Literally Waltham: February 2019

We have made it through a major snow and ice storm, and can venture out into the literary world again! I hope you took the snowed-in opportunity to peruse books from Lucci's List. There is nothing quite like a book and a blanket on a wintry day.

This month I have scoured our local area for bookish events relating to holidays, observances, and anniversaries. Black history month, Lunar New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents Day; each is represented in the events I have added to this month's Literally Waltham. Although some events are close by and some are farther, I felt it was important to include them for people who enjoy a day trip or an evening excursion.

See you around town!

Literally Waltham: February 2019

Fri 1 Telephone Museum on Moody St 6PM - 7:30PM Steampunk Tech Talk with Jessica Lucci, local author of "Watch City: Waltham Watch"

Sat 2 Imagine Main St at Work Space, 901 Main Street, Manchester CT 11AM-2PM: Imagine Inside Market with local crafters and artists

Sun 3 First Parish Church on Church St., Waltham 2PM-3:30PM: Launch Party for local author Deborah Wild's new inspiring book, "Great Idea!"

Mon 4 Porter Square Books 7PM: "The Beiging of America: Being Mixed Race in the 21st Century

Tues 5 Newton Free Library 5PM-8:30PM: Art Exhibition by local artist Dan Dressler

Wed 6 Harvard Book Store 7PM-8:15PM: Kim McLarin presents "Womanish"

Thurs 7 Usdan International Lounge Waltham 5PM-7PM: Reading God and Torah From a Transgender Perspective (free tix online)

Fri 8 Grolier Poetry Book Shop 7PM-9PM: Poetry reading with Ben Mazer and A.E. Stallings

Sat 9 Arts at the Armory 4:30PM-6:30PM: CAC Culture Club presents calligraphy "Learn how to write in Arabic calligraphy and leave with a painting to hang at home"

Sun 10 Temple Beth Shalom Needham 2PM: Mensch in Tights: How Jewish History and Culture Shaped the Comic Book ($5/$10)

Mon 11 Waltham Public Library sci-fi/fantasy book club 7:15: "Jurassic Park"

Tues 12 Porter Square Books 7PM: Launch Reading of "Leading Men" by Christopher Castellani

Wed 13 Brookline Booksmith 7PM: Transitional Series: Amit Chaudhuri and Amitava Kumar

Thurs Wellesley Free Library 7PM: "The Flame of Life" poetry reading

Fri 15 Brookline Booksmith 7PM:Charlie Jane Anders reads with S.A. Chakiaborty

Sat 16 Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation 10AM-4PM: NEMES presents model engineering in a variety of family fun and intricate forms. Meet Jessica Lucci, local author of the steampunk novel "Watch City: Waltham Watch"

Mon 18 Porter Square Books 7PM: "The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers," by Bridgett M. Davis

Thurs 21 Waltham Public Library 7:15PM-8:45PM: Thursday Night Book Club discusses "The View from Flyover Country" by Sarah Kendzio

Fri 22 Porter Square Books 7PM: 2019 Writers in Residence Welcome Reading

Sat 23 Stupid Cupid Steampunk Ball at 177 Hartford Rd, Manchester, CT 5:30PM-11:PM: Along with the dazzling ball, "expansive literary discussions" with Waltham steampunk author, Jessica Lucci

Sun 24 Wellesley Free Library 2PM-3PM: Featured speaker Tom Paine discusses "A Famous American Family in the Civil War

Mon 25 Blacksmith House 56 Brattle St. Cambridge 8PM: Patrick Donnelly poetry reading

Tues 26 Belmont Books 7PM: Craig Morgan Teicher in conversation with Natalie Shapiro: "We Begin in Gladness-How Poets Progress"

Wed 27 Waltham Public Library lecture hall 7PM-8:30PM: Local author Julie Wu presents "The Third Son"

Thurs 28 Lincoln Heritage Museum 3PM-4PM: Tim Pletkovich discusses his book "Civil War Fathers"

If you have a local literary event you would like me to feature, please share it with me!