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SUMMARY:Richard Bell for The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
DESCRIPTION:In this revelatory and enthralling book\, award-winning historian Richard Bell reveals the full breadth and depth of America’s founding event. The American Revolution was not only the colonies’ triumphant liberation from the rule of an overbearing England; it was also a cataclysm that pulled in participants from around the globe and threw the entire world order into chaos. Repositioning the Revolution at the center of an international web\, Bell’s narrative ranges as far afield as India\, Africa\, Central America\, and Australia. As his lens widens\, the “War of Independence” manifests itself as a sprawling struggle that upended the lives of millions of people on every continent and fundamentally transformed the way the world works\, disrupting trade\, restructuring penal systems\, stirring famine\, and creating the first global refugee crisis. Bell conveys the impact of these developments at home and abroad by grounding the narrative in the gripping stories of individuals—including women\, minorities\, and other disenfranchised people. The result is an unforgettable and unexpected work of American history that shifts everything we thought we knew about our creation story. \nRichard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held major research fellowships at Yale\, Cambridge\, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award and the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. His new book\, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World\, was published by Penguin in November 2025. \nCaitlin Marshall (PhD Performance Studies\, University of California Berkeley) is a theater and performance historian and practice based researcher. Her manuscript in progress\, “Power in the Tongue: Sounding America in Red\, Black\, and Brown\,” is a cultural history of what it meant to sound American in the nation’s first independent century. Along with Shellée Haynesworth (Black Broadway on U) she is a co-producer and lead researcher of the new musical\, At the S Street Salon\, based on the archived letters of Georgia Douglas Johnson. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780593719510 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/fate-of-the-world/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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SUMMARY:Emily Lieb for Road to Nowhere: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore
DESCRIPTION:In the mid-1950s Baltimore’s Rosemont neighborhood was alive and vibrant with smart rowhouses\, a sprawling park\, corner grocery stores\, and doctor’s offices. By 1957\, a proposed expressway threatened to gut this Black\, middle-class community from stem to stern. \nThat highway was never built\, but it didn’t matter—even the failure to build it destroyed Rosemont economically\, if not physically. In telling the history of the neighborhood and the notional East–West Expressway\, Emily Lieb shows the interwoven tragedies caused by racism in education\, housing\, and transportation policy. Black families had been attracted to the neighborhood after Baltimore’s Board of School Commissioners converted several white schools into “colored” ones\, which had also laid the groundwork for predatory real-estate agents who bought low from white sellers and sold high to determined Black buyers. Despite financial discrimination\, Black homeowners built a thriving community before the city council formally voted to condemn some nine hundred homes in Rosemont for the expressway\, leading to deflated home values and even more predatory real estate deals. \nDrawing on land records\, oral history\, media coverage\, and policy documents\, Lieb demystifies blockbusting\, redlining\, and prejudicial lending\, highlighting the national patterns at work in a single neighborhood. The result is an absorbing story about the deliberate decisions that produced racial inequalities in housing\, jobs\, health\, and wealth—as well as a testament to the ingenuity of the residents who fought to stay in their homes\, down to today. \nEmily Lieb has a PhD in U.S. history from Columbia University\, and she taught history and urban studies at Seattle University for more than 10 years. She now writes about global health and climate change for a small writing firm in Seattle\, where she lives with her husband and dog. Her work on the history of American cities has appeared in the Nation\, CityLab\, and Politico. Road to Nowhere is her first book. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780226844381 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/road-to-nowhere/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sensory Friendly Storytime with Miss Pearl
DESCRIPTION:Neurodiversity is welcome at People’s Book! We invite all friends and families to Ms. Pearl’s inclusive book reading! We will be reading some of Ms. Pearl’s favorite children’s picture books adapted with visual supports to make storytime more accessible to children with different communication needs. Fidgets and sensory tools will also be made available to support active listening during read-aloud.\n\nPearl Hernandez is a speech language pathologist and proud Filipino-American immigrant. She earned her Master’s in Speech Language Pathology from University of South Florida\, and Master’s in Special Education from University of Maryland\, College Park. She is passionate about inclusive and neurodiversity-affirming practices in speech therapy and education.\n\nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
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LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sharon Sliwinski for An Alphabet for Dreamers
DESCRIPTION:A captivating and trailblazing look at how dreams serve as one of our most powerful ways to understand—and radically change—our world. \nBorrowing from the traditional alphabet book genre for children\, An Alphabet for Dreamers provides adult readers with a new grammar for dreams\, or what neuroscientist Sidarta Ribeiro calls “oracles of the night.” In this book\, Sharon Sliwinski restores dreaming to its proper place as an important worldmaking activity\, one that offers a gateway to another way of seeing. Each of the short chapters engages a dream from the historical record—from both the recent and distant past—to show how these experiences can help make sense of profound social conflicts and transform our shared reality. \nThinking alongside the dreams of powerful exemplars—from Harriet Tubman to contemporary Indigenous activist Abigail Echo-Hawk—readers come to understand how dream life is a crucial resource for generating new worlds and new ways of being. The book brings together urgent concerns from the domains of critical theory\, visual culture\, and mental health to show how dreaming serves as a vital source of knowledge and a critical mode of thinking. \nAs with traditional alphabet books\, illustrations provide an integral voice. Each chapter of the book is accompanied by an original watercolor painting by Melinda Josie that visually underscores the way dreams serve as a unique medium for processing our lived experience. Together\, the images and text form a delicate dialogue\, drawing attention to the details of the central scenes\, extending the book’s special mode of thinking in painted form. \nBy working alongside dreamers from the past and present\, An Alphabet for Dreamers begins a new and much-needed conversation about the social and political importance of dream life. \nSharon Sliwinski is Professor of Information and Media Studies at Western University in Canada. Her previous books include Human Rights in Camera\, Dreaming in Dark Times\, and Photography and the Optical Unconscious. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780262049795 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/dreamer-alphabet/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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SUMMARY:Free Tarot Readings with Tippy Ki Yay!
DESCRIPTION:Join Tippy Ki Yay (https://www.tippykiyay.com/) for a free tarot reading using her Spacecraft Tarot deck! Our selection of decks and books is also available for browsing at this time. \n  \nLimit of 8 readings. Sign-up must be in-person\, and only for whoever will be receiving the reading.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/tippy-tarot-nov/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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SUMMARY:Storytime: Carla Hall for Carla and the Tin Can Cake Party
DESCRIPTION:In this endearing picture book by superstar chef and beloved TV host Carla Hall\, Carla’s grandmother helps her turn things around when a game of dress-up leads to a fancy tea party gone wrong. \nCarla and her sister Kim love visiting their grandparents’ home\, where they can always count on having something fun to get into\, like Granny’s old chest full of treasures! Dressed up in mounds of beautiful dresses\, sparkling jewels\, and fancy gloves\, Carla decides the day wouldn’t be complete without a tea party for the girls’ special guests\, Granny and Doc. \nBut when Carla accidentally ruins her grandmother’s favorite quilt and famous pound cake\, she fears that all the fun is spoiled. How can Carla and her family have a proper tea party without an elegant set up and delicious food? Then Carla’s grandmother steps in\, sharing her recipe for a special cake. Will the secret ingredient help Carla save the day? \n  \nChef\, best-selling author\, and television personality Carla Hall first won over audiences when she competed on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and “Top Chef: All Stars” and shared her philosophy to always cook with love. She believes food connects us all\, and she strives to communicate this through her work\, her cooking\, and in her daily interactions with others. Having spent 7 years co-hosting ABC’s Emmy award-winning lifestyle series\, “The Chew\,” Carla is featured on multiple Food Network shows. This year\, she launched a digital magazine\, Sweet Heritage\, bringing her engaging spirit and curiosity to this biannual publication (January and July issues)\, which blends heartfelt storytelling\, expert insights\, and Hall’s passion for food and life. Her most recent cookbook\, Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration\, landed on annual “Best Cookbook” lists across the country and received an NAACP Image Awards nomination. She entered the world of children’s books with the critically acclaimed Carla and the Christmas Cornbread\, a heartwarming tale\, inspired by her childhood\, of young Carla\, who eats a sugar cookie meant for Santa on the night before Christmas and tries to make things right. Carla lives in Washington\, D.C. with her husband\, Matthew Lyons. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781665935630 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/carla-hall-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for We Can be Brave
DESCRIPTION:Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is no stranger to bravery in the face of bullies. In this adaptation of her New York Times bestselling How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith\, Bishop Budde and acclaimed novelist Bryan Bliss share lessons in how to be brave in life’s hardest moments. \nThe decisive moments in life—even in the life of a young person—are those pivot points when we’re called on to push past our fears and act courageously in the face of injustice and bullying. In We Can Be Brave\, Budde shows readers examples of how to respond even in the toughest times. Bravery is not a singular occurrence; it’s a journey that we can choose to undertake every day and it begins when we’re young. \nBudde explores the range of decisive moments people of all ages encounter\, from the most visible and dramatic (the decision to go)\, to the internal and personal (the decision to stay)\, to brave choices made with an eye toward the future (the decision to start)\, those born of suffering (the decision to accept that which we did not choose)\, and those that come as surprises (the decision to step up to the plate). Drawing on examples relevant to young readers ranging from Harry Potter to Martin Luther King Jr.\, she weaves together personal experiences with stories from scripture\, history\, and pop culture of how adults and kids throughout history have faced these moments and heeded the call to be brave in challenging times. \nMariann Edgar Budde is the bishop and spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington\, D.C.\, and the Washington National Cathedral. Prior to her election in 2011\, she was a parish priest in Minneapolis for eighteen years. She has appeared on PBS NewsHour\, Meet the Press\, Good Morning America\, and the Today show\, among others. Bishop Budde earned her master’s in divinity and doctor of ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary. \nRobert P. Jones is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and a New York Times bestselling author. His most recent book is The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future. Jones writes regularly on politics\, culture\, and religion for The Atlantic\, TIME\, Religion News Service\, and other outlets. He is frequently featured in major national media\, such as CNN\, MSNBC\, NPR\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and others. He is also the author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity\, which won a 2021 American Book Award; and author of The End of White Christian America\, which won the 2019 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. Jones writes weekly at http://www.whitetoolong.net\, a newsletter focused on religion\, racial justice\, and democracy. He holds a Ph.D. in religion from Emory University and an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9798217113811 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/be-brave/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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SUMMARY:Robert Stack for Silent No Longer
DESCRIPTION:From one of the nation’s most dedicated advocates for those with disabilities\, an exposé of the insidious takeover of disability supports by private equity firms and a clarion call for urgent systemic change in a broken industry that has mistreated millions. \nSince ancient times\, people with disabilities have been ridiculed\, ignored\, and even tortured—and while this problem has plagued society for far too long\, the media has largely turned a blind eye to it. \nSilent No Longer is the story of Robert Stack’s forty-year career in the disability industry\, revealing the horrible neglect that persists today and asking why tens of thousands of people are still unnecessarily incarcerated in institutions that fail them. Stack is a veteran of the industry and the founder and CEO of Community Options—one of the largest non-profit organizations supporting persons with disabilities today—and offers a firsthand account of the neglect and abuse he has witnessed in his decades of advocacy. \nIn this eye-opening dive into the disability industry\, Stack pulls back the curtain on the systemic mistreatment that has plagued the disability community for far too long: \n\nExposing the disturbing rise of private equity firms investing in facilities that prioritize profits over care\nHighlighting the tactics used to make substandard institutions appear high-quality\nRevealing the stark disparities in funding and care across the United States\n\nWith over 7 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in America\, and some 80 million family members who love and care for them\, Silent No Longer is a crucial resource for industry professionals and policymakers alike—and a demand that we restore dignity to those most vulnerable members of our society. \nRobert Stack has been a national leader in enhancing the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He is a pioneer in promoting community-based housing and workforce training\, advocating against outdated institutional practices. Starting as a young civil servant in 1980\, Stack led efforts to close large institutions and transition individuals to community settings\, long before the ADA and Olmstead decision formalized these changes. In 1989\, he founded Community Options to provide dignified living and employment opportunities for people with disabilities\, which now serves over 5\,000 individuals across 12 states. As president and CEO\, Stack has continuously advocated for disability rights on national and international stages\, addressing\nissues such as the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on institutionalized individuals and engaging with key government bodies to drive reform. Recently\, he was appointed trustee of the Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability.\n\nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below:\nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781637747377\nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
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LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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SUMMARY:Max Delsohn for Crawl
DESCRIPTION:A darkly comic\, introspective debut collection that looks beneath the surface of trans life in 2010s Seattle \n\n\nPeople called it paradise\, but baby\, it wasn’t. \nWhat to do when starting testosterone unlocks a newfound desire for men? How to respond when your boss’s boss asks if you’ve had “the surgery” and then requests you talk her niece out of transitioning? What obligation do you have to intervene in the faltering mental health of the baby trans drug dealer you’ve met only once while tripping on the acid he sold you? \nThe young transmasculine characters in Crawl navigate these and other questions in the dive bars\, bathhouses\, parks\, workplaces\, music venues\, beaches\, and college campuses of 2010s Seattle. Max Delsohn’s stories—by turns exuberant\, heartfelt\, tragic\, and wry—portray the pleasures and pains of sex and romance\, the possibilities and ambivalences of gender expression\, and the joys and failures of community in a city and a time that has branded itself a radical queer utopia but proves much more complicated in reality. \n\n  \nMax Delsohn’s writing appears in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern\, VICE\, Joyland\, The Rumpus\, and Triangle House\, among other places. He earned his MFA in fiction from Syracuse University. He lives in Los Angeles. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781644453612 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/crawl/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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SUMMARY:Writers of UMD
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy a reading from graduate students and UMD faculty members! \nHarley Nguyen (he/him) is a Vietnamese American poet based in Maryland. His poetry is interested in how creative writing can serve as a steward of memory\, and is primarily focused on interpersonal relationships\, nostalgia\, and observations on human nature. He has degrees in English Literature from the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County\, and the University of Maryland\, College Park. \nElizabeth Bryant is a writer from St. Peter\, Minnesota. Her writing explores black interiorities in rural and small town spaces in the midwest. She has studied history and Black studies\, and worked as a barista\, literary nonprofit manager\, nanny\, publicist\, events programmer\, butcher and farmer-trainee. Elizabeth is a founding member of the Minneapolis-based artist collective Burn Something and a current MFA student in fiction at the University of Maryland. \nArielle Cole writes historical fiction with speculative elements\, and occasionally speculative fiction with historical elements. She is the recipient of a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and her fiction has appeared in Corvid Queen and Fusion Fragment. She is currently based in Washington\, DC\, where she is working towards her MFA in creative writing at the University of Maryland. \nJanuary Santoso is a writer from Fresno\, CA. She has been published in DISCOUNT GUILLOTINE\, Meadow\, SHIFT\, The Champagne Room\, The Chestnut Review and The Texas Review. \nTimmy R. Bridgeman received his BA in English in 2022 from the historic Tougaloo College and is currently a Ph.D Candidate in English at the University of Maryland. His areas of interest include African American Literature\, Queer Literature\, and Personal Narrative. Outside of academia\, Timmy enjoys photography\, video games\, and the hit tv show Survivor.  \nYou can find his poem “A Black Boy’s Bouquet” in Black Visions: A Jeffrey “Boosie” Bolden Anthology. \nEdward Daschle (he/him) is a queer writer living in Maryland. He has attended Clarion Workshop and Disquiet Workshop\, and earned his MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland\, where he now teaches. His stories appear in Apex Magazine’s Robotic Ambitions anthology\, After Dinner Conversation – “Best of 2023” anthology\, and Washington Writers’ Publishing House among other venues. \nSara Lieto is an MFA candidate at University of Maryland. Most recently\, their poetry has appeared in Wax Nine Journal and Struggle Magazine. \nDeclan Apuzzo Langton is a fiction writer from New England and a literature PhD Student at the University of Maryland. Their writing—fictitious or not—focuses on humidity\, weird friendships\, and small spaces. Their work has been published in The Mount Holyoke Review and on their collaborative Substack\, BumperThumper.  \nAnney Bolgiano lives in Maryland\, where she teaches writing at University of Maryland\, College Park and studies at the University of Maryland\, School of Social Work. She received her MFA from George Mason University\, and her BA from Guilford College. Her work has appeared in The Iowa Review\, Gulf Coast\, TriQuarterly\, Nashville Review\, DIAGRAM\, Aquifer: The Florida Review Online\, Salamander\, CTRL+V\, A Velvet Giant\, The Figure One\, District Lines Anthology\, Poetry Daily\, and elsewhere. Her debut chapbook\, FLAT-PACK\, won the DIAGRAM/New Michigan Press 2021 Chapbook Contest. Her short story\, “Junior Steaks\,” was selected by Kristen Arnett for the 2024 Best of the Net anthology. She is a Pushcart Prize Nominee\, and a past resident of Art Farm Nebraska.  \nBrooklyn born\, Jersey raised\, and Baltimore based\, Taína is a proud Higuayagua Taíno writer from the Puerto Rican Diaspora on a mission to write her people back into history. Her writing explores ancestral language\, memory\, reimagined Taíno mythologies\, and the delightful peculiarities of big family life. Her short story “As I am Yours: A Love Story” was a semi-finalist for the 2025 Chatanqua Janus Prize. Her writing can be found in the Yellow Arrow Journal\, and the Forward to Hiwatahia: Hekexi Taíno Language Reconstruction dictionary.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/umd-writers/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251026T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251026T100000
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SUMMARY:Halloween Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Join bookseller Mylo for a read aloud of new and (just a little bit) spooky books\, followed by hauntingly good crafts! \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/all-hallows-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T180000
DTSTAMP:20251009T135620Z
CREATED:20251009T135620Z
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SUMMARY:Halloween at People's Book (ft. Alex Travis for The Payback Girls)
DESCRIPTION:Staring at 4pm: celebrate Halloween with fun activities from crafts to a murder mystery-themed scavenger hunt\, followed by a discussion of Alex Travis’ latest release The Payback Girls. Plus\, if you come dressed as either your favorite literary crime solver or criminal\, you could win a prize! \nAbout the book: \n\nAfter the basketball star and most popular guy in school is found bloodied and unconscious in the locker room\, his three jilted exes become suspects…and the investigation turns from assault to murder. John Tucker Must Die meets One of Us Is Lying in a gripping\, page-turning debut thriller.  \n\n\nWhen the HS basketball star is found bloodied and unconscious in the boy’s locker room after the big game\, Nate Walker lands in the ICU fighting for his life—and Meghan and Nate’s two ex-girlfriends become the prime suspects. \nThe three teens have a tense relationship at best—and they each have their own motive for lashing out at Nate. But Meghan\, Bria\, and Robin are determined to clear their names amid escalating danger and suspicion…even if it means forming an uncomfortable alliance to uncover the truth. \nThe only problems? Meghan doesn’t remember everything that happened the night of the incident and the more clues they uncover\, the more each looks responsible. \nThen Nate dies of his injuries. Who is guilty of murder? \n\nAlex Travis is a school psychologist by day\, author by night. Alex earned a Ph.D.\, and procrastinated her dissertation by writing her forthcoming books.  As a Black woman\, she hopes to add to the growing canon of great YA work about Black teenagers. She lives in Virginia.\n\nChristina Ferko grew up in a family of seven girls\, including her identical twin sister—who is also an author. Before writing\, she dreamed of running away and joining a circus. She even learned how to eat and breathe fire but now spends her time happily writing at home instead. Christina lives in Maryland with her husband and two kids\, along with their four cats and one wild corgi. You can find her on Instagram @christina_ferko or check out her website at authorchristinaferko.com\n\nIf you’d like to purchase The Payback Girls online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below:\nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781464217715\nIf you’d like to pre-order The Darkness Greeted Her online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below:\nThe Darkness Greeted Her (Signed!) \n \n\nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/pb-thrills/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T103000
DTSTAMP:20250905T175146Z
CREATED:20250904T202730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T175146Z
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SUMMARY:Halloween Concert with Mr. Gabe!
DESCRIPTION:Mr. Gabe has been performing for young children in the Washington\, DC area for over ten years.  His music is a lively and  interactive mix of traditional children’s songs\, child-friendly pop songs and originals. Learn more at https://mrgabemusic.com/  \n  \nThis is an in-person concert\, and will take place outside (weather permitting).
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/halloween-with-mr-gabe/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T100000
DTSTAMP:20250828T152542Z
CREATED:20250828T151752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T152542Z
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SUMMARY:Storytime: Courtney Pippin-Mathur for Dinosaur Days
DESCRIPTION:Izzy Rae has quite the imagination\, and she’s certainly not afraid to show everybody how wild and ferocious it can get. She starts the day rummaging through her closet for the perfect dinosaur attire\, because for Izzy Rae\, every day is DINOSAUR DAY! \nIzzy Rae doesn’t chew her food as a ferocious dinosaur\, she CHOMPS! Instead of stepping down the stairs or along the sidewalk\, she STOMPS! And wouldn’t you know it\, when she is reading signs\, she simply doesn’t read\, she ROARS! Izzy Rae has so much fun being a dinosaur throughout the day\, but there is only one thing better than a dinosaur chomping\, stomping and roaring. And that is TWO dinosaurs chomping\, stomping\, and roaring! \nDinosaur Days is the ultimate celebration of childhood and showcase of the tenacity of a child’s imagination. Izzy Rae conveys her love of dinosaurs through vibrant costumes and funny ways of doing ordinary things like eating\, walking\, and reading. Young readers will laugh out loud at her hilarious encounters with family and friends. \nCourtney Pippin-Mathur was raised in the wilds of East Texas\, where she never saw a live dinosaur. She now lives near Washington D.C. with her husband\, three kids and one rescue dog\, who suspiciously resembles a Stegosaurus.\nShe is the author of Dinosaur Days and author/illustrator of several other picture books including\, Maya was Grumpy\, Dragons Rule\, Princesses Drool and Fairies Don’t Fight.\n\nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below:\nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781478887843\nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/dinosaur-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T170000
DTSTAMP:20250911T140648Z
CREATED:20250911T135012Z
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SUMMARY:Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair 2025
DESCRIPTION:The DMV is home to some of the world’s leading tabletop game designers! Come meet your neighbors whose games are available at hobby shops\, online\, and even your local bookstore. \nDesigned in the DMV Game Market\, 12-5pm\nZines\, journaling games\, accessories\, and even digital games on a stick — all made by your neighbors \nSmall Games\, Big Fun\, 4-5pm\nLocal designers talk about how they squeezed the most fun into games that are light on the shelf\, your pocketbook\, and the planet. \n\n\n\nAngela Bell is the designer and self-publisher of the card / trivia game\, “How Much Do You Really Know\,” about the FBI and law enforcement.\nDave Chalker is a game designer encompassing both board and role-playing games\, and the vice president of the Unpub nonprofit that helps game designers get their unpublished games tested.\nAndy Looney is the chief game designer of Looney Labs\, which publishes the “Fluxx” series of card games\, the “Loonacy” series\, the “Pyramid Games” series\, and many others.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/indie-games-25/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T190000
DTSTAMP:20250724T174742Z
CREATED:20250724T174450Z
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SUMMARY:Keya Chatterjee for The Revolution Will Not be Rated G
DESCRIPTION:In 2042 Washington\, D.C.\, the United States has fractured into two starkly divided worlds: Uplands\, where the elite\, wealthy\, and predominantly white hold power\, and Lowlands\, where the marginalized are abandoned to fend for themselves. \nAria Petros\, a fearless organizer for the underground resistance collective Expectus\, must lead a desperate mission to protect her people as a catastrophic hurricane barrels toward the eastern seaboard. But the fight for survival is only the beginning—Aria soon realizes that the only way to dismantle the corrupt Upland regime is to infiltrate it from within. \nHer best chance? Neil Rao\, a high school flame she hasn’t seen in years—now the golden boy of Upland and son of the most powerful woman in government. Trusting him could mean salvation. Falling for him again could mean ruin. \nAs Hurricane Eamon tears through the Atlantic coast\, Aria and Neil are thrust into a battle far greater than the storm itself—one that will determine the fate of a divided nation. In the wreckage\, they must navigate treachery\, desire\, and the weight of revolution—before it’s too late. \nKeya Chatterjee is executive director of Free DC and co-founder of Freedom Trainers. She is an avid reader\, an author\, and an activist for climate justice and democracy. Keya is committed to imagining and creating a thriving and inclusive future full of joy and caring. She started her career at NASA and was Executive Director of the US Climate Action Network for almost a decade\, where she was a key voice in civil society for strengthening the Paris Climate Agreement and the Inflation Reduction Act. Keya also served two terms as a hyper local elected official in Washington\, DC\, where she lives with her husband and son. She previously published a nonfiction book\, The Zero Footprint Baby: How to Save the Planet While Raising a Healthy Baby\, and op-eds in many outlets including Newsweek\, Reuters\, and Huffington Post. \nNadine Bloch is an outside-the-box activist artist\, political community organizer\, strategic nonviolent actionista and the Training Director for Beautiful Trouble. Her work explores the potent intersection of art and politics\, where creative cultural resistance is not only effective political action\, but also a powerful way to reclaim agency over our own lives\, fight oppressive systems\, and invest in our communities — all while having more fun than the other side! \n  \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9798991413435 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/revolution/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T180000
DTSTAMP:20250717T183520Z
CREATED:20250717T164629Z
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SUMMARY:Karen Palmer for She's Under Here
DESCRIPTION:“Once upon a time\, I disappeared.” So begins Karen Palmer’s harrowing and redemptive memoir\, She’s Under Here. \nIn 1989\, shortly after her second marriage\, Palmer and her new husband quit their jobs without notice. They pulled her two young daughters out of school and buckled them into the rear seat of a used car purchased with cash. The trunk was packed with clothing and toys\, pillows and blankets\, four place settings\, one pot\, one pan\, and a sack that contained every penny they had. Living with the fear of Palmer’s dangerous ex-husband had become untenable: This was DIY witness protection. \nIn this searingly honest and heart-wrenching account\, Palmer examines why she ended up trapped\, how she escaped\, and the ongoing perils of life constructed around a false identity. She ruthlessly explores the lines between desire and fear\, victim and perpetrator\, captivity and freedom\, and exposes myriad aspects of what it means to make difficult choices as a woman\, when none of the options are good. She’s Under Here is a haunting meditation on themes of disappearance\, betrayal\, and private violence\, and it is utterly unforgettable. \nKaren Palmer is a Pushcart Prize winner and has received grants from the NEA and Colorado Council on the Arts. She’s Under Here grew out of her award-winning essay “The Reader Is the Protagonist\,” first published in Virginia Quarterly Review and selected by Leslie Jamison for inclusion in Best American Essays 2017. More recently her short story “Birds of Paradise”  won the 2022 Emily Clark Balch Prize for Fiction. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus\, The Kenyon Review\, Arts & Letters\, and Kalliope\, among others. She lives in Los Angeles. \nErin Palmer is a lawyer\, advocate\, and community builder dedicated to public and community service. She works at the national nonprofit Pro Bono Institute\, where she supports pro bono legal efforts that expand access to justice. Erin is deeply involved in her local community\, having served for six years as a neighborhood-level elected official and currently serving on the board of her local Main Street and as Chair of the Fair Budget Coalition’s executive committee. \nBefore working at Pro Bono Institute\, Erin ran a highly competitive campaign for DC Council Chair\, earning attention for her detailed DC Council Accountability Plan and her commitment to transparent\, people-powered governance. She has also served as an ethics lawyer for the federal Judiciary\, practiced as a litigation associate focused on pro bono efforts including asylum\, education access\, and youth justice reform\, supervised a law school human rights clinic\, and clerked for the DC Court of Appeals. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781643757544 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/shes-under-here/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T100000
DTSTAMP:20250724T140537Z
CREATED:20250724T140537Z
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SUMMARY:Storytime: Caroline Kusin Pritchard for The Day the Books Disappeared
DESCRIPTION:All-star authors Joanna Ho (Eyes That Kiss in the Corners) and Caroline Kusin Pritchard (The Keeper of Stories) team up with Caldecott Medalist and National Book Award Winner Dan Santat in this celebration of the freedom to read. \nArnold didn’t mean for the books to disappear—not exactly. It all started because he liked his book about airplanes best. Why would anyone want to read about tomatoes or ostriches or submarines (ew\, the worst!) when they could read about planes\, instead? \nWhen Arnold realizes—POOF!—he can make the other books vanish\, he goes a little too far. Before he knows it\, all the books are gone…including his. Can Arnold figure out how to bring them back before it’s too late? \nThis book about books celebrates themes of empathy\, interconnectedness\, and the value of diverse and differing perspectives. \nCaroline Kusin Pritchard is the author of many children’s books\, including Gitty and Kvetch\, Where is Poppy?\, and The Keeper of Stories\, which is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and received three starred reviews. She co-hosts the Kidlit Happy Hour podcast with author Joanna Ho. Caroline has an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and their four kiddos. Visit CarolineKusinPritchard.com to learn more. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781368110655 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/books-disappeared/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T170000
DTSTAMP:20250911T144804Z
CREATED:20250911T144804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T144804Z
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SUMMARY:Banned Book Read-In
DESCRIPTION:To kick off Banned Book Week\, we will be offering a quiet space for folks to come read and discuss their favorite banned books during the Takoma Street Festival. Plus\, our partners at Libro.fm will be providing a FREE audiobook for anyone who attends! \nWe encourage you to: \n\nBring your favorite banned book to read\nDownload Libro.fm and listen to your free audiobook (don’t worry\, Mylo will help you navigate the app)\nDonate a banned book through our store\n\nThis is a drop-in event; registration is not required\, but does help us set up the reading area.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/banned/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T100000
DTSTAMP:20250917T211039Z
CREATED:20250917T211020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T211039Z
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SUMMARY:Storytime: Dr. Jennifer D. Son for Tiny Scrubs\, Big Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Tiny Scrubs\, Big Dreams is a children’s book that invites young readers\, especially girls\, and aspiring dreamers\, to imagine the possibilities of their futures. The story begins with a young girl in her bedroom daydreaming about becoming a surgeon. Readers are then whisked on a fascinating journey throughout the human body\, discovering the roles surgeons play in healing and caring for others. \nThis book highlights the dedication\, perseverance\, and kindness it takes to achieve such a goal. It celebrates the power of dreaming big while encouraging young readers to believe in their potential and never give up. Tiny Scrubs\, Big Dreams is more than a book; it is a call to action for young minds to embrace their strengths\, break barriers\, and pursue their aspirations with confidence and determination. \nDr. Jennifer Son is a breast surgeon\, author\, and mom who loves inspiring children to follow their dreams. Her debut children’s book\, Tiny Scrubs Big Dreams\, encourages kids—especially girls—to see themselves in science and medicine. When she isn’t in the operating room or writing\, she enjoys reading stories with her daughters and going on adventures together. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9798349354489 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/tiny-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T200000
DTSTAMP:20250831T220806Z
CREATED:20250831T220806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250831T220806Z
UID:21471-1759600800-1759608000@peoplesbooktakoma.com
SUMMARY:Free Tarot with Jane Prompeng
DESCRIPTION:Join Jane Prompeng for a free tarot reading! Our selection of decks and books is also available for browsing at this time. \n  \nLimit of 8 readings. Sign-up must be in-person\, and only for whomever will be receiving the reading.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/oct-tarot/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T160000
DTSTAMP:20250904T164512Z
CREATED:20250904T150412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T164512Z
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SUMMARY:Shidan Youssefian for Life Really Socks: Quest for Iron Mountain
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite mismatched socks return for another steaming hot adventure in this full-color graphic novel! Does the trio have what it takes to become true heroic hosiery? \nFreddy\, Ruffles\, and Hanks travel to the Pinky Toe Kingdom\, a realm of irresistibly cute baby socks\, to enroll in a royal contest. The prize? The legendary Dial of Desires\, a powerful artifact that could help Freddy in his search for his long lost sock twin\, Peter. But getting their hands on the dial won’t be easy\, as our heroes will need to descend into the infernal Iron Mountain to win! And while steaming geysers\, molten lava\, and fierce competition will prove to be great challenges for Freddy and his friends\, the biggest test will come from within. \nAction-packed adventure awaits in this hilarious second installment in the Life Really Socks graphic novel series\, which will reveal that friendship—and doing the right thing—are the most precious prizes of all. Perfect for fans of InvestiGators\, Pizza and Taco\, Fry Guys\, and Cat Ninja. \nShidan Youssefian lives in Washington DC\, and is a creative storyteller with over a decade of experience in branding. Born and raised in Italy\, he holds an MSc in Communications from the London School of Economics. During the pandemic (a.k.a. the sockiest time ever) he decided to leave his consulting job and team up with his cousin Roshan to create Life Really Socks! \nLife Really Socks (Volume 1): Into the Sock Verse  (SIGNED!) \n \nhttps://peoplesbooktakoma.com/product/lifereallysocks2/ \nhttps://peoplesbooktakoma.com/product/socks \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/socks-vol2/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Children's Events
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SUMMARY:Immigration Detention Panel
DESCRIPTION:The United States has the most extensive immigration detention system in the world\, expanding from a capacity of less than 5\,000 detainees per day in the 1980s to 52\,000 by 2019. While the most vociferous anti-immigrant rhetoric may be attributed to Republicans\, US detention infrastructure has grown exponentially regardless of the political party in power as reports of abysmal detention conditions pile up. \nNancy Hiemstra and Deirdre Conlon provide a damning exposé of the ways immigration detention generates income. At the same time\, those detained are starved\, sickened\, and exploited as a matter of routine detention operations. Drawing on over a decade of research focusing on detention centers in New Jersey and New York\, the authors map public-private financial relationships and trace how detention contracts for food\, medical care\, and in-facility stores are fought over to the penny. By dissecting the inner workings of immigration detention\, they show a system governed by a capitalist logic that produces sickening and corrupting dependencies in communities across the US. \nComing at a pivotal social and political moment\, Immigration Detention Inc. makes the case for dismantling immigration detention regimes everywhere. \nNancy Hiemstra is a political geographer whose research focuses on US immigration enforcement policies. She is the author of Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime and co-editor of Intimate Economies of Immigration Detention. She is Associate Professor at Stony Brook University in Long Island\, New York\, US. \nDeirdre Conlon is a critical geographer working in the US and Britain. Her work focuses on how immigration and border controls are proliferating as they are monetized. She is co-editor of Intimate Economies of Immigration Detention and Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention. She is Associate Professor based at the University of Leeds. \nSetareh Ghandehari is the Advocacy Director for the Detention Watch Network\, a national coalition building power through collective advocacy\, grassroots organizing and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States. She works alongside other DWN staff and members to abolish immigration detention in the United States\, and has been involved in social justice movements for over 20 years. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780745349466 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available. \n 
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/immigration-panel/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Community Events
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SUMMARY:Christopher C. Gorham for Matisse at War
DESCRIPTION:In 1940\, with the Nazis sweeping through France\, Henri Matisse found himself at a personal and artistic crossroads. His 42-year marriage had ended\, he was gravely ill\, and after decades at the forefront of modern art\, he was beset by doubt. As scores of famous figures escaped the country\, Matisse took refuge in Nice\, with his companion\, Lydia Delectorskaya. By defiantly remaining\, Matisse was a source of inspiration for his nation. While enemy agents and Resistance fighters played cat-and-mouse in the alleyways of Nice\, Matisse’s son\, Jean\, engaged in sabotage efforts with the Allies. In Paris\, under the swastika\, Matisse’s estranged wife\, Amélie\, worked for the Communist underground. His beloved daughter\, Marguerite\, active in the French Resistance\, was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo\, sentenced to Ravensbruck concentration camp-and miraculously escaped when her train was halted by Allied bombs. His younger\, son\, Pierre helped Jewish artists escape to New York; even his teenaged grandson risked his life by defying the Germans and their Vichy collaborators. Amidst this chaos\, Matisse responded to the dark days of war by inventing a dazzling new paper technique that led to some of his most iconic pieces\, including The Fall of Icarus\, his profile of Charles De Gaulle\, Monsieur Loyal\, and his groundbreaking cut-out book\, Jazz. His wartime works were acts of resistance\, subtly patriotic and daringly new. Drawing on intimate letters and a multitude of other sources\, Christopher C. Gorham illuminates this momentous stage of Matisse’s life as never before\, revealing an artist on a journey of reinvention\, wrenching meaning from the suffering of war\, and holding up the light of human imagination against the torch of fascism to create some of the most exciting work of his career\, of the 20th century\, and in the history of art. \nChristopher C. Gorham is a lawyer\, educator\, and acclaimed author whose books include Matisse at War and The Confidante. He is a frequent speaker at conferences\, literary events\, colleges\, and book club gatherings. He currently lives in Boston and can be found online at ChristopherCGorham.com \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780806544168 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/matisse-at-war/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T180000
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SUMMARY:Antonia Hylton for Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
DESCRIPTION:In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\, this New York Times bestseller is a page-turning account of one of the nation’s last segregated asylums…”a book that left me breathless” (Clint Smith). \nFor centuries\, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers through the ninety-three-year history of Crownsville Hospital\, one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still stands to this day in Anne Arundel County\, Maryland. Antonia Hylton blends the intimate tales of patients and employees whose lives were shaped by Crownsville with a decade-worth of investigative research and archival documents. Madness chronicles the stories of Black families whose mental health suffered as they tried\, and sometimes failed\, to find safety and dignity. Hylton also grapples with her own family’s experiences with mental illness\, and the secrecy and shame that it reproduced for generations. \nAs Crownsville Hospital grew from an antebellum-style work camp to a tiny city sitting on 1\,500 acres\, the institution became a microcosm of America’s evolving battles over slavery\, racial integration\, and civil rights. Hylton traces the legacy of slavery to the treatment of Black people’s bodies and minds in our current mental healthcare system. It is a captivating and heartbreaking meditation on how America decides who is sick or criminal\, and who is worthy of our care or irredeemable. \nAntonia Hylton is a Peabody and Emmy-award winning journalist\, co-anchor of MSNBC / Weekend Primetime\, and the co-host of the hit podcast Southlake and Grapevine. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University\, where she received prizes for her investigative research on race\, mass incarceration and the history of psychiatry. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781538723692 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/madness/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Poetry Book Launch: David Alberto Fernández
DESCRIPTION:In this bilingual collection of concise poems\, Washington DC-based poet David Alberto Fernández offers a reader a journey into the pandemic; into the redemptive power of nature; and the paradoxes of political conditions and the human heart. \n(En esta colección bilingue  de poemas concisos\, el poeta David Alberto Fernández\, radicado en Washington DC ofrece al lector un viaje a la pandemia; al poder redentor de la naturaleza; y a las paradojas de las condiciones políticas y el corazón humano.) \nDavid Alberto Fernández is a poet who lives in Takoma Park\, Maryland. His bilingual collection of poems\, Mundo se consumo / World consumes itself (Beltway Editions\, 2025)\, is already attracting positive popular and critical attention. A lover of words\, ideas\, and books\, David was born in Miami\, Florida\, in 1972 to Cuban parents\, studied philosophy at Florida International University\, and earned his library science degree from the Catholic University of America. He is the author of the novel Alexstasia (1997) and has co-translated and co-edited two nonfiction works in English: Anarchism in Cuba (2001) and Proof of Contact (2004). He published his first chapbook of poems\, Flowers beyond here (2020)\, at the height of the pandemic. He is currently the Associate Editor of Beltway Poetry Quarterly and is also the co-founder and co-curator of the Beltway Café\, a seasonal poetry series and literary salon meeting at the MLK Library in the heart of Washington\, D.C.\, since 2023. For the past two decades\, he has also proudly worked as a librarian at the largest library in the world. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781957372181 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/mundo-se-consume/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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SUMMARY:Ellen Oh for The House Next Door
DESCRIPTION:Celebrated cofounder of We Need Diverse Books and APALA Honoree Ellen Oh delivers another spooky story in the vein of Spirit Hunters\, about hero Rory and the creepy house next door. Filled with angry spirits\, mysterious noises\, and malevolent forces\, the house has tormented many souls. When new neighbor Jack and his family move in\, Rory must do everything he can to prevent them from becoming its next victims. \n\n\nRory Parker knows not to step foot in\, on\, or around the house next door. He’s seen things creeping in the shadows\, has had encounters with spirits\, and lost a best friend to the house’s malevolence. But when his new neighbors\, Jack and his family\, move into the house next door\, Rory makes it his duty to protect them at all costs. \nBut the evil forces lying within the house are plotting something sinister\, something that puts Jack’s little sister in extreme danger. Soon\, Rory understands he’ll need the help of Jack and some friendly ghosts in order to stand a chance at defeating the evil that lurks within the walls for good. But what exactly lives in the house next door\, and will Rory and Jack find out in time to save the day\, or can its evil never be evicted? \n\nEllen Oh is an award-winning author and editor of numerous middle grade and young adult novels including On The Block: Stories of Home\, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee\, You Are Here: Connecting Flights\, Finding Junie Kim\, and the Spirit Hunters trilogy. A former adjunct college instructor and lawyer\, Ellen is also a founding member of We Need Diverse Books\, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in children’s literature. Originally from New York City\, Ellen lives in Rockville\, Maryland\, with her husband\, three human children\, and two dog children and has yet to satisfy her quest for a decent bagel. You can visit her online at www.ellenoh.com. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780062875846 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/house-next-door/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Children's Events
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SUMMARY:Evergreen Montessori Family Meet & Greet
DESCRIPTION:Hello Evergreen families! Come join us for free pizza and merriment at the bookstore to say hello and meet other parents\, caregivers & kids across classrooms — you know\, the ones you may have seen at pick up and drop off all year but haven’t really met yet! We will be organizaing a book donation for classrooms – if you feel inclined\, you can buy a book to contribute! Please let us know if you’re coming with the RSVP below so we know how much [cheese] pizza to order. \nHope you can make it!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/evergreen/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Private Event
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SUMMARY:Carolivia Herron for Thereafter Johnnie
DESCRIPTION:The Snowdon family stands as a pinnacle of Black excellence in Washington\, D.C.: educated\, affluent\, and influential. John Christopher\, the patriarch\, is revered by his medical students at Howard University. His wife\, Camille\, governs an elegant house overlooking Rock Creek Park and devotes herself to reading\, gardening\, and raising their three daughters—Cynthia\, Patricia\, and Eva. \nYears later\, when John Christopher’s granddaughter Johnnie comes to seek the truth about her own parentage\, she unveils a legacy of unspeakable family secrets tangled up in America’s original sin. What begins as a quest for identity spirals into an apocalyptic vision of a nation on the brink of ruin. \nBy turns a poetic epic\, a ghost story\, a historical saga\, and a chilling dystopian fable\, Thereafter Johnnie is a unique\, uniquely American\, fusion of myth and reality: an erotic\, horrifying\, and even hopeful reckoning. Editor Jeremy Davies says\, “It’s extremely ambitious. It takes in a whole bunch of registers and literary approaches\, from biblical to classical to poetic to supernatural and science-fictiony.” \nFor the Washingtonian\, Ike Allen says\, “Enigmatic and fable-like\, reviewers compared it to James Joyce’s take on Dublin\,” and the New York Times wrote that it “belonged in the company of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple\, Toni Morrison’s Beloved\, and Gloria Naylor’s Linden Hills.” \nCarolivia Herron is an African American Jewish author and scholar with her main interests in writing novels and children’s books\, and teaching epic literature\, African American studies\, Classics\, and multimedia storytelling. Currently she teaches Classics and English in the Howard University Department of Literature and Writing. She earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania. \nBefore coming to Howard\, she held professorial positions at Harvard\, Mount Holyoke\, California State\, Arizona State\, and William and Mary. Herron’s scholarship includes the Oxford edition of the Selected Works of Angelina Weld Grimké\, several essays on African American epic tradition\, and the influence of John Milton on African American culture. She has several books in press (Kindergarten Blues\, Grilled Cheese\, seasongs\, and Asenath and Our Song of Songs). \nThe play\, Pharsalia; or\, For Crying Out Loud\, commissioned by Theater J is her most recent work. Pharsalia links Lucan’s ancient Roman epic of the same name\, with Pharsalia Plantation in Virginia\, where Carolivia’s formerly enslaved ancestors lived. \nHer great-great-grandmother\, Mary Ann Lumpkin\, survived her enslaver and used his money to found Virginia Union University. The opera\, Let Freedom Sing: The Story of Marian Anderson (Bruce Adolphe composer) with Carolivia’s libretto was originally produced by the Washington National Opera and the Washington Performing Arts Society. It was restaged in 2023 by Mobile Opera in Alabama. Carolivia also hosts a weekly radio show\, Epic City\, on Takoma Radio. In addition\, she publishes works by Black Jews of Africa. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/p/books/thereafter-johnnie-carolivia-herron/292584 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/thereafter-johnnie/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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SUMMARY:Yom Kippur Storytime with Temple Sinai Librarian Ruth Polk
DESCRIPTION:Join Temple Sinai Librarian Ruth Polk for a High Holiday storytime! \nRuth Polk is the librarian at Temple Sinai\, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Washington\, DC where she enjoys leading Shabbat morning story times. Previously she taught preschool through fifth grade with Nature Forward (the former Audubon Naturalist Society). \n  \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/yom-kippur-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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