UPCOMING EVENTS

SATURDAY, JULY 21

11 am • Children’s Story Time • The first 15 minutes will be storytelling for younger children, a longer story for children ages 3-7 will follow.

2 pm • Congressional Candidate David Brill: Forum on Public Land Policy • Brill for Congress will host an open forum on Public Land Policy at the Peregrine Book Company. Guest speakers to be announced. Dr. David Brill is a 2018 Democratic candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 4th Congressional District of Arizona. His priorities in Congress will be: accessible and affordable health care, investing in education, protecting our natural resources for future generations, and insuring each citizen in our country has the dignity of lawful equality. Read More »

MONDAY, JULY 23

5:30-7 pm • Prescott Friendship Circle Esoteric Study Group • Join host John Lorenz Monday nights at the Peregrine to contemplate the truth or "Dharma." We'll continue studying The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter Wohlleben, an international best seller, and My Story as Told by Water by David Duncan, a National Book Award winner. The Prescott Friendship Circle also hosts potlucks, movie night, and sharing times. All open hearts are welcome. Read More »

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25

5:30 pm • Open Mic Night • Hosted by Poet Eric Larson • Experience the power of the spoken word! Read More »

THURSDAY, JULY 26 – NEW EVENT!

5 - 6:30 pm • Immigration Open Mic • Informal Discussion, Presentation • Join us for an open mic themed, educational space that will focus on immigration, immigrant rights, and combating misinformation about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Folx and organizations from the Prescott community will be showing up and speaking out on this issue that is so important in our current sociopolitical climate — through mediums of spoken words, poetry, music, facts, and conversation. Read More »

PLEASE NOTE: Peregrine’s Feminist Book Club on JULY 26th is rescheduled for 5:30 pm THURSDAY, AUGUST 2nd — Apologies for Any Inconvenience! • The book we will be discussing on August 2nd will be Julia Serano’s Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Our regular schedule will resume August 23rd (see calendar listing below). Read More »

SATURDAY, JULY 28

10 am-5 pm • Prescott Valley Library's Fandomania: A Comic Con Event • Prescott Valley Public Library will be hosting Fandomania: a Comic Con Event. This exciting all-ages program will combine comics, movies, books, and gaming with local businesses, authors, and artists to provide a whole day of exciting and unique workshops and activities. The Peregrine Book Company will be there with a fantastic array of comic books, graphic novels, T-Shirts, collectibles and more! Don't miss this Free Program with guest artists and performers. Read More »

11 am • Children’s Story Time •The first 15 minutes will be storytelling for younger children, a longer story for children ages 3-7 will follow.

MONDAY, JULY 30

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1

5:30 pm • LGBT Book Club • Hosted by Sharayah Hudson • We meet at 5:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month. Come join us for an adventure into literature with an LGBT theme! It is Sharyah Hudson's vision that people of all persuasions will come together and understand themselves and each other through LGBT literature and poetry. Come one, come all! Read More »

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2

5:30 pm • Peregrine’s Feminist Book Club • Please Note: This meeting was formerly scheduled on July 26th. Due to unforseeable circumstances, it was moved to August 2nd. Our regular schedule will resume on August 23rd. Our goal is to build and strengthen the feminist community in the Prescott area, to learn and grow from each other’s experiences and contributions, and to create a springboard for feminist-centered, intersectional social change in our community and beyond. The book for each specific month will be available at 10% off the listed price. The book we will be discussing on August 2nd will be Julia Serano’s Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Read More »

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4

11 am • Children’s Story Time • The first 15 minutes will be storytelling for younger children, a longer story for children ages 3-7 will follow.

MONDAY, AUGUST 6

5:30-7 pm • Prescott Friendship Circle Esoteric Study Group • Join host John Lorenz Monday nights to contemplate the truth or "Dharma." The Prescott Friendship Circle also hosts potlucks, movie night, and sharing times. All open hearts are welcome. Read More »

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8

New Time! 5 pm • Peregrine’s Mystery Book Club • Join us for the Peregrine Book Company’s Mystery Book Club, a club for readers of mysteries, suspense, thrillers, noir, and whodunnits. We will meet the second Wednesday of each month. The book for each specific month will be available at 10% off the listed price. The book we'll be discussing on August 8th is Still Life by Louise Penny. Questions or comments? Ask for Jon! Read more »

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9

5:30 pm • Death Cafe • Hosted by Dani LaVoire • At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The objective is “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is not intended to be a grief support or counseling session. Read more »

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11

11 am • Children’s Story Time • The first 15 minutes will be storytelling for younger children, a longer story for children ages 3-7 will follow.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12

2 pm • Lisa Locascio: Open Me • Reading, Q&A, Booksigning • Author Lisa Locascio will discuss her new novel, Open Me, a political and erotically-charged debut that follows a young American woman’s transformative journey during one pivotal summer abroad, hailed by Viet Thanh Nguyen as “unflinching in its portrayal of sex, desire, racism, and the excitement and confusion of youth.” Read More »

4 pm • Gregory McNamee: Tortillas, Tiswin, & T-Bones • Reading, Q&A, Booksigning • A popular speaker and well-known author of more than 40 books, Gregory McNamee has traveled the Southwest for decades in quest of the perfect taco—and the perfect plate of barbecue, and the perfect tamale, and the perfect chicken-fried steak, and … well, he’ll relate those culinary adventures and more at our store. Join us for this mouth-watering tour! Read More »

MONDAY, AUGUST 13

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15

5 pm • Panel Discussion on Reproductive Rights • Join us for an evening of speaking openly about reproductive rights. There will be panelists with diverse backgrounds and expertise, who hope to foster an open dialogue during which everyone will be encouraged to share, learn from one another and be empowered to get more involved. The four panelists are Desiree Perez, Molly Freibott, Gerry Garvey, Gage Stewart, and Kelly Fryer. Congressional Candidate Dr. David Brill will be moderating the discussion, and his daughter Sophie Brill will introduce the panel. Bring your questions, and bring your friends! Read More »

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17

9 am (at Natural History Institute) • Natural History Book Club • Come read with us! Natural History Book Club offers guided discussions on a diverse array of environmental and natural history literature for scholarship, inspiration, and understanding, in a welcoming atmosphere. The goal of the Natural History Book Club is to foster discussion of the exploration and discovery of the natural world, its dynamics and the role of humans within it, by reading the best in popular, scientific, adventure, and creative natural history. All are welcome to attend! You can see what we are currently reading in the Natural History events calendar. The book we will be discussing on August 17th is Chet Raymo's The Soul of the Night. Event Location: Natural History Institute, 126 N. Marina St., Prescott. Read More »

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18

11 am • Children’s Story Time • The first 15 minutes will be storytelling for younger children, a longer story for children ages 3-7 will follow.

MONDAY, AUGUST 20

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22

5:30 pm • Open Mic Night • Hosted by Poet Eric Larson • Experience the power of the spoken word! Read More »

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23

5:30 pm • Peregrine’s Feminist Book Club • Join us for a monthly book club featuring feminist authors and works. Our goal is to build and strengthen the feminist community in the Prescott area, to learn and grow from each other’s experiences and contributions, and to create a springboard for feminist-centered, intersectional social change in our community and beyond. The book for each specific month will be available at 10% off the listed price. The book we will be discussing on August 23rd is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Read More »

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25

11 am • Children’s Story Time • The first 15 minutes will be storytelling for younger children, a longer story for children ages 3-7 will follow.

2 pm • Nannette Johnson: Pain, Power, & Promise • Reading, Q&A, Booksigning • Nannette Johnson will talk about her book Pain, Power, & Promise, an intimately candid portrayal that will remind readers of a story from Chicken Soup for the Soul — a combination of autobiography, and a no-nonsense “help yourself” attitude. Johnson will read excerpts of her book followed by an audience Q&A and booksigning. Read More »

MONDAY, AUGUST 27

REGULAR ONGOING EVENTS

SATURDAYS – 11 am • Children’s Story Time • The first 15 minutes will be storytelling for younger children, and a longer story for children ages 3-7 will follow.

MONDAYS at 5:30 pm • Prescott Friendship Circle Esoteric Study Group • Join host John Lorenz Monday nights at the Peregrine to contemplate the truth or “Dharma.” All open hearts are welcome. For more information, contact John Lorenz (928) 445-5179.

MONTHLY • LGBT Book Club • Mystery Book Club • Death Cafe • Natural History Book Club • Open Mic Poetry • Feminist Book Club