Miami, Nov. 2, 2017 – You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll most probably cringe. Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Miami Book Fair, (MBF) the nation’s finest and largest literary gathering, will present a special edition of Lip Service: True Stories Out Loud, the smartest, hottest and most honest storytelling event in South Florida, on Friday, Nov. 17.
Lip Service combines theater and literature into an evening of true and personal stories that are hilarious, heartbreaking, poignant, embarrassing, and inspiring. Special guests will include spoken word sensation The Asia Project and Snap Judgement star James Judd. Stay for the official after party at The Porch with Speakfridays.
Last year, Miami Book Fair took over Lip Service, which was founded by Miami-based writer Andrea Askowitz and began as an intimate gathering of storytellers and story lovers, which grew into a literary happening that regularly draws more than 500 people to shows. Lip Service joins the fair’s roster of ongoing year-round programs that nurture the literary community of South Florida.
Tickets for Lip Service are $15 per person and can be purchased at www.miamibookfair.com.
WHAT: Lip Service: True Stories Out Loud
WHEN: Friday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: MDC Wolfson Campus Auditorium (Building 1, Second floor)
300 N.E. Second Ave.
Miami Book Fair
Founded in 1984 by Miami Dade College and partners, Miami Book Fair engages the community through inclusive, accessible programs that promote reading and support writers year round. The annual eight-day festival has grown into the largest and most comprehensive community-rooted literary gathering in the United States. The Fair features readings and discussions with the world’s most renowned authors, generating discourse on contemporary literature and current issues of international importance. The Fair also include culinary presentations; live music and interdisciplinary performances; interactive, educational activities for children; and more than 200 booksellers and publishers during the Street Fair. Events take place in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and French. In addition to the annual festival, the Miami Book Fair responds to community needs with a year-round schedule of activities, including The Little Haiti Book Festival, highlighting Haiti’s literary acumen; creative writing and publishing workshops; author presentations; reading campaigns and Read to Learn Books for Free, a partnership with The Children’s Trust that distributes more than 150,000 free books a year to children in Miami-Dade County.
Miami Book Fair is made possible through the generous support of the State of Florida and the National Endowment for the Arts; the City of Miami; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Miami-Dade County Public Schools; the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; the Miami Downtown Development Authority; and the Friends of the Fair; as well as many corporate partners. Miami Book Fair: Building community, one reader at a time.
View all Miami Book Fair program information and complete event schedules, or download a PDF of the complete Fair guide at www.miamibookfair.com.
Miami Book Fair media contact: Lisa Palley, 305-642-3132, lpalley@bellsouth.net.