A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from zombies and Mummies to a Glowball party
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the vibe is strangely spooky with a Third Annual “Hafoween,” Crypt Night, Zombie Prom and Here Come the Mummies performing, but there’s also Arab American and Japanese festivals, a Glowball “anti-gala,” Taylor Swift trivia and comedian Emma Willmann.
Victor Lodato explores what it means to come home in ‘Honey’
In his third novel, Victor Lodato uses 82-year-old Honey, the daughter of a mobster, to reckon with the role biological and chosen families play in our lives.
Veteran Cambridge and Boston educator reflects on No Child Left Behind in ‘Testing Education’
Kathy Greeley, who spent 37 years in schools, experienced the fundamental change inspired by the No Child Left Behind law and its ripple effects.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Susanna Kaysen, Space Week and bluegrass fest
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s Sri Lankan cooking, Susanna Kaysen and “Girl Interrupted” a “Little Prince” opera, a Patriots Day colonial fair, Space Week, Grolier Poetry history, a bluegrass festival and a Flat Top Johnny’s reopening pool party.
Henriette Lazaridis wrote ‘Last Days in Plaka’ with a hero who’s as imperfect as the rest of us
The newest novel by Henriette Lazaridis, “Last Days in Plaka,” follows a young woman – the daughter of expats, like herself – searching for connection to her Greek heritage and becoming entwined with the life of another. She speaks Tuesday at Harvard Book Store.
Recent Wellesley grad debuts with ‘Dear Wendy,’ an aromantic/asexual YA take on campus novel
Fans of “enemies to lovers” plots are likely to enjoy “Dear Wendy,” an “enemies to friends” novel by recent Wellesley College grad Ann Zhao.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Jason Mantzoukas and how to win a marathon
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Jason Mantzoukas does improv comedy, Angélique Kidjo performs, there’s an archaeology fair, advice on how to run the Boston Marathon, the answer to “Can we grow buildings?” and an all-clarinet band.
Sarah Boyer’s ‘Coming Out, Becoming Ourselves’ takes Daughters from secret society to acceptance
Sarah Boyer’s book of oral histories includes interviews with members of the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian civil and political rights organization.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Folk metal, Nikki Giovanni and comedy festivals
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s poet Nikki Giovanni, sex revolutionary Candida Royalle, joke fests and mystery comedy, new plays and folk metal, “Dope Science,” a tribute to Lana Del Rey and “Essays in Praise of Excess.”
Rethink the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013 with Susan Clare Zalkind’s ‘Waltham Murders’
The book is based on Zalkind’s decade of reporting about a brutal triple murder in Waltham that claimed the death of her friend Erik Weissman.
