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Book Store events, receptions, and more Aug-October

October 1, 2026 @ 8:00 am – January 31, 2027 @ 5:00 pm UTC-4

event listings for dates Oct 1 to Jan 2027

In “History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old-Mystery”
Tue, Oct 6 • 6:30 PM
Brookline · WBUR CitySpace tix $12.45
Smithsonian scholar Richard Kurin tells the story behind this groundbreaking research and what it reveals about Jefferson, the Hemings family and the power of science to illuminate the past.

Kurin will discuss the book with Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed, whose landmark book “The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family” transformed our understanding of the Jefferson-Hemings story.
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OCT 6 th Harvard Professor PBS Show Produce
HENRY LOUS GATES in Person

Meet “Finding my Roots” PBS TV series professor Skip Gates
with new book Theaster Gates with Henry Louis Gates Jr. at the Cambridge Public Library

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Theaster Gates with Henry Louis Gates Jr. at the Cambridge Public Library
Tue, Oct 6 • 6:00 PM Mid Cambridge · Cambridge Public Library


Boston African Restaurant Week 2026
Thu, Oct 15 • 12:00 PM

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