Events for July 25, 2017
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Free Shakespeare on the Common: Romeo and Juliet
One of Greater Boston's most beloved traditions, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Free Shakespeare On the Common takes up residence once again with Shakespeare’s drama, Romeo and Juliet proving that the power of love triumphs over divisions and differences. The Capulet and Montague families have been engaged in a multi-generational feud, causing much distress and havoc in the city […]
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Third Annual Hollihock Writers Conference
From Aug 25 to 27, join New England' creative community of published authors, educators, and industry professionals as they explore all aspects of the writing life at the Hollyhock Writers Conference in New Bedford, Mass. Over this three-day conference, take part in discussions about the literary world of creative writing, poetry, and non-fiction; attend panels […]
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Illustrators BRADEN LAMB, SHELLI PAROLINE, and JEREL DYE present Making Scents and Pigs Might Fly
Brookline Booksmith hosts illustrators BRADEN LAMB and SHELLI PAROLINE with their book Making Scents, and JEREL DYE with Pigs Might Fly. If pigs were meant to fly, they'd have been born with wings—but there's no convincing Pig's Might Fly's Lily Leanchops. To save Pigdom Plains, Lily must take to the skies in her own experimental aircraft—and there's no […]
Find out more »YA author JENN BISHOP at Porter Square Books
Porter Square Books welcomes JENN BISHOP with 14 Hollow Road, a warm coming-of-age novel about a community banding together in the wake of a tornado. The night of the sixth-grade dance is supposed to be perfect for Maddie: she'll wear her perfect new dress, hit the dance floor with her friends, and her crush, Avery, will […]
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.