Henri David
If it’s Halloween, it’s time for Henri David to shine
“Don’t come as you are, come as you want to be.”
Culture
For his 55th, Mr. Halloween heads to the Kimmel
To celebrate his 55th — the Double Nickel — Henri David, Philadelphia’s Mister Halloween — is going upscale and moving his Oct. 31 ball into the — flourish of trumpets — Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce. Mister Halloween, Henri David. (Photo: Mike Lynch) And since it is, as he says, on a “school night,
Culture
A not-too-scary woke Halloween
Long ago -- when Halloween was for kids, not infantile adults — costumes were home-made, at least in my low-income South Bronx neighborhood. No one had money for store-bought costumes, had they existed. At most you could get a cardboard face mask — a witch or a goblin or a ghoul or
Halloween
What will Henri David do without Halloween?
Saturday is Halloween, and for the first time since 1968 it will happen in Philadelphia without a major party hosted by Henri David. Just one more piece of fun that has been destroyed by COVID-19. Halloween will still live, in attenuated form, but what about Henri, once celebrated as the
Halloween
Halloween: Nazis, hobos and hos
When I was a kid, Halloween was a kids’ holiday. That was a long time ago, in a universe far away — called the South Bronx. We celebrated Halloween on Oct. 31, always. Never on a more convenient weekend night. Always Halloween itself, like Henri David does with his annual party.