Gary Monroe's Alfred Hair: Heart of the Highwaymen is a long-awaited testament to the life and work of the man and artist who was the driving force of the Florida Highwaymen, a group of young Black artists who painted their way out of the despair awaiting them in the citrus groves and packing houses of […]
In Florida's Healing Waters: Gilded Age Mineral Springs, Seaside Resorts, and Health Spas, Rick Kilby explores the Victorian belief that water promoted healing and rehabilitation, and a little-known time in Florida history – well before South Beach became an international getaway for cocktails and clubbing – when tourists poured into the state in search of […]
In original kink, Jubi Arriola-Headley explores kink as mythscape of promised pleasure, lush and lustral, kink as Godzilla’s desire for softness and the boy gone “starburst,” kink as “the sun-soaked / surface of impossible kick,” as “something loose enough / to dance in.” At once soliloquy, praise song, and injunction, original kink divines the brutal […]
Grades 9 – 12 Moderated by Ismery Pavon, program coordinator at Miami Book Fair. In Jeff VanderMeer’s A Peculiar Peril, Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather’s overstuffed mansion – a veritable cabinet of curiosities – once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled […]
Grades 3 – 7 Introduced and moderated by Jessica Rebhan, Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher. In James Ponti's City Spies, a group of five kids from various parts of the world join a secret British MI6 agency. When they’re not attending the local boarding school, they’re honing their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, […]
Event starts Sunday, November 15 at 5:30 p.m. In 2016, Kent Russell – restless and thirsting for adventure – embarked on an odyssey-like trek throughout Florida, an experience he wryly chronicled across the pages of In the Land of Good Living: A Journey to the Heart of Florida, a memoir that’s equal parts Jack Kerouac, […]
Por séptima vez, la FIL de Miami y la Fundación Cuatrogatos presentan su Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “Crear y promover libros para los niños y jóvenes”. El evento, dirigido a padres, maestros, bibliotecarios y demás adultos mediadores de lectura, cuenta en esta oportunidad con la participación como invitados especiales de destacados editores y […]
Event starts Sunday, November 15 at 4 p.m. Miami native Inez Barlatier is a multifaceted performer of Ayisyen (Haitian) descent. She celebrates Haitian art and culture through energetic drumming and singing, sharing songs and phrases in Kreyol (Creole) that explore themes of community and gratitude. inezbarlatier.com Sponsored by
Join multidisciplinary artist Gustavo Oviedo and Alan Ket, co-founder and curator of the Museum of Graffiti, as they discuss “Symbiosis,” Oviedo’s visually arresting exhibition that reflects a highly personal, self-taught style of art. Exploring the relationship between the bustle of Miami’s vibrant metropolitan streets and the tranquility of Biscayne Bay’s aquatic life, currents, and marine […]
Through dozens of black-and-white images, photographer Gary Monroe takes readers on a time-traveling journey to an oft-forgotten moment in Miami Beach history: when it was a retirement haven for American Jews. The Last Resort: Jewish South Beach, 1977-1986 scratches at Miami’s present-day persona as a cosmopolitan global destination to reveal an earlier iteration, fondly recalling […]
A comprehensive examination of a decades-long career, Daniel Lewis: A Life in Choreography and the Art of Dance is the autobiography of a hugely influential choreographer and teacher of modern dance. Gracefully leaping from Lewis’ time as a soloist with modern master José Limón through his evolution into a sought-after choreographer, respected instructor, and champion […]
James A. Kushlan's Seeking the American Tropics: South Florida's Early Naturalists unearths stories of the explorers and adventurers who – for better and for worse – helped open the unique environment of South Florida to the world. He’s joined by Julie Wraithmell, executive director of Audubon Florida, as they dialogue about the reverberations and repercussions […]