Ten years ago\, Ron and his then-girlfriend\, Jill\, did the impossible. They bought condemned property\, a big Baltimore Victorian brownstone\, and vowed to bring it back to its original glory. The house had been home to Baltimore's most notorious fraternity for a decade and now\, wrecked and abandoned\, it was filled with garbage. As if that weren't daunting enough\: Ron and Jill had been dating for only six months and they knew nothing about fixing up old houses. Friends\, family\, and concerned onlookers told them not to do it - they would surely lose their shirts and their love in the bargain. But Jill wanted the house and Ron wanted Jill. So Ron bought the house.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120623T210000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/benjamin-busch-dust-dust URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/benjamin-busch-dust-dust SUMMARY:Benjamin Busch - Dust to Dust DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120624T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120624T010000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/improved-lighting-reading-series-breezeway URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/improved-lighting-reading-series-breezeway SUMMARY:Improved Lighting Reading Series - in the Breezeway! DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120626T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120626T000000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/science-fiction-book-club-june-2012 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/science-fiction-book-club-june-2012 SUMMARY:Science Fiction Book Club\, June 2012 DESCRIPTION:
Our great Sci-Fi Book Club meets the 4th Monday of each month at 7pm.
They are a fun and welcoming group\, so give them a try one month. Their
reading selections vary between old school scifi\, fantasy\, and new scifi
trends. You are certain to find a book you will enjoy.
The June selection is The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach.
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Book club books are discounted 10%\, but you will need to let the
bookseller know at checkout that you are purchasing the book for book
club.
The June selection is Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120715T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120715T000000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/jeanette-depatie-fat-chick-works-out URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/jeanette-depatie-fat-chick-works-out SUMMARY:Jeanette DePatie - The Fat Chick Works Out! DESCRIPTION:Based on knowledge gleaned over a lifetime of getting her big butt in motion and decades of teaching people of all ages\, shapes sizes and abilities\, Jeanette DePatie AKA The Fat Chick helps you learn to love your body and love exercise. Filled with over 50 exercises\, loads of practical advice\, tons of pictures and hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking stories from The Fat Chick's own journey\, The Fat Chick Works Out! will not only help you get and stay fit\, but also help you find peace with the skin you're in.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120722T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120722T000000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/steven-hunter-mount-magazine URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/steven-hunter-mount-magazine SUMMARY:Steven Hunter - Mount Magazine DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120724T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120724T000000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/science-fiction-book-club-july-2012 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/science-fiction-book-club-july-2012 SUMMARY:Science Fiction Book Club\, July 2012 DESCRIPTION:
Our great Sci-Fi Book Club meets the 4th Monday of each month at 7pm.
They are a fun and welcoming group\, so give them a try one month. Their
reading selections vary between old school scifi\, fantasy\, and new scifi
trends. You are certain to find a book you will enjoy.
The July selection is Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120724T223000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120724T223000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/literary-fiction-book-club-1 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/literary-fiction-book-club-1 SUMMARY:Literary Fiction Book Club DESCRIPTION:
This great book club will primarily be reading literary fiction and is
scheduled for the 4th Tuesday of each month at 5\:30. Clint Schnekloth is
facilitating this group.
Book club books are discounted 10%\, but you will need to let the
bookseller know at checkout that you are purchasing the book for book
club.
The July selection is The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
This book is also available as an eBook from Nightbird Books.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120729T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120729T000000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/live-music-nightbird-books-humanimals-saturday-july-28-7pm URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/live-music-nightbird-books-humanimals-saturday-july-28-7pm SUMMARY:Live music at Nightbird Books - Humanimals / Saturday July 28 at 7pm DESCRIPTION:Live music at Nightbird Books!
Saturday July 28 at 7pm
All Ages are welcome\, invite your friends.
Humanimals is the new band from former Fayetteville musician Adele Fournet\, formerly of Adele &\; The Matts. Humanimals was formed in Peru\, and this will be a rare local show. We hope to see you at the show.
Drinks available from Nightbird Books.
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An open mic begins at 7pm and the featured performance starts at
7\:30pm. An open mic is a vital part of the evening. Each open mic
performer gets up to four minutes to read original works or verse
written by others. This audiences famously encourages open mic readers.
The main feature as well as the open mikers perform censorship free\;
strong language is sometimes used. After the guest reader\, a hat is
passed to provide the guest a small stipend and to help fund future
readings.
The featured author for July is Northwest Arkansas poet Leigh Wilkerson. Leigh is also the director of Limbertwig Press.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T000000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/johnathon-williams-book-launch-party-friday-august-3-7pm URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/johnathon-williams-book-launch-party-friday-august-3-7pm SUMMARY:Johnathon Williams book launch party - Friday\, August 3 at 7pm DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T190000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/local-author-spotlight-7 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/local-author-spotlight-7 SUMMARY:Local Author Spotlight DESCRIPTION:
Join us to meet more authors from our community. We will gather at our
big table and have an informal presentation from the authors and have
lots of time to ask questions or visit one on one. At Nightbird Books we
feel strongly about the need to provide local authors a venue for
promoting their work and hope you will be able to come by.
Our authors this month are Taylor Prewitt who has written Reciting Robert Frost in the ICU and Rodney Johns who has written The Motion Picture of Success.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T203000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120804T203000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/andy-upchurch-oleanders-san-leon URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/andy-upchurch-oleanders-san-leon SUMMARY:Andy Upchurch - The Oleanders of San Leon DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120805T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120805T210000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/michael-jasorka-graphic-novel-slideshow-sunday-august-5-4pm URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/michael-jasorka-graphic-novel-slideshow-sunday-august-5-4pm SUMMARY:Michael Jasorka - Graphic Novel Slideshow - Sunday\, August 5 at 4pm DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120809T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120809T010000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/live-music-nightbird-books-dirty-fist-wednesday-august-8-7pm URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/live-music-nightbird-books-dirty-fist-wednesday-august-8-7pm SUMMARY:Live music at Nightbird Books - Dirty Fist! & Real Live Tigers DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120811T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120811T020000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/live-music-nightbird-books-mornin-old-sport-richard-lionhearted URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/live-music-nightbird-books-mornin-old-sport-richard-lionhearted SUMMARY:Live music at Nightbird Books - Mornin Old Sport & Richard the Lionhearted DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120811T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120811T210000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/donna-barnard-okie-next-30-years URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/donna-barnard-okie-next-30-years SUMMARY:Donna Barnard - Okie\: The Next 30 Years DESCRIPTION:
Join us to meet author Donna Barnard on Saturday August 11th at 4pm. Donna Barnard was born on an Oklahoma farm and earned master’s degrees in English and library media. Donna and her husband live in
southeastern Oklahoma where they share a ranch with two cats\, two dogs\, one horse\, and a constantly varying number of cattle. They have three grown children.
When Gwen Collins and Bo Bohanan are married\, they not only join their hearts\, their lives\, and their two ranches but also their faith. In
Okie\: The Next 30 Years\, author Donna Barnard invites you to catch up with old friends and make some new ones too in this second novel chronicling the beginning years of newlyweds Gwen and Bo as they work their cattle ranch and try to start a family.
Saturday\, August 18
8pm
Nightbird Books
205 W. Dickson St. Fayetteville\, Arkansas
\;
The Burning Chair Reading Series
presents - Local Poet Fest
\;
Roger Barrett
Willi
Goehring
Catherine
Hotaling-Donnelly
Katie Nichol
Geoff Oelsner
Milton Vaught
Jessica Weisenfels
Rodney Wilhite
We suggest attendees bring a wine glass\, or $3
as a donation to help stock Nightbird Books’ new coffee and wine bar.
Come celebrate locally-grown poetry of diverse styles in a
laid-back atmosphere. Beverages with and
without alcohol will be available for purchase.
The Burning Chair Readings\,
founded by Katy and Matthew Henriksen in New York City
in 2004\, have organized regular and special literary events in several cities
and now call Nightbird Books and Fayetteville\,
Arkansas home. Look for future monthly readings at Nightbird
Books that will bring some of the most exciting emerging poets to share their
work here in Fayetteville.
Roger Barrett self published 8 issues of the
zine Arm Chair Water Boy before they were doomed to the infoshops of
imagination. You can find his other zines—Love God and You are Dead\, For
Victoria Forgetting\, and We’re More River Piss than Grounded Kid by
asking someone in their 20’s to ask someone in their 30’s. Random poems appear
in Art Amiss chapbooks here and there. A failed stand-up comedian\, a lousy
hitchhiker\, a regular college dropout\, and a singer in the unsuccessful punk
rock bands Kings of New England\, Blood Eagle\, The Counterlife\, and currently in
Escapists\, there are so many things that
he can't do.
Willi
Goehring
was born and raised in Wichita\, Kansas\, but has spent the last ten years in
Western Illinois before moving to Arkansas. He received a BA at Knox College
in Galesburg\, Illinois and is in pursuit of an MFA in
poetry at the U of A. In addition to writing poems\, he likes to sing when he
can.
Catherine
Hotaling-Donnelly is a non-traditional student of English/Creative Writing about to
graduate from the University of Arkansas and has had numerous articles and
columns published in the Ozark
Gazette\, The White River
Valley News\, The Northwest Arkansas Times and
the Fayetteville Free Weekly.
She has been on the board or has held offices in community groups such as Poets
Northwest and The Ozark Poets &\; Writers Collective. Donnelly has won
numerous poetry and writing contests and has had her poetry published in the Lamplighter Review and @Urban
Magazine. She has lived on both coasts before getting landlocked in Arkansas. She
currently lives in a Civil War farmhouse on four acres with her husband and
sons\, two cats\, a pug and twenty-nine chickens.
Katie
Nichol
is a fourth-year student in the MFA program at the University of Arkansas.
She really likes to bake cakes.
Geoffrey Oelsner is a poet\, a singer/songwriter\,
and a psychotherapist. He has lived in Fayetteville\,
Arkansas in the Ozarks bioregion
since 1979. His wife\, Leslie Berman Oelsner\, is also his musical partner. Native Joy\: Poems Songs Visions Dreams
is Oelsner’s first full-length book of poems. He presents his poetry and
original songs in not-for-profit benefit performances\, accompanied by
harmonium\, dulcimer\, autoharp\, guitar\, and banjo.
Arkansas-born-and-raised Milton Vaught has accepted
that after living in Fayetteville
for the past 16 years\, she is now a “local.” She is currently pursuing her
second degree in English/Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas.
Most of the time\, she feels as though she is living On the Grid.
\;
Jessica Weisenfels is a poet of necessity. She provides
shelter to outcasts and animals while mothering two daughters and a
neighborhood of other people’s children and pursuing an English degree and
affordable health care.
Rodney
Wilhite is
originally from Oklahoma and is an MFA
candidate at University
of Arkansas.
H.P. LOVECRAFT night
SUNDAY AUGUST 19
8pm - ALL AGES
Live music in the breezeway by POTIONS and EYES OF IRON
Cthulhu drawing contest inside - winner receives a membership to the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
Come out for a night of music\, art\, and Lovecraft.
Coffee\, and beer available to purchase at Nightbird Books and Cafe.
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get to go to the beach this summer? Beaver lake was too low? Here is
your chance to imagine the beach party you never had...
Come dressed
in your favorite beach gear. Finally\, a party where you can wear a
Hawaiian shirt in public. No shirt\, no shoes\, service.
Life changing artwork for sale by\:
Rival Colors Photography\, Jessie Ward\, Kayla Moore\, Sarah Norsworthy\,
Ashley Williams\, Sam Houser\, Marc Laney\, Sheree Barnes\, Cheryl Barber\,
Stephanie Bolin\, Jake Aslin\, Kim Abel\, Owen Buffington\, and Brian Ab
el.
Beachy music by\:
Glory Bones\, Messy Sparkles\, and top secret mystery guests.
(Perfect for dancing\, Great for swaying...pretend you're on the beach)
All this and more for $5 at the door.
All Ages - Must be 21 or over to drink
Beer\, Wine\, and Iced Drinks available from Nightbird Books. Popsicles
by Pedal Pops. Face painting provided by Jessie Ward and guests.
Life is a beach on Sunday\, August 26th at 6pm. Bring your friends.
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This great book club will primarily be reading literary fiction and is
scheduled for the 4th Tuesday of each month at 5\:30. Clint Schnekloth is
facilitating this group.
Book club books are discounted 10%\, but you will need to let the
bookseller know at checkout that you are purchasing the book for book
club.
The August selection is State of Wonder by Ann Patchet.
This book is also available as an eBook from Nightbird Books.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120831T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120831T030000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/live-music-nightbird-books-zigtebra-chicago-il URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/live-music-nightbird-books-zigtebra-chicago-il SUMMARY:Live music at Nightbird Books - Zigtebra (Chicago\, IL) DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130519T144023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T003000Z UID:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/robert-laurence-departure-lounge URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/event/robert-laurence-departure-lounge SUMMARY:Robert Laurence - Departure Lounge DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, September 7 at 7\:30pm\, former University of Arkansas Law Professor Robert Laurence will read from his debut novel Departure Lounge.
The mid-Eighties. No cell phones\, no email\, no caller ID\, no GPS. It was
easier then to pass without notice\, to be out of touch\, to get lost.
The Berlin Wall still stood\, as did the World Trade Center\, and Michael
Reid embarks on what even he concedes to be a spate of obsessive travel\:
Scandinavia\, the Persian Gulf\, South Asia\, back home to the Ozarks\,
then off again to Greece\, Eastern Europe and Egypt. Along the way\, he
writes letters about what he's seeing and what he's thinking to three
friends\: Anna Browning\, a mathematician in Tallahassee\, who thinks of
Michael less fondly than he thinks of her\; Richard Randolph\, Michael's
baseball-watching pal\, who leads a comfortable--perhaps too
comfortable--life as a law professor in Albuquerque\; and Marie Cochran\, a
middle-school social studies teacher in rural New Mexico\, who is
Michael's on-again-off-again lover. These three all know Michael\, but
they don't know each other. And\, against the background of Michael's
travels and his letters\, their lives become curiously\, even
mysteriously\, intertwined\, changed in ways that Michael himself can't
imagine.
Robert Laurence was the Robert A. Leflar Distinguished Professor of Law
at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He also taught at the
University of North Dakota and Florida State University\, and at the
American Indian Law Center in Albuquerque and at the Kulkereskedelmi
Foiskola (College for Foreign Trade) in Budapest. Now retired\, he looks
after equally retired racehorses near Hindsville\, Arkansas.
Join us at Nightbird Books for the reading and to have your copy of Departure Lounge signed by the author.
Beer\, Wine\, and drinks available at our new cafe.
\;
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