Back-to-back Bodine!

Jennifer Bodine, daughter of legendary Baltimore Sun photographer A. Aubrey Bodine [above] and curator of his life’s work, will deliver a slideshow/lecture based on her latest book, Bodine’s City: The Photography of A. Aubrey Bodine, beginning at 11:00 a.m. this Saturday, April 14, in the Poe Room on the second floor of the main branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Cathedral Street in downtown Baltimore. Bodine’s City collects more than 150 Bodine prints highlighting the photographer’s artistic eye. Writer and photographer Jim Burger will introduce the program.

This free event is part of the ninth annual CityLit Festival, a daylong celebration of the region’s thriving literary scene and its heritage. For more information, visit the CityLit Festival website.

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The following week, Ms. Bodine will join the Friends of the Mencken House to discuss and sign copies of Bodine’s City from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Mencken House, 1524 Hollins Street, in Baltimore, Maryland. “Sage of Baltimore” H. L. Mencken and Aubrey Bodine were colleagues at the Baltimore Sunpapers, and the two men maintained a close, longstanding friendship. Attendees of the April 21 event will also be able to tour the Mencken House & Garden, which are normally closed to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, visit www.menckenhouse.org or www.aaubreybodine.com, or e-mail menckenhouse@gmail.com or jbb@aaubreybodine.com.

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SMILE, HON represents at 9th annual CityLit Festival

BALTIMORE, Md. – Count Eight-Stone Press (ESP) among the horde of local imprints represented in the Literary Marketplace at Baltimore’s ninth annual CityLit Festival, held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. this Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Central Branch in downtown Baltimore. Stop by the ESP table to meet William P. Tandy, editor and publisher of ESP’s long-running, critically acclaimed Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! series, and pick up the latest issue, or peruse the back catalogue and a variety of Smile, Hon merchandise.

Hailed as “a can’t-miss event on the city’s cultural scene” by Baltimore Magazine, CityLit Festival is a collaborative effort between CityLit Project and the Pratt Library. This year’s Festival headliners include Kwame Alexander, Edward Hirsch, Thomas Lux and Benjamin Busch. Jennifer Bodine, daughter of legendary Baltimore Sun photographer A. Aubrey Bodine and curator of his work, will deliver a slideshow lecture on her latest book, Bodine’s City: The Photography of A. Aubrey Bodine, highlighting her father’s artistic eye. (Read William P. Tandy’s review of Bodine’s City in Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! No. 15.)

For more information, visit the official CityLit Festival website.

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