Monday CALL 911! CALL 911!: Political and economic commentator and White House strategist during the Nixon administration, Kevin Phillips talks about his book, American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century. Phillips traces the set of related causes that caused the downfall of historical world powers. That same combination of ills he says -- global over-reach, militant religion, resource problems, and ballooning debt -- is......

Monday FANTASTIC FICTION SALON: Novelist, nonfiction author, and short story writer Terry Bisson has swept every honor in the science fiction field as well as France's Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire. He joins Hugo House's Writing Fantastic Fiction workshop series, where he will teach "Who Likes Short Shorts? We Like Short Shorts!" 7pm // Hugo House // $4 donation ARTS & LECTURES POETRY SERIES: "Poetry is what maintains our capacity for contemplation and difficulty." That's......

Tuesday, January 23 >>> Sister Act at Meany Theater. Pianists, professors, and sisters Robin & Rachelle McCabe perform Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Mozart¹s Sonata in B-flat major, K. 358 for piano four-hands, Gershwin¹s sparkling An American in Paris, and more. 7:30pm // $10 Wednesday, January 24 >>> The Tiptons at Triple Door. This all-female sax quartet, is named for Billy Tipton, a 50s bandleader who was born as a woman but......

Protector of all things free in the Interwebs, Pied Piper of copyright freedom, Underdog of the digital era--Lawrence Lessig has a new love, and it is...Microsoft? Lessig recently wrote a short post for Wired, in which he lauds the new Borg technology in Vista called InfoCard. His assessment is that InfoCard gives you much more control over what information you share, and with whom. Lessig makes it sound like a custom personal profile, which you......