Never Ending Books

I happened upon this place when we were walking down State Street after eating at CO Jones. We saw a sign that said free books and I’m a librarian so I was interested. We walked up to Never Ending Books’ door and were looking at the free books that they had outside. The interior was pretty dark and the place looked closed, but all of the sudden I looked up and saw a guy standing there and was like «Uhhh, there’s a dude in their wearing a shirt that says ‘The Dude.’» Then the door opens and two people tell us that they are open and to come on in. The man who I believe was the owner asked if we had been there before and we said no so he explained that you can take whatever books you like and drop a small donation in the box if you have money. If not, you can take them for free. He also said he takes book donations so if you are looking to get rid of some books and can’t bare to throw them away, drop them by Never Ending Books.
Then he tells us that there will be live music starting soon and to help ourselves to free beer, wine, pizza, and other random sugary treats. We were like «Huh? Free? You’re not charging?» Apparently, this is a regular thing on the third Saturday night of every month. Some people brought in treats and alcohol and some (like us) did not. We decided to stay to hear what the free music sounded like as we were intrigued. Most everyone there were old hippies and it was April 20^th, so I’m not sure if there is always that much food.
Both performers looked like they were in their middle to late 20’s so they were much younger than most of the «crowd» (about 10 or so people including my husband and myself).
The first performer came up on stage and I had no idea what to expect. He played some covers as well as some of his own stuff and I did not expect him to be so good. He had a great voice and was entertaining on stage between songs as well. The second performer had a great voice as well. Her voice blew me away. She had a good set of lungs! She played all her own stuff.
My husband just walked by the computer and saw the length of my review and about had a coronary. He says, «Just says they had some great local talent playing live and leave it at that.» So I’ll end with that. I’d recommend checking out the live music nights here if you are a fan of local live music. Or if you are a fan of books, I’d check it out as well. They said they had vinyl as well, but I didn’t see any, but the place was packed with stuff and I might have missed it.