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How to Perform a Bookstore Tango

Submitted by bookworksnm on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 10:51am.

For those of you who missed Maria Finn - here are some photos of the tango demonstration portion of the evening - on our carpeted floor!

Karen Reck and Paul Akmajian demonstrate (right).

Paul speeds it up a little here with Leslie Jones dancing a milonga

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Pennies for Peace

Submitted by lkuechen on Sun, 02/21/2010 - 9:38am.

If you missed Saturday's screening of Pennies for Peace and presentation of Greg Mortenson's extremely generous donation to APS libraries, here's a video about the organization, which builds schools in rural regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

We were so awed by Greg's generosity - and we hope that those of you who came enjoyed the event.

 

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Knitting Circle February 4th

Submitted by kids@bkwrks.com on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 8:31pm.
Hope everyone is having a good new year so far.  I have gotten myself hooked on crochet!  I am at the glorious stage of , "go, go, go oops rip, rip, rip"!  But I know those even edges are just a few swatches away.
 
Bring the project you are working on currently and bring a fiber arts project you would like to show the group if you would like.
 
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Donate to the Anne Frank Exhibit

Submitted by nancyr on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 3:18pm.

Bookworks is partnering with The Santa Fe Opera, the Holocaust and Intolerance Museum of New Mexico, the Albuquerque/Bernalillo Library System, and the Historic El Rey Theater to distribute FREE copies of The Diary of Anne Frank in advance of a moderated panel discussion they are producing at the El Rey Theater based on Anne's last words, “Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." and asking the question "Are We?” Both the Feb 21st panel discussion and the reception that follows at the two-doors away museum are being offered free to the public to complement the exhibit “Anne Frank: A History for Today” being brought to Albuquerque Feb. 1 – March 31 by the New Mexico Human Rights Project.

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Jasper Fforde on Albuquerque

Submitted by lkuechen on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 11:52am.

Wednesday night at the Marbler Brewery was a huge success - there must have been about 125 of you there, so thanks for coming out!

We thought you'd like to read some of Jasper Fforde's thoughts on Albuquerque at his tour blog:

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We'd love to hear your feedback:

Submitted by lkuechen on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 4:31pm.
Since our website has been operational about two and a half months, we'd love to hear what you think.

We've created a short survey, and we want your feedback: tell us what you like, what you don't, and what you're most interested in seeing!

Participants will be entered in our monthly gift certificate drawing.` 

Click here to take the survey!
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Pride & Prejudice & Sequels

Submitted by lkuechen on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:21pm.
Since working in a bookstore, I've learned a number of things that I didn't know before - and probably the most surprising to me was the enormous number of Jane Austen sequels, reimaginings, and inventions that come into - and leave - the store.  It's a phenomenon I was totally unprepared for, and while I loved the A&E miniseries (who doesn't love Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy?) and enjoyed the book, I still can't believe what an audience there is for anything Austen-like.

It's probably a more voracious pack of readers than teen vampire novel addicts - and that's saying something...

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The Bookworks Knitting Group

Submitted by kids@bkwrks.com on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 2:42pm.
Thanks to the suggestion of a longtime Bookworks customer we have a knitting circle at the store. On the first Thursday of the month, at 10:30 a.m. we rearrange the furniture and knit amid the books! Our next meeting will be January 7th, 2010. We will have a mini-workshop on knitting left-handed. If this is a method you would like to learn, bring needles and yarn for a practice swatch or enough yarn to start a scarf. I am hoping to refresh my memory on how the left-handed purl stitch goes.
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The Future of Books

Submitted by lkuechen on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 2:10pm.
espresso book machine

This fall has been marked with a lot of speculation over the Future of Books (capitals entirely necessary) - so I think I'll gather some of the hypotheses that are floating around out there:

E-books 

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Happy Holidays from Contessa Connie

Submitted by kids@bkwrks.com on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 11:43am.
Happy Holidays!

Hope your are having a fun holiday season!  Even though I do pretty low key celebrations I love the holidays.  Especially the lights, which I think are bountiful this year.  I thank everyone who adds to the cheeriness. 

My favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal this year was a sweet potato pie a friend made for me.  She can really bake!  Her mother was a baker as well.  Florence is doing her mom proud and her cooking is a blessing for those of us who receive pies and cakes.

I made Pumpkin Spice Vanilla Fudge from the Goulish Goodies Cookbook, by Sharon Bowers (Storey Publishing, 2009) at Halloween. Making fudge is part of my culinary history.  I don't ride my bike or skate nearly enough to butter up the pan very often anymore but I'm going to make an extra exercise effort in September 2010 to make room for more pumpkin fudge! 
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