Sentences with phrase «bookstore as a community center»

Our staff and our patrons take pride, I think, in the fact that we are an independent bookstore and a part of a university that values its bookstore as a community center.

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Perhaps traditional grocery stores will be forced to confront the challenge posed by big box stores and delivery companies like FreshDirect by playing up the community aspect of the shopping experience — just as some of the most successful bookstores have become more like coffee shops and community centers in order to stay in business.

Moreover, Schliebener intentionally cuts elements from children's books — making the exhibition's setting at a contemporary, independent bookstore within one of the country's oldest LGBTQ community centers, which houses work by highly regarded queer artists such as Keith Haring and Fierce Pussy, all the more fitting.

Atlanta tattoo studio City of Ink celebrates its 11th year by hosting a block party with work from more than 150 artists and 11 DJs as it opens the doors to Peters Street Station, a new bookstore, café and community arts center.