Ongoing Series

Reader Meet Writer Author Series: Peggy Noe Stevens and Susan Regler

Tuesday, July 14 at 5 pm • RSVP required

Peggy Noe Stevens and Susan Regler: Which Fork Do I Use With My Bourbon?

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Click here to get the invitation and Zoom link and please remember to purchase your books from Story & Song.

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Poetry with Ron Kurtz

Wednesday, July 15 at 3 pm • Facebook Live

Join us on  Facebook on Wednesdays to watch a live performance by local actor and theatre raconteur Ron Kurtz, as he reads aloud and brings to life some colorful characters.

All of this week's poems are from the book, Poems About Trees, edited by Harry Thomas with a preface by Stanley Plumly. It is all part of the Everyman's Library Pocket Poets series.

You can also watch previously recorded segments with Ron Kurtz on Story & Song's YouTube Channel.

Yoga Nidra & Crystal Singing Bowls

Thursday, July 16 at 10:30 am

Meditation is a proven way to manage stress and remain healthy. We welcome back Valerie Brandt to host Yoga Nidra and Singing Bowls. Free and open to all. We ask that you wear your face mask, bring a mat and extra layers of clothing for your personal comfort, and keep safe distances. No reservation necessary.

Beginning in August, Valerie will lead these sessions on  the first and third Thursday of the month. Upcoming dates: August 6 and 20.

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Reader Meet Writer Author Series: Lenard D. Moore & Contributors

Thursday, July 16 at 7 pm • RSVP required

All the Songs We Sing: Celebrating 25 Years of the Carolina African American Writers Collective

North Carolina is home to a dazzling array of African-American writers who have been meeting and working together over 25 years in service to their craft. This anthology celebrates them and their best work. Lenard D. Moore is an internationally acclaimed poet and anthologist. His literary works have been published in more than fifteen countries and translated into more than a dozen languages. Founder and executive director of the Carolina African American Writers' Collective, Moore was the first African American president of the Haiku Society of America.

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Click here to get the invitation and Zoom link and please remember to purchase your books from Story & Song.

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Short Stories, Essays, & Literary Meditations

Friday, July 17 at 3 pm • Facebook Live

Sign on to Facebook to watch a live performance by local actor and theatre raconteur Ron Kurtz, as he reads aloud and brings to life some colorful characters. 

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This week we will honor Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez with short stories read from his book, Collected Stories.  In the words of John Updike, written in The New Yorker, "The stories are rich and startling in their matter and confident and eloquent in their manner... They are -- the word cannot be avoided -- magical."

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You can watch previously recorded segments with Ron Kurtz on Story & Song's YouTube Channel.

"Virtual" Story Time with Ms. Dearsha

Saturday, July 18 at 10:30 am • Facebook Live

Join Ms. Dearsha as she reads from the new book Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez. Clever Federico outsmarts el lobo in this fresh and funny Mexican-American take on Little Red Riding Hood.

Yoga Nidra & Crystal Singing Bowls

Thursday, July 30 at 10:30 am

Meditation is a proven way to manage stress and remain healthy. We welcome back Valerie Brandt to host Yoga Nidra and Singing Bowls. Free and open to all. We ask that you wear your face mask, bring a mat and extra layers of clothing for your personal comfort, and keep safe distances. No reservation necessary.

Beginning in August, Valerie will lead these sessions on  the first and third Thursday of the month. Upcoming dates: August 6 and 20.

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Story & Song Book Group

Thursday, August 6 at 5-6:15 pm

Join us in our 2nd Story  to discuss Southernmost by Silas House.. $5 Wine night.

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"Spice of Life": A New Culinary and Literary Series • Uruguay

Let's Go To Uruguay

Saturday, August 8 Lunch Pick up* • RSVP & Pre-payment required

• Lunch only $16 

• Lunch and a Coelho novel of your choice $32

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Pastel de Papa is hearty comfort food and with potatoes, beef, vegetables and cheese, it’s like a big culinary hug from generations past. For dessert, enjoy traditional Flan ... creamy, light and delicious. 

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Susan’s favorite author is Paulo Coelho from Brazil. The Alchemist  is Coelho’s masterpiece, a mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. Hippie, tells the story of Paulo, a young, skinny Brazilian man, who dreams of becoming a writer, and Karla, a Dutch woman in her twenties who has been waiting to find a companion to accompany her on the fabled hippie trail to Nepal. Pick your favorite to enjoy with your lunch!

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*For safety, you'll be assigned a pick-up time between noon and 1 pm when you call to make your reservation.