The month of February is practically bursting out of its winter corset with chances to see interesting writers in person. And best of all, these stimulating (intellectually and perhaps otherwise) date opportunities are free! Now what could be more attractive than thriftiness?
Here’s our selection of Boston’s best upcoming readings and lectures:
TODAY
6:30 pm, First Parish Church in Cambridge
DANIELLE OFRI, Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients
THIS FRIDAY
6 pm, Porter Square Books
LEN BERMAN, Greatest Moments in Sports
MONDAY, FEB 8
7 pm, Harvard Bookstore
JOHN CALLAHAN and ADAM BRADLEY discuss Ralph Ellison’s posthumously published novel, Three Days Before the Shooting
Presented by the Harvard Book Store and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research.
TUESDAY, FEB 9
12:30 pm, Borders @ Downtown Crossing
KEVIN O’HARA, A Lucky Irish Lad
7:00pm, Porter Square Books
KAREN PRYOR, Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human
Dr. PATRICIA MCCONNELL, The Other End of the Leash
7pm, Brookline Booksmith
Norman Mailer’s former personal assistant, DWAYNE RAYMOND, Mornings with Mailer
7 pm, Harvard Book Store
Washington Post columnist SHANKAR VEDANTAM, The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives
WEDNESDAY, FEB 10
7 pm, Harvard Book Store
Science journalist REBECCA SKLOOT, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
6:30 pm, First Parish Church in Cambridge
VINCENT CANNATO, American Passage: The History of Ellis Island
THURSDAY, FEB 11
12 pm, Boston Athenæum
SARAH BLAKE, The Postmistress
Free but call to reserve: 617-720-7600
1 pm, Borders @ Downtown Crossing
CHUCK HOGAN, Devils in Exile
7 pm, Porter Square Books
“An Evening of Mystery” with writers Nancy Gardner, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Vincent H. O’Neil, Mike Wiecek, Kate Flora, and Ruth McCarthy
7:30pm, Temple Kehillath Israel (presented by Brookline Booksmith)
Nun and psychology clinician NANCY KEHOE, Wrestling with Our Inner Angels
FRIDAY, FEB 12
7 pm, Borders @ Braintree
JIM HIRSCH, Willie Mays
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Thanks for including next Thursday’s “Quarry” gathering at Porter Square Books in your blog! “Quarry” is an excellent New England crime anthology with short stories from a super cast of both established and upcoming writers. We had a great event out at the Quarry Hills Golf Course last Monday, and this Thursday’s get-together should be even better — come on down, and bring a date!