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6:30 pm
South End History Writer Alison Barnet, Drawing a Capacity Crowd Last Week, Will Do a Second Presentation of “Once Upon A Neighborhood” at South End Library
An overflow audience of more than 70 aficionados South End history tried to find seating or standing room in the branch library’s upstairs community space on October 8 for Alison Barnet’s talk about her latest book, Once Upon a Neighborhood: A Timeline and Anecdotal History of the South End of Boston. Some could not even […]
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Earfull: Nina MacLaughlin and Brock Clarke present HAMMER HEAD: THE MAKING OF A CARPENTER and WHO ARE YOU, CALVIN BLEDSOE? at Mosesian Center for the Arts
Writers reading, songwriters singing; it’s the return of Earfull, Fall 2019 Edition hosted by the Mosesian Center for the Arts! Join us for another series of authors and musicians coming together for intimate performances at the MCA Black Box Theatre. Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:00pm. Please note this is a ticketed event. Our October […]
Find out more »Christopher Kimball presents MILK STREET: THE NEW RULES at Brookline Booksmith Used Book Cellar
This revelatory new book from James Beard Award-winning author Christopher Kimball defines 75 rules of cooking that will dramatically simplify your time in the kitchen and improve your results. These powerful principles appear in more than 200 recipes that teach you how to make your food more delicious and interesting. The New Rules are simpler […]
Find out more »Alex Krieger presents CITY ON A HILL: URBAN IDEALISM IN AMERICA FROM THE PURITANS TO THE PRESENT at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store welcomes leading urban planner and scholar ALEX KRIEGER for a discussion of his new book, City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present. This event is co-sponsored by Mass Humanities. About City on a Hill The first European settlers saw America as a paradise regained. The […]
Find out more »Andrew McAfee presents MORE FROM LESS: THE SURPRISING STORY OF HOW WE LEARNED TO PROSPER USING FEWER RESOURCES—AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT at First Church Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes ANDREW MCAFEE, bestselling author and a principal researcher for MIT, for a discussion of his latest book, More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next. Please Note This event takes place at First Church Cambridge on Garden St, not to be confused […]
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.