Saturday, June 9th

Start things off with a bang at 10am with ex-Illinois governor and ex-con Dan Walker in conversation with Bruce Dold at the University Center in the River/Loop Room... stay right where you are in the University Center River/Loop Room at 11am to see the woman who inspired the film "Freedom Writers," Erin Gruwell, chat up Carolyn Alessio...catch Chicago journalist Kevin Davis speaking with Eric Zorn in the University Center Private Dining Room at 11:30am...see Chicago based V.I. Warshawski creator Sara Paretsky in discussion with the Trib's Elizabeth Taylor at noon in the Harold Washington Library Ceneter Cindy Prizker Auditorium...enlighten yourself with some poetry at the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Stage where The Poetry Center of Chicago will be presenting "Lip" from 1pm-2pm...or, if poetry's not your style, check out Audrey Niffenegger appearing in the University Center Private Dining Room with Tim Bannon at 1:30pm...Elizabeth Taylor returns at 3:15pm to converse with Chicago favorite Studs Terkel in the Harold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium...and treat the kids at 4:10pm to a performance by "The Dirty Cowboy" author Amy Timberlake and Chicago actor Phil Timberlake at the Chicago Tribune Kids Alley Stage.

Sunday, June 10th

Author and well-known journalist Ted Gup is in the University Center River/Loop Room with Steve Mills at10am…Victory Gardens vets Sandy Sinner and Dennis Zacek with Chuck Smith join Chris Jones at 10:30am in the University Center Multi-Media Room...Oprah favorite Robin Givens appears on the Heartland Stage at noon...get a big dose of girl power with beach-read authors Maggie Marr, Lauren Fox and Jennifer Belle and Red Eye editor Jane Hirt at the University Center Multi-Media Room at 12:30pm...Joyce Carol Oates speaks to Ann Marie Lipinski over at the Harold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at 1pm...test your knowledge of words at the American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon at 2pm with host Steve Kleinedler on the Nelson Algren Stage...author and alderman Edward M. Burke and his co-author Thomas J. O'Gorman can be found in the University Center Private Dining Room at 2:30pm... find out "What Immigrants Bring to the Table" at the Good Eating Stage with "Lost in Translation" author Nicole Mones, Chicago cook guide Marilyn Pocius, author Bich Miah Nguyen and the Trib's Robin Mather Jenkins, at 3pm...and end the day with a lesson in history from Northwestern University's Ken Alder, speaking to, once again, Elizabeth Taylor.

(2007-06-05)

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