Gleeson’s Halloween Carnival, October 31, 2019, displayed entries to our Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Given a small pumpkin, a piece of cardboard, and some bits and baubles, Gleeson staff members created imaginative homages to literature. Carnival attendees voted and… the sash goes to…
Continue reading “Gourd-geous Literary Pumpkins Grace Gleeson”Join us on the second floor of Gleeson Library on October 31st for a Halloween carnival from 12 – 1 pm. There will be free food, games, mazes, scary stories, and tons of prizes! The grand prize is a gift card to the USF bookstore. Come in your best costume to participate in the costume … Continue reading Dead Hour Carn-Evil @ Gleeson Library
Hey All! Here’s a spooky movie review from Tatum Myers, student assistant at the Reference Desk. A perfect start to the day’s festivities! In honor of Halloween and the 40 year anniversary of John Carpenter’s Halloween, I made it my mission to watch all 10 movies in the Halloween franchise. While I could on and … Continue reading Halloween Franchise Movie Review
Something sBOOky is shaping up in the stacks at Gleeson on October 31st. Meet us in the library lobby for a Haunted Library Tour starting at 12 Noon. Hope to see you there! Continue reading Haunted Library Tour 2018
According to the Shelley-Godwin archive, Mary Shelley conceived of her famous novel, Frankenstein, during a summer stay in Geneva that sounds like the summers we know in San Francisco: cold. A year and a half later, in January of 1818, Shelley anonymously published the novel, and the rest is history — a rich history, of … Continue reading Campus FrankenFest Begins Today at Gleeson Library | Geschke Center
The ghosts swarm. They speak as one person. Each loves you. Each has left something undone. —From Unbidden by Rae Armantrout So do not leave this undone. Come to the Gleeson Library Haunted Tour Halloween Day October 31st at 12:00 noon Dead Hour. Hear history and stories of ghosts who … Continue reading Haunted Gleeson Library Tour
The animatronic Halloween Village will be haunting the Gleeson Library front lobby from now until November 1st. Watch the village come to life as you approach it…if you dare! Continue reading Halloween Village
Calling all ghouls and ghosts! Stranger things are afoot at Gleeson Library and we’re going to investigate! Come take a Haunted Tour of Gleeson Library. Learn about Gleeson’s ghostly past, wander through our spooky stacks, and learn about what your library has to offer both the living and the dead!! Join us if you dare…you’re sure … Continue reading Gleeson Library Haunted Tours!
The animatronic Halloween village will be on display in the Rare Book Room from 9-5pm on Friday, October 30th and Monday, November 2nd. The village is on loan from Amy Gilgan, one of the creepy reference librarians at the Gleeson Library. Continue reading Halloween Village in the Rare Book Room
It’s that time of year again! People and ghouls are rushing out to buy their fake mustaches, their candy corn, and their capes, and the stores are raking in the money. Right? Well, according to IBISWorld, an industry and market research company that is behind our library database of the same name. Halloween spending is … Continue reading Slow Growth for Halloween Spending This Year, According to IBISWorld
