LIVE! Event starts Friday, November 20 @ 8 p.m. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar's Homeland Elegies attempts to make sense of a post-9/11 country in which the gods of finance rule, debt has ruined countless lives, and immigrants live in fear. He’s speaking with Iraq war […]
Agustina Bazterrica y Giovanna Rivero conversan con Ainara Mantellini. La Feria del Libro de Miami presenta una selección de nuevas obras publicadas este año, comentadas por sus autores. Agustina Bazterrica, narradora y promotora de arte argentina, presenta Cadáver exquisito (Alfaguara), una novela distópica en la que el canibalismo es ley y la sociedad se divide […]
Grades 3 – 7 In this highly anticipated sequel to Tony DiTerlizzi’s Kenny & the Dragon, Kenny must cope with many changes in his life – including the fear that he’s losing his best friend. What can come between two best friends? Time has passed since Kenny Rabbit’s last adventure with his best friend, the […]
Live Q&A: Friday, November 20 @ 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. EST The 21st century has brought unprecedented evidence of the prevalence of sexual abuse and assault. Finally, the world is beginning to recognize the depraved and hypocritical actions of celebrities, politicians, CEOs, and Hollywood moguls. People everywhere are speaking out in outrage, to express support […]
LIVE! Event starts Friday, November 20 @ 6 p.m. Two sisters present their latest works in a conversation informed by the dynamic of the familiar. Louise Erdrich’s novel The Night Watchman explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity. It's a fictional world populated by memorable characters forced to grapple with the […]
Live: Friday, November 20 @ 5:00 p.m. EST with Q&A immediately following Ledger: Poem‘s pages hold the most important and masterly work yet by Jane Hirshfield, one of our most celebrated contemporary poets. From the already much-quoted opening lines of despair and defiance (“Let them not say: we did not see it. / We saw”), […]
weUsing Python, students will follow along a prerecorded demonstration on how to build your own text adventure game, with several different methods on how to build your own fun story. How to prepare for this workshop: Log in to repl.it and register for free to start coding on the web app we’ll be using for […]
The ideal of American democracy fits neatly in the framework of our Constitution, like a perfectly centered portrait entitled We The People. But when the frame is hung askew, it gets tough to read – thankfully, we have pictures to follow along with! In Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy, Dan Newman and George […]
Moderated by Conor McCreery, author of the Kill Shakespeare series In worlds across the galaxy, in faraway futures, in alternate timelines – these stories share a call to action, and a noble quest for truth. The chronicles inTartarus Vol 1. by Johnnie Christmas, The Seeds by Ann Nocenti, and Hardcore Reloaded: Vol 2. by Brandon Thomas share characters who embrace this quest head-on. They rise […]
Off The Radar is your source for cutting edge new music. If you're looking for some cool new indie tracks check out some of our favorites from 2020 so far! We started an OTR Playlist on Spotify and so far we got 4+ hours of music! Check out that goodness here.
vdme is an electronic musician and dj born and based in Miami, Florida. He’s had releases on Space Tapes and recently a collaborative release with Night Foundation, founder of local label Noir Age. Check out vdme's "speckled path" mix made especially for Here in Florida right here.
Follow along to make your very own kazoo trumpet using things you have at home! All you need is: Paper towel roll Wax paper or parchment paper Rubber bands Scissors Justin Roberts knows that inside every one of us there is a mini rocker waiting to come out. You don’t have to have fancy instruments […]