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All Upcoming Events, Starting on Dec 17, 2025
The City of Somerville announces the 2013 SomerPlay locations! Launched earlier this spring, SomerPlay is the City's newest innovative program encouraging community building in Somerville so as to increase the amount of time children play together within each neighborhood. It is based on author Mike Lanza's Playborhood.
Try out a cool form of poetry with fellow teens, choosing words you want
from a book page and blacking out the rest to create poetry.
This program is free and open to the public.
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Kids in Pre-K and olders are invited to join us in the Library yard for a
story or two, followed by a craft/activity. Please dress for mess! In case of bad weather, we'll move this event indoors.
Writing workshop with Somerville resident, Regina Hansen! During the
workshop, children will learn how to get ideas for stories, and will do
several journal exercises for writing. They will be able to read aloud
from their own mini stories. Mini stories will include 6-word short
stories and "perfect paragraph" stories. They will leave with their own
Please note: The meeting place for this group has been
permanently changed from the West Branch to the Central Library due to
accessibilty issues.
Every Saturday the market will be at the
North Street Playground from 2:00pm - 5:00pm.
Free Teen Creative writing workshop continues this Saturday from 1-4 pm.
Becky Tuch and Ethan Gilsdorf continue this popular free workshop for teens.
Journals will be provided for news students. Refreshments will be provided.
Every Saturday the market will be at the Mystic
Housing Development (530 Mystic Avenue) from 10:00am - 1:00pm.
Come design and decorate your own canvas bag with fellow teens! This program is free, supplies will be provided while they last.
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