Jutting proudly out of the Mediterranean Sea, like a miracle of nature, Capri is one of the world’s chicest destinations—the European pleasure island. It is a place where well-tanned Italians joyfully share the island’s beauty with celebrities and emphatic island lovers: from limoncello, the native digestivo, to its eponymous Capri pants, to the bright turquoise jewelry and bejeweled sandals made famous by its glamorous denizens.  In the Spirit of Capri (Assouline, $45), a colorful tribute to the isle adored by literary icons and the jet set alike, author and Town & Country editor emeritus Pamela Fiori explains with resonant texts and vibrant images the effortless charm of this fabled island. 6pm

Join us for an evening of Holism, Humor, and Hormones in the Poetry of Healing. Denise Duhamel, award-winning poet and Professor in FIU’s Creative Writing Department, has infused much of her poetry with an uncanny ability to portray the inner life of children and teens. Along the way—or maybe to start with—she discovered the power of humor, of taking a step back to view better, and of integrating mind and body. Her poems bring us, often, to laughter, and poignancy, and recognition. Denise will read from her collections. Sheldon Frank has had a first career as child-adolescent psychiatrist and medical school teacher, working to help children maintain self-esteem and growth in the face of both normal and disease-caused assaults from physical and emotional traumas. As a growing number of his medical colleagues, he has found the power of literature to both express and fortify his patients’ journeys. He will read from the M.F.A. thesis he will present this fall. 7pm