Saturday Stages

Listed by Stage

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Target Children’s Stage
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10:00 AM
  • The Okee Dokee Brothers
  • Take it Outside
10:40 AM
  • Bob Boyle
  • Author of Hugo and the Really Really Really Long String
11:00 AM
  • Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop
11:20 AM
  • Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Author of My Mommy Hung the Moon
11:45 AM
  • Hip Hop Harry
  • Party Jams
12:20 PM
  • Tom Lichtenheld
  • Illustrator of Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
12:40 PM
  • Peter Stein
  • Author of Cars Galore!
1:00 PM
  • Dallas Clayton
  • Author and Illustrator of An Awesome Book!
1:25 PM
  • Disney Junior’s Choo-Choo Soul with Genevive
  • Choo-Choo Soul
2:00 PM
  • Marc Brown
  • Author of Arthur Turns Green
2:20 PM
  • Nancy Krulik
  • Author of George Brown, Class Clown: Super Burp #1 and the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo Series
2:40 PM
  • R.L. Stine
  • Author of Goosebumps Horrorland: Hall of Horrors
3:00 PM
  • Megan McDonald
  • Author of Judy Moody and Stink series
3:25 PM
  • Moona Luna
  • Piñata Party
4:00 PM
  • Lisa Yee
  • Author of American Girl Book,Aloha, Kanani
4:20 PM
  • Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  • Author and Illustrator of The Lunch Lady Graphic Novel Series
4:40 PM
  • Josh Lewis
  • Author of Super Chicken Nugget Boy vs. Ned-Grant and his Eggplant Army
5:10 PM
  • Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players
  • Jungle Gym

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Los Angeles Times Stage
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11:00 AM
  • Rainn Wilson, Interviewed by Amy Alkon
  • Author of SoulPancake
12:10 AM
  • Stefanie Powers
  • Author of One from the Hart
1:20 PM
  • Jillian Michaels, Interviewed by Rene Lynch
  • Author of Unlimited: How to Build an Exceptional Life
2:30 PM
  • Danica McKellar
  • Author of Hot X: Algebra Exposed
3:40 PM
  • Alison Arngrim
  • Author of Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
4:50 PM
  • Sister Souljah, Interviewed by Jada Pinkett Smith
  • Author of Midnight and the Meaning of Love

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USC Stage
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10:00 AM
  • Festival Kickoff with the Trojan Marching Band
  • Musical Performance and Welcome by Los Angeles Times Publisher Eddy Hartenstein and USC President C.L. Max Nikias
11:40 PM
  • Funny But True Hosted by Prince Gomolvilas
  • Storytelling-Based Performance
12:50 PM
  • Greg Johnson Quartet
  • Jazz Performance
2:00 PM
  • Javon Johnson
  • Spoken Word Performance
3:10 PM
  • Rozzi Crane
  • Popular Music Performance
4:20 PM
  • Second Nature Improv
  • Comedic Performance
5:30 PM
  • Bear Attack
  • Popular Music Performance

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Cooking Stage
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11:00 AM
  • Erin McKenna, Author of BabyCakes Covers the Classics
  • Cooking Demonstration
12:30 PM
  • Graham Kerr, Author of Growing at the Speed of Life
  • Cooking Demonstration
2:00 PM
  • Bob Blumer, Author of Glutton for Pleasure
  • Cooking Demonstration
3:30 PM
  • Laurie David & Kristin Uhrenholdt, Authors of The Family Dinner
  • Cooking Demonstration

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YA Stage
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11:00 AM
  • Brave NewWorlds: Writing the Unreal
  • Panelists: Andrew Smith, Allyson Condie, Laura McNeal, Tom McNeal
  • Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
12:30 PM
  • Smells Like Teen Spirit: Young Adult Fiction
  • Panelists: Lisi Harrison, Joanna Philbin, Elizabeth Eulberg, Abby McDonald
  • Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
2:00 PM
  • The Practical & the Powerful: Writing Fantasy or Keeping it Real
  • Panelists: Robin Benway, Gayle Forman, Gennifer Choldenko, Allen Zadoff
  • Moderator: Cecil Castellucci
3:30 PM
  • Picture This: Graphic Novels
  • Panelists: Kazu Kibuishi, Tracy White, Deborah Vankin
  • Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
5:00 PM
  • LAYAPALOOZA!
  • A live game show for lovers of books for teens & tweens

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Poetry Stage
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10:00 AM
  • Rick Bursky & Majid Naficy read from Death Obscura and Father & Son
10:30 AM
  • Chase Twichell reads from Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been
11:00 AM
  • Daniel Tiffany reads from Privado and The Dandelion Clock
11:30 AM
  • Annie Finch reads from Among the Goddesses: An Epic Libretto in Seven Dreams
12:00 PM
  • Terese Svoboda reads from Weapons Grade
12:30 PM
  • Amy Newlove Schroeder & Dorothy Barresi read from The Sleep Hotel and American Fanatics
1:00 PM
  • Beckian Goldberg & Sarah Maclay read from Reliquary Fever: New and Selected Poems and Music for the Black Room
1:30 PM
  • Dana Levin reads from Sky Burial
2:00 PM
  • Henri Cole reads from Pierce the Skin: Selected Poems, 1982—2007
2:30 PM
  • Ed Roberson reads from To See the Earth Before the End of the World
3:00 PM
  • Craig Santos Perez reads from From Unincorporated Territory {Saina}
3:30 PM
  • Carol Muske-Dukes Hosts Various Poets reading from Crossing State Lines: An American Renga
4:00 PM
  • Laure-Anne Bosselaar reads from A New Hunger
4:30 PM
  • Atsuro Riley reads from Romey’s Order
5:00 PM
  • Ellyn Maybe and Her Band perform from Rodeo for the Sheepish and Other Works

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Etc. Stage
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10:00 AM
  • 826LA
  • Student Author Panel: A reading, discussion and signing with students ages 6-18
11:00 AM
  • Dime Stories
  • Three-minute stories read by Various Artists
12:00 PM
  • Imagine Ireland
  • A selection of non-fiction writers from Ireland by Molly McCloskey and Brian Dillon
1:00 PM
  • Murphy’s Flaw
  • Blue Grass Musical Performance
2:00 PM
  • Brand X LA Unheard Presents Young Hunting
  • Musical Performance
3:00 PM
  • The Hero Complex Presents Quizzam! Hosted by Geoff Boucher
  • Comics Trivia Contest
3:30 PM
  • Andrew Breitbart in Conversation with Robin Abcarian
  • PANEL CODE: 1092
  • Interviewer: Ms. Robin Abcarian
  • Mr. Andrew Breitbart
4:00 PM
  • Zack Cole 
  • Musical Performance
5:00 PM
  • PEN Center USA
  • Emerging Voices Reading

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Discover the World
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11:00 AM
  • Irish Writers Sara Berkeley and Peter Sirr
  • Poetry Readings
12:00 PM
  • Korea Presents Ji Yoon Ja & Lee Byung Sang
  • Traditional Korean Musical Performance
1:00 PM
  • Israel Presents “Israel in Los Angeles – A bond between communities”
  • Video Presentation
2:00 PM
  • Irish Writers Mary O’Donoghue and Kevin Power
  • Fiction Readings
3:00 PM
  • Korea Presents Kim Eung Hwa Dance Academy
  • Traditional Korean Dance Performance
4:00 PM
  • Los Angeles Times Presents Don Bartletti
  • My Camera as Witness to a Non-Fiction World

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Hoy Stage
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10:00 AM
  • Welcoming Celebration
11:00 AM
  • STAR Program
  • Dance Performance
12:00 PM
  • Mariachi Cielo Nuevo
  • Musical Performance
1:00 PM
  • Hoy Spanish Spelling Bee Finals
  • Category 1
2:00 PM
  • Salt Petal
  • Musical Performance
3:00 PM
  • A Vivir Bien
  • Panel Discussion
4:00 PM
  • Rock STAR
  • Musical Performance

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