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It’s a special Halloween edition of Around the Ivies for the countless Ancient Eight football fans who’ll be dressing up as superheroes or vampires or zoo animals or Pokemon characters and trolling for candy this week. On the gridiron, costumes won’t fool fans any longer. It’s already Week 7, the time of year when squads’ true characters are revealed, when the metaphorical face paint peels off and the metaphorical papier mache comes unstuck. In the thick of the Ivy League schedule, the contenders separate themselves from...
...forecasting purposes, in good Halloween spirit, there are two tricks and two treats on the docket this weekend. Barring a major upset, Harvard and Yale will have opened up a two-game cushion over the rest of the field by Saturday evening. The last time the archrivals both began the season with 4-0 records in the Ivies was 1974, when the two schools split the title...
...office at 64 Brattle St., Cambridge. “Student rush” offers $15 tickets the day of the show, if available. 3) BOOston! If you want to get to know Boston a little bit, this might be just the ticket: a walking tour of Beacon Hill on Halloween night, highlighting the neighborhood’s mysterious history. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Meet on the steps of the State House, Beacon Street, Boston. $15. 4) Hitchcock and Hymns? Cozy up inside magnificent Trinity Church and watch the Alfred Hitchcock classic “Rear...
...York Times sliced itself on the cutting edge of journalism last year with an exposé on a certain raunchy “underground” trend. Wait for it, guys: Sometimes? On Halloween? Girls like to get really wasted and dress like prostitutes at a themed bordello. It ranks up there on the “duh” scale with this summer’s piece on emoticons: I mean, it just feels like an American tradition to take it all off for Halloween. I’m pretty sure women in the Victorian era took a break...
Apologies to “Mean Girls,” but Halloween is much more than an excuse for girls to get away with dressing super-trashy (hi Regina!). For those unable to recognize the inherent purity of the holiday, FM has compiled a list of five places to get pumpkins, squash, and other traditional Halloween paraphernalia. Mahoney’s Garden Center 449 Western Ave., Brighton Pros: A quick (13-minute) bus ride results in a good selection of traditional, old-school pumpkins. Squash, gourds, bales of straw, and cornstalks provide a well-rounded supply of room decorations. Cons...