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Alpine's Gallery Night Art Walk 2009 - Nov 20-21, 2009
Featuring photography and book by Michael H. Marvins and a three-author program on "Our Changing Border"
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Big River, Rio Grande with Laurence Parent & David Baxter - Nov 5, 2009
Join us in the Reading Room on Thursday at 7:00 pm. for a Reception & Program featuring
a gorgeous new treatment of the Rio Bravo del Norte
that is certain to be a popular gift book this season.
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The TransPecos Archaeological Project: Eight Hundred Generations of People in the Big Bend - Oct 28, 2009
By reservation only
Front Street Books cordially invites you to hear Professor Andy Cloud, Director of the Center for Big Bend Studies, who will speak on the topic "The TransPecos Archaeological Project: Eight Hundred Generations of People in the Big Bend".
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Edy Elfring presents her memoir Faraway, the Candle Softly Flickers - Oct 23, 2009
Join us Friday, October 23, 7 p.m., to congratulate Big Bend resident author Edy Elfring on the publication of her memoir, Faraway, the Candle Softly Flickers. Mrs. Elfring will talk about how her book idea came about, and will read from it.
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Way Out West Texas Book Festival Rides Again! - Jul 31, 2009
Come to Alpine's Second Way Out West Texas Book Festival, help build our new library and meet fabulous authors in the process.
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A Reading and Reception: Enjoying Big Bend National Park - Jul 10, 2009
Gary & Kathy Clark will be present from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. to discuss their new guide to getting the most from Big Bend National Park.
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The Year-Round Organic Garden - Jan 16-17, 2009
Mark Foster will discuss planning for the spring garden, winter crops and microclimates from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. on Friday. A garden tour on Saturday from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. will follow.
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Alpine's ArtWalk at Front Street Books: Two Evenings of Literature and the Arts - Nov 21-22, 2008
We will celebrate Gallery Night with a fabulous array of author appearances and talks.
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Author of Tecate Journals Returns, 7:00 p.m. - Nov 14, 2008
Keith Bowden, author of the local runaway bestseller [em]Tecate Journals[/em] returns to Alpine.
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Way Out West Texas Book Festival - Aug 8-9, 2008
Alpine Rotary Club presents the Way Out West Texas Book Festival, at Sul Ross State University’s Espino Conference Center. The festival benefits the Alpine Public Library & APL Capital Campaign Fund.
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Fiesta del Sol - Jun 20-21, 2008
Alpine celebrates the summer solstice all around town. Front Street Books will have music, books signings, and other activities to be announced. Watch this space!
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Poetry Readathon 7 :00 - 10:00 p.m. - Apr 18, 2008
Celebrate National Poetry Month at our Annual Poetry Readathon
Organic Gardening in the Big Bend Presentation - Apr 4-5, 2008
Deborah Tout and Mark Foster, local master vegetable growers, will share their techniques for seasonal success.
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Botanical Triple-Header Book Signing! - Apr 3, 2008
We will have an astounding array of authors in to sign and discuss from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the Reading Room. The books and authors that will be represented: Field Guide to the Cacti of Texas, by A. Michael Powell and Shirley A. Powell; Little Big Bend: Common, Uncommon, and Rare Plants of Big Bend National Park, by Roy Morey; and The Rare Plants of Texas, by Jackie Poole et al.
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Joaquin Jackson Presents "One Ranger Returns" - Feb 22, 2008
Joaquin Jackson will be at Front Street Books from 6:00-8:00 p.m. to sign copies of One Ranger Returns, the sequel to his best selling memoir One Ranger
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5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Keith Bowden Talk and Signing - Oct 27, 2007
Bowden will discuss his time on the Rio Grande and border issues important to us all.
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World Premiere of Edwin Shrake's Custer's Brother's Horse - Oct 13, 2007
New novel by Texas literary legend, cover photo by Bill Wittliff.
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Douglas Preston and Walter Nelson — 7:00 p.m. - Sep 12, 2007
National bestselling author Douglas Preston returns to present his latest sophisticated thriller, The Wheel of Darkness (coauthored with Lincoln Childs), at 7:00 p.m. in the Reading Room.
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Fiesta del Sol - Jun 22, 2007
featuring Elmer Kelton and his new memoir Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer. Other special guests and activities.
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Alpine, Texas 79830
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