Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/30/2016
10:00 pm
Location
Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse
Category(ies)
It’s an exciting time in the wizarding world, and Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse is planning a magical evening on July 30 to welcome the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II.
At midnight, Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, releases the script book for a new play based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. The play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, written by Jack Thorne – is being published in a special hardcover Rehearsal Edition, and Flintridge Bookstore is throwing a launch party to celebrate. Festivities for the eighth story in the beloved Harry Potter series start here at 10 PM on Saturday, July 30, and the books become available at midnight. This is a ticketed event: A purchase of a book (pre-orders are recommended.) they will also have face painters starting at 1 PM so revelers can get adorned and then return for the evening’s activities.
Here is a preview of what’s in store for the evening
· Costume Contest with prizes
· Harry Potter Trivia game with prizes
· Find the Golden Snitch game with prizes
· Have You Seen This Wizard? photo booth
· Butter Beer & Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans stations
· 4 different, uniquely decorated areas for the 4 sorting houses – Gryffindor, Hufflepuff,
Slytherin & Ravenclaw
· A roaming Dumbledore & Harry Potter costumed bookstore staff
· Activity & coloring table
· Share what Harry Potter means to you wall
· FOR SALE that evening: Hogwart’s House Scarves, Tee Shirts/tank tops, Tote Bags, Journals, Harry Potter Mini-kits, Coloring Books, all Harry Potter books & other related items
· Lots of Give-Aways
Scholastic introduced Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World to American readers nearly 20 years ago and watched as the excitement for each of the books grew over the years. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the first to officially be presented on stage. It receives its world premiere in London’s West End on 30th July 2016.
As the story goes, it was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.
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