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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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Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.