"To celebrate the bookstore's birthday, the shop is hosting a block party 2-5 p.m. Sept. 20. Expect family-friendly activities, including a retro photo booth, local food vendors, a giant birthday cake, kids activities and live music from Peninsula rock band Effie Zilch. RSVPs are encouraged. Kepler's has been the Peninsula's living room for curious minds for 70 years a place where ideas spark, stories connect us, and community comes alive."
"After founder Roy Kepler opened the store in 1955, it became a leader in the so-called paperback revolution of the 1950s and '60s, which broadened access to affordable books then 35 cents a piece and helped to democratize reading. Drawing in countercultural icons like the Grateful Dead and Joan Baez, the bookshop became a hub for Peninsula culture and discourse."
"Kepler's has been the Peninsula's living room for curious minds for 70 years a place where ideas spark, stories connect us, and community comes alive. We've made it this far because our community believes in the power of ideas, and books, and we engage deeply and authentically with our community about our challenges and opportunities, says Praveen Madan, Kepler's CEO."
Kepler's Books will mark its 70th anniversary with a block party 2-5 p.m. Sept. 20 featuring a retro photo booth, local food vendors, a giant birthday cake, kids activities, and live music by Peninsula rock band Effie Zilch; RSVPs are encouraged. Kepler's has long served as the Peninsula's living room for curious minds, a place where ideas spark, stories connect people, and community gathers. Roy Kepler founded the store in 1955 and positioned it at the center of the paperback revolution, broadening access to affordable books and attracting countercultural figures. Management passed to his son in the 1980s, and changing market conditions led to a closure in August 2005 before later revivals.
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