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10 October
posted: 051001, modified: 060907, 060930, 061023,
070824, 071001,
071011, 071012 (Work in Progress)
(Oktoberfest, Chicago Marathon, Fall Colors, Homecoming,
World Series, Halloween, NBA
starts, etc.)
Halloween
Letter
10,
11, 96, 141, 172 Photos:
Photo
Gallery > National Holidays > 7 – 12 > Halloween
Fall Colors:
Top 10 Fall Foliage Spots across the Country: Red Wing, MN is usually picked as
the nation’s top 10: <
http://cityguides.msn.com/specials/default.aspx?cp-documentid=887903>1=8523
>
More info Fall Colors Photos:
Photo
Gallery > Minnesota Seasons > Fall > Minnesota Fall
Colors; Photo
Gallery > Wisconsin Seasons > Fall > Wisconsin Fall
Colors > Lake Pepin (Little House on the Prairie)
In fall (often in September and October),
Homecoming is held at American HS (High Schools) and colleges;
Letter
173, 174
Many cities across the world hold an Oktoberfest in September or October
(for example,
Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Oktoberfest, La
Crosse, Wisconsin, Oktoberfest,
New Ulm, Minnesota)
http://www.newulmoktoberfest.com/
）,
modeled after the Munich Oktoberfest <
http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/index.php ><
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest >
October brings the end of the MLB season with the playoffs and the
World Series! Also the regular NBA season begins towards the end of
month.
Popular stuff for October
Monday Night football, Touchdown!, kick-off time, Playing football, World Series
(MLB), Play ball, NHL, Possible Minnesota’s first snow?, apples, fall migration
(birds)
Halloween: “Boo”, “Treat or Trick!”,
Jack-o-Lanterns,
pumpkin carving, pumpkins, Hunting houses, Free candy, Halloween decoration,
Halloween costumes, Halloween costume party
See Americans' views below.
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October is :
NBCAM:
National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Red Ribbon Week
1023-1031
070926 (Begins at
Sundown) - 071003/071004 Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles) Letter
170
070928-071021
State Fair of Texas (BigTex), Dallas, Texas (TX) <
http://www.bigtex.com/ >
For more
info on Big Tex & Human Cannonball check
here
For more info on State Fair, check
Minnesota State Fair
The announcement of the
Nobel Laureates for the year is made
from early October through mid-October (Stockholm, Sweden).
071005-071007 St. James Court Art Show, Louisville, Kentucky (KY) <
http://www.stjamescourtartshow.com/ >
For Art Fair photo examples,
check
Metris Uptown Art Fair
071005-071007
National Storytelling Festival,
Jonesborough,
Tennessee (TN)
<
http://www.storytellingcenter.com/festival/festival.htm >
071006-071014
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
- Hot Air Balloons, Albuquerque, New Mexico (NM) For more info including
Cool Photo Gallery & Videos, check <
http://www.balloonfiesta.com/ >
071007 Chicago Marathon,
Chicago, Illinois (IL) <
http://www.chicagomarathon.com/cms400min/chicago_marathon/ > For more
info on marathons, check
here.
071007 The Twin Cities Marathon (from Minneapolis to St. Paul) Letter
93,
137 Photos:
Photo
Gallery >
Minnesota Event > October > Twin Cities Marathon
071007-071014 Half Moon Bay
Art & Pumpkin Festival, San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)
071007-071014 <
http://www.miramarevents.com/pumpkinfest/index.html > Check
World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off
071008 Columbus Day Letter
007
071011-071013
Great American Beer Festival, Denver, Colorado (CO) <
http://www.beertown.org/events/gabf/index.htm >
071012/071014 Eid al-Fitr begins at sundown (End of Ramadan) For info on
Ramadan, check
Letter
140
1016 National Boss Day
Letter
171
071024 World Series (MLB) Begins <
www.mlb.com > <
www.worldseries.com >
Boston
Red Sox ---
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts (MA) vs. Colorado Rockies ---
Coors Field,
Denver, Colorado (CO)
Annual Cape May
Autumn Weekend / The Bird Show <
http://birdcapemay.org/autumn.shtml > Cape May, New Jersey (NJ),
071026-071028 --- got info at Bird Chick <
http://www.birdchick.com >
Halloween
2007,
Madison, WI 071027 Note that approximately 100,000 people participated in this
event in 2006 <
http://www.news.wisc.edu/halloween/
><
http://www.downtownmadison.org/advocacy/index.php?category_id=2512
><
http://www.channel3000.com/freakfest/index.html
>
Halloween Capital of the World, Anoka, MN 071012-071028 <
http://www.anokahalloween.com/
><
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/mn/hallown_1
>
1031 Halloween
Letter
10,
11, 96, 141, 172 Photos:
Photo
Gallery > National
Holidays > 7 – 12 > Halloween
071030 NBA
2007-2008 regular season opens <
www.nba.com >
(Pro basketball)
Letter 64, 158, 9
(in Japanese), 12 (in Japanese)
For local events, check
Photo
Gallery
> Minnesota
Wisconsin Events >
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What does the Average Joe think of when “October” is mentioned?
American 1’s View:
Halloween
Fall
Leaves changing
Trees changing
MLB Playoffs and World Series
Pumpkins
Jack-O-Lanterns
Halloween Decorations
A lot of Orange
American 2’s View:
Leaves changing/falling
Halloween
Cold weather, seems greyer
Much shorter days
American 3’s View:
Halloween
Start getting colder
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