If you missed First Friday celebrations last week here’s a second Friday worth checking out!

All ages show this Saturday at Anchorage Community Works!

Free spoken word workshop today at 4 p.m. at the Muldoon Library!

Do you know the superstitions about Macbeth? It’s said to be cursed and traditionally performers refer to it as “The Scottish Play” to avoid bad luck (sort of a Voldemort situation).

Come see West High School’s performance of The Scottish Play November 13-15 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8.

Calling all teen film makers!

As part of the Anchorage International Film Festival, Bear Tooth and Alaska Teen Media Institute will host the “After School Special” Dec. 11, 2014! They’ll screen films directed and produced by Alaska teens!

This is an opportunity for youth filmmakers to show off their work and a chance for Anchorage to see what they have produced!

Anchorage-area youth (ages 12 to 20) may submit their films for the screening!

Deadline: Nov. 26, 2014

For more information, check out https://www.facebook.com/events/595603313902378/?fref=ts

Anchorage Jazz Workshop hosts a weekly jazz jam session Sundays from 4-6 p.m. at Organic Oasis on Spenard. The jam session is open to all middle, high school, college students and adult instrumentalists and vocalists.

Piano, PA, drum set, bass and guitar amps are provided if needed. Bring your instruments and have fun jamming on Jazz, Blues, Latin, and Funk songs!

Baseball, butterflies, water and wind are inspirations for the UAA Dance Ensemble’s opening night performance, Friday, November 7 at 8 p.m. in the Jerry Harper Studio Theatre.

Experience the world premiere of original dance celebrating the power and beauty of nature and change.

Featuring the talents of UAA students and alumni, including the winning trio of the 2014 Big Feat Little Feet creative community challenge presented by Pulse Dance Company as well as Dayoung Yoo.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/13APwx7

This month’s Sci-Fi Flicks and Facts at the Anchorage Museum, watch the 1960 sci-fi classic film “Atom Age Vampire,” then enjoy an informal conversation about radiation in medical treatments with Diana Wilson, Southcentral Foundation physician assistant.

The fun starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 6. This event is FREE and open to the public.

Don’t miss the Studio Ghibli Movie Festival at the Alaska Experience Theatre November 7-16!

Bosco’s Comics Cards & Games is showing a collection of the best Japanese animated movies of all time. Dress your best for these fantastic movies and enter for your chance to win some cool schwag!
Here are the films and times:

My Neighbor Totoro – 11/7 at 6pm & 11/8 at 8pm
Howle’s Moving Castle – 11/14 at 6pm & 11/15 at 8:30pm
Princess Mononoke – 11/7 at 8:30pm & 11/8 at 5pm
Spirited Away – 11/14 at 6pm & 11/15 at 8pm
Up on Poppy Hill – 11/9 at 5pm & 11/16 @ 5pm

In the creepy traditions of “The Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery,” “Shadow Hour” is a collection of medieval tales come to bone chilling life in a journey into the unknown.

Show times are October 31 at 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. at APU’s Grant Hall Theatre. Tickets are $6-11.