Free events in Toronto this week are the solution to the problem posed by the current state of capitalism in this country wherein Halloween candy cannot be traded for goods and services in 99.9% of all life-supporting establishments and worthy enterainment venues. My experiences at No Frills today support this.

From Day of the Dead to free cookies, here are your free alternatives to autumn leaf photography in Toronto this week.

MONDAY

• New Music 101: Reference Library Mobile Performance (Balzac's, Ref Library)
• Comedy + Karaoke Mondays (The Social Capital)
• Playwrights Canada Press's Thirtybash (Hotel Ocho)
• Les heures/Ah! La lettre!/ Germaine Liu [PWYC] (Ratio)

TUESDAY

• Everyday Miracles: A Michelle Latimer Retrospective [PWYC] (Videofag)
• BL PRINT :: an arachnidiscs showcase :: COLIN FISHER & MIKE GENNARO // HOLIDAY RAMBLER // BEARD CLOSET // THE UNQUIET GRAVE [PWYC] (Smiling Buddha)

WEDNESDAY

• enRoute Film Festival (Scotiabank Theatre)
• Sheniz Janmohamed Reads at the Brockton Writers Series (Full of Beans)
• Words at the Wise (Wisebar)
• QUEER CAB - BUDDIES' MONTHLY QUEER YOUTH OPEN MIC NIGHT [PWYC] (Buddies in Bad Times)
• Jay Pollock [PWYC] The Cameron House)
• Toronto Queer Lit Night [PWYC] (Steady)

THURSDAY

• STANDARDS Music Trivia (Junction City Music Hall)
• SpeakEasy's November Jam Session (Studio O)

FRIDAY

• Culture talks @ Goethe: Pedro Ferreira (Goethe-Institut)
• Tell Me Something Good: November Sexy Storytelling Slam - Playground Edition (Holiday Inn)
• Great Books Lecture Series: Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" (Wychwood Library)
• Damaged Goods [Before 11pm] Parts & Labour)

SATURDAY

• Day of the Dead (Harbourfront Centre)
• A Very Special Afternoon In Paradise With Adam Gorham and Gibson Quarter (Paradise Comics)
• Cookiepalooza! (Degrees Kitchen Store)
• A Concert of Remembrance (Yorkminster Park Baptist Church)
• Teenage Template presents "#NOTMTL" [PWYC] (White House)

SUNDAY

• New Star Books and BookThug's Book Launch (Supermarket)
• Immigrant Women Small Business Expo 2014 (Metro Hall)
• That Choir Remembers (Metropolitan United Church)
• Lizzie Violet's Cabaret Noir featuring Cate McKim, Supertash and Roberto Angelis AKA Muther Tung [PWYC] (The Central)

Also check out these regular free events

• Elvis Mondays at the Drake
• Foosball Battle Royale, Monday, Disgraceland
• Art Gallery of Ontario free evening, Wednesday, 6-8:30pm.
• IFOA Weekly, free for supporters, students, & youth under 26, Wednesday, Harbourfront Centre
• Skin of My Nuts Comedy Show, Thursday, Sonic Espresso Bar
• Canadian Opera Company's Free Concerts series
• While nearly all art galleries in the city are free to enter, it's worth noting The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is always PWYC.
• The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) offers discounted tickets on Fridays ($10).

Do you want everyone to know about your kinda random free or pay-what-you-can event? Submit it to our event section. (You can also submit your for-money events here, greedy-pants.)

Photo by Anna Sakin via Flickr