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The country is plagued with a bad debate, so the best option is to get out and enjoy CNY events or whatever fun personal endeavors. Take your mind off the nonsense and occupy your time with all things positive and constructive, living life and interacting with those you love.

Lighten Up & Laugh

Rob Little Thursday | 7:30 p.m. Friday | 7 & 9:45 p.m. Saturday | 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Sunday | 7:30 p.m. Where: Funny Bone, Destiny USA When: Thursday, Oct. 20 – Sunday, Oct. 23 Cost: $20 | 423-8669 Kevin McDonald & Friends Sketch Writing Workshop | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Improv/sketch show | 8 p.m. Where: Salt City Improv Theatre, Shoppingtown Mall, 3649 Erie Blvd. E. When: Saturday, Oct. 22 Cost: $180 workshop, $20/show | 410-1962 ‘A Little Spark’ SIC Fundraiser Where: The Vault, 451 S. Warren St. When: Saturday, Oct. 22 | 8 p.m. Cost: $5 minimum (donations highly encouraged) | 430-9027  

Miscellany

Syracuse International Film Festival Where: Various locations, please see website for times and showings When: Wednesday, Oct. 19 – Sunday, Oct. 23 Cost: Free – $10 admissions | 671-2188 European Beer Tour Where: Ukrainian National Home, 1317 W. Fayette St. When: Friday, Oct. 21 | 6 p.m. Cost: $45/person, $30/person in group of 6 or more | 478-9272 Water is Life Benefit Concert & Rally Where: Tsha’Thon’nhes, 3370 Route 11A, Onondaga Castle When: Saturday, Oct. 22 | 3 p.m. Cost: Free admission with a donation of outdoor garments or gear | 498-9163  

Music

Gaelynn Lea w/Jess Klein Where: The Dock, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca When: Thursday, Oct. 20 | 8 p.m. Cost: $12/advance, $15/door | (607) 319-4214 Dracula Jones w/Spring Street Family Band & Professional Victims Where: The Lost Horizon, 5863 Thompson Road When: Friday, Oct. 21 | 8 p.m. Cost: $10 | (877) 987-6487 Rod Picott Where: May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, 3800 E. Genesee St. When: Friday, Oct. 21 | 8 p.m. Cost: $15/members, $18/nonmembers  

Stage

The Birds & The Receptionist Thursday | 7:30 p.m. Friday | 7:30 p.m. Saturday | 7:30 p.m. Sunday | 2 p.m. Where: Cortland Repertory Theatre Downtown, 24 Port Washington St., Cortland When: Thursday, Oct. 20 – Sunday, Oct. 23 (closing weekend) Cost: $32/adults, $30/students, seniors | (800) 427-6160 Great Expectations Thursday | 7:30 p.m. (sold out) Friday | 8 p.m. (sold out) Saturday | 3 & 8 p.m. Sunday | 2 & 7 p.m. Where: Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St. When: Thursday, Oct. 20 – Sunday, Nov. 6 Cost: $20-$53 | 443-3275 Night of the Living Dead Friday | 8 p.m. Saturday | 8 p.m. Sunday | 2 p.m. Where: Central New York Playhouse, Shoppingtown Mall, 3649 Erie Blvd. E. When: Thursday, Oct. 13 – Saturday, Oct. 15 | 8 p.m. Cost: $20/Fri. & Sat., $17/Sun. | 885-8960  

Editor’s Picks

Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People w/Thunder Body  Where: Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St. When: Friday, Oct. 21 | 10 p.m. Cost: $10 | 474-1060 Zoo Boo Where: Rosamond Gifford Zoo, 1 Conservation Pl. When: Saturday, Oct. 22 – Sunday, Oct. 23 | 10 a.m. Cost: $8/child on top of zoo admission | 435-8511 x113 Jazz on Tap: Steve Brown & Greg Chako Where: Finger Lakes on Tap, 35 Fennell St., Skaneateles When: Sunday, Oct. 23 | 11 p.m. Cost: Free  

October Anxiety

Cayo Industrial Where: Cayo Industrial, 811 Broad St., Utica When: Fridays – Sundays Cost: $10-$13, $30/all attractions Escape the Estate Where: Shoppingtown Mall, 3649 Erie Blvd. E. When: Wednesdays – Sundays Cost: $23/Wed. & Thurs., $28/Fri. – Sun. | 855-65ESCAPE Fright Nights at the Fair Where: Beef Cattle Barn, NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd. When: Fridays – Sundays Cost: $10-$20 | 396-8390 Frightmare Farms Where: Frightmare Farms, 4816 Route 49, Palermo When: Fridays – Saturdays Cost: $13/attraction, $22/two, $25/three, $35/VIP | 436-1933  

Weather Forecast

(Subject to change, of course.) THURSDAY Temperature: 63 degrees / 55 degrees Conditions: Rain. FRIDAY Temperature: 55 degrees / 43 degrees Conditions: More rain. SATURDAY Temperature: 44 degrees / 39 degrees Conditions: Even more rain, some snow. SUNDAY  Temperature: 55 degrees / 42 degrees Conditions: Brightest day of the weekend!                                       Pssst. Hey, you. Would you like to receive this event listing in advance? It costs you nothing, and there are sometimes exclusive giveaways. Sign up to our Inside/Out newsletter here: