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Join natty necromancers Albert Lucio and Jake Cordero of the Austin Séance as they take over the Vortex's Pony Shed to 1) demonstrate tools used by working mediums and 2) use those tools in modern re-creations of old-time séances. We say: This gig is smart, much more hip than hokey, and just right for the demon-haunted holiday weekend.

Here's a solo show by the prolific Gerardo Rodriguez, featuring more than 25 original paintings – and free monster beer from Zilker Brewing Company. This epicenter of unfettered imagination and ceaseless creative labor aspires to be the official home of misfit monsters — and that includes you, citizen: Come on down in your wildest costume and celebrate the season of haunting.

AFF's fest and writers conference is a must for anyone wanting to be a screenwriter, TV writer, playwright, or podcaster. A range of tickets are available, from film passes to student badges to all-access badges, for the hundreds of films, TV premieres, parties, and informative panels.

Salvage Vanguard Theater presents Adrienne Dawes' new play – an immersive performance that features puppets by Julia Smith and original music by Graham Reynolds – as inspired by Mexican casta paintings that depict the mixing of races in colonial Latin America. Look: A wealthy patron commissions an apprentice to paint a casta series, but the portraits come to life and revolt. Performances (an excellent cast, directed by JKJK) will take place in the Rapaport Atrium of the Blanton Museum's glorious venue.

The Neo-Noir Canon: Part I: An underappreciated gem set in 1948 L.A., about a World War II vet (Washington) who becomes entangled in a political scandal after being hired to find a missing woman (Beals).

Scream Screens: Sutherland and Christie are mesmerizing as a couple tormented by horrifying experiences during a Venice getaway.

It’s a game show. It’s a jam. It’s a game show jam! Game devs, digital artists, performance artists, musicians, tech folk, and aspiring hosts will collaborate across two days to create your very own game show, with the stage, audience, and contestants provided. Then the games will be showcased the next Thursday at a meetup with other games, spooky vibes, and good times.

Samhain! It's the witches' new year, so of course that local bastion of ritual theatre – Austin's one and only Vortex – celebrates with an occult-inspired burlesque show created by the irrepressible Blaise Ricin. Enjoy a night of tantalizing terpsichore as the Chantry gathers to revel in darkness and all manner of devilry and mischief plays out before your ensorceled eyes.

Rock out with a special Halloween edition of the punk and indie rock karaoke, with a costume contest with prizes for best emo and goth costumes, limited-edition Phantom Fest-inspired shirts designed by Brad Bond, and Halloween pop-ups, all benefiting nonprofit SIMS Foundation.

Who did the Jigglewatts collaborate with for two album release parties? Mr. Lewis and the Funeral 5! And now the burlesque babes are back with their bodacious bump-and-grind, featuring the band at this new and g-g-g-ghostly show.

One, two, Freddy's coming for you ...

This exhibition brings together the work of seven ACC Studio Art faculty members – Jill Bedgood, Jonas Criscoe, Melanie Hickerson, Brian Johnson, Haydeé Victoria Suescum, David Thornberry, and Gary Webernick – who work in a range of media including painting, drawing, printmaking, assemblage art, and sculpture.

This new exhibition, "Cultivating Community through Art: Sam Coronado’s Serie Project and Its Continuing Legacy," provides a fine, curated look at exactly what the title says, touching on Coronado Print Studio today, while also demonstrating the new opportunities that can be cultivated through persistence and dedication to the arts.

What many consider is the best anime ever made.

This collection presents more than 30 music posters by artist Leszek Żebrowski.