Our Fall Season opener promises an explosion of creative energy akin to the moment when two atomic halves come together to achieve critical mass!---We ram together a pair of 45-min. sets---one animated and one musical--- to properly inaugurate OC’s autumn programming. Featured is the world premiere of Salise Hughes’ marvelous rendition of Mickey Mouse’s inside story---following two tunes from Bernal Heights’ Scott Stark, the second being a duet with Jeremy Rourke! Jeremy’s presence invokes Peter Lichter, Sharon Liu, Gretchen Hogue, Laura Harrison, and the latest (The Lost Season) from Boulder genius Kelly Sears. The musical “half” leans in a festive, even comical direction, with some half-dozen anomalies from the margins of mid-century popular culture---Josie and the Pussycats, Sesame Street, two kinds of ventriloquism, and the premiere revival of Sam Green and Sarah Jacobsons’ Fabulous Stains.

Come early for our reception with Korla Pandit, Barney Google, Kraftwerk, free toast-and-jam, and Russ Forster scratching vinyl on the sidewalk! $12