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Archive

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February

Tuesday, February 9th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

SHANKAR VEDANTAM

explores

The Hidden Brain:
How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives

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Wednesday, February 10th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

REBECCA SKLOOT

explores

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Wednesday, February 10th 6:30 PM
@ First Parish Church

Cambridge Forum

VINCENT CANNATO

discusses

American Passage:
The History of Ellis Island

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Thursday, February 11th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

FEBRUARY WINEDOWN
 
celebrating the art and craft of knitting

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Monday, February 15th 9:00 AM
@ Harvard Book Store

20%-OFF STOREWIDE SALE

in honor of

PRESIDENTS DAY

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Tuesday, February 16th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

STEVE ALMOND 101

an event for creative writing students and budding writers

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Wednesday, February 17th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

KEVIN SAMPSELL

and

JUSTIN TAYLOR

discuss

A Common Pornography: A Memoir
 
and
 
Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever: Stories

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Wednesday, February 17th 7:30 PM
@ Harvard Book Store, Lower Level

The Philosophy Café at Harvard Book Store

discusses

"Playing God: Should We Limit Self-Design?"

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Thursday, February 18th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

ADAM HASLETT

reads from

Union Atlantic

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Friday, February 19th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

STEVE YARBROUGH

reads from

Safe from the Neighbors

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Monday, February 22nd 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

The Harvard Square Book Circle

discusses

2008 National Book Award finalist

The Lazarus Project

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Tuesday, February 23rd 6:00 PM
@ Brattle Theatre

JOHN BANVILLE

reads from

The Infinities

Tickets are on sale now.

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Wednesday, February 24th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

STEPHEN BENATAR

reads from

Wish Her Safe at Home

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Wednesday, February 24th 8:00 PM
@ First Parish Church

Cambridge Forum

Cambridge Forum
 
presents
 
Theatre: Realizing Imaginary Space

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Thursday, February 25th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

ANNA LAWRENCE PIETRONI

reads from

Ruby's Spoon

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Friday, February 26th 6:30 PM
@ UpStairs on the Square

An evening with wine afficionado

RANDALL GRAHM

at UpStairs on the Square

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March

Monday, March 1st 6:00 PM
@ Brattle Theatre

JOHN HEILEMANN

and

MARK HALPERIN

discuss

Game Change:
Obama and Clinton, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime


$5 tickets will go on sale Wed., Feb. 10

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Tuesday, March 2nd 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

PAULA BUTTURINI

discusses

Keeping the Feast:
One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy

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Wednesday, March 3rd 6:30 PM
@ First Parish Church

Cambridge Forum

CHRIS HEDGES

explores the

Empire of Illusion:
The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

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Wednesday, March 3rd 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

MARCH WINEDOWN

featuring readings by entrants to our Short Shorts Writing Contest

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Thursday, March 4th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

TED CONOVER

guides us through

The Routes of Man:
How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today

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Tuesday, March 9th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

JEROME CHARYN

reads from

The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson

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Wednesday, March 17th 6:30 PM
@ First Parish Church

Cambridge Forum

Cambridge Forum

presents

Criticizing Creativity

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Wednesday, March 17th 7:30 PM
@ Harvard Book Store, Lower Level

The Philosophy Café at Harvard Book Store

Topic to be Announced

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Wednesday, March 24th 6:00 PM
@ Brattle Theatre

WALTER MOSLEY

reads from

Known to Evil

$5 tickets go on sale Wed., March 3

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Thursday, March 25th 7:00 PM
@ First Parish Church Meetinghouse

TIM O\'BRIEN

celebrates the 20th anniversary of

The Things They Carried

$5 tickets go on sale Wed., March 3

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Friday, March 26th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

MARTHA NUSSBAUM

discusses

From Disgust to Humanity:
Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law

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Monday, March 29th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

NELL IRVIN PAINTER

delves into

The History of White People

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Tuesday, March 30th 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

The Harvard Square Book Circle

discusses

the short novels by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Double and The Gambler

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Wednesday, March 31st 7:00 PM
@ Harvard Book Store

JUNE CAROLYN ERLICK

discusses

A Gringa in Bogotá:
Living Colombia\'s Invisible War

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