The newest addition to the downtown arts community, the Ruff and Tumble Theater Company, is bringing socially conscious theater to intimate audiences in an urban setting, said Mike Brown, one of the founders of the company, whose temporary home is the Utica Monday Nite building, 106 Genesee St.

The Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts will host a closing reception for a show of works from the collection of Adam Spiridilozzi, the center’s new director, from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the center, 401 S. Ann St. A.M. Breakups will provide entertainment.

The current exhibit at the newly renovated Loretta Romano Gallery (formerly The Red Room) at the Stanley Center for the Arts brings together three local artists: one new, one returning and one veteran.

Entertainment from Nov. 13-19.

Jim Infantino writes funny songs, but he’s not a comedian. What’s on his mind comes out in the form of intelligent, tongue-in-cheek lyrics sometimes laced with a political or cynical message about human neuroses.

It’s been almost two years since Roy Brown was released from jail after serving 15 years for a murder he didn’t commit, but he still hasn’t found justice.

Entertainment from Nov. 6-12.

Jeff Suszczynski of the Gifted Children believes lyrics are a snapshot, and often not worth repeating. Keep it short, but make the point — that’s one of the principles of the Rochester/Buffalo-based pop-rock band.

Chances Are if you go to a Johnny Mathis concert you’re bound to hear something Wonderful, Wonderful and may even get a little Misty.

On his A.M. Breakups MySpace page, Utica native Marris Mielnick names Broad Street among his influences.