On the weekend before Halloween, The Haggin Museum was host to An Evening At "Haggwarts" – its inaugural Harry Potter-themed event. Despite my adding the extra 'g' and putting it in quotes, many people still complained that Hogwarts was misspelled. Sigh.

I ran the potions bar as Prof. Severus Snape, who is deliciously played in the films by the talented Alan Rickman. I had a lot of fun being even more snarky and bitter than normal and scaring young children (no tears, though). And it may have been the first time I wasn't pale enough for the part.