The Brown Bag Book Report

Lake Arrowhead, CA - mountain folk are big 'book people'

email us: brownbagbooksinfo@yahoo.com

write us: PO Box 3502, Running Springs, CA.   92382

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Fall into Winter:  2011 Schedule

Oh we are so ready for fall and winter. Tired of it being hot, waiting to bust out those scarfs and gloves. Perfect reading weather. Come check us out at one of the following:

2nd Saturdays in Silverlake: @ Silverlake Art, Craft & Vintage, brought to you by the gifted and talented people at ghettogloss.  A great flea market at Micheltorena School, we’ll be back in the great hipster capital on October 8th, November 12th, and December 10th with lots O’ books.

Buns, Books, and a Meal – Brown Bag Booktoberfest  7th Anniversary Celebration – Saturday, October 15th. We’re back at The Bus Stop in Running Springs to commemorate our ‘sticking to it’ for seven years. 7 years! Of bringing books to the people. If you’re in the area, stop by for a bite and let us say ‘thanks.’

(Redlands) Art on State Street, Sunday, November 27th. The Redlands Art Association puts on this market style, art show. This is our what… 7th year? We really like this local event. It’s a great chance to check out local artists, and us!

Operation Provider Craft fair, Twin Peaks, CA. Thanksgiving weekend, Black Friday! Nov. 25th & 26th. A nice show for a nice reason, up here in the mountains. Get your holiday shopping started…

UCR Bug Fair time! The Entomology department (that’s bugs people) puts on one of the nicest craft fairs this side of the Colorado River. We love this show almost as much as we love the honey they sell each year. And they have hot dogs. Thursday, December 1st, Entomology building court yard.

It’s fun to shop at the YMCA. It’s their annual craft show, Saturday and Sunday, December 3rd and 4th, 9 – 4? Redlands, holiday festivities, baked goods, journals, and our cool new ‘dis-cards’ made from the innards of the books we make into journals. Take that recyclers!

*Past things we’re proud of doing:

West Hollywood Book Fair.  This was is it! Brown bag books @ the West Hollywood Book Faire. We had been stock piling good reads, real good reads, saving them up for all the LA folks.  We’ll also have new rescued book journals and all the bookmarks you could possibly need. The coolest literary event this side of the Colorado River.

The Farmers Market at the Grove School, Saturdays from 8 to noon. Meh! We’re not able to get down the hill to attend at this time, but my goodness you should go! Possibly the best local farmer’s market, EVER! You’ve got some great produce to pick from.

Market Nights at Lake Arrowhead:

Too many times to mention The Bus Stop Coffee House. We’ve been neglecting our home town folks. Time to do it up bus stop style. The kids are playing soccer, we’re selling books.  As of summer 2011, **The Cafe has closed for the time being, but with a little luck (the hard work was already apparant), Terri will open her doors again, and we’ll be there with books on.

Where are all the cool kids waiting for the bus? Back to School Mania hits The Bus Stop. Have you not been to the Bus Stop to eat the delicious food and read the wonderful books? Then you need to! Bask under the wonderful ‘carnivalesque’ tent that Karl built before he takes it down. Sit there, eat, and think.

Saturdays in Silverlake: Silverlake Art, Craft & Vintage, brought to you by the gifted and talented people at Ghettogloss.

Brown Bag Books make their ninth triumphant return to the great hipster capital of the west – Silverlake, Los Angeles. Who says literature is dead? Journals, and few piece of our ‘set pieces’ we’ve used over the years.

Art on State Street and Art in the Park, Redlands Art Association, Art (and books) on State Street. We’ve been doing this show for at least six years, is this our seventh? We see all our favorite book people at this one. Come join the street party and kick off your holiday shopping sprees by buying local art and used books, non?

2010/2011 March  - Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Festival www.redlands.org The Great Children’s Lit. Fest at Redlands University. We were proud to return for our second year, why? Because you have a room full of book lovers, authors, and all around fun people who we get to hang out with for two days. Lots of new journals, lots of new (used) books. Viva la Charlotte Huck!

2010/2011 – Orange Muffin Festival! Redlands! Awesome!

Winter Break, 2010 – Viva la France! Heading to Paris to do business with our French friends at Shakespeare and Company, the venerable left bank bookstore that carries our rescued book journals. Flea markets for old books, visiting our original inspiration, les bouquinistes along the river’s edge, pastry, pastry, pastry!  Merci, au revoir!

New Orleans Book Hunt - Memorial day weekend, 2010. Check out Plum, cool stuff for stylish living, that now feature our rescued book journals. Uncle Jimmy’s Birthday Bash! Searching the great southern city for great books to make into greater journals. We love you Nawlins, we always will.

‘Way to go Ohio’ tour – June 2010. Visit Wholly Craft! where our rescued book journals are featured.

The Book Hunt continues. Gonna be at cousin Matthew’s wedding where we’ll be bringing the journals to all the folks in the great, untapped Midwest. You know they will have some great books out there yonder, right?

New York City, Book Hunt and Housing Works visit, June 2010.We’ll dive in dumpsters anywhere in that wonderful grey city to rescue books for journals. Housing Works gets a visit and a Big Fat Donation from us. Check them out at Housing Works. Possibly the coolest bookstore/cafe/think space in the known universe.

Past shows:

Saturday, April 24th: EARTH DAY at Rim High School! Highway 18, Lake Arrowhead, in the gym? 10 am to 4 pm.

Brown bag books is proud to be a part of Earth day celebrations at Rim High. Get yer read on with great books at low prices, as well as our recycled book journals. Happy Earth day, people.

Sunday April 25th, 2010: San Diego Craft Mafia. Journals and more…

check them/this out at – San Diego North Park Craft Mafia