Dr. Gasp’s 13th Annual Halloween Extravaganza; Sarah Vowell reads from “Lafayette in the Somewhat United States”; Community Football Day; Speakers’ Circle with Art Collins and Neiel Israel; and Patsy Cline Tribute with Niki Luparelli.

What Tom Acitelli did for beer in “The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution” two years ago – explain how craft beer turned around U.S. industry quality – he now does for wine with “American Wine: A Coming-of-Age Story.”

The Quay Brothers animation in 35mm (and Švankmajer’s “Alice”); the fourth annual Boston Teen Author Festival; East Meets West Block Party fundraiser; VivaLatino Cambridge festival; and the What the Fluff? Marshmallow Festival.

The Cambridge Public Library has announced its citywide book club’s selection for the year: “Brown Girl Dreaming,” a memoir in verse by Jacqueline Woodson. The author will read Nov. 18.

Legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp, NASA astronaut Mae C. Jemison and others are coming to Cambridge starting Monday for a free, public weeklong Creativity Forum at Lesley University.

Comic & Graphic Novel Workshop and teen playwright talk; Pi Day celebration with music; an evening of surf art, films and music; MIT Symphony Orchestra does Mahler; and Intersections dance show.

Poets, alert! If you lament your arts’ tendency toward the transitory, Cambridge’s Sidewalk Poetry Program can get your words stamped into freshly poured sidewalk and last for a generation.

Maple Syrup Festival; Empty Bowls Project charity soup event; “Microchondria II’ short fiction launch party; The Lousy Smarch Spectacular; and silent films with live music.

It’s not just short fiction wanted for the March 1 publication of “Microchondria II: 42 More Short Short Stories.” Editors want original art for its covers.

Contributors about subcultures ranging from academia to cosplayers, punks and ravers will read and talk about their work at this free event.