Winona's Independent Bookseller

The Blue Heron and The Book Shelf celebrate Shakespeare with a festive fundraising dinner!

Will you be in or out?

 This is the question!

Join us  

Monday, July 20th at 7:00 p.m. 

for wonderful food, entertainment provided by GRSF cast members, and a live auction of  Great River Shakespeare Festival memorabilia. 

$10.00 from each ticket sold will go directly to the Great River Shakespeare Festival. 

It will be a time to celebrate the festival,  it's relationship to the cafe and the store, and most importantly,  it's patrons.

1.  5 Course Meal provided by The Blue Heron

     Hors d'Oeuvre: Two Moroccan Dips (Bean Puree Dip & Eggplant Almond Dip) with Moroccan bread

     Salad Plate: Spicy Carrot Salad (Salatat Aljazar), Roasted Beet Salad w/Moroccan Spices, and 3rd salad to be announced.

     Entree: Tagine w/couscous  (Lamb or Seven Vegetable, select one)

     Palate Cleanser: Oranges w/Cinnamon

     Dessert: Semolina Custard Tart

     (you are encouraged to bring a bottle of wine of your choice)

2.  Entertainment by GRSF cast and staff

     Four GRSF cast members will regail us with readings from Shakespeare featuring men and women....a "battle of the sexes" if you will...

3.  Auction of festival memorabilia

4.  Book Shelf will donate a portion of book sales

The Book Shelf will be open the entire evening, and we will be donating 15% of book sales to GRSF.

ONLY 35 SEATS AVAILABLE 

 $45.00 

Registration and Prepayment Required at The Book Shelf 

The Eco-Family Book Club is open to the public.  We read and ACT on issues to improve socio-economic, health, and environmental issues.  We are reading and discussing the following two books over the next few months.  The group meets twice per month: the third Tuesday at 9:00am and the first Thursday at 6:00pm.  You can come to one or both meetings each month.  For more information, follow the Book Clubs link at the top of the page.  The Tuesday morning meetings will rotate locations each month, but the Thursday evening meeting will always be held at The Book Shelf/Blue Heron.

The store-sponsored book club "Off The Shelf" is open to the public.  The books are available for purchase at 15% off (just mention the club) in the store.  This month's selection is: