You can’t help it. Friday makes work unappealing and makes you scour the Gay Agenda for what to do later. Of course, this weekend kickoff is bolstered by Halloween tricks and treats and celebrity guests.

• Decompress from the week. Fourth Friday Networking with Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce @ Mission Motif, 5:30 p.m.

• Arts & letters. “Snap” Photography Exhibit Opening @ Kai Lin Art, 7 p.m., and “Family Ties” mom Meredith Baxter (top photo) reflects on her four-decade career and her late-in-life coming out as she signs her memoir “Untied” @ Outwrite, 7:30 p.m.

• Do it for the kids. No Place For Hate Candlelight Vigil for Queer Youth with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (middle photo) @ Brushstrokes, 8:30 p.m.

• Halloween treats. Atlanta Outworlders Halloween Party @ Rush Center, 7:30 p.m., “Shakespeare Follies” Halloween Show @ Arts Exchange, 8 p.m., “Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller” @ Fabrefaction, 8 p.m. (Read our preview interviews with the gay leads), Emory Pride Drag Show @ Glenn Memorial UMC, 8:30 p.m., and Halloween Camp Comedy Show & Costume Contest @ Bellissima, 9 p.m.

• Spooktaculars. Discoween w/B52 Fred Schneider (bottom photo) @ Paris On Ponce, 8:30 p.m., Nightmare on Amsterdam Avenue @ Amsterdam, 9 p.m., Hall-O-Weenie @ Mary’s, 9 p.m., Boo-T Ball: Resurrection Costume Party benefits Open Hand @ Opera, 10 p.m., Bedlam WHORified @ My Sisters’ Room, 10 p.m., DJ Martin Fry @ The Heretic, 10 p.m., and more nightlife on tonight’s full Halloween bar and party calendar. Read our weekend-long Halloween party preview.

There are even more things to do on today’s Gay Agenda. View the full list on Project Q Atlanta’s interactive community calendar. You can also submit your own events.