Events for Monday, November 16, 2015
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Havana and Haiti: Two Cultures, One Community
Sponsored by the Green Family Foundation. Carl Juste’s compelling and dynamic images from Haiti and Cuba take over the walls at The Swamp! A Haitian-born American who grew up in Miami, and whose mother was born and spent her childhood in Santiago de Cuba, Juste uses his unique perspective to aim his lens at the space where the metaphorical borders ...
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Swamp & Porch Opens
The Swamp and The Porch open strong with music, food trucks, giant outdoor games and Biscayne Bay Brewing beers! Come relax after work or grab a drink before your Evenings With session.
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An Evening with Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley’s illustrious career includes her novel A Thousand Acres, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. She has written several works of nonfiction, including Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel and The Man Who Invented the Computer. She has also published a five-volume horse series for young adults. In 2001, she was ...
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Historias cubanas de tiempos oscuros: Gerardo Reyes y Fausto Canel
An evening of Cuban stories during dark times as the island faces an uncertain future, with Gerardo Reyes and Fausto Canel. Una noche de historias sobre la Cuba de ayer y hoy. Con el periodista colombiano Gerardo Reyes, director del equipo investigativo de la cadena Univision. Ganador de los premios Emmy y Peabody Award, además de un Pulitzer junto al ...
Find out more »Swamp Noir: How Swampy Can You Get?
Wade through the literary muck of steamy South Florida. The Friends of the Library, along with local authors Oscar Fuentes and Julie Tyler, present Swamp Noir, a curated night of poetry performances, film, and live jazz-fusion by the Swampsters. Connect with Miami’s mainstream and underground cultures, and exercise your literary sensibilities by writing your own shadowy Swamp scene.
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An Evening with Robert B. Reich
Sponsored by The de Groot Foundation. Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich. The Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies. He is also a founding ...
Find out more »Dos poetas premiados: Reina María Rodríguez y José Kozer
Recipients of the Pablo Neruda Poetry Award, Reina María Rodríguez and José Kozer share their work and their experience. Ganadores del Premio Pablo Neruda de Poesía, los poetas cubanos Reina María Rodríguez y José Kozer comparten un recital con lo mejor de su obra. Presentador: Alejandro Rios.
Find out more »Live Music: Oriente
Oriente’s signature sound features funky, guitar driven tumbaos, blazing harmonic brass, and explosive Afro-Latin percussion - fusing Cuban roots with blues, jazz, Caribbean, and Brazilian influences.
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