Events for April 2, 2017
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Marathon reading of IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis
Aforementioned Productions proudly presents a marathon reading of Sinclair Lewis's semi-satirical novel, It Can't Happen Here, which follows a journalist who fights fascism in the US after an authoritarian is elected president. Brookline Booksmith will be hosting the reading overnight starting March 31 at 7pm and concluding April 1 at 1pm. Readers include writers and performers: Shuchi Saraswat, William Pierce, […]
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Coyote on a Fence presented by Hub Theatre Company of Boston
Can you be innocent though proven guilty? Inspired by actual events, Coyote on a Fence tells the story of two men living on death row under vastly different circumstances. Young Bobby Reyburn is a likable, illiterate member of the Aryan Brotherhood who committed a horrific crime. John Brennan is an educated, arrogant writer whose crime […]
Find out more »Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.