THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOPPING TRADITION THAT GETS COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE OUT IN SUPPORT OF THEIR FAVORITE SMALL BUSINESSES
We are open for in-store shopping, but our featured guests will be set up outside this year with COVID-19 protocols in place. Caveat: The event will be held weather and COVID permitting.
Our schedule of events (this is subject to change):
10:30AM - 3:30 PM Guest Artists
PURSES BY LUCIA, tote bags, wallets, aprons & more by Lucia Francis
LITTLE MUSE DESIGNS, seed bead & gemstone! jewelry by Anthe Wosczyna
10:30AM - 12:15PM Author Meet & Greets/Signings
PAOLINA MILANA, Seriously! Are We There Yet?!: With a nod to Dr. Seuss, this personal growth guide for all ages offers encouragement to live in the moment and enjoy the journey with all its winding and bumpy roads. Miracle on Mall Drive: Strangers stuck in a mall during a Christmas Eve
snowstorm are forced to face old demons and find new friends (think “Love, Actually”).
LARISSA THEULE, A Way with Wild Things: This poetic story celebrates the shy and introverted kids among us, as well as other small creatures to be found if we look closely enough (ages 3-6); and Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face: One girl’s courageous quest proves that she can do everything boys can do. This book also captures the universal freedom and accomplishment children experience when riding a bike. (ages 4-8)
12:30 - 2:15PM Author Meet & Greets/Signings
BRIAN SONIA-WALLACE, The Poetry of Strangers-What I Learned Traveling America with a Typewriter: A while back, this NPR featured poet set up a typewriter on the street with the sign “Poetry Store”. Later, as AMTRAK writer-in-residence, he traveled the nation and made poetry converts from all walks of life. These are their stories.
SHELLEY BUCK, Leave Your Light On: Told by his mother (and Kathy Curtis) and taken posthumously from his own writing, this is the story of the short but inspiring life of musician Ryder Buck, son of “Frozen” and “Frozen 2” director Chris Buck.
LA MANDA DAVIS, Surprise! It’s Just Pee: A fun-loving feline with the purrculiar habit of bed-wetting helps toddlers with potty training. (Picture Book)
2:30 - 4:15PM Author Meet & Greets/Signings
CHRIS ERSKINE, Lavender in Your Lemonade: A Funny and Touching COVID Diary: Erskine’s newspaper columns in the LA Times explored modern fatherhood and family life, from the absurd to the mundane, the sublime to the heartbreaking. His latest book chronicles daily life under the frustrating, terrifying, and sometimes antic strictures of a world-wide pandemic. No, it’s not funny. And yet somehow, in Erskine’s hands, it is. Or at least it feels more tolerable.
JASON HORTON, Abandoned! and Historic Los Angeles: Among the neon portraits in this book are personal essays and stories from people in the! arts about the neighborhoods! that define LA culture.
JANIE EMAUS, Latkes for Santa Claus: In this story blending Christmas and Hannukah, a little girl and her stepbrother compete to leave Santa the best treats ever (includes recipes for children). (Picture Book)
KATIE ORPHAN, Read Me, Los Angeles: Exploring LA’s Book Culture: A past and present look, including author interviews, day trips in search of fictional characters, author quotes, must-read books, city book festivals, libraries, publishers and more.
Other activities for all ages
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