Kramers Bookstore Marks 50 Years Tonight: Mayor Muriel Bowser to Deliver Remarks
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will attend and deliver remarks at the 50th anniversary celebration of Kramers, the landmark Dupont Circle bookstore, at 7:30 p.m. tonight. According to the mayor's public calendar for October 22, the event at Kramers, 1517 Connecticut Ave NW, is open to the press and recognizes the store's longstanding contributions to the District's literary and cultural community.
Kramers was founded in 1976 by Bill Kramer, Henry Posner and David Tenney as Kramerbooks. It soon added a cafe and became one of the first bookstores in the United States to feature one. The founders sold the store to Steve Salis in 2016. Combining a bookstore, cafe, restaurant and bar, Kramers has been a cultural gathering place in Dupont Circle for five decades.
The store will also hold a community day on October 24 as part of its anniversary observances. (GSM, based on the D.C. mayor's public calendar and the Washington Blade)
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: Kramers 书店（1517 Connecticut Ave NW）本店夜景实拍，Elvert Barnes 摄，CC BY 2.0，Wikimedia Commons / Kramers bookstore storefront at night, 1517 Connecticut Ave NW, by Elvert Barnes, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
