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Up And Coming
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Farmers Markets
June 18 - August 6
Pitchfork Music Festival
July 17-19
Blogathon
July 25-26
Check our Events page
for full details and other upcoming happenings!
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Open Mic:
Stacy Shafer Peterson
Open Books is thrilled to introduce Stacy Shafer Peterson, our new Director of Development. She's in charge of our new store naming opportunities and special gifts, and she'd love to talk to you about getting involved! In the meantime, she talked to us about ice cream, music, and more...
Read The Interview!
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Story Of The Month
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In May, Open Books premiered a brand-new writing workshop in which students were allowed to indulge their magical sides by telling their stories as real life fairy tales. Instead of houses, students live in castles. Girls can be princesses, boys can be princes, and everyone rides home on a white steed, er, hovercraft. Here's one of our favorites:
The Best Day Ever
By Dashia
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Slam!
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Calling volunteers! Next week, YCA and Brave New Voices will team up for the 2009 International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, which takes place in Chicago from July 14-19, and they need some great folks to help out as youth ambassadors and volunteers. Please e-mail: margie@youngchicagoauthors.org for more information!
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Out Of The Box
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In
the process of sorting thousands of books, there are
always a few that stand out. This month we snark about:
Chats On Old Lace And Needlework
and
Soap: Making It, Enjoying It
Your turn!
Share your thoughts about:
The Truth About Psychic Powers
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Have you moved? Changed email addresses? Altered your schedule for volunteering?
Let us know at
updates@open-books.org!
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Drum Roll...
Announcing...
THE OPEN BOOKS STORE LOCATION!
The time has come, the lease is signed, and we're PROUD AND THRILLED to announce that the Open Books store will open later this year at:
213 W. Institute Place
Chicago, IL 60610
If you've visited us before, you know how much we love our River North space in the 100-year-old former home of the Schwinn bicycle factory. So, with your help and the knowledge that there's no place like home, we'll be opening our flagship used bookstore and literacy community center right here in the fall of 2009. As we begin construction, we'll post frequent updates and sneak peeks. In the meantime, find out more about our plans and how you can help, and make sure to join the store mailing list! We can't wait to share what we've been doing with all of you and to welcome you to our newly expanded home. |
How much good can you do for literacy in 24 hours? On July 25, Open Books will join bloggers worldwide for Blogathon 2009 and find out! We're looking for friends to blog with us during the 'thon and sponsors to help us reach our goal of $2,500. Join us for 24 hours of irreverently innovative shared stories of fun and frivolity and help make a difference for literacy in Chicago!
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 Open Books is now accepting applications for fall Literacy Interns! Are you a creative, outgoing, and book-loving person who wants to gain valuable skills and work with students all over Chicago? Then we want to hear from you! Open Books OrientationsWhether you're brand new to Open Books or a seasoned volunteer, there's no better time to find out about everything that Open Books is up to! Our next orientation is Wednesday, August 5, from 6-7 p.m. |
 Open Books is on the hunt for Marketing Interns! If you've studied marketing/PR (or have a strong interest in learning more about it) and want to use your energy, creativity, social, and organizational skills to get the story of literacy told everywhere, look no further!
Summer is here, and that means reading outside and fresh, delicious, farm-grown produce. Go GREEN with Open Books at Chicago's summer farmers markets!
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 Secret agent Book Interns, your time has come! Available missions include dispatching
communications to donors, helping to intercept over 12,000 books a
month in drive-by booknappings, and utilizing the Open Books
supercomputer network to log and move book merchandise on the global
market. If you have a thirst for adventure and a willingness
to jump into the world of books, find out more now!
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Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that operates an extraordinary bookstore, provides community programs, and mobilizes passionate volunteers to promote literacy in Chicago and beyond. We enhance lives through reading, writing, and the NEWSWORTHY power of used books. To learn more about us and find out how you can get involved, visit us at http://www.open-books.org!
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