💋😉 Flirt for free Hamilton tickets? Done.

🚲 Start the weekend on the right … pedal. Blue Cross Blue Shield is offering free, $25 Bluebike credits while supplies last. Redeem yours with code BLUECROSSMA1010 in the rewards section of the Bluebikes app. Happy biking!

🏋️❤️‍🩹 Speaking of fitness freebies … We’re teaming up with Blue Cross Blue Shield and Big Night Live on Oct. 28 for a free two-part event. First, a 45-minute sculpt class with Alyssa Pannozi of Rev’d Fitness. Then, free snacks and drinks, merch giveaways, and more! RSVP here.

👀 What’s on tap today:

Up first…

T-1 day until the long weekend. Which means it’s officially time to start planning your itinerary. 

Here’s what’s going on:

🍿 Catch a spooky movie under the stars. The Greenway is putting on a lineup of spooky movie nights this month with FREE popcorn, candy, and blankets. This weekend’s showing? “Goosebumps,” on Oct. 10. 

⛴️ Set sail for the last time … this season, anyway. To mark this year’s final weekend of ferry service, you can nab $5 tickets to Spectacle or Peddocks Island on Oct. 11, 12, and 13. Grab ‘em here!

🥵 See Boston’s HOTTEST standup show. Picture “Hot Ones,” but instead of a YouTube show, it’s local comics attempting to perform a one-minute set after eating increasingly spicy wings without crying, puking, or chugging milk. You can catch it for free on Oct. 11.

🍎 Keep the doctor away. By eating every apple in sight at the Roxbury Russet Festival on Oct. 11. This apple-themed fest will have lawn games, crafts, vendors, a beer garden … and of course, TONS of apple goodies (hi, free apple cider doughnuts!).

👻 Tell Spirit Halloween to kick rocks. ‘Cause this year, you can thrift all the wicked, weird, and witchy wares you need at the Brighton Bazaar’s “How Bazaar” vendor market on Oct. 11 and 12.  

🏓 Dink your way into a date. Boston Single Mingle is putting on a pickleball singles mixer at Harpoon on Oct. 11. If you won’t do it for love … do it for the free raffle for “Hamilton” tickets every attendee will be automatically entered in. <3

🧙 Chow down on a bewitching brunch. Time Out is putting on a “Hocus Pocus” drag brunch and bingo bash on Oct. 11 with themed performances, cocktails, and spooky prizes for the winners.

🎺 HONK! Your way through the weekend. We all know about Harvard Square’s massive annual Oktoberfest and HONK! Parade on Oct. 12. But did you know that Camberville will be celebrating all weekend long with tons of free musical performances?

🐶 Put the “howl” in Halloween. What’s better than a dog in a Halloween costume? TONS of dogs in Halloween costumes, plus food specials and a treat bar! A.k.a. Time Out’s epic Howl-Ween party on Oct. 12.

🎨 Get artsy in the Fenway. 20+ of the neighborhood’s arts and culture institutions will open to the public for the hood’s annual “Opening Our Doors Day” on Oct. 13. Expect exhibits, nature walks, performances, and MORE. Peruse this year’s lineup here.

🖼️ Spend a day at the museum. In honor of Indigenous People’s Day on Oct. 13, the MFA and ICA museums are offering free admission! Depending where you go, expect themed exhibits, classes, and programming. Here’s how to nab your tickets:

✨ 🍂 Spoiler: it’s not anywhere with $15 cider donuts and mile-long lines. FPW (Foxborough, Plainville, Wrentham) hits justtt right this season: quiet leaf-peeping trails, cozy bookstore browsing, farm-to-table meals, and outlet shopping without getting elbowed in the ribs. End the day at the casino if you’re feeling lucky, and boom — the perfect fall escape, just 40 minutes from Boston. Start planning your FPW trip now.

🌧️ It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a nor’easter. It’s a big weekend of “firsts” for Boston weather: On Thursday night, we saw our first frost of the season, and come Sunday, we’ll likely see our first strong nor’easter since 2023. Projections show the storm rolling in Sunday evening and sticking around through Monday, bringing 2.5 inches of rain and up to 45 mph winds to Boston and much of southeastern New England. That said, the weather is famously ever-changing, so keep up with the latest here.

🚇 Taking the Orange Line this weekend? Good luck, babe. From Oct. 11 to 13, service will be suspended between North Station and Forest Hills. Shuttle buses will make all the usual stops between Forest Hills and Back Bay, plus an extra stop at Copley. But from Copley to North Station, you’re on your own kid (i.e., taking the Green Line). If you’d rather avoid the madness, the commuter rail will be fare free between Forest Hills, Ruggles, Back Bay, and South Station. *Sigh*.

🔥 PSA: You should probably check your smoke alarms. Back in 2015, a change to Mass.’ fire safety code meant that many smoke alarms were swapped out for versions with sealed, 10-year batteries. Which means they’re set to expire … right around now. Not sure about yours? Check your alarm’s manufacturing date (it should be on its back). If it’s over 10, or undated, It’s time for a new one. Note: If you need to chuck your alarm, make sure to dispose of it properly, depending on the type of battery it uses.

🥯 It’s a GREAT month to be a Boston foodie. Let’s count the reasons why! 1. Twisted Fate Brewing just opened a new spot in Suffolk Downs. 2. PopUp Bagels is opening its Harvard Square outpost TODAY. 3. Brick Street Bagels is finally opening its brick-and-mortar shop on Oct. 11. 4. Ritual Cafe is brewing up espresso and matcha drinks to match your mood at the Foundry the same day. 5. Brassica Kitchen + Cafe is opening its new expansion (including pizza!) Oct. 15.

The B-Side is a proud media sponsor of the Boston Fall Festival, the ultimate celebration of our favorite New England season just steps from the T. Expect everything from hayrides to live music at the sprawling Hood Park venue The Yard Charlestown.

Stop by on any of the four days of the fest to grab a cider doughnut (or five), take a hayride, eat delicious festival food, and welcome the fall season to Boston. Tickets are $15, and if you’re a B-Side member, you get to enter for free!

On Sunday, Pats QB Drake Maye pulled off an epic W against the undefeated Buffalo Bills. Twenty-four hours later, he and offensive tackle Will Campbell were breaking bread in the North End. 

Maye and Campbell were spotted having dinner at Tony & Elaine’s (also the venue of our first-ever supper club, NBD). Apparently, they dined on mozzarella sticks, meatballs, pasta alla vodka, bolognese, and lots of garlic bread … and snapped a pic with Tony himself, who was thrilled to see them.

“I was so happy to see them come in — especially after such a big win! I was watching the game on TV the night before, and then to have them here, it really meant a lot,” he said. “Feels like the Patriots are back, you know?” We know, Tony.

— Written by Gia Orsino, Emily Schario, and Claire Nicholas

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💜 Special shoutout to today’s sponsor, Visit FPW, for supporting local journalism and giving you the perfect excuse to hit the road this fall. 

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