BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Goings On//goingson.co//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:GoingsOn — Greater Boston — Watertown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b792b5b808038d73@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261114T190000Z DTEND:20261114T200000Z SUMMARY:Meet a Local Author: Inbal Alon DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 14\, 2026 2:00—2:30 PM\nChildren's Progra m Room\nWatertown Free Public Library\n123 Main St\, Watertown\, MA\, 0247 2\nCome meet a local author! Inbal Alon writes from the heart of the class room and the library\, where children’s questions\, wonders\, and small everyday moments spark her stories. For children ages 4-8. No registration .\nThe Watertown Free Public Library does not discriminate and does not sh are your information with anyone. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to enable you to participate in our events. Contact the lib rary at emiranda@watertown-ma.gov or 617-972-6435 at least two weeks befor e an event to arrange for modification. LOCATION:Watertown Free Public Library\, 123 Main St\, Watertown\, MA\, 024 72\, Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/watertown-free-public-l ibrary/meet-a-local-author-inbal-alon-2026-11-14?utm_source=ics&utm_medium =referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3ae21f0264d00d9c@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261115T200000Z DTEND:20261115T210000Z SUMMARY:Anti-Fascist Book Club DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, November 15\, 2026 3:00—4:45 PM\nRaya Stern Trustees Room (2nd floor)\nWatertown Free Public Library\n123 Main St\, Watertown\ , MA\, 02472\nPoverty by America\, By Matthew Desmond\nContact:\nAnti-Fasc ist Book Club\, megan.brown16@gmail.com LOCATION:Watertown Free Public Library\, 123 Main St\, Watertown\, MA\, 024 72\, Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/watertown-free-public-l ibrary/anti-fascist-book-club-2026-11-15?utm_source=ics&utm_medium=referra l END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a074840e876f8553@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261117T220000Z DTEND:20261117T230000Z SUMMARY:Book Club for Children ages 7-8 DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, November 17\, 2026 5:00—5:30 PM\nChildren's Program Room\nWatertown Free Public Library\n123 Main St\, Watertown\, MA\, 02472 \nJoin a children's librarian to discuss Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon. Copies of the book are available to pick up at the Children's Room desk. Participants should read the book in advance of the meeting and be ready t o discuss. For children ages 7-8. Registration is required and begins on N ovember 3.\nThe Watertown Free Public Library does not discriminate and do es not share your information with anyone. We are committed to providing r easonable accommodation to enable you to participate in our events. Contac t the library at emiranda@watertown-ma.gov or 617-972-6435 at least two we eks before an event to arrange for modification.\nRegister online between 11/3/2026 9:00 AM and 11/17/2026 5:30 PM. LOCATION:Watertown Free Public Library\, 123 Main St\, Watertown\, MA\, 024 72\, Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/watertown-free-public-l ibrary/book-club-for-children-ages-7-8-2026-11-17?utm_source=ics&utm_mediu m=referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:687cbab3fbcdc505@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261118T150000Z DTEND:20261118T160000Z SUMMARY:Senior Book Group DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, November 18\, 2026 10:00—11:00 AM\nOffsite\nWater town\, MA\, 02472\nThis book group meets at the Senior Center at 31 Marsha ll St on the second Wednesday of the month. \nTo register for a Zoom link \, please contact the Senior Center at (617) 972-6490.\n2026-2027 Booklist \nCopies of the upcoming book are available for checkout at the Circulatio n Desk!\n\nSeptember – Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout\nOctober – Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg\nNovember – Twice by Mitch Albom **M eeting on Wednesday\, Nov. 18 due to Veterans’ Day. \nDecember – Home for the Holidays by Taylor Hahn\nJanuary – Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidd er\nFebruary – The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway\nMarch – Cl ammed Up by Barbara Ross\nApril – The Saturday Evening Girls Club by Jan e Healey \nMay – A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie\nJune – How to R ead a Book by Monica Wood\nJuly – Book Selection Meeting. Please come wi th a book you have read and would like to recommend (350 page limit).\nAug ust – General discussion and sharing of books we are all reading LOCATION:Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/events/senior-book-grou p-2026-11-18?utm_source=ics&utm_medium=referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fb8f30c35f7341f6@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261119T000000Z DTEND:20261119T010000Z SUMMARY:(Virtual) LGBTQ+ Book Group DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, November 18\, 2026 7:00—8:00 PM\nZoom\nRead and d iscuss LGBTQ+ reads across fiction and non-fiction genres and make new fri ends! The LGBTQ+ Book Group for adults meets on the second Wednesday of th e month\, 7 pm\, virtually. Join our next meeting via Zoom. All are welcom e!\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\nUpcoming Selections 2026\nCopies of the upcomi ng book are available for checkout at the Circulation Desk!\nJanuary - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar\n\nFebruary - Rachel Carson and The Pow er of Queer Love by Lida Maxwell\n\nMarch - Giovanni's Room by James Baldw in\n\nApril - The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan\n\nMay - Bluff by Danez Smith\n\nJune - Bellies by Nicola Dinan\nJuly - Oye by Melissa Mollo gon \nAugust - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine\nSeptember - So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans\ , Nonbinary\, Genderqueer\, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro DeRober tis\nOctober - The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez\nNovember  - Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin\nDecember - Zami: A New Spelling of My Name  by Audre Lorde \n--\nThe Watertown Free Public Library does not discrim inate and does not share your information with anyone. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to enable you to participate in our ev ents. Contact the library at wfplinfo@watertown-ma.gov or 617-972-6436 at least two weeks before an event to arrange for modification. LOCATION:Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/events/virtual-lgbtq-bo ok-group-2026-11-18?utm_source=ics&utm_medium=referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eb55a6d00400dbad@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261119T220000Z DTEND:20261119T230000Z SUMMARY:Book Club for Children ages 9-11 DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 19\, 2026 5:00—5:30 PM\nChildren's Progra m Room\nWatertown Free Public Library\n123 Main St\, Watertown\, MA\, 0247 2\nJoin a children's librarian to discuss Space Case by Stuart Gibbs. Copi es of the book are available to pick up at the Children's Room desk. Parti cipants should read the book in advance of the meeting and be ready to dis cuss. For children ages 9-11. Registration is required and begins on Novem ber 5.\nThe Watertown Free Public Library does not discriminate and does n ot share your information with anyone. We are committed to providing reaso nable accommodation to enable you to participate in our events. Contact th e library at emiranda@watertown-ma.gov or 617-972-6435 at least two weeks before an event to arrange for modification.\nRegister online between 11/5 /2026 9:00 AM and 11/19/2026 5:30 PM. LOCATION:Watertown Free Public Library\, 123 Main St\, Watertown\, MA\, 024 72\, Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/watertown-free-public-l ibrary/book-club-for-children-ages-9-11-2026-11-19?utm_source=ics&utm_medi um=referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:784467cb70ae9440@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261121T180000Z DTEND:20261121T190000Z SUMMARY:Pictures Are Worth More than 1000 Words: Armenian Genocide Writing Workshop with Poet Jen Siraganian DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 21\, 2026 1:00—3:00 PM\nLucia Mastrangelo Room (2nd floor)\nWatertown Free Public Library\n123 Main St\, Watertown\ , MA\, 02472\nJoin prize-winning poet Jen Siraganian\, visiting from Calif ornia\, as she leads a writing workshop based on archival photographs from the Armenian Genocide. After looking at photos of survivors of the Armeni an Genocide provided by Project Save Photograph Archive\, we will be writi ng poetry and fiction in response. All levels are welcome\, and no experie nce needed. Supplies will be included.  \nAbout Jen Siraganian\nJen Sira ganian is an Armenian-American writer\, former Poet Laureate of Los Gatos\ , California\, and author of Everything Has Been Moved\, Even the Dead\, w hich won the 2026 Perugia Press Prize and was released in September 2026. Her poems have won the New Ohio Review Poetry Prize and appeared in AGNI\, Best New Poets\, Cincinnati Review\, Electric Literature\, Poetry Daily\, Prairie Schooner\, and The Rumpus. \nAbout Project Save\nFounded in 1975 in New York City\, Project Save Photograph Archive is the oldest institut ion solely focused on preserving and sharing the photography of the Armeni an global experience. With over 150\,000 hardcopy photographs in our colle ctions\, we bring to light the culture and history of Armenians worldwide through the stories that images tell. Project Save is a living archive an d open to all. \n\n--\nThe Watertown Free Public Library does not discrim inate and does not share your information with anyone. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to enable you to participate in our ev ents. Contact the library at wfplinfo@watertown-ma.gov or 617-972-6436 at least two weeks before an event to arrange for modification.\nRegister onl ine between 10/24/2026 9:00 AM and 11/21/2026 2:00 PM. LOCATION:Watertown Free Public Library\, 123 Main St\, Watertown\, MA\, 024 72\, Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/watertown-free-public-l ibrary/pictures-are-worth-more-than-1000-words-armenian-genocide-writing-w orkshop-with--2026-11-21?utm_source=ics&utm_medium=referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:305938fd3be27082@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261203T000000Z DTEND:20261203T010000Z SUMMARY:Wednesday Book Group DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 2\, 2026 7:00—8:00 PM\nLucia Mastrangelo Room (2nd floor)\nWatertown Free Public Library\n123 Main St\, Watertown\ , MA\, 02472\nThe Wednesday Book Group is WFPL’s monthly book discussion group for adults. Discussions are informal and generally based on persona l reactions\, not academic analysis.\n\nCopies of the upcoming book are av ailable for checkout at the Circulation Desk!\n2026-2027 Book List\nSeptem ber - Eventide by Kent Haruf \nOctober - The Lion Women of Tehran by Marj an Kamali \nNovember - Who Is Government: The Untold Story of Public Serv ice ed. by Michael Lewis \nDecember - Boat Baby: A Memoir by Vicky Nguyen  \nJanuary - Poverty\, by America by Matthew Desmond \nFebruary - Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson \nMarch - One Book\, One Watertow n \nApril - On Beauty by Zadie Smith \nMay - The Wind Knows My Name by I sabel Allende \nJune - Book selection meeting \nJuly - The Overstory by Richard Powers \nAugust - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare \n --\nThe Watertown Free Public Library does not discriminate on the basis o f disability and is committed to providing a reasonable modification to pa rticipate in our events. Contact the library at wfplinfo@watertown-ma.gov or 617-972-6436 at least two weeks before an event to arrange for modifica tion. LOCATION:Watertown Free Public Library\, 123 Main St\, Watertown\, MA\, 024 72\, Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/watertown-free-public-l ibrary/wednesday-book-group-2026-12-02?utm_source=ics&utm_medium=referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7c1e958bacd71bed@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261208T000000Z DTEND:20261208T010000Z SUMMARY:WFPL Mighty Squirrel Book Group @ 102 Arsenal Yards Blvd DESCRIPTION:Monday\, December 7\, 2026 7:00—8:15 PM\nArsenal Yards\nBond St\, Watertown\, MA\, 02472\nDiscuss fiction of all genres in a casual bre wery setting with the WFPL Mighty Squirrel book group! Watertown Free Publ ic Library (WFPL) hosts this monthly book group for adults at Mighty Squir rel Brewing Co.\, located at Arsenal Yards in Watertown. Registration is n ot required. All are welcome!  \nUpcoming Selections:\n\nCopies of the u pcoming book are available for checkout one month prior at the Circulation Desk as well as on the Bookmobile!\n\nJune: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li\n\nJuly: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar\nAugust: Horse by Geraldine Brooks\n September 14*: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia\n\nOctober: The Antidote by Karen Russell\n\nNovember: Stolen by Anne-Helen Laestadiu s\n\nDecember: Woodworking by Emily St. James\nJanuary: No Meeting - See you in February! \n*Date change due to Labor Day weekend \n--\nThe Wate rtown Free Public Library does not discriminate and does not share your in formation with anyone. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodat ion to enable you to participate in our events. Contact the library at wfp linfo@watertown-ma.gov or 617-972-6436 at least two weeks before an event to arrange for modification. LOCATION:Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/events/wfpl-mighty-squi rrel-book-group-102-arsenal-yards-blvd-2026-12-07?utm_source=ics&utm_mediu m=referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1aa8176b9877a7a0@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261209T150000Z DTEND:20261209T160000Z SUMMARY:Senior Book Group DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 9\, 2026 10:00—11:00 AM\nOffsite\nWatert own\, MA\, 02472\nThis book group meets at the Senior Center at 31 Marshal l St on the second Wednesday of the month. \nTo register for a Zoom link\ , please contact the Senior Center at (617) 972-6490.\n2026-2027 Booklist\ nCopies of the upcoming book are available for checkout at the Circulation Desk!\n\nSeptember – Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout\nOctober – D inners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg\nNovember – Twice by Mitch Albom **Me eting on Wednesday\, Nov. 18 due to Veterans’ Day. \nDecember – Home for the Holidays by Taylor Hahn\nJanuary – Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidde r\nFebruary – The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway\nMarch – Cla mmed Up by Barbara Ross\nApril – The Saturday Evening Girls Club by Jane Healey \nMay – A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie\nJune – How to Re ad a Book by Monica Wood\nJuly – Book Selection Meeting. Please come wit h a book you have read and would like to recommend (350 page limit).\nAugu st – General discussion and sharing of books we are all reading LOCATION:Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/events/senior-book-grou p-2026-12-09?utm_source=ics&utm_medium=referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bfcfc9e940efed7c@goingson.co DTSTAMP:20261110T052511Z DTSTART:20261210T000000Z DTEND:20261210T010000Z SUMMARY:(Virtual) LGBTQ+ Book Group DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 9\, 2026 7:00—8:00 PM\nZoom\nRead and di scuss LGBTQ+ reads across fiction and non-fiction genres and make new frie nds! The LGBTQ+ Book Group for adults meets on the second Wednesday of the month\, 7 pm\, virtually. Join our next meeting via Zoom. All are welcome !\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\nUpcoming Selections 2026\nCopies of the upcomin g book are available for checkout at the Circulation Desk!\nJanuary - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar\n\nFebruary - Rachel Carson and The Powe r of Queer Love by Lida Maxwell\n\nMarch - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwi n\n\nApril - The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan\n\nMay - Bluff by D anez Smith\n\nJune - Bellies by Nicola Dinan\nJuly - Oye by Melissa Mollog on \nAugust - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine\nSeptember - So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans\, Nonbinary\, Genderqueer\, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro DeRobert is\nOctober - The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez\nNovember  - Tales of t he City by Armistead Maupin\nDecember - Zami: A New Spelling of My Name  by Audre Lorde \n--\nThe Watertown Free Public Library does not discrimin ate and does not share your information with anyone. We are committed to p roviding reasonable accommodation to enable you to participate in our even ts. Contact the library at wfplinfo@watertown-ma.gov or 617-972-6436 at le ast two weeks before an event to arrange for modification. LOCATION:Watertown URL:https://www.goingson.co/greaterboston/watertown/events/virtual-lgbtq-bo ok-group-2026-12-09?utm_source=ics&utm_medium=referral END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR