Harvard University Kennedy School of Government professor and Obama adviser Samantha Power, whose events have popped up on Bostonist many times and who has a rep as an extremely smart person, lost some brain cells and called Hillary Clinton a "monster" while a reporter's tape recorder was running. She didn't do Obama any favors. Boston Daily quotes elements of the interview with a Scottish newspaper. The offending lines were mind-boggling: "She is a monster, too......

A Tribute to David Halberstam Tuesday, November 27, 7:00 pm Brattle Theatre (via Harvard Book Store and Powell's Books), $10 More info. With the holiday, this week wasn't going to have heaps of readings, but a big one is taking place on Tuesday as great minds gather to discuss the work of the late journalist David Halberstam. Out of the Book, a documentary series sponsored by Powell's Books that follows authors, has turned its gaze......

The Darfur/Darfur Exhibit will be at the Institute of Contemporary Art on Friday, September 7, in the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater. The exhibit of photographs will run from 10 am to 3 pm and is free with regular admission. Tickets to the lecture and Yo-Yo Ma performance are already sold out, but you will be able to hear it outside the ICA. Sometimes "awareness-raising" only goes so far, especially when it comes to......

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......