8/29/06

Hello and a good evening to all! I am very pleased to announce that we at Bookpeople have a very busy month of September scheduled for you all. Kicking off the festivities we will be showcasing the Marimba Band. They will be playing at Book People, starting at 10am until 11:30am on Saturday, September 2nd. Feel free to stop on by and enjoy this engaging and talented group! Sesitshaya Marimba, Moscow's community marimba band, will be performing the lively, rhythmic sounds of the Kwanongoma marimbas at Bookpeople, Saturday morning, September 2 from 10:30 until noon. The band of eight women plays southern African traditional and contemporary music plus jazz and Caribbean music in the Zimbabwean style. Their newly released CD will be available. Sesitshaya Marimba is delighted to introduce Tendai Muparutsa, our new teacher and coach, to the community. Tendai, a lecturer in music at Midlands State University in Gweru, Zimbabwe, has recently arrived in Moscow to pursue a Masters of Music degree at the University of Idaho

The following Friday, September 8th, we will be welcoming Alex Kuo to speak about his new novel, The Panda Diaries at 8pm. Kuo is visiting Bookpeople as part of his Reading to the Wheat tour and will be traveling to other locations in the Palouse region. The Panda Diaries is a scintillating story about an ex- secret service operative whose mailman is a panda bear.

BookPeople is honored to once again carry Alison Meyer's 2007 Palouse Calendars. They will arrive at BookPeople September, 10, 2006. The price is the same as last year, only $12.95!

On the 16th, Joe McGeshick joins us to read his new work of collected poetry, Indian in the Liqour Cabinet. He will begin reading at 7pm. Indian in the Liqour Cabinet features poems relating to his experience in northeastern Montana.

Poet Paula Coomer will be speaking at noon on the 23rd. She will be delivering several stories and poems. Here is an excerpt from one of her selected poems: "I have never seen the devil at the crossroads/ but he has blue eyes./ sometimes I dream regret is a stop sign./ what if it is a sin to remain uncomfortable."

 Lastly, Terry Abraham will be appearing to talk about his book Mountains So Sublime, which is a history of British travelers and explorers in the American West. He will be in our store 10am to noon on September 30th.

Sirius Idaho Theatre is offering a special treat to all for their upcoming 2006-2007 season. BookPeople is now carrying season passes and if bought before the end of August one will receive a "Tipping Ticket" which is good for any performance of "Cow-Tipping and Other Signs of Stress" which opens on September 21. Adult price is $15/show or $40/pass Seniors price is $10/show or $25/pass Student price is $6/show or $15/pass The World Premiere of Cow-Tipping Begins September 21 at 7:30 pm through the 23rd and runs again the 28-30 at 7:30pm Touch will begin January 25-27, playing again February 1-3 at 7:30pm. The Season closer will be Breaking the Code which premieres April 12 running through the 14 and playing again the 19-21, once again beginning at 7:30pm

One more word...in reference to a book that we are currently carrying. All politics are local and "Prince of Marshes" by Rory Stewart develops the problems faced by American occupation of Iraq. Stewart, who is a minor British Royal and a Deputy Governor of two provinces in southern Iraq, shows the problems which resulted from the destruction of Saddam's government and his environmental destruction of the marshes. "Prince of the Marshes" is an important book for understanding Iraq.

Well, that is it. Hopefully we will see some of you here to attend our events. I wish you all well, and have a pleasant evening. Until we meet again! Bookpeople of Moscow

-Book People of Moscow

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