Every Friday between 11\:00 and 11\:30 we host a children’s storytime here at the Firehouse. We’ve got Firehouse trivia\, activities\, and lots of fun stories to share. All ages are welcome.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120603T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120603T200000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/open-book-club-22 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/open-book-club-22 SUMMARY:Open Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss Mark Adams’ book\, Turn Right at Machu Picchu.
In 1911\, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site\, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer’s perilous path in search of the truth—except he’d written about adventure far more than he’d actually lived it. In fact\, he’d never even slept in a tent.
Turn Right at Machu Picchu is Adams’ fascinating and funny account of his journey through some of the world’s most majestic\, historic\, and remote landscapes guided only by a hard-as-nails Australian survivalist and one nagging question\: Just what was Machu Picchu?
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120607T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120607T190000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/entreprenerds-book-club-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/entreprenerds-book-club-2 SUMMARY:EntrepreNerds Book Club DESCRIPTION:RSVP before the day prior. Seats limited. Cost\: $40.
For details please visit the meetup webpage\: http\://www.meetup.com/EntrepreNerds/.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T010000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/graphically-yours-graphic-novel-book-club-9 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/graphically-yours-graphic-novel-book-club-9 SUMMARY:Graphically Yours\, Graphic Novel Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss Howard Zinn’s graphic novel\, A People’s History of the United States.
Since its landmark publication in 1980\, A People’s History of the United States has had six new editions\, sold more than 1.7 million copies\, become required classroom reading throughout the country\, and been turned into an acclaimed play. More than a successful book\, A People’s History triggered a revolution in the way history is told\, displacing the official versions with their emphasis on great men in high places to chronicle events as they were lived\, from the bottom up.
Now Howard Zinn\, historian Paul Buhle\, and cartoonist Mike Konopacki have collaborated to retell\, in vibrant comics form\, a most immediate and relevant chapter of A People’s History\: the centuries-long story of America’s actions in the world.
Narrated by Zinn\, this version opens with the events of 9/11 and then jumps back to explore the cycles of U.S. expansionism from Wounded Knee to Iraq\, stopping along the way at World War I\, Central America\, Vietnam\, and the Iranian revolution. The book also follows the story of Zinn\, the son of poor Jewish immigrants\, from his childhood in the Brooklyn slums to his role as one of America’s leading historians.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120614T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120614T220000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/author-event-natasha-wing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/author-event-natasha-wing SUMMARY:Author Event with Natasha Wing DESCRIPTION:Local children's author Natasha Wing will be with us for a very special Father's Day signing. There will be copies of The Night Before Father's Day as well as art projects for the kids. Don't miss this fun afternoon.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T013000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/author-signing-tom-piccirilli URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/author-signing-tom-piccirilli SUMMARY:Author Signing with Tom Piccirilli DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday the 14th for a special signing with award winning author Tom Piccirilli. His newest book\, The Last Kind Words\, is a mesmerizing suspense novel that explores family\, guilt\, justice\, and redemption. If you like thrillers or mysteries this is one you won’t want to miss.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120615T180000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/firehouse-friday-18 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/firehouse-friday-18 SUMMARY:Firehouse Friday DESCRIPTION:Every Friday between 11\:00 and 11\:30 we host a children’s storytime here at the Firehouse. We’ve got Firehouse trivia\, activities\, and lots of fun stories to share. All ages are welcome.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120617T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120617T200000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/non-traditional-non-fiction-book-club-18 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/non-traditional-non-fiction-book-club-18 SUMMARY:Non-Traditional Non-Fiction Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Sherwin Nuland's book\, How We Die.
A runaway bestseller and National Book Award winner\, Sherwin Nuland's How We Die has become the definitive text on perhaps the single most universal human concern\: death. This new edition includes an all-embracing and incisive afterword that examines the current state of health care and our relationship with life as it approaches its terminus. It also discusses how we can take control of our own final days and those of our loved ones.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120619T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120619T010000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-and-trenchcoats-book-club-19 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-and-trenchcoats-book-club-19 SUMMARY:Traps and Trenchcoats Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us this month as we solve Aaron Elkins’ mystery\, Fellowship of Fear.
When anthropology professor Gideon Oliver is offered a teaching fellowship at U.S. military bases in Germany\, Sicily\, Spain\, and Holland\, he wastes no time accepting. Stimulating courses to teach\, a decent stipend\, all expenses paid\, plenty of interesting European travel…what's not to like? It doesn't take him long to find out.
On his first night\, he is forced to fend off two desperate\, black-clad men who have invaded his Heidelberg hotel room with intent to kill. And then there's the little matter of a few trivial details that the recruiting agency forgot to mention - such as the fact that the two previous holders of the fellowship both met with mysterious ends. From there it's all downhill. Gideon finds himself the target in an unfamiliar game for which no one has bothered to give him the rules. What he does have\, however\, is his own considerable intellect and his remarkable forensic skills. He will need them\, for he is playing for some fairly high stakes. The security of Western Europe\, and his own life.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T010000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/strange-worlds-book-club-22 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/strange-worlds-book-club-22 SUMMARY:Strange Worlds Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore Ian McDonald’s novel\, The Dervish House.
Seven days\, six characters\, three interconnected story strands\, one central common core - the eponymous dervish house\, a character in itself - that pins all these players together in a weave of intrigue\, conflict\, drama\, and a ticking clock of a thriller.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T064636Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120622T180000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/firehouse-friday-19 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/firehouse-friday-19 SUMMARY:Firehouse Friday DESCRIPTION:Every Friday between 11\:00 and 11\:30 we host a children’s storytime here at the Firehouse. We’ve got Firehouse trivia\, activities\, and lots of fun stories to share. All ages are welcome.
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