Tomorrow marks an important milestone for us – our second birthday! We can’t have a big party this year, but we’re celebrating just the same. We’re cutting the cake tomorrow afternoon, and you’re welcome to join us. But we’ll individually wrap and refrigerate slices to pick up when you like, all week long. We’ll also have gift bags with purchase all week long, our way of saying THANK YOU for taking this past year’s crazy journey with us…
And if you want to submit a nickname for our new “tickle pen” (pen, stylus and screen cleaner), email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com!
Here’s a look at all that’s coming up this month – we look forward to seeing you!
All Week: Main Street Reads Birthday Celebration!
March 1 @ 10:00 am – March 7 @ 6:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Ah, remember our first birthday? Yep, last March 1; and just days later, well, yeah, THAT happened. Because we still can’t safely jam us all in for a standing-room only super-hero party, this year’s Anniversary Celebration is going to look a wee bit different. We’ll still cut a cake on Monday, March 1st (3 pm), and we’ll have lots of individually wrapped slices to pick up that day and throughout the week. PLUS, it may be our birthday, but we’re…Find out more »
Monday: Main Street Writes
March 1 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
NOTE: WE WILL MEET VIRTUALLY UNTIL APRIL 2021 WHEN WE HOPE TO RESUME LIVE MEETINGS. For the inner writer in all of us, our regular Monday evening writers group that’s growing every week! Come on out any/every Monday at 6:30 p.m. and bring a few pages with you to share with fellow scribes, or just listen in and learn! Anyone wanting to join in via Zoom, use the following credentials: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83115591753?pwd=bGwyNlJITDZvNUcxdU9kckNDSE1Zdz09 Meeting ID: 831 1559 1753 Passcode: 29483 If you’d…Find out more »
Wednesday: Stories on the Square!
March 3 @ 9:30 am – 10:00 am
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for “Stories on the Square, our outdoor storytime adventure with reading by Colleen Rackleff – kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! Colleen’s 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 distancing and plenty of juice boxes and fruit snacks to munch while they listen.…Find out more »
Thursday: Reader Meet Writer: Love at First with Kate Clayborn (Virtual)
March 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
“The most delightful cast of characters I’ve met in ages…a modern romance masterpiece.“ —New York Times bestseller Christina Lauren From Kate Clayborn, the acclaimed author of Love Lettering, comes a sparkling, tender novel, Love At First about bickering neighbors, surprise reunions, and the mysterious power of love… Sixteen years ago, a teenaged Will Sterling saw—or rather, heard—the girl of his dreams. Standing beneath an apartment building balcony, he shared a perfect moment with a lovely, warm-voiced stranger. It’s a memory…Find out more »
Saturday: Booksigning! Local Author Matt Loveland with The Artist: Faith, Science and the Rest of Us
March 6 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Join us for a fascinating chat and Meet the Author event with local author Matt Loveland, and get a signed copy of his new release: The Artist: Faith, Science, and the Rest of Us. About the Book: You matter because you were made.Created, on purpose, in the very image of God. And that’s not just a slogan. That’s something author Matt Loveland set out to prove.You believe the world was created. At least, statistically you do. According to a 2018-2019…Find out more »
Later This Month:
Living Large Bookclub: MARCH Pick – The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
March 16 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
The Third Tuesday of this month will see us having a live and or virtual discussion of the amazing The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Through one woman’s survival during the harsh and haunting Dust Bowl, master storyteller, Kristin Hannah, reminds us that the human heart and our Earth are as tough, yet as fragile, as a change in the wind. –Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great…Find out more »
Author and Speaker Chris Singleton Returns with His New Release: Your Life Matters
March 20 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
We’re so excited to announce that speaker Chris Singleton, author of the already wildly popular Different, will be at Main Street Reads on March 20th to celebrate and discuss his newest book releasing in March, Your Life Matters. Empowering and validating, Your Life Matters teaches children of all races about Black History and reassures black children everywhere that no matter what they hear no matter what they experience, no matter what they’re told, their lives matter. Written by national speaker Chris…Find out more »
Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: The Chanel Sisters by Judithe Little
March 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Join us for an entertaining book club discussion, live or online! This month, The Chanel Sisters by Judith Little! A novel of survival, love, loss, triumph—and the sisters who changed fashion forever Antoinette and Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel know they’re destined for something better. Abandoned by their family years before, they’ve grown up under the guidance of pious nuns preparing them for simple lives as the wives of tradesmen or shopkeepers. At night, their secret stash of romantic novels and magazine…Find out more »