Upcoming Events

Elliot Ackerman’s Sheepdogs: A Novel is the story of a high-stakes heist gone wrong, when ex-CIA operative Skwerl and former Afghan pilot Cheese are recruited on a mission to repossess a multimillion-dollar private jet stranded on a remote African airfield. From Uganda to France, they navigate deception, betrayal, and shifting loyalties in an action-packed thriller where the line between hunters and the hunted is razor thin. In Dan Fesperman’s Pariah: A Novel, Hal, a disgraced comedian-turned-politician,…

The 2025 honorees across all five National Book Award categories – including Gbenga Adesina, María Dolores Águila, K. Ancrum, Jazmina Barrera, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara,  Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Cathy Linh Che, Susan Choi, Tiana Clark, Angela Flournoy, Caleb Gayle, Julia Ioffe,…

Con Negro en la costa, María E. Hernández Caballero se adentra por los subsuelos del mundo cultural cubano de los años ochenta reflejando las relaciones interraciales, la disidencia sexual y el racismo. Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez presenta Cuando vuelva diciembre, novela donde un personaje recurre a las memorias de un plato de su infancia para sobrellevar la soledad y el desmoronamiento de su vida en la España actual. Rasgada obsesión, de Saúl Sosnowski, entrelaza una historia de amor con reflexiones sobre la memoria judía,…

Itawe Correa is an award-winning Colombian American singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the electrifying frontman of the Grammy- and Latin Grammy-nominated band Locos por Juana. With his unmistakable voice and magnetic stage presence, he’s become one of the most influential voices in the new generation of Latin fusion music – blending cumbia, reggae, hip-hop, rock, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms into a vibrant, universal sound. Born in Medellín, Colombia, and raised in Miami, Correa embodies the multicultural spirit of his city.…

La aclamada narradora española María Dueñas presenta su nueva obra Por si un día volvemos, una historia ambientada en los años 20, donde una joven española llega a una ciudad africana bajo una identidad falsa. Obligada a trabajos duros, lucha por liberarse y su fortaleza la impulsa a rehacerse y ascender durante tres décadas marcadas por retos. Como telón de fondo: el auge colonial y el trágico fin de la Argelia Francesa. En conversación con el periodista Damià Bonmatí.…

Step into a world of creativity and imagination inspired by the exhibition Faire Foyer: Sarah Crowner in Dialogue with Etel Adnan, currently on view at The Bass Museum of Art, and follow your intuition to make a welcome collage! Select words and visuals to create a one-of-a-kind doorway using collage materials, shiny foil, and textured papers that expresses warmth, joy, or curiosity. Then take your portal home as a reminder of what we can create together through art. Perfect for all ages!…

Discover the art of handmade paper in this immersive paper-making workshop!  …

Get ready to dance and clap along to some of your favorite jazz, rock, and Latin hits with SFCPA’s Advanced Percussion Ensemble. Join us for this interactive, engaging, and family-friendly all-percussion concert featuring performances on marimba, xylophone, hand drums, and more!…

The Jazz Collective is an elite after-school ensemble that brings together some of the most talented young jazz musicians in Miami. Founded by Young Musicians Unite (YMU), the program offers students a pre-professional experience designed to challenge and prepare them for the next steps in their musical journeys, from college programs and scholarships to professional careers in the music industry. Comprising select musicians from schools across the city, the Collective meets weekly for intensive rehearsals and performs regularly at prestigious venues and community events.…

A career-spanning monograph, Pepe Mar: Myth & Magic is a portal into Pepe Mar’s universe of myth-making, queer alchemy, and visual storytelling that draws from underground culture, fashion, and folklore. Featuring penetrating essays by leading curators and scholars that include Lawrence Rinder, Evan Garza, Yuval Etgar, Amy Galpin, and Joanna Robotham. The book accompanies an exhibition at the Tampa Museum of Art. Joining Mar in conversation is Robotham, the museum’s curator of modern and contemporary art.…

In The Words of Dr. L: & Other Stories, Karen E. Bender explores the nuclear family through adolescence, motherhood, the empty nest, and aging parents. A woman seeks magical words to end a pregnancy, a mother finds a forgotten child, a couple orbits Earth apart from their son, and society flees to Mars. These stories reveal hidden truths of freedom, power, and parent-child bonds. In Allison King’s The Phoenix Pencil Company: A Novel, a hidden magic – the ability to reforge pencils and revive the memories they contain – binds college recluse Monica to her fading grandmother,…

José Feeds the World: How a Famous Chef Feeds Millions of People in Need around the World, illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns, tells the story of José Andrés, an award-winning chef, food activist, and founder of World Central Kitchen, a disaster relief organization that has fed more than 200 million people affected by natural disasters, the COVID pandemic, and war. Grades K-3. SPONSORED BY…

Join Altie Karper, editorial director of Schocken Books/Penguin Random House for more than 20 years; Todd Portnowitz, senior editor at Alfred A. Knopf; and Rose Waldman, translator of Chaim Grade’s Sons and Daughters: A Novel, for a discussion centered around the book, held by many as one of the foremost collections of contemporary Yiddish literature. Originally serialized in the 1960s and ’70s in New York–based Yiddish newspapers, the epic Sons and Daughters is a precious glimpse of the rich Yiddish culture of Poland and Lithuania that the Holocaust would eradicate.…

What does kindness mean to you? What does it look like? Is it feeding a hungry animal? Maybe it’s making a new friend feel welcome. Let’s imagine what kindness means to us by making our own interactive storybook- on iPads! We’ll draw, record sounds, add fun 3D shapes, and more as we dive into the world of creative digital storytelling. Devices will be provided; recommended for ages 6-10. This event is an INNOVATE! featured workshop. All featured workshops require a FREE ticket to attend due to limited seating.…

Which wild animal guest from Zoo Miami will visit the Fair? You’ll have to be here to find out! Get up close and personal with one of the zoo’s amazing Animal Ambassadors and learn fun facts, conservation tips, and how we can all help protect wildlife. It’s a fun and educational experience for animal lovers of all ages! SPONSORED BY…

In An Ignorance of Trees: A Memoir in Essays, Jim Daniels writes about trees, backyard swing sets, above-ground swimming pools, pets, and hoarding, carrying his beloved Detroit with him wherever he goes. Doubling as a rich, textured biography of place, An Ignorance of Trees enriches the terrain of the Midwest with heart, as bruised and beautiful as ever. In Of Slash Pines and Manatees: A Highly Selective Field Guide to My Suburban Wilderness, Andrew Furman contemplates his place in a subtropical landscape by exploring touchpoints between his everyday suburban life and the environment in South Florida.…

In We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate, bestselling author Michael Grunwald argues that the greatest challenge facing our species is slowing our relentless expansion of farmland into nature. Even if we quit fossil fuels, we’ll keep hurtling toward climate chaos if we don’t solve our food and land problems – now. In Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie, Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty spotlight an ecological marvel under siege.…

This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. In The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine, Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army (retired) Alexander Vindman notes how, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, six U.S. presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia that emboldened Russia. And Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism with catastrophic consequences. In The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia’s Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism,…

In The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives – Including Your Own, former CDC director Tom Frieden, M.D., MPH, reveals how to defeat today’s deadliest diseases and prevent future pandemics. Drawing on decades of global experience and lessons from both triumphs and failures, he offers a clear path to protecting your health, strengthening communities, and closing the gap between science and life-saving action. Joining Frieden in conversation is author Carl Zimmer, Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe.…

Jack El-Hai’s The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII chronicles the improbable relationship between fallen Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and ambitious U.S. Army physician Douglas Kelley, which becomes a hazardous quest into the nature of evil amid the devastation of Europe at the end of World War II. In The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising,…

In Charlie Jane Anders’ Lessons in Magic and Disaster, a young witch teaches her grieving mother magic with unexpected results. Jamie, a grad student with a powerful secret, helps her mother Serena come out of her shell. But hidden truths from Serena’s past and a mysterious 1749 book threaten to unravel them both – unless Jamie can uncover the scandal it hides and the true nature of magic. Yael and Margot, childhood friends, reunite at a decision time in their lives.…

During the historic dialogue between rabbis and the Dalai Lama, as told in his international bestseller The Jew in the Lotus, Rodger Kamenetz heard a penetrating question from His Holiness to the rabbis, “How does your spiritual practice purify afflictive emotions?” To Kamenetz, this seemed the most fundamental question to ask of any religion or philosophy of life. Embedded in a rich poetic narrative, Seeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter offers down to earth practices from “count your blessings,” to savoring perception,…

This creative workshop will allow participants to design and paint their own custom picture frames using fun abstract art techniques. Kids will explore colorful shapes, swirls, and textures to create a unique frame that perfectly expresses their style. At the end, they’ll have a beautiful keepsake ready to hold their favorite photo. This event is a CREATE! featured workshop. All featured workshops require a FREE ticket to attend due to limited seating. Tickets may be picked up at the Info Booth in Children’s Alley;…

Join This Is Improv for interactive acting workshops where kids and families explore storytelling, imagination, and the joy of play!…

El presentador de televisión, actor y locutor venezolano Raúl González ofrece La verdad muere de pie, una autobiografía valiente e inspiradora que revela por fin la historia jamás contada de una de las figuras más queridas de los medios hispanos. En conversación con Militza González.   Compra La verdad muere de pie – González…

Oscar Fuentes, known as The Biscayne Poet, is a Miami-based multidisciplinary artist, curator, and author of 11 poetry and prose collections, who in 2023 received the inaugural Miami-Dade Mayoral Poetry Commendation. Born in New York City to Honduran immigrant parents, his work explores themes of family, memory, and legacy. His typewriter poetry was recently featured on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Miami, and he currently serves as poet-in-residence at 1 Hotel South Beach. He’s currently promoting Poetry City: Ciudad Poesía, a new collection inspired by Miami.…

In Baldwin: A Love Story, Nicholas Boggs reveals how profoundly James Baldwin’s personal relationships shaped his life and work. Drawing on newly uncovered archival material and original research and interviews, this spellbinding book tells the overlapping stories of Baldwin’s most sustaining intimate and artistic relationships, spanning the Black American painter Beauford Delaney to the iconoclastic French artist Yoran Cazac, Baldwin’s long-overlooked last great love. Octavia Butler was a trailblazer. She was the first Black woman to write and publish science fiction at a time,…

You Must Take Part in Revolution: A Graphic Novel by Badiucao and Melissa Chan is a near-future dystopian tale exploring technology, authoritarianism, and the fight for freedom. In 2035, amid U.S.-China conflict and rising fascism, three youths pursue divergent paths toward change, confronting the personal and societal costs of resistance in a world where freedom is never guaranteed. In conversation with Jose Zamora, regional director for the Americas at the Committee to Protect Journalists.…

The Books for Free crew is taking over the tent, reading and chilling throughout the day. So grab a beanbag and settle in for a storytime session with your new B4F BFFs! Grades K-3. SPONSORED BY…

Careful what you wish for in Vanessa Montalban’s These Vengeful Wishes, in which a teen girl’s rage is ignited by a vengeful female spirit with a thirst for justice. The Summer I Ate The Rich by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite is a biting modern-day fable inspired by Haitian zombie lore that explores what happens when a Haitian American girl uses her previously hidden abilities to exact revenge on the wealthy elites who have caused her family pain.…

Enrique del Risco presenta El túnel al final de la luz. Cuba durante la perestroika,  una colección de ensayos y testimonios que abordan la revuelta cultural y social en Cuba durante la perestroika soviética y su posterior represión. Contribuyen artistas, curadores, escritores, directores de cine, religiosos y diversos activistas, ofreciendo múltiples perspectivas sobre este fenómeno. En conversación con Alejandro Ríos, Habey Hechevarría y Ricardo Quiza Moreno. Compra El túnel al final de la luz – Del Risco Compra Cubensis – Ríos…

Join poet and editor Pádraig Ó Tuama for a reading and conversation centered around 44 Poems on Being with Each Other: A Poetry Unbound Collection, an anthology that explores the beauty, complexity, and necessity of human connection. Ó Tuama, also the author of Kitchen Hymns – a tender collection that meditates on ritual, intimacy, and the sacred within the ordinary – will be joined by two acclaimed contributors: Denise Duhamel, whose new book Pink Lady: Poems is a vibrant,…

Inspired by a lifetime of activism, Catherine Coleman Flowers’ Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope is a collection of personal and political essays highlighting trailblazers who have fought for environmental and social justice. Flowers draws on history to illuminate and contextualize the most pressing issues of the moment, from climate change and human rights to rural poverty and reproductive justice. Ten years in the making, Alan Weisman’s Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World,…

In King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation, Scott Anderson traces the rise of religious nationalism, offering essential insights into today’s global unrest. With a spellbinding account of dictatorship, blind superpower, and world-shattering revolution, he delivers a bravura work of history and a warning for our time. Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour’s For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran’s Women-Led Uprising documents the Woman, Life, Freedom movement,…

This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. David Margolick’s When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy is the first definitive biography of the founding father of television comedy. At his peak in the 1950s, 20 million Americans tuned in to Caesar’s show weekly to watch his groundbreaking humor. Despite burning out quickly – a victim of exhaustion, addiction, and his own impossible standards – he remains TV’s first comic giant. Susan Morrison’s Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live takes readers behind the curtain to tell the story of how Lorne Michaels created and maintained the program that changed comedy forever.…

Join Carole Demesmin, Dr. Jerry M. Gilles, M.D., and Roxane Ledan for a profound reflection on Vodou’s ongoing role in Haitian communities beyond the country’s borders. Demesmin, a mambo and performer, embodies Vodou’s living legacy through ritual, song, and spiritual counsel. Gilles’ Remembrance treats Vodou as a cultural and spiritual archive of African inheritance and ritual reverence. Ledan’s Vèvè Vodou Haïti preserves sacred vèvè symbols that signal connection, cosmology, and memory. Moderated by Carel Pedre,…

The Last House Before the Sea: One Year on the Ebro Delta, del escritor español de naturaleza y viajes Gabi Martínez, contempla el paso de las estaciones, las marismas, las aves marinas y un horizonte implacable, pero no todo está bien. Azotada por el implacable cambio climático y la subida del nivel del mar, esta región se ve cada día más amenazada. Spanish nature and travel writer Gabi Martínez‘s The Last House Before the Sea: One Year on the Ebro Delta contemplates the passing of the seasons,…

Karmela Waldman is an octogenarian psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor. Her son, Joel Z. Waldman, is a successful broadcast journalist. Mastering podcasting is one thing; figuring out the meaning of life is a challenge of an entirely different order. Surviving the Survivor: A Brutally Honest Conversation about Life (& Death) with My Mom: A Holocaust Survivor, Therapist & My Podcast Co-Host offers insights into their frank, real-time, and on-air discussions ranging from child-rearing, aging, illness, and death to the secrets of enjoying life no matter how complicated it gets.…