Dedham Square to Host Events to Celebrate International Dot Day on Saturday, September 13th

[DEDHAM, MA] — Joining over 32 million people in 190+ countries, Dedham Square will be hosting a local version of a worldwide creativity festival on Saturday, September 13th. Inspired by Dedham resident Peter H. Reynolds’ best-selling picture book The Dot, International Dot Day has become a worldwide celebration of the power of creativity to move the world to a better place.

Reynolds notes, “My book The Dot was published on September 15, 2003, so the 15th is typically when most schools, libraries, senior centers and community groups celebrate. For the Dedham celebration we chose Saturday September 13th since it fell on the weekend, and we’ll be busy doing a day-long Dot Day celebration at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on Sunday, September 14th.”
Here is the current line up of Dot Day events on Saturday, September 13th:

• The Blue Bunny will host Dot Day art activities and book signings by Reynolds at the store from 10:30am, along with raffles, giveaways, and crafts.
  
  
• Dedham Community Theatre will be screening animated versions of Peter H. Reynolds’ creativity book series, The Dot, Ish and Sky Color. 9:30am - 10:30am. Free.
  
  
• TLC Studios and Media Lab will be hosting the inaugural Make Your Mark! Indie Authors BookFest at its facilities at 390 Washington Street, Dedham Square. A variety of authors will be there with books to purchase. 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
  
• Pancho’s Taqueria restaurant will be hosting a reading a copy of THE DOT in Spanish - EL PUNTO. There will also be a raffle drawing for a signed, hardcover copy of the Spanish edition from Candlewick Press.
  
  
• Dedham Museum & Archive. FREE admission all day - with extended hours 10am to 2pm. See the copy of THE DOT book that went to the International Space Station!
  
  
• Dedham Museum & Archive. FREE admission all day - with extended hours 10am to 2pm. Craft activities and face painting. Read copies of Peter H. Reynolds' book that are part of the Museum's permanent collection.
  
• Oscar’s Pub will be hosting a special Dot Day brunch, which will include sidewalk chalk drawing for kids and grown up kids.
  
  
• Dedham House of Pizza (DHOP) will be making a special Dot pizza.
  
  
• Dedham Square Circle is has been a great resource for planning and support for the Dot Day events across the Square. Any businesses and organizations who interested in participating are being asked to reach out directly to dotday@reynoldsTLC.org.
  
  As Peter’s twin brother and collaborator Paul Reynolds shares, “While we know there are incredible Dot Day events around the globe, it’s really wonderful to be able to celebrate creativity, bravery, and self-expression right here in our home town of Dedham.

All Dot Day events are free, thanks to support from Reynolds’ nonprofit, The Reynolds Center for Teaching, Learning & Creativity (ReynoldsTLC.org), which launched its creativity learning center in Dedham Square earlier this year. As the official steward of International Dot Day,

RC-TLC also provides a free International Dot Day educator handbook, multilingual posters, certificates, and other support resources. Learn more at www.internationaldotday.org
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