Sunday 1/5: Katha Dance Theatre presents Shaamya—Of Equality, a new dance work based on the poetry of Kazi Nazrul Islam. The Southern Theater, 2 p.m., $10.
Monday 1/6: Button Poetry Live presents Michael Lee. Park Square Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $12 in advance/$15 at the door.
Tuesday 1/7: Chris McCormick will read from his debut novel, The Gimmicks, a story of immigration following the Armenian Genocide. Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 7 p.m., free.
Earthseed Reads, an afro-futurism book club, will discuss My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due. Moon Palace Books, 5 p.m., free.
Wednesday 1/8: Books & Bars book club will discuss Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future by Mary Robinson. Urban Growler Brewing Company, 6:30 p.m., free.
Thursday 1/9: Cynthia Anderson presents her book Home Now: How 6000 Refugees Transformed an American Town, exploring Somali immigration stories in Lewiston, Maine. Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 7 p.m., free.
Friday 1/10: Jess Lourey presents Unspeakable Things. Once Upon a Crime, 7 p.m. free.
Saturday 1/11: This month’s Science Book Club pick is Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush. Boneshaker Books, 11 a.m., free.
Outpost: Words + Music features work by Kao Kalia Yang, Rosetta Peters, and David Perry. The Hook & Ladder, 8 p.m., $20.
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And another thing: Wondering if any of 2019’s great reads slipped by you? Check out the past year’s favorites from the staff of Minneapolis-based Milkweed Books!
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