December 2013 Events
Monday, Dec. 2 / 7:00pm
Roger Rosenblatt
The Boy Detective:
A New York Childhood
@ Harvard Book Store
“With the beautiful, lyrical writing and
thoughtful reflection for which he is
known, Rosenblatt offers beautifully
rendered memories of childhood and
ongoing curiosity about the city he so
obviously loves.” —Booklist
Tuesday, Dec. 3 / 7:00pm
Garrison Keillor
O, What a Luxury:
Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic &
Profound
@ First Parish Church |
1446 Mass. Ave.
$5 Tickets
Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie
Home Companion, reads from his first
poetry collection. He writes—with his
characteristic combination of humor
and insight—on love, modernity,
nostalgia, politics, religion, and other
facets of daily life. Keillor’s verses
are charming and playful, locating
sublime song within the humdrum of
being human.
Wed., Dec. 4 / 6:00pm
America’s Test Kitchen
The America’s Test Kitchen
Cooking School Cookbook
@ Brattle Theatre | 40 Brattle St.
SOLD OUT
Thursday, Dec. 5 / 7:00pm
Merry White
Cooking for Crowds:
40th Anniversary Edition
@ Harvard Book Store
Boston University Professor Merry
White discusses her classic cookbook,
Cooking for Crowds. First published
in 1974, White’s cookbook is now
back with a special 40th anniversary
edition.
Friday, Dec. 6 / 7:00pm
Nicholas Dawidoff
Collision Low Crossers:
A Year Inside the Turbulent World
of NFL Football
@ Harvard Book Store
By spending a year with the New York
Jets, Nicholas Dawidoff explored the
game of football in such an intimate
way that he can now put you right
inside the NFL.
Sat.–Sun., Dec. 7–8 /
10:00am–6:00pm
Winter Warehouse Sale
@ Harvard Book Store Warehouse |
14 Park St., Somerville, MA
It’s that time of year again! Harvard
Book Store is thrilled to be opening
the doors once again to our Somerville
warehouse. We’ll have a fresh
inventory of used, bargain, and
collectable books—and everything is
on sale!
Monday, Dec. 9 / 7:00pm
Witold Rybczynski
How Architecture Works:
A Humanist’s Toolkit
@ Harvard Book Store
In How Architecture Works, Witold
Rybczynski, winner of the Vincent
Scully Prize for his architectural
writing, answers our most
fundamental questions about how
good—and not-so-good—buildings
are designed and constructed.
Wed., Dec. 11 / 7:00pm
Mattilda B. Sycamore
The End of San Francisco
@ Harvard Book Store
Queer activist, organizer, agitator, and
community builder Mattilda Sycamore
discusses her memoir, The End of
San Francisco, which explores and
explodes the dream of a radical queer
community and the mythical city that
was supposed to nurture it.
Wed., Dec. 11 / 7:00pm
Nathaniel Philbrick
Bunker Hill:
A City, a Siege, a Revolution
in conversation with J. L. BELL
Cambridge Forum
@ First Parish Church |
1446 Mass. Ave.
Thursday, Dec. 12 / 7:00pm
Jayne Anne Phillips
Quiet Dell:
A Novel
@ Harvard Book Store
“[Quiet Dell’s] success is due to a
bold decision: Ms. Phillips has written
a serial killer novel in which the serial
killer hardly appears. . . .There is a
glowing beauty to the book’s brave,
generous version of history.”
—The Wall Street Journal
Friday, Dec. 13 / 7:00pm
Mark Halperin and
John Heilemann
Double Down:
Game Change 2012
@ First Parish Church |
1446 Mass. Ave.
$5 Tickets
John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
set the national conversation on fire
with their bestselling account of the
2008 presidential election, Game
Change. In Double Down, they
apply their unparalleled access and
storytelling savvy to the 2012 election,
rendering an equally compelling
narrative about the circus-like
Republican nomination fight, the rise
and fall of Mitt Romney, and the trials,
tribulations, and Election Day triumph
of Barack Obama.
Sunday, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 /
Harvard Book Store Gives Back
@ Harvard Book Store and
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Book Store and harvardsquarebookstore.com, shop
with us every Sunday of December
(before the 25th) and a portion of
every purchase will go to support
important local organizations doing
wonderful things for our community.
Your purchases will help support
826 Boston, Cambridge Public
Library Literacy Project, Community
Servings, and Partners in Health.
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Store. Some exceptions apply.
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