Dickens and Song this weekend!

The Reisterstown Theatre Project join us Saturday at 3pm for a reading of A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens. Come start a new tradition at the bookstore!

Sunday, Steve Haug stops by with fabulous instruments to serenade us with folk/traditional/pop music. 3-6pm

Pumpkin Decorating Contest Winners

Here's today's winners of the
Pumpkin Decorating Contest!

Adult Winner - The eye on the
porch is upon you! Note the optice nerve on the back. :)




And the Kids' Winner: it's hard to see but it says "Constellation Books Where Every Book Is a Star" with lots of stars!!! :)

Toga/Saturnalia Party for the Book Releases

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED ON ACCOUNT OF SNOW - WE WILL RE-SCHEDULE IT SOON.

This Staurday, 3:00 pm- 5:00 pm

Owings Mills author Stephanie Dray has another book on Cleopatra's daughter, Selene, coming out, plus a romance involved a Sphinx. So we're holding a nearly Saturnalia party! You can wear the toga over your clothes, we don't mind! Egyptian munchies provided.

NOTE - any frat members thinking to bring an Animal House vibe to this party will have to buy one of Stephanie's Harlequin Romances. :)

We will also be hosting the Girl Scout Cookie Sales 1-5pm!

True Crime stories this weekend!

Saturday, 3-5pm, we have Baltimore local Dick Ellwood, who spent 25 years on the Baltimore City Police Force. COP STORIES provides a true crime memoir that proves that fact is stranger than fiction. Coffee and donuts will be provided - come on down for some interesting anecdotes!

TRACKS - author tea this weekend

Saturday 10/15/11 3-5 pm
This Saturday we host Baltimore local, Eric D. Goodman and his story collection set on the rails between Baltimore and Chicago. Join us for coffee/tea and munchies.

Each story is told from the perspective of a passenger on the train. They are the strangers we meet every day: a soldier, a salesman, a former mobster, a Holocaust survivor, couples in love, a woman who has lost her parents, a poet, a hit man. These and other characters fill the train with emotion and complexity.

Beer Tasting + Jobseekers Book Signing this weekend

We have a double-header planned for the weekend:

Friday, 10/7/2011, 6-9pm BEER TASTING
Drop in for BEER and pizza! Bob Baroncinni will guide our tastings of Harvest Beer selection. Coffee and tea will also be available. [Yes, we're making a change from Wine in honor of the season...Oktoberfest!]

Today's Author Signing is CANCELLED - author has a family emergency. We'll reschedule with him later.
Saturday, 10/8/2011, 3-5pm Tea with OUTFLUENCE(r) for Job-Seekers
Regional author and court reporter Al Betz' ground-breaking book OUTFLUENCE(r) develops the communication skills needed for business and for life. Cookies and Tea/Coffee will be available.

The value of silent communication during a job interview is critical to landing a job. Outfluence can teach you how to use Constant Messaging that will help you make a professional connection during an interview, make a memorable impression, and give you the advantage over other candidates in landing the position you want.

Anniversary Wake for The Pony Express

Local author and professor Christopher Corbett tells us that it's the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express, so we're holding a Wake. 150 years late but hey. If you have a relative who was in the Pony Express or even if you're just interested, come on over for tall tales and books. (Maybe they're the same.)

Bring your cowboy hat and/or boots!

Refreshments will be available...cowboy munchies!

Oops - it's 3-5pm, Saturday October 1st