July Events Calendar
YOU + 1 (or MORE!) continues this month
Summer Activities for Kids – check out our offerings and register now!
Monday, July 1
- 2 PM Avalon Book Club
- The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor
Tuesday, July 2
- 1 PM DeMensa Book Club
Thursday, July 4
- 11 AM FOURTH OF JULY PARADE
Friday, July 5
- Afternoon Great Harvest delivery
- 6:30-9 PM FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE (indoors)
- Music by Mike & Kathy Gallenberger and Aspenglow
Sunday, July 7
- 2-3 PM Family & Friends: Play Fourth of July BINGO
Monday, July 8
- 10:30 AM Monday Morning Book Club
- The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
Tuesday, July 9
- 6:30 PM WDBA meeting
Wednesday, July 10
- 5:45 PM Wednesday Evening Book Club
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Thursday, July 11
- Afternoon Great Harvest delivery
- 12:30 PM Lost Faculties Book Club
Friday, July 12
- 6:30-9 PM FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
- Music by Bill & Lin O’Connor
Sunday, July 14
- 2-3 PM Family & Friends: Play our games; discount if you purchase any
Thursday, July 18
- Afternoon Great Harvest delivery
- 1:30 PM No Tears, No Fears Book Club
- Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
Friday, July 19
- 6:30 -9 PM FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
- Music by Big Kenny & Friends
Saturday, July 20
2:30-4 PM Book Launch by Local Authors Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook
- There’s Only One YOU
- Book Signing and Special Activities
Sunday, July 21
- 2-3 PM Family & Friends: Play our games; discount if you purchase any
CHRISTMAS IN JULY SALE
- Wednesday, July 24th– Wednesday, July 31st
- Stop in and see what items are discounted each day
Thursday, July 25
- Afternoon Great Harvest delivery
Friday, July 26
- 6:30-9 PM FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
- Music by Fair Webber
Sunday, July 28
- 3 PM Pops Concert
- Music by Piano Students of Loretta Picco
TWO NEW BOOKS ABOUT LES PAUL!
LES PAUL GUITAR GENIUS
This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring richly detailed, dynamic illustrations by Brett Helquist, this unforgettable biography will resonate with inventive readers young and old.EAGERLY ANTICIPATED SEQUELS...
MOLOKA’I
It has been over fifteen years since Alan Brennert penned his novel MOLOKA’I in which a girl named “Rachel Kalama at age seven discovers she has leprosy while growing up in Honolulu during the 1890s. Despite being part of a big, loving Hawaiian family, her dreams of meeting her father are shattered when she is sent to live in a leper colony.” Mr. Brennert’s sequel tells the story of Ruth, “the daughter that Rachel Kalama was forced to give up at birth. Ruth is adopted by a Japanese couple who raise her on a strawberry and grape farm in California. She marries, but is unjustly interned at Manzanar Relocation Camp during World War II. After the war, she receives a letter from a woman who says she is Ruth's birth mother, Rachel.”WISHTREE
WISHTREE is a children’s book written by Katherine Applegate that has now been published as an adult paperback. In similar fashion to Lois Lowry’s THE GIVER, this is a story that transcends specific age groups. Ms. Applegate’s novel illustrates the need for tolerance and acceptance in today’s world, now more than ever.
“Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . .
Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say Red has seen it all until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming; Red's experience as a wishtree becomes crucial.”
Martha Merrell's Community Involvement
Martha Merrell’s Books is a community-minded independent bookstore, meaning that we host, participate, or are involved in many community events.
Examples of the depth of our commitment to Waukesha and the community include:
Event and Community
- Waukesha Downtown Business Association
- Waukesha Friday Night Live
- ProHealth Care RiverWalk for Breast Cancer, 1st Saturday in May each year
- Alzheimer’s Walk, 1st Saturday in September each year
- Waukesha’s Friday Night After Dark Music Series (indoor music from October – December)
- Downtown Trick or Treating on the Saturday before Halloween
- Holiday Stroll featuring Author Mania (before the Christmas Parade)
- Christmas Clearing Council
- Silver Bells activities during the Christmas season
- Santa’s Breakfast Workshop on Saturdays from Thanksgiving to Christmas
- Art Crawls on the 1st Saturday in March, May, August, October & December
- Waukesha JanBoree
Other Community
- Waukesha Farmers’ Market on the RiverWalk
- Waukesha GuitarTown Project (a public art project with Gibson Guitar Company)
- Waukesha County Reading Council
- Waukesha Reads Program each October
- Wisconsin State Reading Association
If at all possible, we try to be supportive of any proposals brought to our attention.
Norm and Eve Bruce
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The dynamic duo of Heling/Hembrook will be here this afternoon celebrating the release of their latest book THERE'S ONLY ONE YOU. Come meet the authors and be a part of the fun they have planned for YOU! Waukesha's schools have much to be proud of: two educators who are also successful authors....
C'mon out tonight to Friday Night Live at Martha Merrell's but stay hydrated and cool - it's a hot one!
@Big Kenny and Friends are playing at Martha Merrell's Books tonight 6:30 - 9pm. A friendly reminder to take care to make sure you stay well watered and also our Stage is in the SHADE because of where it is located. Also we offer a great air condition indoors to take breaks inside. So hope to see you tonight at Waukesha's Friday Night Live.
What a great night it will be, don't miss it at Martha Merrell's Books and Waukesha's Friday Night LiveCome on down to Waukesha’s Friday Night Live this Friday! The weather is supposed to be perfect, the streets will be closed, 8 stages with great music and of course, delicious food and fun shopping! Downtown Waukesha is the place to be!! ☀️ 🍕 🍸 🛍 🎶
Aspanglow which is Mike Aspen, Mike & Kathy Gallenberger is playing tonight from 6:30 - 9pm.Desserts and refreshment are available for purchase. Did somebody say yum?Tonight’s FNL is indoors. Stages will be inside & streets will not be closed. Come down and enjoy downtown WAUKESHA! Next week will be the usual FNL! 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
See you tonight for @Big Kenny Friends 6:30 - 9pm Don't forget Pinza Pizza outside the store.FNL tomorrow night! Downtown Waukesha is the place to be!!!
A special group is always playing at the Martha Merrell's Books Stage, part of Waukesha's Friday Night Live. Also stop in and say thank you to Karen White at the Little Swiss Clock Shop honor her 51 years of service to downtown Waukesha, Wisconsin and surrounding area.The FNL weather & music forecast looks perfect! ⏰Join us as we celebrate “51 Years of Timeless Memories” at the Little Swiss Clock Shop @ 6:30! 🇺🇸Magellan’s will be collecting used instruments for Veterans.🇺🇸
This Saturday at Waukesha Farmers' Market 10am SUMMERFEST TICKETSJoin CW18 & My24 TV at the Farmers Market in Downtown Waukesha Saturday (06.15.19) at 10am to score FREE Summerfest Tickets & more!
Check out our website (www.marthamerrellsbooks.com/) or our front door 🙂 to see what activities we are offering for kids this summer.
We have a variety of fun classes that are affordable, fun and meant to fit your individual schedule!
YOU + 1 (or MORE!)
Summer Activities at Martha Merrell’s
For YOU and a Friend (or Friends)
-You decide the dates/times we meet-
CALL 547-1060 for more details & to register!
READERS,
* (Grades 1-3) Choose any of the titles in the Humphrey’s Tiny Tales series by Betty Birney to read and discuss and enjoy related activities
* (Grades 3-5) Choose any of the titles in the Humphrey original series by Betty Birney to read and discuss as well as enjoy related Humphrey activities
* (Grades 5-6) Choose one of these titles to read and discuss and then learn how to play SCRABBLE or become an expert!
You Go First by Erin Kelly OR The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman by Meg Wolitzer
WRITERS and READERS,
* Read and discuss Gone Camping: A Novel in Verse by Tamera Wissinger before we try creating our own original poems in the different styles found in the book!
PERFORMERS and READERS,
* (Grades 2-5) Be a part of our Readers’ Theatre group that tries out different short plays and possibly tries writing an original one of our own!
* Cost per activity: the price of the related book
MATH FANS,
* Choose an area that you want to practice or become an expert in:
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals, Graphing, or Algebra
* (Grades 1-5) Besides working on math activities, we will be making and playing math games for you to take home!
PUZZLE LOVERS,
* You get to choose from a variety of puzzles: jigsaw, crossword, sudoku, word search, mazes, logic, hidden pictures, or dot-to-dot
* (Grades 2-5) Whatever kind of puzzle you enjoy, that is what you will be challenging your brainy self with!
GAME LOVERS,
* (Grades 2-5) You will be playing both old favorites and games that you haven’t yet tried. Best of all, you will also make some games that you can play with your friends and family!
* Cost per activity: the price of the related book and/or the price of supplies
CALL 547-1060 for more details & to register!
Waukesha's Friday Night Live schedule is out, check Martha Merrell's Books line up for this year.Friday Night Live is just one week away!!!
