Brookline Booksmith's Cinemasmith is closing shop. Perhaps the store was cannibalized by Netflix? We don't know. Whatever the reason, the store's shuttering its movie business, and you stand to benefit. Old classics, foreign movies, and films from the Criteron Collection are on sale starting at $5. The store has to move over 3000 titles, so you'll have your pick of the movie crop. Stop by 279 Harvard Street in Brookline to take advantage of the......

*Monday, September 8th, 6:00pm, Brattle Theatre, $5 Paul Auster, Man in the Dark Tuesday, September 9, 7:00pm, Porter Square Books Carol Band, A Household Word Tuesday, September 9th, 7:00pm, Brookline Booksmith Louis Bayard, The Black Tower Tuesday, September 9th, 7:00pm, Harvard Book Store Frank Wilczek, The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces Wednesday, September 10, 6:00pm, Hotel Marlowe Barbara Helfgott Hyett Wednesday, September 10th, 7:00pm, Harvard Book Store Maureen N.......

It's back to school, and back to the books. September is brimming with book events, from this week's sold-out Junot Diaz production to Dennis Lehane to Billy Collins and more. *Friday, September 5th, 7:00pm, Harvard Book Store Randa Jarrar & Padma Viswanathan, A Map of Home and The Toss of a Lemon *Monday, September 8th, 6:00pm, Brattle Theatre, $5 Paul Auster, Man in the Dark Tuesday, September 9, 7:00pm, Porter Square Books Carol Band, A......

Well, we’ve been slow in posting August book events, but you haven’t actually missed any yet. August is traditionally a slow month for publishers, and Harvard Book Store appears to be taking the month off; its next listed event isn’t until September 3 (but it’s a doozy—Junot Diaz! zomg! apparently he likes to make September appearances here--and the price has tripled since last year... but now you can get a book for it!). Check Porter......

Sunday, July 20, 1pm and 3pm, Spectacle Island Visitor Center Christopher Klein, Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands Monday, July 21, 7pm, Brookline Booksmith @ The Coolidge Corner Theatre Susan Quinn with an introduction by Howard Zinn Furious Improvisations: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times *Tuesday, July 22, 7pm, Porter Square Books Steve Almond Not That You Asked David Blair, Ascension Days Tuesday, July 22, 7pm, Harvard......

It's bibliomania this week, with tons of book events ranging from bigshot Salman Rushdie reading from his latest tomorrow to small press folks visiting Brookline Booksmith on Saturday. Whether you like your authors established or up-and-coming, this week is a great time to head out for a reading. Monday, July 14, 7pm, Memorial Church (1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge), $5 Salman Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence *Monday, July 14, 7pm, Porter Square Books Perri Klass, The......

Monday, July 7, 7pm, Porter Square Books Zoe Ferraris, Finding Nouf Tuesday, July 8, 7pm, Porter Square Books Robin Messing and Joan Silber Wednesday, July 9, 7pm, Porter Square Books Jennifer Haigh, The Condition Wednesday, July 9, 7pm, Brookline Booksmith The Daily Candy Lexicon: Words That Don't Exist But Should Thursday, July 10, 7pm, Porter Square Books Laurie Edwards, Life Disrupted *Thursday, July 10, 7pm, Harvard Book Store Christian Lander, Stuff White People Like: A......

July is upon us. This month, you can celebrate stuff white people like, as we did recently, or try to comfort Salman in the wake of his divorce from Padma. There's also a new Harvard Square Book Circle book discussion group at Harvard Book Store and a wonderful small press night (sponsored by Rose Metal Press) at Brookline Booksmith, plus Andre Dubus III comes to Porter Square Books. Be sure to get your reading glasses......

Apparently book events only happen Tuesday through Thursday these days. Clear up your calendar for a little literary love or nonfiction knowledge. We recommend Alison Bass' indictment of Paxil and Prozac, as well as Gary Marcus' exploration of why our brains are so cobbled-together and inefficient. We may have an interview with Marcus later this week, so be on the lookout. Tuesday, June 17th, 7:00pm, Brookline Booksmith Michael Holley, Red Sox Rule Tuesday, June 17th,......

Lewis Black Me of Little Faith Friday, June 6th, 1:00pm, Borders Bookstore Friday, June 6th, 6:00pm, Coolidge Corner, $5 Saturday, June 7th, 7:00pm, First Parish Church Meetinghouse, $5 Everyone's favorite sputtery funnyman, Lewis Black, is in town for not one, not two, but three book readings this weekend! Given that Black's new book, Me of Little Faith, is about religion, that's a suspiciously holy trinity. The only question remains--which appearance is which? Is Harvard Book......

The weather's finally warm and the days are perfect for chilling outside with a book. Check our list of June book events around town to see what you might want to pick up for either frivolous or fierce reading experiences. This week, both Lewis Black and David Sedaris are in town to tickle your funnybones, so get tickets for the titillation while you still can. Later this month readers will tackle topics ranging from pirates......

May winds down with some excellent book events addressing issues from economics to politics to the art of writing. There's even a double-whammy of Wrights reading poetry tomorrow night. Monday, May 26th, 7pm, Brookline Booksmith Franz Wright, God’s Silence C.D. Wright, Rising, Falling, Hovering Tuesday, May 27th, 6pm, Brattle Theatre, $5 sponsored by Harvard Book Store Ted Sorensen, Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History Tuesday, May 27, 7pm, Porter Square Books Leif Enger,......

Book your calendar this week with book events involving history, politics, wine, falconing, and poetry. And don't forget that everyone's favorite anchor, Barbara Walters, signs her new book Audition: A Memoir Thursday evening at Brookline Booksmith. We bet it'll be as popular as that Apple Store opening! Maybe? Monday, May 19th, 7pm, Pandemonium Books & Games Daily Show writer Rob Kutner, Apocalypse How: Making the End Times The Best of Times (book signing) *Monday, May......

National Poetry Month may be over, but that doesn't mean it's time for you to put away the books. It's dreary out right now, but warmer weather should be just around the corner, enabling you to crack a book in the great outdoors. Our lovely local bookstores are bringing us bunches of great readings in May. Big names like Fareed Zakaria, Mike Gravel, and Howard Zinn will discuss politics, while Brookline native BabaWawa returns to......

Jhumpa Lahiri Unaccustomed Earth Thursday, April 3rd, 6:00 p.m. @ CCT Theatre Note: This reading is sold out, but there will be a standby line and open book signing after the reading. Pulitzer prize winner Lahiri brings us a new collection of short stories exploring immigrant identity, exile, and coming of age. Her elegant writing pairs perfectly with her elevated themes. Some stories in the collection explore repeat meetings of acquaintances across time and......

Amy Marcus Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 7:00 p.m., Brookline Booksmith Israel and Palestine have been in conflict for as long as most of us can remember, but Amy Marcus takes us back to a time before Israel's founding to reveal the roots of this bitter and enduring conflict. Former Wall Street Journal correspondent Marcus shows how Muslims and Jews moved from working together to battling one another, highlighting the roles of......

Books Is it possible to be saved by the Sex Pistols? The answer to that is a resounding yes. Michael Patrick MacDonald will be reading from Easter Rising, an account of his youth in the Boston punk scene, at Brookline Booksmith. Bostonist had the opportunity to hear him read from the book when he spoke at UMass-Boston, and we say with great emphasis that this is a must-see, not just for those who love......

Dance Party JD Samson and Johanna Fateman, of the terribly missed Le Tigre, are now working it as a DJ duo known MEN. The new stuff definitely riffs off the best of Le Tigre, which still owns the award for best prom photo/album cover ever. Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, $12, 9:00 pm. Movies When we started writing about this happening, we swore we wouldn't do this, but "ARE YOU TALKIN' TO ME?" Taxi......

Books --Charles Bock's Beautiful Children isn't as delicate as it sounds. A couple reels after their child vanishes in the Las Vegas desert--only it's so, so much more than that, and it's received a flood of attention. The Globe thought Bock threw too much into his debut, but everyone seems to agree that he's ambitious. Brookline Booksmith, 7:00 pm, free. Speaking of free, he's letting you download the book without dropping a single dime.......

Books Susan Choi draws on real-life, high-profile crimes for her literary works. Her last book was American Woman, based on the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, and now she's inspired by her father's real-life experience as a former colleague of the Unabomber in her latest, A Person of Interest. Brookline Booksmith, 7:00 pm, free. Movies Child of the Big City and Daydreams are two silent films from the vanguard of pre-revolution Russian cinema. The former......

Books Manil Suri's The Age of Shiva follows a woman as she tries to find a life outside male expectations. Meera, a young woman in India, marries the man she desires, only to discover he's Mr. Wrong. Eventually, she throws all her hopes on her son, and the intensity of her feelings prompted the San Francisco Chronicle to call the work "a steamy, hot-out-of-the-oven offering of mother love." Whoa, there! Brookline Booksmith, 7:00 pm,......

Music --The Willows bring to the Middle East Upstairs a brand of Americana country rock inspired by the seasonal carnival scene up in Salem. Alas, no salt water taffy is included in the price of admission. With The Vic Morrows, The Resonance, The Giant Melons. Middle East Upstairs, 472 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, doors 9:00, 18+, $8. --While the show has been sold out for weeks, if there's any way you can get in we......

Books --Self-described philosopher-comedians Tom Cathcart and Daniel Klein discuss Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington. Imagine Jon Stewart after he stops shouting "Whaaaa??" takes some time off for a philosophy PhD, and returns to TV. Brookline Booksmith, 7:00 pm, free. --Find out why Drew Gilpin Faust is the president of Harvard, and you're not. Faust will discuss her book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War at the Harvard Coop......

Super Tuesday Obama? Clinton? Romney? Huckabee? Are you getting them all mixed up right about now? Try to get untangled because today is Super Tuesday and the Massachusetts Presidential Primary. Vote so you can at least weed a few of these candidates out. Find out where your polling station is. Girl Scout Cookies Warning: Expensive event ahead. For $45, you can find out what local chefs can do with Girl Scout Cookies, and proceeds will......

Super Bowl --Looking for a good Super Bowl party? Bring your favorite beer mug to the Milky Way, where the big game will screen, and then you can celebrate with some candlepin bowling. Sponsored by the Mug Project, which wants people to use a mug instead of guzzling their way through disposable cups, and Neighbors for Neighbors. 6:00 pm. --MenuPages also provides listings of restaurants with promising Super Bowl parties, including 75 Chestnut, Big......

Art The exhibit Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914–1939 shows the sharp, mechanical-feeling prints that set the artistic tone for the future. Museum of Fine Arts. Read Bostonist's preview of the show. Runs through June 1. Fashion Put away your spindles. Fashionistas can flash forward to the 21st century at Seamless, which showcases "experimental works in computational apparel design." The dry-witted Steven Rosengard of Project Runway 4 will be hosting, and Red Sox......

Music The ICA has invited DJ Spooky (aka Paul D. Miller) to town for an entire weekend. Don't forget--Bostonist has the full scoop and will provide a review. The first event is the talk "Rhythm Science," a multimedia event in which he talks about the ever-changing media landscape and its impact on artists. ICA Boston, 6:30 pm., $12. Books Neil Shubin will read from Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the......

Movies John Sayles will read from the story behind his latest movie, The Honeydripper. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 6:00 pm. The Sayles reading is followed up by a special screening of Night of the Hunter, which is cosponsored by the New England Institute of Art. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 7:00 pm. Books Bostonist dug Charles Burns before we even knew who he was thanks to his covers for The Believer magazine. Burns will be reading from and......

Books Author Jami Attenberg, whom Bostonist had the pleasure of interviewing recently, is breaking out the big guns for her reading of her latest novel, The Kept Man. Kickass Cupcakes will provide food, and Ryan Walsh of Hallelujah the Hills will bring music. And it's free! Brookline Booksmith, 7:00 pm. Hot Dates SpeedDate.com is holding an online event tonight. Speed dating helped get a lot of dating crap out of the way, and it's even......

Jami Attenberg With Ryan Walsh of Hallelujah the Hills and food from Kickass Cupcakes Brookline Booksmith Tomorrow, January 10, 7:00 pm Free Attenberg's official site Set in the art world of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, Jami Attenberg's The Kept Man follows a woman whose relationship has been in limbo for six years. Jarvis Miller's husband, a successful painter, has been in a coma, and she almost becomes a ghost along with him, immersing herself in memories,......