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Author Jonathan Safran Foer is probably best known for his works of fiction, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and Everything Is Illuminated. Foer's latest effort, Eating Animals, is a new and, some say, risky non-fiction look at our food industry.

Last Wednesday night, the Free Library held its first major event since the resolution of the budget crisis. When Mayor Nutter arrived to introduce Marjane Satrapi, the author of 2010's One Book, One Philadelphia choice The Complete Persepolis, he was met with loud applause. He opened with a joking commentary of the fickle nature of politics: "What a difference a year makes." In her introduction to Satrapi and the citywide book group, the chair of the literacy program, Marie Field, asserted the importance of the board's unanimous choice of text, The Complete Persepolis. She hoped the book would not simply give Philadelphians a knowledge of the Persian culture, but that such knowledge would break down "barriers" in a diverse city. This idea of breaking down barriers was a recurring theme in all of the talking coming from the podium that night, and in light of last week's events in Iran, perhaps a study of life in Iran could not come at a better time.

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We're kicking off a new regular feature today, and here it is! "Can't Miss This!" should be going up every weekday for the foreseeable future and, as you may have already guessed, it'll feature a handful of events going on that day in and around the city that we think are so cool you should make sure not to miss them. Hope you enjoy it!