Events for August 5, 2016
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Penn Jillette at Brookline Booksmith
Legendary magician Penn Jillette was approaching his sixtieth birthday topping 330 pounds. He knew he was at a dangerous crossroads. And then came Crazy Ray. A former NASA scientist and an unconventional, passionate innovator, Ray Cronise saved Penn Jillette’s life with his wild “potato diet.” In Presto: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other […]
Find out more »Dire Literary Series
The Dire Literary Series is pleased to welcome writers, Margaret Malone, author of PEOPLE LIKE US, Jane Liddle, author of MURDER, and Sandra Story, author of EVERY STATE HAS ITS OWN LIGHT for an evening of poetry and prose. After these featured authors, host Timothy Gager will open the mic to audience members. Featured writers read at 7PM. Open-mic […]
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.