Providence Community Library will be presenting a free book discussion and signing with local best-selling author Ann Hood, on Friday, May 7th at the Mount Pleasant Library. Ann will be reading from her latest work, The Red Thread, with a discussion and signing to follow. For more info call 272.0106 or contact ddvorchak@provcomlib.org. 3pm, Friday, …
James Kwak, contributor to the “Baseline Scenario” blog and author of the nationally acclaimed new book “13 Bankers” will be giving a talk and signing his book on the East Side this Sunday. Bill Moyers says of this book, “If the wads of money you’ve stuffed into your mattress for safekeeping don’t keep you up …
“For every eight public dollars spent on transportation, only one goes to public transit; the other seven dollars go to car-related needs.” I finished her book this weekend. It was great. Close your eyes and learn at the same time on Wednesday afternoon: Catherine Lutz, professor and chair of anthropology at Brown, will discuss her …
Lidia Bastianich, host of those PBS Italian cooking shows, will be signing books from 3-6 today at Farmstead in Wayland Square. Her restauranteur son Joe will also be present. Speaking of Farmstead, cheese enthusaists that Twitter would be wise to follow Farmstead owner Matt Jennings. In addition to being generally funnier than most people on …