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Start: 6:30 pm
Kendall Coffey, former U.S. Attorney for South Florida and a widely recognized legal commentator – representing Al Gore and Elian Gonzalez, to name a few – offers an engrossing exposé of the central place media spin has come to hold in the American system of justice in Spinning the Law: Trying Cases in the Court of Public Opinion (Prometheus Books, $26). Spinning the Law draws on Coffey’s extensive experience as a witness and participant in the growing importance of winning in the court of public opinion, and also provides an entertaining look at spin in famous trials through the ages, from Socrates to Joan of Arc, from Aaron Burr to the Lindbergh kidnapping. A behind-the-scenes analysis of media strategies not taught in law school or journalism classes, this collection of entertaining examples and explanations makes for ideal reading for everyone fascinated by celebrity legal problems. 6:30pm
Start: 8:00 pm
Adored for their exuberant and original architecture, more than fifty years of Morris Lapidus’s designs are celebrated in this first-ever monograph Morris Lapidus: An Architecture of Joy (Rizzoli, $65) by Deborah Desilets. Known for inventing the postwar resort hotel with the Fontainebleau and the Eden Roc in Miami Beach, Morris Lapidus (1902–2001) is revered for his joyful interpretation of modernist tenets through an American vernacular of spectacle and whimsy. Lapidus enthusiastically embraced modernism’s formal freedom and sensuality while rejecting its more rigid principles, producing a unique style that seamlessly blends baroque fantasia with modernism’s clean lines and flowing spaces. His exuberant curving walls, zigzagging facades, and deft manipulation of space created dramatic forms that transform the moods of their occupants. From seductive modern shops and private residences, this iconoclast proves that "too much is never enough." 8pm
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