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Dinos After Dark brings a Halloween-themed beer garden and costume party to the Academy of Natural Sciences

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Weekend

'Mean Girls,' Mutt Strut and apple cider doughnuts: Your weekend guide to things to do

Entertainment

Xfinity Live! will host Halloween masquerade parties with costume contests and karaoke

Xfinity Live Masquerade

Festivals

Enter your dog into a Halloween costume contest for charity during Northern Liberties' fall festival

Hound O Ween Northern Liberties

Holiday

Compete in a costume contest during back-to-back Halloween parties at Xfinity Live!

Halloween Xfinity Live

Holidays

Compete in a pumpkin carving contest at Assembly Rooftop Lounge's Halloween pop-up bar

Assembly Rooftop Lounge Halloween

Holiday

Celebrate Halloween with a costume party at the Museum of Illusions

Museum of Illusions Halloween

Halloween

Enter your dog into a costume contest at Good Dog Bar to celebrate Halloween

Howll-o-ween costume contest

Holiday

Philadelphia Zoo prepares to welcome trick-or-treaters for annual family-friendly Halloween event

Boo at the Zoo

Holidays

Dress in costume and celebrate 125th anniversary of 'Dracula' at the Mütter Museum

Mutter Museum

Food & Drink

Free Insomnia Cookies for customers who come to stores dressed in Halloween costumes

Insomnia Cookies

Family-Friendly

The Bourse Food Hall hosts Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest & Fall Fest

Howl-O-Ween

TV

'Mare of Easttown' costume designer talks Kate Winslet's 'security blanket' and storytelling through fashion

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Halloween

Pet costume contest benefiting Morris Animal Refuge to take place at the Bourse

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Prevention

New Jersey sets COVID-19 guidelines for celebrating Halloween, including how to trick or treat safely

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Health News

Traditional trick-or-treating should be avoided this Halloween to mitigate spread of COVID-19, CDC says

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Parties

Hair O' The Dog party takes Philly back to the 'Roaring 20s'

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Schools

N.J. high school investigating report of students dressed as slave, slave owner at Halloween party

NJ slavery costume halloween

Halloween

Conshohocken corgi's Wawa Shorti Halloween costume goes viral

Wawa Corgi

Halloween

H&M is selling a Halloween costume that looks pretty similar to the Eagles uniform

Eagles uniform

Halloween

Need Halloween costume inspo? Check out Google's Frightgeist

Google Frightgeist

Museums

'The Crown' costume exhibit headed for Winterthur Museum

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Holiday

From train conductors to mascots, here are the best Philly-themed Halloween costumes

Carroll - Halloween Decorations

Food & Drink

Where to score free salad, fries and other goodies this Halloween

Just Salad

Halloween

Everyone and their dog is dressing as Gritty for Halloween

Halloween

Why has Halloween become so popular among adults?

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Events

PHOTOS: Philadelphia Zoo's annual Boo at the Zoo

Dillon - Booz at the Zoo

Gritty

How to make your own 'Gritty' Halloween costume on a tight (or big) budget

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Lifestyle

Worst Halloween costumes of 2018 so far – from Kardashians to 'sexy' handmaids

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NHL

Flyers should 'stick to their guns,' ignore anti-Gritty petition, says Mascot Guru

Flyers Gritty Mascot

Family-Friendly

Experience a fantasy world at Philadelphia Renaissance Faire

Race

Pa. college: Costume of Kaepernick with blackface, gun to head is 'offensive,' but 'free expression'

Trends

This is Philly's most popular Halloween costume of 2017

Dogs

Heart-melting, adoptable dogs in Halloween costumes

Carroll - Dogs in Halloween Costumes

Halloween

10 Halloween parties happening in Philly

Halloween The Twisted Tail

Thrift Stores

Priceless looks from Philly AIDS Thrift

Carroll - PhillyAIDS Thrift

Humor

WATCH: 'Newsman' hits sloppy streets of Manayunk on Halloween

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Brunch

Penn 6 to host 'Not Your Basic Brunch' party Halloween weekend

Penn 6 Halloween brunch

Events

Here's where to party Halloween weekend in Philly

Clowns

Why clowns – even the happy ones – are inherently creepy

Events

Philly's first Costume Dash arrives just in time for Halloween

Philadelphia Costume Dash

Events

Join the living in a 5K among the dead

Rest in Peace 5k

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