BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Broward County Library X-WR-CALNAME:Broward County Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eb73da99-ee95-41c8-a9b2-54acbfda9e3e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260818T043911Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230713 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230713 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE X-MICROSOFT-MSNCALENDAR-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:South Florida Book Festival LOCATION:African American Research Library and Cultural Center\nAfrican Am erican Research Library and Cultural Center X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=African American Research Library and Cultural Center;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=African American Res earch Library and Cultural Center:geo:26.1284278,-80.1774802 GEO:26.1284278;-80.1774802 DESCRIPTION:The African American Research Library and Cultural Center of F ort Lauderdale will hold its 11th installment of the South Florida Book Fe stival entitled WORD! Celebrating of 50 Years of Hip-Hop Culture.\nhttps:/ /broward.libnet.info/event/8559167 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

WORD!! Celebrating of 50 Years of Hip-Hop Culture will foreground the intersection of literature\, visual and perfor ming art\, generated by the culture featuring the leaders\, authors\, and scholars of Florida&rsquo\;s Hip-Hop community. \;

Founded in 2012\, the South Florida Book Festival \;(SFBF) \;has made steady strides and is now one of the fastest growing events of its kind across th e southeast region. Each year it presents celebrity authors and respected thought-leaders. \;Thousands of people from all over South Florida att end this highly anticipated book festival. \; Attendees are able to pa rticipate in events on various topics and purchase books of featured autho rs from our partner bookseller. This year&rsquo\;s event will celebration the 50th \;anniversary of the birth of hip-hop. Entitled &ldquo\;WORD! ! Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop Culture&rdquo\; \;will foreground th e intersection of literature\, visual and performing art\, generated by th e culture.

This event is presented by Visit Lauderdale\, and suppo rted by Florida Humanities\, \;Universal Hip Hop Museum\, Museum of Gr affiti\, Bank of America\, Holman Honda\, \;Cox Media Group/99JAMZ\, H ot 105FM\, \;and the Friends of AARLCC. Sponsors include Florida Memor ial University\, Florida Atlantic University\, FIU's Wolfsonian Public Hum anities Lab\, FIU's Office of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion\, and FIU 's Department of African and African Diaspora Studies.

Sc hedule At-A-Glance [Register on Eventbrite]

Thursday\, July 13 \;
10:30 AM &ndash\; 3:00PM - Youth Day featur ing New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander\, Girls Mak e Beats\, and the Museum of Graffiti. \;
6:30 PM &ndash\; 8:00 PM &ndash\; "Transnational artistic dance Works and practices that Evoke Rev olutionary Kinship (T.W.E.R.K.)" by the Olujimi Dance Theater. \;
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Friday\, July 14 \;

6:00 PM - A Conversation wit h Kevin Powell
7:00 PM &ndash\; 10:00 PM &ndash\; Eat. Drink. Read. & ldquo\;Kicks &\; Sips Edition." A reception benefiting AARLCC's South F lorida Book Festival. Featuring DJ Demp. Admission: $75.0 0/per person. Must be 21-year-old or older to attend.
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Saturday\, July 15 \;
10:30 AM &ndash \; 5:00 PM &ndash\; South Florida Book Festival. Featuring \;Rob Kenne r\, author of The Marathon Don&rsquo\;t Stop: The Life and Times of Ni psey Hussle and \;Dr. Regina Bradley\, author of Chronicling Stankonia: The Birth of the Hip-Hop South. \;

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Pr esented by Visit Lauderdale
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