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Friday, May 23, 2025
Ales & Tales
May 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

Storytelling is not just entertainment: it’s a fundamental part of being human. Ales & Tales is a live storytelling open mic, akin to The Moth, but without the competitive aspect. Tellers take the mic to share personal stories, true-as-remembered, in six minutes or less with no notes. There are few rules: beyond the time limit and truth requirement, stories must follow the night’s theme, which is typically a one- to two-word prompt with LOTS of flexibility (like Dirt, Winter, Sunshine or Rigid).

Stories don’t have to be funny, but they can be. Stories should have an arc – a beginning, middle, and end – and perhaps a lesson snuck in there, too. Food and drinks, including alcohol, will be available for purchase; and the crowd is always friendly. Come relate to strangers, and turn them into pals!

 

Saturday, May 24, 2025
Storytime on the Steps
May 24 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am
J Hudson Booksellers

Bring your littles to the front steps of M. Judson for our bi-weekly story time! Enjoy some wonderful picture books read aloud to the crowd by our very own booksellers, and children will even get a sweet treat to go.

Saturday, May 31, 2025
Storytime on the Steps
May 31 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am
J Hudson Booksellers

Bring your littles to the front steps of M. Judson for our bi-weekly story time! Enjoy some wonderful picture books read aloud to the crowd by our very own booksellers, and children will even get a sweet treat to go.

Sunday, June 1, 2025
Comedy Improv Show with Laughing Stock
Jun 1 @ 7:30 pm
Hoppin' Greenville

Fast Funny Improv games at HOPPIN’ GVL!! We are amped to show you the shortform improv games we’ve been working on. We’re like “Whose Line Is It Anyway?!” but we take YOUR ideas and turn them into comedy LIVE!

See you Sunday June 1st at HOPPIN’ GVL 7:30-8:30pm only $5 cash/card.

Get there early for a drink & to order food next door at Todaro Pizza.

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
In Conversation with Kalla Harris
Jun 3 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

Join us for a free In Conversation launch event celebrating the release of Kalla Harris’ book, The Ground That Devours Us! She will be in conversation with fellow author Skyla Arndt.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Books Over Drinks with Katherine Scott Crawford
Jun 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

The Miniaturist’s Assistant explores the mystery of time, how our choices ripple throughout history, and what it means to be a fully-realized woman— in any century. If you are a fan of Fiona Davis or Patti Callahan Henry, you do not want to miss Books Over Drinks with Katherine Scott Crawford!

Thursday, June 5, 2025
Lunch and Lit with Katherine Center
Jun 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

It’s a thin line between love and love hating in the newest laugh out loud, all the feels rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center. If you love Abby Jimenez and Ashley Poston, you do not want to miss Lunch & Lit with Katherine Center for The Love Haters!

Books Over Drinks with Katherine Center
Jun 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

It’s a thin line between love and love hating in the newest laugh out loud, all the feels rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center. If you love Abby Jimenez and Ashley Poston, you do not want to miss Lunch & Lit with Katherine Center for The Love Haters!

Books Over Drinks with Katherine Center
Jun 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

It’s a thin line between love and love hating in the newest laugh out loud, all the feels rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center. If you love Abby Jimenez and Ashley Poston, you do not want to miss Lunch & Lit with Katherine Center for The Love Haters!

Saturday, June 7, 2025
55th Annual Brevard AAUW Book Sale
Jun 7 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Brevard College Boshamer Gym

The Brevard Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is sponsoring its 55th Annual Book Sale, the largest and best book sale in North Carolina. Net proceeds support local STEM and educational scholarships for girls (5th-12th grades) and women at Brevard College and Blue Ridge Community College.

Book donations are collected in Yellow Boxes at numerous community locations from early February to late May 2025. Walk-in donations are accepted each Thursday until May 22 from 10am-2pm at The Book Book, 170 S. Broad St., Brevard, NC.

Meet Lucille Ball – Portrayed by Leslie Goddard
Jun 7 @ 2:00 pm
Hartness Performing Arts Center on the Christ Church School Campus

Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Come early to get a seat. Doors open at 1 pm.

In the 1950s, comedienne Lucille Ball captured the hearts of television audiences across the nation. Every week, some 11 million families tuned in to watch I Love Lucy, the CBS sitcom starring Ball and her real-life spouse Desi Arnaz. Her wacky hijinks and fearless enthusiasm kept thousands laughing. Off-screen, she and Arnaz launched their own television studio and pioneered new technologies, building a production empire. But even as her celebrity stature soared, Ball sometimes struggled with the divergence between the onscreen Lucy Ricardo and the real-life woman offscreen. In this historical portrayal, historian and actress Leslie Goddard brings Lucille Ball to life, paying tribute to both the true comic legend and the real woman behind the myth.

Sunday, June 8, 2025
55th Annual Brevard AAUW Book Sale
Jun 8 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Brevard College Boshamer Gym

The Brevard Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is sponsoring its 55th Annual Book Sale, the largest and best book sale in North Carolina. Net proceeds support local STEM and educational scholarships for girls (5th-12th grades) and women at Brevard College and Blue Ridge Community College.

Book donations are collected in Yellow Boxes at numerous community locations from early February to late May 2025. Walk-in donations are accepted each Thursday until May 22 from 10am-2pm at The Book Book, 170 S. Broad St., Brevard, NC.

Monday, June 9, 2025
55th Annual Brevard AAUW Book Sale
Jun 9 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Brevard College Boshamer Gym

The Brevard Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is sponsoring its 55th Annual Book Sale, the largest and best book sale in North Carolina. Net proceeds support local STEM and educational scholarships for girls (5th-12th grades) and women at Brevard College and Blue Ridge Community College.

Book donations are collected in Yellow Boxes at numerous community locations from early February to late May 2025. Walk-in donations are accepted each Thursday until May 22 from 10am-2pm at The Book Book, 170 S. Broad St., Brevard, NC.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
55th Annual Brevard AAUW Book Sale
Jun 10 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Brevard College Boshamer Gym

The Brevard Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is sponsoring its 55th Annual Book Sale, the largest and best book sale in North Carolina. Net proceeds support local STEM and educational scholarships for girls (5th-12th grades) and women at Brevard College and Blue Ridge Community College.

Book donations are collected in Yellow Boxes at numerous community locations from early February to late May 2025. Walk-in donations are accepted each Thursday until May 22 from 10am-2pm at The Book Book, 170 S. Broad St., Brevard, NC.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
55th Annual Brevard AAUW Book Sale
Jun 11 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Brevard College Boshamer Gym

The Brevard Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is sponsoring its 55th Annual Book Sale, the largest and best book sale in North Carolina. Net proceeds support local STEM and educational scholarships for girls (5th-12th grades) and women at Brevard College and Blue Ridge Community College.

Book donations are collected in Yellow Boxes at numerous community locations from early February to late May 2025. Walk-in donations are accepted each Thursday until May 22 from 10am-2pm at The Book Book, 170 S. Broad St., Brevard, NC.

Literary Bingo
Jun 11 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

It’s Bookish Game Night at M. Judson! Join us and our friends at the Greenville County Library for a night of Literary Bingo, complete with prizes. Look for this event once a month, for a regular dose of fun.

This is a free event.

Thursday, June 12, 2025
Bubbles and Beach Reads
Jun 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

Are you stumped on the ideal book to bring on your upcoming vacation? Come to our latest Bubbles and Beach Reads event and hear from our booksellers about their favorite fun romance and thriller reads! Book recs and laughter will ensue.

Never been to a Booksellers Recommend? Your ticket includes entry to the event, a glass of bubbly, and one of the books featured.

Friday, June 13, 2025
DISCUSSION: Erma Bombeck
Jun 13 @ 10:00 am
Senior Action

This event is a discussion, not an in-character performance.

Erma Bombeck captured with paring-knife-sharp humor the daily life of a new post-WWII American phenomenon: the suburban housewife. Having figured out from her own personal experience that if you can laugh at it you can live with it, she chronicled the housewife’s daily struggles in her column “At Wit’s End” from 1965 to 1996, eventually appearing in more than over 900 newspapers across the country. She also shared both poignant and hilarious observations in 12 books, including the best sellers The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank and If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? Bombeck brought to American awareness the lives of homemakers whose efforts often felt invisible and taken for granted. Erma poked fun at kids, diets, husbands, housework and, especially, herself. She let women across America know: you are not alone. In fact, we number in the millions. I, too, am an American housewife and I will laugh by your side.

Monday, June 16, 2025
Women, Life, and Science
Jun 16 @ 5:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

We have partnered with the local organization Women, Life, and Science to host monthly science cafes, featuring speakers from various scientific communities and practices. This is a free event that takes place in the M. Judson Gallery.

This month’s talk will be from Lynne Becker, MSPH, the CEO and Founder of Power of Patients:
“Lessons learned from a Caregiver turned Entrepreneur in Health Tech.”

Women, Life and Science is really just that – women leaders, living a full life, have a professional career in science or peripherally, have been involved in the industry. We are seasoned knowledge experts in leadership, mentorship, entrepreneurship, women’s health, philanthropic and general life experiences. We have stories to tell and knowledge to impart. We overcame challenges, uncertainties and continue to navigate the ever evolving professional and personal balance. We share in kindness and we share openly. We are grateful for many things. We have little regrets but easily forgive ourselves for our missteps. Women, Life and Science is the open forum for dialogue, a think-tank of professional women paving the way for future women leaders. Women are stronger collectively and when we walk in unison, our success becomes ten-fold.

Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Books Over Drinks with Kristina McMorris
Jun 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
M. Judson Booksellers

From New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday and The Ways We Hide comes a captivating tale of resilience and hope, The Girls of Good Fortune explores the complexity of family and identity, the importance of stories that echo through generations, and the power of strength found beneath the surface. If you love Marie Benedict and Lisa See, you do not want to miss Books Over Drinks with Kristina McMorris!