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Check out 17 prints from famed fashion photographer Lillian Bassman, who died just last month, at Books & Books Miami Beach. Now through June 1.Bassman won acclaim in the 1940s and ’50s with high-contrast black-and-white portraits of models that had a dreamy quality. In the 1990s, she rediscovered a stash of lost negatives and emerged as a fine-art photographer.A new book of her work Lillian Bassman: Lingerie has just been published. As Ginia Bellafante put it in the New York Times recently, “In place of heavyset women constraining themselves in what was essentially equipment, Ms. Bassman deployed immeasurably lithe models, conveying a world in which women seemed to linger in the pleasures of their own sensuality.” Fifty years later, these images have lost none of their allure, and the enormous cultural impact of the TV show Mad Men has given them new currency.
1. It’s a Cinch, model: Carmen,
Merry Widow by Warner’s, 1951, for Harper’s
Bazaar, © Lillian Bassman
2. Southwest Passage—Sunset Pink, pajamas by Kickernick, 1951, for Harper’s
Bazaar, © Lillian Bassman
3. The Line Lengthens, lingerie by Lily of France, 1955, for Harper’s
Bazaar, © Lillian Bassman
4. Silo, Bra and Panties, 1948 (advertisement for Firestone Contro elastic yarn), © Lillian Bassman
Start: 11:00 am
TICKETS REQUIRED: You must have a ticket to enter the signing line at the morning bookstore event. You will receive a ticket with the purchase of one of E L James' books at Books & Books. This ticket will be for the morning autographing event ONLY; this ticket does not grant you admission to her evening presentation. Please call one of our stores -- Coral Gables, Miami Beach, or Bal Harbour Shops to purchase your book.
When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.
Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, Fifty Shades of Grey (Vintage, $15.95) by E L James is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
Start: 12:30 pm
Story Time Special: Join authors Irene Klitzner and Peggy Adams today as we meet Lola and Sean Michael K. – and the tons of fun their books bring. In Klitzner and Adams’ Today is My Birthday and I Have Nothing to Wear!
(Attitude Pie, $18.95), it's Lola's birthday, and – oh no! -- she just
discovered that her favorite tutu doesn't fit! "When did teeny weeny me
get so very, very tall?" she asks. Lola takes us on an adventure through
her family's closets in search of the perfect birthday outfit. In
Klitzner’s Sean Michael K. Whistles the Wrong Way!
(Attitude Pie, $18.95), “Sean had a problem that quickly arose. He mixed
up the way that the whistle goes. Instead of out, he whistled in.
That's when his troubles began to begin." Join Sean Michael K. on a
comical adventure as he learns how to whistle.
Start: 5:00 pm
Join filmmakers Zack Weil, Gregory Harden and Mary Olszewska for the premiere screening of Taste It: A Comedy about the Recession. Scintillating and made-in-Miami with local actors, Taste It is an outrageous digital feature about putting passion before the plan while living it up in a down economy. Cornell business grad Greg Rosen finds himself living in his childhood bedroom in South Miami after the recession hits. Flat broke and seemingly unemployable Greg’s gone completely off the rails. Inspired by his little sister’s friend Francesca, he takes out a high-interest loan to purchase the local dive bar hoping to turn it into Miami's hottest new eatery. The food’s amazing but, even superb culinary talent doesn’t seem to be a match for the weight of this recession. On the verge of bankruptcy, Greg’s ready to close up shop when he receives an unexpected gift from Francesca. An ending so sweet you can Taste It!
Start: 7:00 pm
Please note: We are now SOLD-OUT for this event. We have arranged a second event with E L James on Sunday, April 29, 11am in our Coral Gables store. Please click here for more information. When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms. Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, Fifty Shades of Grey (Vintage, $15.95) by E L James is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
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