Harrisburg Book Festival & Midtown Artsfest – Sat. June 26 and Sun. June 27

June 21st, 2010

Saturday and Sunday
JUNE 26 and 27th from 9am till 5pm
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• Outdoor Book Sale Tent with 15,000 books, $2 or less!
• Midtown Arts-&-Crafts Fair by the Hodgepodgery
• Children’s Storytime – Sat. at noon
• Maryland’s Jehanne Dubrow reads from her poems, Stateside, on being a military spouse – Sun. at noon
• Messiah College’s Kathy Hettinga explores new forms of art inspired by historic faith images – Sun. at 6 PM
• Meet 50 regional authors at the weekend’s Book Fair! Sat. 9-noon: Children’s books, teen-reading, & more Sat. 1-4: Fiction, food, & music Sat. 4-7: Memories, stories, & histories Sun. 1-4: Poems, places, & meanings

Here is a taste of a few of the vendors that will be there!

Nataki Bhatti-Toki and Takizia: batiked, tie dyed and hand painted clothing, nests and artwork
Ms Freada’s Garden- sewn goods
Ava Berg- Jewelry made with beads from the 60’s and 70’s
Susan Wohler- one of a kind rock and roll and other unique jewelry
Melanie Walters- happyasarobot cards and prints
Jana MacGinnes: Soap du Jour hand-made soaps
Donna Opuszynski: Massages and Aromatherapy products
Cynthia Edwards: Cynsible Creatoins- aprons and clothing
Sheila Webster- Herbalist and Homeopathic goods with book signing by Sara R. Rock- author of “I Was Just Minding My Own Business When…”
Angela and Evan Rames: Cutmucker- clocks and such made from unplayable vinyl records
Anela Selkowitz (ScrapPigeon): Photography and Jewelry
Melanie Robinson (Dare 2 Bead Different) Jewelry
Erin Smith Vroman (smithwares) dyed and blasted clothes for kids and grownups
Kim Burkhart (B.B. Bellezza): upcycled jewelry featuring scrabble tiles and hardware, etc
David Pringle (Fusion Photo): photographer and painter
Trina Runkle: crochet goods
Shruti Shah: Henna inspired art and Henna tattoos
Daniel Jenson (Sad Devil Ketchup): Portraits and cartoon art

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