From NOW through Saturday, EACH ITEM purchased at Main Street Reads (book, candle, socks, cards, pencils, etc.) will earn you one strand of Mardis Gras beads. Why is this important?
Because this SATURDAY, March 5th, from 3-5 p.m. we’ll host our official birthday bash (no one can properly party on a Tuesday, eh?!) and at 4 p.m. that day, we’ll award a $100 gift certificate to the reader who’s collected the most beads, PLUS four $25 gift certificates for the runners-up – $200 total.
In addition to the treats and giveaways all week long, every reader who pre-registers for Saturday’s party (the party is FREE but RSVPs help us know how much food to order) will get a Mardi Gras styled mask, enjoy storewide discounts, free treats and more….
THIS WEEK!
MONDAY Main Street Writes
February 28 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
For the inner writer in all of us, our regular Monday evening writers group! Join us via the Zoom link below and get your writing on track! See you soon — and Write ON! Find out more »
TUESDAY Happy BDay to Us,
Let’s Celebrate Mardis Gras
March 1 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC 29483 + Google Map
Here’s a happy coincidence – our official 3rd birthday is March 1st…. and that’s Fat Tuesday aka Mardis Gras this year, so we’re celebrating NOW through Sunday with days of revelry… Lots of freebies and fun to be had all week long! On Saturday March 5th, we’ll award our Beads and Reads Challenge winners – RSVP here to guarantee yourself a free Mardis Gras mask! RSVP to Saturday’s Birthday Bash – IT’S FREE! Find out more »
WEDNESDAY Stories on the Square:
Surprise Guest This Week!
March 2 @ 9:30 am – 10:00 am Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC 29483 + Google Map
THIS WEEK – Learn about the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry when we’ll have a special SURPRISE GUEST with us! Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for “Stories on the Square, our outdoor storytime adventure – kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! Storytime at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events, held outside to ensure proper social distancing. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners, hoola-hoops for…Find out more »
SATURDAY: Birthday Bash – Beads & Reads Challenge Winners Announced – RSVP NOW!
March 5 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC 29483 + Google Map
Tuesday, March 1st, is our actual birthday – which happens to coincide with Mardis Gras this year, so we’ll have treats all day long at the store AND we’ll launch our Beads and Reads Challenge. From Tuesday through Saturday, EACH ITEM purchased (book, candle, socks, cards, pencils, etc.) will earn you one strand of Mardis Gras beads. Why is this important? Because on SATURDAY March 5th, from 3-5 p.m. we’ll host our official birthday bash (no one can properly party…Find out more »
SUNDAY: Dolly Parton & James Patterson
Virtual Book Launch for Run Rose Run
March 6 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Get Your Tix through Main Street Reads
The perfect capper to our third birthday week: Join Dolly Parton and James Patterson for the exclusive Run, Rose, Run Virtual Book Launch on Sun, March 6 at 7:30 ET live on YouTube. ABOUT THE EVENT Join America’s most beloved superstar, Dolly Parton, and its greatest storyteller, James Patterson, in a virtual conversation about their novel, Run Rose Run, a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to…Find out more »
COMING UP…
Book Signing: The Charleston Tea Party
by John R. Young
March 19 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC 29483 + Google Map
A parliamentary duty on a common grocery item? The destruction of three shiploads of tea in one of the colonies’ largest ports? By the way, what happened to the cargo of tea shipped to Charleston? What were the circumstances that brought colonial America’s favorite non-alcoholic beverage center stage in a face-off between the mother country and her obstreperous children? And how did the citizenry of Charleston react to this latest taxation-without-representation enactment? All these questions as well as many as-yet-unasked…Find out more »
Book Signing: What’s Burning on the Inside
with Lakosha Wade
March 27 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC 29483 + Google Map
Join us Sunday, March 27th from 2 – 4 pm to meet local author Lakosha Wade and engage in discussion of her 21 day guided journal and devotional, What’s Burning on the Inside. Many people burn candles and incense in their homes, businesses, and other places. Sometimes the candles are for beauty, aromatherapy, or just to create a good mood. I’m sure many people have lit candles for all of these reasons and more, but there is another reason to…Find out more »
Virtual Event: Stop Buying Bins by Bonnie Borromeo Tomlinson – Spring Cleaning INSPIRATION!
March 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Ready to revisit resolutions and ramp up spring cleaning? We have the PERFECT virtual event – an interactive online hour with Bonnie Borromeo Tomlinson, author of Stop Buying Bins: & other blunt but practical advice from a home organizer Bring your burning organizational questions and let’s “get ‘er done” this year! Decluttering our homes can be difficult. Letting go of things can be challenging. Living with less seems impossible. With wit and tough love, Stop Buying Bins seeks to break…Find out more »
State by State – FLORIDA!
This is the ninth week and we’re featuring Florida! Click HERE or on the image above to view all this week’s featured titles. For all the lists to date, CLICK HERE!
Pre-Orders Enjoy 10% Early Order Discount
With our new cart we can now offer discounts for pre-orders – this lets us get YOU the newest books first by ensuring we place early orders for hot titles. We’ll add more to this list as we share the newest, coolest, most anticipated reads for you, including in some cases, signed titles! Visit the pre-order shopping page HERE.
Partnering with Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry
We’re so proud to be partnering with the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry with their new Representation Project. You can grab any of the books on the list we’re adding to daily HERE and have them shipped direct to you or order for store pickup. We’re offering discounts on ALL these books, PLUS a percentage will be gifted to the CML. AND, ff you prefer to buy a book for CML (see below), you can order through us and we’ll be happy to deliver it for you.