As autumn proves and Robert Frost reminds us, “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” In October, daylight wanes, fields empty and much of the Northern Hemisphere turns itself towards full blown memento mori. All of ...

Kindergarten students in 1952 race out of school in Los Angeles, eager to celebrate Halloween. Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images “It’s alive!” Dr. Frankenstein cried as his ...

BOTH: And you are listening to In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. HEINEN: We are less than a week out from Halloween, one of the most widely celebrated holidays in ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - This is a busy time for Wiccans as they observe the pagan New Year. Today is Samhain (pronounced sow-in), the celebration of endings and beginnings and of remembering the dead.

Here is what you probably don't know about the pagan-turned-Christian holiday. The origin of Easter can be traced to the pagan festival called “Ishtar”, which is pronounced “Easter.” On this day, ...