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Literally Waltham

Welcome to the Leap Year!

(Jessica Lucci for Waltham Patch)

January 2020

1 Happy New Year! Check out Lucci's List for the freshest books to read!

2 Open 3D Design with Tinkercad, Waltham Public Library, 7-8:30PM

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3 Festival of Sleep Day! Stay in pajamas and read books all day!

4 The Great Gatsby Ball, Fairmont Copley Plaza, $75

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5 Waltham City Government Inauguration, Kennedy Middle School Auditorium, 1PM

6 SCA-Barony of Carolingia, Waltham Public Library, 7-8:45PM

7 January Jingle Mingle Sip and Shop, Breakaway Danvers, FREE, free gifts, and a chance to see Santa before he flies North!

8 A.J. Odesso Features at Stone Soup Poetry, Fort Point Arts Community, 6:30-8:30PM

9 Imagine Main Street Book Expo, 115 Main St., Manchester CT 6-9PM

10 Peggy Orenstein with her book "Boys & Sex," Harvard Book Store, 7PM

11 Monthly Birthday Celebration, Trans Club of New England, 30 Guinan Street, Waltham

12 Open Maker Time with Cricut Maker, Waltham Public Library, 3-4:30PM

13 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club: "All Systems Red"by Martha Wells, Waltham Public Library, 7-8:45PM

14 Acupuncture: Does It Work? lecture, Waltham Public Library, 7PM

15 Tara Sim with Christine Lynn Herman & Amanda Foody, Porter Square Books, 7PM

16 Thursday Night Book Club, "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah, Waltham Public Library 7:15-8:45

17 Books and Bon Bons, Gore Place, 7PM

18 Annual Book Sale, Gore Place, 12PM

19 Arisa with local panelists

20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Benkadi Drum and Dance at the JFK Library 10:30AM

21 Poetry Pouring book release, online and in stores.

22 Joel Christian Gill presents "Fights", Porter Square Books, 7PM

23 Annual Book Sale, Gore Place, 10AM

24 Safe Communities legislative hearing, Massachusetts State House, 10AM

25 Steampunk Photoshoot, American Clock & Watch Museum, 100 Maple Sreet, Bristol, CT, 9AM-12PM

26 LCS Chinese New Year Celebrations, Belmont High School

27 Initiating Inspiration, "Evicted" by Matthew Desmond, Waltham Public Library, 7:15-8:45PM

28 Crystal Metaphysics: Fear and Anxiety, Waltham Public Library, 7:15-8:45

29 ASME presentation about Hyperloop, Waltham Public Library, 6-8:30PM

30 Social Justice in Education with WPY, Waltham Public Library, 6-8:30PM

31 Inspire Your Heart With Art Day

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