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OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE MANAGER LETTER TO COUNCIL
NO. 175-2022
To: Mayor Gabriel Groisman and Members of the Village Council
From: Jorge M. Gonzalez, Village Manager
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Date: November 4, 2022
Subject: Miami Book Fair Sponsorship & Bene its
The purpose of this Letter to Council (LTC) is to provide you with an overview of our sponsorship
benefits and activations of the upcoming Miami Book Fair. This annual event transforms downtown
into a literary wonderland, hosting hundreds of critically acclaimed authors in multiple languages.
Topics range from politics, pop culture, to all manners of impactful prose. This year, the Miami Book
Fair is scheduled for November 13 - 20, 2022, at Miami Dade College, and we are excited to be a
Supporting Level Sponsor.
As part of our sponsorship, we are a host of the Author Session with Moshe Safdie, taking place on
Sunday, November 201". We have reserved 40 seats for this event, with preferred front -row seating.
All Bal Harbour residents and guests in attendance will also receive admission to the Street Fair for
that same day, which runs from 10 am - 7 pm. This open-air marketplace boasts hundreds of
exhibitors, local artisans, live music, art, performances, and games, as well as activities for kids at
Children's Alley. If you are interested in attending this author session with Moshe Safdie, please
RSVP to Marie or Sylvia.
In addition, we have 10 admission tickets for the Street Fair on Saturday. If you would like to attend
the Saturday Street Fair (November 19), please RSVP to Marie or Sylvia.
Finally, we also have access to a limited number of tickets to many other weekend presentations
that are all taking place at Chapman Conference Center. If you are interested in attending, with a
guest, please RSVP to Marie or Sylvia, with the event title, and we will confirm ticket availability.
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Time
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
Author Name
Michael Fanone on Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for
America's Soul.
Larry Csonka on Head On with author Dave Barry.
Paulina Porizkova on No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, with Dani
Shapiro.
1:00 PM I Katy Tur on Rough Draft: A Memoir, with news anchor Tony Dokoupil.
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2:00 PM Javier Zamora on Solito and Ly Tran on House of Sticks with author Maria
Hinojosa.
3:00 PM Philip Short on Putin, Michael Beckley on The Coming Conflict with China, and
Meenakshi Ahamed on India U.S. Relations from Truman to Trump.
4:30 PM Scott Turow on Suspect, Craig Johnson on A Longmire Mystery, and Brad
Meltzer on The Lightning Rod.
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Time I Author Name
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Andrew Sullivan Out on a Limb: Selected Writing, 1989 - 2021
Moshe Safdie If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture
Sebastian Mallaby on The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New
Future.
2:00 PM Sarah Kendzior on They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America
Complacent.
3:00 PM April Ryan Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem
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Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life
4:00 PM and the Struggle for Racial Justice Kerri K. Greenidge The Grimkes: The Legacy of
Slavery in an American Family Ellis Cose Race and Reckoning: From the Founding
Fathers to Todas Disruptors
5:30 PM Stacy Schiff on The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams.
Siddhartha Mukherjee The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the
6:30 PM New Human