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Poets & Pints at the Aeronaut Brewery

May 9, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Aeronaut Brewery, 14 Tyler Street
Somerville, MA United States
Free

Join Porter Square Books at Aeronaut brewery for a celebration of local poetry. The greater Somerville and Cambridge area is lucky to have such a vibrant poetry community. So, once a month we will gather at the community space at Aeronaut on the Duck Village stage, to celebrate that community with readings by three local poets. The […]

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STEPHEN GREENBLATT shares his latest book, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics.

May 9, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Brattle Theatre, 1256 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

Harvard Book Store and Mass Humanities welcome Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize–winning author STEPHEN GREENBLATT for a discussion of his latest book, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics. This is a ticketed event. About Tyrant As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences […]

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7:00 pm

STEPHEN MCCAULEY, My Ex-Life

May 9, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street
Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
Free

Porter Square Books welcomes STEPHEN MCCAULEY, author of the novel, My Ex-Life. David Hedges's life is coming apart at the seams. His job helping San Francisco rich kids get into the colleges of their (parents') choice is exasperating; his younger boyfriend has left him; and the beloved carriage house he rents is being sold. His solace […]

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