Five Things You Need To Know: Jan. 23

Today is Wednesday, January 23rd. Here are five things you need to know.

New Play Coming Up: The Quannapowitt Players are putting on a new play by Dustin Lance Black, “8,” which focuses on the legal battle over California’s Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban. Tickets are $10 and the performance is Sunday, February 10th at 4 p.m. at the Quannapowitt Playhouse in Reading. Email qp8theplay@gmail.com, or calling 781-942-2212. Click here for more information.

Peter Hotton: Coming up on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m., Peter Hotton, longtime home and garden editor for the Boston Globe, presents “The Hazards and Hilarities of Fixing up an Old Home.”  This is part of the library’s ongoing “Do It Yourself” series of talks.

Saugus River Watershed Council: Coming up on Tuesday, January 29th from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Sheraton Colonial, the Saugus River Watershed Council presents “Lessons Learned From Hurricane Sandy: Protecting Watershed Resources in a Changing Climate.”  To register for the event, click here. For more information, email srw@shore.net.

Auditions Announced: The Wakefield Repertory Theater is having auditions for the musical farce “Lucky Stiff” on Monday, January 28th and Wednesday, January 30th from 7 to 10 p.m. Visit www.wakefieldrep.org for more information.

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