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Venues added recently252 Montgomery Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 49 Complex Drive, Lincoln, Alabama 35096-5096 143 Dudley Commons, W. Samford Ave., Auburn University, AL 36849-5316 101 Greene Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine, Wire Road, Auburn University, AL 36849-5519 501 Main St., Hurtsboro, AL 36860 24 S. Pollard St., Fort Deposit, AL 36032 300 Bobby Miller Parkway, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 11 W. Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018 3 Union Street, Southport, Merseyside PR9 0QF United Kingdom 12031 First Ave, Richmond, BC V7E 3M1 Canada Recently deleted venues5201 Justification: incomplete duplicate Deleted by starfishian (Wednesday 9:58pm) 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 Justification: duplicate Deleted by rsterling (Sunday 4:16pm) 155 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 Justification: duplicate - already in the database. Other record contains more info. Deleted by starfishian (May 8) 西区江戸堀1-8-24, 大阪市, 大阪府 550-0002 Japan Justification: duplicate - this record contains less info than the other. Deleted by starfishian (May 7) 13 Main street, milton mills, N,H. 03852 Justification: duplicate - already in the database. Moved event to other venue record. Deleted by starfishian (May 7) 31150 Southfield Road, Beverly Hills, MI 48026 Justification: duplicate - already in the database. Deleted by starfishian (May 5) Justification: Spam Deleted by rybie2 (May 4) 8601 West Broward Blvd., Palntation, FL 33324 Justification: already in the database, complete with the same event that's mentioned in this venue record. Deleted by starfishian (May 4) Embajadores, 35. Local6, Madrid, Madrid 281012 Spain Justification: Está duplicado Deleted by almu (May 2) Venues up for combination | Top event-addersgamoia (4447), thebookpile (2509), lampbane (2159), timspalding (1950), bookjones (1876), karenharris (1863), starfishian (1640), DougCoLibraries (1465), christiguc (1382), jasbro (1352), 6dts (1218), mariah2 (1191), SqueakyChu (1177), MDGentleReader (1108), koalamom (1106) ... (more)
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Events added recentlyExcludes automatically-added events  Jumpstart Your Character Development: 3 Scientific Tips Many writers use a laundry-list approach to character development prompted by worksheets that ask 110 questions ranging from the profound to the mundane. If you find that tedious or worse yet, paralyzing—what if you don’t care about what’s in your character’s glove compartment? Does that mean you’re not a “real” writer?—our science-based methods may be just what you need to get to the juicy stuff faster. We’ll focus on three theories of personality. Practical tips, writing exercises, and handouts will get you started and keep you going.
With novelist Jill Shultz, author of Angel on the Ropes and psychologist Bill Altman. $10 fee. To register: call The Ticket Center at (607) 273-4497 or stop by 171 The Commons (next to 15 Steps). (JillShultz)… (more)Author Chona L. Cruz Book Signing Author Chona L. Cruz will be signing her new book, "Cruzin' With the Sun" on Saturday May 11th from 11:00am until 2:00pm at The Book Rack 1752 South Signal Butte Rd. Suite #108 Mesa, AZ 85209. Please call 480-380-0044 if you have questions. Thank you. (donegaladam)Common Cod Fiber Guild—Speaking & Teaching The actual venue is The Stata Center, located at 32 Vassar St. in Cambridge. It is between Main St and Mass Ave. The closest T stop is Kendall Station on the red line. Street parking is plentiful in this neighborhood, but you can also park in the 139 Mass Ave MIT parking lot after 4pm. Speaking Friday night. Teaching Saturday the 11th. (heather.ordover)Donors Make a Difference Tuesday, April 16, 2013 4:30pm until 6:30pm During National Library Week you're invited to enjoy a talk by critically acclaimed local author & alumnus Steven James & help us honor Gwen Wallace & Flora Joy Third Floor Sherrod Library Documents, Law & Maps
4.30-5.00 hors d'oeuvres
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6.00-6.30 donor celebration of Wallace & Joy (sherrodlibrary)… (more) CityReads: Stations at Gayton Library, Harrow The final Arachne Press CityRead gig of this year with stories of timeshift, letting go of growing up children, poets and property, and either lifechanging experiences in the north or homelessness and home baking in the south, depending on what mood Paula's in... Reading from Stations: short stories inspired by the Overground: Cherry Potts (Rotherhithe), Wendy Gill (Dalston), Bartle Sawbridge (Shadwell), Paula Read (Canonbury/ Honor Oak Park). (arachnepress)… (more) Cityread discussion as part of CityRead, which started on April 2nd, there will be a panel discussion at Ealing Library, featureing Cherry Potts of Arachne press Sarah Parker of Cityread London, Amma Poku Community Services & Volunteer Co-ordinator at Ealing Libraries, and Hazel Talbot of Ealing Arts Saturday 27th April at 2.30, talking about books set in London. We will be talking specifically about the Cityread keynote book, A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks, and other books of literary and London-based merit. (arachnepress)… (more)Arachne Press for Oveground for CityRead As part of CityRead Arachne Press authors will be reading from Stations short stories inspired by the OvergroundGhosts, eccentrics, vampires and love over the coffee cups... Rosalind Stopps (Brockley), Caroline Hardman (Hoxton), Jacqueline Downs (Crystal Palace) and Peter Morgan (Forest Hill) (arachnepress)Blount County Friends of the Library Book Sale Friends Used Book Sale. Over 50,000 categorized books, including collectibles. April 18-20; Thurs. (members only - can join at door) 12-6; Fri. 9-5; Sat 9-5 (goodsew) |
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