Creekside Books and Coffee is pleased to feature Dr. Louis Profeta, author of The Patient in Room Nine Says He’s God on August 26th, at 6:00PM. This collection of essays about how the author has found God in the ER, contains wise advice on parenting, dealing with life’s ups and downs, forgiveness, humility and tolerance.
Reviews for the book include:
“the essays make you laugh, cry and marvel as you embark on Dr. Profeta’s ‘spiritual joyride through emergency rooms’”
“This book is a great gift for anyone you love and respect.”
Dr. Louis M. Profeta is a practicing Emergency Physician residing in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a medical educator and frequent guest on radio and television. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards for contributions to public safety including the Red Cross Certificate of Recognition for his medial assistance at a department store bombing. Dr. Profeta has authored numerous papers, lectures and abstracts on Emergency Medicine and is a popular and noted blogger on Sermo, the largest physician networking site in North America.
“I will always remember The Patient in Room Nine for its sensitivity, wit and originality. Dr. Profeta has constructed an outstanding work here that maintains an instructive vision and calming spirit. “ ~ Writer’s Digest
Creekside Books & Coffee
35 Fennell St, Skaneateles, New York 13152
(315) 685-0379
www.creeksidecoffeehouse.com
Wednesday Nights are Trivia Nights at the Creekside!
Every Wednesday in August, starting at 7:00PM we will be having our Trivia Game Night. Bring friends or join a group when you come! We play for fun & for prizes.
August 12th, 7:00PM – MUSIC: Jen Parker & Brad Beardsley
August 13th, 7:30PM – MUSIC: Barrigar Brothers. Tickets are $8 for 1 and $15 for 2
August 14th, 7:30PM – MUSIC: Wendy Ramsey
August 19th, 6:30PM – MUSIC: Open Mic Night w/Joanne Perry
August 20th, 7:30PM – MUSIC: Donna Colton + One
August 21st, 7:30PM – MUSIC: Sloppy Joes
August 26th, 6:00PM – AUTHOR: Dr. Louis Profeta, “The Patient in Room Nine Thinks He’s God.”
7:00PM – MUSIC: Julie Howard
August 27th, 7:30PM – MUSIC: The Sarah Horner Band
August 28th, 7:30PM – MUSIC: Edgy Folk
Creekside Books & Coffee
35 Fennell St, Skaneateles, New York 13152
(315) 685-0379
www.creeksidecoffeehouse.com
Wild Things‘ Monster, Moishe, visits the village of Skaneateles and Creekside Books & Coffee during the Curbstone Festival.
Look for Moishe at 11 am in the village and 1 pm at Creekside Books & Coffee on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 15, 16 and 17th.
Moishe will handout coupons for Wildberry Smoothies at Creekside Books & Coffee.
Creekside Books & Coffee
35 Fennell St, Skaneateles, New York 13152
(315) 685-0379
www.creeksidecoffeehouse.com
We are currently planning to have a Creekside Trivia Night every Wednesday in July starting at 7:00PM.
Thursday, July 1st – MUSIC: Kelly McDonald & Jared Mulcahy, 7:00PM at the Creekside Coffeehouse
AUTHOR: Ben Tupper, “Greetings from Afghanistan.” 7:00PM at the Creekside Bookstore.
Friday, July 2nd – MUSIC: Atlantic Flyway, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse.
Saturday, July 3rd – MUSIC: Joanne Perry and the Unstoppables, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse.
Thursday, July 8th – MUSIC: The Jodogs, 7:00PM at the Coffeehouse.
Friday, July 9th – MUSIC: Dave Ball, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse.
Saturday, July 10th - MUSIC: Jon Peterson’s Song Writer’s Night, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse.
Sunday, July 11th – MUSIC: Gsus Forth, 7:00PM at the Coffeehouse.
Thursday, July 15th - MUSIC: Open Mic, 6:30PM at the Coffeehouse.
Friday, July 16th – MUSIC: Sarah Horner Band, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse
Saturday, July 17th - MUSIC: Floramay Holiday & Shelley King, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse Tickets are $10 per person.
Thursday, July 22nd - MUSIC: Mercury in the Derby, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse.
Friday, July 23rd – MUSIC: The Barrigar Brothers, 7:30 PM at the Coffeehouse. $8 for 1 ticket and $15 for 2.
Saturday, July 24th - MUSIC: The Sloppy Joes, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse.
Thursday, July 29th – MUSIC: Dave Eno, 7:00PM at the Coffeehouse.
Friday, July 30th - MUSIC: John Spilliett, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse.
Saturday, July 31st - MUSIC: John Cadley & Cathy Wenthen, 7:30PM at the Coffeehouse.
Creekside Books & Coffee
35 Fennell St, Skaneateles, New York 13152
(315) 685-0379
www.creeksidecoffeehouse.com
Creekside Books and Coffee is proud to pay tribute to author Benjamin Tupper on Thursday, July 1st at 7:00 pm as he recounts his experiences in Afghanistan from his new book Greetings from Afghanistan: Send More Ammo.
In many respects, this collection of dispatches from the war against the Taliban is a book that should never have been written. Tupper broke all the military’s rules on media access in 2006 when he began blogging as an embedded trainer with the Afghan National Army. Tupper’s on-the-ground reporting soon reached a huge audience when he e-mailed NPR and wound up recording numerous commentaries for Morning Edition – all while on active duty with the National Guard.
“It was uncensored, in the sense that it wasn’t just about the pretty things that were happening,” Tupper says of his posts from Afghanistan. He recounts life and death in battle as well as the culture gap between Americans and Afghans. “I was lucky I never got into trouble. NPR was supportive of the big picture.”
Within two months of his arrival in Ghazni, Tupper was literally shell-shocked and had dropped 30 pounds. “The stress, the heat! The world was falling apart, especially up here in my head,” he says. Writing became the emotional outlet that kept him sane, both in Afghanistan and after he returned home. The power of the book is its unflinching honestly.
“I came home and wrote about it! I think it saved me.” ~ Author Benjamin Tupper
“Raw, direct and powerful! This work is vitally important.” ~ Ken Stern, NPR Radio & former NPR CEO
Join Creekside Books & Coffee a few days before the 4th of July as we pay tribute to a soldier and an American Hero.
Creekside Books & Coffee
35 Fennell St, Skaneateles, New York 13152
(315) 685-0379
www.creeksidecoffeehouse.com
We will be hosting our second Creekside Trivia Night on Wednesday, June 23rd at 7:00PM. This is a game played in groups and you are welcome to bring your own group to play or join one when you get here! Play for fun and for prizes!
Creekside Books & Coffee
35 Fennell St, Skaneateles, New York 13152
(315) 685-0379
www.creeksidecoffeehouse.com
Linda Pembroke Kaiser will give a talk and sign books at Creekside Books & Coffee on Thursday, June 17 at 7:00 pm. In Pulling Strings, Kaiser explores the extraordinary career of Melville A. Clark (1883-1953), a Syracuse musician, inventor, entrepreneur, community leader, and collector whose colorful story includes the founding of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.
Beginning with an account of Clark’s musical family, Kaiser chronicles the founding in 1859 of the Clark Music Company, of which Melville Clark became president in 1919. Originally just a tinkers shed, the business ultimately moved into a six-story building in the center of Syracuse. The music company celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2010. Clark also combined his talents as a gifted musician and astute entrepreneur to start the first Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.
Kaiser recounts the development of the Clark Irish harp, the first portable harp manufactured in the United States that could easily play accidentals. There were other Clark inventions, such as the first nylon strings for instruments. In addition, Clark designed balloons that the British used in 1918 to drop more than 1,250,000 pamphlets over Germany. Clark’s story unfolds in fascinating detail: a musical encounter with President Wilson, entertaining President F. D. Roosevelt, a visit to Buckingham Palace to present Princess Elizabeth with a music box, and the journey of a Clark Irish harp to Antarctica with Admiral Byrd.
Lavishly illustrated, Pulling Strings not only uncovers the life of a musical genius but also sheds light on a forgotten chapter in Syracuse history.
The author, Linda Pembroke Kaiser, is a musician who performs on the harp, piano, and guitar. She has published articles in the International Folk Harp Journal and has recorded an album of harp music, Lullabies for Earth Children.
June 10th – Author Eileen McHugh will speak and sign copies of her book Auburn Correctional Facility. It will be at 7:00PM.
June 11th – The Sarah Horner Band will play at 7:30PM.
June 12th – Musical Group Edgy Folk will play at 7:30PM.
June 13th - Art Show from 1:00PM until 3:00PM – The students of local art teacher Jane Darovskikh will present their work.
June 17th – Open Mic at 7:00PM in the Coffeehouse.
June 17th - Author Linda Pembroke-Kaiser of Clark Music will speak and sign books at 7:30PM.
June 18th - Musician Dave Ball will play at 7:30PM
June 19th – The Barrigar Brothers will play at 7:30PM. The cover charge for this event is $8 for 1 ticket and $15 for 2
June 24th – Musicians Loren Barrigar and Mark Mazengarb will play at 7:00PM. The cover charge for this event is $10 per person.
June 25th – Musician Mark Zane will play at 7:30PM.
June 26th – Musical group The Sloppy Joes will play at 7:30PM.
Creekside Books & Coffee
www.creeksidecoffeehouse.com
35 Fennell St, Skaneateles, New York 13152
(315) 685-0379
Author and Syracuse University Professor, Marvin Druger will read excerpts from his new book, The Misadventures of Marvin, at Creekside Books & Coffee on Thursday, May 27th at 7:00 pm.
“witty reminiscence from an unforgettable professor who made biology exciting and fun for 40,000 undergraduates over the years – a delightful read!” ~ Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President of Syracuse University
Description
As Henry Ford said, life is a series of experiences. We learn from everything that we do, and everything that we do becomes part of what we are. In his fifty-five years of teaching biology and fifty-two years of marriage to Pat, a retired administrator for the Syracuse University writing program, Druger has shaped his experiences with his boundless energy, quick wit, and tireless sense of adventure. With humor and refreshing candor, Druger reflects on his many “misadventures” in this charming memoir. He shares classroom anecdotes of his efforts to make science fun and part of his students’ everyday lives. Druger offers insights on nurturing a successful marriage, on the value of childhood friendships, and on the perils and unexpected rewards of aging. The Misadventures of Marvin, both hilarious and heartfelt, is a unique depiction of life’s trials and bounties, one that will resonate with and inspire many readers.
Author
Marvin Druger is professor emeritus of biology and science education, retiring after forty-seven years at Syracuse University. He served as president of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and of the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), and twice served as president for the Society for College Science Teachers (SCST). He is the recipient of the Robert Carleton Award from NSTA and the Honorary Emeritus Member Award from ASTE. He is the author of Strange Creatures and Other Poems, a book of poetry for children of all ages.
Creekside Books & Coffee
www.creeksidecoffeehouse.com
35 Fennell St, Skaneateles, New York 13152
(315) 685-0379
On April 30, 2010 Creekside Books & Coffee combined efforts with Greg Mortenson (Central Asia Institute Co-founder and humanitarian) and the Auburn Education Foundation (AEF) to provide local Auburn schools, churches and the state prison with new book donations. Books were distributed to these community organizations at the Cayuga-Onondaga Teacher Center, 34 Wright Avenue on April 30. In addition, Creekside Books & Coffee presented the Auburn Education Foundation with a check for $4000 to help them continue their efforts.
Angela Daddabbo, AEF Board Member and owner of the Auburn Public Theater was instrumental in arranging for Mortenson to present a lecture and book signing in March 2010 at the Auburn High School. While here, Mortenson felt a special connection with the Auburn Community and the surrounding area. This resulted in his commitment to help the area with their educational efforts by making these book donations. “Greg Mortenson’s humanitarian efforts have been a great asset to both the AEF’s efforts and the Auburn Community. We are grateful for his support to our goal of providing innovative programs that enhance the quality of education through extended learning opportunities within the Auburn Enlarged City School District. His efforts have greatly enhanced education within our community,” states Angela Daddabbo.
Mortenson and the Central Asian Institute (a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and support community-based education in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan), coordinated with Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books & Coffee to facilitate purchasing and distributing books throughout Auburn and its surrounding communities. Mortenson has generously donated over $20,000 worth of books to community organizations and Creekside has elaborated on this effort by donating a portion of the proceeds from these book purchases directly to the AEF.
“Greg’s mission to help community-based education was the perfect compliment to the Auburn Education Foundation’s efforts to improve the educational experiences of students in the Auburn Public Schools. His generosity and commitment to the community is overwhelming and we are proud to be part of this project,” states Erika Davis, Creekside Books & Coffee. Greg Mortenson continues to reach out to Creekside Books & Coffee to facilitate additional school donations in the area.
For more information regarding Creekside Books & Coffee Inc., visit their web site at http:// www.creeksidecoffeehouse.com or contact Creekside Books & Coffee, 35 Fennell St., Skaneateles, NY 13152; Tel: 315-685-0379; Email:erika@creeksidebooks.com.
Additional information on the Auburn Education Foundation can be found at http://www.auburnedfoundation.org or contact Annette Abdelaziz, Executive Director, Auburn High School, 250 Lake Avenue, PO BOX 592, Auburn, NY 13021, Tel: (315) 255-8827.
Further information on Greg Mortenson and the Central Asia Institute can be found at http://www.ikat.org. All company names and products herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
