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See below for details about our upcoming events at TLC or Espressions.
For a monthly view, see our "calendar" tab to the right!
Worldwide Reading Challenge

Help us read 2,025 books in 2025!
HOW DO YOU JOIN THE CHALLENGE?
1) Read (or listen to) a book.
2)Submit it online or tell our barista's about it (and they will help submit it)!
3) Get your special bookmark if you are in the Aurora area!
****If you aren't from around here, don't worry, you'll learn how to at least get a really cool sticker when you log your first book!
Learn more about this awesome challenge, check out all the links below, stop in at Espressions: Coffee & Community or email us!
This Week's Soup Menu

Soups go on at 11 a.m. until they are gone. If you miss one, check to see if we have it in our "Soups Out the Door"!
Cup is $3.00++
Bowl is $5.00++
Soups are homemade and fresh each day! Come in and enjoy.
Senior Citizen's Discount

Calling all Senior Citizens! We would love to serve you, especially this Monday and Friday for our Senior Citizen's Discount!
Lisa's Book Club/Harry Potter Book Club #1

Looking for Booklovers!
We would love to fill our shop with friends discussing the written word over coffee!
We are beginning the Harry Potter series! Along with this club, we will also be hosting a Saturday morning club to. Please note that you can go between the clubs as it suits your schedule. If you can only make it from time to time, THAT’S OK! If you’ve already read the books and seen the movies and love talking about them….and want to come to club, please do. Audiobook listeners welcome too. Whether you join us for every week of this journey or come and go, we get it. Life is busy, there are commitments and time gets away from you! With this guide you’ll have an idea of where we’ll be each week.
Come when you can and come as you are. This is a welcoming community looking forward to taking this book journey with you!
Sound Bath hosted by Society Wellness and Salon

We welcome The Alternative to lead this event! Enjoy the healing vibrations and calming sounds for a truly relaxing experience.
Sound bath will be from 7-8 then enjoy refreshments and socializing from 8-8:30.
Bring a yoga mat, towel or blanket to lay on and something to support your head. Eye masks are a great addition too.
You must register and pay ahead for this event to keep your spot. Registration fee is $40. The registration fee is non refundable, if you cannot make it to the event half of the fee can be redeemed in credit to use at Society Wellness.
Click the link or head to Society’s Facebook page to register!
Writers Wanted

If you love words and want to have a cup of coffee with others in our community who also love to write - join us at Espressions! This is a time for writers of any kind to come and sit together and work on their current work in progress or start a new project.
This means ALL WRITERS of any age and experience level are welcome. You can work on a novel, short story, blog...a paper! Come write.
We look foward to seeing you there!
Stories with Lisa at Espressions

While you grab a cup of coffee or another beverage and enjoy a little time, your child can join us for for Stories. Adventure awaits, inside the pages of our books. Join us for Stories, and develop a love of books and literarture. Craft of activities will follow the story.
For children, ages 3-8. We ask that children are not just dropped off for storytime as this is not daycare.
Thank you.
Senior Citizen's Discount

Calling all Senior Citizens! We would love to serve you, especially this Monday and Friday for our Senior Citizen's Discount!
Friday Night Murder Club

"Cain's Jawbone" is a murder mystery puzzle written by "Torquemada"-Edward Powys Mathers. The puzzle was first published in 1934 as part of The Torquemada Puzzle Book. In 2019, crowdfunding publisher Unbound published a new stand-alone edition of the puzzle in collaboration with the charity The Laurence Sterne Trust.
Cain's Jawbone has been described as "one of the hardest and most beguiling word puzzles ever published. This club started this summer and has continuted on! So each Friday evening, we're hosting "Friday Night Murder Club" at Espressions. You'll find our 'crime board' as a part of the Potter Common Rooms in the back! Join us for a cup of coffee and a bite to eat as we move the pages around in this great mystery looking for the solution. Come when you can or come each Friday! We'll see you there.
It is not nessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of "Cain's Jawbone", we have a link below.
Game Night at Espressions

We are going on a board game adventure! Come and play a new game or bring an old favorite! Bring your friends and family too!
This event allows us to provide a space for our community to gather, connect, and enjoy some fun over coffee.
We hope you'll join us!
Private FLEET

Private FLEET booked.
Harry Potter Book Club #2

Looking for Booklovers!
We would love to fill our shop with friends discussing the written word over coffee!
We are beginning the Harry Potter series! Along with this club, we will also be hosting a Saturday morning club to. Please note that you can go between the clubs as it suits your schedule. If you can only make it from time to time, THAT’S OK! If you’ve already read the books and seen the movies and love talking about them….and want to come to club, please do. Audiobook listeners welcome too. Whether you join us for every week of this journey or come and go, we get it. Life is busy, there are commitments and time gets away from you! With this guide you’ll have an idea of where we’ll be each week.
Come when you can and come as you are. This is a welcoming community looking forward to taking this book journey with you!
Scribbles with Ella

Join us for Scribbles with Ella at 10:30! Each week you get to learn a new doodle. Stop by to enjoy a free guided drawing lesson.
D & D Club

Join us for a variety of table-top roleplaying games fit for all ages and skill levels!
What to bring? Notebooks, pencils, and dice will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own materials and figurines!
How do I join? Just show up! There is not entry fee or prerequisites to join D & D except a love for adventure, dungeons, and occaisonal dragons! You are not required to attend every session. There will be single session and multi-session campaings offered.
Are you a DM? If you are an experienced DM and would be interested in assiting with and/or leading of sessions, GREAT! Please email tobiaskounovsky@gmail.com
We hope to see you there!
Crawfish Boil & Cajun Themed Buffet featuring Dustin Dale Gaspard

Come enjoy a good ol' fashioned Louisiana style crawfish boil and Cajun-themed sides buffet including red beans & rice, gumbo, Cajun corn Salad, cornbread, and more! We promise Executive Chef John and his team are going to cook up a feast! We'll serve you a heaping and healthy portion of Crawfish complete with corn and potatoes. The sides are all you can eat, and we'll also have beverages for you all to enjoy. Kids are welcome. All tickets are $50.00 regardless of age.
Tickets are pre-sale ONLY. Due to the fact that the crawfish is being flown in fresh from Louisiana, we must have everything ordered by NOON on Wednesday March 19th! Ticket sales will end at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18th, so secure your spot by then! There will NOT be any tickets sold at the door for this event.
Here is what you need to know about the evening!
5:30 p.m. Doors Open
6:00 p.m. Sides goes out to the tables
6:15 p.m. Crawfish goes out to the tables.
7:00 p.m. -ish-ish When all is served, the crawfish doled out, the music starts. This year's music is none other than a Lousiana Bayou boy himself, Dustin Dale Gaspard!
7:45 p.m. Dessert is served.
If you want your fair share of Crawfish, we suggest being there by the time sides go out!
Sides are served family style. Crawfish Boil comes out in disposable third pans to each person. Chef comes around with refills!
For those of you coming from out of town, we have hotel rooms. Call 402-694-3934 to book rooms or to get assistance purchasing tickets online. If you have any questions, please contact us!
We'll see you there!