Neighborhood organizers have delivered collection boxes for community members to contribute to the supply of Halloween candy that will be distributed this year in the Randall Street/Elm Street/Park Row neighborhood.

From the intimate performance space at The Phoenix in downtown Waterbury to concert halls in Barre and Hyde Park, live music and theater shows are in good supply this month.

Proving that kids don’t get to have all the Halloween fun, several events this month geared to adults will serve up some spooky literature, theater and film history.

This Halloween, Onion River Outdoors is hosting its annual Halloween Autumn Onion 5K race with a new Monster Mile 1-mile fun run this year.

The annual Pumpkin (and ice cream) Giveaway at Ben & Jerry’s Waterbury ice cream plant happens on Sunday, Oct. 18, in the lower guest parking lot. Bring a non-perishable food or monetary donation for the Waterbury Common Market to swap for the goodies, including Halloween treats for kids.

The Grange Hall Cultural Center in Waterbury Center is hosting the New Stage Players’ monthly play reading this weekend and an Improv Night performance and workshop on Oct. 24 featuring improv performers from Burlington.

The Duxbury Historical Society invites the community and local visitors to a service celebrating “The Abundance of the Fall Harvest” this Sunday, Oct. 18, at 10:30 a.m.

Cooler weather is coming as Vermont faces soaring heating fuel prices this winter, and a statewide coalition of energy partners reminds Vermonters to “Button Up” their homes to save energy and money this winter.

Looking to introduce the craft of woodworking to more people in the community, the folks at the MakerSphere Woodshop have scheduled multiple opportunities this fall for people to explore the shop, learn how to use the tools, and make easy projects in one session.

For its final production of the season, Montpelier’s Lost Nation Theater presents the award-winning play, “What the Constitution Means to Me,” over the next two weekends.

MORRISVILLE — Award-winning author Ann Dávila Cardinal of Morrisville is set to release her eighth book, “Hear the Dead,” on Oct. 6 and celebrate the occasion with a punk rock show at the Grange Hall Cultural Center in Waterbury next week.

Open your calendars to mark the dates of October’s offerings at the Waterbury Public Library. The October schedule has a host of new free programs, continued Vermont Reads events, and several series starting up to run from fall into springtime.

The Friends of the Stowe Free Library invite the community to their October speaker series featuring five Vermont authors representing a range of storytelling, starting with Waterbury author, filmmaker, actor and farmer George Woodard who gas a new children's book, "The Boy Who Raked Hay." 

The Mad River Resource Management Alliance recently received a state grant to support its Oct. 3 annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection event at Crossett Brook Middle School. 

Aside from Halloween, one of the most popular fall events among the preschool set happens this Sunday at Beard’s barn in Waterbury Center. With live music, pony rides, face-painting, and more, The Children’s Room’s annual Barn Dance and Harvest Fest starts at 2:30 p.m.

The Vermont Forest Cemetery, the state’s first and only cemetery fully dedicated to natural burials, celebrates its third anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 10.

As another growing season comes to a close, Waterbury gardeners of all ages gathered their best sunflower specimens for the annual crowning of Sunzilla, the Monster Sunflower.

The Big Picture Theater welcomes the Chad Hollister Band for a special homecoming of music, stories and community on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Local amateur photographer George Jackman hit the jackpot earlier this year, when his black-and-white photos took both first place and the people’s choice prizes in the final annual Shootout photo contest at Axel’s Gallery and Frame Shop.

Several events in Lamoille County over the next several weeks will highlight the lives of children during the Holocaust, including an exhibit at the Lanpher Memorial Library in Hyde Park and the Lamoille County Players’ production of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in October.

Two local nonprofits will get a boost next weekend through fundraising events planned in Waterbury and at Sugarbush.

Families are invited to Mad River Glen on Saturday, Oct. 3, for a special presentation, “Owls and Their Calls,” by the Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences, offering an up-close look at native nocturnal raptors.

The Green Mountain Dog Club invites local dogs and their humans to Dac Rowe Park on Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 26-27, for their Fall FastCAT Fun Run.