THAT BOISE STATE’S FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYS ON. TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR JACK O LANTERN SPECTACULAR AT IROQUOIS PARK. YOU CAN BUY THEM ONLINE. THIS YEAR’S THEME IS JACK’S PUMPKIN TRAIL. IT’S A TRAILWAY ...

Some of the thousands of hand-carved pumpkins along the trail at the Jack O’Lantern Spectacular at Iroquois Park on Sunday, October 12, 2025. The Jack O'Lantern Spectacular 2025 theme is "Jack's ...

Louisville's massive, magical pumpkin forest returns for its 13th season this fall.On Friday, the Jack O'Lantern Spectacular organizers posted on Facebook the date and theme for the 2025 event.The ...

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion animated classic directed by Henry Selick and conceived from the mind of Tim Burton. The story follows Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween ...

Carving jack-o'-lanterns started long before the legend of the Headless Horseman. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Cindy Ott, author of "Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon." ...

The Jack O'Lantern Spectacular returns to Louisville's Iroquois Park for its 13th year. This year's theme, "Jack's Pun-King Trail – A Trailway of Wordplay," features thousands of hand-carved pumpkins.

The exact origin of the long-standing tradition of carving pumpkins on Halloween is murky, but like the genesis of the holiday itself, it may stem from the evolution of centuries-old traditions that ...

One might think that with the shortening days, extended nights, animals beginning to hibernate and dying plants all around, this would be a time of year I would find relentless in suffocating ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. What’s more classic than carving a ...