Panel discuss Halloween, as the holiday approaches

Friends of the show chat about the spooky holiday

We’re sure you’ve got an awesome Halloween costume picked out already, and I’m sure you’d love to share it with everyone.

It’s that time of year again: Halloween!

Stop by the Ann Arbor Farmers Market for a frightfully good time on Wednesday.

Disney is recognized for the outfits that help bring its characters to life, from glass slippers to enchanted ballgowns. To bring a fairy tale world to life in live-action movies made from animated films, each character’s costume has to be carefully thought out.

It’s the stuff of fairytales: princesses, pirates and even a real castle!

The world’s No. 1 musical has returned to Detroit once again, and we’re getting a special behind-the-scenes look at the production.

Staff at Mott Children's helped patients and their families get into the Halloween spirit.

Here’s where you can have a hauntingly good time around Ann Arbor.

Whether it’s shortages that are driving up prices of certain items or enthusiasm for the day in general, one thing is clear: It looks like there will be a lot of money spent on Halloween this year.

Just when you thought you had everything ready for Halloween, you realize that your pet dog or cat is missing their own costume to join the spooky festivities. Coming up with a Halloween costume idea...

Sure, Halloween is considered a spooky holiday, but it's also an opportune time to show off some humor.

The pandemic seems never ending, but one thing’s for certain: Nothing’s stopping Halloween this year.

What's one of the best parts of having a baby or a toddler? Why, dressing them up for Halloween, of course.

Halloween is only weeks away, and U.S. families are expected to spend big on the holiday this year after it was stifled by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

It’s crazy to think you don’t need a time machine or something like the DeLorean to see what it was like back hundreds of years ago. This Sunday afternoon, June 27 from 1-5 is Log Cabin Day at Palmer Park in Northwest Detroit. The event, unlike in recent years, will be outdoors with things to experience with the family.

ANN ARBOR – Local youth theater group Young People’s Theater has launched a fundraising campaign to stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Since 1977, the youth theater group has been putting on productions and hosting camps and classes for kids ages five and up. When the pandemic began in March, YPT had to stop all activities, which halted incoming revenue. The theater company, a 501(c)(3) non profit run exclusively by volunteers, fears it will be forced to close if it cannot raise funds to cover operational expenses. Young People’s Theater is at 331 Metty Dr. STE 3.

It’s a different kind of Halloween this year -- but the Local 4 News Today morning show team is still having fun! Watch the costumes reveal in the video above. Look back:Share your Halloween costume photos here!

If you’re choosing to do anything on Halloween besides stay home, you have to mask up. Since you have to dispose of the mask eventually anyway, why not make it part of your Halloween look? Local 4 Style Editor Jon Jordan showed off his amazing artistic abilities with some handmade masks that he created using various types of COVID-19 face protectors. Jon said you can be extravagant and draw a scary face, or you can keep it simple and paste fake leaves or splatter fake blood on them. Watch the video above to see the cool mask creations Jon came up with!

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With the number of COVID cases on the rise, many people are trying to figure out how they want to celebrate Halloween this year. So the first topic: How are you going to celebrate this year? Lauren said she is going to do socially-distant trick-or-treating with the help of a candy chute. Her husband Michael is building the chute so they can safely send candy down to the kiddos. Jason’s recommendation is to turn off all the lights and stay away from the windows so people know you’re not participating.