Minneapolis, Minn., Borders Store Hosts Grand Opening Celebration Nov. 8 - 10.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2002 Borders(R) is celebrating the grand opening of its 25,000-square-foot store in downtown Minneapolis, Minn.--located on the corner of 6th Street and Hennepin Avenue--from Friday, Nov. 8, through Sunday, Nov. 10. Throughout the weekend, special events are planned including Universal's "A Universe of Music and Movies," "Disney Day" and "Keep It Simple Sunday." Friday, Nov. 8 - Universal's "A Universe of Music & Movies" -- "Grand Prize Giveaway," includes a DVD player and a Universal music and movie starter set -- Free copy of the "Wall Street Journal," while supplies last -- 11 a.m. - Bobby Schnitzer, jazz/blues guitar -- 4 p.m. - Terzetto, classical/Renaissance instrumental trio -- 6 p.m. - Duo Tonic, jazz duo -- 8 p.m. - George Scott Trio, smooth jazz music Saturday, Nov. 9 - Disney Day -- First 250 children through the door will receive cool Disney Packs -- Kids can enter to win a "Disney Trunk of Fun" filled with a complete Disney story book collection, Disney DVDs and other gifts -- 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. - Family Fun Craft Time -- 1:30 p.m. - Kids Event: story time and Yoko the Cat costume character -- 2:30 p.m. - Kids Event: Disney Magazine Trivia Challenge -- 3:15 p.m. - Kids Event: Buena Vista Movie Time -- 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. -New Age pianist Jim Brickman  should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style.Please discuss this issue on the talk page. will sign autographs and perform songs from his latest CD, "Love Songs and Lullabies" (not a Disney event) -- 8 p.m. - Kevin Bowe & the Okemah Prophets, live rock group (not a Disney event) Sunday, Nov. 10 - Keep It Simple Sunday -- noon to 1 p.m. - Free cup of coffee and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times in cafe -- 1 p.m. - "Preventing Paper Pile-ups": representatives from the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers -- 2:30 p.m. - Ray Christensen, the "Voice of the Minnesota Golden Gophers," discusses and signs his new book, "Ray Christensen's Gopher Tales" -- 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. - complimentary massages given by students from the CenterPoint School for Massage/Shiatsu -- 4 p.m. - CenterPoint School for Massage/Shiatsu instructor will discuss massage and shiatsu Shiatsu Definition Shiatsu is a manipulative therapy developed in Japan and incorporating techniques of anma (Japanese traditional massage), acupressure, stretching, and Western massage. Throughout the grand opening weekend, experience what Borders has to offer Minneapolis year-round--community benefit days, educational and fun children's programming, diverse music events and a wonderful place to simply discover. Borders Group, Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) The routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust, sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). ) is a leading global retailer of books, music, video and other information and entertainment items with stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Singapore, and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . A FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich., Borders Group employs 32,000 worldwide and operates over 385 Borders domestic superstores, 27 international Borders stores, 37 Books etc. locations and approximately 800 Waldenbooks stores. Teamed with Amazon.com, the company also offers online shopping through Borders.com (www.borders.com). More detailed information for journalists is available at www.bgimediacenter.com. Financial data is hosted on www.bordersgroupinc.com and information on Borders stores is available through www.bordersstores.com. |
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