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Vol. 40, No. 42
October 22, 2025
Riverside couple goes big with Halloween decor
By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
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Brookfield Theater Corp set to buy downtown property
Spooky decoration buffs will recognize the home of Rich and Laura Duff
When Rich Duff runs into a fellow Riverside resident during his job at Loyola University Medical Center, he has an easy way to identify himself. “I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m from Riverside.’ They go, ‘Where do you live?’ I go, ‘I live on Delaplaine,’” he told the Landmark. “‘I’m the Halloween house.’ They’re like, ‘You’re that guy?!’” Rich and Laura Duff are the couple behind one of the village’s most impressive Halloween decoration displays. Each year, they create spooky, life-size dioramas in their front yard, with a cast of skeleton models playing different roles. In previous years, the Duffs said they’ve held a frightening funeral and a wicked wedding, but this year, they’ve created a monstrous music
A silent message
‘Done deal’: Rodriguez Auto Repair at 8916 Fairview Ave. will become a community theater and arts space By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
TRENT BROWN
Rich (left) and Laura Duff are the couple behind one of Riverside’s biggest Halloween displays each year.
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A new space dedicated to community theater and other artistic endeavors is coming to Brookfield’s downtown area. The Brookfield Theater Corporation will purchase the building at 8916 Fairview Ave., which now operates as Rodriguez Auto Repair, to turn See THEATER on page 7