The Regulator Bookshop: Upcoming Events at The Regulator

No more tricks...but we still have some treats in store for you!

Our upcoming events include Sarah Perry tonight, followed by Violins of Hope, the murder of a bookstore owner in Chapel Hill (not to worry--it's fiction!), and a look back at the Congress of Racial Equality. Here's our events schedule for the next two weeks.

Upcoming Events

SARAH PERRY

Wednesday, November 1, 7:00PM

The Regulator welcomes Sarah Perry, author of the debut memoir After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, A Daughter's Search,for a reading and book signing. When Sarah Perry was 12, she saw a partial eclipse of the sun, an event she took as a sign of good fortune for her and her mother, Crystal. But that brief moment of darkness ultimately foreshadowed a much larger one: two days later, Crystal was murdered in their home in rural Maine, just a few feet from Sarah's bedroom. The killer escaped unseen. Switching between heartwarming portrayals of her first years with her mother, and the devastation the murder wrought on her own life and those of the Bridgton community, After the Eclipse cuts deep into our society's obsession with female violence and its portrayal in the public eye.

"[Perry] is a wonderful writer...Beauty and tenderness rise up through the darkness...[She] succeeds in restoring her mother's humanity, and her own." -Bliss Broyard, The New York Times Book Review

Sarah Perry is a Davidson alumna who holds an M.F.A. in nonfiction from Columbia University, where she served as publisher of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. She is the recipient of a Writers' Fellowship from the Edward F. Albee Foundation and a Javits Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Education. She lives in Brooklyn.

VIOLINS OF HOPE with JAMES GRYMES

Thursday, November 2, 7:00PM

The Regulator welcomes music historian James Grymes for a reading and book signing of Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust--Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hour, his new book of

remarkable stories about violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, and the Israeli violin maker dedicated to bringing these inspirational instruments back to life.Amnon Weinstein, the renowned Israeli violinmaker, has devoted the past twenty years to restoring these instruments in tribute to those who were lost, including 400 members of his own family. Juxtaposing tales of individual violins with one man's harrowing struggle to reconcile his own family's history and the history of his people, it is a poignant, affecting, and ultimately uplifting look at the Holocaust and its enduring impact.

Violins of Hope is a National Jewish Book Award winner and the inspiration for the Mallarme Chamber Players new concert, Violins of Hope, to be performed at The Judea Reform Temple in Durham on November 9; for ticket information: http://mallarmemusic.org

James Grymes is Professor of Musicology and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

Wednesday, November 8, 10:15AM

Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free!

LAYTON GREEN

Wednesday, November 8, 7:00 PM

The Regulator welcomes Layton Green, author of Written in Blood, a literary thriller set in the Triangle area about a two copycat murders with links to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and a Poe novella.

"Preach" Everson, a prison chaplain turned Atlanta police officer, is finally returning home to Creekville, North Carolina--a bohemian community near Chapel Hill--when a local bookstore owner is brutally killed, the first murder in a decade. The only officer with homicide experience, Preach is assigned to the case and makes a shocking discovery: the bookstore owner has been murdered in exactly the same manner as the pawnbroker in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. With the help of Ariana Hale, a law student and bibliophile who knew the victim, Preach investigates the local writer's community. As questions increase, a second body is found, this time eerily resembling the crime scene in a famous Edgar Allan Poe novella. Preach and Ariana realize that their adversary is an intelligent, literate killer with a mind as devious as it is disturbed--and that one or both of them may be his next target.

Layton Green is the author of the popular Dominic Grey series, as well as other works of fiction. His novels have been optioned for film, nominated for multiple awards, and have reached #1 on numerous genre lists in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Layton is also the co-editor of International Thrills, the online magazine of ITW (International Thriller Writers). In addition to writing, Layton attended law school in New Orleans and was a practicing attorney for the better part of a decade. Layton lives with his family in North Carolina. (laytongreen.com).

NISHANI FRAZIER

Thursday, November 9, 7:00PM

The Regulator welcomes Nishani Frazier, author of Harambee City: The Congress of Racial Equality in Cleveland and the Rise of Black Power Populism Harambee2

, for a reading and book signing. BLACK POWER! It was a phrase that consumed the American imagination in the '60s and '70s and inspired a new agenda for black freedom. The black power movement embodied more than media stereotypes of gun-toting, dashiki-wearing black radicals; the movement opened new paths to equality through political and economic empowerment. By providing an understanding of the tensions between black power and the mainstream civil rights movement as they manifested themselves as both local and national forces, Harambee City sheds new light on how CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) became one of the most dynamic civil rights organizations in the black power era.

Nishani Frazier is associate professor of History at Miami University. She is the coeditor, with Manning Marable and John McMillan, of Freedom on My Mind: The Columbia Documentary History of the African American Experience.

RCWMS 40th ANNIVERSARY READING with JEANETTE STOKES AND FRIENDS

Friday, November 10, 7:00PM

Jeanette Stokes will join us for a reading and book signing of her book, Just Keep Going: Advice on Writing and Life, in celebration of the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South's 40th anniversary. She will be joined by authors Julia Scratliff-O'Grady, Erin Lane, Meghan Florian, and Danyelle O'Hara.

RCWNSNC whose mission is to weave feminism and spirituality into a vision of justice for the world, began in 1977 to support and connect women who understood their lives and work as ministry. The RCWNSNC has expanded to include a wide variety of programs and resources on feminism, faith, creativity, spirituality, and justice. Please join us.

Jeanette Stokes founded the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South in 1977 and serves as its Executive Director. A graduate of Smith College and Duke Divinity School, she is an ordained Presbyterian minister living Durham and the author of several books.

APS CAT ADOPTION

Sunday, November 12, 2:00PM

Durham Animal Protection Society will hold a monthly cat adoption event at the Regulator. Come visit our furry friends from 2:00 - 3:30. Note the time and date.