
A little Jack-o-lantern and Butterfly wander in to celebrate Chicagoween at Daley Plaza, Friday, October 29, 2010

The fountain in the plaza properly colored to conjure up the Halloween spirit, transforming Daley Plaza into "Franken" Plaza

Awed by the orange water works in "Franken" Plaze

Selling handcrafted leather masks to sport on Halloween

Jeff Semmerling of Semmerling and Schaefer Mask Studios molds a mask out of wet leather

Onlookers gather as Semmerling explains his passion and art

Semmerling's masks offer entertainment between acts at Chicagoween as passerby's try on masks

Profile of a Performer at the "Franken" Plaza

200 pound pumpkin carved by Steve Dahlke

The simple tools of an artist

Dalhke meticulously etches out three faces into the 200 pound pumpkin without gloves on the brisk late October afternoon

Dahlke, once an ice sculptor, hard at work on his creation pays close attention to detail and carves faces into the teeth

hildren look on, mesmerized by the faces carved into the giant pumpkin and the promise of Halloween

Portrait of a little girl lost in the work of the "Great Pumpkin Carver"

Father and Daughter look on as the Chicagoween circus act begins their performance on stage

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