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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:VIP Luncheon with Sarah Penner!
DESCRIPTION:“New York Times” and internationally bestselling author of “The Lost Apothecary” and “The London Séance Society” Sarah Penner is coming to Kenosha! Join us for a special VIP luncheon to help Sarah celebrate the paperback release of her latest bestselling novel “The Amalfi Curse”! \nHosted in partnership with the Kenosha Women’s Network\, luncheon attendees will enjoy a delicious meal from Portside Catering and receive a special gift with their ticket\, which also includes the beautiful paperback edition of “The Amalfi Curse”\, complete with gold foil and sprayed edges. \nSarah will be speaking to the group at the Kenosha Woman’s Club about her latest novel\, and attendees will have the opportunity to speak with her directly about her story of adventure and history on the high seas. \nThis event is ticketed\, check out the details and grab your ticket here: https://withfriends.co/…/vip_luncheon_with_sarah_penner \nAbout THE AMALFI CURSE: \n“This intoxicating story blends old-world magic and modern-day mystery with a delicious dash of amore.” —People \nPowerful witchcraft. A hunt for sunken treasure. Forbidden love on the high seas. Beware the Amalfi Curse… \nHaven Ambrose\, a trailblazing nautical archaeologist\, has come to the sun-soaked village of Positano to investigate the mysterious shipwrecks along the Amalfi Coast. But Haven is hoping to find more than old artifacts beneath the azure waters; she is secretly on a quest to locate a trove of priceless gemstones her late father spotted on his final dive. Upon Haven’s arrival\, strange maelstroms and misfortunes start plaguing the town. Is it nature or something more sinister at work? \nAs Haven searches for her father’s sunken treasure\, she begins to unearth a centuries-old tale of ancient sorcery and one woman’s quest to save her lover and her village by using the legendary art of stregheria\, a magical ability to harness the ocean. Could this magic be behind Positano’s latest calamities? Haven must unravel the Amalfi Curse before the region is destroyed forever… \nAgainst the dazzling backdrop of the Amalfi Coast\, this bewitching novel shimmers with mystery\, romance and the untamed magic of the sea. \nAbout SARAH PENNER: \nSarah Penner is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of “The Lost Apothecary”\, “The London Séance Society”\, and “The Amalfi Curse”. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages and her debut\, “The Lost Apothecary”\, has sold over one million copies worldwide. \nA graduate of the University of Kansas\, Sarah spent thirteen years in corporate finance and now writes full-time. In her free time\, Sarah enjoys hiking\, yoga\, and cooking. She also sits on the Board of Directors at her local animal shelter\, Friends of Strays. Sarah and her husband\, Marc\, live in Florida. \nTo learn more\, visit SarahPenner.com.
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