Created and hosted by the ace video-foraging duo Shane Wahlund and Michael Anderson, Collide-O-Scope is the twice-monthly Re-bar night featuring hours of enrichingly freaky video, from news bloopers to 1970s variety-show disasters to mind-bending found treasures. The theme of tonight’s show is Halloween, so expect thrills, chills, creepy-crawly gross-outs, Halloween-inspired modern dance routines, and full-frontal Witchiepoo, all presented in a room serving free popcorn and Red Vines (and any booze you want, for a price). (Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, rebarseattle.com, 8 pm, $6, 21+)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...