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“We hear a lot about what's going on back home in terms of the violence, and the pain, and the fear, but we don't hear enough about ... how much beauty and delight there is in being Haitian and in growing up in Haiti,” said M.J. Fievre, a local author taking part in the Little Haiti Book Festival on May 5.
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More than a dozen South Florida artists will perform at the annual music festival in downtown West Palm Beach this weekend, including school bands and a competition winner who's opening up for a hip hop legend Nelly.
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One of the most important publicly available contemporary art collections in Miami — and the world — will be sold to the highest bidder.
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Art On The Plaza, a series of public art installations that have been displayed on MOCA Plaza since 2021, continues this year with three exhibits exploring themes of spirituality, heritage, and transformation.
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Brands, developers and even city officials are embracing the global appeal of street art, but the boom comes with questions about preserving a neighborhood’s cultural cachet.
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Moro-Gronlier, whose writings on self-discovery and community have touched readers in South Florida and beyond, was named Miami-Dade County’s new poet laureate at the start of National Poetry Month.
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Miami’s oldest working theater now hosts “SJO 1st Fridays Live at the Lyric,” its first live music series since reopening a decade ago.
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South Florida and the Sunshine State at large have long been adult entertainment industry hot spots. Fewer COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 made the state more appealing as a place to work.
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Dr. Joaquín García High School, the newest public high school in Palm Beach County, is using art to celebrate the legacy of its namesake — an openly gay Hispanic businessman and community advocate who died in 2021.
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The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater has survived demolition discussions in the past. Now, commissioners are weighing the pros and cons of using the $29 million from voter-approved bonds to upgrade the existing building or start anew.
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P. Scott Cunningham has announced he'll be stepping down as the executive director of O, Miami. In an exit interview with WLRN, he talked about his work uplifting the stories of "real Miami" and why it's worth fighting for.
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Singer, dancer and actress Montana Tucker, from Boca Raton, is back in South Florida to help a Jewish social services nonprofit raise funds for trauma counseling on March 21. The descendant of Auschwitz survivors talked to WLRN about using her social media influence to fight hate.