5/31 Barnes & Noble All Day Celebration - Help Save Forest Hills Character!

FREE SPECIAL EVENT at Barnes & Noble at 70-00 Austin St. on SUN, MAY 31 from 10:00 AM to 7 PM

Barnes & Noble and Author Michael Perlman are proud to invite the community to Customer Appreciation Day. The eventful lineup will feature:

- A book “Buy-In” to help support Barnes & Noble, which is under threat of closing… Purchase any book all day long.

- Free food from Knish Nosh, Red Pipe Organic Café, & La Boulangerie

- Beginning at 10 AM: Raffle – Enter to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook 7” tablet!

Free B&N tote bag for the 1^st 200 customers making a purchase.

- 2:30 PM: Children’s storytime with SKITTLES THE CLOWN, balloon animals & face painting 

- 4 PM: Performances by notable musicians LOU MICHAELS & DOUG LEBLANG

- 5 PM: Author MICHAEL PERLMAN will have a book talk & signing of his new book, “Legendary Locals of Forest Hills and Rego Park” & notable magician MICHAEL CHAUT will leave his audience spell-bound: www.facebook.com/LegendaryLocalsofForestHillsandRegoPark 

Barnes & Noble event listing: http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/4852693 

More to come! Please invite your friends.

And… Don’t forget to sign the petition to save Barnes & Noble: www.change.org/p/muss-development-barnes-noble-nyc-elected-officials-keep-barnes-noble-open-at-70-00-austin-st-forest-hills-ny

Press Roundup

Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2015/05/28/barnes_noble_last_store_standing.php

DNAinfo: www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150528/forest-hills/locals-back-forest-hills-barnes-noble-during-buy-event-this-weekend

Forest Hills Times: www.foresthillstimes.com/view/full_story/26642493/article-Don-t-close-the-book-on-B-N

Times Ledger: www.timesledger.com/stories/2015/22/books_2015_05_29_q_.html

Queens Chronicle: www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/future-of-forest-hills-barnes-noble-in-doubt/article_f0519671-a5ec-554f-851a-148a185ab37b.html

In Gothamist:
"Barnes & Noble in Forest Hills is more than a typical chain store," Michael Perlman said. "Rather, it feels like a 22,000 square-foot mom and pop shop, since patrons are not treated like a number, and there are a number of superb community events for all age groups."