A walk through here is like a time warp back to the day when the rhyme ruled the radio and boombox. Now they're keeping the sounds alive and educating about the world that once was. This spot has everything....Vinyl, Art Supplies, Cd's, Posters, Album Art, Clothing, Mags & Books, free sampler CD's, live shows, kick ass website, and a really cool in-store computer system that allows you to shop from a comp station and have the merch literally brought to you @ check out. There have been to countless FREE, LIVE performances INSIDE the store, where you can chill, check out the artist, then actually meet & greet in most cases.

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Hours: 12-9pm M-F 12-6 pm Sa/Su Cards Accepted: The Lucy Parsons Center is a unique, radical bookstore located in the South End neighborhood of Boston. They are open from 12-9PM on Monday-Friday, and 12-6 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. Besides being a bookstore, the Lucy Parsons Center also has events such as movie nights and book tables happening weekly. This bookstore carries extensive information on the progressive movement. They have new as well as used books for sale. (You can often get books for only $1 on a cart outside of the center...) The events listings can be found on the online calendaron the website, or stop in to ask what's going on when you're in the area. The radical film nights are free. From their [www.lucyparsons.org website]: "Redbook/Lucy Parsons Center has survived for thirty years. It has been truly a community project of Boston's radicals. Dozens and dozens of people have worked in the store over the years, mostly as volunteers, but some for pay (low pay). Boston's progressive community has rallied again and again to keep it in existence. It was never affiliated with any one party or group, but was an independent radical bookstore. Its bulletin boards and shelves were open to all the many groups in the radical movement, very broadly defined. It seriously tried to represent all tendencies on the left. It was eclectic. There was never a party line, which is not to say that there weren't changing emphases in different periods. And this is why it was such an exciting project, and so vibrant. Ideas were discussed there. There were almost always heated arguments going on. And there still are." To get on their event announcement mailing list, sign up here There are volunteer positions to be involved in running the Center, so you can support as staff, customer, event attendee, or donor!

The Church of Christ, Scientist has 1900 Reading Rooms. From their website: Each Reading Room is a community bookstore and reading center for the exploration of spiritual healing, prayer, and spirituality. A Reading Room:

• Offers a wide variety of books, materials, magazines, audio, and video products (in various languages), including Bible materials as well as Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and other writings by Mary Baker Eddy.
• Sponsors special activities and community events, and also participate in national and local conferences, fairs, and expos.

There is quiet space to read and contemplate, and the staff is friendly. Those in the Reading Room on a recent visit seemed like regulars, chatting with the staff person behind the cash register. Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-9pm Sat: 10am-5pm Sun: 11am-7 pm Summer Sunday Hours: 11am-5pm July and August