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Havana and Haiti: Two Cultures, One Community

Sunday, November 15, 2015 @ 12:00 pm - Sunday, November 22, 2015 @ 1:30 pm EST

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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1:00 pm
Free

A Man and His Typewriter

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 1:00 pm EST

Oscar Fuentes (a.k.a The Biscayne Poet) writes improvisational poetry on his antique typewriter, at your request on The Porch.   

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$15 Ticket Required

A Special Evening With 2015 Man Booker Prize-winner Marlon James

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 1:00 pm EST
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Marlon James's break-out recognition as the recipient of the prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize is no surprise to those familiar with his career. Born in Jamaica in 1970 and a graduate of the University of the West Indies, his first novel, John Crow's Devil, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for first fiction, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and was a ...

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Beer Pairing and Bites with 180º Bistro on The Porch

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 1:00 pm EST

Beer and bar bites go hand-in-hand, like your morning croqueta and café. Chef Ryan Martin of 180˚ Bistro prepares small bites that pair perfectly with the refreshing beers from Biscayne Bay Brewing.

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1:30 pm
Free

Paris is Still Burning

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 1:30 pm EST

Inspired by the legendary documentary film “Paris is Burning” and the queer counterculture it documents, this performance showcases prominent contemporary queer poets of color whose work explores social, racial, and economic injustice. This performance launches the Olympia Theater's “In the Lobby Lounge...ETC" series. With: Dawn Lundy Martin, Justin Phillip Reed, David Tomas Martinez, and Danez Smith. In collaboration with Reading ...

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2:00 pm
Free

A Sound Trip through the Florida Film Archives

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 2:00 pm EST

Come for the beer and bites; stay for a sound-and-image trip through Florida with a multidisciplinary installation by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at Miami Dade College and Obsolete Media Miami.

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Martí con nosotros: José Raúl Vidal y Franco con Josefina Ezpeleta

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 2:00 pm EST

On the legacy of Cuba's foremost poet, writer and patriot, José Martí. José Raúl Vidal y Franco, ensayista, crítico y profesor cubano, investigador de la obra martiana, es el autor de varios libros sobre el apóstol nacional, incluido su último trabajo: José Martí: a la lumbre del zarzal. Josefina Ezpeleta, poetisa y editora cubana, directora de la editorial Voces de ...

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3:00 pm
$15 Ticket Required

An Evening With Tom Brokaw

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 3:00 pm EST

Sponsored by The Buoniconti Fund and NBC6. Tom Brokaw served as anchor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. During his career, he covered Watergate, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and 9/11. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, three Peabody Awards, and several Emmys, including one for lifetime achievement. He also authored ...

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Homenaje a una vida creativa: Matías Montes Huidobro

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 3:00 pm EST

A tribute to Cuban author Matías Montes Huidobro with selected readings from his poems and plays. Presentación del libro Claves literarias de las letras cubanas: del areíto a la independencia (Editorial Persona) por el autor cubano Matías Montes Huidobro. Se le hará entrega del Primer Reconocimiento por la Trayectoria Literaria, otorgado por la Feria del Libro de Miami, seguido de ...

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3:30 pm
Free

A Little Swamp Romance

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 3:30 pm EST

"Once upon a time...in a land very near...was a swamp that was not actually a swamp but a living river. . .” Join Alma Dance Theatre and Christina Pettersson for a vaudeville-esque extravaganza utilizing shadow puppetry, video projection, live dance, live narration, and musical accompaniment in this charming example of magical-realism.

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