Award-winning blogger Jenny Rosenstrach decided she could work full-time on one condition—\;that she and her husband (also a full-time editor) could put a home-cooked meal on the table for her kids every night. In her new book\, she shares tips\, tricks\, and recipes for anyone who wants to fit in a nightly meal without resorting to ramen.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/night-secrets-ft-meg-mitchell-moore-rosie-sultan URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/night-secrets-ft-meg-mitchell-moore-rosie-sultan SUMMARY:A Night of Secrets Ft. Meg Mitchell Moore & Rosie Sultan DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night with two acclaimed Boston writers as they share new novels of long-held secrets. So Far Away\, the second novel by Meg Mitchell Moore (The Arrivals) links together the lives of a thirteen-year-old victim of cyber-bullying and an archivist mourning the loss of her daughter as they discover a buried secret in the journal of a 1920's Boston maid. Elin Hilderbrand calls it \\"an intoxicating read!\\"
In Brookline native Rosie Sultan's new novel\, Helen Keller In Love\, she re-imagines the secret affair of renowned deaf and blind activist\, writer\, and speaker\, Helen Keller. Jill McCorkle calls it \\"a vivid\, sensuous portrait full of sound and vision.\\"
NYT Bestselling author and contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone\, Rich Cohen (Israel Is Real\, Tough Jews) tells the unbelievable true story of Samuel Zemurray\, a penniless immigrant who turned himself into a multi-millionaire fruit mogul\, a kingmaker\, and war-monger who embodied both the American dream and the worst colonial nightmares.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/jess-walter-beautiful-ruins URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/jess-walter-beautiful-ruins SUMMARY:Jess Walter - Beautiful Ruins DESCRIPTION:The award-winning author of The Zero and The Financial Lives of the Poets visits the Smith with a new novel that Richard Russo calls\, \\"an absolute masterpiece.\\" The story of an almost-love affair that spans fifty years\, from the coast of Italy to the streets of Hollywood.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120626T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120626T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/Picking-Up-Pieces URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/Picking-Up-Pieces SUMMARY:Stories of Picking Up the Pieces Ft. Josh Henkin & Nichole Bernier DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night with two authors whose brilliant new novels explore the aftermath of tragedy. In The World Without You\, the new novel from Joshua Henkin (Matrimony)\, a family reunites to mark the anniversary of their youngest son's death in Iraq. In local author Nichole Bernier's novelistic debut\, The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.\, a woman inherits the journals of her best friend\, who died in a sudden accident. But the woman she finds inside is far different from the one she knew.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120627T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120627T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/paul-levy-goal-play URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/paul-levy-goal-play SUMMARY:Paul Levy - Goal Play! DESCRIPTION:In his new book\, former CEO of Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center and Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Medical School\, Paul F. Levy shares lessons in leadership from experiences in business\, health\, and coaching.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120628T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120628T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/alice-mattison-when-we-argued-all-night URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/alice-mattison-when-we-argued-all-night SUMMARY:Alice Mattison - When We Argued All Night DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author Alice Mattison (Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn\, In Case We're Separated) has had her poetry and fiction featured in The New Yorker\, The Pushcart Prize\, and New York Times. In her new novel\, she tells the story of a close friendship between two men\, from the dawn of WWII to the end of a tumultuous century.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120629T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120629T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/Stephen-Prothero-American-Bible URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/Stephen-Prothero-American-Bible SUMMARY:Stephen Prothero - The American Bible\: How Our Words Unite\, Divide\, and Define a Nation DESCRIPTION:NYT best-selling author and chair of BU's religion department Stephen Prothero (Religious Literacy\, God Is Not One) examines the texts that have helped define and redefine our country's cultural and political landscape\, from the speeches of Lincoln\, Kennedy and Reagan to the novels of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Ayn Rand.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120630T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120630T170000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/create-art-class-diane-bigda-flock-birds-exploration-collage-and-drawing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/create-art-class-diane-bigda-flock-birds-exploration-collage-and-drawing SUMMARY:Create Art Class with Diane Bigda\: A Flock of Birds\: An Exploration of Collage and Drawing DESCRIPTION:Each student will receive collage materials\, backing paper\, glue\, and scissors to create their own fanciful bird (or birds). They will learn the basics of collage\, get inspired by Picasso\, Romare Bearden and other artists working in the medium. We will explore working with texture\, cut shapes\, ephemera\, and will make a bird that can be hung in your home.
Ages 6 to 10.
Class limited to 12 students.
You must pre-register. Fee is $40 per student per class.
You can sign up for one or all four classes for $145.
Diane Bigda is a teacher at the Art Institute of Boston\, where she teaches watercolor\, natural history drawing\, surface design and book illustration. She is the creator of all the Clearflour Bakery posters and the tree in the back of the Booksmith.
Anna Jo Beck will be assisting Diane. She is a senior at the Art Institute of Boston. In her spare time she doodles\, binds books\, and plays ukulele.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120702T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120702T230000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/jodi-picoult-samantha-van-leer-between-lines URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/jodi-picoult-samantha-van-leer-between-lines SUMMARY:Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer - Between the Lines DESCRIPTION:NYT bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her teenage daughter team up for this romantic\, funny\, and adventurous new novel. When the storybook prince from teenage bookworm Delilah’s favorite fairytale begins to talk to her\, she launches on a quest to save him from the page.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120703T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120704T020000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/erin-morgenstern-night-circus-paperback-release-party URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/erin-morgenstern-night-circus-paperback-release-party SUMMARY:Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus Paperback Release Party DESCRIPTION:Featuring live music by The Army of Broken Toys
Step right up\, ladies and gentlemen\, boys and girls! The circus is in town! Witness as we transform our store into a fabulous three-ring for the paperback debut of Erin Morgenstern’s tale of wonder and whimsy. Peer into your future\, see marvels of magic and mystery\, performances to tickle your bones. Games of chance and skill. Join us for a night of fabulous fun for the whole family.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T170000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/create-art-class-diane-bigda-drawing-dark-experiment-contour-drawing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/create-art-class-diane-bigda-drawing-dark-experiment-contour-drawing SUMMARY:Create Art Class with Diane Bigda\: Drawing in the Dark\: An Experiment in Contour Drawing DESCRIPTION:Popularized by Betty Edwards\, blind contour drawing is a way to turn drawing on its head. In this course we will create wild interpertations of observaional drawing. This exercise is called “pure contour drawing” from the book The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. By attempting to draw a continuos outline without looking at your paper\, we introduce a new way to approach drawing\, as well as create new and unexpected illustrations of familiar objects.
Ages 8 to 12.
Class limited to 12 students.
You must pre-register\, fee is $40 per student per class. You can sign up for one or all four classes for $145.
Diane Bigda is a teacher at the Art Institute of Boston\, where she teaches watercolor\, natural history drawing\, surface design and book illustration. She is the creator of all the Clearflour Bakery posters and the tree in the back of the Booksmith.
Anna Jo Beck will be assisting Diane. She is a senior at the Art Institute of Boston. In her spare time she doodles\, binds books\, and plays ukulele.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/tina-cassidy-jackie-after-o URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/tina-cassidy-jackie-after-o SUMMARY:Tina Cassidy - Jackie After O DESCRIPTION:In Jackie After O\, local author Tina Cassidy gives a detailed and touching portrayal of one year in the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In 1975\, with her second husband’s health declining and her children ready to leave the nest\, the former first-lady was left to redefine herself outside of her marriages and motherhood\, which she did with grace and drive—helping to save Grand Central Station and taking a pivotal role in publishing.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T230000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/events/chris-cleave-gold URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/events/chris-cleave-gold SUMMARY:Chris Cleave - Gold (At the Coolidge - Tickets $5 - available 6/11) DESCRIPTION:The NYT bestselling author of Little Bee and Incendiary visits the Coolidge for his new novel of passion\, friendship\, tragedy\, and redemption. World-class athletes and best friends Zoe and Kate have trained\, loved\, fought\, and grown up together. Now\, on the eve of London 2012\, their last Olympics\, they must decide\, when lives are at stake\: What would you sacrifice for the people you love\, if it meant giving up the thing that was most important to you in the world?
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120713T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120713T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/kurt-andersen-true-believers URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/kurt-andersen-true-believers SUMMARY:Kurt Andersen - True Believers DESCRIPTION:NYT Bestselling author and host of NPR’s Studio 360\, Kurt Andersen (Heyday\, Turn of the Century) returns with his most masterful novel yet. When a celebrated attorney shocks the world by turning down a shot at the Supreme Court\, she decides to finally reveal a startling secret from her childhood in the 60’s when she and her two best friends\, inspired by the romance of the James Bond novels\, stumbled across an intrigue that was all too real.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120714T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120714T170000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/create-art-class-diane-bigda-hand-printed-bookmarks-exercise-printmaking-and-mixed-media URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/create-art-class-diane-bigda-hand-printed-bookmarks-exercise-printmaking-and-mixed-media SUMMARY:Create Art Class with Diane Bigda\: Hand-Printed Bookmarks\: An Exercise in Printmaking and Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:We’ll get our hands a little dirty with this multimedia project\, with each student taking home their own laminated bookmarks. Each will reflect their imaginative sense and help them with summer reading.
Learn how to do basic printmaking in this class. We will create drawings which will be used for printing two to three bookmarks. They will be enhanced with color and collage materials\, laminated\, and finished with string which will make them keepsakes.
Ages 6 to 10.
Class limited to 12 students.
You must pre-register. Fee is $40 per student per class. You can sign up for one or all four classes for $145.
Diane Bigda is a teacher at the Art Institute of Boston\, where she teaches watercolor\, natural history drawing\, surface design and book illustration. She is the creator of all the Clearflour Bakery posters and the tree in the back of the Booksmith.
Anna Jo Beck will be assisting Diane. She is a senior at the Art Institute of Boston. In her spare time she doodles\, binds books\, and plays ukulele.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120717T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120717T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ben-mezrich-sex-moon URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ben-mezrich-sex-moon SUMMARY:Ben Mezrich - Sex on the Moon DESCRIPTION:Bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires (the inspiration for the movie The Social Network) and Bringing Down the House\, Ben Mezrich shares his most recent piece of reportage\, now in paperback. In Sex on the Moon\, Mezrich follows the unbelievable true story of a brilliant NASA intern who decided to steal the priceless moon rocks.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T033942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120718T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120718T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/night-weighty-words-ft-carissa-halston-jill-mcdonough URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/night-weighty-words-ft-carissa-halston-jill-mcdonough SUMMARY:A Night of Weighty Words Ft. Carissa Halston & Jill McDonough DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of new writing with two celebrated local authors. In The Mere Weight of Words\, Carissa Halston (A Girl Named Charlie) has created a stunning new novella about a daughter’s coming to terms with her estranged father’s Alzheimer’s. In her award-winning collection Habeas Corpus\, Jill McDonough (Faith. The Body. Home.) composes fifty sonnets each based on a historical execution.
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