5 Things You Need to Know Today: October 24

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1. Tonight there will be a book release party for Roslindale resident Armand Inezian's "VampCon" at the Roslindale Library. Event starts at 6:30 p.m., reading at 7 p.m. Free. 4246 Washington St. 
2. Also today, there will be a free flu clinic at the Greater Roslindale Medical and Dental Center for people age 3 and older. 2-4 p.m. 4199 Washington St.
3. Today attend a free Citibank home buying seminar at Citibank at 20 City Square, Boston, today at 10 a.m.
4. Also today the Copley Boston Public Library has partnered with the National Archives to offer digital war records from current conflicts all the way back to the Revolutionary War. This event is free and it begins at 6 p.m.
5. The 25th Annual Roslindale-West Roxbury Kiwanis Club Benefit Auction and Dinner takes place on Thursday at the Irish Social Club on Park Street in West Roxbury. Net proceeds from this event help us to support local organizations such as children's programs at the West Roxbury-Roslindale YMCA, scholarships for graduating seniors through the Joseph P. Sullivan Scholarship Fund (via The Cooperative Bank), the Roslindale Food Pantry, as well as the American Diabetes Association and Juvenile Diabetes Association. $15. 6 p.m.