Dinner at 5:30, performance at 7 p.m. Start your new year off with the 42nd Street Irregulars, a long-established writers group based in Minneapolis comprised of award-winning, published writers. The 42nd Street Irregulars will read from new work as well as from the anthology Charlotte's Table: An Anthology of Writings by the 42nd Street Irregulars (Piecemeal Publications, 2004). University Club of St. Paul, 420 Summit Ave., St. Paul. www.saseonline.org