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Does your father love to read? Is he fond of browsing for books? Did he share his love for literacy with you?
Amazing! We have the perfect gift for Father's Day. Celebrate your dad with an Open Books membership!
With one of Chicago's Best Memberships, your dad will get discounts in the store, early entrance to our Half-Off and Open Boxes sales, and a top-notch t-shirt or tote!
Honor your father and support literacy simultaneously. Gift a membership today!
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Our Store,
Your Soiree!
Are you searching for the perfect place to have a graduation gathering, cocktail party, or meet-and-greet? Look no further than the Open Books store and Literacy Center!
We are delighted to offer our colorful, comfortable, creative spaces for parties, groups, meetings, and events. Learn more or email space@open-books.org!
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June Special
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20% off all
Beach Reads:
Chick Lit
Humor
Sports
Don't miss out on our other specials! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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Welcome New Store Interns
Kara and Nick!
Learn what their favorite kinds of books are, what Kara knows about zombie apocalypses, and why you should ask Nick about Cole Porter.
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Storytime!
Join us all summer long for fantastic storytimes!
Saturday, June 11
11AM
with
Emerald City Theatre
Sunday, June 26
1PM
with
Blackbird Puppets
FREE
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Are You Game?
Meet other book-lovers and play your favorite strategy, board, or card games at Open Books. Choose from ours or bring your own!
June 15
5-7 pm
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The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you'll go.
-Dr. Seuss
Dear Friends,
Summer is the season to get out and go places! Some people go to summer camp, while others head to the beach. A few leave town on vacation or visit family in faraway lands. And some lucky students in Chicago will visit us for one of our field trips!
Regardless of where you travel this summer, it's a good idea to keep a few great books with you for entertainment. This June at the store, we are offering a discount on select beach reads, but the best way to stock up on essential summer books is to come to our Half-Off Sale during the weekend of June 18 - 19!
We're also excited to announce that we have a full schedule of events in our store this month. In addition to an exciting author reading and game night, we've doubled the number of storytimes with the help of Emerald City Theatre and Blackbird Puppets.
No matter why you choose to visit Open Books this summer, every purchase you make here helps support literacy programming in Chicago. It has never been easier to enjoy the adventures of summer and make a positive change in your community!
Kevin Elliott
Store Manager
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The high point of the book-shopping summer is almost here! Shop our incredible selection of 50,000 amazing used books during the HALF OFF SALE...and save 50% on each and every one of them. As always, all proceeds will help support our literacy programs across Chicago.
Saturday, June 18
10 am - 7 pm
Member Preview:
June 18
8 am - 10 am
Sunday, June 19
12 noon - 6 pm
FREE
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A Theory of Great Men
Local author and award-winning educator Daniel Greenstone will celebrates the launch of his new book A Theory of Great Men with a reading and signing at Open Books. Join us! A Theory of Great Men is a dynamic and intimate portrait of an irreverent, flawed man, one who has a talent for accumulating both protégés and enemies. George Cavaliere, a veteran high school history teacher and the narrator, has many attributes of a brilliant educator. He's a vibrant classroom performance artist, with both passion for his subject and an energetic delivery, yet his twitchy impatience with political correctness and his restless philandering lead to the unraveling of his career and his marriage. A part-time job coaching an underdog basketball team helps Cavaliere to confront his own shortcomings and begin to see that, although he is anything but a great man, he is, nevertheless, the master of his own fate. Thursday, June 16 6 pm FREE
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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 STORED-UP power of used books. The store is conveniently located at 213 W. Institute Pl. in River North, 1 block north of the Chicago/Franklin Brown/Purple stop, and is open Monday - Saturday from 10am - 7pm
and Sunday from 12noon - 6pm.
Learn more about it at http://www.open-books.org/store! |
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