Wordsmiths Books in Decatur, GA Celebrates One YearAnniversary June 13-15 With Chefs (including Richard Blais), Authors (includingToni McGee Causey), Poets, Music and a Crawfish Boil!
As of June 15, 2008, Wordsmiths Books will have had its doors opento the public for exactly one year. That's one year of author events, one yearof local, national and international touring musicians, one year of striving tobe more than just Decatur's premiere independent bookstore.
To celebratethe past year, and to look towards the future, Wordsmiths is using our one-yearbirthday as an excuse to gather up our old friends, and make some new ones. Theweekend of June 13-15 will be filled with music, authors, poets, food andfestivities-basically, this is just an excuse for us to throw a massivethree-day get-together with our friends (which means YOU!).
Starting at7PM, Friday, June 13 will be a night of some of the best local music tohit the Wordsmiths stage. All free, all ages!
7-8PM The Lady Vanishes: sunny andsmart 60's-influenced café pop
8-9PM Eryn McHugh: Called a"radio-ready chanteuse" by Creative Loafing, Eryn McHugh's lush andlovely confessional tales are subtle and brilliant.
9-10PM: Lou Martyr :formerlyLou of One Hand Loves The Other, the beloved and ground-breakingelectronic/classical/pop hybrid fusion that won fans and massive acclaim.
10-11:RandomRabbit: Pretty, downtempo and deep live electronic jams
At 2PM onSaturday, June 14, we welcome our friends from Poetry Atlanta for anall-star Poetry Atlanta Wordsmiths Birthday Takeover,featuring some of the biggest and best local poets in the city. Curated byPoetry Atlanta head and stunning local verse-layer Collin Kelley, Saturday'sPoetry Atlanta Birthday Takeover features Kodac Harrison, Megan Volpert andKaren Head. All have graced the Wordsmiths stage before, and all are amazing.Collin himself might even bring a surprise or two to the stage.
Then,starting at 7pm onSaturday June 14 and going all evening and into the night, we'rethrilled to present the BabyGotBooks.com-sponsored Bobbie Faye Fais Do-DoCrawfish Boil and Author Shindig, featuring authorsJL Miles, CJ Lyons and Toni McGee Causey, whose first novel, Bobbie Faye's VeryVery Very Bad Day was one of Wordsmiths Books favorite books of 2007. Incelebration of her Louisiana-based new novel, Bobbie Faye's Kinda Sorta, NotExactly Family Jewels, we'll be, along with our co-sponsors from theBabyGotBooks lit blog, throwing down with a good, old-fashioned crawfish boil.Free food, free drinks, free merriment and some of the best authors to evergrace the Wordsmiths Stage. "Fais Do-Do" means Cajun party, andthat's just what we're prepared to have. You do NOT want to miss the crazy funand chaos of the Bobbie Faye Fais Do-Do.
Sunday, June 15at 2 PM, Wordsmiths proudly and excitedly welcomes thehottest Atlanta chef of the moment, Richard Blais.Currently seen on Bravo TV's Top Chef,Blais is known and beloved far beyond Atlanta for his stunning, cutting-edgefusion of classic cuisine and molecular gastronomy. For this specialafternoon, Richard Blais will be discussing his renowned culinary talents aswell as signing the recently-released Top Chef Cookbook, in which his winning"Quickfire Challenge" recipe appears.
Then, at 4pm, we'll be welcoming AtlantaCooks At Home and some of our favorite Atlanta Chefs for a chat andtasting, hosted by Gena Berry, the founder of Culinary Works. Appearing withGena for a fun chat will be Butch Raphael, formerly of Pangaea and now withWhole Foods, and Jay Swift, formerly of Rainwater and now the new 4th and Swiftrestaurant.
In-storesales, special, crazy, spontaneous discounts, and special, crazy, spontaneousdancing are all guaranteed to be a part of Wordsmiths Books 1stBirthday Weekend, and we might even get Wordsmiths owner Zach to make some sortof heartfelt, tearful speech and thank "the academy". All thisand more (and possibly Scrabble!) as Wordsmiths celebrates one year of being apart of the Decatur community, comfortably and conveniently located on theDecatur Square.
Formore info on Wordsmiths Books One Year Anniversary Weekend, or anything elseWordsmiths Books related, don't hesitate to contact me.
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