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12:00 pm

The Legacy of Publishers Ticknor and Fields in the Old Corner Bookstore

October 20, 2017 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108 United States
$6.00

Publishing company Ticknor and Fields reinvented American publishing.  Housed across the street from Old South Meeting House at the Old Corner Bookstore from 1832 to 1865, Ticknor and Fields helped establish the careers of some of the nation’s literary greats, including Longfellow, Hawthorne, and Thoreau. In this lively talk, literary historian ROB VELELLA will share highlights from […]

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7:00 pm

Belt It Out 20th Anniversary

October 20, 2017 | 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Courtside Sports Pub, 291 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02141 United States

Four incredible readers bringing you their talents, and a crowd of rambunctious art lovers who will then show their appreciation by SINGING back at these glrorious performers with karaoke. Belt It Out is back, baby, and it's giving your the high brow and low brow the way you were always ment to have it. Jennifer […]

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9:30 pm

HeadCount Presents: Musical Town Hall

October 20, 2017 | 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Berklee College of Music Caf, 160 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115 United States
Free

In an attempt to raise awareness and engagement among college students and young people for the 2017 Boston municipal election, we want to create the first "Musical Town Hall Meeting." Students from Berklee will appear in a curated show format. The event will be produced by Dom Jones in conjunction with HeadCount. Featuring performances from: […]

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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.