Events for May 9, 2016
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6:00 pm
Paul Lewis, editor of “The Citizen Poets of Boston: A Collection of Forgotten Poems, 1789–1820”
Welcome to Boston in the early years of the republic. Prepare to journey by stage coach with a young man moving to the “bustling city”; stop by a tavern for food and conversation; eavesdrop on clerks and customers in a dry goods shop; and get stuck in what might have been Boston’s first traffic jam. […]
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Creative Conversations: Active Ideas Art Talk
Join Active Ideas Productions and General Assembly for a creative conversation on contemporary art. Meet with artist Annika Connor as she discusses AIP’s newest publication Point Suite Contemporary Art. This event is free but guests must RSVP here to attend:http://bostonarttalk.eventbrite.com The Point Suite Contemporary Art book highlights the work of 34 rising art stars and captures […]
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.