Bookmark It is pleased to announce a new event series, Wine & Sign Fridays!   From 6-8pm each Friday evening in the month of March, they will spill out of their store and onto the balcony, featuring a different local author for this free wine sampling and book signing event.

Kicking it off on Friday, March 6th, author Nathan Holic will be signing copies of his newly published novella, Things I Don’t See. Things I Don’t See is the story of a fractured family on the fringes of America’s happiest vacation destination–of what takes place outside the comic panels and cartoon frames and family photos, and what it means when we finally encounter the truth behind our lies. For more info about the book, visit http://mainstreetrag.com/bookstore/product/things-i-dont-see/, or come by the shop and chat with Nathan this Friday!

Wine & Sign Calendar:

March 6th: Nathan Holic author Things I Don’t See and Fraternity Man

March 13th: Nicole Speropolous author of new cookbook The Little Chocolate Paleo

March 20th: Bob Brigham author of Math is Murder and Murder by the Numbers

March 27th: David Bornstein author of Me and E:A Baseball Odyssey and The Good Word: A Decade of Jewish Thought and Chutzpah

Event information: 

Date: Every Friday in March (3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27)

Location: East End Market – Upstairs in Bookmark It

2301 Corrine Drive, Orlando, FL 32803

Time: 6pm -8pm

Cost: FREE, author titles available for purchase

For additional information on event or for author information, please contact Kim@bookmarkitorlando.com

http://bookmarkitorlando.com/events/

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McRae Art Studios, located in Winter Park, Fla., has selected painter Noreen Coup as a Visiting Artist. Coup will work on her art in an individual studio at McRae until June 30, sharing her ideas and techniques with McRae’s artists and learning from them as well.

Coup paints mostly with a palette knife to create dimensional landscapes, seascapes, architectural environments and portraits.

The Orlando resident says she was inspired to begin painting when she lived in Paris in 2000. She has studied art with Timothy Horn, Larry Moore, Victoria Brooks, Dreama Tolle-Perry, Leslie Saeta, Peggy Kroll Roberts, Ray Roberts, Don Sondag, Sally Shisler and other notable artists.

Coup earned a bachelor’s degree in interior design from Woodbury University and has worked in architecture and interior design for more than 30 years.

McRae instituted the Visiting Artist Program to give selected local, national or international artists a chance to be part of the McRae artist community for three to six months and to stimulate new ideas among member artists.

MCRAE ART STUDIOS, a collective of 21 independent artists founded in 1987, was established to allow member artists to work and mingle and to attract community attention to the area’s outstanding talent. McRae maintains the highest level of artistic accomplishment by bringing artists into the collective by a jury process. It has been home to many nationally recognized artists. Twice a year, McRae hosts Open Houses that attract as many as 2,000 visitors and collectors. For more information: mcraeartstudios.com.

Visit Writers Block Bookstore on Saturday, March 7th between 1 and 3 p.m. to meet author Glenda Bailey-Mershon and pick up her new book, Eve’s Garden

You can help Glenda Bailey-Mershon and Vadim Kolpakov, one of the most prominent and renowned Russian Romani (Gypsy) 7-string guitarists in the world, spread the word about Romani culture by donating through GoFundMe.  Click on the link to learn more.