It’s officially Summerween! What’s Summerween? It’s a fun summer holiday combining both summer and Halloween! The holiday originated on the Disney Channel animated series Gravity Falls in 2012.
Summerween is a time to dig out some skeletons, make a Pumpkin-spiced beverage, cozy up under a blanket, and enjoy a spooky book and/or movie! TCPL is here to help you plan the perfect spooky summer with a list of recommendations you can find at the library, plus fun spooky events to get you in the Halloween spirit.
Ways to Celebrate Summerween
- Carve a jack-o-lantern watermelon
- Have an outdoor spooky movie or tv show night
- Read spooky books
- Do an escape room
Summerween Reading List
Author Spotlight: Rachel Harrison
For readers who want to read something spooky, but not too scary! Rachel Harrison’s books feature strong female characters and themes of family trauma, aging, love, and more, making the author a perfect option to add to your Summerween TBR.
A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home.
Summerween Watch List
Bingeworthy Summerween TV
Waking up in an empty hospital after weeks in a coma, County Sheriff Rick Grimes finds himself alone. The world he knows is gone, ravaged by a zombie epidemic. He sets out on a search to find what has happened to his family.
Sam Winchester grew up hunting creepy, demented, unexplainable, unearthly and terrifying things. But law school, safety and normalcy beckon him until Sam’s estranged brother appears with troubling news: their father, a man who’s been hunting evil for 22 years, has disappeared. So now, to find him, the brothers must hunt what their father hunts and Sam must return to the life he thought he’d left behind.
The first season of this anthology series follows the Harmon family—Ben, Vivien, and their daughter Violet. Hoping to rebuild their fractured family, they move into a restored Los Angeles mansion. They soon realize the house is haunted by the lingering spirits of everyone who has ever died on the property
What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town’s troubled past.
Summerween Events!
Escape Room @ North Quincy
Join us at the North Quincy Library on Saturday, August 29th when we will transform the Dinegan Room into an Escape From the Spooky Graveyard themed escape room. Can you work as a team to solve the puzzles and escape the room in one hour?
Saturday, August 29 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM | Dinegan Room, North Quincy Library | Register Here
Escape Room @ North Quincy for families with kids 8+ REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Saturday, August 29 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Dinegan Room, North Quincy Library| Register Here
Saturday, August 29 | 12:30 – 1:30 PM | Dinegan Room, North Quincy Library| Register Here