Local happenings in Boston: 1/5~1/11

Good day!

Hope you guys enjoying your fresh new weekday in 2015.
Here are some local events in Boston. I try to categorize them into different themes.
Enjoy!

Meet-up & Festival

1. Boston TechBreakfast

• When: Tuesday, Jan 06, 2015 8:00am - 10:00am
• Where: Microsoft New England Research & Development Center (1 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA)
• Admission: FREE

Interact with your peers in a monthly morning breakfast meetup. At this monthly breakfast get-together techies, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs share learn from their peers through show and tell / show-case style presentations. 

2. Chelmsford Agway Winter Farmers Market

• When: Saturday, Jan 10, 2015 10:00am - 2:00pm
• Where: Chelmsford Agway (24 Maple Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824)
• Admission: FREE

An indoor winter farmers market with vendors selling fresh produce and meats from local farms and also baked goods from small individually owned business. 

3. No Pants Subway Ride Boston 2015 & Sans-Pants After Party

The No Pants Subway Ride is an annual global event started by Improv Everywhere in New York in 2002. ALL DETAILS for participating in Boston's 8th annual No Pants Subway Ride (including meetup location and party venue) will be posted the Friday before the event and announced over email. check https://www.facebook.com/events/1539298256309237

Art & Date Idea

1. Lesley University Winter Evening Readings

• When: Friday, Jan 02, 2015 5:00pm - Wednesday, Jan 07, 2015 8:00pm
• Where: Lesley University, Marran Theater (34 Mellen St, Cambridge, MA 02138)
• Admission: FREE

Join Lesley University faculty, alums, and visiting writers as they read their work to the community. A part of the January Creative Writing Residency, these readings are free and open to the public, and feature work from the MFA program's five literary genres: Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Writing for Stage and Screen, and Writing for Young People.

Monday, January 5 | 6:30 pm
Adrian Matejka (poetry) author of The Big Smoke
Pamela Petro (nonfiction) author of Sitting Up With The Dead: A Storied Journey Through The American South

Wednesday, January 7 | 7:00 pm
Erin Belieu (poetry), author of Slant Six
David Elliott (writing for young people), author of On The Wing

2.  Free Wednesdays @ The MFA

• When: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2015 4:00pm - 9:30pm
• Where: Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115)
• Admission: FREE

Wednesday nights after 4 pm, admission is by voluntary contribution (suggested donation $25). 

every Wednesday the MFA holds a free "Drawing in the Galleries" program. Details here: http://bit.ly/JHSnu8

Sports & Date Idea

1. Six Places to Ice Skate in Boston/Cambridge

1. Ice Skating on Boston Harbor // Rink: $10, Rentals: $10 // 70 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA 
2. Community Ice Skating at Kendall Square // Rink: $10, Rentals: $10 // 300 Athenaeum St, Cambridge, MA 
3. Charles Hotel Skating Rink (Harvard Sq.) // Rink: $5, Rentals: $5 // 1 Bennett St, Cambridge, MA 
4. Harvard Skate // Rink: FREE, Rentals: $5 // Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 
5. Frog Pond Skating Rink // Rink: $5, Rentals: $10 // Boston Common, Boston, MA (Show your current college ID and get a half-price admission for $2 on Every Tuesday.)
6. North End Skating Rink (Indoor)// Rink: FREE, Rentals: $5 // 561 Commercial St, Boston, MA 

2. MIT Social Swing Dance and Lesson

• Schedule: 7:30-9:00 Beginner Dance Lesson (Styles vary, typically swing related) 9:00-11:30 Social Dance 
• Location: MIT Campus (room changes frequently, for latest info, check mit.edu/swing) 
• Admission: FREE

Beginners are welcome and encouraged. Partner is NOT necessary. 

3. Out Salsa Boston Monthly Social Dance

• When: unday, Jan 11, 2015 6:00p - 9:00p
• Where: The Sanctuary (365 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130)
• Admission: FREE

Free dance lesson from 6-7, then dancing from 7-9! The DJ will be spinning salsa, merengue, and bachata!