A plethora of performances, relive your teenage years, look into the future, hear new holiday classics, and more ways to book your week.

Plus, knife-wielding women.

Bookstores are magical places. Visit them.

Read poetry, glow in the dark, celebrate four-legged friends, and some rad BBQs this weekend.

Get in the last word, shop for skeletons in your closet, get into the knitty gritty, wrestle with your outer demons, and more ways to rock your weekend.

Catch some cartoonists’ openings, freak and geek out at bingo, cackle at comedy, scratch your brain at trivia, and more ways to get October started right.

[Ed note: Reminder, we now have a separate roundup for activism-focused events, which we encourage you to check out here.] 1. Start your […]

[Ed note: Reminder, we now have a separate roundup for activism-focused events, which we encourage you to check out here.] 1. Get in […]

[Ed note: Reminder, we now have a separate roundup for activism-focused events, which we encourage you to check out here. If you […]