Analog Dope Events
Habaka KFJ Book Signing
Habaka KFJ Book Signing
Meet bestselling author, international vocalist, radio host, and storyteller. Get your copy personally signed, and dive deeper into the world behind the pages. Let the light begin ✨
Habaka KFJ is an award-winning international
Blues, Jazz, and Gospel vocalist, producer, and radio
host known for her remarkable four-octave range
and emotionally captivating performances.
Expanding her artistry beyond the stage, she is now a
two time Amazon Top 10 Bestselling Author as a co--
author of Voices of Care, a powerful collection of
real-life stories that uplift, inspire, and unite
caregivers around the world.
Visit www.habakakfj.com
An Afternoon With Phoenix Giselle
breathe. read. connect.
An Afternoon of Mindfulness with Phoenix Giselle
Join us for a joyful afternoon celebrating mindfulness, reading, and community with Phoenix Giselle, Guinness World Records' Youngest Certified Yoga Instructor and author of BREATHE.
Hosted at our community partner Studio 140 in the Las Vegas Arts District, this family-friendly experience invites children and family to slow down, breathe, and connect through storytelling and mindfulness.
Together, we'll enjoy:
📖 A live reading from BREATHE
🌿 A guided breathing and mindfulness activity for children and families
✍🏽 A book signing with Phoenix
📸 Photo opportunities following the program
Ear to the Earth: An Intimate Plant Listening Experience 🌿🎧
Ear to the Earth
July 28th, we’re going quiet together.
Ear to the Earth is an intimate plant listening experience where the bioelectric voice of plants becomes the soundtrack, and Maati’s teas hold you through it.
Naps are encouraged, bring your yoga mat or whatever you’ll need to be the most comfy.
This is rest as practice. Presence as ritual. 🌿
Only 8 spots will be available.
Book Signing with T.R. Monroe
We Still Rise: A Workbook of Loss, Betrayal, and Becoming
We Still Rise is more than a workbook, it’s a companion for anyone walking through loss, betrayal, or deep healing. It meets you where you are and gently guides you forward through reflection, Scripture, and practical exercises rooted in faith. This book doesn’t rush the process or minimize pain; it helps you rebuild trust, rediscover your worth in Christ, and rise with purpose and peace. If you need a deeper, faith-centered push toward healing and becoming who God is shaping you to be, I truly recommend this workbook.
T. R. Monroe is a child of God, a mother, a daughter, an educator, media specialist, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc who believes healing is both spiritual and practical. Her authentic voice and compassionate leadership help readers rediscover their God-given strength. Through education, creativity, and truth-telling, she reminds us that no pain is wasted—every story can rise again. You're not starting over, you are just getting started. Visit https://trmonroebooks.com/
Analog After Hours - Summer Soul Edition
Analog After Hours
Summer Soul Edition
Join us for an after hours listen, sip & shop experience with analog sounds, books, curated tea and good company.
Featured Spins
D’Angleo: Voodoo
Roberta Flack: Now Playing (Greatest Hits)
The Mind Rehab Experience
Author Talk & Book Signing with Jameen Willis
For the man who knows he was built for more.
You've carried responsibility. You've shown strength. You've figured things out as you went. But deep down, you're ready for clarity instead of confusion - direction instead of guesswork.
Mind Rehab lays out a powerful five-phase process: Plan. Demo. Restore. Improve. Maintain.
This isn't just another self-help book. It's a framework for rebuilding from the inside out.
Mind Rehab is a practical blueprint to strengthen your mindset, confront what's been holding you back, and step into the man you know you're capable of becoming.
MIND REHAB
The Process of Repairing What's Broken Inside and Stop Living Life By Trial and Error
Rich King, Poor King Book Release & Signing
Join us as author Douglas Turner shares his story, and celebrates the work that brought this moment to life.
The Quiet Storm Book Signing
The Quiet Storm Book Signing with Amani Roberts
Amani Roberts is a renowned speaker, author, and DJ specializing in unlocking creativity within hospitality and music professionals. With a master’s from Berklee College of Music,he has performed globally, co-released remix EPs, and hosted podcasts. An award-winning professor at CSU Fullerton, Amani collaborates with industry giants like Marriott and Forbes. He’s the author of DJs Mean Business and The Quiet Storm.
In The Quiet Storm, discover the untold stories and memorable rhythms behind the R&B groups that laid the foundation for today’s music. From the soulful melodies of the 1960s to the funk-infused beats of the 1980s, explore how these groups drove social change, influenced popular culture, and battled the changing tides of the music business as technology shifted how music was made. Roberts explains why these acts were left behind—and what can be done to bring their legacy back.
Analog After Hours
Analog After Hours
Juneteenth + Black Music Month Edition
Join us for an after hours listen, sip & shop experience with analog sounds, books, curated tea and good company.
Featured Spins
Jill Scott: To Whom This May Concern
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
The Seven Compassion Distractions Book Signing
The Seven Compassion Distractions Book Signing
Nikki Baines is a social impact strategist, community advocate, and author dedicated to exploring the connection between compassion, identity, and collective growth. With over a decade of experience serving rural communities through youth enrichment and resource-based programs, her work centers on unity, healing, and social awareness. Her book, The Seven Compassion Distractions, invites readers into a thought-provoking conversation about the social divisions that shape human connection and the importance of rebuilding community through understanding and empathy.
Website:
NikkiBaines.com
Instagram:
@sisternikkib
Soft Strength - with guest author Nikesha Elise Williams
There’s a softness that holds power. 🌸✨
Join us for Soft Strength, an evening celebrating Black womanhood, legacy, lineage, storytelling, healing, and community at The Analog Dope Store.
We’re honored to welcome bestselling author Nikesha Elise Williams for a special conversation around her beautiful new novel, The Seven Daughters of Dupree, in conversation with Erica Vital-Lazare.
Expect warmth, reflection, sisterhood, creativity, and a room full of people who believe stories can heal generations. 💐📚
✨ Guided Grounding Meditation
✨ Guided Paint & Sip Experience
✨ Community + Conversation
✨ Celebrating 4 years of Analog Dope
PLUS special invited book clubs: Main Character Book Club + Dope Lit Book Club 💛
🎨 Paint & Sip tickets will be available through @girlsnightinpaintandsip
🌷 Light Run of Show 🌷
Doors Open — 4:30PM
Guided Grounding Meditation — 5PM
Paint & Sip Experience — 5:30PM
Author Talk + Book Signing — 7PM
📍 May 30th | 4:30PM–8PM
📍 205 E. Colorado Ave. Las Vegas, NV
Free entry with purchase of The Seven Daughters of Dupree from Analog Dope.
Bring your matriarchs, homegirls, aunties, your journals, your softness, your strength. 🌸
Virtual Author Talk with Walter Mosley
Author Talk with Walter Mosley
Join Readers Nationwide for an Evening with Walter Mosley
Be part of a national, live conversation with Walter Mosley, one of the most celebrated voices in contemporary literature.
On Thursday, May 28, Mosley will appear live in Sacramento at The Guild Theater with the event streamed to 30 Black-owned bookstores nationwide and available for viewers at home. This hybrid experience brings readers together across cities and communities for a shared night of storytelling, conversation, and connection.
The discussion will center on Ghalen: A Romance in Black (Amistad, May 26, 2026), exploring themes of love, identity, and human connection that define Mosley’s work.
Analog Dope is providing virtual access to this event. Your ticket includes access to the event livestream and a signed copy of Ghalen: A Romance in Black, available for pick-up at the store or shipped directly to you.
Book Club Meet Up
Join us for a special Poetry Month Book Club Gathering ✨📖
This April, we’re celebrating National Poetry Month!
Our book club members are invited to bring a poem from this month’s selected reads that resonated with them. Choose a poem that moved you, challenged you, or stayed with you long after the page.
Join us in the front courtyard of The Analog Dope Store for an evening of shared words, reflection, and community. Whether you’re reading aloud or just soaking it all in, this is a space to connect through poetry and perspective.
Come through, bring your voice (or your listening ears), and tap into the power of the written word.
Our Mothers' Gardens Book Festival @ Obodo Urban Farm
Our Mothers’ Gardens Book Festival 🌸📚
Analog Dope is proud to return for our third year as booksellers for the Our Mothers’ Gardens Book Festival. This festival is a beautiful celebration of literature, culture, and community.
Join us on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at the Obodo Urban Farm for a full day of storytelling, connection, and inspiration. This year’s festival features renowned chef and author Bryant Terry, alongside a curated experience of books, vendors, and community voices rooted in creativity and growth.
We’ll be on-site with a thoughtfully selected collection of titles. Pull up, build your library, and tap in with the energy of the space.
See you there!
Las Vegas Liberation Book Swap
Bring a book, take a book at our first ever Community Book Swap!
📚 Join in on the fun by bringing one or more books to swap with other memebrs of the community
✂️ Get creative at our zine and bookmark making stations
🏆 Win book themed prizes by entering into our mutual aid fundraiser raffle
❤️ Hosted by Las Vegas Liberation Foundation, a non-profit mutual aid orginization that focuses on providing meals and resources to our unhoused and low income neighbors
Record Store Day 2026
Vinyl Lovers Favorite Day!
The bins will be stocked and the gems are waiting for you!
Pull up early for the best selection and curated Analog Dope bundles.
Read Between the Lines - Zine Making Workshop
Annotated Zines as Narrative
Bring a meaningful text…
(poem, quote, lyric, or saying)
In this workshop, we’ll build a handmade zine around it.
Write back to it. Illustrate it.
Question it. Add what it left out.
Simpin All Over the World Book Signing + Convo
Book Signing + Conversation with Cortland Hill
Meet the author and celebrate the release of his new book “Simpin All Over the World”.
Roses Guest Author James Spooner
Roses @ Analog Dope is excited to host novelist & filmmaker James Spooner
Author Talk & Book Signing during Roses @ 4pm
James Spooner is an award winning graphic novelist, filmmaker and tattoo artist. His debut graphic novel, The High Desert was named “Best of 2022” by Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post and The New York Public Library. The High Desert is the 2023 recipient of the American Library Association's Alex Award and the Cartoonist Studio Prize. Spooner co-edited an anthology of Black punk writers and comic creators entitled, Black Punk Now. Available now, the book was named in the top 10 Music Books of 2023 by Pitchfork, top 5 Music Books from the Guardian and received a Kirkus star. Pantheon has acquired his forthcoming book It Starts With Anger, set for publication in Aug of 2026. He was recently commissioned to adapt a story by the Scottish Book Trust and is regular contributor to RazorCake Magazine.
Spooner directed the seminal documentary Afro-Punk which premiered at national and international film festivals, including Toronto International and The American Black Film Festival. James also co-founded the AfroPunk Festival, which currently boasts audiences in the hundreds of thousands around the world.
Spooner’s work has been recounted in various publications, including NPR, The Los Angeles Times, Vice, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, MTV, NBC News and Variety. He was a recipient of the ReNew Media Rockefeller Grant. He is a guest curator for the Broad Museum in Los Angeles and the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas and previously programmed for the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
James continues to screen Afro-Punk around the world, giving talks on punk, comics and Black identity.
Purchase James Spooner’s book now, and have them signed at the event!
Roses: An Experience of Black History, Present & Future
Roses is an immersive cultural experience rooted in the brilliance, resilience, and imagination of the Black community. Through literature, music, art, and storytelling, Roses explores the continuum of Black history, celebrates the richness of the present, and invites us to collectively imagine what the future can be.
First introduced in 2022 as a month-long pop-up cultural activation, Roses became the catalyst for the founding of The Analog Dope Store. In 2026, Roses returns, expanded, reimagined, and more intentional than ever bringing together readers, creatives, educators, families, for a day centered on connection, creativity, and consciousness.
🌹EVENT SCHEDULE
Colorado Ave + Front Courtyard
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Live DJs • Food • Vendor Market
Music flowing all day while you shop and enjoy the vibes
🎶 DJ Lineup
12:00–2:00 PM: DJ Kelly J
2:00–4:00 PM: TeeWheeze
4:00–6:00 PM: DJ Mai Girl
🎨 Back Courtyard — Art Activation Area
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Community Art Canvas
A collaborative, evolving canvas—add your voice, vision, and creativity.
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Rhythm on Canvas Paint Experience
Purchase tickets to the Paint Experience
🎤 Main Stage Programming
Location: Back Courtyard
12:00 PM: Event Begins
Doors open • Vendors live • Music starts
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM: Children’s Book Reading
Mr. Billy the Librarian
An interactive reading experience for kids and families
1:00 PM - Panel 1: Grounded in Wellness
Grounding and care practices for spiritual, mental, and financial wellness
2:00 PM - Panel 2: Why We Vote
A timely discussion on civic engagement, collective power, and activation
3:00 PM - Panel 3: Emerging Activists Panel
A conversation with young activists leading Las Vegas movements and shaping the future of social change
4:00 PM - Guest Author Conversation & Book Signing
with James Spooner
5:15 PM - Spoken Word Showcase
Poetry, performance, and powerful storytelling to close the day
✨ What to Expect
Roses 2026 will feature a dynamic mix of programming and installations, including:
Curated Book & Vinyl Experiences spotlighting Black authors, thinkers, and musicians
Black History Immersive Gallery honoring legacy while envisioning the future
Authors, Speakers & Community Panels
Live DJ Sets
Children’s Book Readings & Creative Workshops
Vendor Market featuring Black-owned brands
Visual Art & Painting Installations
Mentorship, Wellness, Business Building & Networking Opportunities
Roses is intentionally intergenerational and interdisciplinary—designed to engage minds, spark conversation, and build meaningful community.
🛍️ Vendor Applications Open!
We are accepting applications from Black-owned brands and culturally aligned vendors offering mission-driven products rooted in culture and community:
Vendors selected for Roses will be part of a thoughtfully curated market designed to support discovery, connection, and economic circulation within the community.
Additional partnership opportunities for authors, educators, artists, mentors, and media collaborators will be announced soon.
🌹 About The Analog Dope Store
Founded in 2022 by Rachelle and Charlie Luster, The Analog Dope Store is a Black-owned, woman-owned, queer-owned bookstore and cultural hub located in the Las Vegas Arts District. We amplify stories and sound that shape identity, empower community, and preserve cultural legacy.
Our mission is simple and intentional: to raise the vibration of communities through literature, music, and culture.
Books + B-Sides
Books + B-Sides: Roses Edit
Formerly Dope Energy Invite (IYKYK). This is a vibe and shop experience while DJ Mai Girl does her thing! 🎶
So pull if you are pre-gaming First Friday or make THIS the plan!
📅 February 6
🕕 6–8 PM
📍 The Analog Dope Store
📚🎶 Dance. Vibe. Shop.
