Rebecca Skloot
Stan Vanderbeek: "The Culture Intercom" | Collages, stop-motion animations, immersive multi-projection film environments, and computer-generated videos | List Visual Arts Center at MIT, 20 Ames St, Cambridge | February 4-April 2 | 617.253.4680 or listart.mit.edu
Black History Month Celebration | Dance, spoken word, soul food, and music |
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton St, Boston | February 5 @
11:30 am | 617.927.1707 or villavictoriaarts.org
MassArt Thesis Illustration Exhibition | Senior projects by more than 30 talented student artists | Fourth Wall Project, 132 Brookline Ave, Boston | February 5-19 | fourthwallproject.com
New England Poetry Club | Members read love poems | Harvard Yenching Library, Common Room 136, 2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge | February 7 @ 7 pm | nepoetryclub.org
Big Quiz Thing | Interactive trivia show with a cash prize - now with no
cover | Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton St, Boston |
February 7 @ 8 pm | 866.811.4111 or cluboberon.com
Robb Waters: "Strange Faces" | Oil paintings of vintage toys; opening reception with DJ/VJ Robotkid | ZuZu, 474 Mass Ave, Cambridge | February 7-March 6; reception February 7: 10 pm-1 am | zuzubar.com
Rebecca
Skloot | The Immortal
Life of Henrietta Lacks reading and discussion | Boston College, Yawkey
Athletic Center, 140 Comm Ave, Chestnut Hill | February 8 @ 7 pm | 617.552.3191
or bc.edu/offices/lowellhs
"Civic Discourse: A Dialogue on Immigration" | With Hong Kingston, Gish Jen,
and James Carroll [RSVP required] | Boston Athenæum, 10-1/2 Beacon St, Boston |
February 9 @ 5 pm | 617.720.7600 or bostonathenaeum.org
Lester Brown | World on the
Edge: How To Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse discussion | First
Unitarian Church, 3 Church St, Cambridge | February 9 @ 7 pm | 617.661.1515 or
harvard.com
"The Power of Earn-a-Bike: Stories from Nevis Island and Boston" | Bikes Not
Bombs staff, board members, and youth instructors discuss their international
program | Bikes Not Bombs Hub, 284 Amory St, Ste 8, Jamaica Plain | February 10
@ 7 pm | 617.522.0222 or bikesnotbombs.org