THEATER In-demand director Sheila Daniels, who crafted an electric Electra for Seattle Shakespeare Company last year, returns to coach Puck, Bottom, and those wily fairies on mischief making in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Oct 20–Nov 13.

ACT debuts a new adaptation of James Cain’s noir novel Double Indemnity, about a lonely insurance salesman and a housewife fatale with a thirst for murder. Oct 21–Nov 20.

We’re hearing great things about Shadow Odyssey, the latest (saucy) puppet piece by playwright Scot Augustson. Homer’s epic is translated through shadow puppets on all the walls (and the ceiling). You just recline on your floor pillow and pretend someone’s feeding you grapes. Thru Nov 5.

CONCERT Seattle indie darlings Death Cab for Cutie swapped guitars for synthesizers and melancholy for guarded optimism on their new LP Codes and Keys. Expect a lively set at KeyArena, with rising local folk-pop act the Head and the Heart opening. Oct 22.

If you say there’s no Journey without lead singer Steve Perry, you haven’t heard new front man Arnel Pineda perform “Faithfully” yet. He channels golden-era Perry from the 1970s—with better hair. Oct 21.

FILM SIFF Cinema has turned the lights back on at the Uptown Theater in Lower Queen Anne (woo!). Celebrate with a week of sing-along screenings and free showings of The Godfather, Citizen Kane, and more. Oct 20–27.

DANCE? It’s a thin line dividing modern dance, performance art, burlesque, and boylesque—ask Waxie Moon about that last one—so Velocity Dance has planned a little show-and-tell on the boundaries of movement. So You Think It’s Dance? includes a panel discussion and performances by genre benders Jessica Jobaris, the Cherdonna and Lou Show, and Douglas Ridings. Oct 22.

FESTIVALS The Northwest Chocolate Festival returns to Seattle Center with 20 bean-to-bar artisan chocolate makers, an aphrodisiac room, beer and wine gardens, a masquerade ball, Chocolate Academy, and, of course, many samples of the goods. Oct 22 & 23.

Swedish pop star Robyn, alt-country crooner Ryan Adams, and LA’s veteran funk masters Ozomatli coheadline the second annual Heineken City Arts Fest, a three-day, citywide music-and-arts festival with more than 80 bands on the bill. Oct 20–22.

Seattle’s love of the undead knows no bounds. ZomBCon returns for its second year, with special guests from The Walking Dead and True Blood. Oct 21–23.