Swans Club at Commonplace Reader
Third Wednesday club, half past five, on the porch of the Main Street bookshop. Early enough to still get dinner in town afterward.
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Carolina Wrens Club at Commonplace Reader
Second Tuesday afternoon club at the bookshop, actively looking for new members. Recent reading has run to literary fiction. Porch in good weather, upstairs room otherwise.
Carrion Crows Club at Commonplace Reader
The horror club. Second Wednesday evenings on the porch of the Main Street bookshop, six o'clock, reading the spooky end of the shelf all year rather than just in October.
Phoenixes Sci-Fi and Fantasy Club at Commonplace Reader
Science fiction and fantasy readers meet the second Sunday evening of each month at the bookshop. One of the few Sunday night things happening in the borough.
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Cold Pheet, Bars, Kick Stand Dismount and Lonesome Crow
Four bands on a Saturday at the Nail. Food is served until 1am and drink specials stop at 11, which sets the shape of the night.
Bingo After Dark: Book Edition
An evening bingo at the firehouse with books on the prize table. The department has not posted a start time yet, so call before you drive over.
Back to the Basics Comedy Show
Stand-up headlined by John Moses, the Toronto comic who works dark and honest and spares nobody. On the Colonial's stage rather than in a bar back room.
