I want to use my MT as a sort of events calendar. I want to be able to put in a future date for the entry, but have it show up now, so people can see entries (where I will list events) in the future. Is there any way to do this?

I am using it for an "upcoming events" page.

create your entry, modify the Authored On date, set Post status to Publish and save.

ok,

now if I do an "MT ENTRIES" tag, and set it to display last 6 entries I posted will they show up if they are all in the future?

I want them to display now. But be dated in the future.

I also want my calendar to include dates in the future. So if it is December 10th, and I make a new entry, and save it with a Dec 15th date, there will be a hyperlink on the 15th on the calendar, and you can click and read the post for the 15th, even though it is still the 10th.