We're a day late on Authorial Intent, our wrap-up of the week's readings. That's largely because we were talking to two of the authors who will be in town tomorrow night, which seems to be the night that the stars aligned and all writers thought it would be a good idea to visit Boston. So, without further adieu … Thursday, October 11--Today, Super Thursday! Robert Reich, 6:00 pm, Swedenborg Chapel (via Harvard Book Store), 50......

This is how it's done, guys. High fives! In honor of the release of Halo 3, pranksters from MIT dressed up the statue of John P. Harvard in Harvard Yard with an assault rifle and a Spartan Helmet. Story from From neatorama.com......

Local bookstores have been preparing their celebrations of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows release for some time now. Whether or not you're into the whole Harry Potter Thing, Potter Mania is quite the spectacle. Alas, Scholastic, who has the rights to the Potter books, and Warner Brothers, who has the rights to everything else Potter, are trying to throw a bucket of water on the parties with copyright restrictions. It's the last Harry......

John Kerry and Theresa Heinz Kerry will read from This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future at Memorial Church in Harvard Yard Saturday, April 21, at 12:00 pm. Tickets are on sale starting today. They're $5, and you can use the ticket cost as a coupon for a purchase from Harvard Book Store. Plus, if you buy the book at Harvard Book Store, you get two free tickets to......

The Harvard Crimson ran a short story in Friday's edition of the paper on the Harvard Radcliffe Science Fiction Association's (HRSFA) performance of an abridged "Julius Cesar." The students performed on the steps of Memorial Hall and employed bed sheet togas and umbrellas as costumes. The Crimson reports that turnout was low, but the student group considered it a success. "Rachel S. Storch ’10, who played Cassius and Plebian Number One, said that the event......

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr., will read from Finding Oprah’s Roots: Finding Your Own, at Harvard Book Store at 6:30 pm. Dave Eggers, Valentino Achak Deng, and Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, will discuss What Is the What at Memorial Church in Harvard Yard at 6:30 pm. It's a big night tonight when it comes to intellectual gatherings. We simply couldn't decide which event to attend......

While some parts of the country saw massive marches and demonstrations during yesterday's "Day Without Immigrants," Boston's turnout was relatively modest. (The Hi-Spot Deli downtown was totally closed, though.) Nevertheless, the Bostonist team diligently snapped a few photos of events downtown, in Harvard Yard, and at Cambridge City Hall (yeah, we know we have too many pictures of Middlesex County. We're working on it.), and here they are. You can see links to more pictures......

4/20/06 10:51am Harvard Yard - Widener Library......

It’s been a while, but now we’ve got to do some spring cleaning. Bostonist is cleaning out our ears and putting them to good use eavesdropping. We hope you’ll help us by sending in the things you overhear on your commute, at lunch, or as you’re waiting for your TurboIce at Gate B of Fenway Park. Drop them into an email and send it off to us cyber-space style to the address overheard –......

Paper Hat Parade Dec 16, 2005 - 3pm Harvard Yard......