Book of the day > Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. Insight Editions. “Kurt Cobain, legendary lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Nirvana, “the flagship band of Generation X,” remains an object of reverence and fascination for music fans around the world. For the first time, his story will be told in Brett Morgen’s Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, a fully authorized feature documentary that in 2015 will be released theatrically around the world by Universal Pictures and shown exclusively by HBO in the United States. Visual artist Frances Bean Cobain, Cobain's daughter, is executive producer. This riveting book accompanies Morgen’s highly anticipated documentary and delves further into the material created for the film, presenting an illuminating and honest portrait of the Nirvana frontman that captures the contradictions that made up his character. The book is composed of the extended versions of the exclusive interviews featured in the film. The book also showcases the film's visuals with a mixture of animation stills, rare photography, and other treasures from Kurt Cobain's personal archive. Taking fans into and beyond Morgen’s movie with unparalleled insight into the world of the late Nirvana frontman, this book will be the perfect complement to a milestone documentary that will forever change the way fans view Kurt Cobain.”

Book of the day > Playground, Photographs by James Mollison. Aperture. “James Mollison's photo projects are based on smart, original concepts applied to serious social and environmental themes. For his latest book, Playground, Mollison has photographed children at play in school playgrounds, inspired by memories of his own childhood, and interested in how we all learn to negotiate relationships and our place in the world at a young age through play. For each picture, Mollison sets up his camera during school break time, making multiple frames, and then composing each final photograph from several scenes, in which he finds revealing "play" narratives. With photographs from rich and poor schools, in countries including Argentina, Bhutan, Bolivia, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, Norway, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom, and the U.S., Mollison also provides access for readers of all ages to issues of global diversity and inequality."

PLEASE JOIN US SUNDAY, MAY 10th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM FOR A BOOK SIGNING:
DENNIS McGRATH: HEAVEN + DEANNA TEMPLETON: THEY SHOULD NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND

"Dennis McGrath’s Heaven illustrates an incredible journey of a lost soul. Professional skateboarder Lennie Kirk began his career in the early nineties at the ripe young age of sixteen. He was a wild child - fearless and invincible - for whom nothing seemed out of his reach. He was only eighteen when he was run over by a truck. Board broken but otherwise unharmed, he walked away from skateboarding and ‘found God’. However, after finding salvation, his wild antics were no different, and if anything, became crazier. His passion was manic and dangerous, and often got him into trouble. Lennie is currently serving thirteen years in jail - his second incarceration. With an intense collection of letters, photographs, and ephemera, McGrath takes us on a visual journey through Lennie’s wild ride of life".

Hot-off-the-press from Arcana favorite Deadbeat Club Press, Deanna Templeton's They Should Never Touch The Ground is a wry,  engaging photographic survey of today's 'creative' uses of the American Flag-motif,  and the sometimes misplaced respect for 'Old Glory' itself. Known primarily for over a decade's work of telling portraits of girls grappling with the transition to adulthood, her photographs have been the subject of five previous books along with a number of gallery and Museum exhibitions.

So drop by between 4:00 to 6:00 PM, Sunday, May 10^th for a lemonade or a beer, and come and hang with Deanna and Dennis to celebrate the publication of They Should Never Touch the Ground and Heaven!