Look sharp central Pa., Ron Swanson is coming to town.<\/p>\n
Actor, author and comedian Nick Offerman will be in Harrisburg this fall as part of this year\u2019s Harrisburg Book Festival<\/a>. <\/p>\n Offerman will be in town to promote his latest book, \u201cLittle Woodchucks: Offerman Woodshop\u2019s Guide to Tools and Tomfoolery,\u201d co-written with Lee Buchanan.<\/p>\n A special book release event will be held rain or shine at the Harrisburg Senators Baseball Stadium on City Island on Oct. 15 The event promises a conversation with Offerman, a live woodworking demonstration, songs, jokes, and more.<\/p>\n Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event starts at 7 p.m. Seating is general admission; first come, first served. <\/p>\n Tickets are $56 but children under 16 will be allowed free entry as long as they come in with someone who has purchased a ticket. Each ticket includes a signed copy of Offerman\u2019s book. Additional signed copies will available for purchase. There will not be a book signing. <\/p>\n Parking is available on City Island on a first come, first serve basis for $5 cash or $5.50 with a card.<\/p>\n Offerman is best known for playing Ron Swanson on the sitcom \u201cParks and Recreation.\u201d He has also appeared in \u201cFargo,\u201d \u201cThe Last of Us,\u201d \u201cThe Umbrella Academy\u201d and \u201cMission Impossible: The Final Reckoning.\u201d <\/p>\n He\u2019s also written several books, including \u201cPaddle Your Own Canoe: One Man\u2019s Fundamentals for Delicious Living\u201d and \u201cGood Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop.\u201d<\/p>\n The Harrisburg Book Festival runs Oct. 15-19 at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore,<\/a> 1302 N. Third St., Harrisburg. Other authors appearing at this year\u2019s festival include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (\u201cDream Count\u201d), Marie Lu (\u201cRed City\u201d), and Carissa Broadbent (\u201cDaughter of No Worlds\u201d).<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Look sharp central Pa., Ron Swanson is coming to town. Actor, author and comedian Nick Offerman will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[64,63,457,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-37605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-books","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}