Four (Curious) Stories Monday, November 5, 2007 7-9pm (Music starts @ 6) The Enormous Room 567 Massachusetts Ave Central Square, Cambridge Admittance free and open to the public While "Tales of exploration, experimentation, and questioning" might conjure up images of coming out stories, tonight's installment of the Four Stories reading series isn't specifically tailored to that topic. It's just a bunch of curious tales, designed to step off the beaten (written?) path and spark some......

Adaptations II: Novels into Film Thursday, October 11, 7:30pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline Co-Sponsored by Grub Street Tickets: $15/$12 (for Grub Street or Coolidge Corner members) More information here. As if there weren't enough literary events happening in Boston today, the Coolidge Corner and Grub Street are bringing you their second Adaptations event. As the name implies, the focus is on novels that have been adapted for the screen. Four novelists, Arthur Golden, Russell Banks,......

Darjeeling Limited Plus Q&A With Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman Brattle Theatre Thursday, October 11 7:00 pm Update: One commenter pointed out that the Brattle website isn't listing it yet and is showing Robert Reich reading at 6:00 pm and the Fantastic Film Festival starting at 10:00. Harvard Book Store, also sponsoring the Reich reading, sent out an e-mail saying the reading has been moved from the Brattle to the Swedenborg Chapel. Update to the......

Keggers and CliffsNotes Grub Street Headquarters 160 Boylston Street Sunday, September 23, 7:00-9:00 pm More info Sunday night: a time for football, Extreme Home Makeover, and staying in, right? You couldn't be more wrong. Sunday night--at least this Sunday night--is a time to don your favorite college sweatshirt, put on your thinking and drinking caps, and head out to Keggers and CliffsNotes, the latest installment in the Dirty Water Reading Series. Co-hosted by Redivider, Quick......

The first Out of the Book event will take place Tuesday, June 19, at 7:00 pm at the Brattle Theatre. The event is sponsored by Powell's Books and the Grub Street Writers. Powell's of Portland, Oregon - the top vacation destination for any true book fiend - is producing a series of documentaries about modern authors. The goal is to give authors the kind of exposure that other creative types get. Few authors have the......

While perusing this week's issue of the Boston Phoenix we came across an ad for Old School Prom on the back page. It featured a young woman in yellow strapless prom dress, updo, and attitude-full look holding a massive mirror with the words "Now who's the fairest of them all?" written on it (as if to appeal to all the 'ugly duckings' out there who want to set the record straight). The details were......

There are quite a few author readings and events going on tonight around the city and there seems to be a bit of something for everyone. So why not Tivo that episode of "The O.C." (Bostonist knows it's one of your guilty pleasures) and introduce some literature into your night. If feminism, comedy, and just blatant, hilarious honesty, is your interest, head over to see Jill Soloway (pictured) in her "Tiny Ladies Extravaganza" at 8p.m.......

Bostonist loves local writer Steve Almond for a couple of reasons. First off, he's a hustler and hilariously ubiquitous--open up a local newspaper, check out nerve, what have you, he's likely written something for the publication you're reading. A simplistic summation of his oeuvre--My Life In Heavy Metal, The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories, and the nonfiction Candyfreak--can boil his books down to the topics of sex and candy. This weekend, you can......