What's Happening in Bethesda - April 19, 2012

[Howard Hartman]

Save the Date for Spring Events!  Bethesda Literary Festival - This Weekend The 13th annual Bethesda Literary Festival will host an array of local and national authors, journalists and poets, as well as writing contests and poetry contests.  Featured events include: Friday, April 20 7pm - Award-Winning Essays & Short Stories Hyatt Regency Bethesda Adult and high school winners from the Bethesda Literary Festival's Essay & Short Story Contest will read their work and receive awards. Pamela Brown, weekend anchor and general assignment reporter with ABC7/WJLA-TV and News Channel 8 will serve as the event's MC. 7:30pm - Notable Non-fiction Hyatt Regency Bethesda Join Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporter for The Washington Post, Joby Warrick, for a discussion about his book, The Triple Agent: The Al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA. Saturday, April 21 10am - Books for Kids Bethesda Elementary School Meet Judith Viorst, renowned children's author and author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, for a reading of her most recent children's book, Lulu and the Brontosaurus.  Children ages 6-10. 11:30am - "Goosebumps" Bethesda Elementary School Join Goosebumps author R.L. Stine for ghost stories and a discussion of his children's book series.   12:30pm - The Steve Jobs Biography Doubletree Bethesda Join renowned biographer and CEO of The Aspen Institute Walter Isaacson for a discussion of his most recent biography, Steve Jobs. 2:30pm - The Kalbs Doubletree Bethesda Meet father-daughter journalist team, Marvin and Deborah Kalb, as they discuss their newest book, Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama, and the history of presidential war-and-peace decision-making.  8pm - Poetry Readings and Awards Hilton Garden Inn Hear readings from award-winning poet and current Poet Laureate of Maryland Stanley Plumly, and the winners of the Bethesda Poetry Contest. Sunday, April 22 11am - Foreign Affairs Doubletree Bethesda Meet Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and bestselling author Thomas Friedman as he discusses his most recent book That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World that it Invented and How We Can Come Back, that he co-authored with Michael Mandelbaum. 12:30pm - On the Air Doubletree Bethesda Join Bob Edwards, Sirius XM Radio host of "The Bob Edwards Show;" and former NPR co-host of "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition" as he discusses his career and his most recent book, A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio. 2pm - Modern Monarchy Gallery B Come meet bestselling biographer Sally Bedell Smith, as she discusses her most recent book, Elizabeth the Queen: Life of a Modern Monarch. 2:30pm - "Grown-Up for a Day" Doubletree Bethesda Join the winners of the Bethesda Literary Festival's Youth Writing Contest, "Grown-Up for a Day," as they read their stories and receive prizes. Click here for a full schedule of events. Save the Date - Bethesda Fine Arts Festival Delight in fine art created by 130 of nation's best artists, and enjoy live entertainment and Bethesda restaurants! 2012 Festival Dates: Saturday, May 12, 10am - 6pm Sunday, May 13,  10am - 5pm Located in Bethesda's Woodmont Triangle, along Norfolk, Auburn & Del Ray Avenues. Admission to the festival is free and free parking is available in the public parking garage on Auburn Avenue. This event is held rain or shine.  More info.  Please visit www.bethesda.org for more information or call 301/215-6660. Volunteers Needed! The Bethesda Urban Partnership needs a few helpful hands this spring to volunteer at the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, taking place May 12 & 13, 2012 and Imagination Bethesda, set for June 2, 2012. Volunteers are vital to the success of these outdoor festivals, which attract 20,000 people into downtown Bethesda. Visit the volunteer page at bethesda.org for details on how you can help out!  More info. Gallery B Exhibition Gallery B 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E    More Info.    April 4 - 29 DC NOW  DC NOW, presented by Morton Fine Art *a pop-up project, features new art by nationally renowned, DC based, contemporary artists Maya Freelon Asante, Billy Colbert, Rosemary Feit Covey, Laurel Hausler, and Victoria Shaheen.     Upcoming Events Bethesda Literary Festival April 20-22 Bethesda FRESHFARM Market Saturdays, May - October 9am - 1pm  Bethesda Art Walk May 11 6 - 9pm Bethesda Fine Arts Festival May 12-13 Summer Concert Series Thursdays, May - July 6 - 8pm

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