January 21
HONORING THE DREAMER
Tributes to Martin Luther King Jr., whose “I Have Dream” speech celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, take place throughout the day Monday. Here are a few:
WHAT MLK Jr. Memorial Breakfast WHEN/WHERE 8 a.m., Boston Convention & Exhibition Center HIGHLIGHTS Keynote by Harvard professor and minister Jonathan L. Walton TICKETSmlkbreakfastboston.org
WHAT MLK Jr. Day Open House WHEN/WHERE 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston HIGHLIGHTS Free admission, art activities, live broadcast of 57th presidential inauguration INFO 617-267-9300; mfa.org
WHAT A Day of Service and Celebration in Honor of MLK Jr. WHEN/WHERE 1 p.m., Faneuil Hall HIGHLIGHTS Free admission, keynote by a member of the Little Rock Nine, performance by Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra INFO617-635-3911; cityofboston.gov/arts
WHAT Boston Children’s Chorus MLK Jr. Tribute Concert WHEN/WHERE 2 and 7 p.m., New England Conservatory HIGHLIGHTS Guest artists Cindy Blackman Santana and Melinda Doolittle TICKETS 617-778-2242; bostonchildrenschorus.org
January 24-March 17
GAELIC WITH GUSTO
The Irish . . . and How They Got That Way,a musical revue penned by Angela’s Ashes author Frank McCourt, opens Thursday at the Davis Square Theatre in Somerville. You’ll hear everything from “Danny Boy” and “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” to music by U2. Tickets start at $39. 800-660-8462; frankmccourtstheirish.com
January 24
LISTEN UP, DOC
Are you getting the best care possible from your doctor? The new book When Doctors Don’t Listen, by Harvard physicians Leana Wen and Joshua Kosowsky, offers advice to patients,
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Maya Lin
including questions to ask at every doctor’s visit. Hear from the authors at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop. 617-499-2000; harvard.bkstore.com
HER ENDURING VISION
In the public eye since her design was chosen for the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1981, architect Maya Lin is now working on Novartis’s new $600 million complex in Cambridge. She’ll speak at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. 617-536-5400; bpl.org/news/lowell
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January 25
CHAST CHATS
New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast delivers Theories of Everything, a multimedia presentation of her work at 8 p.m. in Harvard’s Sanders Theatre as part of the Celebrity Series of Boston. Tickets start at $30. 617-482-6661; celebrityseries.org
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