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October 19, 2008

Come see Helvetica tonight!

Calling all font nerds! Calling all font nerds!

For a FREE evening of fun, come down to the Charles at 6 p.m. CityLit Project is sponsoring a screening of Gary Hustwit's documentary, Helvetica, and it all started with you, Read Streeters.

The film will be followed by a panel -- moderated by The Signal's Aaron Henkin -- featuring Maryland Film Festival director Jed Dietz, the University of Baltimore's Ed Gold and Gregg Wilhelm, the executive director of CityLit Project.

And I will be there with my newly acquired letter scarf, wearing my geekiness with pride.

(Photo from helveticafilm.com)

Posted by Nancy Knight at 2:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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And a good free, font-tastic time was had by all. Thanks READ STREET and "Age 30+ ... A Lifetime of Books" blogger Heather Johnson for planting the seed for a great FREE FALL BALTIMORE event.

Posted by: Gregg Wilhelm | October 20, 2008 8:03 PM

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.

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