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Thirsty Thursdays
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Thirsty Thursdays continue at Big Blue Marble - free soft pretzels and San Pelligrino from 4:30 until we run out!
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09/18 Writing Poetry from the Body
Our next On Sundays, We Write! workshop will be "Writing Poetry from the Body" with Amy Small-McKinney
Reserve your space!
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D&D @ BBMB
09/15, 4:30 pm
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Every Thursday from 4:30 - 6:30 pm Big Blue Marble hosts 2 tables of players ages 9+.
To play you'll need the D&D Player's Handbook, a set of dice, a character and the willingness to adventure!
We sell the first two, but you'll need to bring the 3rd and 4th!
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09/28 @ 7pm
Poetry is Not a Luxury
Book Club
Our September book is Claudia Rankine's
Citizen: An American Lyric
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09/24 @ 11am
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Join us to celebrate Good Night Wissahickon Valley Park a new children's book created by the Friends of the Wissahickon Valley.
Pick up a copy for yourself, and a few spares for presents!
pre-order here
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09/24 @ 7pm
Larry Loebell
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We've pre-ordered copies of this.
You'll want to, too.
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Vera Williams' final book tells the story of a gay couple and their adoptive son.
pre-order your copy
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Enter to win tickets to hear Ziggy Marley at the Fillmore on 9/20!
The new
Ziggy Marley and Family Cookbook comes out in October - full of recipes based on fresh, natural foods. Pre-order a copy by 9/18 and be entered to win 2 tickets to hear Ziggy Marley in concert on 9/20.
Want to see a copy? We have one on display for reviewing.
To order, email us or stop in.
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09/15 @ 7pm Many-Voiced Writers
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Many-Voiced Writers: Minter Krotzer, Jayne Benjulian, and Jeffrey Ethan Lee
Join us for an evening of firsts with three multi-voiced writers. Minter Krotzer, Big Blue Marble Writer-in-Residence, and poet and memoirist, will be reading a new short story; Jeffrey Ethan Lee, with three poetry collections, will be reading from his first novel, The Autobiography of Somebody Else, and Jayne Benjulian, who has been an Apple speechwriter and theatre director, will be reading from her first full-length poetry collection Five Sextillion Atoms.
In other words - more great writing than you can shake a stick at. Although our writers would prefer you not shake sticks at them...
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09/18 @ 2pm Bringing democracy to the Philly Democratic Party with Karen Bojar and Chris Rabb
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While 80% of Philadelphians are registered Democrats, the Democratic party structure in the city has proven itself insular, corrupt, and resistant to change. Why?
Life-long activist Karen Bojar explores this question in Green Shoots of Democracy in Philadelphia's Democratic Party.
Karen will be joined by Chris Rabb, who against all odds won a decisive victory in the Democratic primary for state representative in the 200th legislative district. He'll discuss his experience taking on the political establishment and his perspective on grassroots politics in Northwest Philly.
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09/25 @ 2pm AMY IGNATOW BOOK LAUNCH!
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Amy Ignatow
Sunday September 25th
2pm
We are THRILLED to be hosting Big Blue Marble favorite Amy Ignatow as she marks the release of the first book in her newest series "The Mighty Odds"!
Reading, games, signing, and fun!
In "The Mighty Odds," Ignatow turns on its head the classic middle school good kids-vs.-the populars/bullies trope, and in the process creates a fearless new middle-school classic.
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Not looking forward to a return to school?
From the Sci-Fi Team at Tor Publishing
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09/27 @ 7pm Jessica Luther & Melissa McEwan
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 Investigative journalist Jessica Luther's Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape is searing, expertly researched volume on sexual assault perpetrated by college football players, and a source of concrete ways to change this system.
In conversation with Jessica is Melissa McEwan, the founder and editor-in-chief of Shakesville.com, a progressive feminist blog community.
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