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SUMMARY:Meet the Author - Jessie Rose
DESCRIPTION:Meet the Author! \nJoin us on Friday\, February 7\, 2025\, from 4 PM to 7 PM at Studio Moonfall to meet suspense and horror author Jessie Rose. \nExplore their gripping novel\, *This is Dark Love*: Jaded rock singer Sammi Valentine is trapped in a haze of addiction and despair during a failing festival tour. Haunted by her father’s violent abuse and the shadows of her small-town Georgia childhood\, Sammi’s life is unraveling. Under the suffocating control of a toxic bandmate\, she’s left with no one to trust and nowhere to turn. \nAs her past resurfaces and her present spirals out of control\, Sammi must make an impossible choice: fight for survival or let the darkness consume her. *This is Dark Love* is a raw and unflinching story of addiction\, trauma\, and the fragile fight for hope—perfect for fans of gritty\, emotionally charged fiction. \nDon’t miss this chance to meet Jessie Rose\, chat about their work\, and grab a signed copy of *This is Dark Love*. See you at Studio Moonfall\, 5031 7th Avenue\, on February 7!
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/meet-the-author-jessie-rose-4
LOCATION:Studio Moonfall\, 5031 7th Avenue\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Downtown,Shopping
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SUMMARY:Eternal Energy: Jewelry & Chakra Check Pop-Up
DESCRIPTION:✨ Eternal Energy Pop-Up ✨\nJoin us for a day of connection\, beauty\, and balance at the Eternal Energy Pop-Up\, featuring two incredible experiences in one magical event! \n🌟 Permanent Jewelry with Ash Amethyst\nDiscover timeless elegance with Ash Amethyst as she crafts custom permanent jewelry pieces that symbolize your unique journey. Choose from a selection of delicate chains and charms to create bracelets\, necklaces\, or anklets that are welded to last\, making them as enduring as they are beautiful. \n🌈 Chakra Energy Checks with Healing With Holly\nDive into the world of energy alignment with Healing With Holly. Experience a personalized chakra energy checkup to identify blockages and imbalances\, leaving you feeling renewed and reconnected to your inner self. Holly’s expertise will guide you toward greater harmony and well-being. \n🗓 When: February 7th 6-9pm\n📍 Where: The White Lilac \n✨ Whether you’re looking to adorn yourself with a forever piece of jewelry\, align your chakras\, or both\, this pop-up event is your opportunity to embrace beauty and balance in one uplifting space. \nDon’t miss out on this unique blend of artistry and energy healing!\nBeer\, Wine\, Seltzers and THC drinks available for purchase.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/eternal-energy-jewelry-chakra-check-pop-up
LOCATION:The White Lilac\, 5029 6th Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Shopping
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SUMMARY:Blanket Knitting Class at Latibule
DESCRIPTION:Beginner friendly hand knitting class. In this step by step class you’ll learn how to make your own knitted chenille blanket. Class is approximately 3-4 hours long. You’ll make and take your finished blanket. Pre registration is required. LatibuleWisconsin.com
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/blanket-knitting-class-at-latibule
LOCATION:Latibule\, 4906 7th Avenue\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Downtown,Shopping
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SUMMARY:High Tea at Latibule
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a charming atmosphere in our boutique while sipping your tea . A three tiered tray filled with sweet and savory delights await you. Select your tea from our tea butler. Choose from our exclusive collection of delicious tea. Wear your fanciest hat or wear one of ours. We can’t wait to see you. Pre registration is required. LatibuleWisconsin.com
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/high-tea-at-latibule-3
LOCATION:Latibule\, 4906 7th Avenue\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Downtown,Food & Drink,Kid Friendly,Shopping
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SUMMARY:Blind Date with a Book
DESCRIPTION:Stop in from February 11th to February 18th and take your chance on a mystery date! Books are wrapped so you can’t see what they are\, and you’re provided only a vague description to make your decision. You never know\, you may just end up with your new favorite book! \nBlind Date books will be available for shopping every day from Tuesday\, February 11th to Tuesday\, February 18th during normal store hours: Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.\, and Saturday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/blind-date-with-a-book-2
LOCATION:Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Avenue A\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53142\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown,Shopping
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SUMMARY:LET'S CALL HER BARBIE: Renee Rosen in conversation with Melanie Benjamin
DESCRIPTION:She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall\, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by “USA Today” bestselling author Renée Rosen. \nJoin Renee Rosen at Blue House Books on Wednesday\, February 12th at 7 p.m. to celebrate her newest historical fiction novel\, “Let’s Call Her Barbie”! Renee will be discussing her book with fellow Midwest author Melanie Benjamin (“The Children’s Blizzard”)\, where she will go into detail about her research into American’s feminist icon\, answer questions from the audience\, and sign books! \nThis event is free\, but registration is required. Get all the details and RSVP here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1603520250212 \nAbout “LET’S CALL HER BARBIE”: \nWhen Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other\, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up. \nIn 1956\, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth’s vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything. \nAs Ruth assembles her team of creative rebels—head engineer Jack Ryan who hides his deepest secrets behind his genius and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein\, whose hopes and dreams rest on the success of Barbie’s fashion—she knows they’re working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground. \nIn the decades to come—through soaring heights and devastating personal lows\, public scandals and private tensions— each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a doll—she’s a legacy. \nAbout RENEE ROSEN: \nRenee Rosen is a “USA Today” bestselling author. Her novels include “Let’s Call Her Barbie”\, “Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl”\, “The Social Graces” and “Park Avenue Summer” as well as others. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages. She lives in Chicago and is currently working on a new novel. To learn more\, visit her website at www.reneerosen.com \nAbout “THE CHILDREN’S BLIZZARD”: \nThe morning of January 12\, 1888\, was unusually mild\, following a punishing cold spell. It was warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota Territory to venture out again\, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats—leaving them unprepared when disaster struck. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day\, a terrifying\, fast-moving blizzard blew in without warning. Schoolteachers as young as sixteen were suddenly faced with life and death decisions: Keep the children inside\, to risk freezing to death when fuel ran out\, or send them home\, praying they wouldn’t get lost in the storm? \nBased on actual oral histories of survivors\, this gripping novel follows the stories of Raina and Gerda Olsen\, two sisters\, both schoolteachers—one becomes a hero of the storm and the other finds herself ostracized in the aftermath. It’s also the story of Anette Pedersen\, a servant girl whose miraculous survival serves as a turning point in her life and touches the heart of Gavin Woodson\, a newspaperman seeking redemption. It was Woodson and others like him who wrote the embellished news stories that lured northern European immigrants across the sea to settle a pitiless land. Boosters needed them to settle territories into states\, and they didn’t care what lies they told these families to get them there—or whose land it originally was. \nAt its heart\, this is a story of courage\, of children forced to grow up too soon\, tied to the land because of their parents’ choices. It is a story of love taking root in the hard prairie ground\, and of families being torn asunder by a ferocious storm that is little remembered today—because so many of its victims were immigrants to this country. \nAbout MELANIE BENJAMIN: \nMelanie Benjamin is the author of the “New York Times” and “USA Today” bestselling historical novels “The Swans of Fifth Avenue”\, about Truman Capote and his society swans\, “The Aviator’s Wife”\, a novel about Anne Morrow Lindbergh\, and “The Children’s Blizzard”\, a gripping tale of survival and forgiveness amidst a devastating\, real-life blizzard that hit the Great Plains on the afternoon of January 12\, 1888. Other historical novels include “The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb”\, “The Girls in the Picture”\, “Mistress of the Ritz” and “California Golden”. She lives in Chicago.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/lets-call-her-barbie-renee-rosen-in-conversation-with-melanie-benjamin
LOCATION:Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Avenue A\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53142\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Entertainment,Shopping
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SUMMARY:Galentines Day Celebration at Latibule
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Galentines Day celebration! Enjoy a glass of wine\, chocolate from a local chocolatier\, and a guided canvas painting class. Don’t miss out on this unique and fun experience!
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/galentines-day-celebration-at-latibule-2
LOCATION:Latibule\, 4906 7th Avenue\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Downtown,Shopping
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author - Sharon K. Angelici
DESCRIPTION:Meet the Author! \nVisit us on Friday\, February 14\, 2025 at Studio Moonfall from 4pm to 7pm to meet Fantasy & Contemporary Romance Author\, Sharon K. Angelici. \nHang out at the shop and take a peek inside their book\, Behind the Eyes: \nTheirs was a love story for the ages: Rasabel\, the captain of the guard living a life devoted to duty and honor. And Isolde\, the woman of the territory hungry for more than society’s requirements of a lady. \nIn a world of swords and arrows\, love was indefensible against obsession\, lust and a cruel curse. For years\, they searched for an end to their torment. When the alarm bells of Acadia ring\, Rasabel goes home\, but she is unwelcome. Determined to seek revenge her path collides with Bylyn\, a young thief on the run from the executioner’s axe. Their meeting entangles their lives forever. Can Rasabel and Isolde find hope in the hands of a girl who will do anything to keep her freedom? \nPowerful women lead this cast of characters on a journey toward Happily Ever After. Enjoy this historical romance loaded with passion\, obsession\, lies and betrayal in a time of sword fights and fated love. Behind the Eyes is the sapphic LadyHawke retelling you’ve thirsted for. \nGet a sneak peek at Behind the Eyes at https://studiomoonfall.com/authoralley/sharon-k-angelici/ \nSee you from 4pm to 7pm on Friday\, February 14\, 2025 at Studio Moonfall\, 5031 7th Avenue with Sharon K. Angelici!
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/meet-the-author-sharon-k-angelici-2
LOCATION:Studio Moonfall\, 5031 7th Avenue\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Downtown,Shopping
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SUMMARY:Valentines Day Perfume/Cologne Making Class at Latibule
DESCRIPTION:You will learn how to create your own unique fragrance. Our scent bar is exclusive to Latibule. You will blend top\, heart and base notes together to make the perfect perfume or cologne. You will take home a 1 ounce premium phthalate free fragrance.\nEnjoy complimentary champagne while you make your fragrance. \nPre registration is required for this 2 hour experience. LatibuleWisconsin.com
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/valentines-day-perfume-cologne-making-class-at-latibule
LOCATION:Latibule\, 4906 7th Avenue\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Downtown,Shopping
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SUMMARY:Blanket Knitting Class at Latibule
DESCRIPTION:Beginner friendly hand knitting class. In this step by step class you’ll learn how to make your own knitted chenille blanket. Class is approximately 3-4 hours long. You’ll make and take your finished blanket. Pre registration is required. LatibuleWisconsin.com
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/blanket-knitting-class-at-latibule-2
LOCATION:Latibule\, 4906 7th Avenue\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Downtown,Shopping
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SUMMARY:High Tea at Latibule
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a charming atmosphere in our boutique while sipping your tea . A three tiered tray filled with sweet and savory delights await you. Select your tea from our tea butler. Choose from our exclusive collection of delicious tea. Wear your fanciest hat or wear one of ours. We can’t wait to see you. Pre registration is required. LatibuleWisconsin.com
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/high-tea-at-latibule-4
LOCATION:Latibule\, 4906 7th Avenue\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Downtown,Food & Drink,Kid Friendly,Shopping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250220T180000
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SUMMARY:THE UMBRELLA MAKER'S SON: Tod Lending in conversation with Renee Ryan
DESCRIPTION:Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Tod Lending will be at Blue House Books on Thursday\, February 20th\, to discuss his exciting debut novel\, “The Umbrella Maker’s Son”. Tod will be discussing his book with fellow Midwest author Renee Ryan (“The Paris Housekeeper”)\, answering questions from the audience\, and signing books! \nThe event is free\, but registration is required. Get all the details and RSVP here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1595620250220 \nSet against the harrowing backdrop of World War II\, this compelling work paints a vivid portrait of love\, survival\, and resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity. \nAlready generating buzz among critics and readers and drawing comparisons to “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris and Lisa Barr’s newest novel “The Goddess of Warsaw”\, Lending’s narrative tells a universal story of hope and human perseverance. \nAbout THE UMBRELLA MAKER’S SON: \nBorn to a secure\, middle-class Polish Jewish family\, seventeen-year-old Reuven works alongside his father\, an artisan businessman whose shop creates the finest handmade umbrellas in Poland. But the family’s peaceful life shatters when the Nazis invade their homeland\, igniting World War II. The Nazis confiscate their business\, evict them from their home\, and strip away their rights\, threatening the lives of the city’s entire Jewish population\, including Reuven and Zelda\, the girl he loves. After being separated from his family\, Reuven embarks on a perilous journey through the Polish countryside\, determined to reach the Kraków ghetto where he hopes to reunite with Zelda. \nWith exquisite attention to detail\, Lending weaves a tale that transports readers to the heart of Krakow\, capturing the essence of a community torn apart by war. The novel stands out not only for its historical accuracy but also for its deeply personal exploration of family dynamics amidst chaos. Lending’s background in documentary filmmaking shines through in his meticulous portrayal of the era and his ability to evoke powerful emotions. \nAbout TOD LENDING: \nTod Lending is an Academy Award–nominated and national Emmy-winning producer\, director\, writer\, and cinematographer. His work has aired nationally on ABC\, CBS\, NBC\, PBS\, and HBO; has been screened theatrically and received awards at national and international festivals\, including the “Sundance Film Fest.”; and has been televised internationally in Europe and Asia. \nHe is the president and founder of Nomadic Pictures\, a documentary film production company based in Chicago. “The Umbrella Maker’s Son” is his debut novel. \nAbout THE LAST FASHION HOUSE IN PARIS: \nIn the heart of occupied WWII Paris\, an elegant fashion house is the unlikely headquarters of a daring resistance network. Behind closed doors\, courageous women vie to save loved ones and strangers alike from the Nazis in this powerful story of survival\, friendship and second chances. \nFrance\, 1942 \nOnce\, Paulette Leblanc spent her days flirting\, shopping and drawing elegant dresses in her sketch pad. Then German tanks rolled into France\, and a reckless romance turned into deep betrayal. Blaming herself for her mother’s arrest by the Gestapo\, Paulette is sent away to begin a new life in Paris\, working as apprentice to fashion designer Sabine Ballard. But Maison de Ballard is no ordinary fashion house. While seamstresses create the perfect couture gowns\, clandestine deals and secrets take place out of sight. Mademoiselle Ballard is head of a vast network of resistance fighters–including Paulette’s coworker and friend Nicolle Cadieux–who help escort downed military men and Jewish families to safety. \nSoon Paulette is recruited as a spy. Working as a seamstress by day\, gathering information at glamorous parties by night\, Paulette at last has a chance to earn the redemption she craves. But as the SS closes in\, and Nicolle goes missing\, Paulette must make life-and-death decisions about who to trust\, who to love and who to leave behind… \nAbout RENEE RYAN: \nRenee Ryan is a bestselling\, award-winning author of over 30 novels\, including her most recent release\, “The Last Fashion House in Paris”. \nAn avid reader\, trained ballet dancer\, and chocolate enthusiast\, Renee grew up in a small Florida beach town where she learned to skateboard and surf very poorly. During her senior year at Florida State University\, she was elected president of her sorority. After earning degrees in Economics\, Religious Studies and Latin\, Renee worked at a Florida theme park\, a modeling agency\, then took a job molding young minds at Leon High School in Tallahassee. She eventually married the love of her life\, raised two amazing children\, then left teaching to pursue her dream of writing full time. \nFor additional information about Renee\, check out www.reneeryan.com. She can also be found on Instagram\, Facebook\, X\, and Threads. See less
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/the-umbrella-makers-son-tod-lending-in-conversation-with-renee-ryan
LOCATION:Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Avenue A\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53142\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Downtown,History,Shopping
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