The 21st annual Printers Row Book Fair runs Saturday and Sunday, June 11 and 12, 10 AM-6 PM, and gathers about 150 exhibitors, including booksellers, publishers, and literary organizations, on the blocks around Dearborn (50 West) and Polk (800 South) streets. In addition to the new, used, and collectible books for sale, the fair features dozens of readings, discussions, and signings by local and national authors as well as children’s activities, musical performances, cooking demonstrations, and food vendors. (Some exhibitors will host their own author signings as well.) Events will be held at the Arts & Entertainment Stage, Harrison between Dearborn and Plymouth; Children’s Stage, Dearborn and Polk; Good Eating Stage, Dearborn between Harrison and Polk; Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State; Heartland Stage, Dearborn between Harrison and Polk; Nelson Algren Stage, Harrison and Dearborn; and University Center, 525 S. State. All are free, but events at Harold Washington Library Center require advance tickets (available via Web site below). Programming is subject to change. For more information call 312-222-3986 or see www.chicagotribune.com/extras/printersrow.
RStuds Terkel chats with Tribune literary editor Elizabeth Taylor (American Pharoah: Mayor Richard J. Daley–His Battle for Chicago and the Nation) and Tribune writer Rick Kogan (Everybody Pays: Two Men, One Murder, and the Price of Truth). Harold Washington Library Center, auditorium. Tickets required. 10 AM
Gale Gand demonstrates recipes from Gale Gand’s Short and Sweet: Quick Desserts From Eight Ingredients or Less. Good Eating Stage. 11 AM
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“Batter Up” Jean Hastings Ardell (Breaking Into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime), Buzz Bissinger (Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager), Jonathan Eig (Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig), and Gene Wojciechowski (Cubs Nation: 162 Games, 162 Stories, 1 Addiction) talk baseball with Tribune sports editor Dan McGrath. Nelson Algren Stage. 11:30 AM
Wilfredo Cruz presents Puerto Rican Chicago. University Center, Park Room. 11:30 AM
Jonathan Mahler discusses Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City with journalist Rick Perlstein. University Center, Lake Room. Noon
“From Warblers to Ivory-Bills” Don Stap (Birdsong: A Natural History), Joel Greenberg (A Natural History of the Chicago Region), and Tim Gallagher (The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker) discuss all things avian with Tribune Company VP Owen Youngman. University Center, River Room. 12:30 PM
