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Bluestocking Social bookstore will host its grand opening celebration tomorrow at 606 B South Weinbach Ave. in Evansville, Ind. The Courier & Press reported that if "the old adage of 'location, location, location' holds true, a new independent bookstore near the University of Evansville campus should be solidly in position for potential customers to find their way inside."
"Bookstores and coffee shops tend to go together pretty well," said co-owner Annie Adelman, whose new bookshop is in the same building as Honey Moon Coffee. "Being so close to UE should be good for us. I think it's a great spot.... We had noticed for a while that Evansville hasn't really had an independent, local bookstore since Book Nook went out of business. So it was always something we had in the back of our minds."
Adelman and Matt Fitzpatrick are partners in the venture, which had originally been planned to start as a mobile shop. "But then this space became available; it was kind of perfect and just made sense," Fitzpatrick said. "And we realized it would probably be cheaper to do it this way. So we just went for it."
In addition to books, Bluestocking Social will carry art supplies, gifts and greeting cards. Fitzpatrick added: "We want to have materials for just about any medium and materials that I would use myself, good-quality things, and a wide variety of things. We hope the artists that come in here will give us some input on what they want us to carry, and anything we don't have in stock, we can order it and have it here fast....
"We want to host book signings and readings, other local author events. We're looking into doing some open mic nights, hosting book clubs and things like that. Mainly we just want to be part of this community of people and be a place they can come and feel like it's their own."