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Women Musicians Network 19th Concert
This international, always-eclectic show includes poetry set to unusual music forms. Examples include "Together," by Olivia Perez Collellmir (Spain), with vocalist Vasundhara Gupta (India), and "Spring Will Not Be Silent," by Berklee professor and poet Lucy Holstedt (U.S.), with vocalist Maureen McMullen (Scotland). There are a total of 11 original acts, in a wide variety of styles. Men are included in the show, but the focus is on women: as writers, composers, arrangers, and bandleaders. Probably the most diverse show…
Find out more »Patti Smith in Conversation with Michael Patrick MacDonald
Brookline Booksmith and WBUR are proud to present Patti Smith, the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids, in conversation with Boston native Michael Patrick MacDonald (All Souls) on the occasion of the paperback release M Train. Her latest book, M Train is an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as “a roadmap to my life.” Braiding despair with hope and consolation,…
Find out more »SOLD OUT: Sen. Bernie Sanders for Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered by the political establishment and the media to be a “fringe” campaign, something not to be taken seriously. After all, he was just an independent senator from a small state with little name recognition. His campaign had no money, no political organization, and it was taking on the entire Democratic Party establishment. By the time Sanders’s campaign came to a close, however, it was clear that the pundits…
Find out more »What Unites Us: DAN RATHER Reflects on Patriotism
Brookline Booksmith and Berklee Performance Center invite you to an evening with DAN RATHER, former anchor of the CBS Evening News and author of the book, What Unites Us. As a reporter and anchor for the CBS Evening News, venerable journalist Dan Rather interviewed every living President since Eisenhower and was on the ground for every major news event, from the assassination of John F. Kennedy to Watergate to 9/11. Now, at a moment of crisis regarding our national identity,…
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.