Arts & Events

2026 Halloween costumes: Google's top trending looks include Buddy, NeeDoh and Nikki. Discover the characters and the stories behind them.

Street Fighter leads the Oct. 16–18 box office, You Can See Everything breaks out, and Clayface heads next weekend’s forecast. Top ten, winners and losers.

Utica Zoo Spooktacular returns Oct. 17–18 with 13 treat stations. Check admission, $5 treat cards, costumes and free shuttles.

Utica's Abolition History Day returns Oct. 21 at Hope Chapel, marking 191 years since a mob disrupted an anti-slavery gathering.

Utica Zoo to Host 40 th Annual Spooktacular Harvest Festival The Utica Zoo’ s SPOOKTACULAR Harvest Festival will be returning for its 40 th consecutive year...

Pace University has completed a $200 million Lower Manhattan performing-arts center backed by $175.4 million in New York State resources.

“They say that rock ‘n’ roll is here to stay… but where?” asked Max Arloft, the music critic played by Jeff Goldblum in “Between the Lines,” Joan Micklin Silver’s 1977 film about an alternative newspaper in Boston. “Certainly not at my place, it’s too small.” Rock is making its bid for yet another revival, as…

Join us as we celebrate our annual village-wide Halloween in Hamilton! Enjoy a spooky celebration with stories, trick-or-treating, and a free movie! Safe fun for...

Rattlin’ Bog performs at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 19 in Festine Auditorium at MVCC’s Rome campus. The Music Mondays concert is free and open to the public.

YWCA Mohawk Valley’s Take Back the Night continues at Rome City Hall on October 22, from 6 to 8 p.m., following Tuesday’s gathering in Utica.