Carpe Librum Pop-Up Used Bookstore
Dates and Times for this Past Event
- Sunday, Jun 4, 2023 12pm - 5pm
- Saturday, Jun 3, 2023 12pm - 5pm
- Friday, Jun 2, 2023 11:30am - 6:30pm
- Thursday, Jun 1, 2023 11:30am - 6:30pm
- Wednesday, May 31, 2023 11:30am - 6:30pm
- Sunday, May 28, 2023 12pm - 5pm
- Saturday, May 27, 2023 12pm - 5pm
- Friday, May 26, 2023 11:30am - 6:30pm
- Thursday, May 25, 2023 11:30am - 6:30pm
- Wednesday, May 24, 2023 11:30am - 6:30pm
- Sunday, May 21, 2023 12pm - 5pm
- Saturday, May 20, 2023 12pm - 5pm
Location
5221 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Details
Turning the Page is opening a new Carpe Librum pop-up used bookstore at 5221 Wisconsin Avenue NW this May 5-June 4, 2023. The space will be filled with thousands of high-quality used books of all genres, for all ages. Turning the Page is a nonprofit that engages public school families for student success; collecting and selling donated used books is one way they raise capital for their programs.
Purchase a book, donate a book, support a great cause, and come meet your neighbors!
Carpe Librum Hours:
Wednesday — Friday, 11:30 am to 6:30 pm
Saturday — Sunday, 12 pm to 5 pm
Events:
Guest Shopkeeper Nights
Dates: May 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, June 1, 4-6:30 pm
Guest Shopkeeper Night is a fun chance for you to invite your friends and colleagues to browse for books, network, mingle, and support a good cause. The Friendship Heights Alliance and Turning the Page will provide music, a wine bar, and light nibbles.
Interested? Contact jking@turningthepage.org to sign up to “host” a shopkeeper night. No experience in selling books is required: just the ability to spread the word and bring a group of people!
Friday Afternoon Ice Cream
Stop by the shop on select Friday afternoons for ice cream and to purchase a children’s or young adult book (or any book). Bring your children, tell the nanny, spread the word! Ice cream for purchase; vendor details TBD. Sidewalk chalk will be available. All are welcome.
Dates: May 12, 19, 26, 3:30-6:30 pm
Makers Market
Date: May 20, 3 pm to 7 pm
Stop by the Maker’s Market on the west side of Wisconsin Avenue, then pop over to Turning the Page to browse for books on the east side of Wisconsin.
Children’s Book Party
Date: June 3, 11 am to 1 pm
Join children’s book authors for a special reading, fun activities, games, snacks, music, and more. This festival will be geared for elementary school-age children, but anyone can buy any book, so bring the whole family!
About Turning the Page
Turning the Page engages parents to become empowered participants in their children’s education and helps ensure families of partner schools can access educational resources, such as books and community learning opportunities. Since 1998, Turning the Page has engaged and supported more than 7,000 D.C. public school families and has distributed more than 125,000 new children’s books to these families’ homes. To raise critical funds for their programs, they collect donated used books, CDs, DVDs and vinyl – of all genres and for all ages – and sell the donated items through pop-up bookstores and markets such as this newest spot at 5221 Wisconsin Avenue NW.
About the Space
This pop-up is supported by the Friendship Heights Alliance, and the space is donated by Grosvenor. As part of its placemaking initiatives, the Alliance partnered with Grosvenor earlier this year to install a colorful seating arrangement of Adirondack chairs and bistro tables, as well as flower pots, outside their property at 5225 Wisconsin Avenue NW. The Alliance is planning similar activations to highlight the pop-up bookstore.