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Another Saturday, another sidewalk sale! Stop by! We're here 'til 4.

Join us this evening for a Friday Ice Cream Social with poet (and griot) .

Rev. Dr. Majadi Baruti is a Griot (Orator, Poet, Priest, Storyteller, Historian, Lecturer, Educator, Earth Chaplain) and climate justice organizer.

Stop by anytime between 5 to 9 this evening for ice cream, waffles, drinks and more!

More than 200 people have lost their lives to opioid addiction in Erie County in 2024. That averages to more than one per day. The opioid epidemic touches every corner of our city and its suburbs and rural areas. Today Jennifer Liberatore tells the story of her son Zach and the family's effort to cope after his loss.

Please join us at 5:30 PM for a talk on Jennifer's memoir You Wonderful Boy.

Today 6-9 PM! Book Club:: Club Book is a periodic book/art/poetry party. This edition is curated by friend of FITZ . The install includes ephemera, art pieces and books! And Bug has poems to share too!

Canons have their place and we respect the right of the paper of record to assert its vaunted cultural power (broadly bourgeois, late to every good party, kind of clueless and, as of late, comfortable in covering for genocidal regimes) in issuing its 100 best books of the 2000s list. There are lots of good ones on there!

All attempts at canonization require relentless response. Here's ours, a non-exhaustive list of 13 books published in the 2000s we think the Times overlooked. We picked them because we loved the voice, or because they moved millions to take social action, or because they're the best wayfinders we've come across in these truly crazy times.

Which of your favorites need some shine?

The Big Book Sale is BACK!! And this is the BIGGEST ONE YET, hands down. An estimated 8,000 volumes in every conceivable genre and category. Opens Friday, August 9th at 10 AM! Spread the word!

Another week begins at FITZ! Stop by for browsing, treasure hunting, patio hangs, chocolate waffles, and 4 flavors of !

Poets at FITZ this evening! Check it out! 7 PM.

Looking for a place to kill some time wirh the kids on their surprise week off from BPS? Stop by FITZ for affordable books and ice cream from !

It's Sidewalk Sale Saturday! Hundreds of 50 centers fresh out of storage!

Join us this evening 5 to 9 PM for the opening of 's art show at FITZ. Enjoy stellar entertainment provided by the one and only Joe Rozler. Plus ice cream, waffles and more!

Join us this evening 5 to 9 for the launch of The Holy Hour: An Anthology on S*x, Work, Magic and the Divine. Contributors and .xyz will offer remarks. This is the first book to be published by Working Girls Press+

It's Sidewalk Sale Saturday! Every Saturday we're putting out several hundred new 50 cent books. Lots of treasures! Good luck with the picking!

Book talks and poetry readings each of the next four nights, starting with Sarah A. Robert and Jennifer Gaddis tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5:30 PM! Click through for info on Brian Whitener's talk on protest politics in Argentina on Thursday, Artpark literay residents on Friday and poets John Rigney and Ed Taylor on Saturday!

We put LOTS of extra 50 centers out front today! Come downtown on this gorgeous Saturday and dig for some treasures. We're 'til 4!

Ice cream from 7 days a week in downtown Buffalo! In this case it's Chocolate Panda Paws with sprinkles. Come visit us at FITZ soon!

Stop by to check out all the new books and vinyl records on our shelves. Plus waffles and 4 flavors of ! We'll be in the shop from noon to 6 pm on Monday.

Great ice cream party last night! Stop by soon for and waffles! Special thanks and for all the good vibes.

We'll br launching 's acclaimed new memoir The Eighth Moon today at 6. Join us! She'll be in conversation with Laura Marris.

Jennifer Kabat's writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, BOMB, The New York Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Believer, Virginia Quarterly Review, Granta and The White Review, among others. She frequently writes for Frieze and has contributed to artists’ monographs and museum catalogues including London’s Victoria & Albert museum.

Friday (tomorrow) at FITZ with out of the Bronx and Buffalo's own . Celebrate our new mural and check out the show of smaller street art pieces on the walls!

#50

Thanks to Bronx-born street art legend and Buffalo's own , we've got a new mural at FITZ, commemorating 50 years of hip-hop culture in Buffalo and around the world! Come celebrate with us on Friday, 5 to 8 PM. The artists will have additional pieces on exhibit in the shop.

Did you know that today is World Collage Day??

Thanks to and Jacob, FITZ will host a collage-making workshop for all ages TODAY from noon to 4. Stop by!!

Dave wrote a great book! He's a dear friend of FITZ and a longstanding Buffalonian. Come out to hear him talk about the Northeast Corridor and how trains transformed our economy and culture. Dave's book, published by the University of Chicago, is getting rave reviews! Get yours at FITZ on Thursday st 6!

Have we mentioned the expanded offerings in Children's Corner? It's now exclusively used books (good titles, all!) in "as new" condition priced in the very, very affordable $1 to $5 range. Check it out!

(We also have a small selection of new children's books on the other side of the store.)

It's First Friday! We're gearing up for the opening of Jason Contangelo's fabulous show Niagara--An Aqueous Ecology. Join us! 5 to 8 PM at FITZ.

First Friday is 2 days away and the weather looks 🌞☀️.

We'll be celebrating the opening of photographer 's fantastic show Niagara--An Aqueous Ecology. Join us!

We had such a blast celebrating Indie Bookstore Day yesterday! Thank you to everyone who came out for book culture in Buffalo, and to and all of our fellow booksellers! Yes we can! Si se puede!

It's Sunday and we're back in the shop if you need your waffle and coffee fix!

Tomorrow (Wednesday) we'll welcome Dr. Antoine Johnson for a talk on Black AIDS activism in the Bay Area, a critical piece of recent history that has been overlooked in most narratives of the time.

About Dr. Johnson and his work:

Dr. Antoine Johnson earned his Ph.D. in the History of Health Sciences from the University of California, San Francisco. His dissertation, “More than Pushing Pills: Black AIDS Activism in the Bay Area, 1981-1996,” explored ways in which Black grassroots organizers confronted HIV/AIDS and structural-medical racism that exposed their communities to infection. His research interests include the AIDS epidemic, anti-Black racism in medicine, twentieth-century American History, and hip-hop culture.

Dr. Johnson will provide insight into his research on Black AIDS activism in the Bay Area, while also confronting ways in which the Black AIDS experience has been overlooked. Focusing primarily on Black s*x workers, Dr. Johnson argues that AIDS is exacerbated by structural and medical racism that has led to the erasure and stigma of African Americans experiencing what Cathy J. Cohen calls
"secondary marginalization," including not only s*x workers but also Black gay men, le****ns, and people who use drugs. Their contributions to the history of AIDS activism challenges how we remember the Bay Area's AIDS epidemic.

Have we mentioned all of the Independent Bookstore Day merch? Get your maps, mugs and bookmarks at FITZ and most participating stores now through the BIG DAY next Saturday!