For International Women’s Day, a look at Cambridge activists

By Marc Levy
Published: March 7, 2010
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A panel presentation of Cambridge women activists past and present — starting with Transcendentalist and suffragist Margaret Fuller — is scheduled as part of an International Women’s Day celebration at 6 p.m. Monday.

‘Lincoln, Vampire Hunter’ author reads, signs at Brattle

By Marc Levy
Published: March 6, 2010
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'Lincoln, Vampire Hunter' author reads, signs at Brattle  | read this item

Seth Grahame-Smith will be at The Brattle Theatre at 6 p.m. Monday to read from and sign copies of “Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.”

Escape into dungeons, learn impropriety at Dire Literary Series

By Marc Levy
Published: March 1, 2010
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Escape into dungeons, learn impropriety at Dire Literary Series  | read this item

The long-running Dire Literary Series of readings at the Out of the Blue Art Gallery has announced its lineup for Friday, starting with Ethan Gilsdorf, the Somerville author of travel memoir and pop culture investigation “Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms.”

Brattle to host Picoult for reading from ‘House Rules’

By Marc Levy
Published: February 27, 2010
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Jodi Picoult signs books in Phoenix in November 2008. (Photo: Devon Adams)

Jodi Picoult signs books in Phoenix in November 2008. (Photo: Devon Adams)  | read this item

New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult will be at The Brattle Theatre at 6 p.m. Wednesday to read from and sign copies of her new book, “House Rules.”

First Monday to give taste of open studios, Taza chocolates

By Marc Levy
Published: February 27, 2010
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Visitors check out an exhibit at the CAC Gallery on Broadway in Cambridge. (Photo courtesy: Cambridge Arts Council)

Visitors check out an exhibit at the CAC Gallery on Broadway in Cambridge. (Photo courtesy: Cambridge Arts Council)  | read this item

Even for people without a taste for art, this First Monday @ CAC Gallery is likely to be irresistible: At the free Monday reception for “100 from Cambridge: Preview Exhibition for Cambridge Open Studios,” there will be a product tasting of Taza Chocolate, of Somerville.

Harvard Square welcomes year of the tiger, 55th year for Hong Kong restaurant

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Published: February 23, 2010
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The Hong Kong restaurant, entering its 55th year in Harvard Square, is also hosting much of the square’s Chinese New Year celebration Sunday. (Photo: Adam Fagen)

The Hong Kong restaurant, entering its 55th year in Harvard Square, is also hosting much of the square’s Chinese New Year celebration Sunday. (Photo: Adam Fagen)  | read this item

Harvard Square plans its Chinese New Year Celebration for Sunday, including a parade through the square and cultural open house at the mainstay Hong Kong restaurant. Just look for the red and gold silk lanterns hanging from wrought iron lampposts — or the parade.

Norwegian symphony holds free concert at MIT

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Published: February 22, 2010
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Gavin David Lee conducts the Studentersamfundets Symfoniorkester, which is offering a free concert Friday.

Gavin David Lee conducts the Studentersamfundets Symfoniorkester, which is offering a free concert Friday.  | read this item

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology invites the public to a free concert, “Northern Night,” at 8 p.m. Friday at Kresge Auditorium. The performers are the Studentersamfundets Symfoniorkester, a student symphony orchestra from Trondheim, Norway, led by its regular conductor, Gavin David Lee.
Most of the students in the 70-member orchestra are from the Norwegian University of Science [...]

Cambridge filmmaker examines ancestors’ actions in slave trade

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Published: February 22, 2010
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Cambridge filmmaker Katrina Browne and professor Tulaine Shabazz Marshall, of Lesley University and the Episcopal Divinity School, will be on hand Thursday at a screening and discussion of Browne’s “Traces of the Trade: A Story of the Deep North.”

‘Dinner Rush’ screens for those in the know

By Marc Levy
Published: February 21, 2010

A semi-regular food film series with an underground feel continues at 6 p.m. Monday with “Dinner Rush,” a behind-the-scenes look at a fancy New York restaurant.

Nerd alert: Zombie lecture, then heavy drinking, is planned

By Marc Levy
Published: February 19, 2010
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NerdNite is inaugurated in 2003. (Photo: Evey)

NerdNite is inaugurated in 2003. (Photo: Evey)  | read this item

NerdNite — a combination of partying and PowerPoint presentations slowly spreading to geek meccas around the world — is holding its latest event Monday at Middlesex Lounge in Lafayette Square.

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