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Grand Opening Day at The Nook...









Our nephew, Josh, and great-nephew, Jack...


By the end of the day, we'd collected more than 500 books for The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless...


See the dog with the pink hat? That's Tucker - a regular at The Nook...








City Auditor, Dennis Gallagher, holding court...


Randle Loeb, guest speaker and Coalition Advisory Board member...










My angels (in the very back and mostly hidden)...


The ceremony begins...


Joking that it might take more than a couple snips to get through the organza...


And it did (take more than a couple snips, that is)...


Almost there...


Gary and I with Andre Pettigrew and Dennis Gallagher...


Andy Ard entertained our ears...


Portia the Clown....


...made balloon creations... (Cutie patootie, Shelby in her original Portia creation)




...and painted faces...


Free chair massages courtesy of our friends at Holistic Bodyworks...


Betty doing a great job sharing information about Denver businesses...


Jack beat Shelby down and stole her balloon hat....


And then the real fun began...

Thanks to Josh for taking for being our official photog (great job, man!) and to all our friends and family and members of the community who came out to help us celebrate our big day!



Gary and Shannon Piserchio, Andre Pettigrew (Executive Director for the Office of Economic Development), and Dennis Gallagher (Auditor, City and County of Denver)

Special thanks to Andre Pettigrew for officiating our ribbon-cutting ceremony and to Dennis Gallagher for sharing some wonderful history about this fabulous little building on the corner of 43rd and Tennyson. Not pictured - but of equal importance - is Randle Loeb, a board member for The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, who spoke poignantly on behalf of CCH.

Photo Credit: The Stasko Agency


GRAND OPENING - GRAND SUCCESS

Whether you were there in person or in spirit, thank you for helping us celebrate our Grand Opening on Saturday, May 9!

Because of your generosity, over 500 books will be donated to The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless through our community outreach program, "A Book In Hand"!

Please keep this ongoing program in mind as you're pondering what to do with your gently-used books.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and a very Happy Mother's Day!

Shannon & Gary Piserchio

Please join us as we celebrate our

Grand Opening

this Saturday, May 9th

Festivities begin at 11:00

Ribbon Cutting ceremony officiated by Andre Pettigrew,
Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development

11:30 - 1:00

Live music

Face-painting

Balloon animals

Refreshments

1:00 - 2:00

Randi Levin, The Muffin Lady, will share and discuss treats from her award-winning cookbook, Baking at High Altitude

Hourly prize drawings at 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00

A Book In Hand

We're also pleased to announce our community outreach program, "A Book In Hand" benefitting The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

By working together, our neighborhood community partners (you!), The Bookery Nook and CCH can begin to put books in the hands of men, women and children who might not otherwise have access.

Thank you for keeping "A Book In Hand" in mind when donating your gently-used books throughout the year!



Reminder: Tuesdays With Mommies (and Daddies, too)

Story hour for tots (birth to pre-school)

Each Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:00

Beginning next Tuesday - May 12

Please join us as we celebrate our Grand Opening this Saturday, May 9th!

Festivities begin at 11:00

 

11:00

 

Ribbon Cutting ceremony officiated by Andre Pettigrew, Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development

11:30 - 1:00

 

Live music

Face-painting

Balloon animals

Refreshments

1:00 - 2:00

 

Randi Levin, The Muffin Lady, will share and discuss treats from her award-winning cookbook, Baking at High Altitude

Hourly prize drawings at 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00

 

 "A Book In Hand"

We're also pleased to announce our community outreach program, "A Book In Hand" benefitting The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.  

By working together, our neighborhood community partners (you!), The Bookery Nook and CCH can begin to put books in the hands of men, women and children who might not otherwise have access.

 

Thank you for keeping "A Book In Hand" in mind when donating your gently-used books throughout the year! 

 

Reminder:  Tuesdays With Mommies (and Daddies, too)

Story hour for tots (birth to pre-school)

Each Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:00

Beginning next Tuesday - May 12

Donate Your Gently-Used Books

"A BOOK IN HAND"
BOOK DRIVE
THE BOOKERY NOOK - 4280 TENNYSON ST
MAY 9 2009
11:00 AM

In conjunction with our Grand Opening ceremony on May 9, The Bookery Nook is holding a book drive in an effort to collect gently-used books of all types to be donated to The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

Thank you for spreading the word and helping us put books into the hands of men, women and children who may not otherwise have access.

A Book In Hand Community Outreach Program

Now that we've gotten our bearings a bit, we're ready to start working on some community outreach programs - specifically getting books into the hands of folks who might not otherwise have the means or access.

Feel free to drop off any gently used books you might have lying around your house and we'll make sure that they get to the right agencies, organizations, schools, and individuals.

The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you'll go.

-Dr. Seuss

Please contact us at (303) 433-3439 if you're interested in receiving books for your organization.

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Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day from your friends at The Bookery Nook!

Some of the books received Wednesday, April 22...

City I Love - Lee Bennett Hopkins


Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell


Mutts Shelter Stories - Patrick McDonnell


The Road - Cormack McCarthy


The Help - Kathryn Stockett


Jesus Interrupted - Bart D. Ehrman


Blood of the Fold - Terry Goodkind


Stone of Tears - Terry Goodkind


Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind


A Writer's Space - Eric Maisel


American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld

A Beautiful Sunday In Berkeley Park

What a difference a couple of days make! After the recent snow and rain, we're happy to be able to open the front door of The Nook and let the fresh spring air (and a few cookie-hungry dogs) in - ahhh...

Lots of books coming in this week and, for those of you jonesing for Pride, Prejudice and Zombies, take heart! The publisher is running a re-print on April 21 so it won't be long until we receive our shipment and you can get your "ultraviolent zombie mayhem" on.



As some of you may have already seen, we sent out our first email, The Nook News, on Saturday. Be sure to sign up (over there <- to the left <- in the red column) for updates and event info. Don't worry - we won't sell or share your contact information because, frankly, that's just not cool. Read any good books lately? We want to hear about it! We can't read everything in the shop - as much as we'd like to - so feel free to share! I finished The Help a week or so ago and thought it was a great read. We've sold out of it a couple of times already but more copies are on the way this week.

I'm just getting into A Reliable Wife - it's supposed to be quite delicious! I'm also reading Julie Andrews' memoir, Home, and The Paris Review Interviews, Volume III. Jean Rhys (one of my favorite authors) is featured in this third collection of interviews, so I'm in heaven.

Well - the day has slipped quickly by and it's already just about time to close up for the day.

Hope everyone's having a fabulous Sunday

Shannon

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