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SUMMARY:Regional Indie Bookstore Passport Program
DESCRIPTION:Seventeen bookstores in the Southeast Wisconsin and Northeast Illinois communities are participating in this year’s Regional Passport Program! \nStarting April 1st\, pick up a passport from any of the participating stores and start shopping! If you visit at least five of the participating bookstores\, you will receive our exclusive I Support Indie Bookstores sticker plus a raffle entry to win a larger prize. The more stores you visit\, the more raffle entries you get. Visit all 17 stores and earn a free tote bag!* \nHere are the details: \n>Spend at least $15 at 5 participating bookstores and earn a sticker\, a raffle entry for a $20 gift card to your hometown store\, and an entry into the main raffle filled with several books and other prizes! \n>Spend at least $15 at 10 participating bookstores and earn one extra entry to the main raffle! \n>Spend at least $15 at 15 participating bookstores and earn one more entry to the main raffle! \n>Spend at least $15 at all 17 participating bookstores and you will receive a free tote bag* and a total of 4 entries into the main raffle! \n>Submit your completed passport to any participating store by April 30th. \nParticipating stores\, listed alphabetically: \n>Abalabix Books\, 30 N Williams St.\, Unit A\, Crystal Lake\, IL 60014 \n>About Time\, 528 N. Milwaukee Ave\, Libertyville\, IL 60048 \n>Arnett & Son Books\, 3314 Washington Ave\, Racine\, WI 53405 \n>Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Ave A\, Kenosha\, WI 53140 \n>Books & Company\, 1039 Summit Ave\, Oconomowoc\, WI 53066 \n>Boswell Book Company\, 2559 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53211 \n>Lakeside Books\, 830 W Main St.\, Lake Geneva\, WI 53147 \n>Lion’s Tooth\, 2421 S Kinnickinnic Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53207 \n>Little Bean Books\, 875 Main St\, Antioch\, IL 60002 \n>Reads by the River\, 102 E. Main St\, Waterford\, WI 53185 \n>Read Between the Lynes\, 111 E Van Buren St\, Woodstock\, IL 60098 \n>Studio Moonfall\, 5031 7th Ave\, Kenosha\, WI 53140 \n>The Nerdy Word\, 1106 Main Street\, Union Grove\, WI 53182 \n>The Well Red Damsel\, 6429 W North Ave\, Wauwatosa\, WI 53213. \n>Thirst- A Romance Bookstore\, 5209 W. North Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI 53208 \n>Vintage & Modern Books\, 415 6th Street\, Racine\, WI 53403 \n>Wonderland Bookshop\, 4001 N. Downer Avenue\, Shorewood\, Wisconsin 53211 \nKeep an eye out on the stores’ social media posts to see what amazing prizes will be included in the grand prize basket and what tote each bookstore is offering! \n*10 winners at each store will win a tote bag; each store is carrying its own design; check the Passport Program Facebook event for frequent updates\, including the designs available at each store and when each store runs out of tote bags.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/regional-indie-bookstore-passport-program
LOCATION:Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Avenue A\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53142\, United States
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet with Jane Ward
DESCRIPTION:Ward writes of art and the art world with precision and vigor. The story deftly leaps back and forth between the early 1990s and the present\, crafting a romance that\, while predictable in places\, always manages to hold the contented reader in the palm of its hand. An artful and affecting novel of loss and reconnection. -Kirkus Review \nJoin Jane Ward at Blue House Books on Saturday\, April 4th\, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jane will be chatting with readers and signing books\, so stop by anytime during the event to meet this author! \nRegistration is not required\, but RSVP for event updates and reminders here: https://withfriends.co/…/meet_and_greet_with_jane_ward \nAbout SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU SOONER: \nWhen Noel Enfield is offered a secondment at a museum in London\, it’s a chance for her career aspirations to finally come to fruition—but also leads to the opening of some old wounds—in this story of art\, love lost\, and second chances\, perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Claire Lombardo. \nWhile studying art history at a London university\, Noel Enfield falls passionately in love with aspiring artist and art school student Bryn Jones. Shortly after Bryn leaves for a five-month painting trip through Italy\, Noel discovers she is pregnant. She is ecstatic and believes Bryn will be too—they have plans to marry\, after all. But mishaps part the two lovers\, and a desperate Noel makes a split-second choice to move forward in a way that will change not only her life but also the lives of everyone she loves. \nThree decades later\, when she is offered a six-month secondment to a London museum\, Noel decides it’s time to prove she really has moved on from that difficult period by returning to the city where she met and lost Bryn. But rather than proving she has persevered\, the move lands Noel in the thick of London’s insular art world\, with only one or two degrees of separation from her past and the people she once loved. After she reconnects with an old\, dear friend and learns finally what kept Bryn from returning to her all those years ago\, the very underpinnings of her life are rocked to their core. Some decisions made in the past can never be put behind her\, she realizes\, and armed with this new understanding\, she sets out on a journey to reclaim what—and who—she left behind. \nAbout JANE WARD: \nJane Ward is the author of “Should Have Told You Sooner”\, “In the Aftermath”\, “The Mosaic Artist”\, and “Hunger”. \nAfter graduating from Simmons College\, Jane began working in the food and hospitality industry almost immediately\, taking on a range of roles that included planning private events and working as a weekend baker in a neighborhood bakery. \nLater\, she became a contributing writer to an online regional and seasonal food magazine\, as well as a blogger and occasional host of cooking videos for an internet recipe resource affiliated with several regional newspapers. \nMost recently\, she has contributed book reviews to Story Circle and Mom Egg Review. Jane loves to travel and often documents her trips through travel photography.
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