February Author Events

Several local bookstores, libraries and community centers are hosting interesting events in February.

Thursday, February 3rd at 2:00 pm, the Central Library of the Boston Public Libraries will be showing Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, a documentary on Gertrude Berg who was creator, star, and writer of “The Goldbergs,” a popular radio show which became television’s first character-driven sitcom.

Also on Thursday, February 3rd at 8:00 pm, the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore will be live broadcasting an interview of author Michael Lewis by NPR’s Ira Glass that is happening in New York City.  Lewis will discuss his book, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, about the global financial crisis and steps to prevent future collapses.

Tuesday, February 8th at 7:00 pm, the Harvard Bookstore and Harvard Hillel will co-host James L. Kugel, Harvard professor of Hebrew literature, who will discuss his new book, In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief.

On Wednesday, February 9th at 7:00 pm, Jennifer Wright Knust, an assistant professor at BU, will be discussing her new book, Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions about Sex and Desire at the Brookline Booksmith.

Saturday, February 13th at 11:30 am, Porter Square Books will be hosting Senator Bernie Sanders, who will discuss his new book, The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class.

On Thursday, February 17th at 6:30 pm, the Cambridge Public Library will be hosting Ted Gup who will discuss his book on the Depression Era entitled, A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness – And a Trove of Letters – Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression.

On Friday, February 18th at 7:30 pm in First Parish Church in Harvard Square, Cambridge Forum presents a benefit concert for the Terezin Music Foundation and Cambridge Forum.  Performances of works created in Terezin and contemporary works inspired by the artists of the holocaust will be followed by a panel discussion on the relationship between creativity and stress, using the works created in Terezin as examples.  More information about this event is available on the Harvard Bookstore website.

Author events postings by Library Intern, Carli Spina.