so, that's the REALLY crummy part. if you search for events today, and there's a recurring event, it shows up. like, my search for 'todays events' returns this one resut:

[{"recordType":"calendarevent","id":"1146","values":{"title":"Recurring test","startdate":"6/1/2018","starttime":"11:00 am","endtime":"11:30 pm","organizer":[{"value":"14107","text":"Demo Developer"}],"attendee":[{"value":"14107","text":"Demo Developer"}],"recurrence":"occurs every day starting on 6/1/2018"}}]