Upcoming November Events

BOOKLOVERS' GOURMET

Jim and Laura’s artwork complement one another seamlessly. Although each artist has traveled a different path, together they express their shared and individual experiences through photography and painting.

Join us for a meet the artists reception on Friday, November 13th, 5-7 p.m. The show may be viewed during regular business hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm, Wednesday 10 am-6 pm. For bios of the artists, click HERE.

Join us in welcoming back Massachusetts-based author Suzanne Strempek Shea and her new memoir Compositions! An extraordinary memoir about the author’s early years in a close-knit 1960s and ‘70s Polish-American Massachusetts grade school and community, Compositions details a life that revolves in a circle of faith and family. Written in the author’s voice and point of view from her first eight years of school, the humorous and poignant essays show a past still fully present.

This event is free and open to the public. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase.RSVP to 508-949-6232.

We are pleased to host award-winning author Howard Mansfield, who writes about architecture, preservation, and history in his quest to understand the soul of American places. He will be signing and discussing his newest book Invisible Monuments: Tribute, Memory, and the Summoning of the Past.

The event is free and open to the public. Signed copies will be available for purchase. For more information or to RSVP, call 508-949-6232.

We live in an era of monument building, yet we don’t look at most of the monuments and memorials around us. They disappear from view. Some monuments do elicit a strong emotional response even after many decades. Why do these work, when others don’t? Howard Mansfield sifts through the commonplace and the forgotten to discover stories that tell us about ourselves and our place in the world.

Mystery Book Group
Wednesday, Nov. 18th
11:00AM-12:00PM

Join us as we discuss Case Histories by Kate Atkinson! The first book in Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie Mysteries series, finds private investigator Jackson Brodie following three seemingly unconnected family mysteries in Edinburg. All are welcome to this free group. Books are available at a 10% discount in store!

Open Mic Poetry

with Feature

Wayne Daniel-Berard

Saturday, Nov. 21st
2:00-4:00 PM

Join us for our monthly open mic poetry share moderated by Robert Eugene Perry. This month Wayne Daniel-Berard is the featured reader. Space is limited to 14 readers. Sign up by emailing [email protected].

Wayne-Daniel Berard, PhD, is an educator, poet, writer, shaman, sage, and proud Gryffindor. He is a Peace Chaplain, an interfaith clergy person. His twenty-two published books include a memoir, The Last Essene (Unsolicited Press), and New and Selected Poems (Metaphysical Fox Press). His latest is And Tomorrow You Teach Me Flight, poems informed by the Potterverse. Wayne-Daniel lives in Mansfield, MA with his wife, The Lovely Christine, where he co-hosts with Sara Latourneau the monthly open mic and feature event Pour Me a Poem.