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Bostonist hadn't made any solid Saturday plans for this weekend until we read a post about "Museum Day" being held nationwide this Saturday, September 30. In honor of the Smithsonian, who has free admission to their great museums year round, other museums are joining in this free education ideology and will not be charging admission for this one specific day. In order to enter one of the participating museums for free, you must download and print out a "Museum Day" pass found here. (They say you can only use one that day, but we're assuming if you're feeling ambitious, you could print out three and hit up three museums on Saturday.)

Larry Summers just can't buy a break these days. It's getting to the point where the Harvard President ought to have the word "embattled" printed before his name on business cards. Having weathered the storms he created by alienating the African-American Studies department, women in science and math generally, and Native Americans, Summers has now moved on to just firing a respected administrator (a white male one, no less!) and using oodles of University money...

Living in the cradle of the Revolutionary War that is Boston, we are often called upon to take note of important historical dates. Usually, we do this by taking a day off from work, which we frequently accompany with heavy drinking. This weekend, however, in honor of the 232nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, it's all history and no holidays or boozing it up: On Sunday at 5:30 p.m., the Old South Meeting...