trees and shrubs). These were almost exclusively acts of petty vandalism, causing little to no property damages. (True story) I remember the last time I participated in Devils Night activities, my mother and …MICHIGAN some of the other 18 Metra Magazine, Issue # 824
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