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Valentine's Day!
It's on the 14th this year. Find yourself pondering, "What to give, what to give... candy or a book?" How about both in equal amounts? Drop by Pegasus
before-hand, or dash in on the 14th for cards and gifts for sweethearts of all ages. |
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April 23rd, World Book Night
On World Book Night, booklovers will share books with strangers all over the U.S. and the UK.
Pegasus Bookstores will serve as pick-up centers for World Books Night.
If you would like to share your love of books with others, please sign up to be a book giver. You may take books to a local school, shelter, senior center, community center or a place of your own choosing.
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February titles we're eagerly awaiting...
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The Bay Bridge will be closed, but Pegasus will be open for our Presidents' Day Weekend Sale. Please join us!
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President Barack Obama makes an unannounced stop at Prairie Lights book shop in Iowa City, Iowa Thursday, March 25, 2010. (Charles Dharapak/ASSOCIATED PRESS) |
20% off everything, all three stores, Friday - Monday
Weather permitting, the Bay Bridge will close February 17 at 8 pm, and reopen February 21 at 5 am. We're making the most of it. To celebrate bridges and presidents, we invite you to take 20% off your entire purchase Friday through Monday of Presidents' Day weekend.
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February Events
First Person Singular presents HOOT!: It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over... And It's Over: Break-Up Songs
Sunday, February 12, 7 pm
Location: St. Alban's Episcopal Church
First Person Singular complements its regular series with a monthly, musical, open mic based on a theme. A new take on the traditional hootenanny, HOOT! delves into the entirety of popular song - our modern folk inheritance - in programs that highlight our perennial concerns: love, cars, money, summer, and pitching wang dang doodles. HOOT! aims to celebrate the singular songbooks of select artists, and create living mix-tapes out of myriad sub-genres.
St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Ave., Albany, 94707
Lyrics and Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
Wednesday, February 15, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Lyrics & Dirges is a monthly reading series that features a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community that lives in the Bay Area. Featured readers this month: Dean Rader, Katy Chatel, Lee Herrick, Linda King, Antonio G. Fernandez, Curated by Sharon Coleman.
Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Bkly (510) 649-1320
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore discusses her new book, Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?
Monday, February 20, 7:30 pm Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Notorious queer critic and queen Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore will be at Pegasus Downtown to read from her newly edited collection of essays, Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform. Joining her in reading will be guest contributors: Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Horehound Stillpoint, Matthew D. Blanchard, and Jaime Cortez.
Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck, Bkly. 94704 (510) 649-1320
First Person Singular presents I'm With Cupid II: New Wave Pleasures and Postpunk Paens
Sunday, February 26, 8 pm
Location: St. Alban's Episcopal Church
In it's second annual benefit for WriterCoach Connection, First Person Singular presents an evening of song, performed by Joe Christiano and Theresa Kelly, with Joshua Raoul Brody on piano and The All-a-Quiver Chorus.
St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Ave., Albany, 94707
Somatic Engagement: The Politics of Embodiment, with Petra Kuppers and guest readers
Tuesday, February 28, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Somatic Engagement: The Politics and Publics of Embodiment is a collection of essays on the poetics and politics of embodiment, touching on topics that range from disability to immigration to homelessness. Pegasus Downtown welcomes the books editor Petra Kuppers and a host of guest contributors who will all be reading. Featuring: Juliana Spahr, Jena Osman, Amber DiPietra, Denise Leto, Christian Nagler, Georgina Kleege, Katherine Sherwood,and Eleni Stecopoulos.
Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck, Bkly., 94704 (510) 649-1320
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Beautiful
2012 Calendars, $3.99
 They're going fast, but we still have a wide selection of nature, sports, art and children's calendars, and many more! |
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