8 “Stand By Me” (1986). Directed by Rob Reiner from a novella by Stephen King, this is a truly classic coming of age movie as four young outcasts (played by Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell and Corey Feldman) go in search of a dead body on a Labor Day weekend in 1959. It’s made all the more memorable by a score from Jack Nitzsche and the Ben E. King title song. 9 “Friday the 13th” (1980). Just about every slasher film in the 1980s was set in the summer at a camp or in a cabin usually by a lake where teens having illicit sex got murdered (with much blood) for their trouble. You have to have one on the list, so why not pick one of the classics? “Friday the 13th” rates for its misunderstood madman Jason (who actually isn’t the killer in the original) and the fact it spawned 11 sequels and remakes.

Ceramics Sale: Highlighting the new state-of-the-art ceramics facility at San Jose City College, Professional and student artists will exhibit a wide range of work, with hundreds of reasonably priced items offered for sale, Proceeds will benefit the arts program, Dec, 9-11, noon-6 p.m, San Jose City College Ceramics Center, 2100 Moorpark Ave., San Jose, Free, 408-298-2181, ext, 3816, tinyurl.com/sjccpottery2012, Christmas Boutique: Lots of unique and handcrafted items, coffee and treats in the cafe, Christmas trees and wreaths Dec, 8, 9 truck art handpainted women flat shoes ballet flats handpainted khussa juti ethnic painted shoes handpainted mojari indian jutti a.m, to 3 p.m, Crossroads Bible Church, 1670 Moorpark Ave., San Jose, 408-288-4115, cbclife.org..

And in case you missed it, here’s the official trailer for the rave which, by the way, ended with 100 people being arrested, mostly for drug offenses and drunkenness. Sometimes It Comes Down To a Matter of Minutes. Just ask the members of Guns N’ Roses, a band known for playing well into the night at places like the Oracle Arena in Oakland. The Axl Rose-fronted band is so notorious for playing past deadline that they were forced by authorities in Foxborough, Massachusetts not to play a minute past 11:15 p.m. or risk incurring the wrath of the town’s board of selectmen. Why so tough? As Selectwoman Ginny Coppola told the town’s newspaper, “This is on a Tuesday and a Wednesday. If this was a weekend, I wouldn’t have a problem with it. But it’s a work night. This isn’t going to be an acoustic evening. It’s going to be loud.”.

MACLA: “Lineas: New Modes of Contemporary Urbanism,” recent work by Tanya Aguiniga and Teddy Cruz, Through Oct, 16, 510 S, First St., San Jose, 408.998.ARTE or www.maclaarte.org, Silicon Valley Broomstick Ball: Silicon Valley Cares presents a fundraiser for InnVision, Humane Society Silicon Valley, Almaden Valley Counseling Service, Guests are encouraged to wear costumes for this event featuring dinner, silent auction, casino play and entertainment, Oct, 16, 6:30 p.m, $125 per person/$1500 table of 10, Dolce-Hayes Mansion, 200 Edenvale Ave., San Jose, 408.226.3200 truck art handpainted women flat shoes ballet flats handpainted khussa juti ethnic painted shoes handpainted mojari indian jutti or www.dolce-hayes-mansion-hotel.com..

Some famous recent presidential campaign gaffes include Barack Obama saying blue collar Americans “cling to guns and religion,” Mitt Romney dismissing 47 percent of the country as freeloaders, and Texas Governor Rick Perry awkwardly revealing that he could not count to three. Gaffes are a campaign reporter’s lifeblood, and our ultimate objective. Here’s how it works: Reporters follow the candidates around, badgering them with all manner of bizarre questions in a desperate effort to get them off their pre-rehearsed talking points. Inevitably the harassment will lead one of them — likely light-headed from inhaling the pig manure fumes at one too many Iowa county fairs — to lash out, perhaps by off-handedly calling reporters, “worse than a bunch of yapping little dogs.”.