Get your fake blood and undead makeup ready, and practice now for Halloween with the Eighth Annual Zombie Walk. Walk participants meet at 6 p.m. at the South Park gazebo, 12th and Massachusetts streets, for photos and T-shirts; the walk down Massachusetts Street starts at sundown.

Storms, cooler temps

More thunderstorms are likely this morning. Then there is a the chance of scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. A few storms may be severe. The high will be a breezy 72 degrees, and winds will be from the south-southeast, shifting to northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80 percent.

Buena Vista battle

The “Decisive Battles” Fort Leavenworth lecture series continues with “Forgotten Transcendence: The Battle of Buena Vista, 1847” with Dr. Gregory Hospodor, at 3 p.m. at the Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive. The series brings scholars from the Army’s Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth on the first Thursday of every month through November.

Pop poetry

Tony Trigilio’s poems tell stories about alien abductions, vampiric soap operas and Kennedy-assassination conspiracy theories. Trigilio will read from his work at 4 p.m. in the English Room of the Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.. The reading is free and open to the public. There will be a question-and-answer period and book-signing afterward.

Zombie Walk

Get your fake blood and undead makeup ready, and practice now for Halloween with the Eighth Annual Zombie Walk. Walk participants meet at 6 p.m. at the South Park gazebo, 12th and Massachusetts streets, for photos and T-shirts; the walk down Massachusetts Street starts at sundown.

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• KU places Kappa Sigma fraternity on interim suspension based on ‘disturbing and serious’ sexual assault allegations
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More Oct. 2 events

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., west side of South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets.

Story Time for Preschoolers, 10-10:30 a.m., Prairie Park Nature Center, 2730 Harper St.

Cottin’s Hardware Farmers’ Market, 4-6:30 p.m., outside store at 1832 Massachusetts St.

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 p.m., west side of South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets.

Baker University Community Choir Rehearsal, 6-8 p.m., McKibben Recital Hall (Owens Musical Arts Building), 408 Eighth St., Baldwin City.

Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St.

Free English as a Second Language class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

Affordable community Spanish class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

Signs of Life Bluegrass Gospel Jam, 7-10 p.m., Signs of Life, 722 Massachusetts St.

“The Nervous Set,” 8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Trivia Night, 8 p.m. The Burger Stand, 803 Massachusetts St.

Team trivia, 9 p.m., Johnny’s West, 721 Wakarusa Drive.

Thursday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry’s Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa St.