Cris Caivano teaches a hybrid class of Eastern qi based flow & Western corrective exercise. Based on the ancient "silk reeling" technique, it teaches a stress-free way to mobilize stiff or achy joints and lengthen out tight muscles. Cris says, “In all my years of study, moving and teaching, I have found this to be the absolute best way to get flexible. It feels great, too! As my teacher Lee Holden always says, ‘No pain, no pain’---in other words, you don't have to suffer to get flexible. Indeed, your body will probably respond much more quickly to this unforced, flowing, breath-ful approach.”

$12 per class.

Wear clothes you can move in!

Come join Kira and the Merritt Book Club discuss Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan.

George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is terrified to be chosen by his master's brother as his manservant. To his surprise, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world, where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human. Washington Black tells a story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, of a world destroyed and made whole again, and asks the question, What is true freedom?

Bring your favorite beverage and come and join the invigorating conversation!

Come stop by Merritt Bookstore for a special treat! Best selling author, Karen Orloff, is visiting to read her newest book, Some Days, and the long time favorite of hers, I Wanna Iguana!

Some Days is a moving, powerful, rhyming picture book that explores a child’s shifting feelings. As children read about “angels in the snow days” as well as “need my mommy now days,” they’ll begin to understand how to cope with both positive and negative feelings.

I Wanna Iguana is about the hilarious negotiations between a mother and son about whether or not to own an iguana as a pet. The lively, imaginative illustrations show their polar opposite dreams of life with an iguana.

Come, bring the kids for a little book break and enjoy meeting a marvelous local author!
The event is free and appropriate for all ages!
 

Come join Merritt Bookstore at the Millbrook Farmers' Market and meet Jessie Janowitz, author of The Doughnut Fix, and decorate your own doughnut!

The Doughnut Fix is a laugh-out-loud funny, authentic, poignant book about change, new adventures, family, and, of course, doughnuts. 
The protagonist, Tristan, and his family move from NYC to a small town, which is terrible for everyone but his parents. Tristan's attempts to make life better lead him to start a doughnut business.

Come decorate and devour your own doughnut, meet Jessie Janowitz and ask her questions! Books will be available for purchase and signing!

*In case of inclement weather, the event will be held at the store.

Please join us on Sunday, July 7th to meet with artist Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff, whose new book entitled Into the Garden has gorgeous paintings of the gardens he has spent time in throughout the years, and a lovely introduction by Bunny Williams. 

A perfect event for people who love gardens, and appreciate the interplay between nature and art, hosted by a man who is truly inspired by the flora and fauna that surrounds him.
 

He is also the author of The Greek House. Christian Brechneff presents a funny, touching narrative about his relationship to the Greek island of Sifnos, writing with warmth about its unforgettable residents and the house he bought in a hilltop village. This is the story of how a twenty-one-year old painter searching for artistic inspiration and a quiet place to work fell in love with Sifnos, and how it became a haven from the complexities of his life. It is the story of his village and of the island over thirty-odd years—from a time when there were barely any roads to the arrival of the modern world with its tourists and high-speed boats and the euro.




Born in the former Belgian Congo in 1950, Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff was educated in Switzerland, England and the United States of America. In 1975 he received his Master of Art Degree from the Royal College of Art in London. He has exhibited in Europe and the United States of America, and has won numerous awards, including the Swiss Federal Government Scholarship. His paintings appear in public and private collections worldwide including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Greece, and the Orange Country Museum, Newport Beach, California.

If you cannot make the event and would like a signed copy of either of his books, you can call the shop or purchase online, and give clear instructions to whom you would like the books signed.  After that we can ship to  you, or you can pick up in store.  Please note, signed books must be paid for in advance.
 

Come join Merritt Bookstore at the Millbrook Farmers' Market! Find our booth!

Please join us on Saturday, July 27th at 3:00 for a talk and signing with one of the worlds most celebrated designers, Bunny Williams, as she shares her new book, Love Affairs with Houses. 






If you cannot make the event and would like a signed copy of the book, you can call the shop or purchase it on line; give clear instructions to whom you would like the book(s) signed.  After that we can ship to  you, or you can pick up in store.  Please note, signed books must be paid for in advance.

Come join Merritt Bookstore at the Millbrook Farmers' Market! Find our booth!

Come join Merritt Bookstore at the Millbrook Farmers' Market! 

Della Ferreri, local children's author, will be sharing her two newest books. Come and hear her delightful readings and then have an opportunity to talk with her and ask questions.  Books will be available for purchase and signings.

Featured books:
Precious Baby-  Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal the joyful preparations for, and welcome given to, a much-beloved baby.

Beep! Beep! Special Delivery- Buckle up for an imaginative journey as one little boy has a special delivery to make – but he’s stuck in a traffic jam! Beep! Beep! Ride along as he takes a shortcut through the zoo, splashes down a jungle river – watch out for that alligator! – and climbs a steep mountain to make his special delivery.