[Chat] Fwd: Community Event: First Ever Waverly BookFest

Stephen J Gewirtz gewirtz at bellatlantic.net
Tue Jul 24 13:03:24 EDT 2007


aggiroux at girouxdevelopment.com wrote:
>
> You have received this email because of your current or past community 
> leadership activities. Please forward this information to any person 
> or group you think appropriate. I would appreciate it if community 
> groups and neighborhood associations would include this information in 
> newsletters, web pages and on bulletin boards for the community. The 
> attachment is a flyer with full text detailing the event.
>
> What: Waverly BookFest
>
> When: Saturday, September 15, 2007 11 AM-4 PM
>
> Where: Waverly Branch of the EPFL, 400 E. 33rd Street
>
> Brought to you by the Friends of the Waverly Branch. Proceeds to 
> support the Waverly Branch.
>
> Programming and activities for adults, teens and children. Also Book 
> Sale, Bake Sale, Silent Auction and Book Appraisals. Maryland's Poet 
> Laureate Michael S. Glaser will be leading the adult programming, 
> Warrior Poetess Tonya Maria Matthews aka JaHipster will be leading the 
> teen workshop and poetry jam. Stories and activities for the children. 
> Fun for all ages. Registration required for teen programming as space 
> is limited to 50 participants. Forms for registration will be 
> available at the Waverly Branch Circulation Desk. Free book appraisals 
> limited to the first 25 people and you must register at the branch 
> during the event prior to 2 PM.
>
> We still need the following:
>
> 1. Books for the Book Sale (good condition, no text books). A bin is 
> located in the Waverly Branch lobby for donations.
>
> 2. Volunteers to bake for the Bake Sale
>
> 3. Donations for the Silent Auction
>
> 4. Volunteers to help us staff the event Saturday, September 15th and 
> the evening before to set up.
>
> Contact Ann Giroux, Waverly Friends BookFest Coordinator at (410) 
> 889-6484 or aggiroux at girouxdevelopment.com 
> <mailto:aggiroux at girouxdevelopment.com>      Thank You!
>

The following is the text that was attached to the original email as a 
Word document.

> *The First Ever Waverly BookFest *
>
> *Brought to you by the Waverly Branch Friends*
>
>  
>
> *Saturday, September 15, 2007**           **11 AM – 4 PM***
>
> *Waverly Branch, **400 E. 33^rd Street**, Across from the Waverly 
> Farmer’s Market*
>
>  
>
> Join us for a special fun-filled day of book browsing, poetry readings 
> and performance, storytimes, children’s crafts and book appraisals. 
> There is no charge for admission. Visitors to the branch will be able 
> to peruse the book sale bins, enjoy freshly baked treats, and bid on 
> silent auction items all day long. In addition, there is the following 
> scheduled programming:
>
>  
>
> *Children’s Programming      *11 AM – 1 PM Children’s Reading Room**
>
> Young readers will be entertained with stories, fun crafts, face 
> painting and an animal visitor.
>
>  
>
> *Teen Programming *12 PM – 2 PM Meeting Room**
>
> Well-known warrior poetess, Tonya Maria Matthews, aka JaHipster, will 
> lead a dynamic Wordsmithing Workshop followed by Open Mike & 
> Conversations, an exciting teens-only poetry jam session. This event 
> is a rare opportunity for young poets to interact with an accomplished 
> and award-winning slam and competition poet performer. Limited to 
> fifty participants so pre-registration is strongly encouraged. 
> Registration forms will soon be available at the Waverly Branch 
> Circulation Desk.
>
> * *
>
> *Adult Programming           *2 PM – 3 PM Meeting Room**
>
> Michael S. Glaser, Maryland’s Poet Laureate and head of the Division 
> of Arts and Letters and chair of the English Department at St. Mary’s 
> College of Maryland, will lead a participatory poetry program titled 
> Telling Our Stories/Writing Our Poems.
>
>  
>
> *Adult Programming           *3 PM – 4 PM Adult Reading Room
>
> David Gray, owner of Allen’s Bookshop, with over 25 years of 
> experience in the bookselling business, will provide 25 free oral book 
> appraisals on a first come first served basis. One book per person. 
> Register the day of the event by 2 PM.
>
>  
>
> *Books are being collected at the Waverly Branch in the marked 
> drop-off box in the lobby. Accepting books in good condition. No 
> textbooks please. For further information, to register for the teen 
> programming, to contribute items to the book sale and silent auction, 
> or to volunteer to help with the event, please contact Ann Giroux at 
> (410) 889-6484. *
>
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>
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