You could boldly go where no one has gone before. But we recommend you go where everyone goes, like the Bestie-winning nightclub Oasis to see hilarious shows like "Star Trek Live." Select even more alluring galaxies to explore in Going Out.

New reissues of works albums by John Lennon, Joni Mitchell even Michael Hutchence of INXS have been released in some in lavish packages with Blu-rays and booklets.

A 1939 comedy about murderous spinster aunties doesn't immediately induce goosebumps. But Matt M. Morrow, Center Rep's new artistic director, says he's cracked open the old chestnut and found new inspiration.

August Thompson's "Anyone's Ghost" shows that there's still life in the currently overdone genre of drug-fueled, sex-driven, gay coming-of-age stories.

"The World According to David Hockney," by Martin Gayford, Thames & Hudson publishers, seems designed as a holiday stocking stuffer: colorful images by Hockney, including several greatest hits, and Hockney quotes, or "epigrams" as Gayford describes them.

Berkeley's Shotgun Players are mounting a bracing, madcap, riotously raunchy production of Jen Silverman's "Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties," which is sub-subtitled, "In essence, a queer and occasionally hazardous exploration."

Now through August 25, the Marsh presents the inaugural In Front of Your Eyes Performance Festival. This series of live performances will present developing work by women and nonbinary performers, with new solo works by Marga Gomez and Tina D'Elia.

"Seeing Through: a Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera" is a long-winded but often touching first-person memoir by the prodigious American composer, Ricky Ian Gordon. If gossip is the fruit of love, Gordon is usually tender in his mentions of others.

Coleman Domingo stars in A24's gripping "Sing Sing," based on the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program started at Sing Sing in 1996. The film follows incarcerated members as they stage a play from its inception to its opening night.

Next summer, a new musical, "Five & Dime" will premiere at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. This month, Bay Area theater fans can get a close-up look at the show in the late stages of its gestation.

Donna Minkowitz has been a dynamic force in the literary world for decades. Her journalism and memoir have won acclaim. Now she's taking us on a multiple (and single?) character novel set in her self-named town.

If Arkansas-based Willi Carlisle isn't on your radar yet, he should be. Not only do Carlisle's distinctively poetic lyrics separate him from most of the pack, but as an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, his talent is sure to make a lasting impression.

Set in 2016 in New York City, "Ways and Means" is about money and becoming aware of the personal dramas caused by it. Author Daniel Lefferts, 35, paints a compelling picture of the strange things cold-hearted capitalism spawns.

Merry musicals, classy concerts, admirable art exhibits and naughty nightlife are all in this week's Going Out.