Culture & Arts

This Presidents’ Day Weekend, the Coconut Grove Arts Festival reaches seniority as it celebrates its 60th anniversary with hundreds of artists selling their work.

The Black Lives Matter movement pushed Chire Regans' art in the direction of social awareness. From portraits of gun violence victims to sculptures exploring hair braiding practices, the new Oolite Arts resident hopes to spark change through her pieces.

Carlos Frías is joined by Willie Stewart, a music educator and the former principal drummer and percussionist for the band Third World.

Michael Anderson and Fabián Cárdenas are the filmmakers behind WLRN TV’s latest documentary Never Drop the Ball. They told us how the Negro Leagues helped desegregate baseball — and America.

Eduardo Cabra who produced the sound for the three-time Grammy-winning Puerto Rican band, Calle 13, is showing us the sound of his voice.

Carlos Frías is joined by director Gladys Ramírez. She’s the executive director of City Theatre in Miami where she's directing the Miami debut of the play "La Gringa" at the Adrienne Arsht Center.

A South Florida bookstore, Books & Books, is launching a literary foundation with hopes of expanding its community programming and love of literature to more people.

Since 1984, the Miami Book Fair has been attracting distinguished authors and fellow book lovers to South Florida for one of the biggest literary festivals in the U.S. This year, MBF is celebrating its 40th anniversary of the event, and WLRN is partnering with the festival to show our love for all things literary.

For the first time in the Miami philanthropy’s 72-year history, a woman will lead the Knight Foundation. Maribel Perez Wadsworth, who is the former president of Gannett Media and publisher of USA Today, has been tapped to serve as CEO.

A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has sued its former executive director and others, claiming they were part of a scheme to profit from the sale of the fake artwork.

Michael Spring, who has been the director of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs for over 30 years, is stepping down at the end of September.

David Le Batard, known as the colorful Miami street artist Lebo, died at age 50 after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed illness.