How to Watercolor: A Beginner’s Guide to Painting with Watercolor
2026-08-30 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
How to Watercolor: A Beginner’s Guide to Painting with Watercolor
Ever wanted to learn how to watercolor but weren’t sure where to start? Join watercolor artist Teresa Cook at Happy Medium Books Café for How to Watercolor, a fun and approachable introduction to the fundamentals of watercolor painting.
In this hands-on workshop, Teresa will walk you through the basics of working with watercolor—from understanding the relationship between water and pigment to creating washes, blending colors, layering, mixing, and building light and shadow.
You’ll learn simple techniques that you can continue practicing long after the workshop, while discovering how to let watercolor flow, move, and create some of its own magic.
No previous watercolor experience is necessary! Whether you’re picking up a brush for the first time or looking to refresh your skills, this workshop is designed to help you feel more confident and comfortable with watercolor.
Come learn the basics, make some art, and start your own watercolor practice.
All supplies included.
$45 per person

Mahjong Meet Ups
2026-08-31 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-07 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-14 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-21 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-28 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-05 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-12 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Reading Sprints
2026-09-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | 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!

Happy Little Melodies
2026-09-03 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-10 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-17 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-09-24 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-10-01 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-10-08 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-10-15 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
2026-09-08 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
$75 covers the 2–day, 2–hour classes on Tuesday, September 8th, and Wednesday, September 9th from 10 a.m.- 12 p.m
Includes the 2026 National Mahjong Card.
*No refunds unless we can fill your seat.

Mystery/Thrilling Book Club
2026-09-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium as we discuss Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann.
Ne need to sign up, just show up!
As always, Happy Medium Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café!

Beers for Fears Horror Book Club
2026-09-10 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Dart Bar & Games, 1261 King St., Jacksonville, FL, 32204, United States
Join us at The Dart Bar to discuss Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Charmed Bookmark Making Class
2026-09-13 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the cafe for a charmed bookmark-making class.

Book Talk with Best Selling Author Hank Phillippi Ryan
2026-09-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us as we celebrate Hank Phillippi Ryan’s new release, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Stranger at Happy Medium Books Café.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Hank Phillippi Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of
17 thrillers, including The Murder List and One Wrong Word. Her newest is All This Could
be Yours, an instant USA Today bestseller, and the 2026 Mary Higgins Clark Award
winner, and now nominated for the 2026 Anthony Award for Best Novel.
People magazine called it “A nail-biting thriller” and Library Journal’s starred review says it
“should be on everyone’s reading list!” Hank has won every major award in the mystery
genre, with her thrillers translated into multiple languages worldwide. Her fiction is
inspired by a lifetime of investigating true crime during her storied career as an on-air
reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV, where she was awarded multiple honors for her
groundbreaking journalism, including an unprecedented 37 Emmy Awards. Her work has
resulted in new laws, people sent to prison, homes removed from foreclosure, and millions
of dollars in refunds and restitution for victims. A TedX speaker and in-demand literary moderator, national reviewers call
her a “master at crafting suspenseful mysteries” and “a superb and gifted storyteller.” Hank was a founding teacher at
Mystery Writers of America University, and the past president of national Sisters in Crime. She’s co-host of The Back Room,
and host of Crime Time on A Mighty Blaze. Her upcoming novel is Mother Daughter Sister Stranger, out September 1
from Minotaur Books. A Chicago native with roots in Indianapolis, Ryan lives in Boston with her husband, a nationally
renowned civil rights and criminal defense attorney. Follow

Romance Book Club
2026-09-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Cafe as we discuss Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Happy Medium Book Club
2026-09-16 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the café to discuss Rebecca Romney’s Jane Austen’s Bookshelf.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Wine Date with a Book
2026-09-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Cork Thyme @ All Spiced up Avondale, 3543 St Johns Ave, Jacksonville, FL, 32205
Join us at the Café as we discuss Blush by Jamie Brenner.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Park After Dark
2026-09-17 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-10-15 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | FL

LitChat with Emma Straub
2026-09-19 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Jacksonville Public Library, 303 N Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL, 32202, United States
Register today to see Emma Straub at The Downtown Public Library Lit Chat during their annual Book Fest.
This Lit Chat Interview is a 60-minute program consisting of a 40-minute conversation between author Emma Straub and an interviewer followed by 20 minutes of audience Q&A. A book signing will follow, with books available for sale on site and for pre-order at Happy Medium Books Café.

Sci-Fi Book Club
2026-09-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the café as we discuss Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Not Your Mother's Book Club
2026-09-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Cafe as we discuss Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim.
As always, Happy Medium Book Club Books as 20% off at Happy Medium Books Cafe.
