Pinking Main Street and the Art and Wine Festival

October is breast cancer awareness month and in order to spread awareness and support, the businesses of Main Street have hung pink lights and created pink-themed displays in their windows. The pink lights are sponsored by Marshall Medical Center and Images of Hope, a coalition of artists and business owners. You can read the Mountain Democrat article on this inspiring movement here.

At the Bookery we used this opportunity to create a pretty window display featuring some lovely books with pink on their covers, and to highlight a few of our cancer and health books.

It has been fun to see our Main Street neighbors' beautiful pink displays.

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If someone you love is struggling with breast cancer, we just might have a book to help.

The event culminates with Saturday night's festivities for the Art and Wine Festival.

From 6:00 - 9:00 pm  on October 19, Main Street will host over 30 foothill area wineries pouring their delicious tastes, as well as live music at the bell tower by the Brad Wilson Band.  Also, the 2013 Banners on Parade will be auctioned off, celebrating art, local talent, and our wonderful community. You can view the banners here.

We hope to see you all tomorrow night!

A Night of Literature and Art

Acclaimed local author Doug Rice has a beautiful brand new book out entitled Between Appear and Disappear. The official book release will be held this Saturday night, October 12, at 8:00 p.m at Cozmic Cafe in Placerville. Doug will be reading from his book and it will be available for purchase in either color print or black and white for $16.99. Doug lives and writes in Lotus, and Between Appear and Disappear is a love story set on the American River.

The event will also feature short films by local filmmakers Jamie VanCamp and the Bookery's own Darin Coelho Spring, and music by the resurrected and reformed band Treesus, featuring Jacob Mingle, Jorden Mingle, Joseph Beatty and Darin Spring.

The event will also feature artwork and photography from Doug Rice and Darin Spring.

Facebook event information can be found here.

Here you can watch a video in which Doug Rice explains the collaborative process and the possibilities for print publishing. 

Here, a video of Doug reading from his book Dream Memoirs of a Fabulist.

Book lovers and art enthusiasts will not want to miss this night full of exciting talent.