FacebookLarry’s Tour Schedule
(Time zones are for city where event is happening)
Upcoming Events:
I have just returned from a six-city book tour where I had the chance to talk about Satchel Paige to fabulous groups at schools, book fairs, companies and community groups. Stay tuned for upcoming events.
Earlier Events:
Monday, June 8, 2009
1:00 – 2:00 PM
9:00-10:00 PM
NPR’s Fresh Air with Dave Davies
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
9:15 – 9:25 AM
Live
WCBQ & WHNC Radio (N. Carolina), “Alvin Jones Show”
10:00 – 10:20 AM
Taping
XM Radio, “The Urban Journal”
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Taping
KCBX Radio (San Luis Obispo, CA), “Issues & Ideas”
2:00 – 2:20 PM
Live
WKAR Radio (Michigan), “Sports Talk”
4:45 – 5:00 PM
Live
KCBS Sports Radio (San Francisco)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
10:30-11:00 AM
Taping
KVON Radio (Napa, CA), “Late Mornings”
12:15 – 12:30 PM
Live
KEX Sports Radio (Portland, OR)
4:30-5 PM
Taping (will air June 13)
WBUR Radio (Boston), “Only a Game”
Thursday, June 11, 2009
9:10 – 9:25 AM
Live
KAXE Radio (Grand Rapids, MN), “The Sports Page”
12:20 – 12:40 PM
Live
WROL & WSRO Radio (Boston), “Frankie Boyer Show”
1:30 – 1:45 PM
Taping
WBNW Radio (Needham, MA) “Pages to People”
4:15 — 4:45 PM
Live
WAIF Radio (Cincinnati, OH)/ “Curved Air”
Friday, June 12, 2009
7:45 — 8:00 AM
Live
Tom Joyner’s syndicated radio show
10:30 — 11:00 AM
Taping
KFAI Radio (Minneapolis)
11:00-11:10 AM
Live
WABC (New York) and KRLA (Los Angeles), “A Touch of Grey”
1:30 — 2:00 PM
Taping
WFAN Radio (New York), “The Bob Salter Show”
4:15 — 5:00 PM
Live
WDWS (Champaign, IL), “Gary O’Brien and Friends”
6:10 — 6:40 PM
Live
KIST Radio (Santa Barbara, CA), “Paul Berenson Show”
7:00 — 7:15 PM
Live
KFXX Radio (Portland, OR), “Primetime Sports”
Sunday, June 14, 2009
11:30 — Noon
Live
XM Radio, “Weekend Playbook
4:30 – 4:45 PM
Live
WEEI Radio (Boston), “Planet Mikey Show”
Monday, June 15, 2009
8:00 — 8:30 PM
KNBR Radio (San Francisco), “Morning Show with Murph & Mac”
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
9:30 — 9:45 AM
Taping
KNBR Radio (San Francisco), “Morning Show with Murph & Mac”
4:30 — 4:45 AM
Taping
WNML Radio (Knoxville), “The Sports Animal”
5:30 — 6:00 PM
Live
WBUR Radio (Boston), “Here and Now”
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Book party/The Depot, Lexington, MA
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
11:30 — 11:50 AM
Live
WHBQ Radio (Memphis, TN), “Sports Time Extra”
STOCKTON, CA
Thursday, June 18, 2009
6:45 – 7:05 AM
Live
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
9:45 — 10:15 AM
Taping (airs later that day)
KDVS Radio (Sacramento)
5:00 — 7:00 PM
Pre-game talk and signing, Banner Island Ballpark/Stockton Ports
7:00 — 8:00 PM
Signing under the stands while Ports play San Jose Giants
SAN FRANCISCO
Friday, June 19, 2009
8:30-9:00 AM
Live
KPFA TV (San Francisco), “Morning Show”
12:00-1:00 PM
Taping
KQED Radio (San Francisco), “Forum with Michael Krasney”
5:00-7:00 PM
Author discusses Satchel with Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, and other old Giants and Negro Leaguers, at AT&T Park (game tickets required)
7:15 — 9:00 PM
Signing under the stands while Giants play Texas Rangers
CINCINNATI
Saturday, June 20, 2009
4:00-6:00 PM
Pre-Civil Rights Game signing at Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, Great American Ballpark
2nd-4th innings
Signing at Reds Community Corner, behind Section 120 in Gapper’s Alley, while Reds play Chicago White Sox
Sunday, June 21, 2009
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Live
WIP Radio (Philadelphia), “Conversation”
8:30 — 8:50 AM
Live
WDST Radio (Woodstock, NY), “Roundtable”
Monday, June 22, 2009
12:55 — 1:30 PM
Live
WMPR Radio (Mississippi), “Conversations with CA Webb”
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
10:00 — 10:45 AM
Taping
KSFR Radio (Santa Fe), “ActiveVoice”
11:00 — 11:30 AM
Taping
KKSU Radio (Kansas), “Perspectives”
12:00 — 12:25 PM
Live
Mid-Continent Public Library (Missouri), “Authors Actually”
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
7:00 — 8:00 AM
Live
Black Star Media (Englewood, CA)
12:00 — 12:15
Taping
NPR’s “Tavis Smiley Show”
PITTSBURGH
Friday, June 26, 2009
12:00 PM
Lunch keynote at African-American Heritage Day, Lexus Club at PNC Park
10:30-10:50 AM
Live
KWIX Radio (Missouri), “Magic City Sports Talk”
5:00 — 8:00 PM
Signing/discussion at Trib Total Media Hall of Fame at PNC Park, while Pirates play Kansas City Royals
PITTSBURGH
Saturday, June 27, 2009
4:00 — 7:00 PM
Signing/discussion at Heritage Festival, on Federal Street next to PNC Park
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
12:00 — 12:15 PM
Taping
WTAG Radio (Paxton, MA)
12:30 — 1:30 PM
Taping
WMUA Radio (Amherst, MA), “Writers Voice”
3:00 — 3:15 PM
Taping
KBCS (Seattle, WA), “One World Report”
7:00 PM
Talk and signing, HARVARD BOOKSTORE
1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
NEW YORK
Thursday, July 2, 2009
12:40 – 1:00 PM
Live
WNYC Radio, “Leonard Lopate Show”
Sunday, July 5, 2009
11:00 PM-Midnight
Live
WBZ Radio, “Jordan Rich Show”
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Taping
KAOS Radio (Evergreen, WA)
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
2:00 – 2:15 PM
Live
KUMU Radio (Honolulu), “The Team”
Thursday, July 9, 2009
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Live
WPFW Radio (Washington, DC), “On the Margin”
2:00 — 3:00 PM
Live
WCAP Radio (Lowell, MA)
Friday, July 10, 2009
11:30 AM
Taping
WXXM Radio (Madison, WI), “Books and Beats with Stu Levitan”
6:00 – 6:20 PM
Live
WTIP-FM (Grand Marais, MN)
Monday, July 13, 2009
11:06-11:36 AM
Live
WZNE Radio (College Station, TX), “The First Word”
11:45-12:15 AM
Taped
WGNU Radio (Denver), “The Real Deal in Sports”
4:45-5:15 PM
Live
WJAB Radio (Huntsville, AL), “The Locker Room”
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
12:10-12:30 PM
Live
WVIZ Radio (Cleveland)
CLEVELAND
Thursday, July 16, 2009
7:00 PM
Talk and signing at JOSEPH-BETH BOOKSELLERS
Legacy Village
24519 Cedar Road
Lyndhurst, OH
PITTSBURGH
Saturday, July 18, 2009
9:00 — 9:30 AM
Presentation, Negro Leagues Conference, Society of American Baseball Research
WASHINGTON, DC
Sunday, July 19, 2009
9 AM — 9:45 PM
Live
WPKN Radio (Bridgeport, CT), “Black Introspective”
10:30-11:10 AM
Live
WMBR Radio (Cambridge, MA), “Radio With a View”
Noon-1:00 PM
Talk and signing at the Diamond Club at Nationals Park, before the Nationals play the Cubs.
WASHINGTON, DC
Monday, July 20, 2009
11:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Live
NPR’s “Diane Rehm Show”
1:30 — 2:00 PM
Taping
AARP Radio’s “Prime Time Live”
5:30 AM — 6:00 PM
Live
ESPN 1150 Radio (College Station, TX), “Chip Howard Show”
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
9 – 9:30 AM
Live
WORT Radio (Madison, WI)
5:30 — 6:30 PM
Live
KWMV (Point Reyes, CA), “America Off-Line”
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
11:30 – 11:45 AM
Taping
KTRS Radio (St. Louis), “The McGraw Show”
ST LOUIS
Thursday, July 23, 2009
7:00 — 8:00 PM
Talk and signing, LEFT BANK BOOKS
399 N. Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO
KANSAS CITY
Friday, July 24, 2009
11:00 AM
Live
KCUR (Kansas City)
11:30 AM-noon
Taping
NPR’s “Tell Me More”
5:30 — 8:00 PM
Signing, Royal Hall of Fame
Kauffman Stadium
Saturday, July 25, 2009
10:00 AM — 12:oo PM
Talk and signing, Negro Leagues Museum
1616 E 18th Street
Kansas City, MO
MANCHESTER, NH
Monday, July 27, 2009
4:00 PM
Talk and signing, pre-game and during game at Merchantsauto.com Stadium, before the Fisher Cats play New Britain.
7:00-8:00 PM
Talk and signing at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, NH, 27 S. Main Street.
10:00 - 11:00 PM
Live
WGN Radio (Chicago), “Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg”
Friday, July 31, 2009
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Live
KZFR Radio (Chino, CA)
6:15 - 6:30 PM
Live
WOND Radio (Atlantic City), “The Sports Goombas”
Monday, August 3, 2009
4:00 - 4:50 PM
Live
KSFR Radio (Santa Fe), “Santa Fe Radio Cafe”
PAWTUCKET, RI
Thursday, August 6, 2009
10-11 AM
Live
WPFW Radio (Washington, DC), “On the Margin”
Talk and signing, pre-game and during game at McCoy Stadium, before the PawSox play
BOSTON
Friday, August 14, 2009
12:00 PM
THE GREAT FENWAY PARK WRITERS SERIES
Absolut Clubhouse, Fenway Park
WORCESTER, MA
5:00 PM
Talk and signing, pre-game and during game at Fitton Field before the Tornadoes play Sussex
Monday, August 24, 2009
6:20 PM
Live
NECN TV (Boston), “Broadside with Jim Braude”
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
8:00 - 8:45 PM
Live podcast
“Jerry Jazz Musician”
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
2:15 PM
Live
WLIP Radio (Milwaukee), “Happenings Q&A Radio”
10-11 PM
Live
WGN Radio (Chicago), “Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg“
Sunday, August 30, 2009
12:40 PM
Live
CKNW Radio (Vancouver), “SportsTalk Weekend”
Monday, August 31, 2009
4:40-5 PM
Live
KFMB Radio (Springfield, IL), “Afternoon Sports Radio”
6-7 PM
Live
KUSP Radio (Santa Cruz, CA), “From the Bookshelf”
WASHINGTON, DC
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
6:30 pm
National Museum of American History, 14th and Constitution –
Carmichael Auditorium
Thursday, September 10, 2009
1:45 PM
Taping
WXNO Sports Radio (Des Moines)
9-9:45 PM
Taping
ABC Radio, “America’s Best Authors”
Thursday, September 17, 2009
1-1:30 PM
Live
Iowa Public Radio
BOSTON
Sunday, September 20, 2009
4:00 PM
Huntington Theatre, 264 Huntington Avenue, Talk after performance of August Wilson’s “Fences”
DES MOINES, IA
Monday, September 21, 2009
East Side Library, 2559 Hubbell Avenue
5-6:30 PM
NEW YORK
Thursday, October 1, 2009
7:30 PM
Gelf’s Varsity Letters
63 Pearl Street (between Water and Front), Brooklyn
LEXINGTON, MA
Sunday, October 4, 2009
10-11 AM
Temple Isaiah, Brotherhood Breakfast
MILTON, MA
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
7 PM
476 Canton Avenue
ANDOVER, MA
Sunday, October 18, 2009
11 AM-1 PM
Temple Emanuel, Brotherhood Breakfast
2:30 PM
Edgewood Retirement Community, North Andover MA
Thursday, October 22, 2009
8:30 AM
Live
New England Cable News
6 PM
Live
WTPK (Topeka)
BOSTON
Saturday, October 24, 2009
11 AM, Trinity Church Forum
Boston Book Festival signing
1:30 PM, Trinity Church Forum
Boston Book Festival panel discussion
Moderator: Bill Littlefield
CONCORD, MA
Monday, October 26, 2009
7:30 PM
FIRST LITERACY: Trinitarian Congregational Church
MIAMI, FL
Saturday, November 14, 2009
2:30 PM, Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College
Miami Book Festival
LEXINGTON, MA
Friday, November 20, 2009
8:00 PM
Historical Society, The Depot
NEWTON, MA
Sunday, November 22, 2009
1 PM
Jewish Book Festival, Jewish Community Center
CHESTNUT HILL, MA
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
7 PM
Boston College
ORLEANS, MA
Saturday, December 5, 2009
2:30 PM
Snow Library
BOSTON, MA
Monday, January 18, 2010
1 PM
Society of American Baseball Research — Boston Chapter
The Baseball Tavern, 1270 Boylston Street
CONCORD, MA
Thursday, January 21, 2010
2:10 PM
Concord Academy Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
9 AM
Middlesex School
Assembly Hall
LEXINGTON, MA
Thursday, February 4, 2010
7 PM
Cary Library
Large Meeting Room
BOSTON, MA
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2-4 PM
UMass Boston, Boston, MA
Campus Center Ballroom
CINCINNATI, OH
March 7, 2010
2 PM
Awards Ceremony
CASEY Award for “Best Baseball Book of 2009″
CLEVELAND
Friday, April 30, 2010
5 p.m.
Seymour Medal Presentation
Radisson Hotel, 651 Huron Road East
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
9:15 – 9:35 AM ET
Live
WCBQ Radio (N. Carolina), “Alvin Jones Show”
9:40 – 9:50 AM ET
Live
WHAM Radio (Rochester, NY), “Morning Show with Chet Walker”
12:15 – 12:25 PM ET
Live
KEX Sports Radio (Portland, OR)
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Live
Lifestyle Talk Radio & WGCH Radio (Connecticut), “The Press Box”
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
12:00 – 12:30 PM
Taping
NPR News 91 (Boise State), “New Horizons with Bob Kustra”
ATLANTA
Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:30 AM
Live
WABE-FM (Atlanta), “Morning Show with Steve Gross”
Noon
Talk/signing at Morehouse College Bookstore, 830 Westview Drive SW
7:00 PM
Talk/signing at The Temple, 1589 Peachtree Street NE
Friday, May 14, 2010
7:00 PM
Talk/signing at the Carter Center Museum and Theatre, 441 Freedom Parkway
MOBILE
Saturday, May 15, 2010
7:00 PM
Mobile BayBears pre-game talk at Hank Aaron Stadium hosted by team announcer, followed by signing, then interview on radio and TV Bears broadcasts. The BayBears play the Chattanooga Lookouts.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Talk/signing at the Museum of Mobile, 111 South Royal Street
ANNISTON
Monday, May 17, 2010
Noon – 2:00 PM
Anniston Star
Talk to reporters, editors and invited guests.
3:00 – 4:30 PM
Talk/signing at Anniston Public Library, 108 East 10th Street
BIRMINGHAM
6:00 PM
Birmingham Barons
Talk/signing at Regions Park, Piper Davis Porch, before the Barons play the Montgomery Biscuits
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Noon – 1:00 PM
Talk/signing at the Birmingham Jewish Community Center, 3960 Montclair Road
1:30 PM
Live
WBHM Radio (Birmingham)
5:30 PM
By-invitation talk at Vulcan Park and Museum, 1701 Valley View Drive
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Public talk/signing at Vulcan Park and Museum, 1701 Valley View Drive
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Noon – 1:30 PM
Talk/signing at Birmingham Public Library, 2100 Park Place
5:00 – 7:00 PM
Local Sports Club
Dinner talk/signing
Friday, May 21, 2010
9:30 – 9:45 AM
Live
WHBQ Sports Radio (Memphis), “Sportstime With George Lapides”
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
7:45 PM
Talk and book signing
NewBridge on the Charles
Dedham, MA
Thursday, June 3, 2010
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Live
WPFW (Washington, DC), “On the Margin”
OMAHA, NE
Saturday, June 5, 2010
2:00 PM
Talk via Skype
Omaha Public Library
West Dale Clark Main Library, 215 S. 15th St.
DENVER, CO
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
6:00 PM
Talk at Public Relations Society of America, Denver Chapter Leadership Garden Party
7:30 PM
Reading, talk and book signing
Tattered Cover Book Store
2526 East Colfax Avenue
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
8:00 AM
Mile High Sports with Jim Armstrong
AM 1510
Live
10:30 AM
Talk and signing
Cole Arts & Science Academy
3240 Humboldt Street
6:00 PM
Talk and signing
Blair-Caldwell African-American Research Library
2401 Welton Street
CHICAGO, IL
Friday, June 11, 2010
6:00 AM
CBS 2 TV
Monsters and Money in the Morning
Live
Taped interview
WGN-TV, “Midday Show”
6:30 PM
Talk and signing
Congregation Solel
1301 Clavey Road
Highland Park, IL
Saturday, June 12, 2010
10:30 AM
Talk and signing
Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
1:00 PM
Talk and signing
Printer’s Row Book Fair
Grace Place, 2nd Floor
SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, June 20, 2010
7:00 – 8:00 AM
Live
KGO Radio, “Pat Thurston Show”