It’s our 14th anniversary in November! And we’re partying a tad early–that is to say, now!

Fourteen years is worthy of a celebration on its own, but at this year’s party we’ll be saying goodbye to two institutions and looking ahead to some exciting changes.

* Our founder and fearless leader, Tina Jens, is retiring.

* As mentioned previously, we’re moving (temporarily) out of the Red Lion Pub as it undergoes a massive rebuilding project.

The party, being held this Monday (October 1st) from 7:30p til midnight upstairs at the Red Lion Pub, will be Tina’s last official day…and our last gathering at the Red Lion (2446 N. Lincoln Ave) until it reopens.

There will be free food, free booze, and great conversation. Oh, and massive book sales! We don’t want to move all those boxes.

Taking over as CEO, while stil retaining his much-loved moderator duties at our regular Monday meetings, will be Eric Cherry. Those of you unable to attend, but who would still like to share personal tributes for Tina, the Red Lion, or congratulations for Eric; can forward them to Mike Martinez at scheduling@twilighttales.com. He will make sure they are presented to the intended recipients on the night of our big party.

Reminder: starting Monday October 8th, Twilight Tales at our temporary home of Mix: The Lakeview Lounge. Located at 2843 N. Halsted, just three buildings north of the Halsted/Diversey intersection. For ‘L’ riders, it’s currently off the Belmont red/brown stop while Diversey Station gets a rehab of it’s own. There’s also free parking, and Monday is dollar beer (Bud/BudLight) night!

The Red Lion is closing this fall for remodeling/renovations. The building will be torn down to the ground and completely rebuilt. They are starting in early October–our planned last Twilight Tales there is on the 1st–and are expected to reopen in early summer 2008.

Twilight Tales will continue throughout the construction project, but not amidst the rubble. Instead, we will be temporarily located at Mix: The Lakeview Lounge at 2843 N. Halsted (one block north of Diversey). Directions can be found here

In the meanwhile, we’ve got an awful lot of *gasp* books! And we’d really rather not lug them all down that flight of stairs if we can help it. So every Monday between now and “Last Call (For Now),” we’re holding a book sale.

Each week, we’ll have a table of books going for $1. We’ll also offer “buy one, get the second half off” on many of our regular titles. And we’ll have other promotional items on a “freebie” table, as we find them.

So please come down in the next few weeks and buy our books so we don’t have to move them!