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Scorpio 10/23 - 11/21
The cold weather is freezing your toes. Watch your step, as a scraped knee may lead to a vampire’s slip-up. Yum. Sagittarius 11/22 – 12/21 Go pee before you enter one of the houses at the Haunted Palouse. Nobody wants to clean up — or slide into — a mess. Capricorn 12/22 – 1/19 The headless college student: All those pumpkin baked goods may sprout a real pumpkin on your own head. Aquarius 1/20 – 2/18 Your three-hour sleeping pattern is creeping out your zombie-fearing roommate. Catch some Zs before the Z-disease catches you. Pisces 2/19 – 3/20 Your obsession with the movie “The
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“The Cabin in the Woods”
From the minds of Drew Goddard (Cloverfield) and Joss Whedon (The Avengers) comes this twist on horror films. Five college students take a trip to a secluded cabin and get attacked by strange creatures. You think you know the story, but the truth is it’s a lot more complicated. With twists you’ll never see coming and fun characters to root for, “The Cabin in the Woods” is a scary good movie.
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Widely agreed to be one of the scariest films of all time, “Alien” is a horror classic. The crew of the spaceship Nostromo sets down on an alien planet to investigate a
Ghoul” will lead you to the love of your life. Now, go get your ghoul. Aries 3/21 – 4/19 Don’t get upset if you make a mess in the kitchen. Pull out the broom, hop on and fly around the floor. Who knew witches could clean, too? Taurus 4/20 – 5/20 Put toilet paper on your grocery list — not because your supply is low, but because a mummy is the cheapest homemade costume around. Gemini 5/21 – 6/20 It’s Fall. You need the extra fat. Dig in to that candy corn dish with no regrets.
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Cancer 6/21 – 7/22 Time to hydrate. Drink lots of water or you’ll look sick and pale as a ghost. Leo 7/23 – 8/22 You have been dared to sit in the middle of the Idaho Commons, take a big mouthful of spaghetti and moan, “Brains.” Virgo 8/23 – 9/22 It’s cold outside. Zombie bride is 10 times warmer than a bunny — and totally underrated. Libra 9/23 – 10/22 Smashing pumpkins this year will lead to the worst karma of your life. Six months of community service doesn’t fit well with your Spring 2013 class schedule.
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distress beacon only to fall prey to a deadly creature. With its claustrophobic setting and horrifying monster, “Alien” will scare even the most experienced horror fan.
into werewolves. As they attempt to reverse their curse, the two discover they are not alone. From the master of horror Wes Craven, “Cursed” is a clever twist on a werewolf film.
a 9-year-old orphan girl who claims to be pure and innocent. As the movie progresses, the young orphan becomes more dangerous. Truth is, she isn’t really an orphan.
A small town becomes the breeding ground for an alien monster as it infects, impregnates and possesses the residents. Soon, it’s up to the town’s sheriff, a housewife, and a teenage girl to save the day. With equal balance between gross-out scares and farcical comedy, “Slither” makes for a fun Halloween movie.
“The Strangers”
“Hide and Seek”
“Cursed”
“Orphan”
“Slither”
After a car accident, two siblings discover they are transforming
After attending a wedding, a couple travels out to a cabin in the woods where they planned to spend the night. It was the house the boyfriend grew up in. After getting in a fight, followed by kissing and making up, the two are stalked by people with terrifying masks.
When a young couple loses their baby, they decide to adopt
Aside from the fact that two amazing actors, Dakota Fanning and Robert DeNiro, are the main characters of this movie, the plot is so horrifying because it could easily happen to anyone. No more will be said, as we would hate to ruin this one for you. Bradley Burgess and Molly Spencer can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Cinnamon pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
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Pumpkin this, pumpkin that. Pumpkin latte, pumpkin pie. Fall is full of scrumptious pumpkin recipes, but for this cookie cinnamon takes main stage. Cinnamon chips, sold by lindsey treffry Hershey’s, make this recipe rawr perfect, but chocolate chips are always a fallback. Cinnamon chips can be found at Winco in the baking aisle, seasonally. This recipe also has a vegan option. For other pumpkin or Halloween themed items, turn to page 10, where you will find sweet treats —and healthy ones too. Try pairing these cookies with the Vampire blood cocktail, or your preferred milk of choice. Lindsey Treffry can be reached at uicrumbs@gmail.com
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Haunting cause For a
Ridenbaugh Hall to transform into haunted house for charity
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kasen christensen rawr The practice rooms in Ridenbaugh Hall will become torture chambers and jailhouses in a movie-themed haunted house for charity Saturday night. Amanda Zohar is in her second year of participating on the committee that plans the Ridenbaugh haunted house. Shayne Seubert, another committee member, said there will be a clown room and a Grudge-themed room among other things. “It was like, ‘Oh, hey, these are all sort of movie themed,’” Seubert said. Zohar said admission to the haunted house is one can of food or a $1 donation. “Everything we get goes to the Moscow Food Bank,” Zohar said. Between 6-7 p.m., the haunted house will be child friendly. This will include
a cakewalk, games and a kids’ lounge. Children will also go through the haunted house. “We’ve toned everything down vastly,” Seubert said. In an attempt to make it less frightening, Zohar said the floor captains during that hour will be dressed as princes and princesses to come to the rescue if children get too scared, or if something goes wrong. After the children’s hour, the ghosts will come out and fully haunt Ridenbaugh Hall. “Seven to 11:30 is the scary time,” Rachel Lewis, another committee member, said. Most of the haunting come from actors and costumes because Lewis said the building is scary enough it doesn’t need a lot of dressing up. “That building scares me at night. Every night,” Zohar said.
Ridenbaugh was opened in 1902 as a women’s dormitory. There are a couple of rules about haunted houses. Seubert said there is absolutely no touching. Lewis said this year there is to be no drinking before or during the haunted house, and bouncers have been hired to enforce the rules. Every floor has two floor captains per floor to make sure the actors stay in their rooms and nothing else goes wrong. “Everyone has to be safe,” Zohar said. Between 40 and 60 people are volunteering for the haunted house. Lewis said the goal is to have every member of each organization involved do something. The host organizations are Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha, both philanthropic music organizations. This year, Vandal Entertainment has teamed up with the two organizations
to help promote the haunted house and to pay some of the cost of the event. Zohar said it cost them $98, and for the most part, they have materials from previous years. With Vandal Entertainment footing the bill, the Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha were allowed to make a direct contribution to the food bank, Seubert said. Lewis said she enjoyed seeing the whole thing come together from the inception to the payoff — seeing how many donations they get. Zohar said she likes seeing how the actors get excited to play their parts. Seubert said he enjoys seeing people get scared. “Ridenbaugh is pretty scary once you turn the lights off, anyway,” Seubert said. Kasen Christensen can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Halloween hits full gear at Safari Pearl Moscow store employees help dress up customers for Halloween, local events derek kowatsch rawr Cobwebs hang from the corners and plastic corpses greet the clientele from the store-front window of Safari Pearl in downtown Moscow. Inside the ringing of the entrance bell and the cackles from Halloween displays create a seasonal cacophony as employees and customers prepare for the holiday. “It is fair to say that Halloween is our favorite time of the year,” Kathy Sprague, co-owner of Safari Pearl, said. “We love Halloween, and we definitely focus on the costumes most during this span of time. We tend to outsell most online companies and competitors in this area so we’re very confident when this time rolls around. There are theme parties year round so we sell costumes during those, but we hit a bump in sales during the Halloween season. This bump also helps to bring attention toward some of our other focuses like comics and games.” Part of the reason Sprague feels so confident is because of the gifted staff Safari Pearl has. philip vukelich | rawr “We have four different Mitchell Nelson tries on a battle helmet for his Halloween costume. Nelson plans to dress as a spartan from the movie “300” this Hallowmake-up artists in our staff een. Safari Pearl owner Kathy Sprague said Halloween is the store’s favorite time of year. who are very knowledgeable. 3 and is organized in collabo“Last year we played Night This year will mark the They are great in helping ration with the Inland Oasis, of the Living Dead and that fifth time Safari the customer pick more information an LGBT volunteer program. was greeted with a large Pearl has particiout make-up that “We’ve always had a great response, so we are trying to pated in the Mosmatches their Safari Pearl is located at 221 amount of community inmake it a yearly event,” she cow Zombie Walk, costume. Usually East Third Street and is open volvement and we’ve always said. which starts at 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday a lot of them get tried to be as involved, from The number of events Friendship Square through Saturday and involved in some our favorite 12 - 5 p.m. Sunday giving out comics during HalSafari Pearl is involved with and winds down of the community loween to the events we’re goes past Halloween into to the Kenworthy events like ZFun’s time of the Night of the Living Dead, involved in. It’s an exciting early November. The Tabikat Performing Arts Bump in the Night, presented by Safari Pearl, year.” UI mascot Centre, but this is fun season,” Sprague said. Drag Show, a staple for the Garden Lounge’s plays Halloween Night at 7 Kathy Sprague the second year of Derek Kowastch can be reached LGBT community for the last Halloween party or p.m. at the Kenworthy. at arg-arts@uidaho.edu 17 years, is scheduled on Nov. a new approach. the Zombie Walk.”
It is fair to say that Halloween is
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Reporter Aleya Ericson investigates hauntings in historic UI building
a medium. No less than three people are emotions left over after they die in the supposed to be able to hold a séance. electromagnetic field.” In order to conduct the séance and capMany paranormal theorists turn to the ture any paranormal activity, I assembled First Law of Thermodynamics in order to a team of ghost hunters. I brought along explain ghosts. In physics, according to a photographer in order to help capture the First Law of Thermodynamics, energy events and three other people in order to cannot be created or destroyed. So many conduct the séance properly. paranormal theorists believe that when a Brink Hall was built in 1936 at the UniThe team arrived at 11 p.m. to explore person dies, their energy is converted into versity of Idaho to serve as a men’s dorthe depths of Brink Hall. A security guard a scientifically undetermined mitory. Nowadays, the building met us outside of Brink and was kind form of electromagnetic energy. functions as faculty offices for enough to stay with us and ensure our That is why on paranormal the Statistics, English, and Math safety. So we bravely climbed the stairs shows such as “Supernatural,” departments. For a long time, ruto the third floor in order to reach the the characters will use EMF mors and legends have circulated spot where a psychic had said meters or other deabout Brink being haunted with 10 years ago the spirit of the vices used to measure ghostly spirits. professor lingered. electromagnetic fields According to campus rumor, We reached the third floor in order to search for a professor who hung himself in of Brink to discover lights ghosts. his office haunts the third floor blazing brightly from the ceilThere is a modernof Brink Hall. aleya ericson ing instead of the dark hall I day stigma to believ“There’s some weird things expected. The security guard that have happened,” a member rawr ing in ghosts. When I then informed us that the attempted to interview of the third floor Math office of lights of Brink run on an emeranyone for the story, almost Brink Hall said. “There’s a key cabinet in gency circuit and there is no every person I contacted immedia locked closet and one day I opened the way they can be shut off. Acately erupted into gales of laughdoor and all of the drawers were slid out cording to my research, spirits ter at the idea of investigating except for the ones with keys in them.” often do not reveal themselves haunted buildings across campus. Of the four people who had keys to the in blinding florescent light so However, “Ghost Hunters” a TV cabinet, none of them claim to have slid we set off to find darkness. show about investigating ghost the drawers out. The only rooms in Brink “Sometimes doors open and close when haunting pulled more than 2 milHall without lights were the lion viewers in the season finale nobody else is here,” another member of men’s and women’s restrooms. this February, which leads me to the third floor of Brink Hall said. We congregated in the men’s believe people are statistically Many different theories exist on superrestroom to call the male spirit more likely to be more curious natural phenomena. One explanation is of the professor. We performed then they would like to admit. infrasound. Infrasound is a low frequency the séance multiple times, but With this in mind, I contacted sound wave that can cause chills and failed to summon the profesCampus Security and Facilities in sensations of fear in the listener. A 2003 sor or any other spirits of order to arrange a ghost hunt in experiment in England found that when member of math Brink Hall. Word of warning, do infrasound was added to the background office in brink hall Brink Hall. The Ghost Hunting team not trespass on campus buildings of concert music, 22 percent of audience explored all of the dark regions for ghost hunting without prior members reported feeling uneasy or sorof Brink Hall we had access to. We perpermission from security. Trespassing is a rowful. formed the séance multiple times in the crime that is prosecutable by law. Scientists believe buildings believed to Polya lab past midnight and we still did Once I received authorization from Fabe haunted are simply high conductors of not manage to summon any spirits. cilities and Campus Security, I researched low frequency sound. This also explains But even if we did not summon any ghost hunting strategies. In order to why most supernatural experiences hapghosts, my ghost hunting team and I directly contact a spirit, one is supposed pen when a person is alone. The more managed to be a group of teenagers who to hold a séance. During a séance, the noise from more people, the less likely ghost hunted in a building without befallparticipants summon a spirit so that that one person is to hear the infrasound. ing a terrible fate. the spirit can communicate and answer “(I believe in ghosts) not in the Holquestions. The spirit does this by possesslywood sense,” UI freshman Emily Brown Aleya Ericson can be reached ing the leader of the séance who acts as said. “I believe that people can leave at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
There's some weird things that have happened. There's a key cabinet in a locked closet and one day I opened the door and all of the drawers were slid out except for the ones with keys in them.
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University of Idaho student Cameron Vandall poses in a hallway of Brink Hall, rumored to be haunted with ghostly spirits, while students sit in a circle to perform a séance, in an attempt to communicate with spirits.
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The story behind its glowing grin, representations of dead emily vaartstra rawr
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The tradition of Halloween pumpkin carving has been around for years and while there are many simple carvings found on people’s doorsteps. You can find very detailed depictions carved into pumpkins too.
We are in the beautiful month of October, and as Halloween draws near it is time to scrounge for the biggest pumpkin you can find to take part in the annual tradition of pumpkin carving. But how did carving jack-o’lanterns out of pumpkins get started? Halloween is linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, which means “summers end.” The celebration launched the Irish and Scottish people into a transition from summer to the preparations for winter. On the eve of Samhain, it was believed the spirits or souls of the dead would revisit their homes because the veil between the realms of the living and the dead was the thinnest on that night. The relatives of the spirits would carve jack-o’-lanterns out of turnips or gourds and place burning lumps of coal inside them. They were placed by the front door and in windows to guide the souls to their home. The jack-o’-lanterns were also believed to help ward off malevolent spirits and protect the people from evil. There is an old Irish legend of how jack-o’-lanterns came to be and how they got the famous name. The myth says a man named “Stingy Jack” invited the devil to have a drink with him, but he didn’t want to pay for the drink so he convinced the devil to turn himself into a coin. However, Jack decided to pocket the coin next to a silver cross, which prevented the devil from changing back to his original form. Jack freed the devil when he promised not to bother Jack for a year or take Jack’s soul when he died. One year later, Jack tricked the devil into climbing a tree to pick fruit, but Jack carved a cross in the tree so the devil could not come down until he agreed to leave him alone for 10
more information For more information and cool pumpkin carving ideas, check out www. pumpkincarving101.com/ and urbanext.illinois.edu/ pumpkins/history.com.
more years. Jack died soon after. St. Peter denied Jack’s entrance into heaven, and the devil remained true to his word and did not allow him into hell. Instead, the devil gave Jack a piece of burning coal to light his way through the darkness between heaven and hell. Jack placed the lump of coal in a turnip and has roamed the earth ever since. The Irish called Jack’s spirit “Jack of the Lantern,” or “Jack O’Lantern,” and placed their own jack-o’-lanterns by their doorsteps to protect them from his ghost. Pumpkins were unknown to the Europeans until a French explorer name Jacques Cartier reported he found large melons around the year of 1584. Before then, it is believed Native Americans had been growing and using pumpkins for many centuries and called them “isquotersquash.” When the Irish immigrated to America, they encountered the native pumpkin, which was much easier to carve and had many other uses. The practice of carving jacko’-lanterns didn’t take off in America until Halloween was more widely celebrated in the 19th century. The jack-o’-lantern is the most popular modern symbol for Halloween. Today, carving pumpkins is a fun activity to do with family and friends, and creating jacko’-lanterns has also become an expressive art form during the fall season. Emily Vaartstra can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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Eleventh annual Haunted Palouse to curdle blood, chill bones, raise funds for Spring 2012 Community Center
sweet treats as well as many other fun inf food varieties. ation orm more Pillers said the set planning Creepy crawly spiders, pale information to ofFor themore big event started go about w w. vago, isitp a l othe u s ebuilding .com/ white ghosts, a chilling fog, aw month and events/2012haunt running bones and blood-curand decorating of the town dling screams — all these horand haunted attractions took rors will be encountered at the about three weeks. 11th annual Haunted Palouse in Haunted Palouse proceeds Palouse, Wash. have helped fund the open“Over 4,000 people attended ing of the Community Center last year, and we had 907 on in the spring of 2012, which Saturday,” said Annie Pillers, a provides a clean, inviting and member of the Palouse Chamsafe place for the community ber of Commerce. to have events, private parties The final two nights of the or social functions. Haunted Palouse are Oct. 26, The Roy M. Chatters Newsand Oct. 27, with admission paper and Printing Museum sales open from 7-10 p.m. has equipment that was used Pillers said the event draws to print pioneer newspapers, people from St. Maries, Idaho including a two-and-a-quarter to Clarkston, Wash., and enterton flatbed press purchased by tains ages 12 and above. the Palouse Republic in 1890. Haunted Palouse is a The museum is transpopular event for high school formed into a haunted buildstudents and even 60-yearing for the event, and anyone olds, but each year university who dares to venture in will students dominate the ticket find themselves in a world of sales, she said. terror and horror. Each admission costs $15 All benefits will and includes access go toward several to the howling non-profit organizaNewspaper and tions including the Printing Museum, Palouse Community the creaking Old City Center, the Palouse Fire Station, forArts Council, Little tune telling and the Sprouts Day Care, Haunted Hay Ride. the Roy M. ChatOther bone-chillters Newspaper and ing attractions wait Printing Museum, on the eerie streets the Palouse Lion’s of Palouse where annie pillers Club programs and goblins, witches, the Garfield Palouse ghouls and other terAthletic club (GPAC). rifying creatures lurk. This fundraiser accepts cash “Half the fun is the wait,” only for admission and food. Pillers said. “There is all kinds All guests are encouraged to of entertainment going on.” dress warmly and come preThere are freaky food vendpared to be scared. ers serving hairy scary hamEmily Vaartstra can be burgers, witch cider and sickly reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
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An evil clown makes balloons for children at last year’s annual Haunted Palouse. The final two nights of the 2012 Haunted Palouse are Oct. 26 and 27.
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Mummy munchies lindsey treffry
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Don’t let Halloween-party guests fall asleep to “Carrie” or “Friday the 13th.” Keep them alive and alert with spooky-shaped snacks. These recipes have room for error and creativity. Pull out the apron and get to cookin’ tasty treats that would satiate even the hungriest of zombies.
Jack-o’-Lantern hummus Open up a 10- to 12-ounce container of hummus. Red pepper or spicy hummus works best for the orange color. Using rinsed and dried black beans or kidney beans, place them in the hummus in the shape of a jack-o’-lantern face. Serve with vegetables, chips, pitas or crackers.
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Host a Halloween-themed party with food that crawls
Halloween pizza With store-bought pizza dough, open package and lay on a floured surface to sit for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to temperature given on package. Separate dough into six pieces. Roll dough pieces flat with a rolling pin. Shape three pieces into squares and three pieces into circles. Top with 3 Tbsp. of marinara sauce. Be creative and make ghost, mummy and pumpkin faces out of cheese, ricotta or vegetables. Bake for suggested time. Pull out of oven and let cool before the party digs in.
Edible eyes Slice up one big carrot into circular disks, and smear with cream cheese. Place either an olive or raisin in the center.
Cucumber monsters Cut a cucumber into disks. Slice each halfway to make an opening. Slide in a bell pepper tongue, then decorate the face using hummus or ranch and veggies and beans for the eyes, nose, and hair.
Nutty spiders Sandwich 1 Tbsp. of peanut butter between two Ritz crackers. Stick four pretzel stick halves on each side to create a creepy, edible spider.
Vampire blood cocktail Mix 12-ounces of blood orange soda — or Ruby Red Squirt — with 2 cups of cranberry juice. Add 5 shots of vodka and 1.5 shots of Triple Sec or an orange-flavored liqueur. Squeeze in the juice of one lime. Mix. Serve in a pitcher over ice to share. Optional: To make the drink virgin, instead of vodka and triple sec, replace with 1 cup of lemon lime soda.
Extras Don’t forget the candy corn and Halloween utensils. The Dollar Store has cups and plates well before the month of October. Keep in mind that college students are picky and some have allergies, so plan accordingly and ask guests for any dietary regulations.
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Rocky Horror takes main stage Events calendar This week’s list of arts, entertainment, cultural events
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Jerry Schutz, president of Sirius Entertainment, began hosting The Rocky Horror Picture Show Experience in 2002. “This is probably our eighth or ninth excursion,” Schutz said. “My involvement has been recruiting, loving. This is one of those shows that, well let’s face it, it is not a wonderful movie by any stretch of the imagination.” Each show held at the Kenworthy differs throughout the night. The 7 p.m. show starts out small and mild, the 9:30 p.m. show is a little more risqué, and once midnight rolls around, the cast goes all out. Schutz said what makes the movie fun is the audience participation. Rocky Horror gives Sirius Entertainment, a non-profit organization, a chance to not only raise money for themselves but they also donate money made to other non-profit organizations. Last March, Sirius Entertainment was able to give $500 back to Moscow Mardi Gras, a youth oriented program that provides scholarships for young people. Schutz’s favorite part about the experience this year was the new crop of Rocky Horror virgins, and his helpers. “Truly this is a labor of love — none of us make any money — we all do this as volunteer,” he said. “If you really think about it, theatrical production — you do one play a night. These guys turn around and do three shows a night, two nights in a row.” In the past, Sirius Entertainment was able to do the show with an entire shadow cast. But since Schutz had a heart attack, he has not been able to put a cast back together. Because he works full-time and is a student at the University of Idaho, he hired Jessica Wessel to be president of the Rocky Horror Picture Show Society of the Palouse. “I want to get us back to having a live cast, a shadow cast,” Schutz said. “But in order to do that you need to school enough individuals to learn the show so that they can get up and actually do the parts.” The Rocky Horror society is working on building a new crew
admission. A Year with Frog and Toad 7:30 p.m. – Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre $12/General Admission, $10/ students. Seniors and youth under 10 are $10 for Sunday Matinees. Tickets available at Pony Espresso or at the door 30 minutes before the show.
Sunday Oct. 28 Friday Oct. 26 UP! 7 and 9:30 p.m. – Pixar Week by ASUI Vandal Entertainment In the SUB ballroom. Free admission.
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RiRi Manthey and Jakelyne Finan pose in a costume contest during The Rocky Horror Picture Show experience Oct. 22 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre. for the show. Currently, there are only five cast members who know the shouts outs that go with the movie. “I actually volunteered for the (last) Mardi Gras showing, and that is when I got put in to the position of president or vice president, that hasn’t really been decided yet, of the Rocky Horror Picture Show Society of the Palouse,” Wessel said. Wessel has been in charge of everything from running the Facebook page, putting prop bags together and messing with the Rocky Horror virgins. This year, seeing an increase in numbers has been the best part for her. “It’s a lot of fun to see people come in — even if it’s their first
show — ready to have fun. I’m also really impressed with the number of people who dressed up this year which all makes for a better, much more fun show,” she said. In March 2013, the Rocky Horror society and Moscow Mardi Gras will team up again. The money raised Oct. 19 and Oct. 20 will be donated to the Moose Lodge where they will use the proceeds to improve the stage used for monthly drag shows. To sign up for casting with Sirius Entertainment go to siriusentertainment.org or on the Rocky Horror Picture Show Society of the Palouse Facebook page. Molly Spencer can be reached at arg-arts@uidaho.edu
A Year with Frog and Toad 7:30 p.m. — Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre This performance is a musical play presented by Moscow Community Theatre. “A Year With Frog and Toad” is a musical written by brothers Robert (music) and Willie Reale (book and lyrics), based on the Frog and Toad children’s stories written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. The musical follows the woodland adventures of two amphibious friends, a worrywart toad and a perky frog, with their assorted colorful hopping, crawling and flying companions over the course of a year. $12/General Admission, $10/ students. Seniors and youth under 10 are $10 for Sunday Matinees. Tickets available at Pony Espresso or at the door 30 minutes before the show.
Saturday, Oct. 27 Brave 7 and 9:30 p.m. – Pixar Week by ASUI Vandal Entertainment. In the SUB ballroom. Free
A Year with Frog and Toad 2 p.m. – Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre $12/General Admission, $10/ students. Seniors and youth under 10 are $10 for Sunday Matinees. Tickets available at Pony Espresso or at the door 30 minutes before the show.
Monday Oct. 29 Reel Leadership: Mona Lisa Smile 7 p.m. – ASUI Vandal Entertainment presents Mona Lisa Smile in the SUB Ballroom. Admission is free.
Wednesday Oct. 31 Night of the Living Dead 7 p.m. – Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre. The radiation from a fallen satellite might have caused the recently deceased to rise from the grave and seek the living to use as food. This is the situation that a group of people penned up in an old farmhouse must deal with. Hosted by Safari Pearl. Receive admission by donation of canned food. Sea Wolf and Hey Marseilles 8 p.m. – BellTower A costume party will take place held at the BellTower the same night of the show. $10 advanced/$15 day of.
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