Flintridge Bookstore will host special events for Small Business Saturday on Nov. 25, including author meet and greets and book signings, story times and guest artists.
Small Business Saturday is a nationwide celebration which started in 2010 to recognize the contributions indie businesses make to the communities they serve. This year, Flintridge Bookstore will feature nine authors working in various genres and for readers of all ages. Three featured local artists will also offer handmade pieces. Plus, there will be store giveaways, a drawing to win a bag of books, a “Find the Niffler!” contest, a children’s activity table and more.
From 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., attendees will hear from the following artists:
- “Keren Or Handmade Ceramics” — Yvette Lee has been working with clay for almost two decades in her home studio in Los Angeles. Her pieces are hand built or wheel-thrown and glazed.
- “Watercolors & Sketches” — Dilmit Singh is a self-taught artist who strives to capture light, shade and shadow in her natural surroundings. She paints in both oil and watercolors and currently teaches at the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge.
- “Little Muse Jewelry Designs” — Anthe Wosczyna creates bead woven jewelry by stitching together Japanese and Czech glass seed beads from a wide color palette into intricate mandala patterns.
Author meet and greets, book signings and story times will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. These will include “Lullaby for a King” by Nikki Grimes, “Holy Night and Little Star” by Mitali Perkins, “The Innkeeper’s Daughter” by Bianca Schwarz, “Guesthouse for Ganesha” by Judith Teitelman, “It’ll Be Irie: Staying True to Yourself” by Donn Swaby, “Lotta Pedal Catches Her Wave” by Vanessa Cudmore, “The Cryptid Beneath My House” by Verity Rudzinski, “Inner Space & Outer Thoughts: Speculative Fiction from Caltech and JPL Authors” with contributing authors, Ann Bernath and Richard Doyle, and “Burst” by Mary Otis.
For more information, contact Gail Mishkin at (818) 790-0717. Flintridge Bookstore is at 858 Foothill Blvd. at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Beulah Drive.
“Little Muse Jewelry Designs” — Anthe Wosczyna creates bead woven jewelry by stitching together Japanese and Czech glass seed beads from a wide color palette into intricate mandala patterns.
Author meet and greets, book signings and story times will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. These will include “Lullaby for a King” by Nikki Grimes, “Holy Night and Little Star” by Mitali Perkins, “The Innkeeper’s Daughter” by Bianca Schwarz, “Guesthouse for Ganesha” by Judith Teitelman, “It’ll Be Irie: Staying True to Yourself” by Donn Swaby, “Lotta Pedal Catches Her Wave” by Vanessa Cudmore, “The Cryptid Beneath My House” by Verity Rudzinski, “Inner Space & Outer Thoughts: Speculative Fiction from Caltech and JPL Authors” with contributing authors, Ann Bernath and Richard Doyle, and “Burst” by Mary Otis.
For more information, contact Gail Mishkin at (818) 790-0717. Flintridge Bookstore is at 858 Foothill Blvd. at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Beulah Drive.
First published in the November 23 print issue of the Outlook Valley Sun.
