Geek author Ethan Gilsdorf
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Freakonomics Sneak Preview | Screening
with brief lecture by MIT professor Joshua Angrist and Q&A with producer
Chad Troutwine | MIT, Bldg 26-100, Vassar
St, Cambridge |
September 30: 6:30 pm | //lsc.mit.edu
Nobody's Robots: A Farewell to Piebald Special Screening | Documentary screening party with giveaways, free refreshments, and a
performance by Travis Shettel and Aaron Stuart, fed in live from LA | Sidehatch
Art Space & Recording Studio, 24 Spice St, Charlestown | September 30: 6-9
pm | facebook.com/piebaldmusic
Boston Local Food Festival | Info,
workshops, demos, cooking competitions, and plenty of chances to nom nom nom |
Fort Point Channel, Boston
| October 2: 11 am-5 pm | bostonlocalfoodfestival.com
Summer Shack's Chowder Cook-Off | Sample New
England-style chowders and vote for the best | Spectacle
Island, Boston | October 2: noon-2 pm | 617.223.8108 or Yelp event page
Somerville Oktoberfest | Bratwurst, beer, games for kids, and music from the Mad Bavarian Brass Band | Davis Square, Somerville | October 3 @ noon | facebook.com event page
Cambridge Forum: "Howard Zinn and the Freedom to Write" | Panel discussion celebrating the life of the late historian | First Unitarian
Church, 3 Church St, Cambridge
| October 3 @ 2 pm | 617.661.1515 or harvard.com
Neon Indian | Chillwave | Secret location TBA,
Boston |
October 3 @ 4 pm | thephoenix.com - we'll have the details on Friday
Business of Hip-Hop/Urban Music Symposium
| Workshops and speakers from the entertainment industry | Berklee Performance Center,
136 Mass Ave,
Boston | October 4 @ 7 pm | berklee.edu
"Two Geeks are Better Than One" | Memoirists Ethan Gilsdorf and Tony Pacitti
discuss their books and the appeal of fantasy, sci-fi, and gaming; plus, free
Mountain Dew and Doritos! | Pandemonium Books and Games, 4 Pleasant St, Cambridge | October 4 @ 7
pm | 617.547.3721 or pandemoniumbooks.com
Beat Research with Frikstailers
| Argentinean cumbia with no cover | Enormous Room, 567 Mass Ave, Cambridge
| October 4: 9 pm-1 am | beatresearch.com
Russell Sherman | Classical pianist performs three
works by Schumann: Kreisleriana,
the C-major Fantasie,
and Arabesque |
Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St,
Boston | October 5 @ 8 pm | 617.585.1260
"A Conversation with Spike Lee" | Discussion
and film clips with the award-winning director; public admitted on a first
come, first served basis, so show up early | Boston University, George Sherman
Union, 775 Comm Ave, Boston | October 6 @ 4 pm | 617.216.0636
Michael Cunningham | By Nightfall reading and discussion | Boston Public
Library, Copley Square,
Boston | October 6: 6-7:30 pm | 617.536.5400
or bpl.org
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