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Sensational Book Signing Cocktail Party!

  • BEN
  • Jul 31, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 5, 2025


Wednesday, August 13th, 5-7pm


Get ready for an exciting book signing event at Ordinary featuring Betsy Golden Kellem’s latest masterpiece, Jumping Through Hoops! Enjoy cocktails, grab a clown nose, books for sale, and brace yourself for a few surprises. Don't miss the chance to have your copy of Jumping Through Hoops personally signed!


Here’s a little about the author, someone you need to know in person!



Betsy Golden Kellem is a scholar of the unusual. Her writing on circus and entertainment history has appeared in venues including The AtlanticVanity Fair, Washington PostPublic Domain Review, Smithsonian, Atlas Obscura, and Slate. A board member of the Barnum Museum and the Circus Historical Society, Betsy is an Emmy winner for her Showman’s Shorts video series on P. T. Barnum. She is a columnist for JSTOR Daily and regularly teaches and speaks for academia and industry. If you ask nicely, she will juggle knives for you.


"Jumping Through Hoops" is available for purchase online here, at numerous reputable bookstores, and will also be available at Ordinary during the book signing event.


This fantastic event coincides with What We Drink in the Shadows: A vampire cocktail bar experience running through October.


Thanks for reading!

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7 hours ago

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