Lights up on Washington Heights!

Octavia Books invites you to join us for a special virtual evening celebrating the launch of IN THE HEIGHTS: Finding Home featuring award-winning songwriter, actor, and director Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pulitzer Prize-winner Quiara Alegría Hudes, and acclaimed writer Jeremy McCarter.

Before Hamilton became a global phenomenon, before Lin-Manuel Miranda became a household name, a little show called "In the Heights" shook up Broadway with its hip-hop and salsa soundtrack and big, bilingual heart. In the new book IN THE HEIGHTS: Finding Home, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter tell the story of the show’s humble beginnings, from rehearsals in a bookstore basement to the Broadway smash (and soon-to-be feature film!) that created an unbreakable community and a new kind of family for everyone involved.

Please join us for a special virtual evening with cocktail book author Natalie Migliarini presenting BEAUTIFUL BOOZE: Stylish Cocktails to Make at Home. She will be in conversation with Neal Bodenheimer, owner of James Beard Award-winning Cure New Orleans and co-chair of Tales of the Cocktail.

Our special guests will guide us in exploring Pisco, Peru’s national spirit, via the glorious cocktails found in BEAUTIFUL BOOZE. You’ll shake and stir along with Natalie as she introduces you to Pisco - an artisanal boutique product that is distilled from just eight grape varietals under strict denomination of origin guidelines.

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Please also show your support now by treating yourself and friends to BEAUTIFUL BOOZE from Octavia Books at octaviabooks.com/book/9781984824332.

The first 20 people to register will receive a free signed copy of the book.

Come celebrate Independent Bookstore Day 2021 with us in-store, on-line, and all over town and show your support for this amazing movement.

Independent bookstores are not just stores—they are community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. They are lively performance spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal is a day well spent.

We will have activities going on in the bookstore including a special open-air, sidewalk book signing with Barri Bronston from 11am-1pm for the launch of her Walking New Orleans: 33 Historic Neighborhoods, Waterfront Districts, and Recreational Wonderlands.

Please join us virtually for a special evening with former Times-Picayune education reporter Danielle Dreilinger presenting her new book, THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live. She will appear in conversation with longtime Times-Picayune food writer Judy Walker.

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