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6/12/07
Greetings, Readers!
It has been an interesting day today at Book People;
challenges were faced -- and overcome! I hope that you are having a relaxing
day at work or at home, free from technological turmoil.
We have just a few items for you this week. Many of them
are re-runs, but we've a few new things in here for you as well. Please
enjoy!
June 21st - The Idaho Repertory Theatre opens its summer
season with "Elvis People", a hunka hunka hit by Doug Grissom. 9 our of 10
people in America are, in fact, Elvis People - are you one? Find out this
June!
A member of Friends of the Clearwater writes: "Please
join us Tuesday, June 19 at 6:00 p.m. here at our office (116 East 3rd St.
above the Shirt Shack) as we celebrate Meadow Creek! This wonderful wild
place lies just west of the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness and abuts the Frank
Church's northern boundary. This is wild country at its best, as many of you
know, and it faces many threats as a partially protected roadless area.
Increasing motorized pressure and a dirt bike jamboree planned for this July
threaten the sanctity of this precious ecosystem. We will be sharing our
stories and telling tales of Meadow Creek as we potluck. We will also be
writing to Forest Service officials, encouraging them to Save Meadow Creek!"
We are all friends of the Clearwater, here at Book People, and we'd like to
encourage you all to support them as well.
Also, crafts! To be more precise, Croft Family Craft!
That's right, folks, those crafty Crofts are at it again! The Lewis-Clark
State College Center for Arts and History proudly presents Croft Family
Craft: Art Off the Grid. The opening reception is June 8th, from 5:00pm
until 8:00pm. The exhibit will run from June 8th until July 31st. The
gallery is located at 415 Main street in downtown Lewiston, Idaho.
June 30th - Paula Coomer will read and sign her new book,
Summer of Government Cheese, from 12:00 noon until 2:00pm, right here at
Book People.
You all may be interested to know, Readers, that the New
York Times has written us a letter. They wish for us, and for all of you, to
know that they will be raising the price of the Monday through Saturday
papers from $1.00 to $1.25. A small increase, to be sure, and a fair one,
given the quality of the news that one gets for one dollar-and-a-quarter.
The Times, they are a' changin' indeed, but only the price; the quality is
the same as ever.
July 6th - Clay Eals will be at Book People from 4pm to
7pm, to talk about his book "Facing the Music", a biography of Steve
Goodman. "Facing the Music" has won critical acclaim and Brian Gill will
also be around, and may even favor the crowd with a song before his concert,
which will follow at the One World Cafe.
Concerts! Specifically, the Rendezvous Chamber Orchestra
concerts! They are as follows: Monday, July 16th, at 6:30pm, at the 1912
building. A Heart of the Arts presentation Wednesday, July 18th, at 3:00pm,
for the Good Samaritan Village Concert. Thursday, July 19th, at 12:15pm, at
the WSU Holland Memorial Library Atrium (part of the Lunchtime Atrium
Series) Friday, July 20th, at 7:30, at the First United Methodist Church in
Moscow. Saturday, July 21st, at Troy's city park, for the Troy Frontier Days
Celebration. Sunday, July 22nd, at 3:00pm, at the Hampton School of Music
Recital Hall, for the Rendezvous Concert. The Monday through Saturday
concerts are all free of charge, and everyone is welcome (and encouraged!)
to attend. The Sunday concert does have an admission cost, which we will
gladly inform you of as soon as we learn of it. But rest assured that the
concert will be well worth the cost of admission.
July 21st at Midnight - the 7th and final Harry Potter
book is coming out. And we at Book People will be celebrating! We are
offering a 20% discount for any pre-paid preorders (including pre-orders for
the audio cassettes or compact discs!), and midnight pickup for everyone!
Not to mention a Bertie Bott's Every-Flavoured Bean tasting contest (or, to
be more accurate, a bad-flavoured bean tasting contest. It wouldn't be any
fun at all if everyone got the tasty ones, now would it?) Watch our store
windows for suggestions on what to read until Harry comes out! Also,
Readers, if you are linguistically minded, you might consider picking up
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in a language other than English! I
have already ordered (and received) my copy of the Ancient Greek edition, to
brush up on my classical Greek over the summer. Other readers have picked up
the Latin version, and of course we have more traditional languages such as
Spanish on hand. We can order very nearly any language you might want,
however, so let us know if you'd like to learn a language with Harry Potter!
It is suggested that you also have an English copy on hand for reference (it
is certainly making my trek through the Greek version easier!), but of
course, you all have the English version already, don't you?
I would like to wish all of you the best of all possible
evenings, Readers! Until next time, take care!
-Book People of Moscow
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