BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//This Is Mystic, CT - ECPv6.15.12.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:This Is Mystic, CT X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thisismystic.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for This Is Mystic, CT REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220430T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220430T160000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20220311T142028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T142028Z UID:10006089-1651327200-1651334400@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Christine Ieronimo (The Purple Pail) Author Signing at Savoy Bookshop DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author signing with Christine Ieromino for the book\, The Purple Pail.\nAbout the Book\nFollow a purple pail on a journey around the world. For travelers ages 2 years and up. \nA purple pail travels across oceans\, rivers\, and land\, meeting children in different countries (Ireland\, Ethiopia\, New Zealand\, Portugal\, India\, Chile\, Morocco\, Malaysia\, Mexico) who find uses for it―until the pail goes missing. Where did it go? \nAbout the Author\nChristine Ieronimo writes stories that provide windows to our world\, a world that she loves so much. She is passionate about supporting education for girls and also the need for clean water in rural places. \nNiki Leonidou studied Visual Communication at the Kent Institute of Art and Design in UK. She has been working as a freelance illustrator since 2001 and more than 180 books with her work have been published worldwide. She has illustrated a lot of picture books\, educational books\, book jackets for children’s books and many more. Her picture book “Looking for Misty” was nominated for the international Keycolours award for best picture book concept in Hasselt\, Belgium\, 2014. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/christine-ieronimo-the-purple-pail-author-signing-at-savoy-bookshop/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/13.png ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T190000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20220311T141720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T141720Z UID:10006081-1649786400-1649790000@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Rachel Barenbaum (Atomic Anna) Author Talk and Q&A at Savoy Bookshop & Cafe DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Rachel Barenbaum for the new book\, Atomic Anna. \nAbout the Book\nFrom the author of A Bend in the Stars\, an epic adventure as three generations of women work together and travel through time to prevent the Chernobyl disaster and right the wrongs of their past. \nThree brilliant women.\nTwo life-changing mistakes.\nOne chance to reset the future. \nIn 1986\, renowned nuclear scientist\, Anna Berkova\, is sleeping in her bed in the Soviet Union when Chernobyl’s reactor melts down. It’s the exact moment she tears through time—and it’s an accident. When she opens her eyes\, she’s landed in 1992 only to discover Molly\, her estranged daughter\, shot in the chest. Molly\, with her dying breath\, begs Anna to go back in time and stop the disaster\, to save Molly’s daughter Raisa\, and put their family’s future on a better path. \nIn ‘60s Philadelphia\, Molly is coming of age as an adopted refusenik. Her family is full of secrets and a past they won’t share. She finds solace in comic books\, drawing her own series\, Atomic Anna\, and she’s determined to make it as an artist. When she meets the volatile\, charismatic Viktor\, their romance sets her life on a very different course. \nIn the ‘80s\, Raisa\, is a lonely teen and math prodigy\, until a quiet\, handsome boy moves in across the street and an odd old woman shows up claiming to be her biological grandmother. As Raisa finds new issues of Atomic Anna in unexpected places\, she notices each comic challenges her to solve equations leading to one impossible conclusion: time travel. And she finally understands what she has to do. \nAs these remarkable women work together to prevent the greatest nuclear disaster of the 20th century\, they grapple with the power their discoveries hold. Just because you can change the past\, does it mean you should? \nAbout Rachel Barenbaum\nRACHEL’S second novel is ATOMIC ANNA. Her debut\, A BEND IN THE STARS was named a New York Times Summer Reading Selection and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. It was also a Boston Globe Bestseller. \nRachel is a prolific writer and reviewer and her work has appeared in the LA Review of Books\, the Tel Aviv Review of Books and DeadDarlings. She is an Honorary Research Associate at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University and a graduate of GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator. She is also the founder of Debut Spotlight and the Debut Editor at A Mighty Blaze. In a former life she was a hedge fund manager and a spin instructor. She has degrees from Harvard in Business and Literature and Philosophy. She lives in Brookline\, MA. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/rachel-barenbaum-atomic-anna-author-talk-and-qa-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/7.png ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T150000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20220311T141743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T141743Z UID:10006082-1649599200-1649602800@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Andrea Wang (Watercress) Author Storytime at Savoy Bookshop & Cafe DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents a storytime with Andrea Wang for the new book\, Watercress! \nAbout the Book\nGathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family’s Chinese Heritage. Andrea Wang tells a moving autobiographical story of a child of immigrants discovering and connecting with her heritage\, illustrated by award winning author and artist Jason Chin\, working in an entirely new style\, inspired by Chinese painting techniques. An author’s note in the back shares Andrea’s childhood experience with her parents. \nAbout Andrea Wang\nANDREA WANG is the award- winning author of The Nian Monster and Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando. She was inspired to write Watercress by her experience growing up in rural Ohio as a child of Chinese immigrants. Andrea holds an M.S. in Environmental Science and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing for Young People. She lives in Colorado with her family. \nInstagram: @andreawhywang \nTwitter: @andreaywang\nAbout Jason Chin\nJASON CHIN is a celebrated author and illustrator of children’s books. His book Grand Canyon was awarded a Caldecott Honor\, a Sibert Honor\, and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award. His other acclaimed nonfiction titles— Redwoods\, Coral Reefs\, Island: A Story of the Galápagos\, Gravity\, and Your Place in the Universe—have received numerous starred reviews and other accolades. He is also the illustrator of Stephanie Parsley Ledyard’s debut title Pie Is for Sharing and Miranda Paul’s Water Is Water and Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born\, the latter\, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book. He lives in Vermont with his wife and children. \nInstagram: @authorjasonchin \nTwitter: @authorjasonchin URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/andrea-wang-watercress-author-storytime-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/6.png ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T190000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20220310T194343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220310T194343Z UID:10006075-1649354400-1649358000@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Stewart O'Nan (Ocean State) Author Talk and Q&A at Savoy Bookshop DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Stewart O’Nan for the new book\, Ocean State. This event is in partnership with Ashaway Free Library. This author talk is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book\nSet in a working-class town on the Rhode Island coast\, O’Nan’s latest is a crushing\, beautifully written\, and profoundly compelling novel about sisters\, mothers\, and daughters\, and the terrible things love makes us do. \nIn the first line of Ocean State\, we learn that a high school student was murdered\, and we find out who did it. The story that unfolds from there with incredible momentum is thus one of the build-up to and fall-out from the murder\, told through the alternating perspectives of the four women at its heart. Angel\, the murderer\, Carol\, her mother\, and Birdy\, the victim\, all come alive on the page as they converge in a climax both tragic and inevitable. Watching over it all is the retrospective testimony of Angel’s younger sister Marie\, who reflects on that doomed autumn of 2009 with all the wisdom of hindsight. \nAngel and Birdy love the same teenage boy\, frantically and single-mindedly\, and are compelled by the intensity of their feelings to extremes neither could have anticipated. O’Nan’s expert hand paints a fully realized portrait of these women\, but also weaves a compelling and heartbreaking story of working-class life in Ashaway\, Rhode Island. Propulsive\, moving\, and deeply rendered\, Ocean State is a masterful novel by one of our greatest storytellers. \nAbout Stewart O’Nan\nStewart O’Nan is the author of numerous books\, including Wish You Were Here\, Everyday People\, In the Walled City\, The Speed Queen\, and Emily\, Alone. His 2007 novel\, Last Night at the Lobster\, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh\, where he lives with his family. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/stewart-onan-ocean-state-author-talk-and-qa-at-savoy-bookshop/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220326T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220326T160000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20220303T195802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220303T195802Z UID:10003398-1648303200-1648310400@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Brian Power (A Chance to Serve) Author Signing at Savoy Bookshop & Café DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author signing with Brian Power for the book\, A Chance to Serve. Books will be available for purchase during the signing. \nAbout the Book\nLt. Col. Power vividly recalls a wide range of experiences from Boot Camp at Parris Island\, SC; to infantry training at Camp LeJeune\, NC; to Officer training at Quantico\, VA. He gives us the pros and the cons from his tour as a young lieutenant in Japan\, to his Reserve experiences as a junior infantry officer\, to his recall to Active Duty to attend the prestigious Naval War College in Newport\, RI\, to his final tour at the Pentagon where he again had been recalled to Active Duty for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.His reminiscences over more than a quarter-century of both Active and Reserve service in the Marine Corps reflect and magnify the core values (Honor\, Courage\, Commitment) that the Marines are taught (and you will be exposed to a few who do not always practice them). As Lt.Col. Power grew in his career he met remarkable people\, was supported with outstanding loyalty from his troops\, took part in significant events\, and had his heart filled with acomplishment and broken by duplicity. But his love for the Corps remained intact.Power weaves an engrossing tale of intriguing characters coupled with military events and highlighted by his sometimes joyous and hilarious experiences.It’s a good read.Lt. Col. Power retired from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1993. He began his writing career after retiring from a consulting and training business he started. You can find out more about his first book\, Song of Atlantis at songofatlantis.com. Mr. Power and his wife live in Rhode Island. \nAbout the Author\nLt. Col. Brian Power retired from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1993. He began his writing career after retiring from a consulting and training business he started. His first book\, Song of Atlantis\, has received great reviews. You can find out more at www.songofatlantis.com.\nHis first book\, here: http://brianpowerauthor.com/about.html. Semper fi. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/brian-power-a-chance-to-serve-author-signing-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mar-22-Web-Banners-12.png ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T160000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20211227T132754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T132823Z UID:10003280-1642860000-1642867200@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Michelle Fishpaw (Claire's Voice) Author Signing at Savoy Bookshop & Café DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author signing with Michelle Fishpaw for the book\, Claire’s Voice. \nAbout the Book\nImagine a mother’s horror when she finds her 11-month-old daughter suffering on the floor after being shaken by a babysitter. Against the odds\, Claire Fishpaw survived and continually amazed her doctors. This book is the story of a mother and father’s inspirational quest to provide their daughter with a beautiful life filled with hope. Claire’s unforgettable journey is one miracle after another. \nAbout the Author\nMichelle Fishpaw currently lives in Narragansett\, Rhode Island\, with her family. In addition to writing\, she enjoys taking walks on the beach and collecting sea glass and shells. After being in the teaching field for 20 years\, she chose to pursue another career and is currently a licensed massage therapist. She remains a passionate advocate in raising awareness about child abuse. Through her speaking events\, she has helped others locally and nationally. For more information visit: michellefishpaw.com URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/michelle-fishpaw-claires-voice-author-signing-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/4.png ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T190000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20211227T132128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T132142Z UID:10003278-1642615200-1642618800@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Zachary Garceau (Great Stories from Westerly's Past) Author Talk and Q&A at Savoy Bookshop & Café DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Zachary Garceau for the new book\, Great Stories from Westerly’s Past. \nAbout the Book\nA unique look into Westerly’s storied history. Great Stories From Westerly’s Past offers more than sixty articles showcasing how so many people\, places\, and events from the last 350 years have made Westerly into the town it is today. \nAbout Zachary Garceau\nZachary Garceau is the Archivist for the Westerly Historical Society and a historian studying the town’s past. His work has appeared in the Journal of Sports History and American Ancestors Magazine\, among others. He lives in Westerly with his wife\, Anna\, dogs\, Comet and Phoenix\, and cat\, Artemis. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/zachary-garceau-great-stories-from-westerlys-past-author-talk-and-qa-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/3-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T190000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20211227T132404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T132404Z UID:10003279-1642096800-1642100400@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Christine Baumgarthuber (Fermented Foods) Author Talk and Q&A at Savoy Bookshop & Café DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Christine Baumgarthuber for the new book\, Fermented Foods. \nAbout the Book\nFermented Foods serves up the history and science behind some of the world’s most enduring food and drink. It begins with wine\, beer\, and other heady brews before going on to explore the fascinating and often whimsical histories of fermented breads\, dairy\, vegetables\, and meat\, and to speculate on fermented fare’s possible future. Along the way\, we learn about Roquefort cheese’s fabled origins\, the scientific drive to brew better beer\, the then-controversial biological theory that saved French wine\, and much more. Christine Baumgarthuber also makes several detours into lesser-known ferments—African beers\, the formidable cured meats of the Subarctic latitudes\, and the piquant\, sometimes deadly ferments of Southeast Asia. Anyone in search of an accessible\, fun\, yet comprehensive survey of the world’s fermented foods need look no further than this timely\, necessary work. \nAbout Christine Baumgarthuber\nAlthough Fermented Foods is her first book\, Christine is no stranger to food writing. For years she kept The Austerity Kitchen\, a blog dedicated to food history and ephemera of every kind and hosted by the cultural journal The New Inquiry. Her work has been featured by Dissent\, Lapham’s Quarterly Roundtable\, Bon Appétit\, MAX JOSEPH\, the BBC\, and she has appeared on Heritage Radio Network’s A Taste of the Past. She holds a doctorate in English literature from Brown University. Right now\, she is hard at work on her second book\, which is on the science of fasting. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/christine-baumgarthuber-fermented-foods-author-talk-and-qa-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211121T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211121T160000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20211028T154748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T154748Z UID:10005951-1637506800-1637510400@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Winsome Bingham Hudson (Soul Food Sunday) Author Talk & Picture Book Launch at Savoy Bookshop & Café DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents storytime and Q&A with Winsome Bingham for the new book\, Soul Food Sunday! \nThis event is free\, but registration is requested. \nAbout the Book\nOn Sundays\, everyone gathers at Granny’s for soul food.\nBut today\, I don’t go to the backyard or the great room.\nI follow Granny instead.\n“You’re a big boy now”\, Granny says. “Time for you to learn.” \nAt Granny’s\, Sunday isn’t Sunday without a big family gathering over a lovingly prepared meal. Old enough now\, our narrator is finally invited to help cook the dishes for the first time: He joins Granny in grating the cheese\, cleaning the greens\, and priming the meat for Roscoe Ray’s grill. But just when Granny says they’re finished\, her grandson makes his own contribution\, sweetening this Sunday gathering – and the many more to come. \nEvocative and vivid\, this mouthwatering story is a warm celebration of tradition and coming together at a table filled with love and delicious food. \nAbout Winsome Bingham\nWinsome Bingham is a soul food connoisseur\, master cook\, and a US Army war and disabled veteran. She received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education with more than 15 years of teaching experience. You can find her writing on a deck while waiting patiently with a camera to capture a submarine shooting out of the water. She lives in Groton\, Connecticut. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/winsome-bingham-hudson-soul-food-sunday-author-talk-picture-book-launch-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T190000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20211028T154514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T154514Z UID:10005950-1637085600-1637089200@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Lynne Reeves (The Dangers of an Ordinary Night) Author Talk and Q&A with Jeanne Blasberg at Savoy Bookshop & Café DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Lynne Reeves for the new book\, The Dangers of an Ordinary Night. Lynne will be in conversation with local author Jeanne Blasberg (Eden: A Novel\, The Nine). \nThis event is free\, but registration is requested. \nAbout the Book\nPerfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Megan Abbott\, Lynne Reeves’ The Dangers of an Ordinary Night is an exploration of the explosive family secrets that are often hidden in plain sight. \nOn a chilly fall evening at the prestigious Performing Arts High School of Boston\, best friends Tali Carrington and June Danforth go missing after auditioning for a play. They’re last seen in grainy\, out-of-focus surveillance footage that shows them walking away from the school. Two days later in a town south of Boston\, Tali is found disoriented and traumatized by the ocean’s edge\, while June is pronounced dead at the scene. \nTali’s mother\, Nell\, is so bent on protecting her daughter from further emotional harm that she ignores rumors of her husband’s involvement and enlists the help of Cynthia Rawlins\, a reunification therapist with personal insight into the riptide that hides below the surface of every unsuspecting family. Meanwhile\, Detective Fitz Jameson uncovers a criminal undertow involving the high school’s overachieving students\, and finally sees an opportunity for personal redemption from a secret that’s haunted him for years. \nAs Nell\, Cynthia\, and Fitz confront their own contributions to the scandals that beleaguer them\, their lives turn out to be more deeply intertwined than they’d ever imagined. In the end\, they must decide what lengths they’re willing to go to protect the people they love while also saving themselves. \nAbout Lynne Reeves\nLynne Reeves is an internationally recognized family counselor and novelist. Her short fiction\, essays\, and articles have appeared in Parents\, Psychology Today\, Solstice Literary Magazine\, Chautauqua Journal\, Craft Literary\, Fiction Writers Review\, Brain\, Child and more. Lynne regularly appears as a media guest expert to discuss contemporary family life and preventive mental health. This is her first novel of domestic suspense. \nAbout Jeanne Blasberg\nJeanne Blasberg is the author of Eden: A Novel\, winner of the Beverly Hills Book Awards for Women’s Fiction and finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best New Voice in Fiction and Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction. Blasberg founded the Westerly Memoir Project. She sits on the board of the Boston Book Festival and Grub Street\, one of the country’s preeminent creative writing centers\, where she enjoys being part of a community of enthusiastic learners. She and her husband have three grown children and split time between Boston\, MA and Westerly\, RI. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/lynne-reeves-the-dangers-of-an-ordinary-night-author-talk-and-qa-with-jeanne-blasberg-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T190000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20211028T154328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T154328Z UID:10005948-1636480800-1636484400@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Stephen Kurczy (The Quiet Zone) Author Talk and Q&A at Savoy Bookshop & Café DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Stephen Kurczy for the new book\, The Quiet Zone. \nThis event is free\, but registration is requested. \nAbout the Book\nA stunning portrait of an Appalachian community\, the people who call it home\, and the enduring human quest for quiet \nDeep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last truly quiet town in America. Green Bank\, West Virginia\, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned: It’s home to the Green Bank Observatory\, where astronomers search the depths of the universe using the latest technology\, while schoolchildren go without WiFi or iPads. With a ban on all devices emanating radio frequencies that might interfere with the observatory’s telescopes\, Quiet Zone residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity. But a community that on the surface seems idyllic is a place of contradictions\, where the provincial meets the seemingly supernatural and quiet can serve as a cover for something darker. \nStephen Kurczy embedded in Green Bank\, making the residents of this small Appalachian village his neighbors. He shopped at the town’s general store\, attended church services\, went target shooting with a seven-year-old\, square-danced with the locals\, sampled the local moonshine. In The Quiet Zone\, he introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters. There is a tech buster patrolling the area for illegal radio waves; “electrosensitives” who claim that WiFi is deadly; a sheriff’s department with a string of unsolved murder cases dating back decades; a camp of neo-Nazis plotting their resurgence from a nearby mountain hollow. Amongst them all are the ordinary citizens seeking a simpler way of living. Kurczy asks: Is a less connected life desirable? Is it even possible? \nThe Quiet Zone is a remarkable work of investigative journalism—at once a stirring ode to place\, a tautly-wound tale of mystery\, and a clarion call to reexamine the role technology plays in our lives. \nAbout Stephen Kurczy\nStephen Kurczy is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, and The Christian Science Monitor\, among other outlets. He graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism\, where he was a 2016-2017 Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Economics Journalism. Kurczy has lived without a cell phone for over a decade. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/stephen-kurczy-the-quiet-zone-author-talk-and-qa-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T180000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20211028T154221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T154221Z UID:10005947-1636045200-1636048800@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Gunilla Norris (Calling the Creatures: Poems) Author Talk and Q&A at Savoy Bookshop & Café DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Gunilla Norris for the new poetry collection\, Calling the Creatures! \nThis event is free\, but registration is requested. \nAbout the Book\nGunilla Norris has written a book that spans decades of her life. She invites us to wonder what calls us into recollection. It is always a mystery when an inner voice asks for attention. In a long life\, that call can be insistent and want a welcome for a vast array of experiences. Gunilla likens this to the calling of farm animals back to the barn after foraging all day which she witnessed in northern Sweden as a child. \nMeaningful experiences\, be they losses\, loves\, queries or epiphanies\, want sanctuary. If the doors of the heart are open\, the recollections can enter again\, come back home so to speak and be recognized as the poems of a life. \nAbout Gunilla Norris\nGunilla Norris’ parents were world travelers in the Swedish diplomatic corps and so she grew up essentially in three places: Argentina\, Sweden and the United States. As a child she was given a rich exposure to different languages and cultures. \nShe received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and her M.S. from Bridgeport University in the field of human development. She is a mother and a grandmother. She has been a psychotherapist in private practice for more than fourty-five years and has felt privileged to accompany many people on their journeys to growth and healing. Her special love has been teaching meditation and leading contemplative workshops of many kinds. \nAs a writer Gunilla has published eleven children’s books\, three books of poetry and then books on spirituality including: Being Home\, Becoming Bread\, Inviting Silence\, A Mystic Garden\, Simple Ways and Sheltered in the Heart. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/gunilla-norris-calling-the-creatures-poems-author-talk-and-qa-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T180000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20210927T190026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210927T190026Z UID:10005899-1635267600-1635271200@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Gunilla Norris (Calling the Creatures: Poems) Author Talk and Q&A at Savoy DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Gunilla Norris for the new poetry collection\, Calling the Creatures! \nThis event is free\, but registration is requested. \nAbout the Book\nGunilla Norris has written a book that spans decades of her life. She invites us to wonder what calls us into recollection. It is always a mystery when an inner voice asks for attention. In a long life\, that call can be insistent and want a welcome for a vast array of experiences. Gunilla likens this to the calling of farm animals back to the barn after foraging all day which she witnessed in northern Sweden as a child. \nMeaningful experiences\, be they losses\, loves\, queries or epiphanies\, want sanctuary. If the doors of the heart are open\, the recollections can enter again\, come back home so to speak and be recognized as the poems of a life. \nAbout Gunilla Norris\nGunilla Norris’ parents were world travelers in the Swedish diplomatic corps and so she grew up essentially in three places: Argentina\, Sweden and the United States. As a child she was given a rich exposure to different languages and cultures. \nShe received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and her M.S. from Bridgeport University in the field of human development. She is a mother and a grandmother. She has been a psychotherapist in private practice for more than thirty years and has felt privileged to accompany many people on their journeys to growth and healing. Her special love has been teaching meditation and leading contemplative workshops of many kinds. \nAs a writer Gunilla has published eleven children’s books\, one book of poetry and six books on spirituality including: Being Home\, Becoming Bread\, Inviting Silence\, A Mystic Garden\, Simple Ways and Sheltered in the Heart. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/gunilla-norris-calling-the-creatures-poems-author-talk-and-qa-at-savoy/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211019T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211019T193000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20210915T145836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T145836Z UID:10003175-1634668200-1634671800@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Margaret Gibson (The Glass Globe) Author Talk and Q&A at Savoy Bookshop & Cafe DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Margaret Gibson for the new book\, The Glass Globe! \nThis event is free\, but registration is requested. \nAbout the Book\nWith The Glass Globe\, celebrated poet Margaret Gibson completes a trilogy distinguished by its meditative focus on the author’s experience of her late husband’s Alzheimer’s disease. In this new collection\, she blends elegies of personal bereavement with elegies for the earth during the ongoing global crisis wrought by climate change. Gibson’s poems personalize the vastness of climate catastrophe while simultaneously enlarging personal grief beyond the limits of self-absorption. A work of great compassion and vision\, The Glass Globe is a necessary\, heartbreaking book from one of our most compelling poets. \nAbout Margaret Gibson\nMargaret Gibson\, the poet laureate of Connecticut from 2019 to 2022\, is the author of thirteen books of poems\, including The Vigil\, a finalist for the National Book Award. She has received grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the Academy of American Poets. Her awards include the Lamont Selection\, the Melville Kane Award\, and the Connecticut Book Award. She is the editor of Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/margaret-gibson-the-glass-globe-author-talk-and-qa-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T193000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20210915T145626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T145626Z UID:10005893-1633631400-1633635000@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Leah Weiss (All the Little Hopes) Author Talk and Q&A at Savoy Bookshop & Cafe DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an author talk and Q&A with Leah Weiss for the new book\, All the Little Hopes.\nThis event is free\, but registration is requested. \nAbout the Book\nA Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees\, when the timeless troubles of growing up meet the murky shadows of World War II. \nDeep in the tobacco land of North Carolina\, nothing’s been the same since the boys shipped off to war and worry took their place. Thirteen-year-old Lucy Brown is precocious and itching for adventure. Then Allie Bert Tucker wanders into town\, an outcast with a puzzling past\, and Lucy figures the two of them can solve any curious crime they find―just like her hero\, Nancy Drew. \nTheir chance comes when a man goes missing\, a woman stops speaking\, and an eccentric gives the girls a mystery to solve that takes them beyond the ordinary. Their quiet town\, seasoned with honeybees and sweet tea\, becomes home to a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp. More men go missing. And together\, the girls embark on a journey to discover if we ever really know who the enemy is. \nLush with Southern atmosphere\, All The Little Hopes is the story of two girls growing up as war creeps closer\, blurring the difference between what’s right\, what’s wrong\, and what we know to be true. \nAbout Leah Weiss\nLEAH WEISS is a Southern writer born in North Carolina and raised in the foothills of Virginia. Her debut novel If the Creek Don’t Rise was released in August of 2017. Her short stories have been published in The Simple Life magazine\, Every Day Fiction and Deep South Magazine. You can contact her on her website leahweiss.com. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/leah-weiss-all-the-little-hopes-author-talk-and-qa-at-savoy-bookshop-cafe/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210808T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210808T170000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20210715T140015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210715T140015Z UID:10005838-1628434800-1628442000@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Book Party Launch at Savoy Bookshop: Debbi Michiko Florence (Just Be Cool\, Jenna Sakai) DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents a book launch party with Debbi Michiko Florence for the release of the new book Just Be Cool\, Jenna Sakai! This is going to be an incredible event featuring the chance to win great prizes\, a wonderful author talk and Q&A\, and special treats! \nThis event is free\, but registration is requested. Registration details are at the bottom of this page. \nAbout the Book\nFans of Lisa Greenwald and Wendy Mass are sure to fall head-over-heels for this funny\, sweet story of crushes\, competition\, and the confusing reality of middle school. \n“Heartbreak is for suckers.” \nWhen Jenna Sakai gets dumped over winter break\, it confirms what she learned from her parents’ messy divorce: Relationships are risky and only lead to disappointment. So even though she still has to see her ex-boyfriend Elliott at newspaper club\, Jenna is going to be totally heartless this semester — no boys\, just books. \nBut keeping her cool isn’t always easy. Jenna’s chief competition for a big journalism scholarship is none other than Elliott. Her best friend Keiko always seems busy with her own boyfriend. And cute-but-incredibly-annoying Rin Watanabe keeps stealing her booth at the diner she’s been hiding at every day after school. Rin is every bit as stubborn and detached as Jenna. And the more Jenna gets to know him\, the more intriguing a mystery he seems. Soon Jenna is starting to realize that being a loner is kind of\, well\, lonely. And letting people in might just be a risk worth taking. \nAbout Debbi Michiko Florence\nDebbi Michiko Florence is the author of Keep It Together\, Keiko Carter\, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and New England Book Award finalist\, and the Jasmine Toguchi chapter books. A third-generation Japanese American and native Californian\, Debbi lives in Connecticut with her husband\, rescue dog\, rabbit\, and duck. Visit her online at debbimichikoflorence.com. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/book-party-launch-at-savoy-bookshop-debbi-michiko-florence-just-be-cool-jenna-sakai/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 CATEGORIES:Educational ORGANIZER;CN="Savoy Bookshop &%3B Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:events@mysticnoanklibrary.org GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T190000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20200113T124213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200113T124213Z UID:10005101-1579197600-1579201200@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty (It's Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and Other Stories) Talk and Book Signing DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an evening with retired East Providence Police Captain Joe Broadmeadow and former Rhode Island State Police Superintendent Brendan Doherty\, authors of the book It’s Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and Other Stories. This event is free and open to the public. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/joe-broadmeadow-and-brendan-doherty-its-just-the-way-it-was-inside-the-war-on-the-new-england-mob-and-other-stories-talk-and-book-signing-2/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 CATEGORIES:Book ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/51fTmgI45JL.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bank Square Books":MAILTO:assistant@banksquarebooks.com GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T190000 DTSTAMP:20261028T091914 CREATED:20200113T124213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200113T124213Z UID:10005100-1579197600-1579201200@thisismystic.com SUMMARY:Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty (It's Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and Other Stories) Talk and Book Signing DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Café presents an evening with retired East Providence Police Captain Joe Broadmeadow and former Rhode Island State Police Superintendent Brendan Doherty\, authors of the book It’s Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and Other Stories. This event is free and open to the public. URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/joe-broadmeadow-and-brendan-doherty-its-just-the-way-it-was-inside-the-war-on-the-new-england-mob-and-other-stories-talk-and-book-signing/ LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop & Café\, 10 Canal Street\, Westerly\, 02891 CATEGORIES:Book ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thisismystic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/51fTmgI45JL.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bank Square Books":MAILTO:assistant@banksquarebooks.com GEO:41.3801435;-71.8301817 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Savoy Bookshop & Café 10 Canal Street Westerly 02891;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Canal Street:geo:-71.8301817,41.3801435 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR