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Recently in Indigo Goings-On Category
Indigo Bridge has, over these past few years, lead and hosted a variety of book clubs. We offer a 15% discount on books being read for discussion clubs. If you're ever interested in reserving space for your own book club to meet at Indigo, or want to arrange ordering books for your group that already meets elsewhere, just call or e-mail us. We currently host space for the Women's Diabetes Support Group and Book Club, Writing Club, Nora Robert's Book Club, LGBTQ Literature Book Club and Mystery Monday book club. Graphic Novel Book Club, while ostensibly lead by one of our staff, has grown into its own entity and has earned the title of Longest Running Book Club for Indigo. They celebrate their 2 year anniversary on August 31st and will be discussing all of the books they have covered this past year. The great thing about hosting a book club here, whether it is lead by an Indigo staff person like GNBC (as they call it) or by a group on their own, is that it fills our space with people who are passionate about reading. Passionate about books. Passionate about discussing how they relate to words, imagery and story. There are solid blocks of time, every week, where the books on our shelves become real and tangible to people who love them. I can't think of anything better.
Working the Wednesday closing shift
used to be guaranteed silence. Well, silent in the respect that not many people
came in. The dance studio upstairs was my only company. Every Wednesday, it
sounds like storm troopers are raiding the little tykes' dance lesson. Seriously, those kids sound like they're
wearing the iron boots from Zelda: Ocarina of Time (which also appear in Wind
Waker and Twilight Princess, just FYI). Also, the majority of the customers seemed to
be wandering moms from the studio.
As of
the past few weeks, it's been busier on Wednesday than on any given Saturday. I
have no idea what's caused this seeming anomaly. Wednesday gets a lot of
studiers, but it gets a lot of hanger-outers too. Well, I guess a quiet
inviting place with awesome coffee is as good as any for a hump day. Maybe the
more responsible (out looking before December 24th) Christmas shoppers
need a break-space. Maybe the Ivanna Cone crowd is starting to decide that no
line and hot drinks are better than long line and cold ice cream ('scream as
the aficionados call it). I'm guess
there's been a temporal rift that places Saturday customers comfortably at
their Wednesday night tables.
Then
there's the bible study that's been showing up. Nice people! But it was funny,
a couple of weeks ago the graphic novel book club and the bible study were
trying to use the same space. I suggested that both the graphic novel club and
the bible group read R. Crumb's Genesis.
It didn't take. Either way, the situation worked out, and as I walked from one
end of the store to the other, the discussion switched from ribald (good-natured)
cynicism imbued with plenty of super-hero movie references to quiet
contemplation on an apparently difficult-to-understand verse of the Old
Testament.
That's
what's cool about Indigo. In one space, there are loud-mouthed atheists and
mild-mannered Christians (not to mention mild-mannered atheists and
loud-mouthed Christians) coexisting peacefully. Whether you're cup of tea is
Frank Miller, Jesus, or Rooibos, come keep me company on Wednesday nights. Trust
me, after awhile, you don't even notice the storm troopers upstairs.
The owners of Indigo Bridge Books had a few hopes when opening up a bookstore.
"We wanted to build a community - a community that reaches past the divisions of neighborhoods, social classes, political ambitions, religious beliefs, ethnicities, national borders, even languages. We feel that books have a unique power to connect people from all walks of life to each other's stories, and that is so, so important."
The hope to connect people inspired the "bridge" in Indigo Bridge Books, and through Indigo Bridge Books bridges have been built to Lincoln Public Schools, The Table community, Tiny Hands International, and to all the patrons who support Indigo Bridge Books.
With your help this holiday season, we hope to build a few more bridges in the Lincoln Community through different charitable organizations. In the season of gift giving, we ask you to consider giving a gift to a family member in the form of a donation to a charity. On the board there are just a few of the many organization in Lincoln created to help the community. Help build bridges this holiday season by giving to those in need on behalf of those you love!
The other day I was sitting in my French class listening to a professor describe when to use French interrogative pronouns such as qui and que and qu'est-ce qui and du quoi, which of course forced me into a daydream. I then started making a list of everything I was going to be cooking and baking over Thanksgiving. Although I have a couple of favorites on the list such as the cheesy potato casserole and my mom's famous stuffing recipe, I wanted to look through many of the cookbooks we have at Indigo to get a better idea.
These are a few books I recommend when in search for holiday meals:
Simple Food by Alice Waters
The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser
Fat by Jennifer McLagan
My Bread by Jim Lahey
Williams-Sonoma's The World Kitchen by Rick Rodgers
Williams-Sonoma's Cooking from the Farmers' Market by Jodi Liano and Tasha DeSerio
We have many more books that I suggest, but I hate lengthy blogs! Check them out here at Indigo.
People have a tendency to avoid alleys. For many, they conjure up images of shady characters and dark abyss. I, however, like alleys. You get to avoid walking by busy streets and get to see people's backyard gardens. Also, if you're in Indigo Bridge, the alley is one of my favorite places to find interesting books.
You may not be familiar with the Indigo alley. Go through the door, down the stairs, and take your first right. You can't miss it. There's even a sign that says, "The Alley". It is, like real alleys, both a place for shady characters (it houses the Economics and the Politics section, after all) and a place to see something blooming; cutting edge thought. In addition to Economics and Politics, the corridor holds the Poetry, Music, and Anthropology sections. Basically, it's a place where the kids should be hanging out.
So, next time you're in the store, check it out. Even if you have, check it out again, because the stock we have rotates in and out of that black hole for sales, so it's often got fresh faces and names fleshing out the shelves. That, and the lights are always on, even if a homeless person or two has been known to hang out there.
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