BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41215a8d-c85b-42d1-9c93-4a139ab893fa@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261026T070348Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T203000 SUMMARY:Gibson's Bookstore Presents: Dog Man Creator Dav Pilkey’s EPIC To ur! DESCRIPTION:Image Gibson's Bookstore Proudly Presents Dav Pilkey\, #1 Wor ldwide Bestselling Creator of Dog Man\, Captain Underpants\, and Cat Kid Comic Club Thursday\, December 3rd\, 6:30pm (Doors open at 5:30pm) Capi tol Center for the Arts Swope Theater 44 South Main St. Concord\, NH 033 01 TICKETS To be added to the waitlist please contact the Box Office at (603)225-1111 or by emailing info@ccanh.com Meet Creator DAV PILKEY and step into an exclusive DOG MAN experience you won’t find anywhere else! THE EVENT EXPERIENCE: This in-person event will feature a visual present ation and live drawing session featuring author and illustrator Dav Pilk ey! Plus trivia with special prizes! The program will run approximately 30 minutes long\, followed by a photo opportunity with Dav Pilkey. In ad dition to the above\, there will be EPIC activities including a photo op portunity with the Dog Man and Captain Underp costume characters\, exclu sive giveaways\, and more! Attendees are encouraged to POWER UP and dres s up as Dog Man\, Captain Underpants\, Cat Kid\, or your favorite Dav Pi lkey book character! ABOUT THE EVENT + TICKETS: Each ticket costs $16.00 (inclusive of all taxes and fees) and includes the event experience\, a pre-signed copy of Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time by Dav Pilkey — plus a l imited edition Dog Man glow-in-the-dark backpack tag! Your pre-signed co py of Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time with glow-in-the-dark backpack tag wil l be available for pick-up as you enter the event. Inspired by one of th e themes in Dav Pilkey’s books about the importance of doing good\, if y ou wish to give away any of your extra signed books\, we are happy to do nate it on your behalf to our literacy organization partners like CLiF\, local school libraries\, and Title 1 schools. HELPFUL TIPS/NOTES/GUIDEL INES: For guidelines\, please check with Gibson's Bookstore or the Capit ol Center for the Arts. Due to the number of people waiting in line for the photo opportunity with Dav Pilkey\, it is very much appreciated that these guidelines are followed. Concessions will be available on-site On e photo per family. All photos will be taken by a professional photograp her. Photos will be available via QR code for free download after the ev ent. More information will be shared closer to the event date. Photograp hy/Videography Release: Please be aware that Scholastic Inc. will be pho tographing and recording this event. By attending the event\, patrons ag ree that if you are filmed\, photographed\, or otherwise recorded\, you consent to Scholastic using your image and voice for any and all purpose s without compensation or further notice. If you have any questions abou t the event\, please contact gibsons@gibsonsbookstore.com Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at this SUPA EPIC event experience! TICKET S About Dog Man: “The Dog Man series has evolved to become a love letter to my parents. I am grateful to them for believing in me even when I di dn’t believe in myself. Their optimism\, support\, and encouragement hav e made a tremendous impact in my life. ”—Dav Pilkey Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man books explore multi-generational family and champion empathy and doing good. The series follows the hilarious and heartwarming adventures of th e “Supa Buddies”: Dog Man\, a lovable canine superhero\, and his friends Li’l Petey\, a curious kitten who embodies love\, optimism\, and hope\, and 80-HD\, a robot who expresses himself best through his art. The ser ies explores universally positive messages including empathy\, kindness\ , and striving to become a better version of one’s self\, while it also tackles more complex themes including the loss of a loved one\, shared c ustody\, and forgiveness. Dog Man has been adapted to a hit and critical ly-acclaimed musical from TheaterworksUSA which is currently touring aro und the U.S. and London. DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures rel eased the feature film adaptation of Dog Man which debuted at #1 at the box office. About Dav Pilkey Dav Pilkey has created over 75 books for ch ildren and was awarded a Caldecott Honor for his picture book The Paperb oy. When Dav Pilkey was in second grade\, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and what is now widely known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorde r (ADHD). Because of his learning and behavioral issues in school\, he w as often sent out in the hallway. It was in his elementary school hallwa y where he created comic books about superheroes that eventually became Captain Underpants and Dog Man. Pilkey’s blockbuster phenomenon Dog Man released in 2016 has more than 70 million copies in print to date\, tran slations in 50 languages\, and is one of the bestselling graphic novel s eries of all time. The hit movie adaptation of Dog Man was released by D reamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures featuring the voices of Pete Davidson\, Isla Fisher\, Lil Rel Howery\, and Ricky Gervais. Cat Kid Com ic Club series\, a spin-off of Dog Man which highlights how lessons in c reativity often reflect lessons in real life\, is also a #1 worldwide be stseller\, translated in 28 languages to date\, and has been adapted to a hit musical from TheaterworksUSA. Dav’s pioneering series Captain Unde rpants was published 30 years ago and has been translated in 37 language s with over 90 million books in print worldwide\, including the new book Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga\, written and adapted by Pilke y with full color illustrations by Japanese manga artist Motojiro. Dav’s first graphic novel\, The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby\, was publish ed 24 years ago and became an instant national bestseller. It is now ava ilable in a full-color edition\, along with the new full-color edition o f the companion book\, Super Diaper Baby: The Invasion of the Potty Snat chers. For more information about Dav Pilkey and his books\, visit the M ediaroom HERE. TICKETS\n\nTickets: https://www.ccanh.com/buy-tickets/920 1/132/dog-man-creator-dav-pilkeys-epic-tour?main=1\n\nhttps://findlocal. community/event/41215a8d-c85b-42d1-9c93-4a139ab893fa LOCATION:Gibson's Bookstore\, 45 S Main St\, Concord\, NH 03301 URL:https://findlocal.community/event/41215a8d-c85b-42d1-9c93-4a139ab893f a STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR