It's not just apples, bonfires, and the return of the dreaded Pumpkin Spice that we have to look forward to as the weather turns.

Local arts and entertainment is popping this fall — with plenty of great music, art, and theater to bundle up for.

It's goodbye to the beach, the hiking trail, the picnic grove. Autumn is when we take our recreational cravings back indoors. Performing arts centers, galleries, clubs and theaters are dangling bait of all kinds.

What to see? Where to go? Your own taste must be your guide — but here, in a highly idiosyncratic list, is some of what caught our eye.

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

"Pleasant Valley Sunday" (The Monkees) "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," (Aretha Franklin), "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" (The Shirelles) were all hits f

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