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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Meet the Author - Chris Singleton!
DESCRIPTION:Third Thursday’s downtown block party bash takes place July 21 this month\, with a theme town-wide of Christmas in July. Here at Main Street Reads\, we’ll be featuring famed author\, baseball player and speaker Chris Singleton with his latest release\, Baseball Around the World! ALL Little Leaguers get 10% off their books! \nIt might be America’s favorite pastime\, but baseball isn’t just an American sport! \nFrom Cuba to Japan\, Australia to Italy\, a diverse melting pot of countries and cultures have embraced the ole ballgame. In Baseball Around the World\, you’ll take a multicultural world tour to meet the nations and players who have pushed baseball to international popularity–with a twist\, of course. \nFind out what they eat at Japanese baseball stadiums\, how a gold rush brought baseball to Australia\, why South Korean games are allowed to end in a tie\, and much more in this home run of a book! \nFrom the introduction: People often think of baseball as an American sport. Terms such as “America’s pastime” and the “boys of summer” bring up images of warm summer nights in small towns. Yes\, the game we think of–that we know and love–is rooted in the sandlots and Little League fields across the U.S. But baseball is so much bigger. In many ways\, baseball really is a world sport….As you read this book and learn about baseball around the world\, you’ll see just how much the game unifies us. Regardless of our differences\, our love for the game of baseball is all the same! \nChris Singleton is a former minor league baseball player drafted by the Chicago Cubs. He became a nationally-renowned speaker with a message of resilience\, forgiveness and unity following the loss of his mother in the 2015 Mother Emanuel Church Tragedy in Charleston\, SC. Chris now shares his message with over 60 organizations annually and his clients include: Boeing\, The Houston Texans\, Microsoft\, Biogen\, Volvo\, The Washington Wizards and over 100\,000 students and educators across the world. One of his children’s books\, Different – A Story About Loving Your Neighbor\, was a best seller in its category and has been featured by numerous outlets\, including The Obama Foundation. \nChris’ overall mission when speaking is to inspire his audiences with his story of resilience and to unite millions of people with his belief that\, “Love is Stronger Than Hate.” \nHis other books include Different: A Story of Loving Your Neighbor and Your Life Matters.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-meet-the-author-chris-singleton/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Concert 175 Free Music Fest - Celebrating Summerville's 175th Birthday!
DESCRIPTION:FREE Music Fest in Historic Downtown Summerville – DREAM in partnership with Summerville Parks & Recreation is hosting concert175 to celebrate the Town of Summerville 175th Birthday and coincidently Paul McCartney’s 80th Birthday\, so fitting that the culminating event will be Brit Beat – a Beatles tribute. \nThree different stages – entertainment throughout the day and concluding with a Tribute to the Beatles! We’ll be open extended hours – and we’ll keep the door open so you can enjoy the sounds on Hutchinson Square while you shop – stop by and say hi!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/concert-175-free-music-fest-celebrating-summervilles-175th-birthday/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Words and Music
DESCRIPTION:It’s Third Thursday\, with music on the square and words in the store… join us for free fun\, free treats\, special sales and more – bring dad along for an early Father’s Day celebration!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-words-and-music/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday Book Signing: The Rice Birds by Lindy Carter!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special book signing for The Rice Birds by Lindy Keane Carter\, which NYT bestselling authors are already calling brilliant! \n“Like the hunted rice birds of South Carolina’s Lowcountry\, two desperate women—an Irish indentured servant and an enslaved servant—flee antebellum Charleston in this meticulously researched and beautifully crafted odyssey to freedom. I loved it.” – Mary Alice Monroe\, New York Times bestselling author of 27 books\, including THE BEACH HOUSE series \n“In a poignant story of two runaway women who befriend each other in 1849 Charleston to survive\, The Rice Birds will steal your heart. The starving Irish immigrant and the enslaved house servant battle a common enemy while seeking to find their loved ones snatched from their arms. Lindy Carter’s transportive prose will carry you through this compelling and splendid story.” –Patti Callahan Henry\, New York Times bestselling author \n“Lindy Keane Carter is a captivating writer of historical fiction and a powerful storyteller. The Rice Birds has tension on every page\, truth that shocks and exposes\, and characters we come to love. I am a big fan of Carter’s writing talent\, and her latest novel is a first-class winner!” – Leah Weiss\, bestselling author of If the Creek Don’t Rise and All the Little Hopes \nThe Rice Birds: In 1849\, twin sisters fleeing Ireland’s famine arrive at New York’s seaport. Only Nora is allowed to get on the boat to South Carolina to fulfill her work contract. On her employer’s vast rice plantation\, an enslaved worker— Pearl—befriends her. After one of them commits a crime\, the girls flee to Charleston\, a dangerous place for runaways. Nora frantically seeks to get back to her sister\, while Pearl tries to find her mother before heading north. \nMeanwhile\, an old enemy’s illegal scheme is about to derail the girls’ plans. \nHistorically accurate\, this newly published work from Evening Post Books draws upon interviews with academics\, historians\, and educators\, as well as dissertations\, histories\, Gullah stories\, cookbooks\, and the diaries of Lowcountry rice planters. The Rice Birds takes the reader beyond the well-known narrative about Charleston’s history to reveal real events and lives that have seen little light in contemporary books. Some stories were so compelling\, they needed little embellishment before being woven into this tale. \nLindy Keane Carter is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. After writing non-fiction for 30 years\, she signed up for a fiction-writing class at a community college in Maryland. Her short stories won awards in 2003 and 2009 in the South Carolina Arts Commission’s Fiction Project contest. The Rice Birds is her third published novel. Lindy is the mother of two daughters and a son. Visit her at www.facebook.com/LindyCarterAuthor or www.LindyCarter.com.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-book-signing-the-rice-birds-by-lindy-carter/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220421T173000
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SUMMARY:Flower the Town: April's Third Thursday at Main Street Reads!
DESCRIPTION:On the third Thursday of each month Historic Downtown Summerville transforms into a special marketplace featuring local entertainment\, craft vendors and artisans\, to complement the extended hours of our eclectic shops\, boutiques and restaurants. \nThis month’s theme is “Flower the Town” and we’ll be featuring plenty of gardening and art books to do just that! \n\n\n\n\nThird Thursday traffic is rerouted 4:00pm until 9:00pm. from the following streets ; Little Main Street\, W Richardson to Central (closed for traffic). \n​\nThere is plenty of FREE parking throughout the downtown including the town garage located behind Town Hall. 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-third-thursday-at-main-street-reads/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Special Sale,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Go Green and Win This Third Thursday!
DESCRIPTION:It’s St. Patrick’s Day which means any cover with green on it throughout the store is 10% off – PLUS get a map and participate in the Shamrock Scavenger Hunt and you’ll have the chance to turn in your map at Hanebrink Jewelers for a free prize (Main Street Reads is giving away five gift certificates among the prizes). \nOn the third Thursday of each month Historic Downtown Summerville transforms into a special marketplace featuring local entertainment\, craft vendors and artisans\, to complement the extended hours of eclectic shops\, boutiques and restaurants. \nEnjoy partying out on the square\, sales and treats at Main Street Reads\, and singer/ songwriter/guitarist Mike Kaltofen keeping the vibe cool and festive as we enjoy our downtown community and plenty of book love. \nSee you on Main Street!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T173000
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Love is on the Square!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Third Thursday and enjoy free treats and a photo at our Kissing Booth\, while the square will be filled with love and fun things to do and dine on…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-booksigning-a-perfect-bind/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210916T173000
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SUMMARY:Sweetest Third Thursday Ever
DESCRIPTION:On the third Thursday of each month Historic Downtown Summerville transforms into a special marketplace featuring local entertainment\, craft vendors and artisans\, to complement the extended hours of shops and restaurants. \n\n\n\nHere at Main Street Reads we’re offering you up not one but TWO amazing authors that night – Syril Kline (author of the award-winning Shakespeare’s Changeling) and A.F. Winter\, author of the soon-to-be-released Man in the Pandemic. \n\n\n\n1st place winner of the Chaucer Award for Historical Fiction\, Shakespeare’s Changeling is a controversial historical novel: Charged in 1616 by the Earls of Pembroke and Montgomery to edit a folio of Shakespeare plays\, writer Ben Jonson races against time to uncover the missing manuscripts by seeking out his former nemesis\, the bedridden William Shaxper. But far more worrisome is that the Earl of Oxford’s daughter\, the Countess of Montgomery\, wants the folio published as a tribute to her father. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWitty\, intriguing and suspenseful\, Syril Levin Kline’s controversial novel calls into question everything you ever thought you knew about the Bard by exploring the irony of a creative genius forced to hide behind the identity of another. Kline proudly joins Mark Twain\, Walt Whitman\, Samuel Taylor Coleridge\, James Joyce\, Charles Dickens and others in their skepticism about the Shakespeare authorship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMan in the Pandemic offers an intimate snapshot into a recent history we all know too well: Sent to work from home and in isolation from the onset of the pandemic\, Frank Smith is losing control over his carefully constructed environment. \n\n\n\nSoon forced into unemployment\, his hyper-focus turns towards what he can control: walking endless circles in his home\, conserving toilet paper and battling pests as he struggles to hold onto his sanity. Smith tries to make sense of social unrest and systemic racism\, natural disasters and climate change as he faces personal demons of loneliness\, fear and a lifetime of regrets. Simply told yet deceptively complex\, this dark comedy will resonate with anyone questioning their place in the universe as we navigate a world gone mad…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/sweetest-third-thursday-ever/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Music and Fun for All!
DESCRIPTION:THIS MONTH: “SUMMER in SUMMERVILLE” is the theme… We’ll offer up some cooling treats for visiting readers! \nOn the third Thursday of each month Historic Downtown Summerville transforms into a special marketplace featuring local entertainment\, craft vendors and artisans\, to complement the extended hours of eclectic shops\, boutiques and restaurants. \nEnjoy partying out on the square\, sales and treats at Main Street Reads\, and singer/ songwriter/guitarist Mike Kaltofen keeping the vibe cool and festive as we enjoy our downtown community and plenty of book love. \nSee you on Main Street!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-music-and-fun-for-all/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210715T173000
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Christmas in July!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Third Thursday this month with a “Christmas in July” theme – we’ll have a very special local author joining us that evening\, Cindy Barrineau Curtis\, author of the recently released Living the Heart of God. \nAbout the Book: When you feel like your life is lacking something vital\, pick up this book. When you can’t see a clear direction\, let this book be your guide. When the guilt and shame of your mistakes seem to follow you wherever you go\, read this book for a better perspective. When your hope has diminished and you feel as if you are accepting that your life is as good as gets\, give this book a chance to change your mind. How do you talk to God? How do you know that our prayers are heard? How do you live your life abundantly? In Living the Heart of God\, you will explore the beauty of prayer with fresh eyes. You will be provided with what you need for self-reflection. You are offered ways to practice how to increase your quality of life through spending time with God. \nCindy Barrineau Curtis is the author of three Heart of God books includling Touching the Heart of God is a collection of poems\, scripture references\, and prayers for times of joy and sorrow and everything in between. This devotional book includes material that can be used as a small group study. \nAs always\, local guitarist\, singer and songwriter Michael Kaltofen will be playing live at Main Street Reads to set the mood for our festive evening… See you there!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-christmas-in-july/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:An Adventurous Third Thursday and Booksigning!
DESCRIPTION:We’re looking forward to an outstanding Third Thursday this month. Not only will we have Mike Kaltofen on hand\, and not only will the town square be sporting an Adventure theme (complete with zip line!)\, but we’ll be hosting an adventure of our own: the authors of the debut memoir 100 Days in Vietnam. will join us for an adventurous book launch! \nDon’t miss this chance to meet co-authors Joseph and Matthew Tallon and get a personally signed copy of this much-anticipated work! \n“Joe Tallon scratched and clawed his way through Army training\, ultimately finding himself in Vietnam by 1972. His resiliency and strength to overcome shine through in this poignant survival story told in tandem by father and son.” – Mike Krzyzewski\, Head Coach\, Duke University\, West Point Class of 1969 \n“100 Days in Vietnam offers readers both a rare window on the final days of our painful national odyssey in Vietnam and a remarkable record of an individual’s determined quest to honor a fallen comrade.” – Ken Burns\, Filmmaker and Director of The Vietnam War\, The Civil War\,  and many other films \nAbout 100 Days in Vietnam\nAs American troops continue their steady exodus on the last day of their ground war in Vietnam\, Lieutenant Joe Tallon is shot down by an enemy missile. Forced to eject at a dangerously low altitude from their OV-1 Mohawk\, Joe and his tactical observer\, Specialist-5 Daniel Richards\, land in the flaming wreckage. Lieutenant Tallon survives but Specialist Richards does not. Stateside\, Lieutenant Tallon begins to heal and proceed with his life but the loss of his tactical observer is never far from his mind. Forty years later\, Joe embarks on a quest to bring recognition to the sacrifice of Daniel Richards and secure a Purple Heart for his family. \nPainstakingly recreated from wartime letters and remembrances and contextualized by contemporary news accounts\, 100 Days in Vietnam is a collaboration between Joe and his son Matt-also an Army veteran. Here we experience the war through the emotions of the man who survived it: the drudgery and monotony of airfield life\, the heartache of a newlywed missing his wife\, the terror of combat missions\, the agony of injury and rehabilitation\, and the bittersweet relief from the completion of his final mission to bring recognition to his fallen comrade. \nAbout the Authors\nJoseph F. Tallon is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who served from 1969 to 2007. Trained as a composite Army aviator in rotary and fixed-wing aircraft\, he flew the OV-1 Mohawk during Vietnam\, transitioning to Army intelligence after the war. A selection of his awards and decorations during his military service includes the Purple Heart\, the Meritorious Service Medal\, the Air Medal (2x)\, the Army Commendation Medal\, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry\, the Vietnam Wounded in Action Medal\, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. Upon completion of a master’s degree in education and supervision at The Citadel in 1981\, Joe taught high school social studies. Retired from teaching\, he has been an active volunteer and fundraiser for the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans. Joe has been married to his wife\, Martha Anne\, for fifty years and has two sons and six grandchildren. \nMatthew A. Tallon is a former US Army transportation officer who served primarily in overseas duty assignments for five years and completed his active-duty commitment as a captain. Matt is a graduate of Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in history and a teaching certification. After completion of his military service\, Matt returned to Durham Public Schools to teach high school US history and civics. After graduating from Harvard with a master’s degree in education policy and management\, Matt currently serves as the senior project manager for the Public Education Leadership Project\, a joint education initiative between the Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. Matt has been married to his wife\, Lindsay\, for the past twenty years and has three sons.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/adventurous-third-thursday-booksigning/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Join Us for a Spooky Third Thursday!
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy partying out on the square\, sales and treats at Main Street Reads\, and the return of singer/songwriter/guitarist Mike Kaltofen keeping it all festive!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/join-us-for-a-spooky-third-thursday/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:2020 Annual Sweet Tea Festival: Reimagined - The Sweetest Week Ever!
DESCRIPTION:The 2020 Annual Sweet Tea Festival has been reimagined as the “Sweetest Week Ever!” with a week of events happening in downtown Summerville – and you’re invited\, courtesy of Summerville Dream and all the downtown merchants that make our town sweeter all the time… \nThe Sweetest Week Ever allows participants to adhere to best health practices and social distancing. Celebrates Summerville’s art\, culture\, hospitality and all things that make it just a little sweeter here. Daily events and evening shows\, shop specials\, and more! \nCheck out the schedule below and come join the fun! Main Street Reads will be open later all week long\, so stop by and say “hi” — we’ll have giveaways to help celebrate our Sweetest Week Ever! including Hershey’s kisses at our “Sweetest Kissing Booth” and journal gifts-with-purchase.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/2020-annual-sweet-tea-festival-reimagined/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Meet Grandparenting Experts and Authors at a Virtual 3rd Thursday Special Event!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Third Thursday event virtually\, with California authors and grandparenting/mindfulness experts Pam Siegel to talk about how we can\, as parents and especially grandparents\, support the kiddos during this back-to-school time. \nWhether attending live or virtual classes\, whether you’re able to get together with family in person or online\, Pam and Leslie offer up useful tips on how to get and keep connected! \nTheir book\, Grandparenting: Renew\, Relive\, Rejoice\, is available from Main Street Reads or our bookshop warehouse. It’s a super colorful\, easy to navigate book filled with 52 ways to mindfully connect and grow with your grandchildren. \nLearn more at their insightful website and bring your questions to the meeting – link details below! \nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85613056099?pwd=eU1kS25NdWZjM0xpREk0RW82eVdTZz09\nMeeting ID: 856 1305 6099\nPasscode: 202020 \nPam Siegel\n\nPam Siegel MPH\, MFT is a licensed marriage family therapist in private practice in West Los Angeles. She has a master’s in health education from UCLA and an additional master’s in counseling from California State University\, Northridge. She is a certified mindfulness therapist and implements meditation and other mindfulness tools to help her clients with a variety of issues. For over twelve years\, Pam has led a weekly mindfulness support group. She is actively involved in the mindfulness and yoga community and has her own daily practice and website\, www.pamsiegel.com. \nLeslie Zinberg\n\nLeslie Zinberg has a BS in elementary education from the University of Texas at Austin\, and has co-written two successful parenting books\, The Pink and Blue Baby Pages\, written in 1995\, and The Pink and Blue Toddler Pages\, written in 1999. Both books were featured in national publicity campaigns\, with appearances on the Today Show\, QVC\, and local television and radio segments across the country. Leslie is the cofounder of the grandparent website\, www.grandparentslink.com.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-grandparenting-experts-and-authors-at-a-virtual-3rd-thursday-special-event/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Reader Meet Writer,Reading,Third Thursday,Virtual Author Event
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SUMMARY:"SCARY SATURDAY" Booksigning: Afterlife Series author and podcaster Nicholas A. McGirr
DESCRIPTION:Author and podcaster Nicholas A. McGirr will be gracing Main Street Reads during February’s 3rd Thursday festivities that include\, as always\, free refreshments and lively discussion! \nNick can also get you discount tix to downtown Charleston’s GHOST HUNTING TOUR! \n     \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/3rd-thursday-booksigning-afterlife-series-author-and-podcaster-nicholas-a-mcgirr/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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