Happy Little Melodies
2026-06-11 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-06-18 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-06-25 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-07-02 10:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us for music, movement, and memory-making with your little one in this cozy, welcoming space!
Reserve your spot before they’re gone: www.musictherapynow.net/happylittlemelodies

Learn to Play Mahjong Day 2
2026-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Must have attended Learn to Play Mahjong Day 1.
Don’t forget your card!

Welcome to Florida and Seeking Rents Live Podcast Event
2026-06-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join best-selling Florida author Craig Pittman and Chadd Charland from the “Welcome to Florida” podcast along with Florida’s No. 1 government watchdog Jason Garcia from the “Seeking Rents” podcast as they host a live, in-person, meet-and-greet June 12th from 6:30-7:30 PM. The three will discuss the role of independent media in fostering democracy, their paths to podcasting, and how state government too often works against citizens. A question and answer will follow.

Book Talk with Kevin Powers
2026-06-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us in conversation with NYT Bestselling and Award winning author Kevin Powers, where he will discuss his newly released book Children of the Wild.
Reservations required and books can be preordered at Happy Medium Books Café.
Kevin Powers was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Since publishing his first novel in 2012, his books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He has been a finalist for the National Book Award and a recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Guardian First Book Award, the Prix littéraire du Monde prix étranger, and the Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine, among other recognitions. He was a James A. Michener Fellow in Poetry at the University of Texas at Austin from 2009-2012 and later held a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. A U.S. Army veteran of the war in Iraq, Kevin now lives on Florida’s First Coast with his family.

Mahjong Meet Ups
2026-06-15 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-22 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
If you KNOW how to play Mahjong and are wanting to meet up and play, this is for you!
Join our group and get our Group Me notifications about upcoming Meet Ups.
Contact the store to get on our list!
All skills welcome.
Game and 2025 cards are provided.

Learn to Play Mahjong Night Class
2026-06-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
This is a 2 day class for Mahjong Beginners.
$85 covers the 2 – 2 hour classes on Monday, June 15th & Wednesday, June 17th.
Includes the 2026 National Mahjong Card.

Sci Fi Book Club
2026-06-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Cafe as we discuss Hum by Helen Phillips.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium.
Bring a friend or make new ones!

Happy Medium Book Club
2026-06-17 10:30 - 12:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the cafe to discuss On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books.
Bring a friend or make new ones!

Learn to Play Mahjong Day 2
2026-06-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Must have attended Learn to Play Mahjong Day 1 on June 15th.
Remember to Bring Your Card!

Wine Date with a Book - Wine Girl
2026-06-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Cork Thyme at All Spiced Up in Avondale to discuss Wine Girl by Victoria James.
As Always, Happy Medium Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books.
Bring a friend, or make new ones!

Yarning
2026-06-18 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Bring your knitting, crocheting, needlepoint or whatever you are working on and join fellow yarners at Happy Medium.
Bring a friend or make some new ones!

Park After Dark
2026-06-18 18:00 - 21:00 | FL

Mahjong After Dark
2026-06-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Come join us at the cafe for a night of Mahjong!
Must bring your own card and already know how to play.

Coffee Chat with Leslie DeVooght
2026-06-19 10:30 - 23:30 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the café for a morning chat with author contemporary fiction author Leslie Devooght.
Leslie Kirby DeVooght is an award winning author of many flash fiction short stories and of the Magnolia Bluff series. She has been awarded the ACFW Genesis contest for her book, The Heartfelt Formula and placed first in the Write-to-Publish contest for Contemporary Fiction, just to name a few. Leslie is living her happily-ever-after in Jacksonville, Florida where she cheers on her three children and enjoys date nights with her always inspiring husband.

Happy Little Melodies Father's Day Edition!
2026-06-20 10:00 - 10:30 | FL
Calling all Dads! Bring your babies and toddlers to Music Time with Dannielle to celebrate Father’s Day weekend.

Not Your Mother's Book Club
2026-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the cafe as we discuss Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium.
Bring a friend or make new ones!

A Seat at Our Table
2026-06-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us as we discuss The Lilac People by Milo Todd.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Cafe.
Bring a friend or make new ones!

Coffee Chat with Lady Cherokee
2026-06-26 10:30 - 12:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Cafe for a chat with author Lady Cherokee!
LadyCherokee is a memoirist, speaker, and faith-driven storyteller whose work centers on healing, resilience, and breaking generational cycles. Through powerful personal testimony, she shares her journey of navigating pain, faith, womanhood, and self-discovery with honesty and grace.
As a woman committed to inspiring others through truth-telling, LadyCherokee writes to empower readers to confront their past, embrace healing, and walk boldly in purpose. Her memoir offers an intimate look at overcoming adversity while trusting God through life’s most challenging seasons.
Through her writing and community conversations, LadyCherokee creates space for vulnerability, faith, and transformation—encouraging others to find power in their own stories.

Literary Arrangements Paper Flower Class
2026-06-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Learn how to turn vintage book pages into beautiful, handcrafted flowers 📖🤍 In this 2-hour workshop, Lyndsay will guide you step-by-step through shaping and assembling delicate paper blooms using simple techniques and pre-cut materials.
You’ll begin with a guided demonstration, then create your own set of flowers to take home. Perfect for beginners, this workshop is designed to be relaxing, meaningful, and fun—whether you come with your mom, bring a friend, or treat yourself to a creative afternoon.
Participants will leave with: • A set of handmade book page flowers • Techniques to recreate them at home • A beautiful, meaningful piece to display or gift 💐 Workshop price: $35 per person Vases are not included, but you are encouraged to bring your own if you’d like to arrange your flowers during the workshop.
All materials are included.
Link in bio.
Limited spots available.

BookTalk with Malini Schueller Teaching Solidarity: Critical Race Theory
2026-06-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the cafe as we hear from UF Professor Malini Schueller discuss her new book, Teaching Solidarity: Critical Race Theory.

Malini Schueller is from India and received her M.A. in English from Panjab University and my Ph.D. from Purdue University (1986). She has published several edited collections including, Messy Beginnings: Postcoloniality and Early American Studies and Exceptional State: Contemporary US Culture and the New Imperialism. She has also published articles in journals such as American Literature, American Quarterly, SIGNS, Interventions, and Cultural Critique as well as given invited talks at nationaland international universities. She also loves playing tennis, biking, and walking.

Beach Reads Book Bingo!
2026-06-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the cafe for a night of Beach Reads Book Bingo!
Bring a friend or make new ones!

Reading Sprints
2026-07-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium for a night of Reading Sprints!
What are Reading Sprints?
It is a style of reading that focuses on reading productivity. Similar toThe Pomodoro Technique for learning.
Everyone gathers with their individually selected titles and we spend time chatting, getting drinks and snacks, etc…
Once everyone is settled,
we set a timer for 20 minutes. everybody reads silently until that timer is finished.
5-10 minute stretch break, or time to chat…
Repeat!
We plan on 4 cycles of reading and when we are done, you have read 180 minutes of reading!
RSVP, so we will save you a seat!

July 4th Hours
2026-07-04 09:00 - 14:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Happy Independence Day!
We will be closing early at 2pm on July 4th.

Homemade Ravioli Class
2026-07-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Spend an afternoon with Diana, a passionate cook and expert in Italian cuisine, as she guides you through the delightful process of making Homemade Ravioli from scratch. This immersive experience promises not only to teach you the art of crafting these delicious pasta pockets but also to share cherished family traditions passed down through generations. As you roll out the dough and fill it with a variety of mouth-watering ingredients, you’ll learn the significance of each step in the process as Diana recounts how her grandmother taught her these time-honored techniques in their cozy kitchen.
During this hands-on workshop, you will not only master the technique of creating the perfect ravioli dough but also explore the various fillings that can be used. Diana will provide tips for balancing flavors and achieving the ideal texture, ensuring your ravioli is both delicious and authentic.
In addition to the ravioli, you will also learn how to prepare two traditional sauces that complement the pasta beautifully, each with its unique flavor profile. Diana will share her grandmother’s secrets for achieving the perfect consistency and depth of flavor in each sauce, elevating your homemade ravioli to a whole new level.
This culinary adventure will not only enhance your cooking skills but also deepen your appreciation for Italian cuisine and the love that goes into every dish. By the end of the afternoon, you will have created a meal that is not just food but a heartfelt tribute to family traditions, ready to be shared with friends and loved ones. Join Diana for this unforgettable experience, where you will leave not only with newfound skills but also with a sense of connection to Italy’s rich culinary heritage. The class will conclude with dinner.

Menu:
Bruschette
Homemade spinach and Ricotta Ravioli
Light Marinara Sauce
Brown Butter and Sage
.The ticket includes a 2.5-hour cooking class, all ingredients and materials, and a meal for either lunch or dinner.
