Name: The Poetry Brothel: Monsters!
Start: 2026-10-30T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Sonia

Sonia

Step into an immersive literary cabaret featuring a provocative mix of poetry, burlesque, and pole dancing. This unique event presented by The Poetry Society of New York also features fortune-tellers and typewriter poets for a truly haunting and artistic experience.

Local Event: The Poetry Brothel: Monsters!

Middlesex County

Benjamin Pierce

Boston Metropolitan Area

Somerville

Massachusetts

The Poetry Brothel: Monsters!

Step into an immersive literary cabaret featuring a provocative mix of poetry, burlesque, and pole dancing. This unique event...

The Post-Meridian Radio Players present our 2026 Halloween show, Tomes of Terror: Sounds of Fear! This year, we'll be haunting the stage with three spooky live staged radio plays: Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Phantom Frequency, and the horror classic The Monkey's Paw. <a href="https://pmrp.org/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Buy tickets here.</a>

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PMRP Presents: "Tomes of Terror: Sounds of Fear"

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All She Wrote Books

Join us for our newest book club — All She Wrote Books - Queer SBC! On Sunday, October 25th at 10:30am — come and connect with your queer community — no pressure, just good vibes, great books, and maybe a new friend or two! Bring your favorite book and settle in for a peaceful, inclusive reading experience.
Space is limited, so make sure you RSVP!

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Join us for our newest book club — All She Wrote Books - Queer SBC! On Sunday, October 25th at 10:30am — come and connect with...

All She Wrote Books Presents: Quiet Queer Book Club

The Farm at Gore Place

Get outside and embrace the FALL by learning how to shoot a bow and arrow at the historic Gore Place Estate! 
Join us Sunday from 12:00 - 1:30 PM for a fun and entertaining introduction to archery and reconnect with your inner Katniss or Robin Hood.&nbsp;
All coaching and equipment is provided by our team of instructors who will have you laughing, smiling and maybe even weeping with tears of joy as you strike the bull's eye and relive all those childhood memories of archery - or create new ones for the first time.
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Tickets available online only at <a target="_blank" href="https://onthemarkarchery.com/waltham" rel="nofollow noopener">otma.us/waltham</a>
*Please check website in advance BEFORE coming!*
**Rainouts will ONLY be credited towards a future Open Range Sunday**
The FARM at Gore Place: 249 Waltham Street, Watertown, MA 02472
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Archery Sunday!

Get outside and embrace  the FALL by learning how to shoot a bow and arrow at the historic Gore Place Estate! 
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Join us Sunday, October 25 from 1–3 PM for Trick-or-Treat for a Cause, with plenty of candy and surprises waiting for you at participating Assembly Row businesses throughout the neighborhood.
Trick-or-treating is FREE and open to the public, but donations of NEW personal care items + cold weather essentials, or monetary contributions are highly encouraged to benefit the <a href="https://somervillehomelesscoalition.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Somerville Homeless Coalition</a>&nbsp;(SHC). See below for ways to give!
Start on The Lawn to drop off your donations benefitting SHC, pick up your trick-or-treat map, enjoy free face painting and Halloween beats before making your way around The Row!

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Personal Care + Cold Weather Essentials Needed for Somerville Homeless Coalition:
All donated items must be NEW and unused. Personal care products should be unopened and in their original packaging.
<ul><li>Deodorant</li><li>Travel-size shampoo &amp; conditioner</li><li>Lotion</li><li>Chapstick</li><li>Body/baby wipes</li><li>Hand warmers</li><li>Wool/warm socks</li><li>Winter hats &amp; gloves</li></ul>

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Assembly Row's Trick-or-Treat for a Cause

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Museum of Modern Renaissance

Back by popular demand: Full Moon Halloween Yoga—costumes optional!
🌕 Join us for a special Monday night Hunter’s Moon Yoga &amp; Soundscape inside the breathtaking Museum of Modern Renaissance!
Monday, October 26, 2026 • 7:00 PM
Museum of Modern Renaissance • Somerville, MA
The Hunter’s Moon always follows the Harvest Moon. Traditionally, its bright light helped hunters continue after sunset while families and communities gathered food and prepared for the winter ahead.
Spiritually, the Hunter’s Moon represents preparation, reflection, and the continuation of time as one season gives way to the next. It invites us to pause and take an honest look at where we are—our work, relationships, goals, and personal growth—and decide where we want to place our energy moving forward.
Together, we’ll move, breathe, and reconnect as a community while setting intentions for the season ahead.
This special all-levels experience includes:
✨ 60-minute guided yoga flow
🔔 15-minute restorative soundscape in Savasana
🎵 Crystal singing bowls, percussion, and a fun Halloween-inspired playlist
🌕 Hunter’s Moon reflection and intention setting
🎃 Costumes are completely optional
🎨 A truly unforgettable setting surrounded by the museum’s inspiring artwork
Whether you’re brand new to yoga or have been practicing for years, this laid-back class is open to all levels and all bodies. Come exactly as you are—or come dressed as somebody else for Halloween!
You can also DM @BulldogFlowBoston to pay directly through Venmo or Zelle.
Please arrive 10–15 minutes early to settle into the space. Phones are discouraged during class except for emergencies.
More information:&nbsp;<a href="https://bulldogflowboston.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BulldogFlowBoston.com</a>
Cancellations are accepted seven or more days before the event.

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Back by popular demand: Full Moon Halloween Yoga—costumes optional!
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Full Moon Yoga @ The Museum Of Modern Renaissance Somerville MA!

Join All She Wrote Books on Monday, October 26th at 6:30pm, as we welcome author Malavika Kannan to celebrate the release of her newest novel — Unprecedented Times! Unprecedented Times captures the beauty, humor, pain, and straight-up chaos that exist in relationships between best friends and lovers, mothers and daughters, and between storytellers and themselves. Malavika Kannan’s fresh, arresting novel is a testament to the power of self-narrative for Gen Z American women: of writing oneself into existence where no previous script exists.

This book launch event will include a reading and conversation between Malavika and author Laura van den Berg, an audience Q&amp;A, and a signing by Malavika and Laura!

"Inclusivity" isn't just a buzzword to us. We make every effort to ensure our space and events are accessible to and for everyone. If you or someone in your party needs accommodations, please email us at <a target="_blank" href="https://mailto:info@allshewrotebooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">info@allshewrotebooks.com</a>.

About Unprecedented Times
Which comes first: experience or narrative? Rishi thinks she knows the answer as she arrives on campus for her first year at Stanford. A burnt-out youth climate activist, she used to want to save the world, but now she just wants to have gay sex. Her plan is set—she’s going to leave behind the strict trappings of her Indian American childhood in Florida, study literature, experiment with love, and write all about it. Within a few months, she makes her first best friend, falls in love with her situationship, and promptly gets her heart broken.

What is not a part of Rishi’s plan is the onset of the COVID pandemic. As the outside world becomes a terrifying place, she increasingly finds solace in the friendships she’s made. Instead of virtual college, however, Rishi and her classmates join a farm collective, where their political discussions and growing disillusionment collide with sexual tension and responsibility. It’s only when those relationships start fracturing under the stress of careless decisions, unrequited crushes, jealousies, and, yes, unprecedented times, that Rishi begins to question her own story.

About the Authors
Malavika Kannan (she/her)&nbsp;is a Tamil American writer whose work appears in The Nation, The Washington Post, New York, Teen Vogue, and elsewhere. Her villain origin story is that, as a teenager in Florida, she organized for generational movements such as March for Our Lives and the Women’s March. Her YA novel All the Yellow Suns&nbsp;was published in 2023. She graduated from Stanford University and now moonlights as a gay socialite in Brooklyn, where she co-hosts the popular mutual aid supper club Girls Eat Girls.

Laura&nbsp;van den Berg (she/her) was born and raised in Florida. She is the author of six works of fiction, most recently the novel&nbsp;State of Paradise.&nbsp;Her work has been supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Bard Fiction Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her books have been twice shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, and for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award.&nbsp;Laura&nbsp;teaches fiction and directs the&nbsp;creative writing program at Harvard University. Her next novel,&nbsp;Ring of Night,&nbsp;is forthcoming from FSG in 2027.&nbsp;

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Somerville Public Library West Branch

Join us for a two part delicious program of food-themed musical favorites!
Get ready for a delicious musical adventure! Opera Untapped and Little Songbook Opera present Food Fight!, part of our new Untapped Adventures in Our Little Songbook series of playful, interactive performances for children and their grown-ups.
Featuring three opera singers and a pianist, this 30-minute program brings classical music to life through songs inspired by food. Children can create their own donut art, explore a hands-on Play-Doh activity station, and walk away with a sweet treat!
Designed for all ages, Food Fight! invites children to play, explore, and engage with live classical music at their own pace. Whether they’re listening closely, joining in, or diving into the activities, children are welcome to be themselves and discover that classical music can be fun, surprising, and for everyone.
Featuring: Anna Gaddie, Soprano; Abbey Engelmann, Soprano; Laura Beth Couch, Mezzo-Soprano; and Liz Derstine, pianist.

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