“Central to It All: A Look at Central Square, the Nightclub ManRay, and Twenty Years of Change”
Dig This: ManRay Nightclub Oral History At Cambridge Public Library
Books
VITAMIN BEER, A WAX SCROTUM, AND OTHER HISTORIC HEALTHCARE TREASURES
“I wrote the book as the story was breaking news … It was a really interesting process”
DEFEND YOURSELF (ARTS ISSUE EDITION): RICK BERLIN
Longtime JP music and creative mainstay serves up another memoir (of sorts)
DIG THIS: BLACK HISTORY MONTH CONTINUES AT BPL
Other remaining events include ‘The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation.’
ANNOUNCEMENT: EVENT SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING KEROUAC CENTENNIAL
“Upcoming festivities will feature the return of a portion of the original 120-foot-long ‘On The Road’ scroll.”
UPCOMING BOOK EVENT: NAZIS OF COPLEY SQUARE
“A grim tale of faith perverted to violent ends, and a lesson for those who oppose the spread of far-right ideologies today.”
BOOK REVIEW: NAZIS OF COPLEY SQUARE
Thousands of Bostonians, including many cops, were active members of an antisemitic Catholic fascist organization in the opening years of WWII
GREAT VIRTUAL READING ALERT: LOVE LETTERS TO THE WORST CULTURE WE HAVE TO OFFER
“Tacky is about the power of pop culture—like any art—to imprint itself on our lives and shape our experiences.”
ALCOHOL-FUELED PARTYING IN BOSTON’S COMBAT ZONE
Jan Brogan’s new book on Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice
BOOK REVIEW: THE NAZARENE, THE BACKLOT COWBOY, AND US
A historian looks at how evangelical religion, “traditional” masculinity, and right-wing politics became so hopelessly intertwined
