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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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WALTER ISAACSON on Leonardo da Vinci
Was Leonardo da Vinci history’s most creative genius? Was he also a Florentine spy in foreign courts? Find out when Harvard Book Store welcomes celebrated writer and journalist WALTER ISAACSON—author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs and Benjamin Franklin—for a discussion of his latest biography: Leonardo da Vinci. This event is co-sponsored by Mass Humanities. Tickets: $5 […]
Find out more »CELESTE NG Little Fires Everywhere in conversation with SONYA LARSON
Brookline Booksmith is proud to present CELESTE NG reading from her latest: Little Fires Everywhere. From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family, and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. This event is free and open to […]
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.