LITERARY EVENTS
Danvers: Best-selling author Matthew Pearl reads from his latest novel, “The Last Dickens.’’ Pearl will answer questions after the reading. Monday, 7 p.m., Peabody Institute Library, 15 Sylvan St. Free. 978-774-0554, www.danverslibrary.org.
FILM
Newburyport: Long Way Home and Transition Newburyport are partnering to present the 90-minute documentary film “Garbage Warrior,’’ about visionary architect Mike Reynolds’s quest to build energy-independent houses out of society’s debris. Monday, 7 p.m., Newburyport Public Library, 94 State St. Free. 978-270-4849, www.longwayhomeinc.org, www.transitionnewburyport.org.
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