Library BookLovers, Cardio Class Thursday In Town

Today is Thursday, October 17. Here are five things worth knowing today. 

The Lynnfield Library’s BookLovers group meets next on Thursday, October 17 at 6:30 p.m. on the mezzanine. This month’s topic is “The Swerve: How The World Became Modern,” by Stephen Greenblatt.

Tonight from 7 to 7:45 p.m., Danielle Roback of Studio Poise leads a Pound on the Green cardio jam session at MarketStreet Lynnfield. Roback is also a Lululemon athletica ambassador and the complimentary class will be located on the green right outside the store. More information at this link. 

Local nonprofit group BKP, which sends donated children’s books to library in the Phillippines, is holding its annual Dinner Dance on Saturday, October 19 from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at the Wakefield Elks Lodge, 63 Bay State Road. To learn more about the organization, visit their website at www.bkpinc.org.

The new season of Standing Room Only Concerts kicks off on Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m. with Zulu Time, an acoustic trio specializing in jazz, folk and much more. Tickets are available at www.sroconcerts.org.

On Sunday, October 20 at 10 a.m., local author and historian Bob McLaughlin and the Friends of Pleasure Island will hold a tour of the former Pleasure Island amusement park site – now known as the Edgewater Office Park on Audubon Road. Learn more about it here.