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DTSTART:20180928T150000Z
DTEND:20180928T230000Z
DESCRIPTION:Enoch Pratt Free Library Children's Stage features interactive 
 programs for the whole family\, with popular local and nationally known au
 thors of books for children and teens. Staff will be available all weekend
  for library card sign-ups to start your journey at the Enoch Pratt Free L
 ibrary. You're Free to Bmore #atthepratt.\n\nFriday\, September 28\n\n12-1
 pm             Zumbini with Miss Kelly\n\nJoin Miss Kelly\, children’s l
 ibrarian at Southeast Anchor Library\, for a Zumbini® demo! Zumbini® is 
 a music and movement class for children 0 to 3 that will have dancing\, si
 nging and instruments. It will feature the theme: "Kalino Finds the Music"
 ! Please register online at Zumbini.com to attend the demo class.\n\n1:30-
 3pm          Paper Magic with Mr. Matt\n\nLearn how to make magical toys o
 ut of simple pieces of paper with Central Library children’s librarian M
 atthew Hickey. Flexagons are paper toys that have the magical quality of c
 hanging images as they are flexed or folded. In this program we will learn
  how a simple piece of paper can be transformed to make flexagons\, exquis
 ite corpses\, and accordion style booklets.\n\n3-4:30pm          Open Work
 s Mobile Workshop\n\nOpen Works Mobile (OWM) is Baltimore’s first and on
 ly mobile maker-space offering an introduction to “maker” based educat
 ion. The workshop on wheels travels to schools\, community centers\, and c
 ommunity event sites to demonstrate basic digital fabrication technology w
 ith a desktop 3D printer\, CNC machine\, and Laser engraver. Join them tod
 ay for a brief demo and the 3d printing pen activity.\n\n \n\nSaturday\, S
 eptember 29\n\n12-1pm             Nita’s First Signs Storytime for Famil
 ies\n\nAmerican Sign Language makes it easy to communicate with your child
 . Come and discover how with Kathy MacMillan\, author of Nita’s First Si
 gns\, a lively family story that teaches 10 basic ASL signs! We'll celebra
 te with stories\, songs\, and more. Appropriate for all ages. \n\n1-2pm   
             Whose Book Is It Anyway?: Picture Book Edition\n\nFace off aga
 inst six wily picture book authors and illustrators and win a signed book!
   Can you spot which book excerpts are real and which are clever fakes?  D
 on't miss this lineup: Lulu Delacre (Turning Pages)\, Patricia Valdez (Joa
 n Proctor\, Dragon Doctor)\, Laura Gehl (I Got a Chicken for My Birthday)\
 , Liz and Jimmy Reed (Sweet Success)\, Rachel Kolar (Mother Goose: Nursery
  Rhymes for Little Monsters)\, Moderated by Rebecca Evans (Masterpiece Rob
 ot and the Ferocious Valerie Knick-Knack). Co-sponsored by the Society of 
 Children's Book Writers and Illustrators MD/DE/WV Region.\n\n2-3pm        
        Read to Reef Book Club featuring Ricardo Cortés's\, Sea Creatures 
 from the Sky\n\nNew York Times best-selling illustrator author Ricardo Cor
 tés reads from Sea Creatures from the Sky\, a touching story of a misunde
 rstood shark. Hear the story before reading it in the National Aquarium an
 d Pratt Library’s Read to Reef Book Club in October. Following the readi
 ng\, dive deeper into the shark’s watery world with Aquarium educators w
 ho will be on hand with real shark artifacts to explore and an interactive
  presentation about these toothy predators.\n\n3-4pm   We Rise\, We Resist
 \, We Raise Our Voices panel featuring Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffr
 ey Weatherford\, and publishers Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson\, hoste
 d by Deborah Taylor\n\nWe Rise\, We Resist\, We Raise Our Voices publisher
 s\, Wade Hudson\, inductee into the International Hall of Fame for Writers
  of African Descent\, and Cheryl Willis Hudson\, inductee into the Interna
 tional Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent\, discuss their antholo
 gy\, We Rise\, We Resist\, We Raise Our Voices\, with contributors  Carole
  Boston Weatherford\, New York Times best-selling author and NAACP Image A
 ward winner\, and Jeffrey Weatherford\, illustrator and founder of global 
 hip hop collective known as “TRiiiBE Worldwide”. Hosted by Deborah Tay
 lor\, school and student services coordinator at the Pratt Library.\n\n4:3
 0-5:30pm     Brigid Kemmerer\, More Than We Can Tell\, in conversation wit
 h Nisha Sharma\, My So-Called Bollywood Life\, moderated by Matthew Winner
  of The Children’s Book Podcast\n\nNisha Sharma grew up immersed in Boll
 ywood movies\, eighties pop culture\, and romance novels\, so it comes as 
 no surprise that her first novel My So-Called Bollywood Life features all 
 three. Brigid Kemmerer is the author of dark\, contemporary Young Adult ro
 mances like More Than We Can Tell and Letters to the Lost as well as paran
 ormal YA novels like The Elemental Series and Thicker Than Water.\n\n \n\n
 Sunday\, September 30\n\n1-2pm Children’s Picture Book Panel hosted by P
 aula Willey featuring Sarah Jacoby\, Forever or a Day\, Minh Lê\, Drawn T
 ogether\, and Elizabeth Lilly\, Geraldine\n\nPaula Willey\, librarian and 
 organizer of the annual KidLitCon conference\, interviews three fantastic 
 picture book authors: Sarah Jacoby\, award winner from the Society of Illu
 strators (Gold Medal)\, Creative Quarterly\, and Communication Arts\, Minh
  Lê\, author of Drawn Together illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Dan Sant
 at and Let Me Finish! named an NPR Best Book of 2016\, and Elizabeth Lilly
 \, whose debut\, Geraldine\, received a starred review from School Library
  Journal.\n\n2-3:30pm          Dear Martin\, Nic Stone in conversation wit
 h Letrice Gant of Baltimore Ceasefire\n\nOneBook Baltimore is a new initia
 tive that provides opportunities for Baltimore City 7th and 8th graders\, 
 their families\, and community members to connect through literature by re
 ading the same book. This year’s book is New York Times bestseller Dear 
 Martin by Nic Stone. Growing up with a wide range of cultures\, religions\
 , and backgrounds\, Stone strives to bring these diverse voices and storie
 s to her work. Baltimore Ceasefire 365 is a self-determination movement st
 arted by residents in Baltimore City to reduce murder and celebrate life b
 y calling quarterly Ceasefire weekends. \n\n3:30-4:30pm     Kate Reed Pett
 y\, Chasma Knights\, in conversation with Elissa Brent Weissman\, The Leng
 th of a String\n\nKate Reed Petty is a 2018 Rubys Artist grantee in Litera
 ry Arts and a 2018 Edith Wharton Writer-in-Residence. Elissa Brent Weissma
 n is an award-winning author of novels for young readers. Best known for t
 he popular Nerd Camp series\, she and her books have been featured in Ente
 rtainment Weekly\, The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Huffi
 ngton Post\, NPR's “Here and Now\,” and more.\n\n4:30-5:30pm     Tony 
 Medina\, I Am Alfonso Jones\, in conversation with Matthew Winner of The C
 hildren’s Book Podcast\n\nDr. Medina\, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet\, p
 rofessor of creative writing at Howard University\, and two-time winner of
  the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People\, discusses his graphic nov
 el\, I Am Alfonso Jones with Matthew Winner of The Children’s Book Podca
 st.
GEO:39.283921;-76.612313
LOCATION:Inner Harbor
SUMMARY:Baltimore Book Festival 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/baltimore_book_festiv
 al
CATEGORIES:After-School Activities
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260816T035827Z
UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_3719736
DTSTART:20180929T150000Z
DTEND:20180929T230000Z
DESCRIPTION:Enoch Pratt Free Library Children's Stage features interactive 
 programs for the whole family\, with popular local and nationally known au
 thors of books for children and teens. Staff will be available all weekend
  for library card sign-ups to start your journey at the Enoch Pratt Free L
 ibrary. You're Free to Bmore #atthepratt.\n\nFriday\, September 28\n\n12-1
 pm             Zumbini with Miss Kelly\n\nJoin Miss Kelly\, children’s l
 ibrarian at Southeast Anchor Library\, for a Zumbini® demo! Zumbini® is 
 a music and movement class for children 0 to 3 that will have dancing\, si
 nging and instruments. It will feature the theme: "Kalino Finds the Music"
 ! Please register online at Zumbini.com to attend the demo class.\n\n1:30-
 3pm          Paper Magic with Mr. Matt\n\nLearn how to make magical toys o
 ut of simple pieces of paper with Central Library children’s librarian M
 atthew Hickey. Flexagons are paper toys that have the magical quality of c
 hanging images as they are flexed or folded. In this program we will learn
  how a simple piece of paper can be transformed to make flexagons\, exquis
 ite corpses\, and accordion style booklets.\n\n3-4:30pm          Open Work
 s Mobile Workshop\n\nOpen Works Mobile (OWM) is Baltimore’s first and on
 ly mobile maker-space offering an introduction to “maker” based educat
 ion. The workshop on wheels travels to schools\, community centers\, and c
 ommunity event sites to demonstrate basic digital fabrication technology w
 ith a desktop 3D printer\, CNC machine\, and Laser engraver. Join them tod
 ay for a brief demo and the 3d printing pen activity.\n\n \n\nSaturday\, S
 eptember 29\n\n12-1pm             Nita’s First Signs Storytime for Famil
 ies\n\nAmerican Sign Language makes it easy to communicate with your child
 . Come and discover how with Kathy MacMillan\, author of Nita’s First Si
 gns\, a lively family story that teaches 10 basic ASL signs! We'll celebra
 te with stories\, songs\, and more. Appropriate for all ages. \n\n1-2pm   
             Whose Book Is It Anyway?: Picture Book Edition\n\nFace off aga
 inst six wily picture book authors and illustrators and win a signed book!
   Can you spot which book excerpts are real and which are clever fakes?  D
 on't miss this lineup: Lulu Delacre (Turning Pages)\, Patricia Valdez (Joa
 n Proctor\, Dragon Doctor)\, Laura Gehl (I Got a Chicken for My Birthday)\
 , Liz and Jimmy Reed (Sweet Success)\, Rachel Kolar (Mother Goose: Nursery
  Rhymes for Little Monsters)\, Moderated by Rebecca Evans (Masterpiece Rob
 ot and the Ferocious Valerie Knick-Knack). Co-sponsored by the Society of 
 Children's Book Writers and Illustrators MD/DE/WV Region.\n\n2-3pm        
        Read to Reef Book Club featuring Ricardo Cortés's\, Sea Creatures 
 from the Sky\n\nNew York Times best-selling illustrator author Ricardo Cor
 tés reads from Sea Creatures from the Sky\, a touching story of a misunde
 rstood shark. Hear the story before reading it in the National Aquarium an
 d Pratt Library’s Read to Reef Book Club in October. Following the readi
 ng\, dive deeper into the shark’s watery world with Aquarium educators w
 ho will be on hand with real shark artifacts to explore and an interactive
  presentation about these toothy predators.\n\n3-4pm   We Rise\, We Resist
 \, We Raise Our Voices panel featuring Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffr
 ey Weatherford\, and publishers Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson\, hoste
 d by Deborah Taylor\n\nWe Rise\, We Resist\, We Raise Our Voices publisher
 s\, Wade Hudson\, inductee into the International Hall of Fame for Writers
  of African Descent\, and Cheryl Willis Hudson\, inductee into the Interna
 tional Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent\, discuss their antholo
 gy\, We Rise\, We Resist\, We Raise Our Voices\, with contributors  Carole
  Boston Weatherford\, New York Times best-selling author and NAACP Image A
 ward winner\, and Jeffrey Weatherford\, illustrator and founder of global 
 hip hop collective known as “TRiiiBE Worldwide”. Hosted by Deborah Tay
 lor\, school and student services coordinator at the Pratt Library.\n\n4:3
 0-5:30pm     Brigid Kemmerer\, More Than We Can Tell\, in conversation wit
 h Nisha Sharma\, My So-Called Bollywood Life\, moderated by Matthew Winner
  of The Children’s Book Podcast\n\nNisha Sharma grew up immersed in Boll
 ywood movies\, eighties pop culture\, and romance novels\, so it comes as 
 no surprise that her first novel My So-Called Bollywood Life features all 
 three. Brigid Kemmerer is the author of dark\, contemporary Young Adult ro
 mances like More Than We Can Tell and Letters to the Lost as well as paran
 ormal YA novels like The Elemental Series and Thicker Than Water.\n\n \n\n
 Sunday\, September 30\n\n1-2pm Children’s Picture Book Panel hosted by P
 aula Willey featuring Sarah Jacoby\, Forever or a Day\, Minh Lê\, Drawn T
 ogether\, and Elizabeth Lilly\, Geraldine\n\nPaula Willey\, librarian and 
 organizer of the annual KidLitCon conference\, interviews three fantastic 
 picture book authors: Sarah Jacoby\, award winner from the Society of Illu
 strators (Gold Medal)\, Creative Quarterly\, and Communication Arts\, Minh
  Lê\, author of Drawn Together illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Dan Sant
 at and Let Me Finish! named an NPR Best Book of 2016\, and Elizabeth Lilly
 \, whose debut\, Geraldine\, received a starred review from School Library
  Journal.\n\n2-3:30pm          Dear Martin\, Nic Stone in conversation wit
 h Letrice Gant of Baltimore Ceasefire\n\nOneBook Baltimore is a new initia
 tive that provides opportunities for Baltimore City 7th and 8th graders\, 
 their families\, and community members to connect through literature by re
 ading the same book. This year’s book is New York Times bestseller Dear 
 Martin by Nic Stone. Growing up with a wide range of cultures\, religions\
 , and backgrounds\, Stone strives to bring these diverse voices and storie
 s to her work. Baltimore Ceasefire 365 is a self-determination movement st
 arted by residents in Baltimore City to reduce murder and celebrate life b
 y calling quarterly Ceasefire weekends. \n\n3:30-4:30pm     Kate Reed Pett
 y\, Chasma Knights\, in conversation with Elissa Brent Weissman\, The Leng
 th of a String\n\nKate Reed Petty is a 2018 Rubys Artist grantee in Litera
 ry Arts and a 2018 Edith Wharton Writer-in-Residence. Elissa Brent Weissma
 n is an award-winning author of novels for young readers. Best known for t
 he popular Nerd Camp series\, she and her books have been featured in Ente
 rtainment Weekly\, The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Huffi
 ngton Post\, NPR's “Here and Now\,” and more.\n\n4:30-5:30pm     Tony 
 Medina\, I Am Alfonso Jones\, in conversation with Matthew Winner of The C
 hildren’s Book Podcast\n\nDr. Medina\, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet\, p
 rofessor of creative writing at Howard University\, and two-time winner of
  the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People\, discusses his graphic nov
 el\, I Am Alfonso Jones with Matthew Winner of The Children’s Book Podca
 st.
GEO:39.283921;-76.612313
LOCATION:Inner Harbor
SUMMARY:Baltimore Book Festival 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/baltimore_book_festiv
 al
CATEGORIES:After-School Activities
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260816T035827Z
UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_3719737
DTSTART:20180930T150000Z
DTEND:20180930T230000Z
DESCRIPTION:Enoch Pratt Free Library Children's Stage features interactive 
 programs for the whole family\, with popular local and nationally known au
 thors of books for children and teens. Staff will be available all weekend
  for library card sign-ups to start your journey at the Enoch Pratt Free L
 ibrary. You're Free to Bmore #atthepratt.\n\nFriday\, September 28\n\n12-1
 pm             Zumbini with Miss Kelly\n\nJoin Miss Kelly\, children’s l
 ibrarian at Southeast Anchor Library\, for a Zumbini® demo! Zumbini® is 
 a music and movement class for children 0 to 3 that will have dancing\, si
 nging and instruments. It will feature the theme: "Kalino Finds the Music"
 ! Please register online at Zumbini.com to attend the demo class.\n\n1:30-
 3pm          Paper Magic with Mr. Matt\n\nLearn how to make magical toys o
 ut of simple pieces of paper with Central Library children’s librarian M
 atthew Hickey. Flexagons are paper toys that have the magical quality of c
 hanging images as they are flexed or folded. In this program we will learn
  how a simple piece of paper can be transformed to make flexagons\, exquis
 ite corpses\, and accordion style booklets.\n\n3-4:30pm          Open Work
 s Mobile Workshop\n\nOpen Works Mobile (OWM) is Baltimore’s first and on
 ly mobile maker-space offering an introduction to “maker” based educat
 ion. The workshop on wheels travels to schools\, community centers\, and c
 ommunity event sites to demonstrate basic digital fabrication technology w
 ith a desktop 3D printer\, CNC machine\, and Laser engraver. Join them tod
 ay for a brief demo and the 3d printing pen activity.\n\n \n\nSaturday\, S
 eptember 29\n\n12-1pm             Nita’s First Signs Storytime for Famil
 ies\n\nAmerican Sign Language makes it easy to communicate with your child
 . Come and discover how with Kathy MacMillan\, author of Nita’s First Si
 gns\, a lively family story that teaches 10 basic ASL signs! We'll celebra
 te with stories\, songs\, and more. Appropriate for all ages. \n\n1-2pm   
             Whose Book Is It Anyway?: Picture Book Edition\n\nFace off aga
 inst six wily picture book authors and illustrators and win a signed book!
   Can you spot which book excerpts are real and which are clever fakes?  D
 on't miss this lineup: Lulu Delacre (Turning Pages)\, Patricia Valdez (Joa
 n Proctor\, Dragon Doctor)\, Laura Gehl (I Got a Chicken for My Birthday)\
 , Liz and Jimmy Reed (Sweet Success)\, Rachel Kolar (Mother Goose: Nursery
  Rhymes for Little Monsters)\, Moderated by Rebecca Evans (Masterpiece Rob
 ot and the Ferocious Valerie Knick-Knack). Co-sponsored by the Society of 
 Children's Book Writers and Illustrators MD/DE/WV Region.\n\n2-3pm        
        Read to Reef Book Club featuring Ricardo Cortés's\, Sea Creatures 
 from the Sky\n\nNew York Times best-selling illustrator author Ricardo Cor
 tés reads from Sea Creatures from the Sky\, a touching story of a misunde
 rstood shark. Hear the story before reading it in the National Aquarium an
 d Pratt Library’s Read to Reef Book Club in October. Following the readi
 ng\, dive deeper into the shark’s watery world with Aquarium educators w
 ho will be on hand with real shark artifacts to explore and an interactive
  presentation about these toothy predators.\n\n3-4pm   We Rise\, We Resist
 \, We Raise Our Voices panel featuring Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffr
 ey Weatherford\, and publishers Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson\, hoste
 d by Deborah Taylor\n\nWe Rise\, We Resist\, We Raise Our Voices publisher
 s\, Wade Hudson\, inductee into the International Hall of Fame for Writers
  of African Descent\, and Cheryl Willis Hudson\, inductee into the Interna
 tional Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent\, discuss their antholo
 gy\, We Rise\, We Resist\, We Raise Our Voices\, with contributors  Carole
  Boston Weatherford\, New York Times best-selling author and NAACP Image A
 ward winner\, and Jeffrey Weatherford\, illustrator and founder of global 
 hip hop collective known as “TRiiiBE Worldwide”. Hosted by Deborah Tay
 lor\, school and student services coordinator at the Pratt Library.\n\n4:3
 0-5:30pm     Brigid Kemmerer\, More Than We Can Tell\, in conversation wit
 h Nisha Sharma\, My So-Called Bollywood Life\, moderated by Matthew Winner
  of The Children’s Book Podcast\n\nNisha Sharma grew up immersed in Boll
 ywood movies\, eighties pop culture\, and romance novels\, so it comes as 
 no surprise that her first novel My So-Called Bollywood Life features all 
 three. Brigid Kemmerer is the author of dark\, contemporary Young Adult ro
 mances like More Than We Can Tell and Letters to the Lost as well as paran
 ormal YA novels like The Elemental Series and Thicker Than Water.\n\n \n\n
 Sunday\, September 30\n\n1-2pm Children’s Picture Book Panel hosted by P
 aula Willey featuring Sarah Jacoby\, Forever or a Day\, Minh Lê\, Drawn T
 ogether\, and Elizabeth Lilly\, Geraldine\n\nPaula Willey\, librarian and 
 organizer of the annual KidLitCon conference\, interviews three fantastic 
 picture book authors: Sarah Jacoby\, award winner from the Society of Illu
 strators (Gold Medal)\, Creative Quarterly\, and Communication Arts\, Minh
  Lê\, author of Drawn Together illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Dan Sant
 at and Let Me Finish! named an NPR Best Book of 2016\, and Elizabeth Lilly
 \, whose debut\, Geraldine\, received a starred review from School Library
  Journal.\n\n2-3:30pm          Dear Martin\, Nic Stone in conversation wit
 h Letrice Gant of Baltimore Ceasefire\n\nOneBook Baltimore is a new initia
 tive that provides opportunities for Baltimore City 7th and 8th graders\, 
 their families\, and community members to connect through literature by re
 ading the same book. This year’s book is New York Times bestseller Dear 
 Martin by Nic Stone. Growing up with a wide range of cultures\, religions\
 , and backgrounds\, Stone strives to bring these diverse voices and storie
 s to her work. Baltimore Ceasefire 365 is a self-determination movement st
 arted by residents in Baltimore City to reduce murder and celebrate life b
 y calling quarterly Ceasefire weekends. \n\n3:30-4:30pm     Kate Reed Pett
 y\, Chasma Knights\, in conversation with Elissa Brent Weissman\, The Leng
 th of a String\n\nKate Reed Petty is a 2018 Rubys Artist grantee in Litera
 ry Arts and a 2018 Edith Wharton Writer-in-Residence. Elissa Brent Weissma
 n is an award-winning author of novels for young readers. Best known for t
 he popular Nerd Camp series\, she and her books have been featured in Ente
 rtainment Weekly\, The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Huffi
 ngton Post\, NPR's “Here and Now\,” and more.\n\n4:30-5:30pm     Tony 
 Medina\, I Am Alfonso Jones\, in conversation with Matthew Winner of The C
 hildren’s Book Podcast\n\nDr. Medina\, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet\, p
 rofessor of creative writing at Howard University\, and two-time winner of
  the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People\, discusses his graphic nov
 el\, I Am Alfonso Jones with Matthew Winner of The Children’s Book Podca
 st.
GEO:39.283921;-76.612313
LOCATION:Inner Harbor
SUMMARY:Baltimore Book Festival 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/baltimore_book_festiv
 al
CATEGORIES:After-School Activities
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR