Tag: Halloween
Cemetery cancels Halloween movie night after criticism by families
A cemetery in North Carolina has canceled a Halloween-themed movie night after receiving criticism by families of loved buried there.
Lafayette Memorial Park in Fayetteville, N.C. planned a free, kid-friendly film night with snacks scheduled for Oct. 26, according to a Facebook event post. The post said that the movie night was being held in honor of the late grandparents of Heather Bosher, the owner of the park. Bosher wrote in the post that her grandparents enjoyed going to the movies.
The post asked people to vote on which movie should be shown for the event. The choices were: “The Addams Family,” “Beetlejuice,” “Coco,” “Halloween Town,” “Hotel Transylvania,” “Monsters Inc.,” “The Witches” and “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.”
But the idea did not sit well with some families of those buried in the cemetery.
Veteran Sam Simpson and his family told WTVD-TV that they didn’t like the thought of crowds of people sitting around, possibly mistreating gravestones or leaving trash.
Though Bosher told the TV station that she received positive feedback about the event, the cemetery decided to cancel it.
The cemetery posted a statement to Facebook saying, “ Our only wish was to provide a family friendly event in a way that was safe and free to the public much like our other events that bring joy and peace to those that are grieving. No disrespect was intended, only a alternative way to share a positive evening with our loved ones that are no longer here.”
Another cemetery in Worcester, Mass. had similar plans this summer to hold a movie series on the burial grounds, but those plans were canceled after cemetery trustees and lot-owners complained.
But one high-profile cemetery, the Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles, often hosts movie nights or cultural events, according to Fox News.
Article via TribLive
Nurse fired for blackface Beyoncé costume
A nurse at a Missouri hospital lost her job after using blackface to dress as Beyoncé for Halloween.
Shelbi Heenan posted a photo of her in the racist costume to her Facebook account on Monday alongside her boyfriend, also in blackface, dressed as Jay-Z, KCTV reported.
The photo quickly circulated online and by lunchtime, St. Luke’s hospital in Lee’s Summit released a statement saying Heenan was no longer an employee.
“While it is against Saint Luke’s policy to comment on specific personnel matters, we can confirm that this individual is no longer a Saint Luke’s employee,” read the statement.
“Saint Luke’s is deeply committed to our culture of diversity and inclusion. It is fundamental to who we are as an organization and we vigorously protect it on behalf of all our patients and employees and expect those who represent us to do the same,” the statement continued.
Heenan’s Facebook account was no longer active on Wednesday, but a photo of her from 2009 reportedly showed her in blackface dressed as a member of Destiny’s Child, Fox4KC reported.
Teachers in the local community used the incident as an opportunity to educate people on the racist history of blackface.
“The fact that this racist behavior persists is simply an indication that our racist history is not past, basically,” Matthew Osborn, associate professor of early American history at UMKC, told Fox4KC.
“African-Americans, in our history have been the most exploited, most marginalized group and yet African culture is inseparable from American popular culture. It’s at the heart of popular culture, music, sports, theater and film. That is something about American society and culture that we haven`t really come to grips with. Why is it that the racial divisions that exist here in Kansas City exist while we all enjoy so much of African-American culture?” he added.
Article via NYPost
Should there be an age limit for Halloween trick-or-treating?
We’ve probably all been within earshot of this question on Halloween night: Someone handing out candy to a porch full of costumed kids hesitates when a particularly tall one steps forward: “Aren’t you a little old to be trick-or-treating?”
Is there an age that is considered too old to trick-or-treat? Or should any school-age kid who gets dressed up and walks the neighborhoods be able to participate?
It’s a dilemma that’s being bandied about on social media as the holiday approaches.
Some are saying trick-or-treating should be cut off at middle school. (Ouch. That’s harsh! Some of those kids are only 11.)
A larger contingent seems to be pushing for a wider acceptance of any school-age kid in search of candy. They’re saying kids should be able to be kids on Halloween night – and people should not be asking if they are old enough to have a driver’s license.
What do you think? Should there be a cut-off point for tweens and teens?
Take the poll and leave your thoughts in the comments.
We’d love to know how you’re leaning … as the witching hour approaches and kids who aren’t trick-or-treating still have time to stock up on eggs and toilet paper.
Article via MLive
Halloween Movie Review
The time for Halloween is almost upon us and it arrived a little early in the form of a movie. Halloween is the direct sequel to the original 1978 slasher film ignoring everything from Halloween 2 on down. Does it live up to its height? Let’s find out.
Let me start off by saying that I really enjoyed this movie. It’s rare these days that a horror movie can entertaining these days though it seems like it’s slowly turning around. Everything from the acting to the pacing was great in my opinion.
Jamie Lee Curtis is still great as Laurie Strode and you really get to see how much Michael Myers has traumatized her character for the past 40 years.
The eeriness Of Michael Myers is still there as well, even after being locked up for 40 years and still never speaking he still sits there waiting for his chance to escape and kill again. One aspect that they removed from the franchise is the sibling relationship between Michael and Laurie which makes his obsession to kill her that much more creepy and frightening.
One thing that this movie does really good is make callbacks to the original film and some of its sequels. To people getting pinned to walls with knives to eerie creepy ghost costumes, it’s definitely a nostalgia trip.
However I will say my most favorite part in this movie and is the little black boy in this movie! All I have to say is, I want my future son to be just like him when it comes down to danger!
All in all Halloween was a very fun and enjoyable film, will there be a sequel? Who knows, but for now this maybe the best one since the original film, I give it a good 9/10! If you haven’t seen it yet, go see it soon!
Halloween: Michael Myers Unmasked in Documentary-Style Trailer
A new trailer for the upcoming reboot of John Carpenter’s Halloween unmasks Michael Myers.
The video, which starts out using a documentary-style narration of the events of the original film, features a brief glimpse of Myers without his mask. Although Myers doesn’t appear on screen for long, he’s clearly sustained damaged to his left eye, likely as a result of an injury he suffered at the hands of Laurie Strode in the original film.
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Brooklyn cafe ripped for depriving black children of Halloween treats, turning them away
A Brooklyn coffee shop has turned into a neighborhood pariah after it was accused of doling out Halloween treats to white children only.
The Strand Cafe on Nostrand Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant has come under fire on social media and at its location since a pair of prominent residents aired their account of discrimination.
“Tricks for some, treats for others,” read one sign plastered on a window Saturday, complete with a drawing of a crying pumpkin.
“It’s absolutely disgraceful when other people come into black communities and try to change the whole atmosphere of a community,” said Iman Essiet, 27, after she stopped to look at the signs. “I think this specific establishment needs to be shut down.” The furor erupted Tuesday afternoon after Oma Holloway and Michael Catlyn, both members of Community Board 3, stopped in to the cafe for a tea and coffee.
The pair were waiting online when they saw the lone cafe worker turn away three different sets of costumed black children out trick-or-treating with adults, Catlyn said.
But a pair of white kids, with an older woman, received a much different response. The man behind the counter pulled out a glass jar of individually-wrapped cookies and eagerly doled them out, Catlyn said.“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” said Catlyn, 54, who’s lived in the neighborhood for 32 years. “I was thinking there is no way this is happening right now.”
The pair weren’t having it and walked out without their beverages.
Holloway posted a brief account of the incident on Facebook, prompting a wave of angry replies.
Soon the Strand’s Yelp page was inundated with one-star reviews and scathing comments.
A man who identified himself as the owner eventually posted a message on Yelp, describing the incident as a misunderstanding.
The man said the cafe had nothing on-hand to give to trick-or-treaters. “If a child received an item, it was because it was purchased by a parent, not because we favor children over others,” he said. “That would be completely inappropriate as well as against our core values of decency.”
Catlyn said members of the community board had a productive Saturday meeting with the owner who told them the worker had since apologetically admitted to the act. “We’re trying to use this as a teachable moment and get a positive outcome,” he said.