This month’s event suits us to a “T,” as we partner with GrubStreet to salute the lore of letters at the Gardner. Celebration is the watchword for October, so don’t miss it. Cash wine bar around the Courtyard. Café G open for snacks, dinner, and drinks. Tickets $5-$15 | Purchase online or at 617 278 5156
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.