Join us for Lit and Art This Sunday

Is all of this snow getting you a little stir-crazy? Break your cabin fever and join us for a refreshing afternoon of lit, art, music, wine, and great conversation with some of the most creative people in the region.

Featured readers for this Sunday’s Lit and Art at the Watermark event include Lauren Beth Eisenberg Davis, Sid Gold, Dave Housley, Bill Hughes, Jen Michalski, and Richard Peabody. Live music by singer-songwriter Goodloe Byron. Original art by Manzar. Nitin Jagdish and I will be your hosts for the afternoon.

Readings, live music, original art, open mic, free refreshments — the best excuse to get lit on a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore! Join us for the next event on Sunday, January 31, 2-5 p.m. at The Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street, in the Bank of America building across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Learn more at www.facebook.com/groups/LitAndArt

To Miss Lit and Art on April 7 Would Be A Crime

It would be a crime to miss the next Lit and Art at the Watermark on April 7 from 2 to 5 p.m. The scene: The Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street, second floor of the Bank of America building right across from Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The skinny: five authors and poets share their works of literature, poetry, and crime fiction. Accomplices: live music, original artwork. Exhibit A: wine; Exhibit B: light refreshments. Spotted at the crime scene: You.

The April Lit & Art event features readers traveling from as far as Indiana — and as close as our own back alleyway. Featured authors and poets include Lucrecia Guerrero, Jerry Holt, Julie Wakeman-Linn, Austin Camacho, and Kathy Cottle. Live music by singer/songwriter Goodloe Byron and original artwork by Manzar. Hosted by Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman. Bring five minutes of your own work to share during the open mic session.

The Lit & Art Reading Series is free and open to the public. Wine and refreshments will be served. Join us for Lit and Art at the Watermark from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 7.

You don’t have to be a sleuth to figure out why it’s been called "the best excuse to get lit in Baltimore on a Sunday afternoon."

Learn more (and join the online Lit & Art community) at www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/181120815252390/?fref=ts.

Party Like a Librarian!

The Baltimore Book Festival begins today at Noon, and the party continues through Sunday evening at 7 p.m.

All weekend long, book lovers in Baltimore will party like librarians!

The party is at Mt. Vernon Place, surrounding the monument, and features such authors as Emily Griffin, Laura Lippman, Kate Dolan, Joya Fields, Michael Kimball, Kevin O’Malley, Marion Winik, and Justin Sirois.

Learn more about the Baltimore Book Festival and get a full schedule of events at www.baltimorebookfestival.com.



Lit and Art at the Baltimore Book Festival

The highlight of the literary weekend? Don’t miss Lit & Art at the Baltimore Book Festival's CityLit Stage on Sunday, September 30 at 2:30 p.m.

Featured authors include Bathsheba Monk, Jessica Anya Blau, Charles Rammelkamp, Fernando Quijano III, and Nancy Greene with music by Goodloe Byron and original art by Manzar. Hosted by Eric D. Goodman and Nitin Jagdish, the event takes place at the CityLit Stage and promises to be one literary-packed hour. Thanks goes to Gregg Wilhelm for the gig!

Learn more about Lit & Art at the Baltimore Book Festival’s CityLit Stage at www.baltimorebookfestival.com/schedule/event-detail/334/Event%20Details.

Finally, Baltimore Book Fest Video! Pay attention at the 2:09 minute mark and you may see someone you recognize!

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i5vXQed674o

Hot Poetry Sets Grass on Fire

This Sunday’s Lit & Art at the Watermark is sure to be a scorcher. That’s because poets featured in the anthology Life in Me Like Grass on Fire will set the event ablaze with their poetry. Fourteen of the fifty poets featured in the anthology will share their work.


The event takes place at the Watermark Gallery in downtown Baltimore from 2 to 5 p.m.


Returning Lit & Art poets include Fernando Quijano III, Ann Bracken, and Liz Moser.

Making their Lit & Art debut are poets Laura Shovan, Margaret Mullins, Judith Goedeke, Kat Hellen, Allan Roy Andrews, Janice Lynch Schuster, Danuta Kosk-Kosicka, Regina Sokas, Tapendu Basu, Shirley Brewer, and Adele Steiner.

Songwriter Goodloe Byron will provide original music. Manzar will share her original artwork.

Like previous events in this series, it’s free and open to the public. Complimentary wine and refreshments will be served. Find out why it’s been called “the best excuse to get lit on a Sunday afternoon.”

The Watermark Gallery is located in the Bank of America Center Skywalk Level, right across from the Inner Harbor, at 100 S. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland. The phone number is (410) 547-0452.

Learn more about the Watermark at its online gallery.
www.manzar.net

And in case you haven’t already gotten your copies, Life in Me Like Grass on Fire and Tracks: A Novel in Stories will both be on sale, with authors ready to autograph!