If you aren’t excited about this weekend yet, this email will fix that for you.

Ernest Braun shot iconic photos of Eichler homes and midcentury design over a nearly 70-year career. His son Jonathan, a San Anselmo native, presents a look back at his work. Reception 6pm, presentation 7pm. RSVP to [email protected] with your name and party size.

A documentary focused on Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes just before she began her prison sentence. It’s by Nathan Fielder, who lived with her family for over a month and is… a unique filmmaker. Cinelounge created a transparency room where you can take a real lie detector test and enter a staring contest. Friday and Saturday, 7-8pm for the transparency room, show times vary.

Novato Theater Company hosts two nights of Bay Area stand-up with a different five-comic lineup each night. 8pm Friday and Saturday, $25 per night or $40 for both.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon is the oldest continuously operating saloon on the West Coast and is throwing a two-day birthday party with happy hour prices all day and live music each night. Friday and Saturday, no cover.

Irish musicians and step dancers from around the Bay perform at eight spots around downtown Fairfax, from pubs and shops to a tea house and the Pavilion, all within walking distance. Friday-Sunday, free.

A kid-friendly Halloween magic show at Novato City Hall, with two showtimes so you can pick what fits your morning. 10am or 11:30am, free.

Caledonia Street closes for a beer, wine, and spirits festival with live music and local vendors. It’s free to stroll, and unlimited sampling wristbands are for sale. 1-5pm, wristbands are $36 using code BUZZED25.

The best a cappella groups in the country face off for the national title at the Marin Center. The contest started at San Rafael’s Mayflower Pub and is now called “the Super Bowl of a cappella.” 7:30pm, $42-69.

You get a glass and a map of downtown tasting locations to sample beer, wine, cider, and spirits. Plus there’s a cable car to shuttle you up and down 4th Street. 2-6pm, $30 in advance using code MarinBuzz6off.

Marin Stargazers volunteers set up telescopes in the Back Ranch Meadows lot to show you the moon’s craters, Saturn’s rings, and the stories behind Cassiopeia and Andromeda. 6:30-8:30pm, ages 12+, $5 donation, registration required.

A singles night with a mixer game at Mog Asu Wine Bar. Only men’s tickets remain. 7-9pm, $50.

A ski swap in San Rafael runs Saturday-Sunday, 9am-4pm. The above designer staging furniture sale in Novato kicks off this Friday and Saturday. Plus, a Marin native plant sale starts online Thursday 6pm, with pickup October 24 at Bon Air (popular plants sell out fast).

Kitsch + Sync (say it fast: “kitchen sink”) just opened in Novato near Creekside Bakery. It’s a kids’ indoor play place with some attention to what parents actually want too: sit down, sip a beverage, and enjoy a quality meal.

The hit is the panini lineup, and three of them, Big Brisket Energy, Pork You Very Much, and Mother Clucker, include meats by Lone Mountain BBQ. That’s Chris Stafford, who grew up in Larkspur and fell for barbecue in his early 20s while living in Northwest Arkansas. Back home in Marin, he kept his day job in tech and sold Central Texas-style brisket on the side. These days he mostly caters big events and weddings off a 1,000-gallon offset smoker built in Tennessee.

Sounds like a place both kids and parents will enjoy. We’re excited to check it out!

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Thanks for reading. If you know of anything interesting going on in Marin, just reply to this email to let us know.

— Allison + Brian