Upcoming Events

Join us for a discussion of this year’s title, SANDRA CISNEROS’ novel THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, a novella told in vignettes capturing a year in the life of a 12-year-old girl in a small Chicago community marked by poverty and limitation, but alive with beauty and resilience. A program of the National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.…

Sandra Cisneros’ iconic novella The House on Mango Street captures a year in the life of a 12-year-old girl in the small Chicago community that has shaped her. Get to know your own community and explore how our physical environments impact the identity and architecture of our cities and ourselves. Art Deco Walking Tour: Transport to the 1920s and ’30s  for a fun and engaging historical and architectural walking tour of South Beach! You’ll begin with the fascinating history of early pioneers,…

Saludo del Consul General de Argentina en Miami Marcel F. Gilardoni. La Feria del Libro de Miami del Miami Dade College, el Consulado de la República Argentina en Miami y la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española invitan al homenaje al escritor argentino Manuel Mujica Lainez. ______________ Adriana Bianco: profesora de Filosofía y Letras de Universidad Buenos Aires, Argentina, con post-grado en la Universidad de La Sorbonne. Miembro Correspondiente de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española-ANLE.…

Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…

Join us as we officially launch this year’s Big Read Miami during International Children’s Day at the 39th International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami, featuring face-painting, stilt-walkers, and carnival games; painting, puppetry, dance, and percussion workshops; and Comicópicos, an interactive and family-friendly variety show that’s fun for all ages! Plus, free copies of our Big Read title, La casa en Mango Street and Hairs / Pelitos by Sandra Cisneros, while supplies last. The INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL OF MIAMI is a monthlong celebration of Hispanic culture that this year features nine outstanding productions from Argentina,…

DESCRIPTION:La Editorial Unosotros Ediciones y la Feria del Libro de Miami invitan a un encuentro único donde se dan la mano la música y la literatura.En esta cita se presentarán cuatro títulos imprescindibles que replantean y celebran la riqueza de la cultura cubana. Acompáñanos junto a los autores en esta velada inolvidable. Abakuá. La huella sonora en la música cubana, autor Ricardo Oropesa Con una lata y un palo. Panorama de la música cubana, autor Tony Pinelli La invasión musical cubana: New Orleans,…

Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…

Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…

DESCRIPTION:Denis Fortún presenta su nueva obra Alma vieja, en conversación con Yovana Martínez Milián, escritora y editora. Alma vieja (CAAW Ediciones, 2025) es un manuscrito de sonetos y romances, del reconocido escritor y poeta Denis Fortún Bouzo. El libro es el segundo de una colección de versos rimados del autor, iniciada con el manuscrito de décimas Coordenadas ilícitas (CAAW Ediciones, 2023). Denis Fortún Bouzo (La Habana, Cuba, 1963). Poeta, narrador y bloguero. Ha publicado los poemarios Zona desconocida (Editorial Itinerante Paradiso 2007),…

Saturday, October 11, 2025 , 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. What is an image, and what can text entail? As an exploratory and interactive group, we will pay close attention to the nuances of these two words before excavating how they have been employed and evolved on the page over time. We will expand our original notions of these two crucial media, and how they can engage with each other. What happens at the intersection of image and text in creative work?…

Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…

Sunday, October 12, 2025 / 12-2 p.m. Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU (301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) Free, RSVP required. In this workshop we will learn how to write about family, tradition, leaving and finding home. All of us have heard stories about where our ancestors lived and how they and their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren have found a sense of belonging in Florida and elsewhere. Drawing on those stories, we will discuss how to write about home with heart. And we will explore how to mix true stories with fictional stories to create a story filled with wonder.…

October 14, 2025 / 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM / via Zoom In English and Haitian Creole. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of free and informal writing events where community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet for monthly themed virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Theme: Writing History in the Present Tense Step into the time machine of your imagination. History speaks—and in this workshop, it sings.…

MBF will celebrate America as the land of freedom and opportunity with author Marie Arana. LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing yet personal overview of the Latino population of the United States from 1492 through today. As the book shows, Latinos are not a monolith, but share a main commonality – their overwhelming and historically factual desire to be Americans and champion the values set out in the Declaration of Independence. Marie Arana was born in Lima, Peru. She is the author of the memoir American Chica,…

Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…

Join us for an immersive, multisensory exploration of the historic Jewish presence in South Beach, tracing the rise, evolution, and enduring legacy of the Jewish community in Miami Beach over the past 100 years. Examined through the lens of how neighborhoods inform identity – inspired by Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street – this walking tour delves into how Miami’s Jewish communities helped shape the cultural and architectural fabric of South Beach and invites participants to experience the neighborhood as a living archive,…

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary and Miami’s iconic Freedom Tower marks its centennial, Miami Book Fair – in partnership with the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) and the Genealogical Society of Greater Miami – invites you to a special panel exploring the powerful intersections of personal history and national identity. Arrive early to explore the historic building and discover how American history is reflected in its physical architecture and presentation of artifacts, oral histories, and documentary films.…

Join us in reading and discussing books inspired by MOCA’s contemporary art exhibitions. Each selection is inspired by our exhibitions and culminates in an in-person discussion at MOCA. Together, we explore great literature and enrich our experience with the arts. You can join our MOCA Book Club anytime by signing up here. This year, to kick off the 2025 NEA Big Read Miami, MOCA Book Club members will be reading Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street, inspired by the museum’s fall exhibition Diana Eusebio: Field of Dreams.…

Lihi Lapid’s latest novel follows the lives of two women in their first years of marriage and motherhood. One is a fictional character trying to live the happily-ever-after many imagine for themselves; the other is inspired by the author herself, relating the most intimate moments of her life. Both women start their marriages full of idyllic happiness, but as the stressors of everyday existence seep into their daily lives that spark of young love begins to dim. I Wanted to Be Wonderful is a tale of metamorphosis,…

Our climate, and our democracy, are melting down. But Bill McKibben, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing faster than any energy source in history – and if we can keep accelerating the pace, we have a chance. Here Comes the Sun tells the story of the sudden spike in power from the sun and wind,…

From New York Times bestselling novelist Daniel Silva comes a dazzling new tale of murder, greed, and corruption. Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has been awarded a commission to restore one of the most important paintings in Venice, but when he discovers the body of a mysterious woman floating in the Venetian Lagoon, he finds himself in a desperate race to recover a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. The painting, a portrait of a beautiful young girl,…