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To Kill a Mockingbird Party at Alabama Theater

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Tomorrow, Sunday June 21, 2015, the streets around Birmingham’s Alabama Theater will be hopping with Harper Lee fans. Books-A-Million is hosting a showing of the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. in the Alabama Theater. Outside the showing, a street party will be going on with treats from Yogurt Mountain, southside mexican restaurant Cantina (fish burger, FTW!) and Mr. Harry’s De-Lux chicken.

Tickets are $8 and are available through Ticket Master or at the door. The movies starts at 2 p.m., but the organ will get cranked up at 1:30 p.m., if you’ve never heard it.

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The local band Steel City Jug Slammers will also be there performing.

And, of course, I am sure there will be copies of To Kill a Mockingbird, other books about Harper Lee and TKAM plus a table taking pre-orders for Go Set a Watchman. What bookstore would pass up an opportunity like this to sell books?

Are you going to the street party this Sunday in Birmingham, AL?

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DISCO + Hobbits = Grand Opening

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This weekend Birmingham-based Desert Island Supply Company is celebrating the Grand opening of their Woodlawn writing and tutoring center. Festivities kick off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 17th at their new center located at 5500 First Avenue North in the Woodlawn neighborhood.

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They have even organized a Hobbit-Read-a-Thon, where you can be a part of a crew of readers scheduled to read through the whole Hobbit book aloud. The Hobbit-Read-a-Thon is part “celebrate reading” and part fundraiser for D.I.S.C.O. which is a creative writing program that offers free writing workshops and tutoring for kids in the Birmingham area. So everything collected goes right back into helping local kids realize the importance and joy of developing a life or reading and writing (which is pretty cool).

Other events are planned as well, such as live music and storytelling, balloon mapping, a writing booth, and other crafts and games. So mark your calendars, sign up to read and check it out this weekend.

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Book Events: July 8th – July 15th

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Here are three bookish-type events going on this week in the Birmingham-area that should be on your radar this week. If you know of any upcoming author signings, book sales or library events around the Birmingham area, please share via email or in the comments.

July 10th at 4p – Benjamin Busch signing Dust to Dust at the Alabama Booksmith. (Free)

July 10th from 7:00p to 8:30p – Birmingham Arts Journal reception and community reading at Emmet O’Neal Library. (Free)

July 15th at 5p – Final movie in the Avondale Library’s book-to-film discussion group at Kingdom Comics. (Free)
Alabama, Authors, Birmingham, Events

Book Events: July 1st -July 7th, 2012

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Here are three bookish-type events going on this week in the Birmingham-area that should be on your radar this week:

July 3rd at 6:30p – Hunger Games Trivia Challenge at the Hoover Library. (Free)

July 6th from 6:00p to 8:00p – Dan Wells signing at Little Professor in Homewood. (Free)

July 10th from 7:00p to 8:30p – Birmingham Arts Journal reception and community reading at Emmet O’Neal Library. (Free)