Wednesday, October 28, 2009

UPDATE: PHOTOS AND VIDEO -- Rocky Horror and more Halloween happenings

YOUNGSTOWN - Valley24.com is once again sponsoring The Zou’s Rocky Horror Show on Halloween at Cedars Lounge.

“We’ve done this before, but every year we try to take it to the next level, or at least another level,” Khaled Tabbara, The Zou’s lead singer, says. “Last year it was more spacey, more on a Flaming Lips level. This year we’re just trying to rock it.”

On Saturday, The Zou will perform an original set and another set covering music from “The Rocky Horror Show.”

Other acts slated to perform include Rachel’s Secret Stache (Akron) and Flotation Walls (Columbus) . Rachel’s Secret Stache previously performed at Cedars with The Zou at the release of “Archaeopteryx.”

There will also be a costume contest with Viking Jim from WNCD 93.3-FM’s The Homegrown Show. Prizes include gift certificates to Indie Wax, tickets to The Oakland Center for the Arts and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and T-shirts from Defend Youngstown and the bands and CDs from the bands.

This year, The Zou’s performance is dedicated to John Rakin.

Tabbara says when he was a teenager, Rakin introduced “The Rocky Horror Show” to him and friend, Lee Prosenjak.

Tabbara says Rakin was killed in a car accident this year.

“This is kind of dedicated to John for being a great friend and getting us into this,” Tabbara says.

Tabbara says as Rocky Horror brought he and Prosenjak together, The Zou’s Rocky Horror tradition “creates life long fans.”

“We want people to get into The Zou, also,” Tabbara says. “So if we’re going to cover these songs, we’re going to showcase what we’re all about. It feels like we should give it a ‘Zou treatment.’”

Also at Saturday’s show, The Zou’s recording of Rocky Horror songs will be available for purchase. Tabbara says they’re sold about 700 copies online and about 500 printed copies so far.

Tabbara says he’s also looking forward to seeing a performance of “The Rocky Horror Show” at The Oakland, directed by Robert Dennick Joki, who did not return phone calls for this story.

According to a press release, The Oakland will stage Richard O’Brien’s cult-hit musical “The Rocky Horror Show,” which will run Oct. 30 to Nov. 14. There will be midnight shows, the only time audience interaction is encouraged, Oct. 31 and Nov. 14.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors (55+) and $10 for students.

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Other Halloween happenings, including shows, parties, haunted houses and more are listed by category below:

Parties:

• YSU Dance Club Halloween Dance Party
• Where: Peaberry’s in Kilcawley Center on the Youngstown State University Campus
• When: Oct. 30 from 6 to 9:30 p.m.
• Haunted History Halloween Party
• Where: Burt Building, 325 W. Federal St., Youngstown
• When: Oct. 30 from 8 to 11 p.m.
• Cost: $10
• A Rusty Halloween (21+) with DJ Stan the Man
• Where: The B&O Station, 530 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown
• When: Oct. 30, 8 p.m.
• Cost $10
• Good & Evil Party (21+)
• Where: Lanigan’s Irish Pub and Eatery, 126 E. Washington Street, New Castle, Pa.
• Cost: Unknown

Shows:

• Realtime Digimob with ADD - Dj R.I.D.s and OpeyMD (All ages)
• Where: The Lemon Grove Café, 122 W. Federal St., Youngstown
• When: Oct. 30, 9 p.m.
• Cost: Free
• 3AP’s 4th Annual Halloween Bash & Aranea CD Release Party
• Where: Mojo’s Pub and Grille 5423 Mahoning Ave., Austintown
• Who: I.O., Obsydyan, Kill The Limbo and Fat Anderson
• Cost: $5 to $10
• Dizzy Whore/Halloween Party (21+)
• Where: Rudy’s Restaurant, Mercer, Pa.
• When: Oct. 30, 8 p.m.
• Cost: $2
• Geo C and Tha Storm
• Where: The Lemon Grove Café, 122 W. Federal St., Youngstown
• When: Saturday, Oct. 31, 9:30 p.m.
• Cost: Unknown
• Redline
• Where: Rosetta Stone, 110 W. Federal St., Youngstown
• When: Oct. 30 at 9 p.m.
• Cost: Free
• Halloween Party with Bustin Loose (18+)
• Where: The Fireplace, 2075 E Western Reserve Road, Poland
• When: Saturday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• Cost: Unknown
• Rumbledaddy (18+)
• When: Oct. 31, 8 p.m.
• Where: University Pizzeria, 133 Lincoln Ave, Youngstown
• Cost: $5
• 5 Elements with Captain Braskey and Phoenix Rising
• When: Oct. 31, 9 p.m.
• Where: Aces Wild Wings, 277 Boardman-Canfield Rd., Boardman
• Cost: $5
• Halloween Show with Gingerspittz, Noetic and Thunderrider (18+)
• When: Oct. 31 at 8 p.m.
• Where: Barleys, 21 W. Federal St., Youngstown
• Cost: $5
• The Michael Austin Project New Orleans Jazz Halloween Party (21+)
• Where: Razzy’s Lounge at Quality Inn, 3200 S. Hermitage Road, Hermitage, Pa.
• When: Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m.
• Cost: Unknown
• Sweet Delights do “Purple Rain” (18+)
• Where: Cedar’s Lounge
• When: Oct. 30 at 11 p.m.
• Cost: $5

Haunted Houses:

• Canfield Scaregrounds at Canfield Fairgrounds, 7265 Columbiana Canfield Road, Canfield
• When: Sundays, Fridays and Saturdays
• Cost: $6.50 to $10
• Ghoul Mansion at 66 N. Main St. Sharon, Pa.
• When: Sundays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
• Cost: $7 to $10
• Ghost Lake at Conneaut Lake Park, 12382 Center St., Conneaut Lake, Pa.
• When: Sundays, Fridays and Saturdays
• Cost: $10.50 to $15.50
• Samhain Asylum at Roosevelt Park, 800 Struthers-Liberty Road, Campbell
• When: Sundays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
• Cost: $5 - $8
• Fear Forest at 6780 Tod Ave SW, Lordstown
• When: Sundays, Fridays and Saturdays
• Cost: $8 to $14

Hayrides and trails:

• Haunted Lake Trail at Lake Milton State Park, 16801 Mahoning Ave., Lake Milton
• When: Fridays and Saturdays
• Cost: $3 - $6
• Fall Fun Weekends at Ridgeview Farm, 5488 Kinsman Road, Middlefield
• When: Saturdays and Sundays
• Cost: $4 - $7
• Amazing Acres at 10,000 Columbiana-Canfield Road, Canfield
• When: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
• Cost: Free (military) to $10
• The Original Haunted Hayride sponsored by Hartford Optimist Club at StoreyLand Christmas Tree Farm, 5148 State Route 7, Burghill
• When: Fridays and Saturdays
• Cost: $2 - $6
• Springfield Haunted Hayride at 11511 Springfield Road, Springfield
• When: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
• Cost: $5 - $10
• Haunted Hayrides at Boardman Park, 375 Boardman-Poland Road, Boardman
• When: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
• Cost: $3 - $5

Other attractions:

• BYOK: Halloween Kayak (18+)
• Where: Mill Creek Metroparks Lake Newport, East Newport Drive, Youngstown
• When: Oct. 31, 1 to 3 p.m
• Cost: Free
• The Halloween Show
• Where: YSU - Ward Beecher Planetarium, Ward Beecher Hall, YSU
• When: Oct. 31, 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
• Cost: Free
• Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”
• Where: Victorian Players Theater, 702 Mahoning Avenue, Youngstown
• When: Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m.
• Cost: $8 to $10
• Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”
• Where: Main Street Theater, 702 Mahoning Avenue, Youngstown
• When: Nov. 6 and 7 at 8 p.m., Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.
• Cost: $10
• Lantern Light Walking Tour with Mercer County Historical Society
• Where: 119 S. Pitt St., Mercer, Pa.
• When: Oct. 28 7 p.m.
• Cost: Donations
• Zombie Crawl (All ages)
• Where: Meet at Oakhil Cemetery
• When: Oct. 30 Meet at 5:30 p.m., Crawl at 7 p.m.
• Cost: $5
• Y-Dance Club Halloween Spooktacular
• Where: Y-Dance Club at Ukrainian Orthodox Pavilion, 1025 N. Belle Vista Ave., Youngstown
• When: Oct. 27 8 p.m.
• Cost: $6 to $10
• “Dracula”
• Where: Youngstown Playhouse, 600 Playhouse Lane, Youngstown
• When: Oct. 23 to Nov. 1
• Cost: $12 to $15
• “DeTemor” (new one-act play)
• Where: Eos Building, 1931 Belmont Ave., Youngstown
• When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 to 31
• Cost: $7