Name: Last chance to donate goods for our Christmas Pop Up Shop
Start: 2026-08-18T17:00:00-04:00
Location: First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church

On Tuesday, August 18 from 5-7 p.m. we will collect clothes, books, media and household items for our Savers FUNDrive to benefit our Christmas Pop Up Shop. The Shop provides new gifts that eligible North Andover parents can purchase for their children for Christmas. If you have been or plan to clean out your closets and drawers, we would be grateful for your support!

Local Event: Last chance to donate goods for our Christmas Pop Up Shop

Essex County

Chris Rhatigan 

Boston Metropolitan Area

North Andover

Massachusetts

Last chance to donate goods for our Christmas...

On Tuesday, August 18 from 5-7 p.m. we will collect clothes, books, media and household items for our Savers FUNDrive to...

Last chance to donate goods for our Christmas Pop Up Shop

The Purple Couch Bookshop

Join the Purple Couch Bookshop for Storytime with our friend Colby. Saturdays in July &amp; August. No registration necessary. Drop in for stories and fun!

Local Event: Children's Stories with Mr. C.

Children's Stories with Mr. C.

Join the Purple Couch Bookshop for Storytime with our friend Colby. Saturdays in July & August. No registration necessary. Drop...

Join the Purple Couch as we celebrate Bookstore Romance Day with a panel of some of our favorite authors!
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The Purple Couch’s Romance community can’t be beat. Join us for a raucous conversation, Q&amp;A, and signing with some of our favorite local Romance authors. This year’s event will be featuring Kate Canterbary, Jules Cohen, Jenny Howe, Victoria Lavine &amp; Kristyn Miller and Moderator Lauren H. Mae.
Your $10 ticket includes entry and 10% off each author’s featured title. More details to come. Last year’s event sold out, so don’t wait to grab your ticket!

Local Event: Bookstore Romance Day:  Authors Panel

Bookstore Romance Day:  Authors Panel

Join the Purple Couch as we celebrate Bookstore Romance Day with a panel of some of our favorite authors!
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Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi

Come join us for a Tai Chi Class led in Spanish.Yoga mats are available. We are on the back side of the 290 Merrimack St. Bldg.

Local Event: Free Spanish Tai Chi Class

Free Spanish Tai Chi Class

Come join us for a Tai Chi Class led in Spanish.Yoga mats are available. We are on the back side of the 290 Merrimack St. Bldg.

We invite you to hold space with us on select Sunday mornings from 10am -12pm.
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With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework?
At Silent Book Club, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 10:00-10:30am. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then, from 10:30-11:30, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will be opening to the public at 12pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.

Local Event: Sunday Silent Book Club

Sunday Silent Book Club

We invite you to hold space with us on select Sunday mornings from 10am -12pm.
CLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SEAT
With traditional...

The Purple Couch Bookshop 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b North Andover, MA 01845

A “tradwife” influencer suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855— is it an elaborate hoax or something more sinister?
Our Fantasy Book Club selection for August is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.
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“A bold and biting satire,&nbsp;Yesteryear…will have you cackling and gasping right to the final page.” —Nita Prose, #1&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling author of&nbsp;The Maid&nbsp;series
My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive.
Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the heir to a political dynasty? What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it.
Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a ruthless reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible.
A gripping, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening,&nbsp;Yesteryear&nbsp;is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition, fame, faith, and the grand performance of womanhood.

Local Event: Fantasy Book Club – Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Fantasy Book Club – Yesteryear by Caro Claire...

A “tradwife” influencer suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855— is it an elaborate hoax or something more sinister?
Our...

Fantasy Book Club – Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Join Jen and Moody for more great stories about big feelings on a&nbsp;NEW&nbsp;day/time for the month of July!&nbsp; Jen created My Moody Monster to help people with destructive behavior and mental illness to better cope with their frustrations. When they are better able to cope with their emotions, it is a lot less stressful for their family as well.
Jen is graciously volunteering her time to read to your children and do some activities with each book to help them understand, from an early age, what to do when they feel these big emotions.

Local Event: Moody Monster Storytime

Moody Monster Storytime

Join Jen and Moody for more great stories about big feelings on a NEW day/time for the month of July!  Jen created My Moody...

Join Jenny Howe, Aleese Lin, and Kelly Andrew as we celebrate the release of Jenny’s new YA Romance, How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House!
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In this spooky, small-town Summerween romance, an amateur ghost hunter and a supernatural skeptic team up for a haunted home renovation project. But is their relationship the real fixer upper?
Jenny Howe, one of our favorite authors, returns to The Purple Couch to celebrate the release of her second Young Adult novel How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House. She will be in conversation with fellow authors Aleese Lin and Kelly Andrew to make it a celebration of spooky SummerWeen reads. Your $13.80 tax-inclusive ticket includes the panel and your copy of How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House. Please email us at mailto:info@purplecouchbookshop.com if you’d like to reserve copies of Jenny’s backlist or Aleese or Kelly’s books.

Local Event: Jenny Howe’s SummerWeen Spectacular

Jenny Howe’s SummerWeen Spectacular

Join Jenny Howe, Aleese Lin, and Kelly Andrew as we celebrate the release of Jenny’s new YA Romance, How (Not) to Renovate a...

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During your visit, you will see the classrooms, labs, studios, athletic spaces, and gathering places where students are known, supported, and challenged. You will also learn more about academics, arts, athletics, service, student life, and the admissions process.
Discover how Austin Prep helps students build confidence, pursue their interests, and prepare to lead with purpose.

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Austin Prep: Summer Preview

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Kidcreate Studio is a mobile art studio bringing colorful, hands-on creativity to families and organizations within a 30-mile radius of Wilmington....

Lander Taylor Quire & Weft is a creative lifestyle brand

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Lander Taylor Quire & Weft is an online creative lifestyle brand and design studio based in North Andover, Massachusetts. Blending Jamaican...

Lanam Club

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Warrior Mom Giveaway 💛 At All in a Touch Cleaning, we want to bless a deserving Warrior Mom in our community with 4 labor hours of professional cleaning service. Do you know a mom who has been carrying a heavy season, always putting her family first, and could truly use a helping hand? ✨ Nominate her by sharing her story in the comments or sending us a message. ✨ We will choose one winner to receive the cleaning service. Sometimes a clean home can be a fresh start — and we’re honored to give back to the women who do so much every day. 💛

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Austin Preparatory School, located in Reading, Massachusetts, is an independent Catholic prep school rooted in the Augustinian tradition. Serving...

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Summer Soccer Camp: Belmont, Wayland, Wilmington, Tewksbury

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