The party does not have to start on Halloween. In fact, there’s many events and shows to see in the meantime — both fall themed and not, on campus and off.
1. Get Your Saratoga Comic Con On! Complete with video game tournaments (think Super Smash Bros), VR panels, and celebrity guest speakers, any gaming or comic book fan would be remiss to sit this one out. Every year Saratoga puts on a Comic Con for local fans at the City Center on Broadway. The event will take place from Oct. 26 to Oct. 27, and tickets can be bought through their website.
2. Not Safe for Classroom but worth a visit to the Case Gallery. Shaw Lenox’s solo artist show will up for a week, and currently has free “funky” stickers available for all visitors — first come first serve. The show explores Lenox’s progression of work that took place outside the classroom, as he has “found that outside of class practice has led [him] to develop a more independent sense of creativity.” The canvases layer paint in bright primary colors with harsh geometric shapes — alluding to his past life as a math major.
3. Meet the Candidates. General elections are happening Nov. 5, and whether or not you are registered to vote in Saratoga, you should know who is running and what they’re supporting. To help this ever daunting process, Skidmore Democrats and Republicans have joined forces to bring local candidates to campuson to answer your questions on Oct. 24 from 5-7 p.m. in Spa.
4. It’s Not Easy Having a Good Time, but with the third annual Rocky Horror Picture Show ghost telling held by Cabaret Troupe it just might be. The interactive viewing will start off at 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 at Spa with a “virgins’” guide for those who have not seen the show before, and the movie will officially begin at 11 p.m. All viewers are welcomed to dress up as their favorite characters and get ready for a show unlike anyone you’ve been a part of before.
5. In Their Own Words. The theme of this Tuesday’s storytelling night at Caffe Lena will be “Immigrant Identity and the Saratoga Springs Community.” Among the spoken stories, there will also be a special showing of a 360 VR video. The film, “How to Tell a True Immigrant Story,” was directed by Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, who was an artist-at-residence at the MDOCS Storytelling Institute during the 2016 summer.