1. Keeping true to its 鈥渁nything-goes鈥� performance style, the 32nd聽instalment of Dances for a Small Stage features a range of genre-crossing collaborations from Odissi Indian dance and flamenco to Euro-styled contemporary, ballet and burlesque in the intimate performance space of the ANZA Club. It all goes down Oct. 20 to 23. Details at .
2. The 28th annual 麻豆传媒映画Writers Fest casts its literary charms across Granville Island Oct. 20 to 25. Authors include Camilla Gibb, Charles Demers, David Constantine, Elizabeth Hay, Jim Shepard, John Vaillant, Patrick deWitt and Lauren Groff, whose latest novel, Fates and Furies, has critics and readers drooling. Seriously, the festival is installing drool mats for all of Groff鈥檚 reading events. Details at .
3. 痴补苍肠辞耻惫别谤鈥檚 Dan Bejar continues to confound with his latest Destroyer release, Poison Season. The full-length follow-up to 2011鈥檚 shimmery, 鈥�80s tinged Kaputt finds Bejar and band straddling the chasm between 鈥�70s-era Bowie and Lou Reed rockers with a whiff of saxy Springsteen thrown in and lushly orchestrated chamber pop complete with gentle crooning. Hear for yourself when Destroyer plays the Commodore Oct. 17 with openers Frog Eyes. Tickets at Red Cat and all Ticketmaster outlets.
4. Whether you feel like celebrating or drinking the pain away, Theatre Conspiracy has you covered on election night. Tim Carlson hosts a 鈥渞ollicking (non-partisan) election-night cabaret鈥� featuring local punk legend Joe Keithley (D.O.A.), all-girl punk band Glad Rags, election commentary/comedy by Riel Hahn and David Bloom and more. See democracy or a reasonable facsimile at work Oct. 19, 7 p.m. to midnight at the Odd Fellows Hall 1443 West Eighth Ave. Advance tickets at .
