"Bagels With the Bards" reading Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. Free. Somerville Central Library

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"Bagels With the Bards Anthologies" (numbers 1-8) are now permanently archived in the Library’s Local History Room, and the Bagel Bards Celebratory Reading commemorates the milestone. Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. Free. Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Ave., Somerville. 617-623-5000. www.somervillepubliclibrary.org

This literary organization is made up of “poets, novelists, playwrights, poseurs, stumble-bums, and whoever joins us on Saturday mornings at 9 a.m. at the Au Bon Pain in Somerville.”