April is National Poetry Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and includes Isra, Mi'raj, National Tartan Day, Tax Day, Boston Marathon, Patriots' Day, Passover, Easter, Arbor Day... plus our city's largest event, the Sheep Shearing Festival! I have carefully selected opportunities to explore our area this month, with these observances in mind. Thank you, Waltham, for being YOU!
1 Monday 7PM Brookline Booksmith - Transitional Series: An Evening of Poetry
2 Tuesday 7PM Porter Square Books - Book Launch "The Ghost Manuscript" by Kris Frieswick
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3 Wednesday - Contact Jessica Lucci for your picks "Lucci's List: Tween and Teen Summer Reading"
4 Thursday 8PM Brandeis - Chassidut (text based) with Peretz
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5 Friday 7:30PM Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation - Get Your Poetry On!
6 Saturday 7:30PM-11:30PM Waltham American Legion Post #156 - Waltham Arts Council presents Bill Walsh Live Bullet Scholarship Fundraiser. $25
7 Sunday 3PM-4:30PM Newtonville Books - Launch party: "Forward Me Back to You" by Mitali Perkins
8 Monday 7:15PM-8:45PM Waltham Public Library - Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club: "Kings of the Wyld" by Nicholas Eames
9 Tuesday 7:30PM Gore Place - Emerald Rae: Carriage House Concert $16
10 Wednesday 7:15-8:45 Waltham Public Library - Always Young (At Heart) Book Club: "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
11 Thursday 7PM Waltham Historical Society - Jack Cox: The Way We Played
12 Friday 9:30AM-11AM Newton Free Library - ELL: American Culture and Your Children
13 Saturday 10AM Waltham Public Library - Saturday Morning Book Club: "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
14 Sunday Lexington Visitor Center - Patriots' Day Weekend
15 Monday 7PM-9:30PM Club Passim - Passim Winners Semi-Finals Story Slam $20
16 Tuesday 7:15PM-8:45PM Waltham Public Library - Historical Themed Poetry Evening
17 Wednesday 7:15PM Waltham Public Library - English Language Learning Club
18 Thursday 7:15PM-8:45PM Waltham Public Library - Thursday Book Club: "Prairie Fires" by Caroline Fraser
19 Friday 10AM-10:30AM Newton Free Library - Tech Time
20 Saturday 10AM-11:30AM Waltham Public Library - English Conversation Group
21 Sunday - Check out the Steampunk Festival Display Case!
22 Monday 10AM-11:30AM, 7PM-8:30PM Waltham Public Library - English Conversation Group
23 Tuesday 7:15PM-8:45PM Waltham Public Library - Fran Hart/Historical and Musical Trip Through the 60s and The Beatles
24 Wednesday 6PM-8PM Waltham Public Library - walk-in technology sessions
25 Thursday 7PM-9PM Wellesley Community Center - Community Book Read and Author Visit: "All the Real Indians Died Off"
26 Friday 6PM-8PM Boston Marriott Burlington - New England RWA Conference presents TGIFor Literacy
27 Saturday - Gore Sheep Shearing Festival featuring local authors (hi!), crafters, artists, and SHEEP SHEARING!
28 Sunday 1:15PM-4:30PM Waltham Public Library - Mass Genealogical Council
29 Monday 7PM-9PM Newton Free Library - Prime Time - A Staged Reading
30 Tuesday 7PM-9PM Belmont Books - Connie Voisine in conversation with Daniel Tobin
Sneak Peek at Lucci's List April 2019:
Memoir:
"To the Survivors" by Robert Uttaro
"Too Soon We Forget" by Waltham poet Al Wenckus, Sr.
"First Edition" by Dianalee Velie
"Four-Score and Twelve" by Ted O. Badger
"At War With the Fireflies" by Veronica McDonald
"I Have Invented Nothing" by Jean-Pierre Rosnay
"Ya Te Veo" by P. Scott Cunningham
"Kings of the Wyld" by Nicholas Eames
"The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane" by Lisa See