- ‘Into the Woods’, 7:30 pm, Briggs Opera House, White River Junction. $20-55. (Theater)
- Fall Foliage Book Sale, 12-6 pm, Milne Community Room, Aldrich Library, Barre. (Books)
- Closing of the Inne,Return of the Viking Games! Shire of Coldwood, Peru, NY (SCA)
- Magic: The Gathering, 6-8 pm, Brownell Library, Essex Junction. (Gaming)
- Archer Mayor, 7 pm, Phoenix Books, Burlington. $5. (Authors)
- Renewable Energy Conference & Expo, 7:30 am-7 pm, Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington. $40-260; free for exhibit hall only. (Energy)
- Queen City Ghostwalk: Darkness Falls, 8 pm, Burlington City Hall Park, Burlington. $15; preregister. (Ghosts)
- FNM – Friday Night Magic – See our homepage for format, 6pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
- American Red Cross Blood Drive. See redcrossblood.org for details. 12-6 pm, Various locations statewide, Vermont. (Blood)
- Terror in the Fields, 7:30 pm, Bertrand Farms, Pittsford. $6-11. (Haunts)
- Science-oriented talk by Martin Chalfie, 12:30 – 1:20pm, McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216, Middlebury College, Middlebury. (Talk)
- Early Bird Math, 11 am-12 pm, Richmond Free Library, Richmond. (Maths)
- Another Anime Convention 2014, Oct 17 – 19, 2014, Manchester, NH. (Conventions)
- “Night Sky” Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium, 3:30pm – 4:00pm, Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury. (Astronomy)
- FNM at Heroes Kingdom, 6:00pm, Heroes Kingdom, St. Albans. (Gaming)
- Tabletop Sanctuary, 6:00pm – 10:00pm, Crowe’s Nest, Randolph. (Gaming)
- MTG:FNM Brap’s, 6:30pm, Brap’s Magic, Burlington. (Gaming)
- FNM at the Book Garden, 7:00pm, Book Garden, Montpelier. (Gaming)
- Campus Movie: Guardians of the Galaxy, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM, Dole Auditorium, Webb Hall, Norwich University, Northfield. (Movies)
- The Relationship Between Stress, Biochemistry and Food. 6-7:30pm, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier. (Food)
- Halloween Costume Party & Dance. 7-11pm, American Legion, Northfield. 21+, $5. (Halloween)
- “Where’s My Robot?” Puppet Show. 10am, Waterbury Public Library, Waterbury. (Robots)
- Friday Night Magic: Standard, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Black Moon Games, Lebanon NH. (Gaming)
- Flames of War Open Play, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Black Moon Games, Lebanon NH. (Gaming)
- Public Star Gazing Partie, 7:30pm, Green Mountain Observatory, Hinseburg. (Astronomy)
