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WHEN:
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2010
FRIDAY, 12-8PM
SATURDAY, 12-8PM
SUNDAY, 12-7PM


WHERE
MOUNT VERNON PLACE
600 BLOCK NORTH CHARLES STREET
BALTIMORE, MD 21201
John Shields
Coastal Cooking with John Shields
Fany Gerson
My Sweet Mexico

WEEKEND TIMELINE - YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON THE INDIVIDUAL STAGE SCHEDULES ABOVE
Friday September 24, 2010
12:00 PM A Preview of Baltimore Theatre Literary Salon
12:00 PM Dish Up Maryland at BBF! featuring Lucie Snodgrass with John Shields Food for Thought Stage
12:00 PM Free Friday Feedback: Got lit? Get feedback! CityLit Stage
12:00 PM The Annual Zine Bazaar! Radical Bookfair Pavilion
12:00 PM Lunch & Lit: Authors Dish about Mystery, History and Exploration Festival Stage
12:00 PM Sandra Brannan, In The Belly of Jonah Festival Stage
12:30 PM Charles Todd and Caroline Todd, An Impartial Witness Festival Stage
1:00 PM Strand Theatre Festival Stage
1:00 PM Reading and activities from Dave Pilkey's book Ook and Gluk Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future A Likely Story
1:00 PM Baltimore City Public Schools Music Stage
1:30 PM Mark Laxer, The Monkey Bible Festival Stage
2:00 PM Peabody Musicians Festival Stage
2:00 PM Reading and activities from Jan Bozarth's book Fairy Godmother Academy A Likely Story
2:30 PM OTR Theatre (On the Road Theatre) Festival Stage
3:00 PM Spotlighters Theatre Festival Stage
3:00 PM Book Bingo: Win a book! A Likely Story
4:00 PM John Vaszko, A Mystery at the Inn A Likely Story
4:00 PM Love Craft, jazz Music Stage
4:30 PM Shari Maurer, Change of Heart Festival Stage
5:00 PM Ladies Night Out Celebration with complimentary wine Literary Salon
5:00 PM Cara Bruce & Shawna Kenney, "Robot Hearts: Ture and Twisted Tales of Seeking Love in the Digital Age" Literary Salon
5:30 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Zombies versus Unicorns Debate with Justine Larbalestier, Scott Westerfeld, Carrie Ryan, Holly Black, Diana Peterfreund & Kathleen Duey Children's Bookstore Stage
5:30 PM The Players, ska Music Stage
5:30 PM CityLit Literary Happy Hour with Clipper City Brewing CityLit Stage
5:30 PM Happy Hour at the Baltimore Book Festival with Jason Wilson, Valerie Peterson and Ray Foley Food for Thought Stage
5:30 PM The Beltway Literary Society 10th Anniversary Celebration Festival Stage
5:30 PM Lip Smack Spoken Word Festival Stage
6:00 PM Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore: Waste CityLit Stage
6:00 PM Ladies Night Out Panel with Andrea Lavinthal, Jessica Rozier, Nicole Porter and Nika Beamon Literary Salon
6:30 PM Cindy Milstein, Anarchism and its Aspirations Radical Bookfair Pavilion
6:30 PM And a Big Kiss to Beltway Festival Stage
7:00 PM Book Bingo: Win a book! A Likely Story
7:00 PM Higher Hands, funk fushion Music Stage
7:00 PM Nigel Barker, Nigel Barker's Beauty Equation Literary Salon
 
Saturday September 25, 2010
12:00 PM New Habits, New You: Advice from Body Language Expert Janine Driver and Veteran Psychology Writer Wray Herbert Literary Salon
12:00 PM Jessica Yee, Sex Ed and Youth: Colonization, Communities of Color and Sexuality Radical Bookfair Pavilion
12:00 PM City Sages: Baltimore CityLit Stage
12:00 PM Tracye McQuirter, By Any Greens Necessary: A Revolutionary Guide for Black Women Who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Look Phat Food for Thought Stage
12:00 PM Welcome from Margaret Hren, president of Maryland Romance Writers Maryland Romance Writers
12:15 PM How, Why and When We Write: A Romance Critique Group Reveals All Maryland Romance Writers
12:30 PM Janet Mullany, Jane and the Damned Maryland Romance Writers
12:30 PM Mambo Combo, Caribbean Music Stage
12:30 PM Nikki Grimes, Make Way For Dyamonde Daniel Children's Bookstore Stage
12:45 PM Kate Poole, Anchor and the Storm Maryland Romance Writers
1:00 PM Michael Lisicky, Hutzler’s: Where Baltimore Shops Festival Stage
1:00 PM Bryan Collier, Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Children's Bookstore Stage
1:00 PM Rebecca and Ed Emberley, If You're a Monster and You Know It Children's Bookstore Stage
1:00 PM Feminism and Representations of Women with Lisa Jervis and Sheri Parks Radical Bookfair Pavilion
1:15 PM Christie Kelley, Every Time We Kiss Maryland Romance Writers
1:30 PM KD Hays/Kate Dolan, Avery's Treasure Maryland Romance Writers
1:30 PM Norah O’Donnell and Chef Geoff Tracy, Baby Love: Healthy, Easy, Delicious Meals for Your Baby and Toddler Food for Thought Stage
1:30 PM State of the Art: Individual Artists Grantees Reading (Fiction) CityLit Stage
1:30 PM Amy Dickinson, The Mighty Queens of Freeville Literary Salon
1:45 PM Kathy Love, Demon Can't Help It Maryland Romance Writers
2:00 PM Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality Festival Stage
2:00 PM The Andy Poxon Band, blues
2:00 PM Claudia Friddell, Goliath: Hero of the Great Baltimore Fire Children's Bookstore Stage
2:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: The Cost Coal with Tricia Shapiro and Mark Nowak Radical Bookfair Pavilion
2:15 PM Catherine Asaro, Diamond Star Maryland Romance Writers
2:30 PM Mary Jo Putney, Never Less Than a Lady Maryland Romance Writers
2:30 PM Making It Up in Maryland CityLit Stage
2:30 PM Jim Proimos, Todd's TV Children's Bookstore Stage
2:30 PM Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore: One Name Two Fates Literary Salon
2:45 PM Rebecca York, Dragon Moon Maryland Romance Writers
3:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: From Sandlots to Glory with Bob Luke, Bijan Bayne and more Festival Stage
3:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Graphic Novels for Elementary School with Eric Wight, Ursula Vernon & Jarrett Krosoczka Children's Bookstore Stage
3:00 PM Lisa Jervis, Cook Food: A Manualfesto for Easy, Healthy, Local Eating presented by the Radical Bookfair Pavilion Food for Thought Stage
3:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Political Prisoners in the United States Radical Bookfair Pavilion
3:15 PM Love in Other Worlds: Paranormal Romance Maryland Romance Writers
3:30 PM Breaking Reign, hip hop Music Stage
3:45 PM Diane Wylie, Adam's Treasure Maryland Romance Writers
4:00 PM Stephanie Draven, Wild, Tethered, Bound Maryland Romance Writers
4:00 PM Deborah Owens, A Purse of Your Own: An Easy Guide to Financial Security Festival Stage
4:00 PM Ted Rall, The Anti-American Manifesto Radical Bookfair Pavilion
4:00 PM Presenting: Apprentice House CityLit Stage
4:00 PM Ingrid Law, Savvy and Marianne Malone, The 68 Rooms Children's Bookstore Stage
4:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Dealing with the Devil: True Stories of Criminals & Courtrooms Literary Salon
4:30 PM Matt Lee and Ted Lee, The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern Food for Thought Stage
4:30 PM Love in Past Times: Historical Romance Maryland Romance Writers
5:00 PM Love in the Beginning: The Road to Publication Maryland Romance Writers
5:00 PM The Playwrights’ Panel presented by the Baltimore Playwrights Festival Festival Stage
5:00 PM 510 Reading Series CityLit Stage
5:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: The City Below with Max Rameau and Matt Hern Radical Bookfair Pavilion
5:00 PM Cynthia Renee, pop Music Stage
5:00 PM Esther Friesner, Nancy Springer and Kathleen Duey Children's Bookstore Stage
5:30 PM Jesse Ventura, American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies That the Government Tells Us Literary Salon
5:30 PM Robin Kaye, Too Hot to Handle Maryland Romance Writers
5:45 PM Jennifer Vido, Par for the Course Maryland Romance Writers
6:00 PM Cheryl Wills, Die Free: A Heroic Family History Festival Stage
6:00 PM Kevin O'Malley, Animal Crackers Fly the Coop Children's Bookstore Stage
6:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Team Colors, Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States Radical Bookfair Pavilion
6:00 PM Ron Douglas, More of America’s Most Wanted Recipes Food for Thought Stage
6:15 PM Lisa Ruff, Baby Bombshell Maryland Romance Writers
6:30 PM Lynn Reynolds, Thirty-Nine Again Maryland Romance Writers
6:30 PM Eat. Think, Write: Vegan Authors Discuss Their Inspiration CityLit Stage
6:45 PM Cecilia Dowdy, Chesapeake Weddings Maryland Romance Writers
7:00 PM Daniel Pinchbeck, Notes from the End Times Festival Stage
7:00 PM The P Funk All-Stars' Let the Monkey Go, funk
7:00 PM Sherri Shepherd, Permission Slips: Every Woman's Guide to Giving Herself a Break Literary Salon
7:15 PM Loree Lough, Beautiful Bandit Maryland Romance Writers
7:30 PM Love Here and Now: Contemporary Romance Maryland Romance Writers
 
Sunday September 26, 2010
12:00 PM Jon Clinch, Kings of the Earth Festival Stage
12:00 PM Lois Szymanski, Out of the Sea: Today's Chincoteague Pony A Likely Story
12:00 PM Edith Hemmingway, Road to Tater Hill A Likely Story
12:00 PM 2010 One Maryland One Book:Warren St. John, Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town Literary Salon
12:00 PM Michael Buckley, NERDS Children's Bookstore Stage
12:00 PM Baltimore Youth Speak Out! CityLit Stage
12:00 PM Chris Williams, Ecology and Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis Radical Bookfair Pavilion
12:00 PM Jenny Boyle Band, indie pop Music Stage
12:30 PM Paul Zelinsky, Dust Devil Children's Bookstore Stage
1:00 PM Laura Amy, Schlitz, The Night Fairy Children's Bookstore Stage
1:00 PM Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl Literary Salon
1:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Rethinking Resistance in the 1970s with Dan Berger & Daniel Burton-Rose Radical Bookfair Pavilion
1:00 PM Making Ourselves Heard: Poems You Don't Expect from Women CityLit Stage
1:00 PM The Wonderful World of Book Blogging Festival Stage
1:30 PM Daphne Oz, The Dorm Room Diet Food for Thought Stage
1:30 PM Old Man Brown, southern rock Music Stage
1:30 PM M.T. Anderson, Pals in Peril Series Children's Bookstore Stage
2:00 PM Peter Earnest, The Real Spy's Guide to Becoming a Spy Children's Bookstore Stage
2:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Labor Legacies, Labor Victories with Kari Lyderson and Deborah Rudacille Radical Bookfair Pavilion
2:00 PM Lit & Art CityLit Stage
2:00 PM Michele Andrea Bowen, More Church Folk Festival Stage
2:30 PM Judith Viorst, Lulu and the Brontosaurus Children's Bookstore Stage
2:30 PM Michele Norris, The Grace of Silence Literary Salon
3:00 PM Mem Fox, Let's Count Goats Children's Bookstore Stage
3:00 PM Poet "Allure" CityLit Stage
3:00 PM Aviva Goldfarb, SOS! The Six O’Clock Scramble to the Rescue: Earth-Friendly, Kid-Pleasing Dinners for Busy Families Food for Thought Stage
3:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Fighting Whiteness and Alienation from Surrealism to the Steel Mill with Penelope Rosemont and Noel Ignatiev Radical Bookfair Pavilion
3:00 PM Angelique Helene, alternative Music Stage
3:00 PM More from The Book Club Toolkit Festival Stage
3:00 PM Book Bingo: Win a book! A Likely Story
3:30 PM Margaret Peterson Haddix and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Children's Bookstore Stage
4:00 PM Judge Glenda Hatchett, Dare to Take Charge: How to Live Your Life on Purpose Literary Salon
4:00 PM Josh MacPhee, Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures, 1960s to Now Radical Bookfair Pavilion
4:00 PM Presenting: Maryland Writers' Association CityLit Stage
4:00 PM Reading and activities from Dave Pilkey's book Ook and Gluk Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future A Likely Story
4:00 PM Thomas Kaufman, Drink the Tea Festival Stage
4:30 PM Michael Brenner, A Short History of the Jews Festival Stage
4:30 PM Fany Gerson, My Sweet Mexico Food for Thought Stage
4:30 PM Cathy Ponton King, blues Music Stage
4:30 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: New Young Adult Fiction with Andrew Auseon, Amy Brecount White, Holly Hoxter & Elizabeth Scott Children's Bookstore Stage
5:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: Learning Latin America with Ben Dangl, Jeff Conant & Marina Sitrin Radical Bookfair Pavilion
5:00 PM New Mercury Reading Series CityLit Stage
5:00 PM Sarah Pekkanen, The Opposite of Me Festival Stage
5:00 PM Reading and activities from Jan Bozarth's book Fairy Godmother Academy A Likely Story
5:30 PM Ru Freeman, A Disobedient Girl Festival Stage
5:30 PM Holly Robinson Peete, My Brother Charlie and Rodney Peete, Not My Boy! Literary Salon
6:00 PM Jah Works, reggae Music Stage
6:00 PM Music at the Crossroads: Lives and Legacies of Baltimore Jazz Festival Stage
7:00 PM Book Bingo: Win a book! A Likely Story
 
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