UIC Library Staff
Event Details
Halloween Contests
Please fill out the survey by Thursday November 4th to vote on your favorite costume, mask, and pumpkin!
Survey: https://uic.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8jP94OePUlNFLE2
*Note: Outside food and drinks are not currently allowed in the Library. The LCBC is providing Halloween candy that guests can take with them.
Activities
Escape Room
Check out the spooky escape room!
Halloween Costume Contest
Come dressed in your best Halloween look!
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First prize only, votes via Qualtrics survey
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Those unable to attend may email pictures to anicku2@uic.edu by Oct. 31st at 11pm
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
Pumpkins can be picked up from the administration office (Daley) or ISR (Chicago)
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First prize only, votes via Qualtrics survey
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Pumpkins must be labeled with your name clearly on the bottom or back. (First and last name and department. Large, with marker.)
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Do not need to be present to win (as long as we can read your name!)
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Those unable to attend may email pictures to anicku2@uic.edu by Oct. 31st at 11pm
Mask Decorating Contest
Decorate your face mask to be as spooky as possible!
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First prize only, votes via Qualtrics survey
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Those unable to attend may email pictures to anicku2@uic.edu by Oct. 31st at 11pm
Seasonal Recommendations
Spooky Reads:
Howling Good Halloween Recipes by Louis Weber
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwarz
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Seasonal Shows and Movies
Halloween Kills
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Hocus Pocus
What We Do in the Shadows (movie and a show)
Evil Dead
It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Darkness Falls 2003 movie
The Frighteners 1996 movie
ET
American Horror Story (show)
The Changeling
The Burbs
Scream
Over the Garden Wall
The Fog (1980)
Dracula (Netflix series 2020)
Nightmare Before Christmas
Shaun of the Dead
Book of Life
Coco