Events for September 19, 2017
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Call for Submissions! 10 minute Play Contest!
Have you got a story to tell? Rockport New Year's Eve is now accepting submissions for their 10 Minute Play Contest. The theme: “A New Beginning.” The contest is open to all playwrights. Plays can be of any genre, as long as they are written for a general audience and are not musicals. There is […]
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Writers’ Room of Boston and City Year Boston: 1st Ever Lit Slam
The Writers’ Room of Boston, in partnership with City Year Boston, announces their first-ever LIT SLAM, Tuesday, September 19 at 6:30pm. Join them at City’s Year’s headquarters, 287 Columbus Avenue in the South End, for an evening of true stories and tall tales on the THEME OF LESSONS FROM SCHOOL. Members of both organizations will […]
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Before I Had the Words: A Reading with Trans Memoirist SKYLAR KERGIL
Brookline Booksmith welcomes Youtuber Skylar "skylarkeleven" Kergil for a reading of his memoir Before I Had The Words. KERGIL is a transgender activist, artist, and writer living in Boston. Before I Had the Words is the story of what came before the videos and what happened behind the scenes. From early childhood memories to the changes and […]
Find out more »The Palatine Wreck: The Legend of the New England Ghost Ship
New England is the land of history, some of which is still mysterious from lack of recorded information. For all history buffs out there, take note! Porter Square Books welcomes author JILL FARINELLI for a reading of her historical nonfiction book, The Palatine Wreck: The Legend of the New England Ghost Ship. Two days after Christmas […]
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.