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Book It: Book Events April 19–25

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
Monday, April 20 6:00 pm, Brattle Theatre, $5 Slavoj Zizek, The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? Sponsored by Harvard Book Store 7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith ...

Sunday Happenings

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
Still from People Years Life courtesy HFA. Neo-Afrobeat Boston's Macrotones are card carrying members of the Afrobeat revival. Though the band's website rather presumptuously...

Medford resident puts on ‘Explore the Art and Science of Light’ at the...

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
As part of the nine-day Cambridge Science Festival, Medford resident, educator and artist, Tamar Meiksin, will present “Explore the Art and Science of Light,” a hands-on...

Somerville's Anna Yu is the new face of autism in MBTA, May Institute...

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
What does autism look like? It looks like Anna Yu, who lives in Somerville and attends school at the May Center for Child Development in Randolph.Yu is one of nine students...

Adult ed workshop at St Camillus

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
The Arlington-Belmont Catholic Parishes of St. Agnes and St. Camillus invite you to the sixty-third Arlington Cluster Adult Religious Education Workshop entitled: “The Mass,...

Israeli Dancing in perpetuity at Temple B’nai Brith

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
Please join us for Sunday night Israeli dancing, 7 to 9 p.m. at Temple B’nai Brith, 201 Central St., Somerville. Please come and enjoy the spirit-lifting music and exercise.

Recent Deaths

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
WORCESTER Alexander, Ann L. (Tuson), 62. Funeral service 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, 2009, Graveside service in Saint John's Cemetery, 260 Cambridge St., Worcester. Died Friday,...

Alleged racial incident stuns Tufts

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
Allegations of racism are roiling the Tufts University campus after an allegedly drunk freshman and members of a Korean student group got into fisticuffs earlier this month in a...

Mass. college kids to break ground on solar house

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
In this decathlon, green engineering and design replace sprints and long jumps. A team of students from Tufts University and Boston Architectural College are building a solar...

CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Arena campaign holds kickoff April 26

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
The Arena Committee invites you to a kickoff breakfast with Mark J. Arena, who is running for Medford City Council, on Sunday, April 26, at 10 a.m. at Raso's Grille, 209 Mystic...

Saturday Happenings

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
Image from the Fleshtones Myspace . Skills The 2009 Boston Skillshare brings together volunteer experts in everything from bike mechanics to dating lesbians to swap expertise...

Watertown Historical Society board members treasure special find

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
About a year ago Marilynne Roach and Joyce Kelly were visiting a bazaar sale at the Phillips Congregational Church on Mt. Auburn Street, looking for historical objects like they...

Medford High School senior Nicole Coakley meets former Italian prime...

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
On the evening of April 6, Medford High School senior Nicole Coakley had the privilege of speaking at the Dante Alighieri Society in Cambridge to welcome Italy’s former Primi...

Misplaced tourist rescued

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
WORCESTER - William J. Davis, Central Region director for the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, removes a Cooper's hawk from in front of the Sovereign Bank tower...

Random thoughts over morning coffee

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
I'm writing this sitting in a cafe in Harvard Sq drinking coffee and enjoying the beginnning of the day. No newspaper to read, just my netbook, a net connection and my own...

A fresh look at Fresh Pond: New book explores raw beauty of Cambridge...

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
Fresh Pond means many things for Cambridge: a source of beauty, a playground, a water supply, an escape. For U.K. native Jill Sinclair, the pond meant a graduate studies thesis....

All th world is delicious and unique at Dave's Fresh Pasta's expanded store

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
Italian sparkling wines, Iggy’s bread and Latur cheese wooed customers at Dave’s Fresh Pasta during a grand opening of the market and wine shop at the expanded 81 Holland St....

Cambridge Home of the Week: 272 Upland Road

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
In Avon Hill, a nice solid single-family home at 272 Upland Road, built in 1930, was completely remade in 2006 as a contemporary space for a modern family. It’s a handsome house...

Yoga studio matches pricing with times

Sun, 04/19/2009 - 3:43pm
The owner of SoniYoga in Cambridge, Mass., is inviting all comers to her classes and pay what they can afford — even if it is nothing at all — for the months of April and May....