Calendar of events - MainStreet Bookends

MainStreet Bookends Events

All Events take place at MainStreet BookEnds
Friday Night Events begin at 7 PM.
Something is going on EVERY DAY of the week!

Art Lessons For Adults Begin in March & ZEN in the Gallery!!!

3/26/2008

ART CLASSES FOR ADULTS!! In the Gallery. Local Artist Becky Darling is continuing her classes for adults at BookEnds this fall. A 5 week class on Wednesday afternoons begins March 26th. For more information contact the instructor, Becky Darling at 456-3523 ***Warner's New ZEN Group Meets every Sunday morning at 9am in The Gallery. For specific information, please contact Wade Hancock at 478-0587. For general information on these and other actovotoes, Call BookEnds at 456-2700.

Storytelling Around the Fire!! For 7 YEARS!!!

Every Wednesday night at 6:30 for the 7th year in a row! First Grade Teacher Yvonne Howard and other Simonds Elementary School Teachers share their joy of children's books with the children of the community. Stories are read around the fireplace in the main room of the bookstore.

Yoga Classes

Every Wednesday and Thursday Night with Instructors Faith Minton and Fran Vainas. Call BookEnds for Class information. 456-2700.

Contact US

16 East Main St.

Warner, NH 03278

Telephone: 603-456-2700

Fax: 603-456-2060

Store hours: 9am - 6pm Everyday

Quilts! Quilts! Quilts!

5/12/2008

1-3PM - The members of the Kearsarge Area Quilters Club will be meeting in the Gallery. The public is always welcome to watch.

SPRING INTO WARNER

5/17/2008

Art, Music, Face Painting, Tons of Fun! 9am-6PM. Join us this Saturday for a fun filled day along Warner's downtown Village District. All the shops are working together to bring you a day full of fun with music, face paintings, massages, floral arrangements, art exhibits and lots of fun stuff! MainStreet BookEnds will be hosting the multi-talented Carroll Family and their wide range of artwork. We will also be hosting New Hampshire music legend Kathy Lowe as she performs live on our front lawn. Also, BookEnds is hosting Susan Beere who will be demonstrating her artwork in oil and ceramic tiles. "Spring into Warner". FREE Parking avaialble on MainStreet and side lots at BookEnds and the brand new Brookside building. For more information visit the Warner Business Association website:

Warner Business Association Website

Supporting Local Business Discussion

5/19/2008

What Can Communities Do To Support Local Business Development?. This Monday night, May 19th, at 7pm in the BookEnds Gallery. Stacy Mitchell will join us for a positive discussion of how communities all across the country are successfully rebuilding their local economies by adopting zoing, planning and land-use guidelines that support small-scale, local business development as well as challenge the assumption that is so often made, that all development necessarily benefits local economies. Mitchell is a senior researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. A regular speaker and advisor to communities on retail development and independent business, she is the author of "The Hometown Advantage: How to Defend Your Main Street and Why it Matters"...and her latest book "Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses. Please, join us in this regional kickoff event for an on-going public forum on what communities can do to help develop a more prosperous local economy and maintain a sustainable future for our families. Sponsored by Warner Citizens for Smart Growth and Sustainable Warner.

Warner's Civil War History

5/23/2008
7 pm -Warner Historial Society- Please, join us this Friday Night for a very special evening with Rebecca Courser, the Executive Director of the Society as she presents another in her series featuring the history of Warner. Tonight, the topics will be "Warner's Civil War History". A slide show of photos preserved by the Warner Historical Society will be shown. These events are always well attended. Please, arrive early for choice seating. This is a free event. All donations go directly to Warner Historical Society to assist them in preserving Warner's history!. Friday Night - 7pm

Warner Historical Society Homepage

"Spinning Wheels in Motion"

5/27/2008
10am-3pm Spinning Wheels in Motion

You are invited to watch a New England Tradition! On this Tuesday, 12 of the area's wool spinners will be setting up their Spinning Wheels in the Gallery. They will be spinning wool all day...and you are invited to watch and ask questions. It's quite a sight! The group meets at BookEnds on the last Tuesday of every month. Mark your calendars!

Kearsarge Valley Magazine TV Show Taping at BookEnds

6/ 6/2008
2p - 3:30 PM - TV Show Taping - A film crew from Yankee Cable Network will be at BookEnds to tape a series of interviews which will be broadcast on the program "Kearsarge Valley Magazine". The interviews will be done in the Gallery. Silent spectators are welcome to watch! The show airs twice each day in a dozen communities from Warner, Andover, New London, Claremont & right up Interstate 89 into Lebanon/Hanover/Dartmouth!!

Watch an Episode of "Kearsarge Valley Magazine"

Traditional New England Fiddle Music

6/13/2008
Friday Night at 7pm Fiddle Music with Apprentice Dance Fiddler Fiona Shea Fiona will be joined by Master Artist Carolyn Parrott. Fiona was awarded a Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant through the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts in 2007. Fiona has just completed her year of study in New England Contra Dance fiddling with Carolyn. This is a Free Event. Please, arrive a bit early for choice seating.

BookEnds Store Logo Child-Graduates from High School!!

6/14/2008
Matthias Nevins Graduates!!

When MainStreet BookEnds opened 10 years ago in October 1998, children's book illustrator Lucinda McQueen created our logo...the picture of 4 children reading books. It's been a fast 10 years! On Saturday, June 14th, the child depicted on the far left of the store logo will graduate from Kearsarge Regional High School. CONGRATULATIONS MATTHIAS!!!

Governor Lynch to Honor First Navaho Indian Surgeon

7/11/2008
Lori Arviso Alvord, MD

This Friday Night at 7pm in Warner Town Hall, Dr. Alvord will be honored in a ceremony sponsored by the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum. Dr. Alvord, the World's first Navajo Indian Surgeon, currently on staff at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, NH, will be presented the "American Indian Honor Award" by New Hampshire Governor John Lynch and First Lady Susan Lynch (who is also a Doctor). Dr. Alvord is the author of "The Scalpel & The Silver Bear", published by Random House. This is a free event, but due to limited seating, tickets are required. Tickets are available at MainStreet BookEnds, The Foothills Restaurant and Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum.

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Website

"Click Horning and His Band - in Concert"

8/ 1/2008
7pm Click Horning & His Band in Concert

We are honored to once again host one of the Region's Best Bands...Click Horning and His Band. They are The Best! And...their new CD's are available! Brings friends and family! $10 Arrive early for choice seating. Outdoors, weather permitting. Bring a lawn chair if you wish.

Rwanda-A Nation Returning from Chaos-Slideshow

8/22/2008
Please, join us this Friday, August 22 at 7pm in the BookEnds Gallery for a very informative presentation. Jerry Neider will present a slideshow and discussion entitled "Rwanda-A Nation Returning from Chaos". All donations will go toward special Rwana education programs. Donations will also be used to fund basket making & sewing projects in Rwanda.

Click here for more information on the sponsoring faith-based, nonprofit organization