Pre-sale your copy of Vampyre Virtues by Father Sebastiaan today.  This book will also be featured at the Ghastly Gathering Halloween Dance Party hosted by Lady~A herself!  Want to know how a proper vampire relates to the world?  Crack open this tome and get the right idea!

THIS JUST IN! Because many of you still have not solidified your plans for the Endless Night Vampire Ball of  NOLA, the amazing people at our Official Hotel, the Whitney Wyndham have extended the booking date to September 9th!! There are only 8 rooms left at $150 per night for a standard room for all nights with up to four occupants! Better make those plans! Air fare is going up too and seats are becoming more and more limited! Please SHARE this!  Follow the above links for booking info.

You only have until this Friday to book your stay at the Official Endless Night Vampire Ball of New Orleans hotel, the Whitney Wyndham.  The deal runs out Friday, August 26th!  Only $150 per night for a standard/double room with up to four occupants.  Click the link above to take you there!

Dust off your costumes or plan a new one and come and dance with the dead at our Second Annual event at Late Bar!

Special Guest DJs: The Pirate Twins (DJs Scary Lady Sarah and William Faith) spinning Halloween favorites and diabolical dance tracks!

Costume Contest with fabulous prizes hosted by Ghastly Lugosi!

Performances by Scarlett de Ville and Lana Lake

House Drink Specials

More details TBA!

10pm-4am

$10 cover WITH costume…$15 WITHOUT!

CHICAGO (July 25, 2011) — The hit HBO vampire drama True Blood will feature a song by Chicago Americana group The Spares in its July 31 episode, officials from the show announced today.

“The haunting twang and dark sexiness of The Spares mixed very nicely in the world of True Blood,” says Gary Calamar, the show’s Grammy-nominated music supervisor. True Blood was also nominated for four Emmy Awards earlier this month.

Calamar chose the song “Mexico” to include in an episode entitled “I Wish I Was the Moon” (Season 4, Episode 6). The track was written and recorded by The Spares in 2005 for the group’s first CD, Hand Me Down. “Mexico” was also named “Country Song of the Year” in 2006 by the Independent Artists Company.

“’Mexico’ is about someone who is frustrated with day-to-day life, and who dreams of making a dramatic change to shake up that routine,” says Steve Hendershot of The Spares, who wrote the song along with lead vocalist Jodee Lewis. “What I had in mind at the time was wanting to quit my job at Northwestern University to be a musician. But I can see how it would apply equally well to the people and vampires of Bon Temps, Louisiana.” (continue reading…)

Book your room NOW for Halloween in New Orleans!  $150 per night or $180 for a Suite.  Open from Thursday through Sunday during Halloween weekend.  Follow this link to make your reservation.  Rooms are very limited and you only have until August 2th to book at this rate!

“With its breathless romanticism and divided group loyalties, Night stylishly reinvents juvenile pulp with flashy pyrotechnics.”—Ronnie Scheib, Variety

After stumbling into an underground nightclub (in the bowels of an abandoned amusement park!) and getting a peck on the neck from the proprietor (the statuesque Hoss of Wolfsburg and Jerichow), Lena (Herfurth of A Year Ago in Winter) quickly transforms from a shabby pickpocket into a smoldering sexpot with some curious midnight cravings. She catches the eye of hunky cop Tom, but he soon realizes Lena is part of a foursome of vivacious babes who are really into Berlin’s nightlife. Director Gansel (The Wave) serves up this modern vampire tale with a bloody wink and a few fresh twists thrown in for good measure (who knew that only females are vampires?). In German with English subtitles.

Showtimes:

• Friday, July 8, 8:00pm
• Tuesday, July 12, 8:15pm
• Thursday, July 14, 8:00pm

Gene Siskel Film Center • 164 N. State St.
$11/General Admission; $7 Students (with I.D.); $6 Film Center Members
Discounted parking at the InterPark Self-Park at 20 E. Randolph St.
Rebate ticket available at Gene Siskel Film Center Box Office

(312) 846-2800 • http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org

From Chicago Vampirologist Martin V. Riccardo:

There has been a barrage of nonfiction vampire books in the last few years, but very few have been able to break new ground when it come to unearthing the lore of the undead.  In this regard, I was impressed with the recent book Realm of the Vampire by Daniel J. Wood. While he does rehash some of the standard history, he also provides his own insights on the vampires of Poland. He provides interesting accounts of the zmory or “living vampires,” the upiory or traditional vampires, and a variety of other unearthly creatures native to Poland.  For a taste of some scholarly new blood in the vampire world, this would be the book to chew on.

http://www.amazon.com/Realm-Vampire-Daniel-J-Wood/dp/1931942862