Jewish Museum of Florida. April 15, 2012. 2:00 p.m. In conjunction with the Museum’s current exhibition Max Miller: Final Mourner’s Kaddish – 333 Days in Paintings and in celebration of National Poetry Month, a special reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Kaddish will be presented at the Jewish Museum of Florida.
Books & Books, Coral Gables. March 30, 2012. 8:00 p.m. The spellbinding story, part fairy tale, part suspense, of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, one of the most emblematic portraits of its time; of the beautiful, seductive Viennese Jewish salon hostess who sat for it; the notorious artist who painted it; the now vanished turn-of-the-century Vienna that shaped it; and the … +
Books & Books, Coral Gables. March 26, 2012. 8:00 p.m. The Book of Jonas is about a young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and the American soldier to whom his fate, and survival, is bound. Told in spare, evocative prose, the novel is about memory, about the terrible choices made during war, and about … +
March 28 at 6:30 p.m. and March 29 at 7:30 p.m. The Buddha Walks into a Bar is Lodro Rinzler’s introduction to Buddhism for anyone who wants to ride the waves of life with mindfulness and compassion. Join the author and teacher for a discussion on how to apply various forms of compassion to long-term relationships, dating, and even our sex life.
At the Crossroads of Art & Science: The Physicist as NovelistMarch 28, 2012. 7:00 p.m. Alan Lightman, Adjunct Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is an award-winning novelist and a theoretical physicist. He has served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, and was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment at MIT in science and the … +
From March 15 through April 15, 2012. The Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami Dade College (MDC), (formerly known as the Florida Center for the Literary Arts), in collaboration with the Miami-Dade Public Library System, will present The Big Read Miami by celebrating the iconic life and work of America’s most beloved poet, Emily Dickinson from March 15 to April 15, … +
From March 19 through 23, 2012. Words are powerful tools for self-expression and for changing the world. WordSpeak, a project for teens, includes workshops, slams and performances in a Miami residency by Josh Healey. Oakland-based Healey is a spoken word poet, writer, community organizer, arts educator and comedic powerhouse.
Books & Books. February 17, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Peter Selgin is the author of Drowning Lessons, winner of the 2007 Flannery O’Connor Award for Fiction, as well as a novel (Life Goes to the Movies, 2nd place finalist AWP and James Jones First Novel Award),
Books & Books. February 20, 2012. 8:00 p.m. It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten.
Books & Books. February 22, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Based on manuscript documents and written with meticulous scholarship that required months of work in French archives, Éminence is surprisingly entertaining and a true pleasure to read.
Books & Books. February 29, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Adored and nurtured by his adoptive parents in California, Asher Stone has moved effortlessly through a nearly perfect life. He is on the verge of a professional soccer career-when a car accident throws his future into doubt. Suddenly,
From Mar 3 through 31, 2012. 10:00 a.m. Get that book or short story into shape. Aspiring teen authors will work on improving each of the key elements of character development, plot, setting and dialogue making their stories richer and more layered. All classes will blend discussion, hands-on exercises and critiques of the writer’s current work-in-progress. The final class will deal with … +
From Mar 3 through 31, 2012. 10:00 a.m. Get that book or short story into shape. Aspiring teen authors will work on improving each of the key elements of character development, plot, setting and dialogue making their stories richer and more layered. All classes will blend discussion, hands-on exercises and critiques of the writer’s current work-in-progress. The final class will deal with … +
Books & Books, Coral Gables. February 13, 2012. 12:00 p.m. Patricia Schultz will be discussing and signing the second edition of her book 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, at Books & Books, Coral Gables on February 13th at 12:00 p.m.
Books & Books, Coral Gables. Jan 12, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Warren Phillips began his career working as a copyboy for the New York Herald Tribune for sixteen dollars a week – and ended it as publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of its parent corporation, Dow Jones & Company.
Books & Books, Coral Gables. Jan 15, 2012. 2:00 p.m. The authors’ alter egos are Jeffrey Peckerman and Philip Horkman, two suburban schlubs from New Jersey who through their own astonishing stupidity become legendary international criminals.
Books & Books Bal Harbour Shops. Jan 10, 2012. James Grippando is known for writing thrillers with themes pulled from the headlines and, in fact, eerily in front of the headlines. His plots are often based on factual, though closely guarded and even hidden, information.
Jan 8, 2012. 4:00 p.m. Patti Smith will be at Books & Books Coral Gables on January 8th for an exclusive afternoon autographing session of her books, including her newest childhood memoir, Woolgathering.
Books & Books Coral Gables. Dec 27, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Tigertail’s award-winning 2011 WordSpeak team brings you the leading edge of new work in spoken word. Incredible teens spit poems guaranteed to rivet you to your seat. Book cover designed by Chris Meesey, teen book editor Gio Garced.
The African-American Research Library and Cultural Center. Jan 4, 2012. 5:30 p.m. Hannah Spivey is an author, a supporter of women’s empowerment and a domestic violence activist. She will be discussing her novel, Ebony the Beloved, at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Coral Gables Museum. Dec 17, 2011. 11:00 a.m. This moving tale of a 14-year-old girl’s journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan – an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro’s revolution – is perfect for all ages and all South Floridians.
Nov 12, 2011. Atelier 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery in the Wynwood Art District announces the one-night-only special book launch event “LITERĂ” on November 12, 2011, an evening dedicated to Miami’s up-and-coming independent and first-time authors, with a program of readings, book signings, and art instillations inspired by the written word.
Books & Books, Coral Gables. Nov 8, 2011. 8:00 p.m. From Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Buchanan, the novel she has always wanted to write: the gripping saga of star-crossed lovers across generations. John Ashley and Laura Upthegrove became the most notorious, colorful, and compelling figures in Florida’s violent outlaw history.
Presented in collaboration with GableStage.Books & Books, Coral Gables. Nov 9, 2011. 7:00 p.m. In the glory days of movie-making, Piper Laurie was living every little girl’s dream. Having been selected by Universal Studios to be a contract star, Piper was removed from her acting class and provided with stylists, chaperones, leading roles, and handsome dates, and elevated to the heights of … +
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