Urban Think!’s Blog

Tod C and Darlyn team up to fight illiteracy (and sobriety)

Say, isn’t Urban Think! way overdue for a poetry night? We thought so, too.
That’s why, as of this Wednesday, Oct. 15, spoken word comes to Thornton Park’s favorite indie bookstore in the form of Real Open Mic. (The capital letters are so you know it’s really real.)

The good news:

- It starts at 8:30-9 p.m. every Wednesday (and ends at 11), so you can still take in our other esteemed poetry nights like Soft Exposure (at Infusion Tea) and Wednesday Open Words (at Austin’s). If you’re not doing that already, what the hell is wrong with you? Get out there.

- It’s too much poetry for one host! Tod Caviness will trade off hosting duties with Darlyn Finch, with Tod taking the reins for the first night.
After that, the night becomes a lumbering schizophrenic maniac! Will it be Darlyn this week? Tod? BOTH? Gamble amongst yourselves.

- It’s uncensored, unfiltered, and Tod would certainly not be within miles of this place if they didn’t have great beer. Buy some.

The bad news:

- There isn’t any. See you there, party people.

Tod and Darlyn

chART member appreciation celebration at Shari Sushi Lounge in Thornton Park Central, Thurs. Oct. 16, 5-7pm. chART members get a complimentary glass of red or white wine of the manager’s choice and
the Shari happy hour $3 menu for sushi and drinks!
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Next door at Infusion Tea & Wine Cafe in Urban Think Bookstore chART members get a complimentary glass of red or white wine of the manager’s choice! Double fun!

Poetry Reading With Carol Frost

Location: Cornell Fine Arts Museum

Come meet our new Theodore Bruce and Barbara Lawrence Alfond Chair of Creative Writing and Director of Winter with the Writers. Come hear her poetry. It’s a year of poetry at Rollins College. Join us in the Cornell Fine Arts Museum. The reading starts at 6 PM and will be over in time for your Holt School class. Reception and booksigning to follow.

Shawn Bean signs The First Hollywood

Location: UrbanThink! Bookstore
Shawn Bean’s new book is a non-fiction narrative about one of show business’s best-kept secrets: that it was the muddy cattle town of Jacksonville, Florida– not glitzy Hollywood!– that served as America’s original film capital. In fact, 2008 marks the 100th. anniversary of filmmaking in Florida. Stop by and pick up a copy of this informative history!

Casey Wohl to signs The Girls Getaway Guide to Key West

Location: UrbanThink! Bookstore
Casey Wohl is at it again! The popular and effervescent author of The Girls Getaway Guide to Orlando has set her sights further south and penned The Girls Getaway Guide to Key West. It’s one of our favorite destinations and, if it isn’t already, it will be one of yours after checking out her new book! Casey doesn’t miss a thing in her quest to present you with all the hot and cool things there are to do in this southernmost of America’s cities… the clubs, the restaurants, the out-of-the-way haunts: they’re all here! Stop by and meet Casey and get a signed copy of her fabulous new book!

Conrad Jones to sign The Soft Target Trilogy
Location: UrbanThink! Bookstore
The Soft Target novels are based around a character called John Tankersley, nicknamed Tank. He is the lead agent of the Terrorist Task Force, which is an elite Special Forces group tasked with wiping out terrorist attacks internationally. Stop by and meet Conrad Jones as he presents this series of books geared toward young adults.

Jeff Nall to sign Perpetual Revolt
Location: UrbanThink! Bookstore
Jeff nall signs Perpetual revolt, a collection of essays on “peace and justice and the shared values of secular, spiritual,and religious progressives.” Jeff Nall is a writer, speaker, and activist. His writing has appeared in select journals and a range of independent magazines including Z magazine, Toward Freedom, and the Humanist. Two of his essays appear in the activist anthology, Cost of Freedom. Nall earned a Master of Liberal Studies degree from Rollins College and has done work toward a PhD in comparative studies at Florida Atlantic University.

Christopher Baker Presents and Signs MOON Guidebooks to CUBA and COSTA RICA
Location: UrbanThink! Bookstore
Esteemed travel writer Christopher Baker will be on hand to sign his two latest guide books from MOON: Cuba and Costa Rica. These colorful and informative books give in depth information for these fascinating destinations, and Chris will bring them to life with his presentation. Come join us for an afternoon in the Tropics!