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...world, descends into chaos. My Life As A Fake By Peter Carey What happens when a poet decides to teach everyone else a lesson about reality and fakery? It's his life, not theirs, that is changed. Inspired by a legendary literary hoax in Australia, the Booker winner's new novel delves satisfyingly into a world of lies, literary demons and artistic pretense. The Lady And The Unicorn By Tracy Chevalier Is life ever as neat as it looks in art? Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring) ventures back into art history and returns with another spellbinding account...
Subtitled The Influence of Cartoons in Contempary Art, this exhibit at the Boston Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) examines three generations of popular contemporary artists who have used the images and techniques of cartoons to explore challenging contemporary issues. 2003 ICA Artist Prize winner Douglas R. Weathersby creates site-specific installations that use dust and detritus to meditate on the creative potential of waste and cleanliness, order and disorder. Runs through January 4. $5 students, free after 5 p.m. on Thursday. Boston ICA, 955 Boylston Street...
...multiple Grammy Award winner and Woodstock performer, dubbed “the godfather of world music” by George Harrison and knighted by the Queen of England, continues to spread the gospel about classical Indian music through his legendary sitar playing. Shankar is now joined by his daughter Anoushka. 7:30 p.m. $23-75. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts...
...nerdiest of the college nerds will be rewarded for his or her knack for facts—the winner of “Jeopardy! College Championship” will drive away in a brand-new Volvo with at least...
...Great Unraveling is a compilation of Krugman’s op-eds since he began writing for the Times. Krugman’s commentary is astute and accessible. A winner of the highly selective John Bates Clark Medal for outstanding economists under the age of 40—an honor he shares with University President Lawrence H. Summers—and a professor of economics at Princeton, Krugman is adept at translating economic phenomena and jargon into everyday language. His columns are often constructed around metaphors that help readers understand not only what is going...