The Friends of Rochambeau are throwing their annual Spring Book Sale this week. Events begin on Wednesday for dealers and members, so now might be a good time to become a Friends Member. It’s not a cult . . . just book lovers who want to have a library in their neighborhood. Pretty sure. Wednesday, […]
(11.2) The Friends of Rochambeau will be throwing their Fall Book Sale starting this Wednesday (10am: dealers for $30/ 4pm to 7pm: “Friends”). They will then throw open the doors to the general public for three days on Thursday. Friday will be half-price day. Saturday is $5 bag day. The sale takes place downstairs in
(9.13) The Arcade Asylum author series continues this Friday with author Peter Bebergal discussing his new book “Appendix N: Weird Tales From the Roots of Dungeons & Dragons” in a revised and expanded edition. Copies of the new book will be available for purchase. This new edition of Bebergal’s book — published by Strange Attractor
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Walking into CHOP, the new cafe in the Providence Public Library, is a bit disorienting. Like Doctor Who’s TARDIS, it is clearly bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. This “dimensionally transcendental” space easily accommodates a food counter with stools, community tables as well as four-tops and deuces, and (not visible in
(4.27) You can’t beat the experience of browsing in a real brick-and-mortar bookstore and stumbling upon some new author or unfamiliar topic. Online shopping offers many things, serendipity is not one of them. We have an embarrassment of riches here in town including Riffraff Bookstore and Bar, Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, Books on the
(4.27) The folks at Books on the Square have some special activities planned for Independent Bookstore Day. Blind Date with a Book*!Special Indie Bookstore Day Merch* availableIn-store scavenger hunts, hourly trivia contests, give-a-ways and moreKids face painting, coloring table and activitiesIndependent Bookstore Day Cookies*! *While supplies last. Raffles, Blind Date with a Book, and more.
(4.20) There may have been a new chapter in the unsavory life of Vince McMahon since Abraham Josephine Riesman wrote the definitive biography, “Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America.” It seems possible that Josie will address this update at the Arcade Asylum Author series this Saturday at the Lovecraft Arts and Sciences Council
Apparently The New Yorker magazine agrees with the Dose, “Ring Master: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America” by Abraham Josephine Riesman is one of the best books of 2023! Riesman is also the author of “True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee,” and a longtime staffer at New York magazine and its
POP Emporium will be hosting an evening of stories and songs with Peter Jesperson, author of “Euphoric Recall: A Half Century as a Music Fan, Producer, Dj, Record Executive, and Tastemaker.” Tickets go on sale Friday at noon; the event is December 9. Jesperson was the founding manager of the seminal alternative rock band The
(6.13) Book lovers should head downtown this Tuesday for the Providence Public Library Book Sale and snag some excellent secondhand reads. This is just one of the activities planned to celebrate their PPL Give Day, from infant storytime to karaoke to the all-ages open studio. At 5pm check out the Adult Open Studio and learn
(6.2) And it’s a two-fer. Author T.J. Newman will be at BotS today and look at this special deal: Thanks to a generous local donor, you will get a FREE hardcover copy of her first book, “Falling” with every purchase of “Drowning”! T. J. Newman is a former bookseller and flight attendant whose first novel
(5.11) Providence author Elizabeth Rau will discuss her new book, “The Good Slope: A Collection of Essays,” this Thursday at Books on the Square. Following a childhood in the Midwest, Rau moved to Providence, writing for the Providence Journal, East Side Monthly, Rhode Island Monthly, and many other publications. Several of these essays chronicle her
(5.4) Head over to Books on the Square Thursday for a reading and discussion with Abraham Josephine Riesman, journalist, essayist, and author of “Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America.” Even if you’ve never watched a minute of professional wrestling, you are living in Vince McMahon’s world. In his four decades as the defining
(4.29) Independent bookstores seem to have survived competition from a certain online behemoth (whose name will never appear here) as well as the Covid lockdown. The New York Times reported last year: Two years ago, the future of independent book selling looked bleak. As the coronavirus forced retailers to shut down, hundreds of small booksellers
Just a reminder that Stages of Freedom, the state’s only African American Museum and Bookshop, is right downtown on lower Westminster Street by the river. And, as the sign in the window says, “All for a good cause.” That would be the Swim Empowerment program which provides free swim lessons for low-income BIPOC youth. But
[Update: Last day, Sunday, January 29th, noon to 5pm] Last month it was announced that the Cellar Stories Bookstore would be closing at the end of January. And here we are. The shelves have probably been thinned out since this photo was taken a few weeks ago. While the store’s loyal customers may feel awkward