Charis Books & More
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Atlanta’s long-running lesbian/feminist/mystic bookstore also stocks CDs, gifts and jewelry, and hosts frequent in-store events.
The Dead Don’t Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit--Julian Randall in conversation with Jericho Brown
Thursday May 16, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free w/RSVP
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
This event takes place in person at Charis and on crowdcast, Charis’ virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Click here to register to attend virtually. Please read the in-person event guidelines at the bottom of this page to be sure you can p...
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Community Art Making
Thursday May 16, 2024 07:30 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Come out to Community Art Making at Charis! This new monthly event is a free and open-ended creative kickback for our community, hosted by local trans and disabled artists Barry Lee and Noah Grigni. This is a safe and accessible space for collective healing through art, welcoming all skill levels, a...
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Q/T YOUTH BOARD GAMES @ CHARIS BOOKS AND MORE
Friday May 17, 2024 07:30 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Charis Circle presents a free Q/T Youth Board Game meetup at Charis Books and More! Join us to play table-top board games and have some casual social time from 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm on the second and fourth Mondays of every month. Teens are invited to arrive between 4-4:30 pm and games will begin at 4:...
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skin & bones: Renée Watson in conversation with Susana Morris
Monday May 20, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free w/RSVP
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. REGISTER HERE. This event takes place at the Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030.
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Cliterati Open Mic Featuring: Hannah V. Warren in celebration of Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales
Monday May 20, 2024 08:00 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free w/RSVP
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
This event takes place in person at Charis and simulcast on crowdcast, Charis’ virtual event platform. If you would like to watch the event virtually, please register HERE. Please note that you must be physically in person to participate in the open mic portion of the event but can listen/view from ...
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Constellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice--A Community Discussion with Cindy Barukh Milstein
Wednesday May 29, 2024 07:30 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free w/RSVP
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
This event takes place in person at Charis and on crowdcast, Charis’ virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Click here to register to attend virtually. Please read the in-person event guidelines at the bottom of this page to be sure you can p...
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Trans & Friends--Youth Group--In person meeting
Saturday June 1, 2024 08:00 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
This is a group for 12-18-year-old trans*people, people questioning their own gender, and aspiring allies. We provide an adult facilitated space to discuss gender, relevant resources, and activism around social issues. Whether silently or aloud, please come ready to consider your own gender in a tr...
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Trans & Friends--Youth Group--In person meeting
Sunday June 9, 2024 02:00 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
This is a group for 12-18-year-old trans*people, people questioning their own gender, and aspiring allies. We provide an adult facilitated space to discuss gender, relevant resources, and activism around social issues. Whether silently or aloud, please come ready to consider your own gender in a tr...
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Trans & Friends--Adult Group--In Person Meeting
Monday June 10, 2024 04:30 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
IN-PERSON MEETING
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For Times Such as These: A Radical’s Guide to the Jewish Year
Monday June 17, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free w/RSVP
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
This event takes place in person at Charis and on crowdcast, Charis’ virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Click here to register to attend virtually. Please read the in-person event guidelines at the bottom of this page to be sure you can p...
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Survival Takes a Wild Imagination: Fariha Roisin in conversation with Dr. Banah Ghadbian
Monday May 13, 2024 04:30 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free w/RSVP
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
This event takes place in person at Charis and on crowdcast, Charis’ virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Click here to register to attend virtually. Please read the in-person event guidelines at the bottom of this page to be sure you can p...
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One Book, Many Communities – Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
Sunday May 12, 2024 02:00 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Charis welcomes community members for a discussion of Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha as part of the Librarians and Archivists with Palestine’s international reading campaign, One Book, Many Communities!
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Q/T YOUTH BOARD GAMES @ CHARIS BOOKS AND MORE
Sunday May 12, 2024 10:00 AM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Charis Circle presents a free Q/T Youth Board Game meetup at Charis Books and More! Join us to play table-top board games and have some casual social time from 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm on the second and fourth Mondays of every month. Teens are invited to arrive between 4-4:30 pm and games will begin at 4:...
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Katherine Yeske Taylor in Conversation with Amber Ritchie
Saturday January 20, 2024 07:30 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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CRITIC’S PICK: Katherine Yeske Taylor returns to Atlanta Saturday, Jan. 20, to promote her new... [click here for more]
CL RECOMMENDS
GENDER-CREATIVE PARENTING COLLECTIVE
Wednesday June 2, 2021 07:00 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Registration Required
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Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
This group is designed to support the ongoing development of parents and educators of self-identified genderqueer and/or trans children, teens, or young adults, as well as children who are “gender creative,” gender non-conforming, or who express themselves in ways that society deems non-normative. T...
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Caul Baby: Morgan Jerkins in Conversation with Phoebe Robinson
Tuesday April 6, 2021 07:00 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: $30.25-$40.25
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Following the critical and popular success of her first two books of nonfiction, New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins returns with her electrifying fiction debut, CAUL BABY, a family saga filled with secrets, betrayal, intrigue, and magic.
Morgan will be joined in conversation by Phoeb...
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A Celebration of Girlhood by Melissa Febos
Tuesday March 30, 2021 07:30 PM EDT
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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Charis welcomes Melissa Febos for a launch of Girlhood with Jami Attenberg, Donika Kelly, Grace Lavery, Bassey Ikpi, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Suleika Jaouad, Elissa Washuta, and Melissa Broder. A gripping set of stories about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brillian...
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The Soul of a Woman: Isabel Allende in Conversation with Elizabeth Lesser
Tuesday March 9, 2021 07:30 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: $25-$35
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Charis and The Decatur Book Festival are very honored to welcome beloved author Isabel Allende for a celebration of her newest book, The Soul of a Woman, in which she explores the question: what feeds the soul of feminists—and all women—today?
As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, Alle...
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Kidliterate Book Club Reads: Pet
Tuesday February 23, 2021 07:00 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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Kidliterate invites you to join a group of quirky adults who enjoy reading and discussing Young Adult and Middle Reader books. Drop-ins welcome!
This month’s book is Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
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Wednesday February 10, 2021 07:00 PM EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
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Anna Malaika Tubbs, author of The Three Mothers, in conversation with Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America’s most p...
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184 S Candler St. N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30030
(404) 524-0304
Atlanta, GA 30030
charisbooksandmore.com
Decatur/Oakhurst, GA
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Book Store
Hours
Monday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 6:00 PM
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