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Regular Programs in 2010-2011
to be held at the Thurber Center,
91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, OH
at 7:30 PM with socializing beginning at 7:00 PM,
unless otherwise noted.

For more information, please call 614-299-9985.

See First Saturday Programs

See First Saturdays below for details about the Aldus First Annual Book Crawl!

Watch here for details about our programs for 2010-2011.

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First Saturday Programs

First Saturdays are held at 10:00 AM in Room 105 (Rare Books and Manuscripts Department) at the Thompson Library at Ohio State University.
Please see the OSU web site for directions.

Smith, who heads Rare Books and Manuscripts at OSU, has been holding these programs in the Rare Books room (and then in their temporary headquarters on Kenny Road) for a number of years. This is much to the delight of Aldus members who are able to experience once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to see, touch, and discuss the many interesting holdings in OSU's collections.

With the re-opening of the newly-renovated library, these programs will be held in the Thompson Library on campus, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Special Collections Reading Room (room 105) on the first floor.

First Saturday programs are a special membership “bonus” for Aldus members. If you have any special collecting interests and would like to have Geoff share related items in OSU’s Rare Books and Manuscripts collection at one of these programs, contact him at smith.1@osu.edu.

Saturday, August 7, 2010 --

When was the last time you spent a whole Saturday visiting many of the used book stores in Columbus? Several Aldus members who own book stores (and several others who aren't Aldus members) have invited Aldus members and their guests to spend the day at their shops searching for treasured tomes. Here's your chance to browse them with friends and enjoy a lunch together along the way.

DATE: Saturday, August 7th

TIME: Progressive, beginning at 9:00am -- join in at any time along the route!

SCHEDULE:

9:00 am -- Tri-Village Book Company (Genie & Jay Hoster)
1124 Goodale Blvd., Columbus, 43212

10:30 am -- Acorn Bookshop (George Bauman, et al)
1464 W. Fifth Ave., Columbus, 43212

12:00 NOON -- LUNCH AT PANERA BREAD (community room)
4519 N. High St., Columbus, 43214

1:30 pm -- Emerson-Hoffman Books (Bob Emerson & Ed Hoffman)
4167 N. High St., Columbus, 43214

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm -- Karen Wickliff Books & Areopagitica Books (one or both, your choice!)
3527 N. High St., 3510 N. High St. Columbus 43214

RSVP: If you let us know which points in the crawl you think you may join us, we'll be able to plan more accurately, but if you want to just show up, that's fine too.
RSVP, questions to Debra Lewis- dcblewis@gmail.com.

This link to Google Maps shows directions to each stop with suggestions for parking. Car pooling encouraged (Debra will find you a "ride," if you need it).

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