If we could recommend just one book for all on your gift giving list this holiday season, it’d be, with a doubt The Lost Words written by British nature writer Robert Macfarlane and illuminated with gorgeous illustrations by acclaimed artist Jackie Morris. This oversized art book collects nature words, simple ones like “fern”, “ivy”, “magpie” and “starling” and spins poetry around them, splashes pages with greens and gold and rich earth tones in stunning displays. Collects these words and paints them on outsized pages, reweaving them into the language. Why? Because they were left out of the recent junior edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. In their place, words from the world of technology crept in. But careful readers noticed and objected and turned their concern into action, creating a charity dedicated to inspiring young people to become advocates for the natural world. A portion of book sales is donated to Action for Conservation. Just one book. But with so many important words to say. Copies available at Canio’s. How many should we reserve for you?
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Just One Book
Published December 20, 2018 Books we love , Bookselling in the 21st century , Environment , Poetry , Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Action for Conservation, Jackie Morris, Robert Macfarlane, The Lost Words
If It Weren’t For Joe Pintauro…
Published June 7, 2018 Bookstore Lore , Community , Current Events , In Memoriam , Sag Harbor , Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Canio Pavone, Cold Hands, Joe Pintauro, Sag Harbor writers, Snow Orchid
Tracing a line from cause to effect can be an inexact pursuit. Serendipity is hard to map. But we know for sure there’s a meandering path from creative inspiration to published book, to reader, to bookshop owner beginning with one novelist Joe Pintauro whose books Snow Orchid and Cold Hands led one reader, Canio Pavone to visit Sag Harbor one ambling afternoon. Canio wanted to see the town Joe had written about. What Canio saw that day as he drove through village streets and down to the harbor, was a “For Rent” sign in an empty storefront window at 290 Main. The rest of the story spins out from there, and is still being written.
So it was with particular sadness that we, along with nearly the entire East End arts and literary community, marked the passing of Joe Pintauro, novelist, playwright, poet, priest, photographer and more. Our condolences to Joe’s husband and partner of 40 years Greg Therriault, to his family and to his many friends far and wide.
Check out our SILENT AUCTION ART!
FRIDAY, June 9:
11:00-12:15 p.m. begins at Canio’s Books, Main Street
12:30- 3:45 p.m. Old Whaler’s Church, Union Street
4:00 – 10:00 p.m. Canio’s Books
SATURDAY, June 10:
10:00 – 1:50 p.m. Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, Main Street
2:00 – 5:50 p.m. John Jermain Memorial Library
6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Canio’s Books
SUNDAY, June 11:
11:00 – 1:15 p.m. Eastville Community & Historical Society, Hampton Street
1:30 – 4:00 p.m. reading concludes at Canio’s Books, and After-party follows.
Sponsor a Chapter!
Sponsor a Chapter and help support Canio’s Cultural Cafe. Sponsors will be publicized at the event, in our program, and on our website. Choose your level of support:
Ahab: $100 receives a commemorative button
Ishmael: $200 receives a commemorative button & t-shirt
Queequeg: $300 receives a commemorative button, t-shirt, & Modern Library edition of Moby-Dick with Rockwell Kent illustrations
Starbuck: $500 receives all of the above, plus commemorative poster
Melville: $1000 receives all of the above, plus two seats in a two-hour cruise with Captain Anton Hagen aboard the Marlinspike.
To donate, pick a chapter, your level of support, and send an email to caniosculturalcafe at gmail.com with MDM Donor as subject. Please include two alternate chapters in case your first choice has been selected. Popular chapters go fast. Send your check to: Canio’s Cultural Cafe, 290 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963.
We thank you for you support!
Not the Last Picture Show
Published December 17, 2016 Community , Current Events , Sag Harbor , Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Sag Harbor Cinema, Sag Harbor community, Sag Harbor Fire
Just two weeks ago we went to see Moonlight at the Sag Harbor Cinema. We bought our tickets from the lovely lady in the little booth, got a bag of popcorn and grabbed a few of those small thin napkins neatly arrayed on the counter. We found our favorite seats, row five, center and settled into the chattering darkness. What a heartbreakingly beautiful film Moonlight is, and how further heartbreaking that Moonlight is the last film we saw at that historic movie house.
The facade’s been torn down after Friday’s fire, piles of black rubble carted away. A gaping dark hole in the street where dreams and fantasies once flickered on the screen. The Sag Harbor Cinema, lone independent movie house on the East End brave enough to show “art” films and “foreign” films, and films that challenged as even as they inspired us. The musty smell of the old seats, the banging pipes as heat slowly seeped into that cavernous room are now nostalgic memories.
We hope they will rebuild. We’re sure other buildings damaged or destroyed will rise again Phoenix-like from the ashes. We’re thankful no one was injured. We are all so grateful to our heroic firefighters. How quickly our compassionate community pulled together to lend a hand. A friend described a fire as something that refines, or clarifies, I put in. Just what will be refined or clarified from this December 16 fire remains to be seen. But fundraising efforts are underway and Sag Harbor will rise again! The village has endured several devastating fires from the time when villagers lit their lamps with whale oil to as recently as just a few years back. Please show your support for Main Street Sag Harbor, this holiday season and beyond.
*Photo taken the day after the fire. (c) Kathryn Szoka
Read, Connect, Act
Published November 15, 2016 Bookselling in the 21st century , Community , Creativity , Current Events , Environment , Politics , Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: community discussion courses, Environmental activism, Northwest Earth Institute, Orion Magazine
What now? Friends are asking in the wake of the presidential election shocker last week. What we can offer to those questioning how we got here, is more of what we so believe in: the power of books to inform and inspire. The power of community to support and strengthen the insights gained. And action, a plan for creative sustaining ways forward, to apply what we’ve gained through reading, reflection, conversation.
To that end, Canio’s Cultural Cafe will again offer a series of community discussion courses focusing on environmental issues. This winter we’ll present inspiring, engaging material to read, discuss & act upon focused on environmental activism, living simply, sustainable energy, and more. Join us for an upcoming course. Now more than ever the planet requires your participation. Find out more by contacting the shop.
We’re grateful to organizations like Northwest Earth Institute for creating and promoting these courses, and to Orion Magazine for providing inspiring articles to engage the imagination, the heart and mind in our understanding of our responsibilities toward Earth.
Ferrante Fever
Published September 1, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: book books, Ferrente, Itaiian, literary fiction
IT’S HERE! #FerranteFever
#4 of The Neapolitan Novels: The Story of a Lost Child
Call to reserve a copy. Join us September 1, 5 p.m. for Prosecco, biscotti, and Ferrante Fever!
Canio’s in the New York Times
Published November 25, 2014 Bookselling in the 21st century , Bookstore Lore , Community , Current Events , Sag Harbor , Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: bookshops, Canio's Books, community, Sag Harbor
If you haven’t seen this yet, please read:
Canio’s in the New York Times
Be sure to stop in at Canio’s over the winter and help us “keep Sag Harbor’s literary light glowing!”
Welcome, Friends of Canio’s, to our “new” look. Canio’s has long been a pillar of Sag Harbor’s literary and artistic community with thousands of events over the years within our storied walls. This October we celebrates our 34th year. Stay tuned for details of the celebration. The summer of 2014 brings lots of exciting news. Our calendar is full of events with local & well known writers; and other great events, including the jazz guitarist, Jack Wilkins on July 12. Check out our listing.
Saving Bookstores, Saving Lives
James Patterson is giving a million dollars to bookstores for specific projects. We need your help! Please recommend Canio’s Books for a James Patterson Grant. Here’s how: go to jamespatterson.com/booksellers and answer a few questions. That’s it! Let us know & we’ll keep you posted. Thanks in advance.
TEST our NEW e-book offering
Are you reading e-books on your iPad or iPhone? If yes, please test our e-book storefront on ZOLA Books. ZOLA is an online e-book purveyor for small Indies. They are building their inventory and have signed many publishers. They don’t carry Random House-Penguin title yet; but this will change soon. In the meantime, give it a try. We’d love your feedback.
It’s simple:
go to zolabooks.com/profile/caniosbooks,
CLICK the IndiePledge button on our page. All your purchases will be credited to Canio’s once you make the pledge.
Maryann & Kathryn are offering writing & photography workshops throughout the summer. Please call or email for information. Private lessons and editorial services are also available. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, but most importantly, come in & see us and discover why Canio’s is where good books, ideas & community meet.
Big Community Hug
Published December 10, 2013 Bookselling in the 21st century , Bookstore Lore , Community , Sag Harbor , Uncategorized ClosedTags: Canio's, cash mob, Sag Harbor
Thanks to all cash-mobbers who jammed into Canio’s last Saturday in a huge show of support for our efforts to be your community bookshop. It was a record-breaking day at the shop thanks to friends Bobbi, Eric, April, Eric and many others who contacted friends and spread the word and showed up to give us what felt like a great big hug.
We put a lot of energy into creating an interesting, thought-provoking shop filled with books worth reading, and artists and writers worth meeting. We felt affirmed in our efforts this past Saturday, when the community responded with a resounding, “Yes!” Sag Harbor’s long literary legacy continues!
And we say, “Thank you!” to all who participated. And please do come again. Canio’s is Canio’s because of this wonderful community we all live in and love, and because of people like you.
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