<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0UmBvi_0wBDMV6I00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0UmBvi_0wBDMV6I00" width="640" height="360" ></figure>Above: The Bowens Wharf Seafood Festival takes place Oct. 19-20 in Newport. There’s so much to do as the colors change, besides just going out and watching the colors change. There’s the Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow-cast performance, as the vehicle prepares to enter its 50th year, beer and seafood festivals and of course, good music from off-beat and familiar bands near and far. Of course, there’s also a special happening, the Wilbury Theatre is doing a staged reading of my play (The Rise &amp; Fall of) Gilligan’s Island Family Restaurants. It’s the story of seven people trapped in a fast restaurant by rapidly changing off-stage terrorist groups dictating their orders through the drive-thru. How can I serve you, indeed! (Tuesday, October 22 at 7 p.m. at the Wilbury Theatre in Waterfire Arts Center, 475 Valley Street, Providence. Admission is free.)NEARWeekend:Rocky Horror Picture Show, Friday, Oct. 18, ProvidenceThis campy, bawdy musical send-up of gender and sexual roles was far ahead of its time, and necessarily failed commercially (though certainly not creatively) with a movie that melds the uplift of Hair and soapy theatricalism of Cabaret to the narrative chassis of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. It was adapted to film from a script by Richard O’Brien (Igor/Riff-Raff in the film), which failed upon release in 1975, despite a star studded cast including Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Meatloaf (pre-”Dashboard Lights”) and Barry Bostwick (mayor of ‘90s comedy Spin City). While great fun in a B-movie manner, what made it a cult classic was the audience participation, which included oft-hilarious rejoinders to on-screen dialogue/activity that developed over dozens of viewings and spread by word of mouth. There are also a multitude of props, like a live-action 3D experience, and of course, the shadow-casting where (usually) costumed characters mirror the action on screen in the aisles of the theater. It was clearly the inspiration for Mystery Science Theatre, but even more than that RHPS provided an acceptable avenue of expression for young people exploring the fluidity of gender and expression (designer Sue Blane’s fashions arguably inspired punk) to do so in a public milieu – not surprisingly as part of a theatrical experience that is a lot of fun just to witness. This group has been shadow-casting for over 40 years, and performs every few months, if you can’t catch this one. Also, there’s a touring version of RHPS with actress Little Nell on hand for autographs etc. It’s Thursday, Oct. 24, and costs $50 and up. If you’re interested in the big ticket touring revue (with its own shadowcasting team), visit www.thestrandri.com. Otherwise, AS220 has you covered. 9 p.m.. $12. Presented by The RKO Army in conjunction with performance space AS220. 115 Empire St. https://as220.org/calendar/rko-army-presents-rocky-horror-picture-showHonorable Mention: 15th Annual Beervana, Saturday, October 19, ProvidenceThis is an extremely popular event which can only be explained by the local love of craft beer. For the price of admission you’re given a glass and three hours to enjoy two ounce pours from over 80 different breweries. There’s also food catered by Pizza J. For a few dozen dollars more you can purchase a VIP ticket that affords entry an hour early and a $10 food voucher. 12:30/1:30-4:30. $65-$100. Waterfire Arts Center. 475 Valley Street. www.beervanafest.com/Weekday: Micah Schnabel, Tuesday, October 22, ProvidenceWhen I say Micah Schnabel is a poor man’s Craig Finn, it’s an endearment. Schnabel spent 16+ years leading underappreciated Two Cow Garage, who were sort of a poor man’s Lucero, his whiskey-scarred vocals wailing over chunky alt-country rumble. Like Finn, Schnabel has a gift for the jaundiced street level view of America, premiering as a solo artist (sounding a bit like Hamell on Trial) post-Two Cow with 2017’s Your New Norman Rockwell, which is a pretty good elevator pitch, if Norm favored the same gritty disaffected outsiders as Lou Reed and his ilk. If you dig the Hold Steady, you’ll like his latest, The Clown Watches the Clock, where he laments, “My heart is a strip mall, and it’s going out of business, broken windows, neglected, indifference, writing on the wall that says, there’s no such thing as an innocent witness.” Indeed. Micah Schnabel &amp; Vanessa Jean Speckman,Anthony Loffredio with Ernie Lau. 7pm door. $12. Alchemy. 171 Chestnut Street. www.alchemyri.net FARWeekend: Bowen’s Wharf 33rd Annual Seafood Festival, Saturday-Sunday October 19-20, NewportWe are at the tail end of Seafood Festival season, and this is pretty much your last chance to enjoy the outdoor beer-drinking, oyster shucking, clam slurping wonder of the Rhode Island shoreline as the final grains of seasonable weather tumble from the hourglass. “Fish tacos, lobster rolls, stuffies, chowder, fried calamari, clams, oysters, signature cocktails and cold beer,” says the site, and that about says it all. There’s live music besides the tents of food and libations until 6 p.m. each night. It’s a rain or shine event. One thought: you might want to think about parking before you get there. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free admission with tents all along the wharf and surrounding area. 1 Bowen’s Landing.www.bowenswharf.comWeekday: The Jayhawks, Thursday, October 24, Fall RiverSo many of the musicians who got their start in Minneapolis in the ‘80s are still making music, but outside of Bob Mould, nobody has remained as vital as Gary Louris, leader of the Jayhawks. They are perhaps the penultimate Americana band with strong echoes of The Band, but always objected to the categorization. Louris notes that while the instrumentation is obviously comparable to the style, the melodic approach is different, more informed by British Invasion acts. It feels like a quibble, music is no longer that musicians’ so much as the audience’s once it’s released, like a child. But no matter how you describe it, the Jayhawks write some of the finest adult contemporary pop/rock which used to be this whole genre but as the industry turned to shearing the young and innocent from their disposable income, become deeply neglected to the point where the artists themselves essentially took it over as a co-op and now it supports what used to be legacy artists making sophisticated thoughtful generally mid-tempo rock. Their latest, 2020’s XOXO was their most collaborative to date and quite eclectic. 7 p.m. door, 8 p.m. show. $69 adv $74 dos. Narrows Center, 16 Anawan St. 508-324-1926. www.narrowscenter.org.</div></body>

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Above: The Bowens Wharf Seafood Festival takes place Oct. 19-20 in Newport. There’s so much to do as the colors change, besides just going out and watching the colors change. There’s the Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow-cast performance, as the vehicle prepares to enter its 50th year, beer and seafood festivals and of course, good music from off-beat and familiar bands near and far.