5 Things: Winter Crafts for Kids at Roslindale Library; Rozzie Reads Poetry Open Mic

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1. Due to Presidents Day holiday, trash/recycling is delayed one day.
2. Hear retired judge and RFK's Civil Rights Division lawyer Gordon Martin Jr. speak about voting progress and challenges of voting rights on Wednesday at the Roslindale Library. 6:30 p.m.
3. Also on Wednesday at the Roslindale Library is Winter Craft for Kids for free from 2-3 p.m. Children can get crafty with Michelle Brooks during this school vacation week program.
4. Rozzie Reads Poetry Open Mic is on Thurs., 7-9 p.m. Select Cafe. 2 Belgrade Ave. Featured poets will be Tom Daley and Elizabeth Quinlan. Daley’s poetry has been published (or forthcoming) in Denver Quarterly, Massachusetts Review, Fence, Harvard Review, In Posse Review, Barrow Street, conte, Poetry Ireland Review, Rhino, and Diagram. Quinlan is the author of Promise Supermarket, a book of memoir poems: the first of a three part series.She is also a visual artist specializing in the Book and the Fabric Arts. She is a graduate of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, and UMass. 
5. Tonight at the Copley Library is British baritone Sir Thomas Allen as he discusses BLO’s new production of Così Fan Tutte and reads excerpts from his published memoir. Allen's book chronicles his time touring as an opera singer and offers insight into his creative process. The story of Sir Thomas’ early life as a boy in a small fishing village in northern England and his turn to a career as Britain’s premier baritone has been cited by playwright Lee Hall as the inspiration for his film Billy Elliot. Free. 6-7 p.m. 700 Boylston St.

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