We chatted with Brooke Jackson-Glidden of the Statesman Journal yesterday who is wrote a piece up about the inaugural Samhain Celtic New Year Festival. We are excited to see it in print next week, but here’s a preview: Celebrate Celtic heritage at Samhain festival Oct. 22 (click above to read the full story) Halloween, before horror movies and trick-or-treating became the norm, came from a Celtic celebration known as Samhain (pronounced sow-in), also known as the “feast of the dead.” The holiday served as a New Year celebration, and the folks from the Ceili of the Valley Society want to introduce the tradition to Salem.