Hot Off the T: 5 Things To Do in Boston This Weekend

(All events are in walking distance from Orange Line stops on the MBTA.)

1.) : Billed as "Boston's scariest costume contest," ($250 prize), the market of the living dead is held during SoWa's last open market of the season. SoWafeatures a farmer's market, 130 artists and designers in a craft market, an antique market, and 13 food trucks. On Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Take the Orange Line to Back Bay Station and walk 18 minutes to the market. 

2.) : More than 50 stores at the Prudential Mall will be handing out goodies to kiddies on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. Also includes face painting, a magician, and raffles.
Take the Orange Line to Back Bay Station and walk across the street; cut through the Copley Place Mall to the Prudential Mall (all without going outside).

3.) : As of Friday morning, tickets were still available for the Boston Symphony Orchestra's "Schumman and Strauss" show on Saturday, 8 p.m.
Take the Orange Line to Mass. Avenue Station and walk a minute to Symphony Hall. 

4.) : The  throws its annual Halloween party on Saturday at 8 p.m. Includes circus acts. General admission is sold out, but admission is available through overnight packages.
Take the Orange Line to Haymarket Station and walk 15 minutes to the hotel.  

5.) COSTUME BALL: Best costume wins $1K at Gypsy Bar's Halloween party on Saturday, at 8 p.m. Tickets, $10. 
Take the Orange Line to Chinatown Station and walk 3 minutes to the bar.