Results tagged “sarahvowell”

• SFist asked readers (who weren't busy battling it out over the election) to take a moment to decide what should be done with the city's mammoth Mervyns space after the retail semi-giant decided to call it quits this week.
• Bostonist couldn't get enough of hometown icon (and living embodiment of PC computers) John Hodgman.
• Shanghaiist wonders if any of the 3,000 single men and women who attended this mass matchmaking session hooked up.

Saturday, October 11, 7:00pm, First Parish Church Meetinghouse, $5

Deborah Copaken Kogan, Between Here and April

With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it's a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-A-Verse. Luckily, even with all the things we have to do, we still managed to get together to let you know what we've all been up to. After cooling down from a hot weekend of many badass Sunset Junction Street Fair photo dispatches, LAist asked...

Our mothership, Gothamist, interviewed author Sarah Vowell this week. In that interview, Vowell revealed the topic of her new book – the Puritans! She's been hunting in our own backyard for information about Puritan history in the 17th century.

This American Life Live! will be at the Boston Opera House at 8:00 pm tonight.