Human Roast House Riverside Arts Council Downtown Riverside's very own haunted house returns to life for four nights of fear each week (Thursdays through Sundays, plus Halloween). Havoc is unleashed upon Downtown Riverside thanks to notorious serial killer Austin Reed Trebbe. Human Roast House is Trebbe's home, where he plans and executes his murders. You make your way through the house, only to find more and more victims, as well as soon to be victims. But watch out...at any moment, Austin Reed Trebbe could be right around the corner.

When: October 12 - 31 from 7-11pm Where: Corner of University & Main, Riverside, CA. 92501 For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.humanroasthouse.com

Chateau Poe Riverside Dickens Festival Share a glass of horror with stand-up tragedian Edgar Allan Poe when Riverside Dickens Festival presents Chateau Poe. Travis Rhett Wilson will be appearing as Edgar Allan Poe for one night of terror, wine and hors d’oeuvres along with an evening of unsettling small-talk with the author. Mr. Poe will recite: A Cask of Amontillado on the first night and The Tell–Tale Heart for the second. Costumes and shrouds are encouraged but not required.

When: October 14 & 21, 2012 | 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Where: Canyon Crest Winery, 5225 Canyon Crest Drive, Suite 7A, Riverside, CA For more information please visit www.dickensfest.com or call 951.781.3168

The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Riverside Children’s Theatre Don’t be late, for a very important date! Join Riverside Children’s Theatre as they present William R Dixon's The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland which tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy realm. She encounters many, many characters on her nonsensical journey: The White Rabbit, March Hare, a smiling Cheshire Cat in a tree, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar, the Dormouse, White Queen, the Queen of Hearts, the King of Hearts and a Frog Footman, just to name a few. Alice finally awakens to find that she had been sleeping and it was all just a dream. Combined with their signature live orchestra, this will be a show that you won’t want to miss. ASL interpreted for both shows on October 20th.

When: October 12 – 20, 2012 Where: Ramona High School Theater, 7675 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92504 For more information please visit www.riversidechildrenstheatre.org

LABYRINTH-TESLIM Barbara & Art Culver Center for the Arts Original Compositions and Traditional Music from Greece and Beyond Revered Crete-based composer-performers Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma of Labyrinth join the exploratory string duo Teslim (Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus) in a mesmerizing evening of instrumental music inspired by the modes and odes of Greece, the world’s most ancient and fertile cultural crossroads. The quartet displays astonishing skill at presenting instrumental songs wrung through impossibly complicated rhythms rooted in the musical traditions of the Mediterranean and Near East. A pantheon of ethnic string instruments including the oud, saz, laouto, baglama, bulgari, divan, cura, violin, viola, and lyra will guide listeners on a journey deep into the stirring repertoire of Greek, Turkish and Sephardic music. “Gorgeous string dues with violin and an array of Middle Eastern lutes…profound, quietly joyous music.” - Jeff Pinzino, Casual Listening “Flexer and Hegedus are creators of new music based on a profound love of traditional Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Jewish, and Balkan musics. Kaila’s fiddle playing is, as ever, supremely subtle and satisfying, and she has a strong kindred spirit in Hegedus.” – Hollis Tayolor, Fiddler Magazine.

When: October 18, 2012 | 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Where: Barbara & Art Culver Center of the Arts, 3834 Main St., Riverside, CA 92501 For more information please visit culvercenter.ucr.edu

This Is The 60s Fox Performing Arts Center The 1960s were, without question, the most exciting and innovative decade in the history of popular music. It's the soundtrack that altered the lives of millions and had a dramatic effect on everything from hairstyles to human rights. THIS IS THE '60S is the ultimate multimedia stage experience exploring the events that shaped the music and the music that helped shape the events of one of the world's most turbulent periods. Through a creative blending of live music performance, film, dance, lighting, computer-generated imagery and high-concept stage design, THIS IS THE '60S recreates every aspect of the decade's pop culture. Featuring the music of: • The Beatles • The Rolling Stones • The Beach Boys • The Dave Clark Five • The Monkees • The Mamas & The Papas • The Supremes • Simon & Garfunkel • Jefferson Airplane • Cream • Janis Joplin • Jimi Hendrix • The Who • The Temptations • Three Dog Night …and many others. More than just a musical performance, the show is a total immersion into the pop culture of the 1960s, including TV commercials, retro dance numbers, vintage fashions, TV shows and historic newsreel footage ranging from the JFK assassination to Woodstock. THIS IS THE '60S is a baby boomer's dream come true, offering them a flashback to the glory days of love beads, incense, peace signs and some of the best music in rock history. It's like spending a night at Shindig, the Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore all rolled into one.

When: Ocober 19, 2012 @ 8:00 p.m. Where: Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501 For more information please visit foxriversidelive.com

Neighboring Sounds Barbara & Art Culver Center for the Arts "Quiet! Can you hear that? The debut feature from critic-turned filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho opens with a striking montage of a neighborhood in the Brazilian city of Recife. The images are ominous, alternating between slinky Steadicam tracks and eerily unwavering long shots. But it’s the sounds that predominate: The cacophonous squeals of children on a playground, the nails-on-a-chalkboard grind of an electric sander, the metal-bending crunch of two cars crashing together. Filho’s anxiety-inducing formal control is in full force throughout this multicharacter narrative. And there are even a few horror-movie jump scares that hint at the confrontationally sociopolitical turn the film takes in its impressively calibrated last half-hour." Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York. FIPRESCI Prize, Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2012 Brazil | 131 minutes | Unrated

When: October 19 – 20, 2012 | 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Where: Barbara & Art Culver Center of the Arts, 3834 Main St., Riverside, CA 92501 For more information please visit culvercenter.ucr.edu

Looking Back on Local Stories of Social Justice and Civil Liberties City of Riverside Planning Department & Riverside Metropolitan Museum Join in as we take a comprehensive “look back” on local stories of social justice and civil liberties that make the history of Riverside so unique, through a special 3-day event featuring a historical symposium, panel discussion, book signing with author Mark Rawitsch, and historic walking tours in downtown Riverside. The event is presented by the City of Riverside - Planning Department, Inland Empire Section of American Planning Association and Riverside Metropolitan Museum. The event is sponsored by: UCR Department of History, California Historical Society, County of Riverside-Department of Public Health, The Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties, Inlandia Institute, JACL, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Riverside Museum Associates, Riverside Public Library, Riverside Art Museum and The Mission Inn Museum and Foundation.

When: October 19 - 21, 2012 Where: Downtown Riverside For more information, please visi: www.riversideca.gov/museum

Zombie Crawl Riverside Downtown Partnership Riverside Downtown Partnership will once again host the Riverside Zombie Crawl in Downtown Riverside to celebrate the Halloween season. Downtown Riverside will be invaded by zombies on Main Street in the Civic Plaza block between University and Mission Inn Avenues. Make-up artists will be on hand between 2 pm and 4 pm to help attendees unleash the zombie within. DJ Albert Figueroa and local choreographers Carrie Mikuls and Selvana Elwardany will provide entertainment. There will be children’s Halloween crafts provided through DragonMarsh, a downtown store. Zombies can show how scary they are at the costume contest. Registration will begin at 2 pm through 4 pm with three different categories: Ages 2-7, 8-14, and 15 and up. The contest will begin promptly at 4:30 pm. Participants will be judged on creativity, original design, and attention to theme. The contest will be judged by surprise community members so be hungry to win one of our first, second and third place prizes. After the costume contest, actors from the Riverside Arts Council’s haunted house “Human Roast House,” located on the corner of University and Main, will launch themselves on an unsuspecting audience and give a sneak preview before it officially opens for its 7 pm-11 pm run. As a special bonus, the Riverside Downtown Partnership will give away 50 tickets to the “Human Roast House.” The undead community can keep the party going by visiting some of our local establishments for some zombie drink specials (at participating establishments).

When: October 20, 2012 | 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Where: Downtown Riverside For more information please call 951-341-6550 or visit riversidedowntown.org

The Mavericks Reunion Tour Special Guest: Shelby Lynne Fox Performing Arts Center The Mavericks are back. The country-steeped garage band with a Cuban-American lead singer emerged from Miami with their sultry debut that was equal parts innocence, intensity and vintage influences. But time has a way of melting when you're busy living life – and two decades has passed since their polyrhythmic brand of post-modern country has given the world "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down," "Here Comes The Rain" and "Dance The Night Away." Their hit, "Here Comes The Rain", won a GRAMMY for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. "The fans have always understood us," says Raul Malo, the lead singer with the rich, supple voice that's second to only Roy Orbison in its ability to convey lonesome, desire and vivre. "We made them feel good – and that was something then, as now I think, people wanted. Life is so serious; even for a moment, let's forget and enjoy!" Shelby Lynne is brash, uninhibited and absolute in her artistic conviction. She was awarded the Best New Artist GRAMMY for her album I am Shelby Lynne and made her acting debut in 2005 playing Johnny Cash's mother in the motion picture "Walk the Line." Her latest album, Revelation Road, will be released on October 18. Never one to go with the crowd, Shelby continues to stand apart from the mainstream music world. She recently founded her own label, EVERSO RECORDS. Lynne's Tears, Lies, And Alibis, EVERSO's first release, debuted at No. 16 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart in April of 2010.

When: October 20, 2012 @ 8:00 p.m. Where: Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501 For more information please visit foxriversidelive.com

Ghost Walk California Riverside Ballet The night is cast in shadows and all gather to be entertained as California Riverside Ballet presents the 21st annual Ghost Walk Riverside. Come celebrate another year of ghosts, ghouls and goblins in Downtown Riverside. This year six tour options will be available for the spooky pleasure of all who enter. Tours perfect for young and old are Old Yeller, Spellbound Night and Skull Walk. For those who've fallen in love with the stories of old, the Purple Waze tour will offer the best stories from the past. And for those who seek the thrill of more mature tales, Dark Dreams and Blood Springs Road await your journey. Featured locations this year include the vacated Coroner's Building, Fire Station No. 1, Riverside Art Museum, the Historic Fox Theater and the Riverside Library, plus a few nooks and crannies never before seen on these tours. But the fun doesn't stop there. Once again, there will be live entertainment featuring music, dance and tricks and treats. The highlight of the event will be an appearance by Pure Atoma, an all-teen band playing the latest hits in pop music on the Main Street Stage. Other entertainment will be provided by Mad Marionettes, Cover Me Bad, Riverside City College Brass Quintet and more. Come early and stay late to enjoy the carnival attractions, fun food and ambiance unique to Ghost Walk Riverside. Purchase your tickets now at www.crballet.com

When: October 26 – 27, 2012 Where: Downtown Riverside For more information please call 909.782.7812 or emailsusan@adgrlsu.com

Mexico at the Hour of Combat California Museum of Photography Mexico at the Hour of Combat: Sabino Osuna’s Photographs of the Mexican Revolution is an exhibition and book based on the Osuna Collection of 427 glass negatives of the Mexican Revolution, which are held in the Special Collections section of University of California, Riverside. The collection mainly covers the period 1910 to 1914. The principal photographer was Sabino Osuna, about whom little is known. Internal evidence suggests that he was a commercial photographer in Mexico City, whose work shifted from portraiture and architectural studies to photo history when the Revolution began. He had excellent access to the protagonists on all sides and captured many moods of this dramatic revolutionary period. The collection is not just an odd gathering. It displays internal unity, with several concentrations of subject matter. Additionally, in contrast to the famous Casasola Archive of nearly 500,000 images that cover the Mexican Revolution through the 1940s, the Osuna archive presents one person’s viewpoint, rather than that of a hundreds of photographs as with the Casasola Archive. A 118-page book that includes several essays accompanies this exhibition which is available at the UCR ARTSblock bookstore or from Laguna Wilderness Press. The exhibition opens in the month of November in order to coincide with Riverside’s annual Día de los Muertos celebration on November 2, 2012, and the anniversary date of the Mexican Revolution, November 20th, 1910, when Francisco “Pancho” Villa and Pascual Orozco led the first insurrectionist attack.

When: November 3 – January 5, 2013 | Reception: November 3, 2012 | 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Where: California Museum of Photography, 3824 Main St., Riverside, CA 92501 For more information please visit cmp.ucr.edu

Orange Aid Riverside Art Museum In 2006, the Art Alliance of the Riverside Art Museum created a giant orange project which scattered artist-inspired fiberglass fruit around Riverside streets. This time they have shrunk the oranges and will be creating a grove of over 100 small fiberglass oranges created by local artists. Artists have been asked to use the small oranges as a unique canvas for their talents for this fundraiser. Each orange is just a bit bigger than a basketball and weighs about 9 pounds. When finished, all 120 oranges will be displayed in an orange 'grove' show at the Riverside Art Museum. On November 9, 2012 there will be a benefit event from 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at which the oranges will be given to sponsors through a lottery. All proceeds from the sponsorships of small oranges will benefit the Riverside Art Museum and its many exceptional educational programs and exhibits. A limited selection of art oranges will be up for silent auction.

When: November 1 - 9, 2012 | Benefit: November 9, 2012 | 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Where: Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501 For more information please visit www.riversideartmuseum.org

Dia De Los Muertos Division 9 Gallery Riverside Metropolitan Museum Although celebrated in many cultures, Día de los Muertos is an important Mexican holiday honoring loved ones who have passed away. It is celebrated every year as the holy days of All Saints Day and All Souls Day (November 1st and 2nd). On All Soul’s Day, adults who have died are honored through altars displaying their favorite foods, drinks, personal belongings, flowers, candles and incense. The festival includes Aztec dancing, traditional altars, music, children’s activities, food, dance by Ballet Folklórico de Riverside, catrinas and calacas, handmade Mexican Items for sale and a community altar (Bring a copy of a loved one’s photo). Partners include Division 9 Gallery, Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Ballet Folklórico de Riverside, Riverside Arts Council and City of Riverside Parks, Recreation and Community Services.

When: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6:00 – 9:00 pm Where: Downtown Riverside (Between Orange and Lemon on Mission Inn) For more information call Danielle Leland at (951) 826-5124 or email at dleland@riversideca.gov.

Black Tie Riverside Community Players When Curtis learns that his son is getting married; he is thrilled to share the time-honored traditions that have been passed from father to son for generations. Curtis plans a rehearsal dinner and a toast that would make his own father proud. Unfortunately, nobody has informed the free-spirited bride and her unconventional family of the propriety that is expected on such an occasion. Cultures clash and Curtis must decide which traditions he is willing to give up and which are worth fighting for.

When: November 19 – 25, 2012 Where: Riverside Community Players, 4026 Fourteenth St., Riverside, CA 92501 For more information please visit www.riversidecommunityplayers.com

Baby Tattooville Inside Out: A Private Affair Made Public Riverside Art Museum The exhibition is grounded in the work of artists in the first generation of the Lowbrow movement as well as many that may be considered on the fringes of or outside the movement today. Rejecting traditional notions of what is considered "fine art," Baby Tattoos oeuvre draws on such influences as comic book art, hot rod culture, fantasy illustration, the macabre, retro nostalgia, science fiction and psychedelia. Confirmed artists for this year’s exhibition include Coop, Mark Frauenfelder, Brandi Milne, Nouar, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Ragnar and Rob Reger.

When: September 25 - December 14, 2012 Where: Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501 For more information please visit www.riversideartmuseum.org or www.babytattoo.com