| An Evening in Tuscany Music, Wine & the Long Italian Table For one night, Battery Park Book Exchange slows down to Tuscan time. Gypsy Reverie’s acoustic trio plays the music of Tuscany and Italy – Puccini, who was born in Lucca, old Florentine serenades, and the Italian swing of the 1930s – in the candlelit corner of one of Asheville’s most beautiful rooms. Settle in with a Tuscan food spread and a welcome toast, or add a curated tasting of Tuscan wines from the hills around Florence. The evening takes its inspiration from Under the Tuscan Sun, whose author lives part of each year in Hillsborough, NC. As the Italians say, “a tavola non s’invecchia”: at the table, you don’t grow old. Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Doors 6:30 PM · Music 7:00 PM Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar, 1 Page Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 $59 general admission Limited to 65 seats More information www.eveninginbatterypark.com |

Join us at The Book Store every Wednesday for literary-themed trivia, hosted and programmed by Jacqui Castle of Lit Local. Come test your shelf-knowledge, win prizes, and prove once and for all who’s the most well-read of the bunch.


