Agenda

Sat.-Sun., Oct. 20-21, various times, free, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md., 443-554-6181, www.redemmas.org/bookfair
The Mr. Lertchman Toy Release Party and Monster Art Show Opening reception Fri., Oct. 19, 7-10 p.m., exhibit runs through Nov. 19, Jinxed Clothing, 620 S. Fourth St.

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Risk and danger abound when Beijing LDTX Dance Company presents The Cold Dagger. Frankenstein, King Kong, Amadou Diallo %u2014 to many of you, it probably sounds like I'm tastelessly free-associating. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is one of a handful of dance companies that regularly appear in Annenberg's Dance Celebration series, and for good reason. The Philadelphia Theatre Company's new home, the Suzanne Roberts Theatre on the Avenue of the Arts — that's what we call Broad Street south of Here, people of all ages and nationalities get creative with the cans %u2014 works hail from the U.S., Russia and elsewhere around the globe.