"Taylor's Version" book talk, Jake Tapper and more Boston-area things to do this week

Tuesday, 10/14

📖 Harvard University professor Stephanie Burt discussed her book, "Taylor's Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift" at the Harvard Book Store, 7pm.

Wednesday, 10/15

🎞️ The Anchor hosts a screening of "Hocus Pocus," 8pm.

Thursday, 10/16

📖 See Jake Tapper at WBUR's City Space, where he'll discuss his new book, "Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War," 7:30pm.

• Price: $20; $50 with the book.

🎷 The Ryan Devlin Trio, starring the namesake sax player, plays at Mad Monkfish in Cambridge, 7pm.

• Price: Minimum spend of $25 per person.

Friday, 10/17

🎞️ The Boston Asian American Film Festival screens "Love, Chinatown" at the Emerson Paramount Center, 6pm.

• Price: $15 for virtual tickets (in-person tickets are sold out).

Saturday, 10/18

For cabaret fans, catch the "Absurdist Performance for Absurd Times" at the Dance Complex in Cambridge, 7pm. Also playing Sunday, 7pm.

• Price: $12.51+

Sunday, 10/19

📖 Local author Jen Gish discussed her new novel on mother-daughter relationships, "Bad Bad Girl," at the Harvard Book Store, 6pm.