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SPECIAL EVENTS Thursday 11/16 BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU PARTYAnnual bash featuring full dinner, Gypsy Five Band, games and prizes. 6 p.m. Le Bouchon du Grove, 3430 Main Hwy., Coconut Grove. Details: (305) 448-6060. Friday 11/17 HALL OF FAME GALAPresented by the Miami Children's Hospital to mark 50th year. $500. 6:30-midnight. Loews Miami Beach Hotel, 1601 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. Details: Ann Lyons, (305) 666-2889. GOLDEN PALM GIFT MARKET Presented by the Junior League of Miami to benefit "at-risk families." $10. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Coconut Grove Convention Center, 2700 S Bayshore Drive. Details: (305) 443-0160. MAMBO AT MIDNIGHT Special event for Gold Palm Gift Market. $45, $35 in advance. 7 p.m.-midnight. Coconut Grove Convention Center, 2700 S Bayshore Drive. Details: (305) 443-0160. CHAMBER CLASSIC The Aventura Chamber of Commerce presents its second annual golf tournament. Box lunch, buffet, wine, prizes, awards, goody bags & more. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. Noon shotgun start. Presidential Country Club, 19600 Presidential Way, North Miami Beach. Details: (954) 346-7407 or 345-0430. SILVER BLUFF STARS School celebrates its 75th anniversary. 9 a.m.-noon. Silver Bluff Elementary & Community School, 2609 SW 25th Ave. Details: (305) 856-5187, ext. 112. BERRIES TO WINE "Italy 1997: vintage of the century." Friday night wine-tasting series continues. $10. 7-9:30 p.m. Mayfair House Hotel, 3000 Florida Ave., Coconut Grove. Details: (305) 441-6409. Saturday 11/18 MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONALStreet fair features this year include La BiblothÇque, a late-night bistro and coffee house, at Hardaway's Firehouse Four, 100 S Miami Ave., which ends tonight; Epicure Row, a mix of culinary authors, books and samplers; Mind-Body Works, featuring books about health and wellness, Avenue of Nations and an Antiquarian Annex. Miami-Dade Community College, 300 NE Second Ave. Details on the Internet: bookfair.com. HARVEST FESTIVAL 2000 Craft booths, foods, historic re-enactments, folklife demos, quilt display, music, educational programs, kids' spot and door prizes. Early bird private sale is 8-10 a.m. Presented by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. $20 and two for $30; $15; two for $25 for members. Includes continental breakfast. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dade County Fair Expo Center, Coral Way at Southwest 112th Avenue. Details: (305) 375-1492. MAKING STRIDES American Cancer Society benefit. 3.5-mile pledge walk. 7:30 registration. 9 a.m. Bayfront Park. Details: Martha Fernandez, (305) 594-4363, ext. 842, or Osvaldo Hernandez, 858-9495. MANATEE FEST The Miami Runners Club presents a fundraising 2nd annual 5K. Pick run, fitness walk or racewalk. $25; $5 spectator admission on day of race. T-shirts to first 1,000. Bands are Purple Mustard, Live Bait and Mermaids for Manatees. 8 a.m. Miami Seaquarium, Virginia Key. Details: (305) 365-2529 or manateehospital.org. SOUTH MIAMI & SOUTH CORAL GABLES WALKING TOUR Organized by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. Guide: Paul George, historian. 1-4 p.m. Details: (305) 375-1621. GOLDEN PALM GIFT MARKET Second day. Presented by the Junior League of Miami to benefit "at-risk families." $10. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Coconut Grove Convention Center, 2700 S Bayshore Drive. Details: (305) 443-0160. SYLVESTER CENTER GALA "The Emperor's Garden." Biennial fundraiser for the UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. 7 p.m. Grand Ballroom, Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. Details: (305) 243-9088. MIRACLE ON 136TH STREET Bands, horses, clowns and stiltwalkers participate in a parade to benefit Miami Children's Hospital Foundation. 4:30 p.m. The Falls Shopping Center, 8888 SW 136th St. Details: (305) 255-4570. Sunday 11/19 MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONALSecond and final day of the street fair. Miami-Dade Community College, 300 NE Second Ave. Details on the Internet: bookfair.com. HARVEST FESTIVAL 2000 Second and final day. Craft booths, foods, historic re-enactments, folklife demos, quilt display, music, educational programs, kids' spot and door prizes. Presented by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. $20 and two for $30; $15; two for $25 for members. Includes continental breakfast. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dade County Fair Expo Center, Coral Way at Southwest 112th Avenue. Details: (305) 375-1492.
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