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Events
Philadelphia International
ART EXPO:
Liacouras
Center-Temple University
1776 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19121
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Schedule of Events, 2009
Subject to change
Friday, November 13
10am to 10pm
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Philadelphia
International ART EXPO 2009
Adults $10
Seniors & Students $5
Children under 12 Free
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200 artists & exhibitors for 45
states & 6 counties
For More Info CLICK HERE
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10am
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Book Fair
CHILDREN’S WRITING WORKSHOPS
Book Pavilion stage
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Lynette Velasco, author of “Zinzi: A
Child's Journey to Self-Fulfillment, Giving and Caring” will conduct a writing
workshops for children. Lynette is former president of Black Americans in
Publishing in New York City.
Students are urged to bring notebooks. Number of participants may be limited
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10am to
3pm
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CHILDREN’S
LITERARY CORNER
Children’s Authors/Illustrators.
Host - Vanesse Lloyd-Scambatti - The Literary
Main Stage- Liacouras auditorium
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Authors will be available throughout
the day to speak and interact with children from visiting school groups. Books
will be for sale, and the authors will be available to sign them throughout
the day.
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10am to
2pm
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Book Fair-For
Authors
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Workshop/discussion
on book publishing, marketing and sales with New York author Asadah
Kirkland.
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10am to
2pm
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Book Fair-For
Visual Artists
Salon A
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National Conference
of Artists, Celebrates 50 Years
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10am to
2pm
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Book Fair-For
Visual Artists
Salon A |
National Conference
of Artists, Celebrates 50 Years
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11am to 12noon
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Book Fair-First
Performance:
Authors of children’s books will read from or do performances based on their
work.
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Nicole Bailey Williams –
“The Shelby Series: The Day the Plums Disappeared” – Fiction - Elementary
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11am to 12noon
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Book Fair-First Performance:
Authors of children’s books will read from or do performances based on
their work.
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Angelia d. Nelson – “The
Ghetto Is Not My Final Destination”- Non-fiction – Young Adult
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11am to 12noon
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Book Fair-First Performance:
Authors of children’s books will read from or do performances based on
their work.
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Charisse Carney-Nunes –
“I am Barack Obama_- Mid-School
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11am to 12noon
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Book Fair-First Performance:
Authors of children’s books will read from or do performances based on
their work.
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Mutiya
Vision - The Land Of Expression
(This award winning children's book
author will share her latest book "The Land of Expression" which creatively
tackles the tough issue of bullying. It touches on how a community can lose
out on precious resources when they let misconceptions prevent them from
engaging others who may not think, look, or act exactly like them. The presentation
will focus on respecting differences, appreciating the contribution of others,
and the role we each play in working together to create a better world for
all.
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12 Noon
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Book Fair
CHILDREN’S WRITING WORKSHOPS
Book Pavilion stage
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Lynette Velasco,
author of “Zinzi: A Child's Journey to Self-Fulfillment, Giving and Caring”
will conduct a writing workshops for children. Lynette is former president
of Black Americans in Publishing in New York City.
Students are urged to bring notebooks. Number of participants may be limited.
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1 to 1:40 pm
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Afternoon presentations for older
students Motivational
talk for students:
Book Pavilion stage
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Mike Evans, self-publisher, owner of
MonteMe Publishing Co., author of “Son o a Snitch” series, will offer inspiration
based on his life, “Conman to Corrections Officer.” Author of “Son o a Snitch”
series of books,
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1:45-2:30 pm
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Afternoon presentations for older
students Motivational
talk for students:
Book Pavilion
stage
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Performance by Taalam Acey (“Excellent
Exposure” and “California Suite”) internationally known spoken-word artist
and judge for the Art Expo poetry contest
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1pm-2p m
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Book Fair - Second Performance: The
authors of children’s books will read from or do performances based on their
work.
Main Stage
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The workshop consists of a read-a-loud,
and an engaging conversation centered around strategies that help children
overcome obstacles by making positive choices that that will aid them in
accomplishing their dreams. There will be an activity followed by a question
answer session. (45 minutes)
This event is a wonderful way to impart valuable lessons while promoting
an excitement for literacy in children. Become a lightening rod of inspiration
by bringing children to experience this special treat. Meet the amazing
author behind two stories that are sure to become a family/classroom favorite.
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1:30pm
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Mutiya Vision
– author of The Land Of Expression will also conduct a separate
workshop (Salon B) featuring "My Choices
Make Me Who I Am," which won the National Best Book 2009 Award in the children's
educational category.
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2pm-6pm
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For Job
Seekers
Salon A
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Multicultural
Job Fair
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2:30 pm
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Book Fair
WORKSHOP FOR BOOK FAIR VENDORS
Book Pavilion stage
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Asadah Kirkland - Workshop/discussion on book publishing,
“guerilla marketing” and sales, led by Asadah Kirkland, author of “Beat
Black Kids.”
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3pm-5pm
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For Music Lovers
Main Stage
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Tom Tallitsch
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3:30pm
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Book Fair
WORKSHOP FOR BOOK FAIR VENDORS
Book Pavilion stage
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Nicole Balaam - Getting the most out of social networking
for authors/publishers, led by Nicole Balaam, an award-winning entrepreneur
and author of “The Fortitude Factor: Stop Dreaming and Start Succeeding.”
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5pm-6:30pm
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For Music
Lovers
Main Stage
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Alfie
Pollitt – Lady Dale – Denise King
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5pm to 7pm
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Meet the Author- Omar Tyree
Book Pavilion stage
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Book Fair Featured Author Omar Tyree
reflects on “Life as an Author” and signs his books. Tyree, a New York Times
best-selling author, a 2001 NAACP Image Award recipient for outstanding
literature in fiction, and a 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award winner
for his body of work in urban fiction, has published 16 books and has sold
nearly 2 million copies worldwide, generating more than $30 million in sales.
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6pm
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Brazilian Music
For Music Lovers
Main Stage
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J.Veloso, Carla Visi, Luciano Salvador
Bahia (from Brazil) and Clifton Davis
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7pm-8pm
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For Comedy
Lovers
Main Stage
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Jimmy
JJ Walker and Thelma & Michael (Good Times Reunion)
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8pm-10pm
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For Poetry
Lovers: Poetry
Contest Main Stage
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Saturday, November 14
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10am to 10pm
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Philadelphia
International ART EXPO 2009
Adults $10
Seniors & Students $5
Children under 12 Free
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200 artists & exhibitors for 45
states & 6 counties
For More Info CLICK HERE
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10am-Noon
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Book Fair
- Workshops
Let's Celebrate the life of E. Lynn
Harris
Book Pavilion stage
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Victoria Christopher Murray, a highly
successful Christian fiction author, will host a tribute to E. Lynn Harris,
introducing “Mama Dearest,” published after his death by Simon and Schuster.
E. Lynn was more than an author. He was a father, a friend, and a man
who loved his fans! Celebrate the release of his latest novel, “Mama Dearest,”
and participate in the drive to make it #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers
list. Authors have been leading tributes around the country to say, "Thank
you!" to this wonderful man and barrier-breaking author.
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10am-Noon
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Book Fair
- Workshops
Workshop: How Do You Know You Are a
Writer?
Book Pavilion stage
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Victoria Christopher Murray, whose latest
novel is “Lady Jasmine,” will also lead a discussion on how to know
that you're a writer, the construction of the novel (character, plot, dialogue,
etc.) and the differences between self-publishing and mainstream publishing.
She will be available to sign books after the workshop.
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10am-1pm
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Youth Music Seminar
Salon A
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Entertainment Industry Panel Discussions
for Students, Parents, and Educators
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11 am
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Book Fair -
Book Signings
Book Pavilion
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Michel Marriott, “The Skull Cage Key,”
Agate Bolden Publishing.
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Book Fair
- Workshops
Speaker: Sister Claudette Marie Muhammad
Salon B
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Author of “Memories” a memoir, will
offer reflections based on her life and sign her book. Sister Claudette is
chief of protocol for Minister Louis Farrakhan and directs a staff of more
than 75 local, national and international protocol directors for the Nation
of Islam. She was national deputy director for the Million Man March and
is an advocate for issues related to women, children and human rights.
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11am-12pm
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For Dance Lovers: Sa Wu Eng Mathews
Main Stage
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11am
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Book Fair -
Book Signings
Book Pavilion
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Michel Marriott, “The Skull Cage Key,”
Agate Bolden Publishing
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Noon
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Karen E. Quinones Miller, “Passin’,"
Grand Central Publishing.
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Noon-4pm
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Book Fair
- Art Sanctuary @ Art Expo
Panel discussion and workshops
Salons B & C (adjacent to the exhibit
floor)
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12:00pm-1:00pm
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Book Fair -
Art Sanctuary
@ Art Expo
Panel discussion and workshops
Writing for Our Lives: How to Write Your Story
• Panel Discussion
• Moderator:
Poet Jus Greg
• Panelists: Solomon Jones
(author/“Payback: The Return of C.R.E.A.M,”) Larry Woody (actor/songwriter/author
of “In Black In White” and Lori L. Tharps, (author/“Kinky Gazpacho”)
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Following the panel discussion, each
panelist, as well as author Milton McGriff (author of the novel “2236” and
award-winning playwright, poet and journalist),will facilitate a one-hour
writing workshop focusing on how participants can tell their own personal
story through writing. The authors will be available to sign books at the
end of the workshop
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Noon-1:30pm
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Bryan Clark
Main Stage
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1 pm
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Book Fair -
Book Signings
Book Pavilion
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Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant, “What
Doesn’t Kill You,” Touchstone Publishing.
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1pm -2:30pm
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Bobby Humphrey
Salon A
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1:15 pm-2:45 pm
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Book Fair -
Art Sanctuary
@ Art Expo
WRITING WORKSHOPS
The workshops: Salons B & C
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- Character: Struggling, Overcoming
and Living To Tell The Story (Facilitator: Solomon Jones) Payback author
Solomon Jones talks about how writers who have faced struggles and overcome
them can incorporate their life lessons into their stories.
- Writing Your Memoirs (Facilitator: Lori L. Tharps)
Everyone has a life story to tell. How do you transform your life story
into something publishable? Writer Lori L. Tharps will share her secrets to
writing a successful memoir.
- Writing Across Different Genres (Facilitator: Milton McGriff)
This workshop examines some basics of novel and screenplay writing. Techniques
for adapting a novel for the screen will also be discussed and why we frequently
hear “the novel was better than the movie.” Aspiring writers will also be
told about “the talent of the room.” There will be a Q & A period.
- Writing about our Lives (Facilitator – Larry Woody)
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2 pm
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Book Fair -
Book Signings
Book Pavilion
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David Rivera, “The Last Prejudice,"
Hachette Publishing.
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2:30 pm
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Book Fair -
Workshop for authors: Gettting Published
Book Pavilion stage
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Regina Brooks, owner of Serendipity
Literary Agency, New York.
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3:00 pm-4:00 pm
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Book Fair -
Art Sanctuary
@ Art Expo
BOOK SIGNING
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Authors: S. Jones, L. Tharps, L. Woody
and M. McGriff
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3:00 pm
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Book Fair -
Book Signings
Book Pavilion
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Wahida Clarke, “Thug Lovin' (Thug 4)”
Hachette Publishing.
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3pm
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Book Fair -
Book Signings
Book Pavilion
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Wahida Clarke, “Thug Lovin' (Thug 4)”
Hachette Publishing.
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3pm-5pm
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For Theater Lovers:
Michelle Harper – A Play, 4 Sides to Every Story
Salon A
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3: 30 pm
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Book Fair
Workshop: Maximizing the power of social networking for business
Book Pavilion stage
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Nicole Balaam , an award-winning entrepreneur
and author of “The Fortitude Factor: Stop Dreaming and Start Succeeding.”
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4:00 pm
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Book Fair - Book
Signings
Book Pavilion
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Daaimah S. Poole, “Somebody Else’s Man,”
Dafina Books
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4pm
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Book Fair -
Book Signings
Book Pavilion
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Lori L. Tharps, “Kinky Gazpacho,"
Atria Books.
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4:30 to 5:30 pm
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Book Fair - Workshop. Writing &
performing. Poetry
Book Pavilion stage
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Taalam Acey, internationally know spoken-word
artist
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5pm
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Book Fair
- Book Signings
Book Pavilion
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Daaimah S. Poole,
“Somebody Else’s Man,” Dafina Books.
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6pm
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TBA Solomon
Jones, author of “Payback: The Return of C.R.E.A.M,” Minotaur Books.
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6pm-9:30pm
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Love Train
Concert – Starring The Ojays
Main Stage
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Sunday, November 15
10am to 10pm
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Philadelphia
International ART EXPO 2009
Adults $10
Seniors & Students $5
Children under 12 Free
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200 artists
& exhibitors for 45 states & 6 counties
For More Info CLICK HERE
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12noon
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Book
Fair - Workshops
Sophia Simmons - Going from ‘I Write’ to ‘I Am an Author’.
Book Pavilion stage
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Going from ‘I Write’ to ‘I Am an Author’.
Led by Sophia C. Simmons, an Expo featured author/ writer of “Love Again”
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1pm
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Book Fair - Worskshops
Nathaniel Gadsden -Finding Your Voice as a Writer.
Book Pavilion stage
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Nathaniel Gadsden, author of numerous books, life skills
coach, poet, poet therapist, minister, and motivational speaker .
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2pm
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Book Fair
- Worskshops
Irv Childress - When a Man Loves a Woman
Book Pavilion stage
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Irv Childress,
author of “I Wish My Dad Told Me That! A Progressive Dating Guide for Young
Women” and Book Pavilion vendor, will discuss dating, love, marriage and
the black family.
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3pm
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For Book
Lovers: Worskshops
Asadah Kirkland,
Book Pavilion stage
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Do We
Have to Beat Black Kids?
Asadah Kirkland, author of “Beat Black Kids “and book fair vendor, on
finding better ways to discipline children.
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4pm
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For Book Lovers: Worskshops
Community Engagement 101: Empowering Our Communities |
Dawn McCoy, President and CEO, Flourish
Leadership Group, LLC, author, speaker, entrepreneur, and leadership consultant,
"Empower Effective Leaders for Today and Tomorrow."
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1pm
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Judith Kay
Main Stage
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2pm -3pm
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For Fashion Lovers:
Fashion Fusion Show by Gaille Hunter
Plaza Level
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3pm-5pm
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For Theater
Lovers:
Michelle Harper – A Play, 4 Sides to Every Story
Salon A
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3pm-5pm
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For Theater
Lovers:
Michelle Harper – A Play, 4 Sides to Every Story
Salon A
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4:30pm-6:30pm
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For Comedy
Lovers:
Radio One Family Comedy Show
Main Stage
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Liacouras Center-Temple University
1776 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19121
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