Daily Choices

SPECIAL EVENTS: As Halloween falls on Wednesday this year, we’re getting smacked with the bulk of celebratory events this weekend, including various haunted hayrides, haunted houses, ghost story walks, a Halloween Obstacle Course Competition at the Rochester Parkour Gym, and a screening of “Carrie” at the Dryden Theatre. For all of the events and details, […]

SPECIAL EVENT: Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) will host its 4th Annual Masquerade Party tonight, 8-11 p.m., featuring food, games, readings, and a costume contest. All costumes are welcome, but especially those with a literary theme. This year’s theme is “Something Wicked This Way Comes” in honor of the late, great Ray Bradbury. Tickets […]

OPERA: Eastman Opera Theatre’s staging of "The Rape of Lucretia," a still-relevant tale of power, greed, inequity, and corruption, will take place at Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) tonight, 7:30 p.m. The show continues through Sunday and costs $20 to attend. For more info, call 454-2100, or visit esm.rochester.edu/concerts/tickets.php. MUSIC: So many Halloween parties, […]

SPECIAL EVENT: The circus is in town! The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & BaileyCircus present the exciting new show Fully Charged at Blue Cross Arena (1 War Memorial Square) through this Sunday, October 28. Catch the show today at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12-$25; to purchase or for more information, call 1-800-745-3000, or visit ringling.com, […]

COMEDY: The 5th Annual SIS Laugh Out Loud Comedy Event will be held tonight, 5:30 p.m., at Geva Theatre Center (75 Woodbury Blvd.), and features top national comics, complimentary food tastings, live entertainment, and a silent auction to provide financial support for individuals battling breast cancer. Tickets are $40. For more info, call 232-4382 or […]

SPECIAL EVENT: The 2nd annual Buccaneers’ Ball will take place Saturday starting at 6 p.m. at Rochester Airport Marriott Hotel (1890 Ridge Road West). The 21+ event features casino-style gambling, grazing stations, music, dancing, prizes for best costumes, and raffles and auction items. The cost to attend is $65; for tickets and more info, call […]

COMEDY: Geva Comedy Improv will present two nights of "Halloweenprov," starting tonight with "Campfire Improv" at 8:30 p.m., and continuing Saturday with a "Monster Mash" double feature at 8:30 p.m. The shows take place at Geva Theatre Center (75 Woodbury Blvd.) and tickets are $10. For more information, call 232-4382 or visit gevacomedyimprov.org. MUSIC: I’m […]

DANCE: Rochester City Ballet will hold an open rehearsal of its upcoming "Nutcracker" performance tonight, 6:30-8 p.m., at the company’s studios at 1326 University Avenue. The event is free to attend, but seating is limited. RSVP by calling 461-5850. Visit rochestercityballet.com/in-studio-series.php. MUSIC: Want to get a chance to check out several of the hottest up-and-coming […]

MUSIC: RingoDeathstarr can’t be pinned down to a single influence. When you listen to the band, you’ll hear them all, ranging from The Smiths to My Bloody Valentine. The resulting sound is an amalgam that puts the Austin, Texas, band right in line with the new wave of shoegaze that’s been en vogue for the […]

MUSIC: Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie are both artists who are visual in the extreme and revel in the filth of humanity, but it’s Zombie’s keen B-Movie, cinematic sensibility that truly sends me. But he doesn’t overdo it, rocking on stage and getting his slasherya-yas out on the screen. He’s earned seven Grammy nominations this […]

MUSIC: Chicago Hot Six (and yeah, they are actually from Chicago) will be part of an evening of Dixieland music tonight at the Green Lantern Inn (1 E. Church St., Fairport, flowercityjazz.org) starting at 6:30 p.m.; cover is $12. How often do you get a chance to enjoy good Dixieland music anyways? And maybe, just […]