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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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Third Thursday at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Word Play
In honor of their new exhibit Henry James and American Painting, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum hosts a Third Thursday, cosponsored by the Boston Literary District, all about World Play. We invite you to interact with local artists and writers through literary games, artistic exploration, and poetic activities, using Henry James’s writing as a jumping off point. This lively, […]
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LAURA YOUNG, author of “Boston Ballerina: A Dancer, a Company, an Era”
Boston Ballerina is both a memoir of LAURA YOUNG’s personal journey and a fascinating account of Boston Ballet’s rise from a regional troupe to the internationally recognized company that it is today. It is interspersed with ruminations on the history of ballet, stories from the company’s Balanchine-influenced early years under founder E. Virginia Williams, and […]
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An Evening with Cherry Bombe
Harvard Book Store welcomes KERRY DIAMOND, co-founder and editorial director of Cherry Bombe, for a moderated panel discussion with TRACY CHANG, JOANNE CHANG, JENNIFER BROUTIN FARAH, and ASHLEY STANLEY. The evening will include refreshments and a book signing of the debut cookbook Cherry Bombe. Cherry Bombe: The Cookbook is the first-ever cookbook from the team behind the hit indie magazine […]
Find out more »STEPH BURT, Advice from the Lights
Belmont Books is pleased to host STEPH BURT, reading from her newest collection Advice from the Lights. Stephen Burt is a literary critic, poet, and professor at Harvard University. The New York Times has called her "one of the most influential poetry critics of generation." "Poet and critic Burt diagnoses feelings of alienation and its possible antidotes […]
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.