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CitySpace's winter event lineup is 🔥 [View in browser]( We know you love your newsletters from WBUR. But we wanted to let you know how to connect with us in real life, too. At WBUR CitySpace, our event venue on Comm. Ave, we host cutting-edge conversations, adventurous art and fun community gatherings. And this winter, our lineup is extra strong. We hope to see you soon! WBUR CitySpace Events At The Lavine Broadcast Center Jan. 31 | 6:30 p.m. | Free [WBUR Member night: The photos that helped tell our stories]( Join us for a WBUR Member exclusive conversation with award-winning photographers Jesse Costa and Robin Lubbock. They will share their most memorable images where very little stands between the lens and the [biggest stories of our region](. All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins will moderate the evening with special appearances from WBUR reporters Simón Rios, Barbara Moran and Andrea Shea. If you're not a member yet, make a donation now for access to the event. [Click here for more information]( Feb. 6 | 6:30 p.m. | $5-$25 [North Woods: Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason on his hit new novel]( Here & Now co-host Robin Young moderates a conversation with New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason about his hit novel, “North Woods.” Named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe and NPR, it is a sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and Mason will sign following the conversation. [Click here for more information]( Feb. 8 | 6:30 p.m. | $5-$25 [Our Hidden Conversations: Michele Norris on what Americans really think about race and identity]( Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy moderates a conversation with Michele Norris, columnist for The Washington Post and former co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered. Norris is also founding director of The Race Card Project, a narrative archive where people share their reflections on identity in just six words. Half a million responses later, Norris has written “Our Hidden Conversations,” a transformative dialogue on race and identity in America, unearthed through her work with the project. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and Norris will sign following the conversation. [Click here for more information]( Feb. 12 | 6:30 p.m. | $15 [Field Trip: Monogamous Speed Dating (25-35)]( Want to get off your dating apps and meet someone in real life? Do you think that IRL speed dating is generally awkward and weird? You're not alone. That’s why we called our friends at Skip the Small Talk! They will offer "big talk" conversational prompts to get you started and there will be lots of structure to make sure that you actually talk to people and it's not awkward. Snacks will be served and drinks will be available for purchase. [Click here for more information]( Feb. 15 | 6:30 p.m. | $5-$25 [Happily Ever After: A celebration of romance novels and the authors behind them]( Sales have never been higher for romance novels. The books that used to be seen as guilty pleasures and snubbed by “serious” readers have been flying off the shelves. Kalyani Saxena, a Here & Now producer and avid romance reader, moderates a conversation with New York Times best-selling romance novelists Jasmine Guillory, Beverly Jenkins and Ali Hazelwood about their books, the popularity of the genre and how it’s evolving. Copies of their latest books will be available for purchase and the authors will sign following the conversation. [Click here for more information]( Feb. 16 | 7:00 p.m. | $10-$25 [Mortified Live: Valentine's Day Edition]( What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with some painfully awkward and true tales of teen lust, love, heartbreak and sensual fanfic? Join the angsty party at “Mortified,” where brave adults share the very real, very terrible, very hilarious journals, poems, letters and lyrics they created as teenagers...in front of an audience of total strangers. [Click here for more information]( More CitySpace Events Jan. 29 | 6:30 p.m. | $15 Join us [45-minute Rumble Boxing workout]( featuring strength training and shadow boxing exercises paired with hip-hop and house mash-ups. Mar. 4 | 6:30 p.m. | $5-$25 Radio Boston host Tiziana Dearing moderates a [conversation with Maria Hinojosa]( one of the nation’s most esteemed journalists and host of “Latino USA,” “In the Thick" and “Suave.” Mar. 6 | 6:30 p.m. | $5-$25 Here & Now co-host Robin Young sits down with New Yorker writer Michael Schulman for a [conversation about the history of Hollywood]( and his new book “Oscar Wars." Mar. 11 | 6:30 p.m. | $5-$25 Tamika Francis, founder of Food & Folklore, moderates a [conversation with James Beard Award-winning chef JJ Johnson]( about his new cookbook "The Simple Art of Rice.” Mar. 22 | 7:00 p.m. | $5-$15 Join us for a [conversation about “Murder in Boston]( a new podcast exploring the case of Charles Stuart which ignited and divided the city in 1989. Mar. 29 | 6:30 p.m. | Free Join us for bops, ballads and bangers as we turn CitySpace into the [ultimate karaoke club]( for one night only. [Facebook ]( [Instagram ]( Copyright © 2024 WBUR-FM, All rights reserved. You signed up for this newsletter at wbur.org. Our mailing address is: WBUR-FM 890 Commonwealth AveBoston, MA 02215-1205 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.