Tuesday, August 14, 2018

5:00 SOCIAL

5:15 LITERATURE–BOOK DISCUSSION

The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami

Discussion Leader: Jan Paulsen

In this playful novel, commonplace objects for sale at the Nakano Thrift Shop hold many secrets. Employee, Hitomi, seeks advice after she falls for her reserved coworker, Takeo. This leads to a delicate balance between open and hidden secrets. The owner, Nakano, himself is compulsive, impulsive, and shares a secret love life. All of this leads to a heartwarming story about love, life, and human relationships with an offbeat cast of characters.

6:00 DINNER


7:00 PROGRAM

100 Years of Christmas at Dayton’s Department Store: A Minneapolis Tradition

Speaker: James Neagbour, a Christmas Historian

For 100 years Dayton’s department store helped Minnesotans celebrate Christmas. We will take a look at how the Dayton’s store functioned during the Christmas seasons by reviewing various window displays, unique gifts, store promotions, Santa Land, the unforgettable auditorium displays, with a general history of the Minneapolis retail store. We will also take a look at the behind the scenes action by examining anecdotes from the management and the ever helpful store employees, who made the name Dayton’s synonymous with Christmas shopping.