# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Bodega Stories | An Evening with Amaris Castillo
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for an evening with author Amaris Castillo for the release of her debut book, BODEGA STORIES.About this Event🎟 This event is FREE and open to the public and books will be available for purchase the night of the event! An RSVP grants general entry, but seating is not guaranteed, so please try and show up early. Please RSVP only if you intend to join us. Can't make the event? About The BookA bodega is much more than a neighborhood grocery store—it's a lifeline to community and culture. In Bodega Stories, Amaris Castillo takes readers inside Orlando Latin Market, a bodega owned and operated by her parents in St. Petersburg, Florida, to reveal a thriving local hub that bridges generations, languages, and traditions.Meet the regulars: Castillo's glamorous Tía Margarita, who has worked part-time at the bodega for years; longtime cook Alberto, who arrives early to prepare the store's rice, beans, empanadas, and croquetas; Chico, the owner of the barbershop next door; and Esther, who visits after church every Sunday for her crispy chicharrones. Through captivating and charming true stories of visitors who come looking for products from Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela, Cuba, and many other countries, readers get a glimpse into the lives of employees and customers as they navigate matters of immigration, love, history, food, and identity.Interwoven are snapshots of daily life, like a bulletin board outside the store where local residents post apartments for rent, messages through the bodega's Facebook page asking for hard-to-find items, and photos from the past and present. Including Castillo's own family's story from the Dominican Republic to New York to Florida, Bodega Stories is a portrait of finding home—between the cultures we inherit and the ones we embrace.About The AuthorAmaris Castillo is a Brooklyn native and daughter of Dominican immigrants. A former newspaper reporter, her work has appeared in the New York Times, Lowell Sun, Bradenton Herald, and elsewhere. She currently works at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and lives in Tampa Bay with her family. Bodega Stories is her debut.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/3106a1b0-2c75-11f1-ae8b-4112d0299dd3-rimg-w479-h740-dc67a749-gmir.jpg
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Coral Gables
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Books & Books
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- **full address**: Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, United States
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
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- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Bodega Stories | An Evening with Amaris Castillo ?
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