The long-awaited video promo for C.M. Barons' novel In the Midst Of is HERE, starring Lynda Hodgins and John McGee and filmed at Calista Miakoda Boutique, 238 Ellicott Street:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLnA7woEAs&feature=channel_page

(Be sure to watch it in HD!)

           70s WEEK-END AT CALISTA MIAKODA, August 21-22, 2009                                                                                 

            238 Ellicott Street, Batavia (across from Pok-A-Dot Diner)

Celebrate downtown Batavia's Summer in the City at Calista Miakoda, vintage clothing/accessories shop!  Special events on Saturday (August 22) from 3:00-6:00 PM:

• Book signing of local author C.M. Barons' new novel, In the Midst Of 
• Unveiling of locally produced video by Penguin Multimedia, starring Lynda Hodgins and John McGee
• Refreshments and 70s-themed specials

Calista Miakoda, a second-hand clothing and accessory boutique, opened today on Ellicott Street in Downtown Batavia.

Owner Kaitlin McGratf is 19 and spent her whole life in Genesee County, growing up in Bergen.

She's dreamed of owning her own clothing store since she was 12, she said, which is when she picked the name for the business. She doesn't remember which language the words come from, but Calista means "most beautiful" and Miakoda means "night sky" (roughly).

"My dad always owned his own business," Kaitlin said. "I don't like working for other people too much, and I thought it would be fun (to own her own business). It's (clothing) has always been a hobby of mine."