Benny Thunders

Next Book Club & Social 📔 on August 19, 2026 at 6:30pm.

🗓️We meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Come in, pour yourself a drink, grab something to eat from Nacho Wagon and socialize with fellow book lovers. We will promptly start the book discussion at 7pm.

Next up: “James” by Percival L. Everett. A Pulitzer Prize winner.

When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. 

Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim’s agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.

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Pour. Sip. Puzzle.
🍺 Pour your beer.
🍷 Pour your wine.
🧩 Then race the clock.

Join us for Speed Puzzle Play at Benny Thunders on Saturday, August 1 at 12 PM. Fastest puzzlers earn the glory. Everyone else earns another pour. 😉

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Today we raise a glass to those who gave everything. Honoring their courage, sacrifice, and service. 🇺🇸