As a self-professed expert on niceness, I sure do love Halloween. For one glorious evening, our community becomes a shared experience. We cover our front steps in carved pumpkins and fake spiderwebs, "ooh" and "ahh" over the parade of costumes and fill the sidewalks and the air with fun and free candy. It’s collective magic-making, and I’m very grateful for it.
I’m also incredibly impressed by how many of our fellow Grand Forksers go above and beyond — or boo-yond — to make the holiday special. Last year, I wrote about how the neighborhoods of Belmont Road and Reeves Drive transform into a Halloween Hallmark movie. This year, I’d like to tell you about another kind of movie masterpiece — this time, on Desiree Drive.
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For the past four years, the front of Adam Nicholson’s home, garage and front yard have become an otherworldly drive-up theater. Using projections, Adam’s show intersperses nearly 40 minutes of clips and overlays from a multitude of fan-favorite movies and TV shows, ranging from "The Addams Family" and "Ghostbusters" to "Star Wars" and "Beauty and the Beast." The music and sound effects, as expertly spliced as the videos themselves, are sent through the ra...