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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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Memoirist ANNE EDELSTEIN in conversation with JOANNA RAKOFF
Porter Square Books is pleased to welcome ANNE EDELSTEIN, author of Lifesaving for Beginners, in conversation with JOANNA RAKOFF. About Lifesaving for Beginners When ANNE EDELSTEIN was forty-two, her mother, a capable swimmer in good health, drowned while snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. Caring for two small children of her own, Anne suddenly found […]
Find out more »Brookline Booksmith: Staff Talent Show
Yes, They sell you books - but did you know they can also do other stuff? Come and be dazzled by the hidden gifts of your friendly neighborhood booksellers at Brookline Booksmith! This event is free and open to the public.
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.