If you’ve ever been to one of our Village 14 Blogger’s Night Out parties, you know that it’s an occasion when both participants and readers of this blog get together for a robust night of talking about Newton. And it’s surprisingly civil too, given that even folks who fiercely disagree here, get along quite nicely in person, while we all gossip a about the politicians and others who didn’t show up.
But of course, coming to one of our blog parties requires admitting that you actually read Village 14, which is more than some folks are willing to do.
And that’s what’s so great about tonight’s “Legendary Locals” book release party starting at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books. You can come, talk about Newton, make new friends and meet people you only know virtually — without ever admitting that you’ve bookmarked Village14.com
And, while you’re there, buy a book!
It was standing room only at Newtonville Books last night. The place was packed.
Among the crowd were a number of the legends themselves including writer Anita Diamant, sculptor Nancy Schon, extreme athlete Jothy Rosenberg, as well as the daughter of deceased blues singer Shirley Lewis, and the widow of “bicycle guru” Sheldon Brown, and many others I can’t remember.
Afterwards, across the square at Union St, the bar was filled with a whos-who of former Newton Tab reporters that worked with Gail over the years at the Tab. I only knew a few of the more recent ones (Ashley Studley, Chloe Gotsis) but it looked like there was a whole generation of former Tab reporters there last night.
Congratulations to Gail on her new book, and for the fun kickoff last night.
I was glad to attend the book unveiling last night. It really was packed and Gail did a nice job introducing the book with some of the excerpts see read. I am looking forward to an upcoming trip with some time for reading. Too bad I needed to leave for another meeting since I now need to ambush Gail to get my book signed.
It was a great night! I had so much fun! Thanks to everyone who attended. Former Newton TAB reporters in attendance, in addition to Ashley Studley and Chloe Gotsis, were Rachel Lebeaux, Chris Loh, and Dan Atkinson.
No need to ambush, Groot. FM graduates get their books signed free of charge.