2024's Programs' Pages
Learn more about the Festival’s events below.
Friday, September 13th
7:00 PM
Let There Be Write!
With Ridley Pearson
| 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | CJB Theater at Washington High School
Saturday, September 14th
10:00 AM
A Fun Book Release Party
with Paige Hulsey and Manuel Herrera
| 10:00 a.m. | Neighborhood Reads
Missouri Civil War Reeanactment
with the MCWRA
| 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Grass Area at 3rd and Oak Streets
10:15 AM
The Nutcracker and the 1904 World’s Fair
with Ballet 314
| 10:15 am | Washington Library
10:45 AM
Art for the Soul: How Faith Takes Shape
with Kelly Brinkmann
| 10:45 p.m. | Author’s Stage
11:00 AM
Best of the Midwest Professional Wrestling
with American Championship Productions
| 11:00 a.m. | Festival Grounds
11:30 AM
How to Make Kansas City Burnt Ends
with Mathew Unger and Porcshe Moran
| 11:30 a.m. | Festival Stage
11:45 AM
12:00 PM
“Who Lives, Who Dies”: The Harrowing’s Ethical Challenge
with Kristen Kiesling
| 12:00 p.m. | Author’s Stage
12:45 PM
Sincerely Yours, Laura Ingalls Wilder
with Kathleen Boswell
| 12:45 p.m. | Washington Library
The Eraser is More Important than the Pencil
with Laura Stewart Schmidt
| 12:45 p.m. | Author’s Stage
1:00 PM
The Day the Holidays Blew Away Storytime
with Maureen Llewellyn
| 1:00 p.m. | Neighborhood Reads
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
Goal! Soccer’s Impact Locally, Nationally, and Globally
with Ty Keough, Joey Zanaboni, Sarah Lough, and Dave Lange
| 2:00 p.m. | Festival Stage
2:15 PM
Writing History from a Minority Perspective
with Desideria Mesa
| 2:15 p.m. | Author’s Stage
2:45 PM
An Unlikely Hero
performed by Metro Theatre Company, written by Emilio Rodriguez
| 2:45 p.m. | City Chambers
3:00 PM
3:45 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
