“You may think the right to vote is a small matter, and if you do, I would bet you have never had it taken away from you.” Thus begins the story of Desmond Meade and his inspiring journey to restore voting rights to roughly 1.4 million returning citizens in Florida – resulting in a stunning […]
In partnership with the acclaimed visual artist Hank Willis Thomas, the nonprofit architecture firm MASS Design Group, and the production team Openbox, Incarceration Nations Network presents The Writing on the Wall, a pop-up art installation made from writing by people in prisons around the world. In an effort to raise awareness about mass incarceration and […]
Eduardo "Echo" Martinez is Florida’s first Luis Hernandez Prison Poet Laureate. Echo has been published in Cuban Counterpoints, Scalawag, Don’t Shake the Spoon: A Literary Journal, the Miami Herald, Anthology BeKindr, and PBS NY.
When Richie Hell moved from Buenos Aires to Miami in 2015, he saw how the gumbo limbo tree’s bark peeled off, like a snake shedding its skin. He saw it as a positive sign: nature supporting this new beginning. His new full-length “The Gumbo Limbo Experiment” is an album that takes you to another place. […]
Honoree, 2020 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 In Luster, we meet Edie, a 23-year-old Black woman working in New York publishing who’s barely making rent each month, trying to make sense of her life, and finding herself tangled in a suburban white couple’s open marriage. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contemporary sexual mores […]
2020 National Book Award Finalist Keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class, the critically acclaimed Leave the World Behind tells the story of two families, strangers forced together over a long weekend gone terribly wrong. Shielding themselves in a charmingly secluded house that’s suddenly become a dubious refuge from whatever monstrous thing may […]
Aaron Davidson’s documentary films on Jewish themes have all been created in South Florida, but transcend their local flavor and are at once familiar and nostalgic. With the passage of time his earliest films have become both historical records and time capsules, documenting places that have since closed or become unrecognizable and now live on […]
Presented in partnership with Project ART In art, there’s no such thing as a mistake, and that’s part of what makes art beautiful! Follow along with ProjectART artist Susan Feliciano and turn some artistic “mistakes” into masterpieces you’ll want to hang on your wall! Susan Feliciano is a Miami-based interdisciplinary artist who works in painting, […]
Join Latin Grammy nominee Sonia De Los Santos from home with En Casa con Sonia! Sing along to her beloved songs which celebrate the musical traditions of Latin America, learn about the stories that inspire her music, and get to know the work of some of her favorite artists. Acompaña a Sonia ¡desde casa! Canta […]
Moonlighter FabLab will teach you how to upcycle common packaging materials to create new and amazing things! Amazon boxes, soda bottles, milk jugs – yeah, those are the elements for a Jetpack waiting to be created by you!
The United States is a country founded by the people, for the people, but who are the people? Throughout history, the answer to that question has changed. Join us for this civics- and U.S. history-themed program to learn how the government operates on a local, state, and federal level, and the role of the individual […]
Listen to Belle’s story and learn to make Freedom Soup from her Ti Gran. As Belle helps with the soup, Ti Gran also tells her the story of her Haitian heritage and the Haitian Revolution. The soup is made every January 1, as a Haitian celebration. At-Home idea: This book includes a kid-friendly recipe for […]