FUNERAL WEDDING: The Alvin Play
Something is amiss with Alvin Fisher…
Join The Strange Tree Group this fall as we haunt the house at Signal Ensemble Theatre with a gory little ghost story selected as Top Five of the Fringe (Chicago Tribune 2006). This macabre visual feast employs bright bursts of magical realism, thrusting this hopelessly haunted young man between past and present while unraveling family secrets through music, memories, and murder. Beloved by both company members and fans, this is the rare chance to see our second original production revived, revamped, and re-imagined for Halloween 2012!
Ghosts. Lost love. Stabbings. Hidden Hallways. Hot Apple Cider. Lantern Light. Flickering Flames. Mandolins. Murderers. Strange Tree to the take no prisoners, darkly heart-breaking, special surprise filled MAX. *Get it*
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Muvico Rosemont 18 Halloween Party with SVENGOOLIE!
Flashback Weekend presents
Flashback Weekend Halloween Party
Chicago Horror Host Svengoolie in person!
“CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON” (1954) CHICAGO PREMIERE – Digitally restored 3-D presentation
Hosted by ChicagoFilm.com film critic Lee Shoquist
October 28, 2012
Muvico Theaters Rosemont 18
9701 Bryn Mawr Ave. Rosemont, IL 60018
www.muvico.com
Chicago TV Legend Svengoolie in person, Children’s Halloween party, and more!
Flashback Weekend Halloween Party will feature Chicago Horror host legend Svengoolie in person! Svengoolie will be signing autographs, posing for photos, and introducing a 3-D presentation of “CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON”.
Other Halloween themed events include classic Halloween themed shorts, a children’s Halloween party including prizes, arts and crafts and games, a children’s costume contest, and more.
Chicago Premiere of “CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON” Digital 3-D restoration at the Muvico Rosemont 18!
Utilizing state of the art Sony 4K 3-D digital projection, a digital restoration of the original 35mm 2 strip polarized 3-D elements of “CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON” will be presented at the Muvico Theaters Rosemont 18 on Saturday October 28, 2012. Digital 3-D technology will allow the original 2 strip 35mm elements and 3-D effects to be seen as they were in 1954! A 2K digital 3-D restoration will be screened. Polorized 3-D glasses will be used by viewers, not the “Red-Blue” glasses.
ChicagoFilm.com Film Critic Lee Shoquist will present a pre-film introduction of the film at 4:00PM. Lee will then introduce Chicago TV legend Svengoolie. Following the screening, Lee will moderate a post film discussion and Q & A and discuss the many aspects which made “CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON” a historic and ground-breaking classic.
Event schedule
Sunday October 28, 2012
2:00PM – 4:00PM – Svengoolie autograph session
2:00PM – 4:00PM – Children’s Halloween party, games, arts & crafts, & children’s costume contest
2:00PM – 4:00PM – Halloween short subjects
4:00PM – 4:15PM – Pre-film discussion by film critic Lee Shoquist
4:15PM – Svengoolie introduces “CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON” (1954) in 3-D – followed by post
film discussion & Q & A by Lee Shoquist.
Ticket prices are $15.00 for Adults and $12.50 for children. Advance tickets may be purchased at www.muvico.com or at the door (based on availability).
For additional information, please call Flashback Weekend at (847) 647-3124.
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7th Annual Ray Bradbury Storytelling Festival and Haunted Theatre Journey
Have you seen the female spirit in the Genesee Theatre woman’s bathroom? Or maybe you heard the ghost dog barking one evening during a performance? If you have ever wondered what scary things lurk in the basement of the Genesee Theatre, now is your chance. On Oct. 26, the Waukegan Public Library will offer free haunted expeditions through the innards of Waukegan’s historic and beautiful theatre with the purchase of a ticket to the Ray Bradbury Storytelling Festival. Tours run every three minutes starting at 6 p.m. until 7:15 p.m., ending right before the performance begins.
“The storytellers are really good at making your heart beat faster with a variety of scary stories, but we wanted to add a new creepy factor to the festival this year. Walking through the dark and spooky places of the Genesee Theatre will really set the tone for the evening. I think Ray Bradbury would have approved,” said Richard Lee, Executive Director of the Waukegan Public Library.
The one-night only haunted house will travel down rarely used stairs at the back of the Theatre, wind through the dark work areas of the basement, pass under the pit and end up on the stage itself. Seldom seen Genesee Theatre historic items, including the former light board, will be on display. The haunted house is not recommended for people who are pregnant or have heart conditions.
This is the seventh year for the award-winning Ray Bradbury Storytelling Festival, hosted by the Waukegan Public Library. This year’s theme, “October Country,” celebrates Bradbury’s favorite time of year with the colorful, penetrating, and spooky characters and stories from Bradbury’s imagination. All guests are welcome to dress in costume as their favorite Bradbury character.
Tickets for both the haunted house and performance are $17 and are on sale at the Genesee box office, www.ticketmaster.com or (800) 745-3000 when you purchase your ticket before Oct. 26. The haunted house is an additional $5 if you purchase your ticket the day of the performance. Library patrons can present any library card and receive $1 off at the box office. For more information, call or visit the Genesee Theatre at www.geneseetheatre.com or the Waukegan Public Library at (847) 623-2041, www.waukeganpl.org.
Leave a Comment Go to Post...Travel Channel Filming "Halloween Craziest" at Statesville Haunted Prison on Thursday 10/18/12
Come to Statesville® on Thursday Night for Your Chance to be on TV!
Travel Channel will be at Statesville Haunted Prison® on Thursday, October 18 to film Chicagoland's own favorite haunt! The crew is filming for the Halloween special "Halloween Craziest," the 3rd in the series that began last year with "Halloween Crazy" and continues this year with "Halloween Crazier"; "Halloween Craziest" will air on the Travel Channel in October 2013!
Attention haunt enthusiasts! If you want to appear on this Travel Channel Halloween special, get yourself to Statesville® on Thursday night and be ready to scream! The crew will be filming the most enthusiastic, most easily-frightened and most scream-prone guests who come to Statesville® and if they pick you, you may end up on TV!
