Congratulations to House of Books, Kent, Conn., which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this Saturday, June 13, at 6 p.m. with a party that will include "a toast, refreshments, lots of books, and YOU!" as it wrote to customers.
In addition, the store is celebrating its anniversary by highlighting books published in 1976, the year it was founded. On Wednesday, June 17, at 6 p.m., its June Book Club meeting, led by general manager Benjamin Rybeck, will discuss Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins, first published in 1976. The July Book Club will focus on Eva's Man by Gayl Jones, another 1976 title. And the August Book Club will read Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, also first published in 1976.