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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 17, 2025

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Chocolate City in the ’80’s

A fascinating discussion of DC culture as seen through the prism of the birth rise of its indigenous music, Go Go, and the life and tragic death of one its most important sports figures, Len Bias.

Natalie Hopkinson is the author of “Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City.”

Dave Ungrady is the author of “Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias.”