Halloween
      thurs. 18 Hell House Buffalo - Area premiere of Todd Warfield's interactive Halloween haunted house opens 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 and continues 7-10:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 745 Main St., second floor, Buffalo; $.
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Sinister student body
      There is something evil going on at St. Charles School for Boys in Starry Night Theatre's production of "Child's Play," ending this weekend at the Ghostlight Theatre. The play by Robert Marasco tells the story of three priests and three lay teachers who join forces to battle a seemingly possessed...
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Theater
      Openings thurs. 18 The Pillowman - Martin McDonagh's haunting and profoundly unsettling play directed by Robert Waterhouse opens 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 and continues 8 p.m.
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Art
      fri. 19 Karl Heerdt - Opening reception for new works titled "Nature and Inspiration," 6-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 and continuing through Saturday, Nov. 17 at Meinbohm Fine Arts, 478 Main St., East Aurora; free.
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Festivals
      sat. 20 Oktoberfest Celebration - Authentic German cuisine, dessert, beer, wine and pop; themed basket auction, 50/50 raffle and prize for best "Authentic Octoberfest Attire," music by the Frankfurters, 6:30-10:30 p.m.
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Live Local in WNY
      Aaron James & The Blue Flames, 9 p.m., Merlin's, 727 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; $. 886-9270, www.merlinsbuffalo.com thurs. 18 Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, The Tralf Music Hall, 622 Main St., Second Floor, Buffalo; $.
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Family Activities
      thurs. 18 Magic School Bus - Children ages 5 and up are welcome to join Miss Lucy and the Junie B. Jones Club, 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
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I Hate Sally solidifies sound on 'Don't Worry Lady'
CD REVIEW
by RISA WASIK Assistant Copy Editor
      I Hate Sally, the Canadian metalcore band from Kingston, Ont., has unleashed its second full-length album, "Don't Worry Lady," onto the music scene with a voice that demands to be heard. The 10-song disc is the follow-up album to "The Plague" (2005), the four song EP released after Dee Prescott t...
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Speakers
      thurs. 18 Nineteenth Century Italian Art: "Realism, Regionalism and the Risorgimento," anarthistorylectureby Laura Sommer, assistant professor at Daemen College, 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
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Performance
      fri. 19 The comedy of Suzanne Westenhoefer, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, The Tralf Music Hall, 622 Main St., Second Floor, Buffalo; $. 852-2860, www.tralfmusichall.com Killers of Comedy from Howard Stern, with Rev.
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Dance
      thurs. 18-sun. 21 Zodiaque 34 - The Zodiaque Dance Company, under director Tressa Gorman Crehan, present this new program, 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 through Saturday, Oct. 20, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
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Symphonic/Classical
      fri. 19 Andras Schiff - Pianist Andras Schiff presents an all Beethoven program as part of the Ramsi P. Tick concert series, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1080 Main St., Buffalo; $.
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Film/Video
      thurs. 18 'Out At The Wedding' & 'A Four Letter Word' - Two smash hits from the ImageOut Festival, the Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, will have an exclusive showing in Buffalo.
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Concerts
     thurs. 18 Phil Lesh & Friends, a band that includes Phil Lesh, Jackie Greene, Larry Campbell, John Molo and Steve Molitz will play a 7 p.m. show Thursday, Oct. 18 at Shea's Performing Arts Center, 646 Main St., Buffalo; $. 852-5000, ticketmaster.com
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Literature
      fri. 19 Timothy Donnelly - Writer presented by Poetics Plus program at UB and Hallwalls, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center's Cinema, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo; $. 854-1694, www.hallwalls.
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Tours
      sat. 20 The Exclusive Statler Hotel Tour - Tour will recall the hotel's illustrious past and reveal the restoration under way, 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
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Auditions
      • The Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus is seeking soloists for Handel's "Messiah" (Dec. 2) and Verdi's "Requiem" (May 4). To schedule an appointment, call 833-6642.
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Bel Canto, Chautauqua Chorale to hold joint concert
      The ABC Bel Canto Choir and the Chautauqua Children's Chorale will hold a joint concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21 at Christ United Methodist Church, 350 Saratoga Road, Amherst. Admission to the concert is free. The ABC is under the direction of Sue Fay Allen, and the chorale will be led by Nancy...
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