The Atlas Collective - Brews & Books

📚✨ COMING IN WEEK 3! ✨📚

Summer Reading participants will have a special opportunity to win one of our Book Bundle Raffle prizes!

Complete Week 3 of Summer Reading and earn a raffle ticket for a chance to win a curated book bundle in your age group:
📖 Picture Book
📚 Juvenile
📚 Teen
📚 Adult

A huge thank you to The Atlas Collective - Brews & Books for partnering with us to create these amazing book bundles and support literacy in our community.

Keep reading—we can't wait to see who will be our lucky winners! 🌱💚

CRAFTERS. ARE YOU READY TO PICK UP A NEW HOBBY??? Well, have we got the thing for you!!

Join us Thursday, July 9th, for a beginner-level embroidery workshop hosted by a community member — and actual, real-life teacher, Becca! She will provide you with the basics — equipment included — to feed your artsy, creative soul. Learn 10 different stitches and take home the materials to make your own project!

Make sure you follow Becca's embroidery page at instagram.com/thesteeleneedle

Register here:
https://withfriends.co/event/28526045/beginner_embroidery_workshop_with_becca

Our July book club is here! Wicked by Gregory McGuire will be hosted by our friend Tyler Mitchell and will be held on Thursday, July 23rd, from 5:30-7:30 pm. The coffee bar will be available for you as well as after-hours shopping.

Sign up here:
https://withfriends.co/event/28518299/july_book_club_wicked_with_tyler_mitchell
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Stay tuned for when books will be available for pickup in store!

Tyler selected Wicked for book club in celebration of The Project’s 40th anniversary. There is a long history of shared connection between The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland, and the LGBTQ+ community. In fact, the term “friend of Dorothy” was once used by q***r people as coded language to help identify each other. Plus, he was looking for another reason to listen to the Wicked soundtrack!

About Wicked:
This is the book that started it all! The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire's breathtaking New York Times "bestseller Wicked "views the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, through a darker and greener (not rosier) lens.

About Tyler: Tyler is the Development Director at The Project of the Quad Cities, an organization dedicated to caring for people living with HIV and LGBTQ+ folks. As a proud member of the q***r community, Tyler hopes to make a difference through his work at The Project. He also serves on the Foundation board for the Davenport Public Library and as chair of the WVIK/NPR community advisory board. During his free time, Tyler enjoys hanging out with his cats, Basil & Mothman, listening to audiobooks, and playing video games. He’s also an avid D&D fan!
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- Registration for book club is now a donation-based pay-what-you-can each month that benefits a local non-profit - July's book club will benefit

- Receive 10% off the book club book with registration - use code BOOKCLUB or mention that you've joined the book club at checkout in person!

- Don't want the physical copy of the book? Consider using
libro.fm/atlascollectiveqc for audiobooks or https://bookshop.org/shop/atlascollectiveqc for e-books or direct to home shipping.

It's audiobook month, friends!!

Read along for tips and tricks with Bronk - and stay tuned to the end for a BOGO sale from Libro.FM, our audiobook servicer!!

libro.fm/atlascollectiveqc

Hi friends! Thank you SO much for joining us at our 3rd annual Pride Party. As always, it was an incredible success thanks to YOU.

We know how loved this incredible fundraising design by is so we thought we'd extend the sale of the tote bags and prints through this week! Pop into the shop to grab one or use the payment link below to purchase one by Saturday. These are for pickup in store at Atlas.

If you'd like to make shipping arrangements, please email Carolyn Foster at [email protected] and we will coordinate with her!

Thank you!
https://square.link/u/r3unrYPw

What’s *your* flavor of Atlas Q***r?
We all have our own vibe and aesthetics, which do you resonate with most? 😍🌈Are you a Kara? A Celeste? A Brooke/Helena mix?

Let us know! Tag a friend and tag yoself 😏😎🫵

And while you’re at it, you should pull up in your own aesthetic to Atlas TOMORROW, Saturday, June 13th, for our 3rd annual pride party!!!!

(Need everyone to know Jordan did not send his pic to me, so I looked up “man” to put that silhouette in...It kinda works though.)

Happy Pride, sillies!!!!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Rain or shine- the blood drive is still on today! From 10-1 and we have room for walkins!!

Donate with PRIDE- receiver a voucher for a coffee at The Atlas Collective and a discounted entry to The Project’s PRIDE 5k on June 27th!

WE NEED YOUR BLOOD!

Join us Sunday, June 7th for a blood drive from 10am to 1pm. Sign up for your time at the link in our bio!

Donors will not only receive $5 off The Project PRIDE 5k, but they will ALSO receive a voucher to redeem a FREEEE drink from us here at The Atlas Collective for after your donation! (Also...we heard the donor bus has cookies.)

One blood donation can save up to three lives! (According to The World Health Organization). And, as of 2023, the FDA guidelines include a new inclusive screening process that expands blood donor eligibility and eliminates questions based on sexual orientation. Check out those full guidelines at bloodcenter.org

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T-F: 7am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: 10am-2pm
Monday: Closed

Now presenting your new favorite podcast and certainly not the first bookish thing you can listen to – R.E.A.D. @ TAC! This lil show stars Kara and Brooke from Atlas! Found on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, you can now hang out with them from the comfort of your own home--or fave third space 😉

In the inaugural episode, K&B will be chatting about the 2026 Summer Reading Challenge, Program, and Menu. And of course, they talk about their current reads! They’re just girls after all! 🤪 So grab a nice bevvy, a little treat, and tune in 😎☕️🍿

Apple Podcast: read-@-tac/id1896885963" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/read-@-tac/id1896885963

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033taIQaWFtZDpTcMO78Vb