cupcakes & books in Brooklyn!

Author/activist Ibi Zoboi has launched the Brooklyn Blossoms Book Club and today’s event features NY Times bestselling author Rita Wlliams Garcia! If you’ve got kids or if you love great books set in Brooklyn, stop by Restoration Plaza in beautiful Bed-Stuy today. Here’s the line-up:

1pm – 1:30 — Community-Building Game/Activity
Double-Dutch Contest

1:30 – 2pm — 1969/70 Fashion & Photo Display (Courtesy of Tracy Chambers Vintage)

2pm – 2:30 — Collage Postcard Making Workshop

2:30 – 3pm — Mother/Daughter Letter Writing Workshop

3pm – 4pm — Reading, Q&A, & Book signing with Rita Williams-Garcia

*Greenlight Bookstore will be selling select book club titles.

*Kiddietanicals will be selling natural hair products for girls, along with a few gift bag giveaways. (Courtesy of Soultanicals founder Ayo Ogun-McCants)

*Cupcakes will be on sale for $1 to help raise funds for the next Brooklyn Blossoms Book Club event!