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SUMMARY:MOCKINGBIRD COURT: Juneau Black in Kenosha!
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Shady Hollow! It’s a small town populated by friendly animal folks\, from birds to bears. The calm is marred only by the occasional murder. Twists and turns are just part of the ride in the cozy world of Shady Hollow. So grab a cup of coffee from Joe’s Mug\, put up your paws\, and dive into the series that readers are calling “gently bizarre” and “cute\, quirky\, fluffy fun\, with a touch of lurking darkness.” \nJoin Juneau Black at Blue House Books to celebrate the sixth and FINAL installment of the Shady Hollow series\, “Mockingbird Court”. On Friday\, October 10th at 6:30 p.m.\, writing duo Sharon Nagel and Jocelyn Cole will help us wish our favorite woodland creatures farewell as they discuss their latest cozy mystery story. \nThis event is ticketed\, check out the details and grab your ticket here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/3539020251010 \nAbout MOCKINGBIRD COURT: \nIn the latest installment in the beloved Shady Hollow series\, everyone’s favorite vulpine investigator Vera Vixen must contend with a cold-hearted killer—and the ghost of her own past. \nIt’s a crisp\, cool autumn in Shady Hollow\, and preparations are underway for the annual Harvest Festival. Creatures have flocked from far and wide to partake in the seasonal festivities\, from pumpkin carving to pie tasting to soup throwing. With all these new faces around town\, it’s the perfect time for someone to slip in unnoticed. \nUnless that someone is Bradley Marvel\, the most famous author—and most noticeable personality—in any woodland warren. It seems the wolf is on the lam. Back in the city\, a body was found in his penthouse apartment at Mockingbird Court\, and Marvel skipped town before the questioning could commence. \nMarvel claims to be innocent\, and it’s up to Vera and her friends to piece together what might have happened that fateful night so many miles away in the beating heart of the big city. But things get complicated when Vera learns that she also knows the victim … and might even be implicated herself. \nAbout JUNEAU BLACK: \nJuneau Black is the pen name of authors Jocelyn Cole and Sharon Nagel. They share a love of excellent bookshops\, fine cheeses\, and a good murder (in fictional form only). Though they are two separate people\, if you ask either of them a question about their childhood\, you are likely to get the same answer. This is a little unnerving for any number of reasons. Sharon lives in Wisconsin\, where she works as a librarian. Jocelyn lives in the city-state of Philadelphia\, where she also writes romance as Elizabeth Cole.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/mockingbird-court-juneau-black-in-kenosha
LOCATION:Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Avenue A\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53142\, United States
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet with Jeannee Sacken
DESCRIPTION:Jeannee Sacken is back with her newest release\, “The Women Who Stand Between”\, a suspenseful women’s fiction and the first of a brand new series. Known for her Annie Hawkins series\, Jeannee’s writing combines mystery and suspense\, romance\, and women’s fiction all in one. \nJoin Jeannee Sacken at Blue House Books on Saturday\, October 11th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to celebrate her new book! Each purchase will receive a free copy of her new novella\, “Depth of Field”\, the epilogue to the Annie Hawkins series. Jeannee will be chatting with excited readers and signing books\, so stop by anytime during the event to meet this fantastic Milwaukee author! \nAbout THE WOMEN WHO STAND BETWEEN: \nJulia Wilde is one of the best wildlife cinematographers in the business. But while on location in southern Africa\, she finds herself unfairly blamed for an accident that leaves several crew members dead. Blacklisted by the movie industry\, she takes a job in the film department at a midwestern university only to discover that tenure depends on her making a movie. \nWith a small crew of talented filmmaking friends in tow\, Julia heads back to Zimbabwe to make a documentary about the Mambas—a fierce\, all-female\, anti-poaching unit who risk their lives every day to protect endangered species. \nBut as Julia soon learns\, being behind the lens is no protection from poachers who will do whatever it takes to protect their business and keep this movie from seeing the light of day. \nAbout JEANNEE SACKEN: \nA former university professor\, Jeannée Sacken is now a photojournalist who travels to the ends of the earth\, documenting the lives of women and children. She also photographs wildlife and is deeply committed to the conservation of endangered species. Described by “MKE Lifestyle” magazine as “Indiana Jones with a camera\,” Jeannée has summitted Mt. Kilimanjaro\, canoed the Zambezi River\, kayaked the North Pacific\, and driven through far-western Mongolia in a blizzard. Many of her adventures have been fictionalized into her novels. \nHer debut novel\, “Behind the Lens”\, the first book in the Annie Hawkins Series\, has won numerous awards\, including the 2021 American Writing Awards Novel of the Year and the Hawthorne Prize. “Double Exposure” was a finalist for the Firebird Awards for Best Suspense\, Romantic Suspense\, and Women’s Fiction. “The Rule of Thirds” won the Killer Nashville 2024 Silver Falchion Award for Best Suspense and the 2023 Literary Global Award for Novel of the year\, among other prizes.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/meet-greet-with-jeannee-sacken
LOCATION:Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Avenue A\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53142\, United States
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SUMMARY:THE DAY LEAP SOARED: Blair Braverman in conversation with Pat Zietlow Miller
DESCRIPTION:Children’s picture book author Blair Braverman is stopping in Kenosha on Wednesday\, October 22nd to share her debut book\, “The Day Leap Soared”. An adorable sled dog discovers the power of teamwork\, self-acceptance\, and never giving up in this picture book based on her real-life team of award-winning sled dogs! \nJoin Blair at Blue House Books on Wednesday\, October 22nd from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Blair will give a short presentation\, discuss her book with Wisconsin children’s author Pat Zietlow Miller. And the best part: her dog\, Leap\, will be in attendance! \nThis event is free\, but registration is required. Get all the details and RSVP here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/2976120251022 \nAbout THE DAY LEAP SOARED: \nLeap is a sweet\, snow-loving sled dog puppy who can’t wait until she’s big enough to join the team. Each of the other sled dogs is special in their own way. Boo is fast. Donut is brave. Jenga is smart. And Leap wonders: Is she special\, too? \nThis empowering story reminds us that anything is possible when teamwork\, individuality\, and friendship grow in leaps and bounds.\nIncludes an author’s note with photos of the real-life Leap and her teammates! \nAbout BLAIR BRAVERMAN: \nBlair Braverman is a writer\, dogsledder\, and adventurer. She is the bestselling author of “Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube”\, “Dogs on the Trail”\, and “Small Game”\, a contributing editor to Outside magazine\, and a contributor to the New York Times\, Vogue\, This American Life\, and elsewhere. \nAbout ONE CAN BE: \nAn ode to introverts and quiet leaders. \nSometimes you need to be alone–to think and breathe. Other times you need to be with friends–those you know and those you’ve only just met. And sometimes everyone works together to create something wonderful. \nWhat can one person do all alone? Quite a lot\, actually. Even so\, there are times it helps to work with others. With spare\, lyrical text\, bestselling author Pat Zietlow Miller celebrates the power of being alone–and of coming together with others–centered on the love of reading and creating community around books. This is a book about trusting yourself and your ideas\, seeing a need\, and connecting with others to meet it. \nPerfect for introverts\, quiet leaders\, and anyone who loves books and little libraries. \nAbout PAT ZIETLOW MILLER: \nPat Zietlow Miller has published 22 picture books and has more on the way. Her first book\, “Sophie’s Squash”\, won the Golden Kite Award\, an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor\, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor. “Be Kind” was on the New York Times bestseller list for 10 weeks\, and “In Our Garden” is a two-time Dolly Parton Imagination Library selection. Pat is a former journalist and corporate communicator who lives in Sun Prairie\, Wisconsin.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/the-day-leap-soared-blair-braverman-in-conversation-with-pat-zietlow-miller
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SUMMARY:THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT: Caitlin Starling in conversation with Cynthia Pelayo
DESCRIPTION:“Misery” meets “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” in the new horror novel from Caitlin Starling\, bestsellng author of “The Death of Jane Lawrence” and “Starving Saints”! Known for her genre-hoping\, speculative gothic novels\, Caitlin’s newest story\, “The Graceview Patient”\, also mixes in medical and hospital horror\, and you get to hear directly from the author all about the development of her latest creepy tale. \nJoin Caitlin at Blue House Books on Wednesday\, October 22nd at 7 p.m. for the release of “The Graceview Patient”. Caitlin will be discussing her latest book with Chicago author Cynthia Pelayo (“The Shoemaker’s Magician”)\, answering questions from the audience\, and signing books! \nThis event requires a $5 reservation deposit. Get all the details here: https://blue-house-books.com/events/3526320251022 \nAbout THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT: \nMargaret lives with a rare autoimmune condition that has destroyed her life\, leaving her isolated. It has no cure\, but she’s making do as best she can—until she’s offered a fully paid-for spot in an experimental medical trial at Graceview Memorial. \nThe conditions are simple\, if grueling: she will live at the hospital as a full-time patient\, subjecting herself to the near-total destruction of her immune system and its subsequent regeneration. The trial will essentially kill most of\, but not all of her. But as the treatment progresses and her body begins to fail\, she stumbles upon something sinister living and spreading within the hospital. \nUnsure of what’s real and what is just medication-induced delusion\, Margaret struggles to find a way out as her body and mind succumb further to the darkness lurking throughout Graceview’s halls. \nAbout CAITLIN STARLING: \nCaitlin Starling is the nationally bestselling author of “The Starving Saints”\, “The Death of Jane Lawrence”\, the Bram Stoker-nominated “The Luminous Dead”\, and “Last to Leave the Room”\, as well as the upcoming “The Graceview Patient”. Her work showcases her love of genre-hopping horror; her bibliography spans besieged castles\, alien caves\, and haunted hospitals. Caitlin also works in narrative design and has been paid to invent body parts. She’s always on the lookout for new ways to inflict insomnia. \nAbout THE SHOEMAKER’S MAGICIAN: \nFrom a Bram Stoker Award-winning author\, a cult horror fan discovers that something sinister is at the heart of a series of brutal killings in Chicago.\nA fabled lost movie. An increasing body count. How much do you risk for art? \nPaloma has been watching the Grand Vespertilio Show her entire life. Grand\, America’s most beloved horror host\, showcases classic\, low-budget and cult horror movies with a flourish\, wearing his black tuxedo and hat—but Paloma has noticed something strange about Grand. \nAfter Paloma’s husband\, a homicide detective\, discovers an obscure movie poster pinned on a mutilated corpse\, she knows that the only person that can help solve this mystery is Grand. When another body appears at an abandoned historic movie palace\, the deaths prove to be connected to a silent film\, lost to the ages\, but somehow at the center of countless tragedies in Chicago. Paloma soon becomes trapped between protecting a silent movie that’s contributed to so much death in her city and the life of her young son. \nWith “The Shoemaker’s Magician”\, Cynthia Pelayo continues to establish herself as one of the most powerful voices in riveting\, thought-provoking dark fiction. \nAbout CYNTHIA PELAYO: \nCynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award winning and International Latino Book Award winning author and poet. She writes fairy tales that blend genre and explore concepts of grief\, mourning\, and cycles of violence. She is the author of “Loteria”\, “Santa Muerte”\, “The Missing”\, “Poems of My Night”\, “Into the Forest and All the Way Through”\, “Children of Chicago”\, “Crime Scene”\, “The Shoemaker’s Magician”\, as well as dozens of standalone short stories and poems.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/the-graceview-patient-caitlin-starling-in-conversation-with-cynthia-pelayo
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SUMMARY:BookoWeen 2025
DESCRIPTION:BookoWeen is back! \nJoin Studio Moonfall for our final outdoor event for the year on Saturday\, October 25th from 11am to 7pm. \nMeet our guest authors\, dig through the graveyard of books\, and come dressed as your favorite book character for the costume contest! \nBe one of the first 100 attendees to get a goodie bag of tricks and treats. Sink your teeth into books by local authors or thousands of $1 used books\, play games\, and have fun. From 1-4pm\, we’ll have Princess Storytime with Belle. Later in the day\, Witches in Motion will be here to welcome Halloween! \nGuests include:\nA.J. Humphreys\nA.J. West\nAmy Frances\nAudrey Wilson\nB.C. Taylor\nBryan Simpson\nD. Lieber\nDebra Oas\nDonovan Scherer\nGeorge Adamczyk\nHaley Valenta\nJoe Campolo Jr.\nKaitlyn Bolyard\nLacie M. Lou\nM.P. McDonald\nMichelle Cox\nMiya Kressin\nMolly Weinfurter\nR.E. Bunch\nSharon K. Angelici\nT.R. Nickel \nWith the Séance Sisters\, Little Big Top Magic & Joke Shop\, The Toastradamus Photo Booth\, Crone’s Craft Facepainting\, That’s a Wrap\, and more! \nStay tuned and follow the event to learn more about our guests and see what else is on the way.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/bookoween-2025
LOCATION:Studio Moonfall\, 5031 7th Avenue\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Downtown,Kid Friendly,Shopping
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SUMMARY:BIRDS OF THE GREAT LAKES: Dexter Patterson in Kenosha!
DESCRIPTION:Calling all birding fans\, enthusiasts\, and beginners! Dexter Patterson\, co-founder of Wisconsin’s BIPOC Birding Club\, will be in Kenosha to discuss his new book\, “Birds of the Great Lakes”\, the perfect guide for identifying birds in the Midwest! \nJoin Dexter on Thursday\, October 30th\, at Blue House Books at 6:30 p.m. where he will be discussing his book and all things birding with Rick Fare\, Education Chair for Hoy Audubon Society of Kenosha and Racine\, answering questions from the audience\, and signing books! \nThis event requires a $5 reservation deposit. Get all the details here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/3436920251030 \nAbout BIRDS OF THE GREAT LAKES: \nThe Great Lakes region is teeming with scores of beautiful birds\, and the Birds of the Great Lakes will help you find them. This easy-to-use book will help you identify more than 100 commonly seen birds that help make the Great Lakes the natural wonders that they are. \nAn emphasis on best practices and habitat sustainability helps empower conservation and ensure that birding around our most precious resources will be possible for years to come. Perfect for budding and experienced birders alike\, this sleek and compact guide is the ideal travel companion for every trip to the region. \nAbout DEXTER PATTERSON: \nDexter Patterson is the co-founder of the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin\, an organization dedicated to making birding more accessible and inclusive for people of color. In addition\, he is the CEO of operation Bird Joy\, a venture aimed at spreading joy and encouraging people to enjoy the wonders of bird watching. He has been featured in several prominent birding publications\, including “Birds & Blooms”\, “Sierra Club”\, and National Audubon magazines. \nAbout RICK FARE: \nRick Fare has been a birder for over 40 years. He was the past President and current Education Chair for Hoy Audubon Society of Kenosha and Racine. He was the recipient of the Bronze Passenger Pigeon Award from the WI Society for Ornithology for having made outstanding contributions to promote the field of Ornithology\, and the recipient of the Merit Award from the Bluebird Restoration Association of WI for contributing to the study and propagation of bluebirds.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/birds-of-the-great-lakes-dexter-patterson-in-kenosha
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