Wednesday, Sept. 17 – Sunday, Sept. 21Cirque du Soleil’s VarekaiSet in a forest at the top of a volcano, Varekai is Cirque’s newest arena show.
Wednesday, Sept. 17Emperor Norton DayReadings dealing with a San Francisco personality that declared himself Emperor of the United States in 1859
Wednesday, Sep. 17Mad Caddies, illScarlett, Abandon the Midwest, Playground HeroesLive Music
Opens Wednesday, Sept. 17Fractured Narratives: A Strategy to EngageFeaturing only artists who have created their work in the past decadeImage: Goshka Mauga
Thursday, Sept. 18The Horns and Heroes Project No. 2A group of artists decorate rhino sculptures to benefit the International Rhino Foundation.Image: Ray Keim
Thursday, Sept. 18The Afghan WhigsLive music
Thursday, Sept. 18Dresses: Objects of ArtDonna Dowless produces this show featuring paintings, sculpture, mixed media and other fashionable creationsImage: Donna Dowless
Friday, Sept. 19 – Saturday, Sept. 20The Shift: Calm and ChaosExperience new, experimental and in-progress works by participating dance companies like Voci Dance, Emotions Dance Company, Yow Dance, Red Right Return Dance Project, Dawn Branch Works and Mary Love Dance Projects
Friday, Sept. 19Coheed and Cambria, Thank You ScientistLive music
Friday, Sept. 19OPP Fall Swap and ShopTrade out your old clothes for something more fancy at this swap hosted by Other People’s Property
Friday, Sept. 19Stick Figure, Pacific Dub, HirieLive music
Friday, Sept. 19Travis is BrokeNew works by local artist Travis Smith
Now playingThe Drop
Opens Friday, Sept. 19The Maze Runner
Saturday, Sept. 20Polylust Turns OneParty with the Polylust gang as they celebrate their first birthday with cake, drinks, videos and dance performances
Saturday, Sept. 20Headdress Ball 25th AnniversaryLas Vegas-style black tie event and benefit for the Hope and Help Center of Central Florida
Saturday, Sept. 20BanksLive music
Saturday, Sept. 20Up in Smoke TourFeaturing Cheech and Chong and War
Saturday, Sept. 20Virginia Drive Live 2014Shop, drink, dine and be entertained at Ivanhoe Village’s biggest street party.
Saturday, Sept. 20Girls on the Beach, The Lovers Key, The Young Psychedelics, Suit SwingersLive music
Sunday, Sept. 21High on Fire, Gut Ruckus, Dzoavits, Moat CobraLive musicPhoto by T. Couture
Sunday, Sept. 21CicloviaEnjoy a series of cycling events on Robinson Street while it’s closed to car traffic
Monday, Sept. 22KamayanSpecial Filipino dinner
Monday, Sept. 22TennisLive music.Photo courtesy of Tennis
Kyra Gaunt. TEDFellows Retreat 2013. August 17 – 21, 2013, Whistler, BC. Photo: Bret Hartman
Through Sunday, Oct. 5Arsenic and Old LaceThe Center’s production of the Joseph Kesselring comedy about the secret cellar of the Brewster sisters.
There will be no escape as Universal Orlando Resort unleashes the horror of Halloween Horror Nights 22, featuring all-new haunted houses, hundreds of terrifying “scareactors” and a completely reinvented street experience that will leave guests with nowhere to turn. Recently named “the country’s best Halloween event” for the fifth consecutive year by Amusement Today, Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 22 will feature all-new horrifying experiences, including four haunted houses based on some of pop culture’s biggest icons: AMC’s hit television series “The Walking Dead;” popular video game and motion picture franchise “Silent Hill;” the bad boys of magic, Penn & Teller; legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper; and more.
Down the road:Monday, Sept. 29Belle and SebastianLive music.