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Show, Tell, Write

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Remember when you were in first grade, and you brought a treasure to school to share in show and tell? That was loads of fun, so why should such a time be available only for kids?

Welcome to show and tell for big people, with a twist. Join the fun this Tuesday, October 18th for Show, Tell, Write presented by Patricia Charpentier in conjunction with Bookmark It, Orlando’s independent bookstore, and Infusion Tea, College Park’s award-winning tea and vegetarian cafe.

Come early and grab a tasty meal and cup of tea before the fun begins at 6:30 p.m. Bring in a memento or item from your past or present each month (or photos, if the objects are too large) that is meaningful and holds many memories. Then, take a few minutes to share the item with the group and tell its story and significance to you.

Then, after being given a bit of instruction, we’ll write for a few minutes about the object you brought in or some other story you’d like to tell. You’ll learn how to write vivid descriptions, convey sentiment, and detail the item’s history and importance. No previous writing experience is required for this fun, hands-on event.

Don’t want to talk about your treasure? No problem. Bring it with you anyway; come, listen, write, and be a part of the group.  Before you head home around 8:00 p.m., check out Bookmark It’s great selection of books on site in Infusion Tea, 1600 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, FL 32804.

I hope you’ll come and be a part of Show, Tell, Write.

Celebrations

Living Room Theater’s 1st Year Anniversary Show!

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Tisse, Banks and Jack invite you to:

Join us as Living Room Theater takes the stage at Blue Bamboo in celebration of over 80 performances in their first year! Journey through a varied collection of vignettes which examine daily life in a humorously relatable manner. The unique 70-minute show includes live music and is followed by a discussion with the audience. Past audiences have described the show as a stream of consciousness, raw and intimate parallel between theater and life.

Thursday Oct 27 @ 8:00 PM

Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave, Winter Park

Cost: $20 Get tickets here: http://bluebambooartcenter.com/event/1692025/314241439/living-room-theater-s-1st-year-anniversary-show

For more information:

518-328-4773

info@elarinstitute.org

Web site: http://elarinstitute.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingroomtheater/

In Fun, Connection & Authenticity

 

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Monster TREK: The Obsessive Search for Bigfoot, by Joe Gisondi

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Full disclosure: author Joe Gisondi and I once worked together in the sports department of the Orlando Sentinel. I like the guy, so I was predisposed to like his book. He has been a serious journalist for over twenty years, and he is now a professor of journalism at Eastern Illinois University, so you may be wondering, as I did, why in the world he would pick such an esoteric topic on which to write a book.

The answer to the question is at once simple and complex.

The simple answer is: he just wants to know. Traveling with Bigfoot hunters as diverse as the well-known Moneymaker, Meldrum, and Barackman, as well as with unknown teachers, engineers, and bankers, Gisondi treks into remote forests, mountains, swamps, and parks, as well as a backyard or two, seeking that elusive prize: a face-to-face encounter with a mythical creature that has been reported as sighted in every state except Hawaii.

The more complex answer is that Gisondi is seeking, through contact with people who truly believe in something both unexplainable and larger than themselves, a faith in the mystical that has eluded him since he was a child. It’s a privilege and pleasure to accompany him, through the pages of his book, on his quixotic quest.

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Meg Cabot at Winter Park Public Library

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On October 18, Writer’s Block Bookstore will partner with Winter Park Public Library to host YA Author Meg Cabot, most notable for her series “The Princess Diaries.” The event will be OCTOBER 18 from 6PM – 8PM and is intended for ages 12 and up. Meg Cabot will be promoting her newest book “The Boy is Back.”

Meg Cabot is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for both adults and tweens/teens. There have been over 25 million copies of Meg’s nearly 80 published books sold in 38 countries. After working for ten years as an assistant residence hall director at New York University (an experience from which she occasionally draws inspiration for her best-selling Heather Wells mystery series), Meg wrote the Princess Diaries series, which was made into two hit movies by Disney. Meg’s most proud of the letters she’s received from fans thanking her for helping them to overcome their “dislike of reading.

In The Boy is Back Reed Stewart thought he’d left all his small town troubles—including a broken heart—behind when he ditched tiny Bloomville, Indiana, ten years ago. Then one tiny post on the Internet causes all of those troubles to return . . . with a vengeance. Becky Flowers has worked hard to build her successful senior relocation business, but she’s worked even harder to forget Reed Stewart ever existed.

Now Reed and Becky can’t avoid one another—or the memories of that one fateful night.  And soon everything they thought they knew about themselves (and each other) has been turned upside down, and they—and the entire town of Bloomville—might never be the same, all because The Boy Is Back.

 

 

For those who are hoping to pre-order The Boy is Back, go to the following link:

http://www.writersblockbookstore.com/event/meg-cabot-winter-park-public-library

 

About Writer’s Block Bookstore

A community bookstore in your neighborhood, we have been located off of Park Ave for almost two years and have been bringing your favorite authors into town. We curate our stock based on the community’s wants and needs, but always have the latest releases. We have your favorite book.

~ Lauren Zimmerman