Death Cafe, halloweekend events, abandoned places, live music, Taste of Downtown Boise & more.

Read the newsletter: fromboise.com Join the BFFs: fromboise.com/bffs How to Halloween in Boise newsletter + podcast Th Oct 26: Death Cafe Boise

Halloween for kids: Th Oct 26:Downtown Meridian Trunk or Treat Th Oct 26:Downtown Nampa trick or treat Fri Oct 27:Simply Cats Trick or Treat Open House Fri Oct 27:Kuna's Trunk or Treat and Spooky Movie Night Sat Oct 28:Ghoul's Day Out at Idaho Botanical Garden Sat Oct 28:Trucks n' Treats at Lakeview Park in Nampa Sat-Sun Oct 28-29:Boo at the Zoo Sun Oct 29:Wizard Encounter at the Boise Depot Tue Oct 31:Combs Car Corral's Annual Trunk or Treat Halloween parties: Fri Oct 27:Haunted Hannah's Barbie Prom Fri Oct 27:Scream Queens drag show at VAC Fri-Sat Oct 27-28:Squawky & Spirits at The Old Idaho Pen Sat Oct 28:Hops & Bottles dog costume contest Sat Oct 28:Payette Brewing dog costume contest Sat Oct 28: Pedro's Flippin Sweet Halloween DJ Party at Realms Arcade Sat Oct 28:Ocho's Slasher Prom Sat Oct 28:Karuna Kava Boo-La Costume Party Tue Oct 31:Haunted Hannah's Zombie Prom  

Scary movies: Sat Oct 28: Hocus Pocus is playing at the Egyptian Theatre at3:30pm and5:30pm Sat Oct 28:Rocky Horror Picture Show (UK Version) at the Egyptian Theatre Mon Oct 30:Troll 2 (1990) at Realms Arcade Tue Oct 31:Halloween (1978) at Voodoo Cellar Fri Oct 27-Sun Nov 5: Taste of Downtown Boise 

Live music: Fri Oct 27:Town Mountain + The Lil Smokies + Two Runner at Treefort Music Hall Fri Oct 27: ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-shrining-a-halloween-spooktacular-in-shrine-basement-tickets-737601545077?aff=ehometext)[Floating Witch’s Head + Enigma Machine + Have You Seen This Ghost? + DJ Ralph at Shrine Basement Sat Oct 28:Last Giant + James Plane Wreck + Los Syringas + Dark Matter Horizon at CRLB Sat Oct 28:Monophonics + The Seshen + Mungo at Treefort Music Hall Sat Oct 28:Grateful Halloween Show at VAC Sun Oct 29:Eilen Jewell + Nick Delffs at Treefort Music Hall Tue Oct 31:Spafford + Jupiter Holiday at Treefort Music Hall Tue Oct 31:Chris Pureka + With Child at Shrine Basement Wed Nov 1:Allah-Las + Sam Burton at Treefort Music Hall Th Nov 2: Patty Griffin at The Egyptian Th Nov 2: Durand Jones at Treefort Music Hall

Out of town tip: visitsouthwestidaho.org/fromboise

Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, places to get costumes, haunted houses, where & when to take your kids trick or treating, and shows and Halloween parties.

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Pumpkin patches & corn mazes: Lowe Family Farmstead The Berry Ranch Jordan' Garden Center & Pumpkin Patch Cherry Hill Farms Wissel Farms Where to get costumes: Crazy Neighbor Serendipity Boutique Zurchers Spirit Halloween Re-POP Gifts Purple Lotus Savers Haunted houses: Boise Halloween Map Haunted World Requiem Haunted Tunnel of Terror Psycho Circus at Cimarron Haunted Hallways Maze Boise Bench Haunted Zombie T oyland Trick or treat events: Th Oct 26:Downtown Meridian Trunk or Treat Th Oct 26:Downtown Nampa Trick or Treat Sat Oct 28:Ghoul's Day Out at Idaho Botanical Garden Sat Oct 28:Downtown Eagle’s Night of a Thousand Pumpkins Sat-Sun Oct 28-29:Boo at the Zoo at Zoo Boise

Halloween without kids: Fri Oct 27:The Shrining at Shrine Basement Fri Oct 27:Potter Wines Murder Mystery Night at the Skull Manor Costume Ball Sat Oct 28:Voodoo Cellar Halloween party from 9pm-12am

Where to see fall colors, food news, Harry Potter festival, scary movies and more! 

Read the newsletter: fromboise.com Join the BFFs: fromboise.com/bffs Sat Oct 21: Cousins Maine Lobster at Idawild Brewing Copmany Sat Oct 21: Karuna Kava new location opening Read my kava story here TONIGHT: Witchy Pop-up Market at Barbarian Brewing in Garden City Sat Oct 21: Boise State Costume and Prop Sale Sat Oct 21: Harry Potter Festival in Caldwell Sat Oct 21: The Spill: Tales of the Unexplained 4 at Flying M Coffee Garage Sun Oct 22: Halloween movies at The Egyptian Theatre Sat Oct 21: Harry Potter Festival at Caldwell Events Center Sat Oct 21: Slytherin Comedy Show at Lounge at the End of the Universe Out of town tip: visitsouthwestidaho.org/fromboise

Read the newsletter: fromboise.com Join the BFFs: fromboise.com/bffs Idahistory tours & more: idahistory.com Find Haunted Boise book at Flying M in downtown Boise, Rediscovered Books, The Lit Room in Garden City, Barnes and Noble, and on Amazon More info on the James Risen talk about Frank Church on Oct 19 here

Friday the 13th tattoos and events, two beer events, more Halloween prep, Boise Improv Week and more!

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Fri Oct 13: Tattoos at Jade Room, Boise Tattoo Company, On Point Tattoo Collective, True Grit Tattoo,Aloha Tattoo,Anarchy Ink Tattoo Co , Iron Wolf Tattoo and Crow’s Nest Tattoo. 

Fri Oct 13: Friday the 13th Comedy Show at Lounge at the End of the Universe Fri Oct 13:Freaky Funny Improv Comedy Show at Recycled Minds Comedy Fri Oct 13: Priday the 13th at Treefort Music Hall Fri Oct 13: Scaryoke at Prefunk in Nampa Sat Oct 14: Solar eclipse viewing party at BSU Fri-Sat Oct 13-14:Fear Hear: Three Frightening Radio Plays Performed in the Dark at Snake River Heritage Center in Weiser Sat Oct 14:Jordan's Garden Center is having a Trunk or Treat and Food Drive Sat Oct 14:Behind the Scenes Tours at the Old Idaho Pen Sat Oct 14: Haunted Queers at The Balcony Tue Oct 17: Story Story Night'sTRiCK OR TREAT : Stories of Dupery and Delight at VAC Wed Oct 18:Haunted Hearse Trunk-or-Treat at Relyea Funeral Chapel Wed Oct 18:Witches Night Out at The Village at Meridian Sat Oct 14:Hoptober Freshtival at Boise Brewing Next Th Oct 19:Ladies Who Love Beer at Hops & Bottles Mon-Sun Oct 9-15:Boise Improv Week Out of town tip: visitsouthwestidaho.org/fromboise Silver City Idaho Hotel

Have you ever seen a UFO? Idaho is really the perfect place to see such a thing, given our access to dark skies. Today’s story looks at some past and recent UFO sightings in Idaho.

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Dog festivals, first ever Idaho Cider Fest, barrel aged beer fest & Halloween prep.

Read the newsletter: fromboise.com Join the BFFs: fromboise.com/bffs Submit events to From Boise here Fri Oct 6: Dog Day at Lowe Family Farmstead Fri Oct 6: Dogtoberfest at Dogtopia in Garden City Sat Oct 7: See Spot Walk at Julia Davis Park Sat Oct 7: First ever Idaho Cider Fest in Freak Alley Sat Oct 7: Barrel Aged Beer Fest at Barbarian Brewing in Garden City Sat Oct 7: Oktoberfest in downtown Meridian Fri Oct 6: Scary movies at The Egyptian Theatre Sun Oct 8: Witches on the Water Mon Oct 9: Campfire Stories at The Modern Bar & Hotel Out of town tip: visitsouthwestidaho.org/fromboise

• SW Idaho off roading guide 
• Rabbit Creek OHV trail
• Deadwood Lookout
• McCall to Burgdorf
• Burgdorf Hot Springs

Two Boise authors, Kim Cross and J. Reuben Appelman, have new books out today. Both are true crime stories. Today’s episode is about the books and why the author’s wanted to share these stories.

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Get the details on the Boise Comic Arts Festival, two food festivals, two reading events and Witches on the Water. 

Fri-Sun Sept 29-Oct 1:Boise Comic Arts Festival Sat Sept 30: Peruvian Food Festival at Heroes Park in Meridian Sat Sept 30: Taste of Caldwell Harvest Festival at Indian Creek Plaza in Caldwell Fri Sept 29: Conversation with playwright Samuel D Hunter at BSU Mon Oct 2: Conversation with Victoria “V.E.” Schwab and Cory Doctorow at The Egyptian Sun Oct 1: Witches on the Water at Barber Park

Out of town tip: www.visitsouthwestidaho.org/fromboise Weiser Weiser River Trail National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest Weiser Classic Candy Spend the night: 

• Lazy Bear Ranch
• Weiser Motel and RV Park
• Monroe Creek Campground

Autumn is here, which means winter is coming. Today’s story explores winter – as a season and as a concept for life – and what we can do to get ourselves through times of darkness and cold.

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