After opening at a limited capacity earlier in the pandemic, TidePool Bookshop in Worcester, Mass., will host a grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting on Saturday, April 23, the Telegram & Gazette reported.
Store owners Jo and Huck Truesdell began hosting in-store events last month, with more scheduled in April. In addition to the opening celebration, there will be an event focused on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on April 14 featuring Jeff Lantos, author of Why Longfellow Lied, and Nick Basbanes, author of Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. And on April 21 the store will host a poetry open mic focused on poems set in Worcester.
Prior to opening the bookstore, Jo Truesdell was a kindergarten teacher at Worcester's Bancroft School and Huck Truesdell worked in land acquisition and stewardship of wildlife habitat for the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. After retiring from their respective careers in 2017, they became keenly aware of the lack of an independent bookstore in the area and began the journey toward opening a bookstore. Initially the couple planned to be fully open for business in March of 2020.