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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,
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When you think of America’s “most glamorous cities,” Philadelphia might not be in the top 5 — but are we really less glamorous than. . . Cleveland? That is not my opinion, I get it from an online outfit called LawnStarter which does a lot of this kind of pop “research.” Mostly
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
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It’s hard to think of a bigger elbow of a number than 19. It’s a number without friends. Friday is the 19th anniversary of 9/11, and something must be said, but I have to hold back the better stuff for next year — the 20th anniversary of the