Martha Merrell’s Community Involvement

Martha Merrell’s Books is a community-minded independent bookstore, meaning that we host, participate, or are involved in many community events.

Examples of the depth of our commitment to Waukesha and the community include:

Event and Community

• Waukesha Downtown Business Association
• Waukesha Friday Night Live
• ProHealth Care RiverWalk for Breast Cancer, 1st Saturday in May each year
• Alzheimer’s Walk, 1st Saturday in September each year
• Waukesha’s Friday Night After Dark Music Series (indoor music from October – December)
• Downtown Trick or Treating on the Saturday before Halloween
• Holiday Stroll featuring Author Mania (before the Christmas Parade)
• Christmas Clearing Council
• Silver Bells activities during the Christmas season
• Santa’s Breakfast Workshop on Saturdays from Thanksgiving to Christmas
• Art Crawls on the 1st Saturday in March, May, August, October & December
• Waukesha JanBoree

Other Community 

• Waukesha Farmers’ Market on the RiverWalk
• Waukesha GuitarTown Project (a public art project with Gibson Guitar Company)
• Waukesha County Reading Council
• Waukesha Reads Program each October
• Wisconsin State Reading Association

If at all possible, we try to be supportive of any proposals brought to our attention.

Norm and Eve Bruce