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The Playing for Change Band -- which you may have seen on The Tonight Show or the Colbert Report, or everywhere on the internet, ever -- is coming to the Orpheum on October 22nd and the Calvin Theater in Northampton, MA on October 23rd. We spoke with Jonathan over... continue reading on Bostonist

Bostonist is asking the local and nearby mayors and city-managers the following question: Is there anything in particular you'd like to see -- or hope to see -- with the next (or "next," depending) mayor of Boston? Here's what Jay Ash -- the City Manager of Chelsea -- had to... continue reading on Bostonist

Aleksandar Hemon is appearing at the Harvard Book Store this Friday, May 15, at 7 P.M. We talked to Aleksandar Hemon last year about his novel The Lazarus Project, which went on to be a New York Times notable book and a finalist for the National Book Award. The... continue reading on Bostonist

Eugene Mirman is a comedian. He has done several wonderful things. This coming Wednesday—Feb. 25th, for calendar nerds—at 7PM, he will be reading from his new self-help book The Will to Whatevs at the Brookline Booksmith. Bostonist: Set the scene for us. How'd the book come into being? Who were... continue reading on Bostonist

"I think of the books on library shelves, without their jackets, years old, and a countryish teenaged boy finding them, and having them speak to him." -- Updike, The Paris Review. John Updike is dead. Twenty-four books of his on our shelf, all read, and he's out the door, on... continue reading on Bostonist