Janie Bryant will sign her new book, The Fashion File, at the Charleston Fashion Week Finale at Marion Square, Sat., Mar. 26, 7-8pm. Bryant, “Mad Men” costume designer and style guru, draws from her wide experience to provide sartorial direction for the everyday woman in her impressive book. Beautifully illustrated and loaded with inspiration, The Fashion File [...]
Category Archives: Events
Heather St. Aubin-Stout, Mar. 12
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Heather St. Aubin-Stout will sign Not My Mother’s Journey, a memoir of her battle with breast cancer, at Blue Bike on Sat., Mar. 12, 3-5 pm. Twenty years after losing her mother to the same disease, her own diagnosis floods her with memories of her mother’s struggle and death. However, through her own treatment, she realizes that [...]
Survivor’s Guide to Bonnaroo, Apr. 2
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Blue Bike welcomes author and music festival veteran, Tara Groth, on Sat., Apr. 2, 1-3 pm to sign copies of her guidebook How do you Roo? A Survivor’s Pocket Guide to Bonnaroo It turns out there is more to attending Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival than bringing sunscreen and a wide-brimmed bat. Groth takes us [...]
Catherine Clinton, Apr. 11
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Historian and the introduction writer of Mary Chesnut’s Diary (Penguin, pb., 384 pp, $15), Catherine Clinton, will sign the newly released edition at Blue Bicycle Books on Mon., Apr. 11, 5-7 pm. Documenting the period between 1861 and 1865, Mary Chesnut’s Diary is widely considered to be one of the most compelling personal narratives of the Civil War. [...]
River Jordan, Apr. 14
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
River Jordan will be signing her new book, Praying for Strangers, at Blue Bicycle Books on Thurs., Apr. 14, 5 – 7 pm. In 2008, author River Jordan was planning a family reunion to see her two sons off to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Overwhelmed with emotion and anxiety for her son’s safety, all [...]
Brad Taylor, Mon., Feb. 21
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Join Brad Taylor in celebrating the launch of his debut novel, One Rough Man, at the Windjammer on Mon. Feb. 21., 6:00 pm, signing from 6:30 – 7:30. This espionage thriller follows Pike Logan, a former member of the U.S. Government’s most powerful special force group, as he goes rogue to expose the truth. Buy a [...]
Re: Discover Charleston
Monday, January 24, 2011
Do you like watching internet video clips on MSN.com? Then you’ll love Re:Discover Charleston, a travel series brought to you by your friends at Buick. Watch BBB owner Jonathan Sanchez and Charlie Magazine’s Caroline Nuttall pretend to affectionately greet one another and talk about our favorite local spots as we tool around in a sporty domestic sedan. [...]
Billy Collins
Saturday, January 22, 2011
It’s a wonder the Charleston Library Society is still standing since rock star poet Billy Collins parked his flame-decal-covered tour bus in front last month. Collins powered through a ninety-minute set to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Poetry Society of South Carolina, joining the list of PSSC speakers that includes Edna St. Vincent Millay, Gertrude Stein and [...]
How Italian Food Conquered the World
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Celebrate the history of Italian Cuisine on Wed. March 2 as Trattoria Lucca presents a night with food critic and author John Mariani in honor of his latest book, How Italian Food Conquered the World. The book signing is from 6 – 7 pm followed by a special four-course dinner by Chef Ken Vedrinski. Tickets are $72 per [...]
Ginny Brant, Feb. 28
Friday, January 14, 2011
Blue Bike welcomes Ginny Dent Brant, author of Finding True Freedom: From the White House to the World, on Mon. Feb. 28, 2 – 4 pm. Brant is the daughter of Harry Dent, Republican Southern Strategist for the Nixon campaign. When the Watergate scandal broke, Dent was accused along with the rest of the Nixon administration. [...]