SOUTH LOOP — You can celebrate all things writing at the Printers Row Lit Fest this weekend.
The literary festival draws thousands to the South Loop to hear from authors, journalists, actors and more. This year, comedian Bob Saget and actor LeVar Burton will be among the festival's speakers.
The Lit Fest is Saturday and Sunday on Dearborn Street from Congress Parkway to Polk Street. You can get a Fest Pass online for $30 or tickets to individual events for about $2.
A full Lit Fest schedule is available online, but here are a few highlights:
Saturday
10 a.m.: Political adviser David Axelrod talks with Chicago Tribune editorial board members Clarence Page and Kristen McQueary at the Jones College Prep North Auditorium
Noon: LeVar Burton talks with Michael Phillips at the Jones College Prep South Auditorium
1:30 p.m.: "1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die" author Mimi Sheraton talks with Bill Daley at the Good Eating Stage
1:45 p.m.: Book Club Mixer at Jones College Prep, Room 5034
2 p.m.: Actress Amber Tamblyn reads from "Dark Sparkler" at the Arts and Poetry Stage
4:15 p.m.: Chicago-area poets share their worlds at the Arts and Poetry Stage
7 p.m.: Comedian Bob Saget talks "Dirty Daddy" at the Jones College Prep South Auditorium
Sunday
11 a.m.: Chicago Writer Challenge at RedEye
1 p.m.: Cartooning in a post-Charlie Hebdo world with cartoonist Scott Stantis at the Hotel Blake's Burnham Room
2 p.m.: Talk from Scott Simon, NPR correspondent and author, at the Jones College Prep North Auditorium
3:30 p.m.: American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon at the Center Stage
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