H. Jon Benjamin 5/3

Brookline Booksmith

UPDATE: This 6:00pm show is sold out but standby tickets will be available at the door ($26, cash or card) while supplies last. There are no guarantees but we highly encourage this option! H. Jon Benjamin's 7:00pm signing at Brookline Booksmith is free and open to the public.
This event will be in conversation with Eugene Mirman.
 H. Jon Benjamin—the lead voice behind Archer and Bob’s Burgers—helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure. Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he’d like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option. And maybe the best option. In this book, he tells stories from his own life, from his early days (“wherein I’m unable to deliver a sizzling fajita”) to his romantic life (“how I failed to quantify a threesome”) to family (“wherein a trip to P.F. Chang’s fractures a family”) to career (“how I failed at launching a kid’s show”). As Jon himself says, breaking down one’s natural ability to succeed is not an easy task, but also not an insurmountable one. Society as we know it is, sadly, failure averse. But more acceptance of failure, as Jon sees it, will go a long way to making this world a different place…a kinder, gentler place, where gardens are overgrown and most people stay home with their pets. A vision of failure, but also a vision of freedom. With stories, examples of artistic and literary failure, and a powerful can’t-do attitude, Failure Is an Option: An Attempted Memoir is the book the world doesn’t need right now but will get regardless. 
 
TICKETS
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<LI>This event requires a ticket, available through EventBrite or for purchase in-store. </LI>
<LI>Each ticket comes with a copy of FAILURE IS AN OPTION. You may pick up your book at the Brookline Booksmith on the day of the event or before the end of May 2018. </LI>
<LI>Every attendee must have a ticket.</LI>
<LI>All tickets are nonreturnable and nonrefundable.</LI>
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SIGNING
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<LI>H. Jon Benjamin will sign and personalize all copies of FAILURE IS AN OPTION. </LI>
<LI>He will not sign any other merchandise or memorabilia.</LI>
<LI>He will not be taking photos.</LI>
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OTHER NOTES
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<LI>Further details and updates will be sent to ticketholders via email.</LI>
<LI>If you have a disability and require accommodation, please contact us at events@brooklinebooksmith.com.</LI>
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FAQs
 
Where can I park during the event?
Nearby metered public parking is available behind the theatre (on Centre Street one block from Harvard Street) and along Beacon Street. Meters are free after 8:00pm and on Sundays and holidays. Please note that the lots tend to fill up on weekends or during large events, so please plan a little extra time to find space. We strongly recommend public transit for events and films you anticipate will be very busy! Additional parking at an hourly rate is available across Beacon and Centre Streets at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel garage on Webster Street.
 
What are my transportation options for getting to and from the event?
BY TRAIN: take the Green Line (C branch to Cleveland Circle) trolley from downtown to Coolidge Corner via Beacon Street. The Coolidge Corner stop is at Harvard Street, 5-10 minutes from Kenmore Square. BY BUS: take bus #66, Dudley/Harvard Square. All buses and trolleys stop at the Harvard Street/ Beacon Street intersection.
BY CAR: see below
From Mass Pike, I-90 East (Newton and points West): Take exit 18 Allston/Brighton. As you exit tolls, stay to left for Allston exit and merge with Cambridge Street. Follow until you reach Harvard Avenue on your left, after the overpass turn left at the "Pizzeria Regina" sign. Take the left onto Harvard Avenue and follow through Allston and across Commonwealth Avenue, continuing for about 1.5 miles. Just before reaching the major intersection of Harvard and Beacon Street, you will notice the giant theatre marquee on your right. From Mass Pike, I-90 West (Boston): Take exit 20 Brighton/Cambridge. As you exit tolls, keep to your right around the off-ramp for Cambridge Street. Follow until you reach Harvard Avenue on your left, after the overpass turn left at the "Pizzeria Regina" sign. Take the left onto Harvard Avenue and follow through Allston and across Commonwealth Avenue, continuing for about 1.5 miles. Just before reaching the major intersection of Harvard and Beacon Street, you will notice the giant theatre marquee on your right. From Interstate 93: Take the Storrow Drive exit and follow to Storrow Drive. Take Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Square exit. As the exit splits, stay in the right hand lane. Take the first right onto Beacon Street. Follow Beacon Street through Kenmore Square (past the legendary Citgo sign), staying in the center lane. After you cross the overpass, keep going straight ahead, following the trolley tracks along Beacon Street until you reach the intersection of Beacon and Harvard Street, landmarked by a large Tudor style building with a clock tower (and a Walgreens) on the corner. You'll see the theatre one half block up Harvard, but continue on Beacon to Center Street and turn right to access the parking lot behind the building. From Route 9: Route 9 inbound to the Brookline Village/Harvard Street intersection. The Brookline fire station is on your right. Go through the intersection and take a right immediately after the fire station, and loop around the back. You can now turn right and cross back over Route 9 onto Harvard Street. Follow Harvard Street through Brookline Village, about one mile to Beacon Street. Cross Beacon Street and you will immediately see the theatre marquee on your left. Parking is along Beacon, or go around the block and enter the lot behind the theatre on Centre Street.

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