11/20/07

Greetings, Readers!

Just a few things for you this week. It's been a little quiet over here, what with all of the students on vacation. I hope you're all staying warm and well-read!

One important announcement: The Pat Peek reading has been cancelled, due to problems with the publisher and the availability of the books. Sorry!

Another important announcement: Burns Night tickets, coming soon! BookPeople has a blog now! Check us out on the web at http://www.myspace.com/bookpeopleofmoscow. This blog is run by BookPerson Berit, who also has a radio show, Happy to be Alive, which airs Thursdays from 12-2pm on KRFP 92.5.

We've got more books for you to review! This week we have: - A Sampling of This Season's Top Shelf, a collection of samples of graphic novels and comics, both web-based and in print. - The Eye of Jade - A Mei Wang mystery set in modern day Beijing - The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy - Insight into the strange world of Sushi in the modern day and age.

Also, now available from BookPeople: Direct-to-Home special orders! Want to send someone that special something? Want to have it gift-wrapped and shipped directly from our supplier to their door without any hassle? Then you've come to the right place! Just let us know, it's dirt cheap ($3, including gift-wrap!) and we're happy to help you out! If a book won't do it, we also have Gift Cards, which come in two flavours: BookPeople's classic and ever popular in-store gift certificate, and Book Sense Gift Cards which are honored at BookPeople and hundreds of other independent bookstores nationwide.

BookPeople is selling tickets for: Concert I: Sounds of the Season: Brass & Double Choir Friday, December 14, 2007, 7:30 pm and Sunday, December 16, 2007, 4:00 pm You won't want to miss the latest installation of the ever excellent Idaho Washington Concert Chorale - these guys always put on a great show, and St. Boniface's in Uniontown is an absolutely stunning setting.

Curious about Graphic Novels? I bet you are! Well we've got just the thing for you! The illustrious Dr. Walter Hesford of the University of Idaho English Department will be hosting a discussion of Jewish Themes in Graphic Novels. The event will be on the second floor of the University of Idaho library. The last session is still free and open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to attend. The remaining session will be Thursday, November 29th, 7pm: The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar Again, everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend, and if you'd like to read the books, we will have them at BookPeople shortly! For more information, contact Ben at 885-5858.

The Moscow Arts Commission is currently accepting submissions from local and regional artists for the 7th Annual Winter Solstice Festival. The show will open December 14 and run through February 1 at the Third Street Gallery in Moscow City Hall. Original works in all mediums interpreting the winter season will be considered for entry. Submit a photograph or slide of each entry (limit 3) by November 23rd to the Arts office at City Hall. Please include an artist statement and small biography for display along with the submission in a self-addressed stamped envelope. Sale of work is encouraged and a 20% commission will be taken. Pick-up applications at the Arts office in Moscow City Hall located at 206 East Third Street, Room 106 or call 208-882-7036. For more information contact gbaldwin@ci.moscow.id.us

Folk singer and storyteller (and all-around awesome woman) Rosalie Sorrels will perform in Lewiston at the Williams Conference Center on LCSC campus on Friday, November 30th. Admission is Free, Readers, so don't miss this opportunity to see an amazingly talented artist.

The Mirror Theater presents Shakespeare Sundays! You, the audience, will do the acting for these performances. Come sign in at 1:15 for the part you're dying to play. No preference is given for race, gender, or age, and scripts are provided! If you're musically inclined, then come accompany the acts on your instrument of choice! The schedule: The Merchant of Venice: December 2nd and 16th Henry the Fourth, Part I: January 13th and 27th Hamlet: February 10th, 24th and March 16th The Tempest: May 4th and 18th. A two-dollar contribution is required to participate. The plays will be based on the Oxford Shakespeare, second edition, but as noted above, scripts will be provided! For more information, visit www.MirrorTheater.org !

The Family Series is returning to Beasley Coliseum at WSU for a 6th year! These family-oriented productions are perfect for fun-loving parents and kids, and are a steal at only $6 for adult tickets and $4 for kids under 13. The events this year are: Babes in Toyland, by the American Family Theatre, Wednesday, December 12th - 7:00pm Mad Science presents "Newton's Revenge" Monday, February 11th (2008) - 7:00pm Fred Garbo's Inflatable Theater Monday, April 7th (2008) - 7:00pm

We have a few short but sweet reviews for you, courtesy of BookPerson Betsy! "Want to keep your food budget under control? Try Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Suppers, It makes vegetarian cooking appealing and affordable. Try the cabbage parcel with sweet and sour tomato sauce!" "For the far-too-busy adult in your life: Fix, Freeze, Feast, a new cookbook filled with simple recipes to cook and freeze and have on hand when there just isn't enough time (or energy) for cooking. Prepare your food with a friend and nurture a friendship!" "Keep your cooking light and simple with Deborah Madison's Vegetable Soups. This legendary chef from Green's in San Francisco, definitely knows her stuff!" "Odd, inventive, and not a spare word in Jane Gardam's Queen of the Tambourine. Gardam is a winner of the Whitbread Novel Award for fiction. Queen of the Tambourine is exquisitely witty; you'll laugh, and perhaps even cry." Thanks Betsy!

Best Wishes, Readers!

--BookPeople of Moscow

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