Events for June 6, 2019
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11:30 am
SPRING LUNCHEON: AN AFTERNOON WITH BILLY COLLINS
On Thursday June 6, 2019, Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States (2001-2003) will be the guest of honor at the Spring Luncheon of the Holy Cross Club of Cape Cod. Following lunch, Mr. Collins, an Alumnus of the College of the Holy Cross Class of 1963, will offer some remarks, read selections […]
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Author Talk Featuring Russ Lopez
Boston-based writer Russ Lopez will discuss his recently released history of the LGBTQ presence in Massachusetts, from the Pilgrims’ landing in Provincetown in 1620 through the defeat of the anti-trans referendum on the ballot in November, 2018. Mr. Lopez illustrates how LGBTQ people have been a distinctive element in the life of the Commonwealth since […]
Find out more »Russ Lopez Presents the History of LGBTQ Presence in MA
Boston-based writer Russ Lopez will discuss his recently released history of the LGBTQ presence in Massachusetts, from the Pilgrims’ landing in Provincetown in 1620 through the defeat of the anti-trans referendum on the ballot in November, 2018. Mr. Lopez illustrates how LGBTQ people have been a distinctive element in the life of the Commonwealth since […]
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The Great American Poetry Challenge at Lit Crawl 2019
Mass Poetry is excited to host The Great American Poetry Challenge at Lit Crawl Boston. Get ready to flex your poetry muscles in this competitive creative challenge! Attendees will be grouped into five teams, and each team will be appointed an established poet — Anna V.Q. Ross, Febo, Ben Berman, Enzo Silon Surin, or Colleen […]
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.