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Every September, Mount Vernon Place hosts authors, book vendors and exhibitors for the Baltimore Book Festival. More than 100 poets, authors and book illustrators -- such as Nikki Giovanni, Pearl Cleage and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend -- hold readings, lectures and signings at the free weekend festival. The book festival is also an opportunity for local authors to gain exposure, while readers can stumble upon literary finds at vendor tents on the green. Other festivities include cooking demonstrations, walking tours, storytellers, children's entertainment, street theater and music.
Every September, Mount Vernon Place hosts authors, book vendors and exhibitors for the Baltimore Book Festival. More than 100 poets, authors and book illustrators -- such as Nikki Giovanni, Pearl Cleage and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend -- hold readings, lectures and signings at the free weekend festival. The book festival is also an opportunity for local authors to gain exposure, while readers can stumble upon literary finds at vendor tents on the green. Other festivities include cooking demonstrations, walking tours, storytellers, children's entertainment, street theater and music.
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Accident on inner loop of the Baltimore Beltway at I-70
As of 9 a.m. Monday, traffic was slow on the inner loop of the Baltimore Beltway at I-70, due to an accident involving two vehicles. Accidents were slowing traffic on northbound I-95 at Route 295, on Route 10 at Furnace Branch Road, and at 32nd Street...Tags: Public Transportation, Traffic, Charles Street, Washington Monument, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Traffic: Accident on Baltimore Beltway near Eastern Boulevard
As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, traffic was slow on the inner loop of the Baltimore Beltway approaching Eastern Boulevard, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic on Holabird Avenue and Broening Highway: Route 152 at Pleasantville Road, and Old...Tags: White Marsh, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Traffic, Public Transportation, Charles Street
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Traffic: Accident on Route 3 south at Johns Hopkins Road
As of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, traffic was slow on southbound Route 3 at Johns Hopkins Road in Anne Arundel County, due to an accident. A vehicle fire was disrupting traffic on the outer loop of the Baltimore Beltway near Park Heights Avenue. Some...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Charles Street, Washington Monument, Harford Road
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Staff Q&A: If you could read only one book for the rest of your life, what would it be?
The Baltimore Book Festival is coming up this weekend, so we asked our staff about their worn and dog-eared favorites.
•••• The King James Bible. Four hundred years later, it’s still the most beautiful thing ever written in...Tags: Apple iPhone, William Shakespeare, Marcel Proust, Vladimir Nabokov, Barbra Streisand
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Baltimore Book Festival events for music lovers: Riot grrrl panel, 8 Ohms and the Crawdaddies
The Baltimore SunThere will be lots of readings and panels and many jokes about "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" at this year's Baltimore Book Festival, which kicks off Friday. But there are also a bunch of events for music lovers. On Saturday, at 3:30 p.m., Jared...Tags: Arts, Morgan State University, Fine Arts, Riots, Washington Monument
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Traffic: 3-vehicle accident on B-W Parkway at Beltway
As of 8 a.m., traffic was slow on the outer loop of the Baltimore Beltway near Belair Road, due to an accident. Southbound lanes of I-895 were slow past Lombard Street, due to an accident involving two vehicles. Accidents were blocking traffic on...Tags: Lombard Street, Public Transportation, Traffic, Charles Street, Belair Road
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Washington and Baltimore jockey for book lovers on the same weekend
Baltimore's book festival got here first.
Organizers of the 16th annual Baltimore Book Festival, which opens Friday, say they aren't fazed that a larger, glitzier, more star-studded event is being held on the exact same weekend just 40 miles to the...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Book, Julie Andrews, Julianne Moore, Garrison Keillor
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Baltimore Book Festival 2011: Tales of Mobtown boom, bust and bigotry energize fest
Among hundreds of books sure to be embraced or argued about at this weekend's Baltimore Book Festival, one potent group narrative leaps from the pages of the schedule.
A string of tenacious writers are presenting new or reissued books that chronicle...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Riots, Colleges and Universities, University of Baltimore, Bethlehem Steel
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Traffic: Accident on I-83 north at Mt. Carmel Road
As of 9:30 a.m. Friday, traffic was slow on I-83 northbound at Mt. Carmel Road, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic on Loch Raven Boulevard and Providence Road in Baltimore County; Maryland Avenue at 22nd Street in Baltimore; and Route 3...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Harford County, Traffic, Charles Street, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Author Sherman Alexie finishes state tour at Baltimore Book Festival
The sound of hundreds of people laughing uproariously at the Baltimore Book Festival on Saturday afternoon was elicited not by a stand-up comic but by an author whose most popular work has been frequently challenged and banned in recent years.
Sherman...Tags: Mount Vernon, Stand-up Comedy, Washington, DC, 2010 Census, Native Americans
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September 18 - 25 reviewed: National Premium, Fillmore Silver Spring, Baltimore Book Festival
The Baltimore SunThis week, Midnight Sun looked at the possible return of National Premium, and the obstacles it's got ahead. We also talked to regional promoters about the new Fillmore Silver Spring, and their concerns about having Live Nation as a competitor. We...Tags: Live Nation, Fleet Foxes (music group), Dan Deacon, Sting
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Traffic: Three-vehicle accident on I-83 at Northern Parkway
As of 9:30 a.m. Monday, traffic was slow on I-83 southbound at Northern Parkway, due to an accident involving three vehicles. Accidents were slowing traffic at Liberty Road and Klee Mill Road in Sykesville and Snowden River Parkway and Snowden Square...Tags: Traffic, Public Transportation, Charles Street, Washington Monument, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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