Events
In addition to author meet and greets and book signings, F&F celebrates performance and fine arts in our community with events.
Book Launch Celebration – Jaye Viner – The Island of Dreams
Book Launch Celebration - Jaye Viner - The Island of Dreams
Saturday, August 23, 20254:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Author Visit – Dusty & Erin Stanczyk – The Happy Healthy Plant-Based Cookbook: 75+ Colorful Recipes to Nourish Your Whole Body, Feed Your Family, and Have Fun Along the Way
Author Visit - Dusty & Erin Stanczyk - The Happy Healthy Plant-Based Cookbook: 75+ Colorful Recipes to Nourish Your Whole Body, Feed Your Family, and Have Fun Along the Way
Wednesday, July 2, 20255:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Visiting Poets – Tyler Michael Jacobs & Maria Nazos
Visiting Poets - Tyler Michael Jacobs & Maria Nazos
Saturday, June 28, 20254:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poetry Reading – Julie Paschold, Amy Haddad, and Bonnie Johnson-Bartee
Poetry Reading - Julie Paschold, Amy Haddad, and Bonnie Johnson-Bartee
Saturday, June 7, 20254:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Visiting Author – Liese Greensfelder with Roger Holmes — Accidental Shepherd: How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in Norway
Visiting Author - Liese Greensfelder with Roger Holmes -- Accidental Shepherd: How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in Norway
Thursday, May 8, 20255:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Visiting Author – R.F. McEwen – Old Rags and Iron: New and Selected Poems
Visiting Author - R.F. McEwen - Old Rags and Iron: New and Selected Poems
Saturday, May 3, 20254:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Author Visit – Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis – Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World
Author Visit - Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis - Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World
Thursday, May 1, 20252:00 pm - 3:00 pm
National Independent Bookstore Day
National Independent Bookstore Day
Saturday, April 26, 202510:00 am - 6:00 pm
Visiting Poet – John Brehm – The Poetry of Grief, Gratitude and Reverence
Visiting Poet - John Brehm - The Poetry of Grief, Gratitude and Reverence
Friday, April 25, 20255:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Nebraska Author – Mike Theiler – Nikon Road
Nebraska Author - Mike Theiler - Nikon Road
Friday, April 25, 20258:00 am - 5:00 pm
Visiting Author – Deborah Jackson Taffa – Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
Visiting Author - Deborah Jackson Taffa - Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
Thursday, April 17, 20255:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Visiting Author – Ken Meter – Building Community Food Webs
Visiting Author - Ken Meter - Building Community Food Webs
Wednesday, April 16, 20255:30 pm - 6:30 pm
First Friday Art Walk – Featured Artist – Kinzee Hillis
First Friday Art Walk - Featured Artist - Kinzee Hillis
Friday, April 4, 20255:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Book Launch and Poetry Reading – Frizabel Waki – One Voice: Original Poetry
Book Launch and Poetry Reading - Frizabel Waki - One Voice: Original Poetry
Saturday, March 29, 20254:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Visiting Author – Stacey Waite – A Real Man Would Have a Gun: Poems
Visiting Author - Stacey Waite - A Real Man Would Have a Gun: Poems
Tuesday, March 11, 20256:00 pm - 7:00 pm
First Friday Art Walk – Featured Artist – Jude Martindale
First Friday Art Walk - Featured Artist - Jude Martindale
Friday, March 7, 20255:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Visiting Authors – Poetry Reading with Carolina Hotchandani and Maria Zoccola
Visiting Authors - Poetry Reading with Carolina Hotchandani and Maria Zoccola
Saturday, February 22, 20254:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Book Launch – Dennis P. Crawford & Dr. Laura J. Crawford – Robert F. Kennedy: The Road Not Taken From Nebraska to the White House
Book Launch - Dennis P. Crawford & Dr. Laura J. Crawford - Robert F. Kennedy: The Road Not Taken From Nebraska to the White House
Wednesday, December 18, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Visiting Author – Inside Nebraska Courthouses – Dean Settle
Visiting Author - Inside Nebraska Courthouses - Dean Settle
Saturday, December 14, 20244:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Plaid Friday and Shop Small Saturday at Francie & Finch Bookshop
Plaid Friday and Shop Small Saturday at Francie & Finch Bookshop
Friday, November 29, 2024 All Day Event
SHOP SMALL HOLIDAY REPORT CARD
SHOP SMALL HOLIDAY REPORT CARD
Saturday, November 23, 20248:00 am - 5:00 pm
Downtown Lincoln’s 17th Annual Shop the Blocks 2024
Downtown Lincoln's 17th Annual Shop the Blocks 2024
Thursday, November 21, 20245:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Poetry Reading with Greg Kosmicki and Twyla Hansen
Poetry Reading with Greg Kosmicki and Twyla Hansen
Saturday, November 16, 20244:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Visiting Contributors – Patricia Miller, Michael M. Bartels, and James J. Reisdorff – Train Photos from Nebraska: The Vernacular Rail Images of Fred Ritter Jr.
Visiting Contributors - Patricia Miller, Michael M. Bartels, and James J. Reisdorff - Train Photos from Nebraska: The Vernacular Rail Images of Fred Ritter Jr.
Saturday, November 9, 20244:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Meet the (Flatwater Free) Press with Matthew Hansen
Meet the (Flatwater Free) Press with Matthew Hansen
Sunday, November 3, 20242:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Book Launch Event with Katie Anania – Print/Draw: An Experiment on Paper
Book Launch Event with Katie Anania - Print/Draw: An Experiment on Paper
Friday, November 1, 20245:30 pm - 7:30 pm
POSTPONED – Visiting Author Storytime – Heather Dawn Torres – The Tractor Squad
POSTPONED - Visiting Author Storytime - Heather Dawn Torres - The Tractor Squad
Saturday, October 26, 20243:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Visiting Author – Artist Edgar Jerins – Edgar Jerins Life in Charcoal
Visiting Author - Artist Edgar Jerins - Edgar Jerins Life in Charcoal
Friday, October 25, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Visiting Author – Stephanie Saldaña – What We Remember Will Be Saved
Visiting Author - Stephanie Saldaña - What We Remember Will Be Saved
Friday, October 18, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
An Evening with Amanda Peters – The Berry Pickers** at Lincoln Highschool
An Evening with Amanda Peters - The Berry Pickers** at Lincoln Highschool
Monday, October 14, 20247:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Civil War Free Panel & Lecture Events: Dr. Jeremi Suri – Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy
Civil War Free Panel & Lecture Events: Dr. Jeremi Suri - Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy
Wednesday, October 9, 202412:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Book Launch Celebration – Allison L. Bitz in conversation with Joan F. Smith and Laura Taylor Namey – Three Things About Emmy Crawford
Book Launch Celebration - Allison L. Bitz in conversation with Joan F. Smith and Laura Taylor Namey - Three Things About Emmy Crawford
Friday, October 4, 20247:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Visiting Author – Maura Jane Farrelly – Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent: A Story of Mystery and Tragedy on the Gilded Age Frontier
Visiting Author - Maura Jane Farrelly - Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent: A Story of Mystery and Tragedy on the Gilded Age Frontier
Saturday, September 28, 20244:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Charlotte’s Web at Lincoln Community Playhouse – Win Tickets!
Charlotte's Web at Lincoln Community Playhouse - Win Tickets!
Saturday, September 28, 20248:00 am - 5:00 pm
Book Launch Celebratioin – Ava Nathaniel Winter – Transgenesis
Book Launch Celebratioin - Ava Nathaniel Winter - Transgenesis
Saturday, September 21, 20244:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Book Launch – To the Bone – Alena Bruzas in conversation with author Kelsy Burke
Book Launch - To the Bone - Alena Bruzas in conversation with author Kelsy Burke
Friday, September 13, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Visiting Author – Bruce E. Whitacre – Good Housekeeping
Visiting Author - Bruce E. Whitacre - Good Housekeeping
Thursday, September 12, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Visiting Author – Chris Quigg in conversation with Ken Bloom – Grace in All Simplicity: Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs Boson and New Laws of Nature
Visiting Author - Chris Quigg in conversation with Ken Bloom - Grace in All Simplicity: Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs Boson and New Laws of Nature
Wednesday, September 4, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Visiting Author – John Janovy, Jr. PhD – Life Lessons From a Parasite: What Tapeworms, Flukes, Lice, and Roundworms Can Teach Us About Humanity’s Most Difficult Problems
Visiting Author - John Janovy, Jr. PhD - Life Lessons From a Parasite: What Tapeworms, Flukes, Lice, and Roundworms Can Teach Us About Humanity's Most Difficult Problems
Saturday, August 24, 20244:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Book Launch – Kwame Dawes – Sturge Town
Book Launch - Kwame Dawes - Sturge Town
Friday, August 23, 20246:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Book Launch Celebration- Ava Nathaniel Winter – Transgenesis
Book Launch Celebration- Ava Nathaniel Winter - Transgenesis
Friday, August 23, 20248:00 am - 5:00 pm
Visiting Author ***At Eastmont Living – Susi Amendola – The Centered Heart: Evidence Based Mind Body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac Health
Visiting Author ***At Eastmont Living - Susi Amendola - The Centered Heart: Evidence Based Mind Body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac Health
Saturday, July 20, 20242:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Visiting Author – Laura Essay – Side Effects Are Minimal: A Novel
Visiting Author - Laura Essay - Side Effects Are Minimal: A Novel
Saturday, July 13, 20244:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Poetry in the Afternoon – Poetry Workshop with Dr. Katie Marya
Poetry in the Afternoon - Poetry Workshop with Dr. Katie Marya
Saturday, June 15, 20242:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Visiting Author – Chigozie Obioma – The Road to the Country
Visiting Author - Chigozie Obioma - The Road to the Country
Saturday, June 8, 20244:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Book Launch – Nathan Vieth & Karissa Bettendorf – Remy the Lonely Dragon
Book Launch - Nathan Vieth & Karissa Bettendorf - Remy the Lonely Dragon
Thursday, May 23, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Francie & Finch Bookshop!
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Francie & Finch Bookshop!
Saturday, April 27, 202410:00 am - 6:00 pm
Visiting Author – Kerri Denell – Invited to More: Letters for Life – Love, Kerri
Visiting Author - Kerri Denell - Invited to More: Letters for Life - Love, Kerri
Thursday, April 25, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
The Stocking Project Book Drive**** EXTENDED
The Stocking Project Book Drive**** EXTENDED
Sunday, April 21, 20248:00 am - 5:00 pm
Book Launch With Poet Daniel Simon – Under a Gathering Sky
Book Launch With Poet Daniel Simon - Under a Gathering Sky
Friday, April 19, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Visiting Author – Erin Belieu – Poetry
Visiting Author - Erin Belieu - Poetry
Wednesday, April 10, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
First Friday Book Launch – The Nebraska Sandhills
First Friday Book Launch - The Nebraska Sandhills
Friday, April 5, 20245:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Author Event – John Waters – River City One
Author Event - John Waters - River City One
Wednesday, April 3, 202412:00 am - 12:30 am
Poetry Reading with Ae Hee Lee, Siwar Masannat and Kelly Weber
Poetry Reading with Ae Hee Lee, Siwar Masannat and Kelly Weber
Tuesday, April 2, 20245:30 pm - 6:30 pm
