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Nov
6
Time:
WED 7 p.m.
Speaker:
Michael Witmore
Sponsor:
Boston College
Michael Witmore: Civic Shakespeare
Nov
7
Time:
THU 6 p.m.
Location:
310 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108
Speaker:
Fredie Kay
Sponsor:
Old South Meeting House
Massachusetts Women at the Forefront of Suffrage
Nov
7
Time:
THU 7 p.m.
Sponsor:
Museum of African American History
Understanding Criminal Justice Reform
Nov
8
Time:
FRI 7 p.m.
Location:
30 Elm St, Worcester, MA 01609
Speakers:
Craig Mortley
,
Manuel “Miss. M” Lancara
Sponsor:
Worcester Historical Museum
Strike A Pose: Voguing, Chosen Family, & the Queer Community
Nov
12
Time:
TUE noon
Location:
Kennedy School Wexner 434AB
Speaker:
Brandi Collins-Dexter
Sponsor:
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Black Skinhead: Kanye, Conspiracism and the Winding Road to 2020
Nov
13
Time:
WED 7 p.m.
Location:
279 Harvard St. Brookline
Speakers:
Krysten Hill
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John Freeman
Sponsor:
Brookline Booksmith
Dictionary of the Undoing: John Freeman talks with Krysten Hill
Nov
14
Time:
THU 7 p.m.
Location:
1 Guest Street, WGBH Studios
Speakers:
Stephanie Leydon
,
Susan Esper
Sponsor:
WGBH
BostonTalks: Fearless Females
Nov
14
Time:
THU 7 p.m.
Location:
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100
Speaker:
Dr. Carl Hart
Sponsor:
Boston College
Drug Use for Grownups: A Human Rights Perspective
Nov
19
Time:
TUE 6 p.m.
Location:
WGBH Studios at the Boston Public Library
Speaker:
Dr. Diana Direiter
Sponsor:
NOVA Science Café
All I Really Need to Know About Politics, I Learned in Middle School
Nov
20
Time:
WED 6 p.m.
Location:
Boston Public Library, Rabb Hall
Speaker:
Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman
Sponsor:
WorldBoston
Nuclear Negotiations: Back to the Future?
Nov
20
Time:
WED 7 p.m.
Location:
1 Central Wharf Boston MA 02110
Speaker:
Dr. Alex Dehgan
Sponsor:
New England Aquarium
The Snow Leopard Project And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation
Nov
21
Time:
THU 6 p.m.
Location:
Maclaurin Buildings Room 3–270, MIT
Speakers:
Lisa Song
,
Kendra Pierre-Louis
Sponsor:
MIT Communications Forum
Can Journalists Save the Planet?
Nov
25
Time:
MON 3:30 p.m.
Location:
Belmont Media Center Community TV, Belmont MA
Speaker:
Christoph Reinhart, Ph.D.
Sponsor:
Science for the Public
Sustainable Urban Development