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SUMMARY:Paul Prescod and Dustin Guastella for Rustin's Challenge
DESCRIPTION:There was no more trenchant and substantive critic of the Left from the Left in the 1960s and 1970s than Bayard Rustin. Some liberals and leftists today valorize Rustin on the basis of his multiple oppressed identities and civil rights organizing. On the other hand\, many others dismiss him for being compromised by his commitment to the Democratic Party or by his deep suspicion of the new forms of left activism that appeared in the mid-1960s. \nWhile Rustin certainly made some strategic mis-steps later in life\, his challenges to the New Left\, Black Power\, and a regressing liberal establishment from 1964 until his passing in 1987 were insightful\, cutting\, and often quite prescient. At a time when the Left is in dire need of self-reflection and reorientation\, Rustin’s work has gained a new relevance and urgency. \nThis new collection of Rustin’s writings from this period features articles and speeches that represent Rustin’s Challenge to the Left of his day. Some of the pieces of Rustin’s writing chosen for inclusion have been published before\, but only in pamphlets or newspapers from many decades ago. Some will be published for the first time here. Damage Magazine is excited to bring Rustin’s views forth for a new generation\, in the hopes that they will spark a wide-ranging reconsideration of left politics. \nPaul Prescod is a labor organizer and a Jacobin Magazine contributing editor. Formerly he was a Philadelphia public school teacher and organizer with Teamsters for a Democratic Union.  \nDustin Guastella is director of operations for Teamsters Local 623 in Philadelphia and a research associate at the Center for Working-Class Politics. \nCLICK TO RSVP. 
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/rustins-challenge/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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SUMMARY:History Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The History book club is dedicated to learning about and discussing the history of the world at large. Each month we will talk about a book that informs us about a country’s politics\, society\, and culture over the last 250 years or more. Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for the current selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/history-book-club-2/2026-04-11/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T100000
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SUMMARY:Unicorn Storytime!
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that there is a National Unicorn Day? Well\, resident kid-whisperer and bookseller extraordinaire Lauren sure did! \nJoin her for some fun unicorn stories and a craft to match. \nThis is an in-person event. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/unicorn-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:20260412T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T180000
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SUMMARY:Sugar & Spice Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Calling hopeless romantics and book-ish flirts: this club will explore different sub-sections of the vast romance genre each month\, one happily-ever-after at a time. We will celebrate love stories as diverse as the readers that enjoy them\, from mainstream to the magnificently unconventional. Expect laughter\, lively debates\, and plenty of blushing over our favorite tropes. \nJoin Alexzandra on the first Sunday of every month and check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for the current selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/sugar-spice-book-club/2026-04-12/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T190000
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SUMMARY:Martin Dickinson for I am That Road
DESCRIPTION:Dickinson’s road is an assembly of lines\, of geometries and definitive materials in search of eternity\, built to withstand time — prefabricated lines stretched across the plane\, awaiting a wanderer. The immigrant walks among the verses and scrap metal. At this point\, language intersects\, and Dickinson’s Spanish opens a slit for introspection — for circular memories like slices of lemon\, and divine journeys that end in floral flames. The relentless path remains; the lines lead forward\, but also upward — a poetic pilgrimage that drags the asphalt and fuses it with a jacaranda tree in a bilingual space. \n—Daniela Hernádez Rodríguez\, Johns Hopkins Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. \nMartin Dickinson is the author of four poetry collections: I Am That Road (Beltway Editions\, 2025)\, Life List Notes (Sligo Creek\, 2021)\, together with his wife\, poet Nancy Allinson\, What a Windstorm Teaches (Sligo Creek\, 2019) and My Concept of Time (Finishing Line\, 2014). He was poet of the month for May 2015 for the online journal Blue Heron Review. Dickinson’s poems have appeared in Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, California Quarterly\, Innisfree Poetry Quarterly\, Nth Position and the Russian language weekly Kontinent (in translation) and several other print and online journals. He and Nancy live in Silver Spring\, Maryland. \nCLICK TO RSVP
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/that-road/
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:20260415T190000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club with Sidney
DESCRIPTION:We will be reading poetry collections from diverse voices and publishers! The fun/naughty thing about this book club is you DON’T have to read the whole book before our meeting (just make sure you read enough of the collection to have an idea of what poems you would like to look at closer)! You don’t need to have ANY poetry reading experience\, as your host will walk you through how to talk poetry. Typically meets the third Wednesday evening of every month. \nCheck out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for this month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/poetry-book-club-25/2026-04-15/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T093000
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SUMMARY:Babies & Books!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our weekly baby storytime! Designed with kiddos 3 and under in mind\, bookseller extraordinaire Lauren will alternate leading the group in reading a mix of new board books\, classics tales\, and some songs & rhymes as well! Need more to convince you? FREE coffee for any caregivers! See you there!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/babies-books/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T200000
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SUMMARY:New Lit Fic Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Calling all fiction-iados\, recovering English majors\, and anyone interested in reading and discussing new\, sometimes strange\, sometimes delightful\, but always lit fic! This club will focus on new literary fiction (published in the past year or so) from various sub genres and diverse points of view. \nTypically meets the third Friday evening of each month.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/new-lit-fic-book-club-3/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T140000
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SUMMARY:Jade Floyd for The Leadership Labyrinth
DESCRIPTION:The Leadership Labyrinth is not a roadmap to the corner office—it’s a compass for women navigating the winding journey of leadership. This journey is not a neat ladder of promotions and accolades\, but rather a labyrinth of bold choices\, resilience\, and reinvention. \nThrough powerful storytelling and practical exercises\, Jade offers more than reflection. She equips women with tools to pause\, recenter\, and move forward with intention. Her signature “Endeavors” illuminate the challenges women in the C-suite from global brands like Rare Beauty\, JP Morgan Chase\, and ESPN\, have faced\, including the weight of being “the only” in the room\, the tension of balancing ambition with family\, and the sting of being underestimated. \nWhether you are building a career\, navigating a pivot\, raising a family\, or finding your place in spaces not built for you\, this book affirms that you deserve a seat at the table. Your path\, however winding\, is not a detour. It is the way. \nThe Leadership Labyrinth is a companion for every season of leadership: climbing\, resting\, rebuilding\, or rising again. It is both permission and provocation to lead with a full heart\, to reimagine the rooms we enter\, and to leave a legacy not just in titles\, but in the lives we influence and touch. \nJade Floyd has elevated women in leadership across Fortune 500 brands\, investment firms\, professional sports teams\, and global philanthropies. As Executive Vice President of Communications & Public Affairs at Global Strategy Group\, she has secured hundreds of media stories for women in the C-suite in outlets like The New York Times\, Fortune\, Bloomberg\, The Wall Street Journal\, Fast Company\, Forbes\, Tech Crunch\, CNBC\, and more. She has placed her clients on global stages at gatherings like Fortune Most Powerful Women\, the Forbes Women’s Summit\, Wall Street Journal Future of Everything\, and more. \nJade is a frequent speaker on national stages and an adjunct professor at George Washington University where she teaches the next generation how to lead with intention and purpose. She has served on the board and as an advisor to nearly a dozen organizations and startups across the country. Jade is a recipient of the PR News People of the Year\, the Washington Business Journal‘s “40 Under 40\,” and Huffington Post‘s IGNITEGood Millennial Impact Challenge Award. \nShe resides in Maryland with her husband\, Charles\, and daughters Jasper and Georgina. The Leadership Labyrinth is her first book. \nRSVP HERE. 
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/leadership-labyrinth/
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:20260418T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T183000
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SUMMARY:Zine Release Party: 20 Watts
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the release of the inaugural WOWD Zine\, 20 Watts. Meet your favorite DJs\, chat about cool songs\, and buy a copy for just $9.43. That’s just 14 cents a page for this full color music mag chock full of interviews\, essays\, photos\, and poetry! Pretty good if you ask us. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/wowd-zine/
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:20260418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
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SUMMARY:Book People Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Book People is a book club devoted to discussing bookish books. Whether it’s a book about an author falling in love\, a cursed bookmark\, or a mystery set at a library; if it has bookish connections\, Mack is here to talk about it. Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs to see this month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/book-people-book-club-2-2/2026-04-18/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T100000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
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SUMMARY:Storytime: Ashley Belote for Little Red and Big\, Bad Fred
DESCRIPTION:Little Red Riding Hood like you’ve never seen before! This fractured fairy-tale will have kids in stitches as Little Red optimistically befriends Fred (who may or may not try to EAT Little Red)\, reminding readers to always see the best in others\, even when they have sharp teeth and are definitely the big\, bad wolf. \nOnce upon a time. . . . Little Red loves to visit his great-grandfather. He makes the trip through the woods any time of year! The best part is when Little Red meets Fred along the way. Fred is the bestest\, fluffiest\,  most amazing KITTY in the whole wide world (nevermind that Little Red is completely oblivious to the fact that Fred is\, in fact\, a very hungry wolf that is trying to EAT HIM). When Fred gets hurt (from a trap HE set for Little Red)\, Little Red takes his injured friend to Great Grandfather’s house. That’s when Great Grandfather tells Little Red that Fred is actually … a DOG?! EVEN BETTER. (Poor Fred.) \nLittle Red’s positive outlook is contagious in this picture book about an unlikely friendship\, the power of kindness\, and keeping an open heart from the creator of Witch & Wombat and Sheepwrecked.\n\nAshley Belote is the author/illustrator of LITTLE RED AND BIG\, BAD FRED (PRH 2025)\, WITCH & WOMBAT (PRH 2023)\, SHEEPWRECKED (PRH 2024)\, DON’T WASH WINSTON (Feiwel & Friends 2024)\, LISTEN UP\, LOUELLA\, THE ME TREE\, and A PARTRIDGE IN THE WE TREE. She is also the illustrator of FRANKENSLIME and VALENSLIME by Joy Keller (Feiwel & Friends\, 2021). Her debut graphic novel\, Squirrel Lock Holmes: The Pet Rock Mystery\, will be released by Random House in March of 2026!\n\nAshley studied traditional animation under the direction of Don Bluth. She is a West Virginia native and earned her BA from Alderson Broaddus University. She earned her MA in Arts Administration from the University of Kentucky. Her graduate study included a children’s literature and illustration course\, The Whole Book Approach\, through Simmons College at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. She also serves as the Illustrator Coordinator for the Carolinas chapter of SCBWI. Ashley is represented by Moe Ferrara of Triada US Literary Agency. To learn more and see her work\, please visit AshleyBelote.com.\n\nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below:\nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9780593902431\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/event/red-and-fred-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:20260419T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T160000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
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SUMMARY:Messy! Sexy? Midlife. Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We will read fiction\, memoir and other types of non-fiction that explore the state of middle age in the world now: marriage\, divorce\, sex\, parenting\, reckoning with mortality\, emotional inheritance\, desire\, disappointment\, adjusting expectations. What is a grown-up\, anyway? \n  \nCheck out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for this month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/messy-sexy-midlife-book-club/2026-04-19/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T190000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20250208T172337Z
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SUMMARY:Fantasy & SciFi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:If you love to escape to different worlds\, see magic\, and  fantastic creatures in your books\, come read with us! We will talk about different worlds and the characters that evolve there\, and maybe what they teach us about our own world. We will read a range of modern fantasy and speculative fiction with an emphasis on diverse writers and stories that leave us with hope! \nJoin Jo Ann on the third Sunday of every month and check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for this month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/fantasy-scifi-book-club-2-2/2026-04-19/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
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SUMMARY:Children's Acoustic Concert & Storytime: Grace Semler Baldridge for The Love That Made You
DESCRIPTION:Parents and kids of all ages are invited to join singer-songwriter Grace Semler Baldridge as they celebrate the publication of their picture book The Love That Made You. Grace will read the book and play an acoustic set of child-friendly songs from and beyond their albums.\n\nThe Love That Made You is a nondenominational book introducing the concept of a divine presence that will appeal to spiritual parents and families\, the exvangelical and queer communities\, and fans of Grace Semler Baldridge.\n\n\n\n“Though I don’t have each answer\, I hope that you know\, there’s meaning to find wherever you go.” \nThe Love That Made You is a wonder-filled\, empowering picture book introducing children to the idea of a higher power called Love that connects us and carries us through life. \nWith gentle\, rhyming text\, The Love That Made You helps grown-ups find the words to share the comfort\, encouragement\, and wonder of God or the Universe with a young heart\, without suggesting that the grown-up knows all the answers. Grace Semler Baldridge\, an alt-Christian singer-songwriter\, brings their characteristic thoughtfulness into this poetic invitation to think broadly about love as a force that connects all of us\, and plants the seeds for a child building their own concept of the divine. Award-winning illustrator Fran Alvarez weaves a compelling visual story of a young child and their family on a camping trip\, interacting with fellow hikers and enjoying the wonders of nature while contemplating the big questions children are wont to ask. \nPerfect for fans of Matthew Paul Turner’s When God Made You\, Savannah Guthrie’s Mostly What God Does Is Love You\, and Jennifer Grant’s Maybe God Is Like That Too. \nGrace Semler Baldridge is an LA-based musician known as Semler who made history as the first openly queer artist to hit Number 1 on the Christian music charts with the release of their EP\, Preacher’s Kid. Following this success\, Semler released another chart-topping EP and toured the country with Relient K. They have amassed more than 238\,000 followers on TikTok\, and Semler’s music has been featured on NPR and Apple Radio\, as well as in the Washington Post and Rolling Stone. After three headline tours and two more EPs\, Semler released their debut album\, Revival in My Mind\, in February 2025. When they’re not on the road or in the studio\, they love to read with their daughter Frances and their wife Elizabeth. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/love-made-you/
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:20260422T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T193000
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SUMMARY:Nicholas Enrich for Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID
DESCRIPTION:A civil servant discovers his breaking point when the Trump administration’s cruelty and indifference threaten to violate the oath he swore to uphold. \nNicholas Enrich had finally achieved his lifelong dream: becoming USAID’s lead official for global health. But that dream turned out to be a nightmare in the tumultuous time after President Trump’s second inauguration. \nIn the months that followed\, USAID became the first target of Elon Musk’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The mission to which Enrich had dedicated his career was being dismantled before his eyes—even the name of the agency was removed from the building’s facade. Enrich witnessed firsthand the Trump administration’s lies\, how it systematically prevented USAID from providing lifesaving foreign aid\, and the death and suffering around the world that resulted from careless decisions. Finally determining he could no longer keep quiet\, and risking the career that he loved deeply\, Enrich released a set of whistleblowing memos exposing the administration’s illegal and destructive actions. \nEnrich was put on administrative leave\, yet his memos went viral and had a sustained impact. In the days following their release\, hundreds of canceled aid projects were revived\, and the documents were cited in a Supreme Court case on the legality of USAID’s dissolution. While his memos were too late to save USAID\, Enrich was one of the first government officials to publicly blow the whistle on DOGE’s reckless destruction\, sounding an early alarm bell for other federal agencies that would soon find themselves in the crosshairs. \nUrgent and profoundly human\, Enrich’s story offers an astonishing behind-the-scenes look at a federal agency under siege\, from the early days when Enrich and his team were unaware of what was to come to the shockingly ignorant\, callous\, and bigoted conversations they witnessed. Enrich reveals in this detailed\, no-holds-barred account what was truly at stake when DOGE set out to dismantle one of America’s most effective humanitarian institutions\, and how millions of lives hung in the balance. \nNicholas Enrich is a former civil servant who worked at USAID under four administrations. He served as the Bureau of Global Health’s director of policy\, programs\, and planning until January 2025\, when he was designated as USAID’s acting assistant administrator for global health. On March 2\, 2025\, he was placed on administrative leave for exposing the Trump administration’s illegitimate and dangerous dismantling of USAID. \nRSVP HERE. 
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/wood-chipper/
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:20260423T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T193000
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SUMMARY:Lori Rader-Day for Wreck Your Heart
DESCRIPTION:From award-winning author Lori Rader-Day\, Wreck Your Heart is an engaging crime novel\, about a country and midwestern singer out to catch her big break before family—or murder—wrecks everything. \n\n\nDahlia “Doll” Devine had the kind of hardscrabble beginning that could launch a thousand broken-hearted country songs. Now she’s the star of her own stage at McPhee’s Tavern. As part of Chicago’s—yes Chicago’s—country music scene\, Dahlia is an up-and-coming singer in spangles and boots of classic country tunes. That is\, until her boyfriend up and went\, taking the rent money with him. \nDahlia is back to square one\, relying on Alex McPhee—again. Alex helped her out of a bad situation when she was a kid living rough with her mother. Now he’s part landlord\, part band booster\, all-around rescuer. Dahlia just wishes she didn’t keep giving him reasons to have to do it. \nJust as Dahlia suspects she’s scraped rock bottom\, the mother she hasn’t spoken to in twenty years shows up. The next morning\, a distraught young woman arrives at the bar\, asking after her missing mother—Dahlia’s mother\, too\, even if the missing suburban mom the girl describes sounds different from the one who let Dahlia down all those years ago. \nThough no one is using the word sister anytime soon\, Dahlia is drawn into reuniting the family that might’ve been hers. But when a body is discovered outside McPhee’s Tavern\, the crime threatens not just the place Dahlia has made into a home\, but everything she’s believed about her past\, her dreams for the future\, and the people she was\, maybe\, beginning to let into her heart. \n\n\nLori Rader-Day is the author of eight novels including Wreck Your Heart\, The Death of Us\, Death at Greenway\, The Lucky One\, and Under a Dark Sky. She has been nominated for crime fiction’s highest award\, the Edgar Award\, and has won the Mary Higgins Clark Award\, the Agatha Award\, three Anthony Awards\, and an Indiana Author Award. She has also been nominated for Thriller\, Barry\, and Macavity awards. Lori is a former national president of Sisters in Crime and a former national board member of Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Chicago\, where she co-chairs the crime fiction readers’ event Midwest Mystery Conference and teaches creative writing at Northwestern University. Visit her at www.LoriRaderDay.com.\n\nCatriona McPherson (she/her) was born in Scotland and immigrated to the US in 2010. A former linguistics professor\, she is now a full-time fiction writer and has published: preposterous 1930s private- detective stories; realistic 1940s amateur-sleuth stories; and contemporary psychothriller standalones. These are all set in Scotland with a lot of Scottish weather. She also writes modern comic crime capers about a Scot-out-of-water in a “fictional” college town in Northern California. Her novels have won Agathas\, Anthonys\, Leftys and Macavitys and been finalists for an Edgar\, a CWA Dagger and three Mary Higgins Clark awards. Catriona is a proud lifetime member and former national president of Sisters in Crime. Visit her at www.catrionamcpherson.com\n\nJennifer J. Chow writes cozies filled with hope and heritage. She’s been a finalist for the Agatha\, Anthony\, Lefty\, and Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award. Her newest series is the Magical Fortune Cookie mysteries; the first book is Ill-Fated Fortune\, which Booklist said “will appeal to fans of Jenn McKinlay\, Eve Calder\, or Joanne Fluke.” The most recent book\, Tell-Tale Treats\, was called “a charming cozy with a touch of magic” by Kirkus Reviews. Her previous series include the L.A. Night Market Mysteries and the Sassy Cat Mysteries. Jennifer served as a past president on the board of Sisters in Crime and blogs at chicksonthecase.com. She is an active member of Crime Writers of Color and Mystery Writers of America.\n\nRSVP HERE
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/wreck-your-heart/
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:20260424T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T093000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
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SUMMARY:Babies & Books!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our weekly baby storytime! Designed with kiddos 3 and under in mind\, bookseller extraordinaire Lauren will alternate leading the group in reading a mix of new board books\, classics tales\, and some songs & rhymes as well! Need more to convince you? FREE coffee for any caregivers! See you there!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/babies-books/2026-04-24/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T190000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20260326T143121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T175301Z
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SUMMARY:Christopher Kondrich for Tread Upon
DESCRIPTION:Bold\, incisive\, and wholly original\, Christopher Kondrich’s Tread Upon explores the social\, political\, religious\, and economic drivers behind the chronic devaluation of the living world. In this book-length sequence\, in which each section unravels a word or phrase of the prefatory poem\, Tread Upon sprawls from suburbia to the Southern Ocean\, from the Cape Fear River to the phones in our hands. Kondrich juxtaposes the intimate with the epic\, integrating climate research and reporting to dismantle narratives of anthropocentrism and our individual responsibility amid corporate misinformation. What is the price of our (in)actions and who must pay the cost? In this world where “even one blade is a place\,” the sequence reveals that the violence done to the living world is violence done to ourselves. \nChristopher Kondrich is the author of Contrapuntal and Valuing\, which won the National Poetry Series and was named a best book of 2019 by Library Journal. His poems have appeared widely in such venues as The Atlantic\, The Believer\, The Kenyon Review\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, New England Review\, The New York Review of Books\, The Paris Review\, Ploughshares\, Poetry London\, and The Yale Review\, and he has received fellowships from MacDowell\, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, and Yaddo. He is also the coeditor of Creature Needs: Writers Respond the Science of Animal Conservation and an associate editor for 32 Poems. He is currently Visiting Poet in Residence for the Creative Writing MFA program at the University of Maryland. \nTaylor Johnson is proud of being from Washington\, DC. They’ve received fellowships and scholarships from CALLALOO\, Cave Canem\, Lambda Literary\, Tin House\, the Vermont Studio Center\, Yaddo\, the Conversation Literary Festival\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference\, among others. In 2017\, Taylor received the Larry Neal Writers’ Award from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Their poems appear in The Baffler\, Indiana Review\, Scalawag\, and the Paris Review\, among other journals and literary magazines. Their first book\, Inheritance\, will be published in Fall 2020 with Alice James Books. Taylor lives in southern Louisiana where they listen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9781556597244\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/event/tread-upon/
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:20260424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20231031T164128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T164128Z
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SUMMARY:Disco Biblioteca: Music Books & Listening Party
DESCRIPTION:This club is an opportunity for folks who love music and books to read\, chat\, and listen to curated playlists inspired by the book selection. Facilitated by Takoma Radio’s own Night Nurse (shows on the last Friday of the month; 7 -8 pm). Books and music: just like chocolate and peanut butter; so happy together. Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs to see this month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/disco-biblioteca-music-books-listening-party-2/2026-04-24/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T100000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
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SUMMARY:Storytime: Joe Cantlupe for Dr. Einsteinorous Becomes a Dentist
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Einsteinorous just graduated\, and he has a varied parade of prehistoric patients visiting him in his new dental office! With smarts\, kindness\, and just a little bit of nerves\, Dr. Einsteinorous teaches his patients—most with hundreds of teeth—how to be healthy. \nBut some of the biggest dinosaurs are . . . scared. Dr Einsteinorous gently teaches them to choose wisely between healthy and junk food. He also shows that while a dentist’s tools might look scary\, they are actually here to help. \nBlending heart and humor\, Dr. Einsteinorous Becomes a Dentist uses vibrant illustrations and playful prose to teach both kids and dinos the importance of healthy teeth. \nJoe Cantlupe is the father of two\, a  prize-winning journalist and artist who loves to tell stories\, portray with paint the world around us\, and has a quirky sense of humor. Cantlupe is a former senior editor for HealthLeaders Media Magazine and contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning team at Copley News Service\, The San Diego Union-Tribune. He is the author of Dr. Einsteinorous Becomes a Dentist\,” a children’s book\, and co-author of Badge of Betrayal\, a non-fiction book about a family’s fight for justice after her daughter was slain by a California Highway Patrol officer.  He is a longtime Montgomery County MD\, resident. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9798891387478 \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/event/dentist-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:20260428T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20230906T004706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T161917Z
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SUMMARY:Young Bookworms Book Club
DESCRIPTION:This middle-grade book club is designed for kids between the ages of 9 and 12. Monthly book selections will include a range of genres and formats. The goal of this club with Sarah is to promote a love of reading and to provide space for young readers to discuss great books! Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs to see this month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/young-bookworms-book-club-2/2026-04-28/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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ORGANIZER;CN="People's Book":MAILTO:info@peoplesbooktakoma.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20260320T170410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T200150Z
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SUMMARY:Andy Beta for Cosmic Music: The Life\, Art\, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane
DESCRIPTION:The first full-length biography of Alice Coltrane\, the jazz musician and spiritual leader whose forward-thinking music was overshadowed by her more famous husband\, even as she brilliantly laid the groundwork for the new age\, ambient\, and electronic music that would follow. \nAlice Coltrane (1937-2007) was one of the most misunderstood artists of the last sixty years. For most of her life—and even in the decades since her passing—she was primarily known as the widow of the late John Coltrane. John Coltrane is widely seen as being one of the greatest tenor saxophonists and composers of the 20th century\, with a fervor and devotion approaching sainthood. Yet ever so slowly\, that level of love and appreciation is also being bestowed upon pianist\, organist\, harpist\, and composer Alice Coltrane. \nCosmic Music: The Life\, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane is the first full biography of this remarkable\, groundbreaking artist\, and is an elegant\, deeply researched corrective to the historical—and critical—record. It elevates Alice Coltrane to her proper place\, both alongside her husband as one of the greatest musical visionaries of the 20th century\, and also as a singular artist in Western music\, one who became a spiritual leader in her lifetime. \nIn the years since her passing\, she has become a great influence on a new generation of musicians\, especially women\, people of color\, and artists who seek to combine jazz with other musical forms\, be it modern classical\, electronic\, Indian music\, and more. Cosmic Music also unearths previously unknown connections between Alice Coltrane and other generational icons\, from Stevie Wonder\, Carlos Santana\, and Nina Simone to Mother Teresa and Doja Cat. \nIn Alice Coltrane’s music\, one can perceive the transformation of Black American music in microcosm\, the gospel roots giving rise to jazz and bebop\, then intermingling with soul and R&B\, and then onto rock\, modern classical\, psychedelia\, and new age. Cosmic Music\, based on extensive research and scores of new interviews by music journalist Andy Beta\, is the definitive account of a visionary whose influence is only just beginning to be appreciated in full. \nAndy Beta is an award-winning arts and music writer. His writing on rock\, jazz\, experimental\, and electronic music has appeared in the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Pitchfork\, Rolling Stone\, the Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times\, Texas Monthly\, NPR\, We Jazz Magazine\, and many more. He currently lives in New York City with his family. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9780306836169 \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/event/cosmic-music/
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:20260430T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T193000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20260211T200723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T200723Z
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SUMMARY:Emily Dufton for Addiction\, Inc.
DESCRIPTION:How the war on drugs created the gold standard treatment for addiction—until America’s opioid crisis got privatized for profit\, to the detriment of patients. \nDespite epidemic levels of overdoses in the United States\, by 2020\, only twenty percent of Americans suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD) received medication-assisted treatment (MAT)\, the gold standard of addiction treatment\, which uses methadone\, buprenorphine\, or naltrexone to reduce illicit drug use and curb the symptoms of withdrawal. While MAT is the most effective treatment available for OUD\, it’s also the most controversial\, the most expensive\, and the most difficult to access. And yet\, the medications at the center of this treatment—and the private industries that distribute them—generate roughly sixteen billion dollars each year\, on par with national sales of coffee and pet food. \nIn Addiction\, Inc.\, historian Emily Dufton explains how this promising avenue of treatment emerged during President Richard Nixon’s war on drugs in 1971 as a radical experiment in public health\, when hundreds of federally-funded treatment clinics opened nationwide. Dufton then explores how these nationalized clinics gave way to an immensely profitable private industry that offers poor care at high costs to an insufficient number of people. Drawing on original research and over a hundred interviews with policymakers\, medical experts\, pharmaceutical lobbyists\, and patients and their families\, she tells a gripping story of squandered potential and missed opportunities\, as MAT transformed from a revolutionary political project launched from the White House itself into a commercial success—and a public health disaster. \nUrgent\, eye-opening\, and deeply human\, Addiction\, Inc. reveals how\, over the past fifty years\, the United States built an addiction treatment system that made recovery harder instead of easier\, and what it will take to change its course. \nEmily Dufton is the author of Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America. The recipient of a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant\, her writing has appeared in the Washington Post\, Smithsonian magazine\, and other publications. She lives with her husband and children outside Washington\, DC. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9780226750064 \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/event/addiction-inc/
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:20260501T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T093000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20230916T213638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T140111Z
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SUMMARY:Babies & Books!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our weekly baby storytime! Designed with kiddos 3 and under in mind\, bookseller extraordinaire Lauren will alternate leading the group in reading a mix of new board books\, classics tales\, and some songs & rhymes as well! Need more to convince you? FREE coffee for any caregivers! See you there!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/babies-books/2026-05-01/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20260306T214208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T214208Z
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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/event/jane-free-tarot/2026-05-01/
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:20260502T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T103000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20260218T193747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T193954Z
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SUMMARY:Spring 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/event/mr-gabe-spring-concert/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events,Community Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="People's Book":MAILTO:info@peoplesbooktakoma.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T153000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20260322T175323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260322T175344Z
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SUMMARY:Zine Workshop: Kids' Edition!
DESCRIPTION:Learn to make a zine of your very own! Led by our very own zinester Matt Bormet\, we’ll talk about how to make a minizine\, lay out your own zine\, and make something that you can trade and sell with your friends.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/kids-zine-workshop/
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:20260502T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T190000
DTSTAMP:20260411T050445
CREATED:20260306T210053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T210053Z
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SUMMARY:Luke Goebel for Kill Dick
DESCRIPTION:A fever dream\, Kill Dick is a literary thriller that plunges into the chaos of Los Angeles\, where addiction\, privilege\, and corruption combust.  \nAt nineteen\, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: she’s an NYU dropout with no responsibilities\, endless prescription pills\, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city\, and Susie’s ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father’s ties to an opioid empire\, a sinister secret society\, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together. \nThen there’s Peter Holiday\, a disgraced professor running a rehab scam so audacious it’s almost admirable. When their lives collide\, Susie and Peter are dragged into a web of privilege\, corruption\, and violence\, where every escape leads deeper into the rot. \nDark\, satirical\, and razor-sharp\, Kill Dick is a modern literary thriller that unflinchingly dissects wealth\, exploitation\, and the perilous line between survival and self-destruction. \nLUKE GOEBEL won the Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and the Joan Scott Memorial Fiction Award for his debut novel\, Fourteen Stories\, None of Them Are Yours. His screenwriting credits include Eileen\, starring Anne Hathaway and McKenzie Thompson\, and Causeway\, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry\, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance. He is also known for his role as co-editor at The New York Tyrant and work with Tyrant Books. He lives in Pasadena\, CA with his wife\, fellow author Ottessa Moshfegh. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9781636284651 \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/event/kill-dick/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pre-Mother's Day ASL Storytime with Dr. Alice Kreisle and Kathy Pongor
DESCRIPTION:Join us for American Sign Language storytime\, with audiologist extraordinaire\, Alice Kreisle and ASL interpreter Kathy Prongor! We will be celebrating Moms a full week ahead of Mother’s Day through stories and a card making craft. \nAll ages welcome\, no registration required. See you there! \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/event/mothers-day-asl/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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