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The Rocky Horror Show

$15. The Mobtown Theater at Meadow Mill, Baltimore.

Factory Edge Theatre Works's premiere production is Richard O'Brian's cult classic of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.

D.C DanceSport Inferno: Amateur and Collegiate Ballroom Competition

$30 for all three days, Saturday and Sunday day $10, Saturday evening $20, students Saturday and Sunday day free, students Saturday evening $10. University of Maryland, College Park.

Ballroom has enjoyed something of a resurgence of late, between Dancing With the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and weird knock-offs like Dance Your Ass Off. Not to mention the swing revival, which some still think is money. This weekend you can watch collegiate and amateur ballroom dancers sail across the floor in one of the largest ballroom competitions on the East Coast--over 800 dancers registered this year. And "amateur" doesn't mean "bad" here--these dancers are 100 times better than Donny Osmond or Tom DeLay or whatever has-been is doing the cha cha on TV these days. You'll get to marvel at some spectacular dancing and athleticism--that's right, we said athleticism; there's a reason so many people on dancing shows get injured--and at the intense scoring and rules (it seems like the more sequins the contestants in any competition wear, the more inscrutable rules they will be subjected to). Looking at the web site, we see that a closed impetus might hel (Anna Ditkoff)

Veteran's Day Swing Dance

$50. B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore.

Tonight, the B&O Railroad Museum provides you with the chance to party 1940s style. In conjunction with the B&O Railroad Museum Veteran's Weekend, the museum hosts "Veteran's Day Swing Dance," an opportunity to dress in your favorite '40s-period dress or dance clothes and enjoy Dale Corn and Orchestra's live swing music. The ticket price includes dance instructions, refreshments, and admission to the museum today or Sunday; proceeds from ticket sales will go towards the USO and the museum's educational programs. (Samantha Blee)

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Mozart and Mahler

$26-$60. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore.

Mozart's Eine Kleine Nacht Musik is one of those pieces whose ubiquity doesn't ultimately dim its jaunty charm. This weekend, Marin Alsop and the BSO couple it with perhaps Mahler's lightest (for Mahler) symphony, No. 4 in G major, with soprano Susanna Phillips (pictured) tackling the solo part. A trio of Mozart's concert arias fills out the program. (Lee Gardner)

D.C DanceSport Inferno: Amateur and Collegiate Ballroom Competition

$30 for all three days, Saturday and Sunday day $10, Saturday evening $20, students Saturday and Sunday day free, students Saturday evening $10. University of Maryland, College Park.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Mozart and Mahler

$26-$60. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore.

Peabody Dance's Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers' Seminar

peabody.jhu.edu/dancemc. Peabody Institute / Griswold Hall, Baltimore.

The dance community is invited for a day of movement and inspiration with Peabody's outstanding faculty and internationally renowned guest artists Marcia Dale Weary, Rhodie Jorgensen, and Laszlo Berdo. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with master classes for students ages 8 and up, with elementary to advanced levels following all morning. The afternoon Ballet Teachers' Seminar will be held from 2:15-5:30 p.m., taught in two sessions by guests Weary and Berdo, with Berdo's class focusing on special training techniques for male students. Master classes are $30 for intermediate/advanced, $15 for elementary. The Ballet Teachers' Seminar is $80 for senior teachers; apprentice/student teachers $65. Special rates are available. (Rachel Krakauer)

Tour De Greater Homewood/Jack Yates Memorial Ride

$10 suggested donation. University of Baltimore Gordon Plaza, Baltimore.

Late last summer, Jack Yates, an enthusiastic friend of Baltimore's bike community, was killed while riding along one of Baltimore's more heavily trafficked cycling commuting routes. This second annual Tour De Homewood, a relaxed ride through the quieter streets of North Baltimore, doubles as a memorial ride, with donations going to the juvenile justice programs Yates supported. There are two separate routes, one around five miles, and one around 15. (Michael Byrne)

"How to Pay for College"

free. Enoch Pratt Free Library, central library, Baltimore.

One dilemma facing both parents and teens alike is the question of where the money to cover increasing college costs is going to come from. There's tuition, textbooks, meal plans, parking passes, housing, and a slew of other college expenses that can leave one anxiously anticipating bankruptcy. Luckily, there's help: This annual seminar, sponsored by Baltimore's own U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-7th District), gives both parents and their teens a chance to meet with college-admissions representatives and scholarship organizations, sit through programs on financial assistance and countless scholarship opportunities, and talk to someone who can answer the tough questions, alleviate some of the worry, and start you on your way to affording college. (Christian Quezada)

Get Em Mamis

Metro Gallery, Baltimore.

Glad someone's still making hip-hop for the party--not message rap or thug rap, but good old-fashioned beats for the get down (in all its definitions, we suppose). The Get 'Em Mamis duo's dropped two releases already this year--the Terawesome mixtape and, shortly thereafter, the Terawesome album proper--and between club banger "Rock Wit Me," the infectious and sublimely weird "Cold Summer," the hippy-qua-R&B jam "Put You On," and the don't-even-fuck-with-us "Boss Bitch Business" the Mamis are straight owning the rhymes in this town. Westport: Believe the hype. (Michael Byrne)

Numero's Eccentric Soul Revue

$25. 9:30 Club, Washington.

Featues legendary soul singer Syl Johnson.

For Teachers: AVAM's annual Visionary Soiree!

free, but you must reserve your spot. American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore.

By now, the school year is in full swing. Students know their teachers' expectations and teachers have their lesson plans lined up and ready to go. But wait, maybe some of the lesson plans are just not as fresh and fun as they used to be. Solution: The American Visionary Art Museum is holding sessions for teachers to help inspire them to incorporate art into teaching by showing first hand what a field trip to the museum will entail--and everybody loves a field trip. The event is free, but space is limited so call to reserve a spot. (Christina Mayhue)