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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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10:00 am
$150

Clase magistral con Jorge Eduardo Benavides: La novela histórica: mucho más que un best seller

Thursday, November 19, 2015 @ 10:00 am EST

La novela histórica, como suele ocurrir con las novelas de género, tiene características especiales, pautas que el escritor debe conocer para lograr elaborar una trama verosímil, efectiva e interesante. La master class pretende abordar el aspecto técnico de este tipo de novelas, así como ofrecer un panorama general sobre las grandes obras que se adscriben al género, desde Memorias de ...

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1:00 pm
$15 Ticket Required

An Evening With Gary Snyder

Thursday, November 19, 2015 @ 1:00 pm EST

The winner of both a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the American Book Award, Gary Snyder has been described as the “poet laureate of Deep Ecology.” Snyder began his career in the 1950s as a noted member of the “Beat Generation,” though he has since explored a wide range of social and spiritual matters in both poetry and prose. His ...

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Miami Against Humanity with The New Tropic

Thursday, November 19, 2015 @ 1:00 pm EST

As much as we love Miami, we know it can also be pretty awful. Join The New Tropic for an evening of group games with their Miami version of Cards Against Humanity  – a celebration of our shared awfulness. Submit your card ideas! thenewtropic.com

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Urban Oasis Farmer’s Market

Thursday, November 19, 2015 @ 1:00 pm EST

Urban Oasis Project's Farmers Market features local food artisans and the best of locally grown fruits and veggies, including the certified organic produce of Verde Farm, Paradise Farm, Bee Heaven Farm and more. EBT benefits are accepted and doubled up to $20 per day, putting the finest fresh food in everybody’s price range. Along with veggies, you'll find honey, smoked ...

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2:00 pm
Free

Contar el cuento: Claudia Amengual, Naida Saavedra y Odette Alonso

Thursday, November 19, 2015 @ 2:00 pm EST

Readings of short stories. Claudia Amengual, novelista nacida en Uruguay, biógrafa y columnista de la revista Galería del semanario Búsqueda, nos brinda su antología El rap de la morgue y otros cuentos. Naida Saavedra, escritora venezolana, crítica literaria, docente y consejera editorial de la revista Umbral, presentará su trabajo Vestier y otras miserias. Odette Alonso, escritora y poeta cubana, ganadora ...

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2:30 pm
$8 Ticket Required

The Moth StorySLAM: Only in Miami, Literally

Thursday, November 19, 2015 @ 2:30 pm EST

Tickets required: themoth.org Doors open at 7 p.m. Show at 7:30 p.m. The Moth, the acclaimed open-mic storytelling competition for true stories told live, comes to The Swamp! Have a story to tell? Bring it! Prepare a five-minute story about life in the Magic City and all the things that make Miami so... Miami. Come to tell a story, volunteer ...

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3:00 pm
$15 Ticket Required

An Evening With David Axelrod

Thursday, November 19, 2015 @ 3:00 pm EST

David Axelrod is an American political consultant and Director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago. Axelrod was a top political advisor to President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama’s chief campaign advisor during his presidential campaigns of 2008 and 2012. Axelrod also served as Obama’s Senior Advisor to the President. In Believer: My Forty Years in ...

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