{"id":65776,"date":"2017-04-05T13:30:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T17:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=65776"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T17:28:54","slug":"april-news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2017\/04\/05\/april-news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"April News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Helen Frost & Rick Lieder at Book Beat, Sat., April 8th!<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Book Beat and the Sierra Club<\/strong> present poet Helen Frost<\/strong> and photographer Rick Lieder<\/strong> at Book Beat on Saturday, April 8th<\/strong> from 1:00-4:00pm <\/strong>to celebrate the release of their latest collaboration, Wake Up!<\/strong><\/em> Wake Up!<\/strong><\/em> \u2013the follow up to their three previous critically-acclaimed collaborations: Step Gently Out, Among a Thousand Fireflies<\/strong><\/em> and Sweep Up The Sun<\/strong><\/em>. They will be speaking and signing copies of their work.<\/p>\n

In addition- to help highlight the need for protecting our local natural environment- Book Beat will be donating 20% of all customer purchases<\/strong> on April 8th<\/strong> directly to the South East Michigan Group (SEMG)<\/span> of the Sierra Club<\/a>. Join us to celebrate these two extraordinary artists and help protect our local natural community at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An Evening with Christopher Moore, Wed., April 12th<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Bestselling author Christopher Moore<\/strong> will be at the Grosse Pointe War Memomorial Auditorium<\/a> <\/strong>(32 Lake Shore Rd, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236<\/span>) on Wednesday, April 12th<\/strong> from 7:00-9:00pm<\/strong> to sign and discuss his books. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register visit the Grosse Pointe Public library website here<\/a>. Books will be available for sale at the event courtesy of Book Beat. There will be a cash bar at the event. For more information, contact the Grosse Pointe Public Library (313) 821-8830. To reserve copies of the book in advance, please call Book Beat (248) 968-1190.<\/p>\n

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Labor Organizer Jonathan Rosenblum at Book Beat on Thursday, April 27th<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Labor, Community, and Faith Organizer Jonathan Rosenblum will be at Book Beat on Thursday, April 27th <\/strong>from 7:00-8:30 PM<\/strong> to discuss his book Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. Books will be available for signing and purchase at the event. If you have any questions or would like to reserve the book, please call Book Beat (248) 968-1190<\/strong>. This event is free and open to the public. Book Beat is located at 26010 Greenfield Rd, Oak Park, MI 48237.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Celebrate the 4th Annual Independent Book Store Day., Sat. April 29th<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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Bo\"\"<\/a>ok Beat is celebrating Independent Bookstore Day<\/strong> on Saturday, April 29th. <\/strong>Book Beat will have exclusive Independent Bookstore Day items, authors and more!<\/p>\n

Check back often for updates on the day\u2019s festivities!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reading Group Selection for April<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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\"\"<\/a>The Book Beat reading group selection for April is Zama <\/strong><\/em>by Antonio di Benedetto<\/strong>. The Reading Group will meet on Wednesday, April 26th<\/strong> at 7pm<\/strong> at the Goldfish Tea Room (117 W 4th St #101, Royal Oak, MI 48067)<\/strong>. Reading Group selections are discounted 15% at Book Beat. Attendance is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (248) 968-1190. All are welcome!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Helen Frost & Rick Lieder at Book Beat, Sat., April 8th! Book Beat and the Sierra Club present poet Helen Frost and photographer Rick Lieder at Book Beat on Saturday, April 8th from 1:00-4:00pm to celebrate the release of their latest collaboration, Wake Up! Wake Up! –the follow up to their three previous critically-acclaimed collaborations: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}