Calendar of Celebrity Autograph Signings for December 2011

As a service to our fellow autograph collectors out there, Collector's Shangri-La provides a monthly calendar of selected celebrity autograph signings through our blog at: http://collectorsshangrila.blogspot.com/

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Regis Philbin Signed Photo

12/1/2011 at Anderson's Bookshop - West Jefferson Avenue. Naperville, IL.

Regis Philbin, host of “Live with Regis and Kelly” and “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”, signing his book How I Got This Way

12/1/2011 5:00 PM at Books & Books - Aragon Avenue. Coral Gables, FL.




Bill Clinton, President of the United States, signing his book Back To Work

Superman Photo Signed by Margot Kidder

12/2/2011 - 12/4/2011 Steel City Con at the Monroeville Convention Center - Monroeville, PA.

Scheduled guests include: Linda Blair, Erika Eleniak, Margot Kidder, Doug Jones, Henry Winkler, and more.

12/2/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Bluebonnet Road. Baton Rouge, LA.

12/5/2011 7:00 PM at Books & Books - Aragon Avenue. Coral Gables, FL.





12/6/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - East Colonial Drive. Orlando, FL.


Shaquille O'Neal, basketball star, signing his book Shaq Uncut

Friday the 13th Jason Reunion Poster Signed by 20

12/3/2011 3:00 PM at Horrobles - West Roosevelt Road. Berwyn, IL.

Kane Hodder, star of "Hatchet" and “Friday the 13th”, signing his book Unmasked

12/4/2011 2:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Grove Drive. Los Angeles, CA.

Jane Lynch, star of "Glee", signing her book Happy Accidents

My Song: A Memoir Signed by Harry Belafonte

12/4/2011 8:00 PM at the 92nd Street Y - Lexington Avenue. New York, NY.

12/7/2011 6:00 PM at Hue-Man Bookstore - Frederick Douglass Blvd. New York, NY.

Harry Belafonte, popular Calypso singer and social activist, signing his book My Song

12/7/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Union Square. New York, NY.

Stephen Sondheim, Broadway composer, signing his book Look, I Made A Hat

12/7/2011 7:00 PM at Books & Greetings - Livingston Street. Northvale, NJ.

12/8/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - East 86th Street. New York, NY.

12/10/2011 12:00 PM at Mendham Books - East Main Street. Mendham, NJ.

12/15/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - MainStreet. White Plains, NY.

12/16/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Greyrock Place. Stamford, CT.

Peter Yarrow, singer/songwriter from Peter, Paul and Mary, signing his book The Night Before Christmas

12/8/2011 7:30 PM at the Philadelphia Free Library - Vine Street. Philadelphia, PA.

Tom Brokaw, news anchor, signing his book The Time of Our Lives

12/9/2011 4:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - East 86th Street. New York, NY.

Bill Frisell, jazz guitarist, signing his CD All We Are Saying...

12/10/2011 7:30 PM at Egyptian Theatre - Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA.

Piper Laurie, star of "The Hustler" and "Carrie", signing her book, Learning to Live Out Loud

Happy Days Cast Photo - Autographed by 7

12/11/2011 1:00 PM at Fisherman's Spot - Burbank Blvd. Van Nuys, CA.

Henry Winkler, Fonzie from the TV show "Happy Days”, signing his book  I've Never Met an Idiot On the River

Information sometimes changes. Before showing up, please contact the event location to verify accuracy, and let us know if there are any errors in our listing. Thanks!

Thanks to the following resouces for schedule information: 92nd Street Y, American Cinematheque, Amoeba Music, Barnes and Noble, Book Ends, Books & Books, Books and Greetings, Book Passage, Book Soup, Celebrity Signings & Events, Chiller Theatre, Collectormania, Creation Entertainment, Dragon*Con, Garden State Comic Con, Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show, LA Comic and Sci-Fi Con, Malaprop's, McNally Jackson Books, Mendham Books, Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, Outwrite Books, Politics & Prose Bookstore, Powells, Steel City Con, Vroman's Bookstore, Warwick's, West Hollywood Book Fair, Wizard World

Black Friday Sale at Collector's Shangri-La

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Autograph Giveaways from The Who, Rush, Jane's Addiction, William Shatner, more!

Here at Collector's Shangri-La, we do our best to hunt out the most interesting celebrity autograph sweepstakes and contests, so you don't have to! Here are a few current ones you may want to enter:

Win an Autographed Ben Folds Lithograph and his new 3-disc Collection from the Onion
Five grand prize winners will receive a cool lithograph of the collection's cover art, signed by both Folds and the artist, Oppie Otterstad AND an autographed copy of the CD collection. Five runners-up will receive an autographed CD.

Win a Limited Edition Rush Poster from Guitar International
Guitar International has one limited edition Rush poster that features full-color reproductions of cover art and booklets from the classic Rush albums, Fly By Night, A Farewell to Kings and Signals. The poster comes straight from the printer!

Win an Autographed Rush Moving Pictures Lithograph

This giveaway is timed to coincide with the release of the band’s new ‘Sector’ box set reissues, which will finally put fresh polish on Rush’s legendary catalog of Mercury Records-era recordings.

Win a Jane's Addiction Autographed Electric Guitar

You can win a brand new Paul Reed Smith 24 electric guitar signed by all four members of Jane’s Addiction, in celebration of the release of their brand new album ‘The Great Escape Artist.’

Win a Signed copy of The Who's Quadrophenia Deluxe Boxset

Pete Townsend: "The time has come for me and my team to honour 'Quadrophenia' with a carefully presented package that features examples of the impact surround sound (quadrophonic) would have on the music, to remaster the vinyl mixes, and to collect and restore my demos."

Win The Twilight Zone Mystic Seer Replica Signed by William Shatner
Sign up for our occasional newsletter to win a life-size Twilight Zone Mystic Seer Replica Autographed by star William Shatner! If you "like us" on Facebook, we'll even give you an EXTRA ENTRY in the drawing so you will DOUBLE your chances!

Win a Life-Size Twilight Zone Mystic Seer Replica Signed by William Shatner!

 

If you've already signed up for our occasional newsletter...congratulations! You're automatically entered in our latest sweepstakes! If not, rush over to CollectorsShangri-La.com for a chance to win The Twilight Zone Mystic Seer Replica autographed by star William Shatner

If you "like us" on Facebook, we'll even give you an EXTRA ENTRY in the drawing so you will DOUBLE your chances!

• Limited edition black-and-white version signed by William Shatner!
• Incredible Mystic Seer Replica based on the The Twilight Zone TV series!
• Authentic, functioning reproduction from the episode "Nick of Time" that starred William Shatner.
• Working coin mechanism, dispenses "fortunes," and more!
• Life-size replica features excellent, series-true detail.
• Limited to just 150 signed, individually numbered pieces!

Entry deadline 1/2/2012

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Calendar of Celebrity Autograph Signings for November 2011

As a service to our fellow autograph collectors out there, Collector's Shangri-La provides a monthly calendar of selected celebrity autograph signings through our blog at: http://collectorsshangrila.blogspot.com/

Sign up to follow our blog to stay up-to-date!

11/2/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Union Square. New York, NY.
11/3/2011 5:00 PM at Costco - South Fern Street. Arlington, VA.
11/3/2011 7:00 PM at Politics & Prose Bookstore – Connecticut Avenue NW. Washington DC.
11/8/2011 4:00 PM at Costco - 16th Street West. St. Louis Park, MN.
11/17/2011 7:00 PM at the Carter Center - Freedom Parkway. Atlanta, GA.
Tom Brokaw, news anchor, signing his book The Time of Our Lives

One from the Hart Book Signed by Stefanie Powers

11/3/2011 7:00 PM at Book Soup - Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA.
Stefanie Powers, star of the TV show "Hart To Hart", signing her book One From the Hart

11/3/2011 10:30 AM at Williams-Sonoma - North Beverly Drive. Beverly Hills, CA.
11/18/2011 1:00 PM at Williams-Sonoma - Northpark Center. Dallas, TX.
Martha Stewart, TV personality and publisher “Martha Stewart Living”, signing her book Martha Stewart's Entertaining: A Year of Celebrations


KISS Psycho Circus Autographed by Todd McFarlane, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss

11/3/2011 12:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Fifth Avenue. New York, NY.
11/4/2011 6:00 PM at BookEnds - East Ridgewood Avenue. Ridgewood, NJ.
11/7/2011 6:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Walnut Street. Philadelphia, PA.
11/10/2011 12:00 PM at Books-A-Million - South Clark Street. Chicago, IL.
11/15/2011 4:00 PM at Changing Hands Books - South McClintock Drive. Tempe, AZ.
11/20/2011 4:00 PM at Book Soup - Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA.
Ace Frehley, lead guitarist of the rock band KISS, signing his book No Regrets

11/4/2011 6:00 PM at the Hue-Man Bookstore - Frederick Douglass Blvd. New York, NY.
Tyra Banks, host of “America’s Next Top Model” and “The Tyra Banks Show”, signing her book Modelland

My Song: A Memoir Signed by Harry Belafonte

11/4/2011 7:30 PM at the Philadelphia Free Library - Vine Street. Philadelphia, PA.
11/8/2011 6:00 PM at the Chicago Public Library - State Street. Chicago, IL.
11/16/2011 7:00 PM at the Carter Center - Freedom Parkway. Atlanta, GA.
11/21/2011 5:30 PM at the John F. Kennedy Library - Columbia Point. Boston, MA.
Harry Belafonte, popular Calypso singer and social activist, signing his book My Song



Shaft Photo Signed by Richard Roundtree

11/5/2011 - 11/6/2011 Comikaze Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Los Angeles, CA.
Scheduled guests include: Amber Benson, Elvira, Erik Estrada, Morgan Fairchild, Tippi Hedren, Stan Lee, Richard Roundtree, Michael Winslow, and many more. Click here for discounted tickets!

ER Photo Signed by Anthony Edwards

11/7/2011 7:30 PM at McNally Jackson Books- Prince Street. New York, NY.
Alec Baldwin, Sandra Bernhard, Anthony Edwards, Andrew McCarthy, etc. signing the anthology Lights, Camera... Travel!

I Didn't Ask to Be Born (But I'm Glad I Was) Book Signed by Bill Cosby

11/8/2011 6:00 PM at BookEnds - East Ridgewood Avenue. Ridgewood, NJ.
Bill Cosby, creator of ‘The Cosby Show” and “Fat Albert”, signing his book I Didn’t Ask to Be Born

Get In the Van Poster Autographed by Henry Rollins

11/10/2011 7:00 PM at Brookline Booksmith - Harvard Street. Brookline, MA.
Henry Rollins, hardcore punk star and spoken word artist, signing his book Occupants

11/12/2011 5:00 PM at Vroman's Bookstore - East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA.
Julie Newmar, Catwoman from the TV series "Batman", signing her book The Conscious Catwoman Explains Life on Earth

11/14/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - South Tamiami Trail. Sarasota, FL.
Stephen King, author of “The Shining” and the “Dark Tower” series, signing his book 11/22/63

11/14/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Warren Street. New York, NY.
11/17/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Grove Drive. Los Angeles, CA.
Bill Maher, host of “Politically Incorrect” and “Real Time with Bill Maher”, signing his book The New New Rules

Regis Philbin Signed Photo

11/15/2011 12:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Fifth Avenue. New York, NY.
11/15/2011 7:00 PM at BookEnds - East Ridgewood Avenue. Ridgewood, NJ.
11/16/2011 7:00 PM at Book Revue - New York Avenue. Huntington, NY.
11/26/2011 12:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Americana Way. Glendale, CA.
11/30/2011 7:00 PM at Joseph-Beth Booksellers- Riverside Drive. Cincinnati,OH.
Regis Philbin, host of “Live with Regis and Kelly” and “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”, signing his book How I Got This Way

11/15/2011 3:00 PM at Barnes & Noble- Fifth Avenue. New York, NY.
11/15/2011 7:00 PM at Books & Greetings - Livingston Street. Northvale, NJ.
11/16/2011 7:00 PM at Mendham Books- East Main Street. Mendham, NJ.
11/28/2011 7:00 PM at Vroman's Bookstore - East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA.
11/29/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble- Third Street. Santa Monica, CA.
Shaquille O'Neal, basketball star, signing his book Shaq Uncut

Then Again Book Signed By Diane Keaton

11/16/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Union Square. New York, NY.
Diane Keaton, star of “Annie Hall” and “Looking for Mr. Goodbar”, signing her book Then Again



Confessions of a Prairie Bitch Book Signed by Alison Arngrim

11/16/2011 at the Santa Monica Public Library - Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA.
Alison Arngrim, star of the TV show "Little House on the Prairie", signing her book Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

11/16/2011 12:30 PM at Barnes & Noble- Fifth Avenue. New York, NY.
11/16/2011 5:30 PM at BookEnds - East Ridgewood Avenue. Ridgewood, NJ.
11/18/2011 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble - Grove Drive. Los Angeles, CA.
Khloe, Kourtney, & Kim Kardashian, stars of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”, signing their book Dollhouse

Places, Strange and Quiet Book Signed by Wim Wenders

11/18/2011 4:00 PM at Book Soup - Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA.
Wim Wenders, director “Wings of Desire” and “Paris, Texas”, signing his book Places, Strange and Quiet


Brady Bunch Limited Edition Lithograph - Autographed by 6

11/18/2011 - 11/19/2011 The Hollywood Show Vegas at Harrah's Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas, NV.
Scheduled guests include: Gary Conway, Erika Eleniak, David Fasutino, Ernie Hudson, Christopher Knight, Tommy Kirk, Mike Lookinland, Susan Olsen, John Schneider, Felix Silla, Beverly Washburn, Barry Williams, and many more.

Breakfast Club Cast Photo Signed by Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy,
Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, and Anthony Michael Hall

11/19/2011 - 11/20/2011 Super Mega Fest at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel - Boston, MA.
Scheduled guests include: Sean Astin, Jeremy Bulloch, Tia Carrera, Tracey Gold, Anthony Michael Hall, Patrick Stewart, and many more.

Star Trek Cast Photo Signed by Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig

11/19/2011 2:00 PM at Dark Delicacies - West Magnolia. Burbank, CA.
Walter Koenig, Chekov from "Star Trek", signing his book Things To Come #1


Friday the 13th Jason Reunion Poster Signed by 20

11/20/2011 12:00 PM at Dark Delicacies - West Magnolia. Burbank, CA.
Kane Hodder, star of "Hatchet" and the “Friday the 13th” horror series, signing his book Unmasked

11/21/2011 7:30 PM at the Tattered Cover - 16th Street. Denver, CO.
Judy Collins, pop and folk singer/songwriter, signing her book Sweet Judy Blue Eyes

11/30/2011 7:00 PM at Book Soup - Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA.
Barry Livingston, Ernie from the TV show "My Three Sons", signing his book The Importance of Being Ernie

Information sometimes changes. Before showing up, please contact the event location to verify accuracy, and let us know if there are any errors in our listing. Thanks!

Thanks to the following resouces for schedule information: 92nd Street Y, American Cinematheque, Amoeba Music, Barnes and Noble, Book Ends, Books & Books, Books and Greetings, Book Passage, Book Soup, Celebrity Signings & Events, Chiller Theatre, Collectormania, Creation Entertainment, Dragon*Con, Garden State Comic Con, Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show, LA Comic and Sci-Fi Con, Malaprop's, McNally Jackson Books, Mendham Books, Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, Outwrite Books, Politics & Prose Bookstore, Powells, Vroman's Bookstore, Warwick's, West Hollywood Book Fair, Wizard World

Discounted Tickets to Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles

Los Angeles' first large-scale, multimedia pop culture convention invades the Southland, celebrating the best in comic books, anime, gaming, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, tattoos and more, and saluting special guests of honor -- Marvel's legendary comic creator Stan Lee and the iconic Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who serves as the Comikaze Expo's official "spooksperson." Along with star-studded panels with artists, writers and creators and cast reunions from Nickelodeon's All That and the Police Academy movies, Comikaze also boasts independent film screenings, live shows, celebrity appearances, fan contests, games, portfolio reviews and even a masquerade ball. More than 300 vendors are expected to showcase and sell their collectible wares, so get your costumes on and get ready to let your geek flag fly at the only cross-genre event of its kind in L.A

Get your discounted tickets here!

Baby Tattooville 5th Anniversary Gathering

After years of hearing how much fun all my friends in the lowbrow art scene have at Baby Tattooville, I finally bit the bullet, plunked down my substantial chunk of change, and signed up. For those of you not already in the know, Baby Tattooville is a (not so) secret society that meets annually to celebrate and support contemporary art. It's always at the Mission Inn in Riverside, and is limited to invited guest artists, 50 numbered attendees, and their companions. The majority of attendees return every year, so even though I registered almost a year ago, I ended up being number 41 out of 50.

Baby Tattooville 5th Anniversary Group

Usually, there are about a dozen or so invited artists, but as this year was the 5th Anniversary, so Bob Self - publisher of Baby Tattoo books and founder of Baby Tatttooville - decided to invite back all of the artists that had ever attended! The resulting all-star lineup included Van Arno, Anthony Ausgang, Ana Bagayan, Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Luke Chueh, Coop, Molly Crabapple, Bob Dob, Ron English, Gris Grimly, James Gurney, Michael Hussar, Frank Kozik, Lola, Travis Louie, Elizabeth McGrath, Tara McPherson, Brandi Milne, Miss Mindy, Buff Monster, Ragnar, Johnny KMNDZ Rodriguez, Johnny Ryan, KRK Ryden, Shag, Jeff Soto, Amy Sol, William Stout, Philip Warner, and Yoskay Yamamoto. I had worked with some of these artists before - and even gone out to dinner with a few of them - but what a treat to be able to spend an entire weekend together!

Ron English, Eric Segall, Super Cooper Barella Art Collaboration

I brought my 11-year old son, Eric  who was worried that there would be no other kids there. However, as soon as we arrived, he made fast friends with "Super Cooper" Barella, a 12-year old veteran of Baby Tattooville who had just curated a gallery show at Munkey King in Los Angeles and was happy to introduce us around and show us the ropes.

Baby Tattooville 5th Anniversary Art Jam

William Stout Sketch

The guest artists spent most of the weekend working on an "art jam" painting together, designing individual circus punks, chatting, and drawing sketches for the attendees. Eric and I had a blast acting like silly little fanboys gathering sketches from all of the artists in our sketchbooks. By the end, I was just missing a drawing from Amy Sol, who was MIA for a bit - she had her own gallery opening to attend.

Baby Tattooville On Parade Museum Exhibition Book

Gary Baseman, Michelle Valigura, Tara McPherson, Super Cooper, Eric Segall

Tim Biskup, Super Cooper, Eric Segall, Lana Ramirez

Saturday night was the "main event" - opening night at the nearby Riverside Art Museum for Baby Tattooville On Parade. This show collected selections from all of the Baby Tattooville artists (including the ones who couldn't make it this year), and took up two entire rooms at the museum. We then headed back to the hotel en masse to finish up the art jam painting, and to try our hands at a circus punk carnival toss. Each attendee had a chance to knock down a circus punk to keep and take home. Some of the attendees took 5 or 6 tries to knock anything down, but I was extremely proud of myself - I knocked down a "Gris Grimly" on the first throw! I was never particularly good at sports.

Gris Grimly Circus Punk

By brunch on Sunday, Eric and I had gathered all of our books we had signed while we were there, our purchases from the Baby Tattooville Secret Store, and our gift bags stuffed to the brim with goodies donated by the artists. We said our goodbyes to our friends old and new. I can't wait until next year!

Parting Artists - Eric, Jeff Soto, Travis Louie