Yesterday, we stopped by The Second Hand Book (TSHB) at 908 Spring Garden Street and saw that Todd Zimmer is having his inaugural art show at the bookstore tonight from 6:00- 8:00 p.m. Todd loves to draw monsters and will have 13 reasonably-priced, untitled works for sale at the bookstore. The event is free and open to the public.

Greensboro’s indie bookstores do so much to build community and to celebrate the local. Julie, proprietor of TSHB, is no exception. We were in search of a fiction book that takes place in New Mexico. Julie checked her inventory and found a Tony Hillerman book, “The Dark Wind.” Hillerman was a professor at the University of New Mexico for 25 years. This was precisely what we wanted. If you are ready for the weekend (Thursday is the new Friday), head to TSHB tonight and connect with an incredibly intellectually and artsy community. Bring your book wish list and start thinking about which wall needs an original piece of art by a local artist.

Happy Thursday!