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  Beyond the Page with Jennifer Weiner

  7:00pm Wed, Apr 23, 2025

  Jennifer Weiner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including Good in Bed, Mrs. Everything,The Breakaway, and In Her Shoes which was made into a major motion picture. Her newest book, The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits, releases on April 8, 2025. Be among the first to hear all about this highly anticipated new book, just weeks after it hits the shelves.
  
  Hear directly from Jennifer during this unforgettable evening. She’ll take you behind the scenes of her extraordinary career, giving you an exclusive peek into her creative process, and so much more! This event is one you absolutely won’t want to miss!
  
  
  This event offers two ticket options:
  
  

  • Attend the event $0
  • Attend the event + receive a SIGNED copy of The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits + GBH membership $60 

  Please note that books will be shipped out following the event.
  

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  Fiction Days Presents Anne Berest: “Family Fictions: The Postcard, Gabriële, and Writing True Novels”

  7:00pm Wed, Apr 23, 2025

  Anne Berest’s first novel to appear in English, The Postcard, was a national bestseller, a Library Journal, NPR, and TIME Best Book of the Year, a Vogue Most Anticipated Book of the Year, and a finalist for the Goncourt Prize in France. It was described as “stunning” by Leslie Camhi in The New Yorker, as a “powerful literary work” by Julie Orringer in The New York Times Book Review, and as “intimate, profound, essential” in ELLE magazine. With her sister Claire Berest, she is also the author of Gabriële, a critically acclaimed, best-selling “true novel” based on the life of her great-grandmother Gabriële Buffet-Picabia, wife of Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp’s lover and muse, a leader of the French Resistance, and an art critic. Berest lives in Paris with her family.
  
  Cosponsored by the Boston College Fiction Days Series.
  
  The Lowell Humanities Series is sponsored by the Lowell Institute, Boston College's Institute for the Liberal Arts, and the Provost's Office.

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  April NOVA Science Trivia Night

  5:30pm Thu, Apr 24, 2025

  Join us at the GBH Studios at the Boston Public Library for a night of NOVA science trivia! Get ready for creative categories and exciting prizes as we test your knowledge, from the depths of the universe to the history of science.
  
  This month we will be quizzing you on the secrets of the forest, the history of pseudoscience and more!
  
  Registration is encouraged for this free event.
  
  Limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of this event.

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  GBH Amplifies: Ron Mitchell Talks With MA Education Leaders

  12:00pm Mon, Apr 28, 2025

  Ron Mitchell, Editor and Publisher of The Bay State Banner, holds a conversation about the current condition of our education system with Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper, and Roxbury Community College President, Jonathan K. Jefferson.
  
  Join us at the GBH Studio in Boston for this community conversation. Recorded in front of the cafe audience at the Newsfeed Cafe in the Boston Public Library, GBH Amplifies events feature a rotating cast of well-known hosts from local media, community organizations, and more.
  
  GBH Amplifies is a community-building initiative funded by the Barr Foundation and supported by the GBH Forum Network, funded by the Lowell Institute.
  
  Forum Network events are free and available to the public, but you must register for access.

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  GBH Amplifies: Ron Mitchell — Prioritizing a Solution to the Massachusetts Housing Crisis

  1:00pm Mon, Apr 28, 2025

  Ron Mitchell, Editor and Publisher of The Bay State Banner, welcomes Kimberly Lyle, CEO of Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC); Michael Kane, the Director of the Mass Alliance of ‘HUD Tenants (MAHT) and a long-time activist for affordable housing and tenants rights; and Luc Schuster, the Executive Director of Boston Indicators, a research center at the Boston Foundation.
  
  Join us at the GBH Studio in Boston for this community conversation. Recorded in the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library, GBH Amplifies events feature a rotating cast of well-known hosts from local media, community organizations, and more.
  
  
  
  GBH Amplifies is a community-building initiative funded by the Barr Foundation and supported by the GBH Forum Network, funded by the Lowell Institute.
  
  
  
  Forum Network events are free and available to the public, but you must register for access.

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  Space Debris Alert!: The Potential Impact on the Ozone Layer and Earth’s Climate

  1:00pm Tue, Apr 29, 2025

  Today, thousands of satellites orbit Earth. At the end of their missions they drop from space and burn up in Earth’s upper atmosphere.The resulting ash deposits thousands of tons of aerosols. Certain aerosols contain metal oxides and pollutants that can impact both the ozone layer and Earth’s thermal balance (heat and cooling factors).
  
  Atmospheric scientist Dan Cziczo, an expert on aerosols and clouds, analyzes these particles that accumulate in Earth’s stratosphere, to determine their relationship to both ozone-depletion and climate change. He explains the concern about these unique space debris chemicals and their potential effect on the ozone layer and the cloud dynamics associated with climate. The studies on space debris represent a developing area of atmospheric science and is of great significance, given the continuing increase in the number of satellites.

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  Planting Seeds: Educating and Empowering our Youngest Generation 

  3:00pm Wed, Apr 30, 2025

  Educating children about how they can be engaged citizens and better humans starts long before they cast their first vote. Hear from interdisciplinary education leaders who are leveraging public media as a platform to reach young audiences in transformative ways.
  
  This session will feature:
  
  Moderator:
  Seeta Pai, Vice President, Children’s Education & Media
  
  Panelists:
  Lisa Guernsey, Senior Director of Education Policy, New America
  Sara DeWitt, Senior Vice President & General Manager, PBS KIDS
  Neema Avashia, Educator & Author
  Merve Lapus, Vice President, Education Outreach & Engagement, Common Sense Media
  
  Opening remarks will be provided by Alberto Vasallo III, President/CEO, El Mundo Boston and Sandra Lopez Burke, Managing Director of Community & Government Relations, GBH.
  
  Please join us for community talks at the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library. This talk is free and open to the public; limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of each event.
  
  Registration is encouraged for this free event.

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  Misinformation and Civil Discourse 

  3:45pm Wed, Apr 30, 2025

  What happens when false or misleading information runs up against the need for open civil discourse? In this lively conversation, a leading expert on AI and social networks and a champion of civil discourse will explore where their work overlaps, where it clashes, and how the media should be covering it all.
  
  This session will feature:
  

  • Deb Roy, Director & Principal Investigator, MIT Center for Constructive Communication 
  • Rajiv Vinnakota, President, The Institute for Students & Scholars 
  • Lee Hill, Executive Editor, GBH News (moderator)

  Please join us for community talks at the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library. This is free and open to the public; limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of each event.
  
  Registration is encouraged for this free event.
  

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  Accessing Reliable Information

  4:45pm Wed, Apr 30, 2025

  In this fireside chat, legal scholar Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University (and GBH Board Chair), sits down with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden to talk about accessing reliable information in a world riddled with misinformation.
  
  Opening remarks for this conversation will be provided by David Leonard, President, Boston Public Library and Susan Goldberg, President & CEO, GBH.
  
  Please join us for community talks at the Boston Public Library. All are free and open to the public; limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. Please RSVP in advance for this free event.
  

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  GBH Music Presents JazzNOW Celebrating International Jazz Day with Walid Zairi & Talween

  7:15pm Wed, Apr 30, 2025

  GBH Music and JazzBoston celebrate International Jazz Day with Walid Zairi & Talween, showcasing original world jazz music that blends the oud and accordion. Oud player and Talween frontman Walid Zairi’s compositions are influenced by his Tunisian African roots and classical Arabic music background, with jazz elements layered in to create a fresh and energetic sound. Named after the Arabic word for "coloring," Talween features world-class Boston musicians who weave a kaleidoscope of musical colors with intense melodies, jazz and African rhythms, intricate harmonies, and bold improvisation.
  
  Please be aware that in-person tickets have sold out. We would love to have you join us via the virtual event.
  
  Event timeline:
  7:15-7:50pm Pre-event reception (in-person only)
  7:50-7:58pm Guest are seated in Fraser (in-person only)
  8-9pm Live performance in Fraser Performance Studio (Hybrid audience)
  
  
  Photo credit: A.J. Ghidardi
  
  
  
  

  

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  Wine Tasting with Rick Steves bundle (Event on Demand)

  6:00pm Thu, May 1, 2025

  Experience our February Wine Tasting with Rick Steves event on your own time! This on demand event experience allows you to sip along with Rick Steves and a sommelier during the previously recorded event. Expand your knowledge of the art of wine tasting with the fundamental five S's: see, swirl, sniff, sip, and savor, sample Italian wines and, get to know Rick too!
  
  
  How it works:
  Purchase this package and we will send you the link to the recording of this event and the tasting kit which includes 6 mini bottles of Italian wine. Once the wine arrives, play the recording and taste along with Rick Steves and our sommelier. You choose the time and place! Snuggle up on the couch, set up in the kitchen, or gather your friends for a fun night in! We know you'll enjoy this lively evening.
  
  Included in this package is Rick Steves’s newest book, On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer. The book will be shipped separately.
  
  
  Here's what attendees had to say about the event in February:
  - What a wonderful night! Expertise does matter and considerate and witty conversation lives! 
  - Loved this...so fun!!
  - This was incredible! Thank you for the opportunity! Cheers
  - One of the best experiences of my life!
  
  Don’t miss your chance to recreate this memorable evening of tasting wine with Rick Steves. And remember, your ticket purchase supports the GBH programming you love. Wine tasting kits are limited so get yours today!
  
  
  Package includes: 
  - The link to the recording of the February 2025 Wine Tasting with Rick Steves lead by a sommelier
  - 6 mini bottles of wine (enough for two to taste) shipped directly to your door (We suggest you enjoy the wine tasting on demand event within 4 months of receipt to optimize freshness).
  - Rick Steves’s newest book, On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer (additional copies of this book are available for purchase)
  
  Please note:
  - Kits cannot be shipped to Canada and the following states: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Mississippi, Rhode Island and Utah
  - Guests must be at least 21 years old to participate in alcohol related events.
  - This package has a limited quantity. Secure your kit today, while supplies last.
  - If you would like to purchase more than one wine tasting experience, please do so in a separate transaction.
  
  Shipping details:
  - Make sure that your address is submitted correctly (no typos!) Failure to type your address correctly will result in a shipping delay or even the possibility that your ticket will not be fulfilled.
  - Ticket holders will receive the wine tasting and book separately. The book will arrive later that the wine.
  - Kits cannot be shipped to Canada and the following states: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Mississippi, Rhode Island and Utah
  - Kits cannot be shipped to a P.O. Box
  - Ticket holders will need to be home to show identification and sign upon delivery to prove they are 21+ years of age. Wine will not be delivered without this.
  - Books will ship separately from the wine.
  

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  CARBON: The Book of Life

  5:00pm Tue, May 6, 2025

  Carbon gets a bad rap these days, according to author and environmentalist Paul Hawken, who urges us to widen our perception and response to the climate crisis.  Too often carbon is maligned as the “driver” of climate change and blamed for the possible demise of civilization.  However, this narrative is erroneous and misleading. 
  
  Carbon is an intriguing element; the only one that animates the entire living world.  Manifesting in coal and diamonds, it displays a host of different properties because of its ability to bond easily. One vital example is carbon-dioxide, which allows plants to photosynthesize. Though carbon comprises a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our planet is lifeless without it. 
  
  Paul Hawken, veteran environmentalist and author, looks at the flow of life through the lens of carbon. Embracing a panoramic view of carbon’s omnipresence, he explores how this ubiquitous and essential element extends into every aperture of existence and shapes the entire fabric of life. Hawken charts a course across our planetary history, guiding us into the realms of plants, animals, insects, fungi, food, and farms to offer a new narrative for embracing carbon’s life-giving power and its possibilities for the future of human endeavor.
  
  Hawken’s latest book, Carbon: The Book of Life illuminates the subtle connections between carbon and our collective human experience and suggests we see nature, carbon, and ourselves as exquisitely intertwined -inseparably connected.
  

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