Arts & Entertainment Prepare for Jump-Scares as 'Terror Vault' Transforms Into 1980s Slasher Film This Halloween The now annual Halloween season tradition of 'Terror Vault' at the Old Mint in downtown SF returns this year with a fresh concept called 'Slashed - Return to Hellville,' taking inspiration from 1980s slasher films.
SF News Saturday Links: South Bay Police Chief Suspected of Commuting From Idaho An ophthalmology professor from Stanford University created a device that helps people with vision loss read again; Newsom signed a bill calling for a state commission on the inclusion of trans athletes in competitive sports; and the Millbrae police chief is suspected of commuting from Idaho.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Horror on Stage, 10-Cent Beers in the 510, and a Globe-Trotting Galapagos Albatross Farmers market colors; Club Waziema’s food menu; 10-cent half-pints; up-and-coming musicians; drag and horror; men loving men; Michael Jang and the Giants; honoring Filipino heritage; remembering Salesforce Tower’s architect; and a rare albatross sighting.
Arts & Entertainment Could Halloween In the Castro Come Back... as a Night Market? Things remain in the planning stages, but there is an effort afoot to move the monthly Castro Night Market to Halloween this October, which would allow the already sanctioned market to expand a bit and become the neighborhood's first official outdoor Halloween celebration in nearly 20 years.
SF News Department of Corrections Reminds Parents to Check Sex Offender Database Before Trick-or-Treating The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is launching its annual campaign to raise awareness/scare parents about the potential presence of sex offenders in their neighborhoods, so that they avoid those homes when trick-or-treating.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Halloween Will Again Be Tame, Mostly Daytime Affair This Year Halloween falls on a Thursday this year, which in the Castro basically counts as a Friday, but don't expect any big block party or street closure — neither of which has happened in nearly two decades.
Arts & Entertainment Watch: 2,471-Pound Pumpkin From Minnesota Wins Half Moon Bay's World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off The city of Half Moon Bay was out of its gourd again Monday morning for the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, and it was a squeaker, as the winning 2,471-pound pumpkin won by a razor-thin margin of just six pounds.
Arts & Entertainment Final Batch of SF Live Free Concerts Announced, Includes Halloween Weekend Show at McLaren Park Yet more free outdoor concerts from the SF Live crew have been announced, and the stretch run of the series includes a Halloween weekend daytime rock show at McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre.
SF News Kids In Alameda Given Fast-Food Sauce Packets as Trick-or-Treating Treats Some jokers in Alameda were just handing out fast-food condiment packages as trick-or-treat candy, according to one puzzled father’s Facebook post.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Castro Halloween Went Quite Well Halloween festivities in the Castro were lively and without incident both Saturday and Tuesday; the City of SF is suing companies that sell illegal license-plate concealers; and DoorDash is going to start making you wait longer for your food if you don't tip.
SF News Kids Given Cannabis-Infused Candy at Alameda Elementary School Trick-or-Treating Event Cannabis-laced fruit chews that resemble Starburst candies somehow got into the mix at an Alameda elementary school Halloween event, and one child got sick, while at least three other children received the illicit candies in their bags.
Arts & Entertainment Halloween Returns In the Castro Saturday With Screenings, Drag Performances, But No Street Closure Halloween is back in the Castro for the first time in 17 years, with storefront activations, movie screenings, drag shows, and a block party that will last all day and night Saturday — with a party for the kids happening on Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment 'Terror Vault: Initiation' at the Old Mint Will Have You Running Scared From Cultists It is an anxiety-inducing scenario, being led through a truly labyrinthine set of rooms and sets, up staircases and ladders and down chutes and more staircases, inside a building that feels as already haunted as San Francisco's Old Mint.
Arts & Entertainment 13 Best Bay Area Haunted Houses, Pumpkin Patches, and Halloween Whatnot For 2022 Submitted for your approval… 13 spooky Halloween weekend attractions in SF and the grave beyond for haunted houses, fiendish drag queens, spooky nights out, and family-friendly pumpkin patch spirits.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Merchants Hosting Halloween Block Party, But It’s a Daytime Thing For Kids and Dogs A revived Castro Halloween party billed as “Castro Family Halloween” will be a Sunday afternoon affair. It will be preceded by an early-evening Day-Glo costume party on Saturday, hosted for the second time by Comfort & Joy.
Arts & Entertainment Yes, Salesforce Tower Went as the Eye of Sauron Again for Halloween For the fourth year in a row, the horrifying gaze of the Eye of Sauron blazed in LED atop San Francisco’s tallest, and for one night, spookiest building.
Arts & Entertainment There Will Be a Halloween Party In the Castro, But It’s on Saturday, and It Will ‘Glow In the Streets’ A different hue of Halloween in the Castro shines this year for the Saturday block party Glow in the Streets, a Day-Glo disco at Noe and Market Streets by the queer collective Comfort & Joy.
Arts & Entertainment SF Artist Lampoons Empty Downtown Spaces By Covering Google Office Sign With Spirit Halloween Store Sign A San Francisco conceptual artist wanted to comment on the vast amount of empty real estate sitting unused in the city right now — while lots of people, including artists and the homeless, could be using it.
Arts & Entertainment SFPD Is Urging People to Narc on Their Neighbors' Halloween Parties The cops would like everyone in SF to know that they will be on the hunt for public-health rule-breakers on Saturday, and you will get in trouble if you get caught throwing an actual Halloween party.
Arts & Entertainment Salesforce Tower Crown Will Run Red With a 'Blood Red River' on Halloween LED installation artist Jim Campbell has something new up his sleeve for the top of Salesforce next weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Richmond 'Halloween Drive-In' To Feature Performances From Drag Artists and Aerialists The collaborative undertaking between Princess and Skyhigh Odditorium, "Halloween Drive-In" is set to bring performances from drag artists, DJs, and acrobats to the masses for a ghoulish, supernatural drive-in experience unlike any other in the Bay Area — but for only two nights.
Arts & Entertainment Rupaul's Drag Race Queens to Bring Halloween Drive-In Show to East Bay Mall As the Rupaul drag empire continues to expand, we have word that live events are back on the schedule, via drive-in concerts. The "Drive-n-Drag Halloween Edition" show comes to the Bay Area on October 16, 17, and 18.
Arts & Entertainment Is Halloween Cancelled? Top Public Health Officials Give Crypt-ic, Conflicting Messages Cities and counties across California are spinning cobwebs of different possible Halloween celebration scenarios, but Mayor Breed warns we may be whistling past the graveyard if we let kids trick-or-treat here.
Arts & Entertainment Halloween Palate Cleansers: Cat Watches Horror Movie; Cat Freaked Out By Cat Ears As your mind begins to drift away from work to whatever prosthetics you need to stick on your face in a few hours, here's some pleasant distraction.
Arts & Entertainment Salesforce Tower to Light Up With Halloween Surprise Remember last Halloween when the crown of Salesforce Tower transformed into a fiery "Eye of Sauron" from Lord of the Rings, much to every Tolkien nerd's delight? Well, something special in store again for tonight, but the Saleforce team won't say what.
