2017 Event Calendar

Q1

• 1/1, Pirate Parties 11th Anniversary
• 1/12, Boston Rad Ref Meeting, 7pm, Boston Women's Fund at 14 Beacon Street, Suite 805, Boston, MA 02108
• 1/13-16, Arisia Science Fiction Convention
• 1/15, 1-4pm, Portland Cryptoparty, Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St, Portland, Maine 04101
• 1/21, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington. Email info@masspirates.org for the location
• 1/25, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 1/25-2/3, 5pm+, Activism, Organizing, and Social Movements IAP Class, Room 144 (The Gordon Engineering Leadership Lab), MIT Stata Center (Building 32), 32 Vassar St., Cambridge
• 1/25, 6-9pm, Truth, Fact, and the Future of Journalism, Workbar Cambridge, 45 Prospect St, Central Square, Cambridge
• 1/26, 5pm+, Digital security and anti-surveillance, Room 144 (The Gordon Engineering Leadership Lab), MIT Stata Center (Building 32), 32 Vassar St., Cambridge
• 1/28, 10.30am-12.30pm, Wayland Free Public Library Cryptoparty, 5 Concord Road
• 2/2, 7:30-9pm, Free Discussion on Revised Public Records Law, J.J. Foley’s in Boston's South End
• 2/3, 7pm-10pm, Security Skill Share, The Humanist Hub, 30 JFK Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge. RSVP required. email shawmutda@riseup.net
• 2/13, 7-9pm, Belmont Cryptoparty (private)
• 2/15, BPCAT Body Camera Community Forum, Grove Hall Community Center, 51 Geneva Ave., Dorchester (Boston)
• 2/18, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington. Email info@masspirates.org for the location
• 2/22, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 2/23, Deadline to file to challenge home foreclosure for years prior to 2016?
• 2/25, 11:00am-2:30pm, Campaign Workshop, Holyoke Public Library Community Room, 250 Chestnut St, Holyoke
• Feb/Mar, Fundraiser
• Feb/Mar, Rhode Island Cryptoparty
• Feb/Mar, Domestic Violence Survivor Cryptoparty
• Mar, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington. Email info@masspirates.org for the location
• 3/1, BPCAT Body Camera Community Forum, Hyde Park Community Center, 1179 River Street, Hyde Park (Boston)
• 3/2, 10am+, Dorchester Cryptoparty, Fields Corner BPL Branch, 1520 Dorchester Avenue
• 3/4, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Getting Ready to Run workshop, Boston Teachers Union, 180 Mount Vernon St., Boston
• 3/10-12, PAX East, Convention Center, Boston
• 3/15, BPCAT Body Camera Community Forum, Temple Israel of Boston, 477 Longwood Ave., Boston
• 3/20, BPCAT Body Camera Community Forum, Central Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston
• 3/24, 3-5pm, Annoying Legislators for Freedom: A talk with Alex Marthews, National Director of Restore the 4th, Encuentro 5, 9A Hamilton Place, Boston
• 3/25, afternoon, LGBT-focused Cryptoparty (tentative), Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston
• 3/25-26, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Greater Boston
• 3/25-26, LibrePlanet 2017, MIT, Cambridge
• 3/29, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville

Q2

• Apr, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington. Email info@masspirates.org for the location
• 4/14-15, BSides Boston, Harvard University - Science Center, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138. Call for Papers is open.
• 4/26, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 4/29, PirateCon (details forthcoming)
• 4/29-30, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Western Massachusetts
• 5/6 (first Sat. in May), Wake Up The Earth Festival, Jamaica Plain
• 5/6-7, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Greater Boston
• 5/9, Massachusetts Pirate Party 7th Anniversary
• 5/14-21, Together Boston, Cambridge
• 5/17, Chelsea Manning's Release Date
• 5/20, 10am-4pm, March Against Monsanto
• 5/21, noon-6pm, Together Boston Cryptoparty, IndustryLab?, Cambridge
• 5/31, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 6/2-4, Left Forum, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, NYC
• 6/11, Boston Pride Parade, Boston
• 6/21, Edward Snowden's Birthday
• 6/28, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville

Q3

• 7/26, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 8/?, noon, Pirate Picnic, Georges Island
• 8/30, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 9/10, Cambridge Carnival & Parade
• 9/?, Freedom Rally, Sign Up Form
• 9/19, International Talk Like a Pirate Day
• 9/27, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville

Q4

• 10/4, Wikileaks' 10th Birthday Party
• 10/7-9, HonkFest, Somerville
• 10/20, Last day to register to vote
• 10/25, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 11/8, City Election Day
• Nov., Boston Anarchist Bookfair, Boston University?
• 11/29, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 12/17, Chelsea Manning's Birthday
• 12/27, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville