INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE BOOK
Welcome to Old Town Kensington's Celebration of the International Day of the Book.
April 23 is a symbolic day in world literature. Declared as International Day of the Book by UNESCO in 1995, this celebration of books and literature draws it's inspiration from a Catalan tradition, the Festival of the Rose.
Legend has it that Saint George, Patron Saint of Catalonia and international knight-errant, slew a dragon about to devour a beautiful Catalan princess. From the dragon's blood sprouted a rosebush, from which the hero plucked the prettiest rose for the princess. Hence the traditional Rose Festival celebrated in Barcelona since the Middle Ages to honor chivalry and love. In 1923, this lover's "festa" became even more poetic when it merged with "el dia del llibre", or The Day of the Book, to mark the nearly simultaneous deaths of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare, the two giants of literary history, on April 23, 1616.
On this day in Barcelona, bookstalls and street festivities run the length of the picturesque La Rambla, the old city's main boulevard and, according to the Spanish author Garcia Lorca, "the only street in the world which I wish would never end".
The Town of Kensington, Kensington Literary Group, and the Pauli Bellet Foundation Catalan Library, invite you to celebrate this wonderful day on Howard Ave, our "La Rambla".
Links for further reading about The International Day of the Book:
World Book and Copyright Day at UNESCO
... More Information ...
This Festival is a celebration of local authors, and the importance of books in our community. The Book, not just as pages of words, but as art, music, and knowledge.
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PLANNED ACTIVITIES
Free Rare Book Evaluations
Noon to five at Kensington Row Bookshop
Dale Sorenson of Waverly Book Auctions will give free book evaluations at Kensington Row Bookshop. Bring your books to show him. You might have a true treasure!
Play Chess against a Chess Master
Noon to five on Howard Ave
Allan Savage, International Chess Master, a former Maryland State Chess
Champion, and Chess books author, will simultaneously play six to eight games of
chess at once! Prizes will be awarded to anyone who wins or draws.
Storyteller Ellouise Schoettler
2:00 in front of the Sweat Shop
Storytelling for adults
Ellouise Schoettler, who calls herself “an old-time Southern storyteller,” makes stories out of the everyday happenings of life. She regularly appears at storytelling festivals throughout the country, and will be appearing soon at the Mansion at Strathmore. See her website at www.ellouisestory.com
Special Appearance by
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson!
Noon to five along Howard Ave
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson will fly in from
England to consult with passersby and answer questions
about their lives and investigations. Mr. Holmes also will
challenge visitors to test their own observational and
deductive powers.
The detective duo's appearance is made
possible by Watson's Tin Box of Ellicott City, Md.
(www.WatsonsTinBox.org) and MysteryVisits (www.MysteryVisits.com).
The Twinbrook Tellers
Children's Tent - 1:00-1:45 and 3:00-3:45
The Twinbrook Tellers tell tales of magic and adventure to enchant and
entertain children of all ages.
Four Grays and a Blonde
Visit this group of Kensington artists and author for an interesting variety of demonstrations:
Old Master Drawing Technique
At 2:00 and 4:00, Elizabeth Whiteley, a nationally recognized artist, will demonstrate metalpoint drawing. She will also give a short talk about the history of this Old Master drawing medium which uses a gold or silver stylus.
Weaving the World with Wire
At 1:00 and 3:00, Carien Quiroga will demonstrate Metal Embossing and Wire Art
Author Reading
On the 1/2 hour, Kensington author Judith Duerk will read from her two books Circle of Stones and I Sit Listening to the Wind
Portrait Sculpture
Watch local sculpter Nancy Frankel work on her portrait sculpture.
Make Your Own Book Art
Noon to five on Howard Avenue
Ages 6 to 106
Visit book artist Anne Harlan's table to
Create a Tiny Book
Put together pre-punched pages and covers with yarn or other fastenings. Then fill with your own ideas.
Make and Trade: Artist Trading Cards
Draw, glue, color, or sew your own art onto a 2 ½” x 3 ½” card, and you will be ready to trade.
See What Firemen Read
Noon to five on Howard Avenue
The Kensington Volunteer Fire Department will bring their firetruck and a display of books and manuals about firefighting. Come climb on the truck and talk to the firemen about books!
Mixed Media Collages
Noon to five on Howard Ave
Local Kensington artist Marilyn Banner, mixed media artist, will demonstrate the creation of mixed media collages, using drawing, paint, handmade paper, inkjet prints, found images, and other materials.
Get a Taino 'Tattoo'
Noon to five on Howard Ave
Stop by children's book author and illustrator Edwin Fontanez's table to learn about the ancient culture of the Taino indians that inhabited Puerto Rico before the arrival of the Conquistadors and get a rubber-stamped Taino 'tattoo' on your arm!
Get Your Psychedelic Portrait!
Noon to five on Howard Ave
Local Kensington Artist Leo Charre will set up to do 10 minute psychedelic portraits on
4"x6" canvas. Free!
The Dragon Business
12:30 & 2:45 in front of the Sweat Shop
An original 15-minute comic skit about love, mythology, and the book business. Performed by the WMAS Illustrious Artists Company.
Visual acuity screening tests
1:00-3:00 at Prevention of Blindness Antique Shop
Prevention of Blindness, 3716 Howard Ave., will perform visual acuity screening tests. Free.
Visit the Tea Room and see Roy's collection of Montgomery County High School Yearbooks!
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Music
- J.P. McDermott & Western Bop
1:30-3:00 in front of Prevention of Blindness Antique Shop
Back before they called it rock and roll they called it Western Bop. We're talking about high-energy rockabilly, tear-in-your-beer ballads, and hell-raising honky tonk all rolled into one exciting package.
The Washington Post calls it
"Honky Tonk the way it should be."
www.westernbop.com
- Art Harrison and his Theremin
Art's website
- Doris Justis and Pete Marinovich
3:00 to 5:00 at corner of Howard & Armory
www.dorisandpete.com
- 2nd Story Band
11:30-1:00 in front of the Prevention of Blindness Antique Shop
www.2ndstoryband.com
Meagan's sultry voice is only enhanced by the curious and provoking lyrics she emits. Catchy.
- 3rd Fret
3:00-5:00 in front of the Prevention of Blindness Antique Shop
www.3rdfret.com
A hot new combo that performs a blend of rock & roll oldies, blues and torchy standards. The band is propelled by the versatility of guitarist Tony Phillips, the sweet vocals of singer Nina Acosta and the rock solid rhythm of standup bassist Mike O'Malley.
- This Autumn Blue
A three-man alternative rock band featuring Walter Johnson High School students Will
Watkins(singer, guitarist), Collin Schupman(singer, bassist) and Matt
Hass(drummer). Influenced by bands such as Wilco, Radiohead, Minus The
Bear and Pearl Jam, the band doesn't like to give genre titles to
their music. Previously a quartet, This Autumn blue now takes a
less-is-more approach to song-writing.
- Carl Banner, pianist
www.dcmusicaviva.org
Carl Banner, pianist and director of Washington Musica Viva, will perform works by classical and contemporary composers.
- Stancill's Guitar Studio
3:30-5:00 in front of the Sweat Shop
Student and Teacher Quartets from Stancill's Guitar Studio in Kensington will play
various pieces of 18th and 19th century chamber music.
Possibly an Irish fiddler too!
- The Foolish Pride String Band
Traditional Celtic and Mountain Music.
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OPEN MIC READERS
12:25 - Mary Sesso - poetry
12:30 - Massud Alemi - Interruptions
12:35 - Theresa Grant - Hope and Desire
12:40 - Judith McCombs - The Habit of Fire: Poems
12:45 - Jane Edwards - poetry
12:50 - Joy C. West - Dancing on the Fringes of the Realm
12:55 - Laura Ward Holliday - Mediation Within
1:00 - Paul Lagasse - Seeing Through Clouds
1:05 - Bonny Barry Sanders - Kiss Me Good-bye
1:10 - Linda Morelli - Romance novelist
1:15 - Bobbie Hinman - The Knot Fairy
1:20 - Con Lehane - Death at the Old Hotel
1:25 - Ann Rayburn - poetry
1:30 - Diana Tokaji
1:35 - Nick Ruth - The Dark Dreamweaver
1:40 - Ken Ingham - EcoEpic & Other Poems
1:45 - Andrea Rugh -Parents & Children in an Arab Village
1:50 - Lew Toulmin - The Most Traveled Man
1:55 - Patty Apostolides - Candlelit Journey: Poetry
2:00 - Joel S. Hirschhorn - Delusional Democracy
2:05 - Brian Sloan - Tale of Two Summers
2:10 - Lamont Carey
2:15 - Alice Miller - To Everything There is a Season
2:20 - Austin S. Camacho - Blood and Bone
2:25 - Greg Mansfield - poetry
2:30 - Frances Garrett Connell - One Woman’s Courageous Mission
2:35 reserved
2:40 - Jim LitchkoThe I.C.E. Guyreserved
2:45 - Richard Rice - poetry
2:50 - Judith Duerk - Circle of Stones
2:55 - Cathy D. Knepper - Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
3:00 - Angeline Bandon-Bibum - Sojurner's Dream
3:05 - Sten Odenwald - Patterns in the Void
3:10 - Odessa Maxwell - Thoughts of My Mind, Heart, and Soul
3:15 - Christina Daub - poetry
3:20 - Michelle Minter - Poetry, Hell of War
3:25 - Jay Moss
3:30 - August K. Spector - poetry
3:35 - Regina Prophet - poetry
3:40 - Carmen Vickers - poetry
3:45 - Bill Campbell - My Booty Novel
3:50 - Marijane Ricketts - poetry
3:55 - Emily Robinson - poetry
4:00 - Neal Schlosburg -
4:05 - Tom Lacombe - Light Ruck, Vietnam 1969
4:10 - Melissa B. Robinson - The Search for Canasta 404
4:15 - Dean Blehert - poetry
4:20 - Pam Blehert - poetry
4:25 - Ryan Rankin - poetry
4:30 - Stefanie Coburn - poetry
4:35 - Patrick Hyde - The Only Pure Thing
4:40 reserved
4:45 - Bethesda Beatnicks - poetry
4:50 reserved
4:55 reserved
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MANY THANKS
Special Thanks to the following for generously giving of their time and talents to make this festival successful and special:
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Mayor Pete Fosselman and the Town of Kensington
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Our generous sponsors (see above)
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All the Bands, Musicians, and Performers (see above)!
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The artists of the Washington Metropolitan Artists' Society
Thank you for the eight beautiful hand-painted dragon banners! Special thanks to John Schneider for the big painted plywood dragon!
www.wmartists.com
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Kensington Flowers & Gift Shop
For the wonderful roses
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Ken Goldsmith
Leslie Maxam
Barbara Scharman
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Everyone who gave out fliers, forwarded emails, and helped spread the word!
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Benvolguts i benvolgudes...
A Catalunya la celebració de la Diada de Sant Jordi és una de les
tradicions més atractives del nostre costumari. I és que el dia del llibre
i de la rosa té un ventall de simbolismes per celebrar que permet que
agradi a tothom. D'una banda, és una diada nacional, ja que s'homenatja el
patró de Catalunya. D'altra banda, la diada de Sant Jordi és també el
nostre dia dels enamorats amb la rosa vermella com a protagonista i amb la
llegenda del drac com a referent èpic. Els llibres donen un aire
intel·lectual a la diada i, finalment, el fet que la festa se celebri al
carrer --les rambles s'omplen de parades de roses i llibres,--la
converteix en una exhaltació de la natura i de la primavera en un ambient
ben ciutadà. N'hi ha per a tots els gustos, per això no és estrany que
sigui una festa fàcilment exportable.
I és així com la nostra festa ha arribat a Kensington, pràcticament amb
els mateixos ingredients que a Catalunya: les parades al carrer i les
actuacions festives, les roses, els llibres --en aquest cas com a
principals protagonistes-- i una munió de gent passejant amunt i avall,
gaudint amb la companyia dels altres vianants i de la plenitud de la
primavera.
Els catalans de Washington i rodalies ens hem de sentir afortunats de
poder celebrar el Sant Jordi en un ambient tan semblant al de Catalunya.
La nostra participació, però, no pot ser passiva; a nosaltres ens toca
posar l'ingredient dels origens de la festa: de Sant Jordi, de la llegenda
del drac i de Catalunya. Per aconseguir-ho només cal anar-hi i fer la
festa encara més gran.
La festa se celebrarà, com ja sabeu, el diumenge 22 d'abril de dotze del
migdia a cinc de la tarda.
Bon Sant Jordi!
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CURRENT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Local Authors
- Mark Opsasnick
The Lizard King Was Here and Capitol Rock
www.capitolrock.com
- Allan Savage
Reconciling Chess: A Marcel Duchamp Sampler
The Anti-Indian: Trompowski’s Attack
Introduction to Chess: The Creative Game
(See activities list)
- Rob Clark
Homecoming
www.homecomingthebook.com
- Ken Ingham
Ecoepic & Other Poems
www.nethingham.org
- Joel S. Hirschhorn
Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the
Government
www.delusionaldemocracy.com
- Tom Lacombe
Light Ruck, Vietnam 1969
www.loftpress.com/bookmain/lightrucmain
- Joel M. Lerner
Anyone Can Landscape!and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Landscaping Illustrated
www.gardenlerner.com
- Linda Morelli
Fiery Surrender; Shadow of Doubt
and Lani's Challenge
Linda's Place - A Site for Romance Readers and Writers
- Peter Brown
Ruthie Black
pbrown.us
- Debi Hammack
A'pertua
www.debihammack.com
- JoAnne Growney
My Dance is Mathematics and Listening to Water
http://joannegrowney.com
- Lew Toulmin
The Most Traveled Man on Earth
www.themosttraveled.com
- Bonny Barry Sanders
Touching Shadow
Kiss Me Good-bye
- John Gaudet
The Iron Snake
www.theironsnake.com
- E. Ashe
Happy Horse - A Children's Book of Horses
www.HappyHorseKids.com
- Brian Sloan
A Really Nice Prom Mess and Tale of Two Summers
www.briansloan.com/tale.html
- John D.S. Muhlenberg
Astronomical Cycles and Human Affairs
On Colfax Avenue
- Winthuysen Foundation, inc
Memorias de un Senorito Sevillano
www.winthuysen.com
- Cynthia Polansky
Far Above Rubies and The American Pit Bull Terrier
www.cynthiapolansky.com
- Katharine M. Rogers
First Friend: A History of Dogs and Humans
L. Frank Baum: Creator of Oz, and Cat
website
- Barri Armitage
Double Helix
www.dovesongs.com
- Carly Sachs
The Steam Sequence
www.wwph.org
- Piotr Gwiazda
Gagarin Street
www.wwph.org
- Bobbie Hinman
The Knot Fairy
bestfairybooks.com
- J.D. Smith
Settling for Beauty
www.jdsmithwriter.com
- Cooking for the Cure Cookbook Committee
Cooking for the Cure
website
- Joy C. West
Dancing on the Fringes of the Realm
website
- Jeffery King
The Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd
The Rise and Fall of the Dillinger Gang
www.Jefferyking.com
- Judith Laura
Beyond All Desiring
Goddess Spirituality for the 21st Century
www.judithlaura.com
- Con Lehane
Death at the Old Hotel (coming June 2007)
What Goes Around Comes Round
Beware the Solitary Drinker
www.conlehane.com
- Judith Duerk
Circle of Stones
I Sit Listening to the Wind
- j. tyler blue
the baltimore years
www.pretendgenius.com
- sean brijbasi
still life in motion
www.pretendgenius.com
- Melissa B. Robinson
The Search for Canasta 404
website
- Cathy D. Knepper, Ph.D
Greenbelt, Md, A Living Legacy of the New Deal
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt, Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt
www.cathydknepper.com
- Poets of Ellicott St
- Frank S. Joseph
To Love Mercy
tolovemercy.com
- Sallie Lowenstein
Waiting for Eugene
Sir Kyle and Lady Madeline
- Mathew L. Gill
Leaving the Canoe Club
www.mathewleegill.com
- Patty Apostolides
Lipsi's Daughter
Candlelit Journey: Poetry from the Heart
www.pattyapostolides.com
- Matt Harris
Poems On Some Parables Of Christ
www.harrispoems.com
- Laura Holliday
Mediation Within (A Path To Inner Peace)
www.mediationwithin.com
- Alice Miller
To Everything There is a Season: A Psychotherapist's Spiritual Journey Through the Garden
- Theresa Grant
Hope and Desire
www.terrigrant.makeswebsites.com
- Darrell A.Cador
When Season Changes
www.darrellacador.com
- Anne Harlan
Imagining Imaginary Worlds
- Jim Litchko, The ICE Guy
www.theiceguy.com
- Jessica Tilles
Anything Goes; In My Sisters' Corner
Apple Tree...and others
www.jessicatilles.com
- Nick Ruth
The Remin Chronicles
www.reminchronicles.com
- Lonnie B. Spry
How Do I Go On
website
- Kavita Khanna
Saturday Morning Omelettes
www.kavitakhanna.com
- Harrine Freeman
How to Get Out of Debt: Get an "A" Credit Rating for Free
www.hefreemanenterprises.com
- Roser Caminals, Catalan author
El Carrer dels Tres Llits; La Dona de Mercuri
La Petita Mort; Once Remembered, Twice Lived
- William Heath
The Children Bob Moses Led (novel)
The Walking Man (poetry)
- Odessa Maxwell
Thoughts of My Mind, Heart, and Soul
www.lulu.com/OMaxwell
- Angeline Bandon-Bibum
Sojourner’s Dream
www.herliterarydream.com
- Larry Buttram
False Witness, Honor Thy Sister
and The Greatest Gift
www.the-greatestgift.net
- Elaine A. King
Ethics & the Visual Arts
- Larry Moffi
The Conscience of the Game: Baseball's Commissioners
Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers, 47-59
This Side of Cooperstown: An Oral History of Major League Baseball in the 1950s
- Paul Lagasse
Seeing Through Clouds: the Story of an Airship Apprentice
www.SeeingThroughClouds.com
- Sistah Joy
Lord, I'm Dancin' As Fast As I Can
www.sistahjoy.com
- Edwin Fontanez
On This Beautiful Island, En Esta Hermoasa Isla
Taino: Guanin's Story; Heart of the Imaginero
The Vejigante and the Folk Festivals of Puerto Rico
www.exitstudio.com
- Bill Campbell
My Booty Novel
www.mybootynovel.com
- Jacqueline Garrick
You Can Too! A Mind Body Spirit Connection for Weight Loss
www.yc2.org
- Ida Uchill
Howdy, Sucker! What P.T. Barnun Did in Colorado
Pioneers, Peddlers and Tsadikim: The Story of the Jews in Colorado
- Andrea Rugh
Within the Circle:Parents and Children in an Arab Village
The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates
- Christie Crowder
Your Big Sister’s Guide to Surviving College
www.bigsisterguides.com
- Malcolm Lawrence
Somthing Will Come Along: Witty Memoirs of a Foreign Service Officer with Nine Children
- Jennifer Bodine
Daughter of A. Aubry Bodine and editor of
Bodine's Chesapeake Bay Country
www.aaubreybodine.com
- Yvette Malcioln
Daughters of the Covenant
When I Touched
- Lamont Carey
Why I keep U a Secret
- Judith McCombs
The Habit of Fire: Poems Selected and New
- Massud Alemi
Interruptions
- Austin S. Camacho
Collateral Damage; The Troubleshooter
Blood and Bone; Damaged Goods
www.ascamacho.com
- Vickie M.Oliver-Lawson
Vocal Moments and In The Quilting Tradition
website
- Neal B. Schlosburg
Green Tables – The First Nine Years
website
- Beth Baker
Old Age in a New Age and Sylvia Earle
www.bethbaker.net
- Charles Garris
Remembering Cicely - A Family Letter Turned Love Story
- Keith Donohue
The Stolen Child
www.keithdonohue.com
- Casandra Johnson
Free to Live Again
www.kingdomjourneyenterprises.com
- Mike Armstrong
Picture of a Time
www.littlelightshop.com
- Cassandra Zaruba
Liquid Bones
www.cassandrazaruba.com
- Carole Douglis
Tina and the Green City
Tore and the Town on Thin Ice
- Edd Doerr
Here I Stand
Six Stories and Seventy Poems
Great Quotations on Religious Freedom
- Frances Garrett Connell
Children Kept from the Sun
The Rest is Silence
Down Rivers of Windfall Night
- J. Benjamin Williams
The Rose for Today: The Story of J.B. Williams
and the Miniflora Rose
Mr. Williams will also have roses for sale!
- Katherine Janus Kahn
Sammy Spider Books and Ziz
- Patrick Hyde
The Only Pure Thing
www.patrickhyde.com
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Book Arts
Art & Photography
- Janet Myder Hammack and James Hammack, Photography
www.2jsphotos.com
- R.W. Smith, Photography
see his photos here!
- Ron Ames, Murals & faux finishes
www.artnousfaux.com
- Sandra Leavitt Lerner, Photography
- Diane Ford, Wildlife & nature art
dfordwildlifeart.com
- Curt Nelson, Photography
- John Brodkin, Photography
Words Worth 26 Pictures
www.johnbrodkin.com
- Emily Lanier Roberts, Painting
- Charles A Roberts, Photography
- Elizabeth Whiteley, Artist
website
(See activities list)
- Mary Holliday, Oil Painter
- Carien Quiroga, Sculptor
(See activities list)
- Nancy Frankel, Sculptor
www.NancyFrankel.com
(See activities list)
- Susan St. George
St. George Watercolors
www.stgeorgewaterart@aol.com
- Anne Harlan, Book Artist
(See activities list)
- David Ashman, Photography
Fine art black and white photography
www.davidashmanphotography.com
- Patricia Lee, BookWyrms Art
Hand bound Journals and Bookart
www.BookWyrmsArt.com
- Sara Becker, Oil & Watercolors
- Donna Spealman, Oil Painter
- Washington Metropolitan Artists' Society
- Firouzeh Sadeghi, Watercolorist
- Marilyn Banner, Mixed Media Artist
www.marilynbanner.com
(See activities list)
- Jason Swain, Artist
www.jjswain.com
- Margy Stancill, Watercolorist
- Washington Printmakers Gallery
- Diana Medina, Digital Imaging
www.DigitalImagingStudios.net
- Leo Charre, Portraits & Painting
http://leocharre.com/
- Carol Hayes, Bookmarks
- Shara, Abstract Artist/Teacher
www.rumicard.com
- Vanessa Richardson, Illustrator
VR Illustration
www.vrillustration.com
- Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org
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