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ArtsEmerson: KISS
When a young, aspirational theatre troupe discovers and performs what they believe is a Syrian soap opera, they come to realize just how much they got wrong. Kiss is a brilliant play-within-a-play that shows how misunderstanding cultural cues can reveal blind spots you never knew you had. Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón brings his […]
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Renowned children’s book author OLIVER JEFFERS at the Cambridge Public Library
Porter Square Books is proud to welcome author OLIVER JEFFERS at the Cambridge Public Library as he reads from his latest work, Here We Are. Insightfully sweet, with a gentle humor and poignancy, Here We Are is OLIVER JEFFERS' user's guide to life on Earth. He created it specially for his son, yet with a […]
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The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of WW2 at the Boston Athenaeum
The Boston Athenaeum welcomes the author of Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War Two. Journalist, political commentator, and New York Times bestselling author LIZA MUNDY reveals in her new book the riveting story of courage, service, and accomplishment of a group of remarkable young women who were recruited to work […]
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.