Coloring isn't just for kids. It's turning into a global phenomenon with adults. Why? It's a great relaxation technique, and anybody can do it. That's why artist and social entrepreneur Diego Orlandini is leading the charge for this new pastime with The Wynwood Coloring Book. The Wynwood Coloring Book is a stunning compilation of black and white pages inspired by ...

The Porch goes green and gets lush! Enjoy the beautiful living walls from Andromeda District and take some time out to admire the plants and snap a pic in front of the life-sized greenery displays.  Created to celebrate Miami's new generation of green living, Andromeda District promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world through the benefits of nature ...

Have a favorite Miami memory? How about a least favorite? Step inside the story booth and tell it. In partnership with WLRN and HistoryMiami Museum, the Fair offers the mobile story booth, a portable recording studio dedicated to recording MiamiStories. Your story will be archived at HistoryMiami Museum and might be broadcast on WLRN. The Miami Stories project encourages anyone ...

Wind down after work on The Porch every day during Miami Book Fair and play some giant outdoor games for happy hour fun during the week and throughout the street fair weekend! Come make new friends and challenge them to giant Jenga, Connect Four, beanbag toss, Checkers and more! Bring your pals out and challenge them to a game while ...

You’ve heard of silent discos and silent yoga, now tune your ears to the literary stylings of silent poetry disco. Relax in our Silent Poetry lounge with amazing poetry curated by the Academy of American Poets. Grab a set of headphones, take s eat and browse between three channels of simultaneously spinning poetry to find your favorite genre. Blue Channel ...

Large-scale Photographs By Andrew Kaufman aka AK Foto Step into the Porch and get transported to the streets of Wynwood with large-scale images from Andrew Kaufman’s portfolio. Photography is the most permanent and longest lasting proof of street art. There is no way to preserve street art except to photograph it before it fades, is toyed with, buffed or written ...

The Miami Foundation ignites Greater Miami once again in the biggest annual giving event in the Southeastern U.S.! The Miami Foundation and the Miami Book Fair join forces to celebrate the philanthropic impact individuals make to hundreds of non-profits with what else, but a block party! Drop by Lulu’s Nitrogen Ice Cream pop-up for a delicious after work treat!

Oscar Fuentes (a.k.a The Biscayne Poet) writes improvisational poetry on his antique typewriter, at the request of those in need of literary beauty.

Tickets $15 Thomas Jefferson is often portrayed as a hopelessly enigmatic figure – a riddle – a man so riven with contradictions that he is almost impossible to know. In Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed and Jefferson scholar Peter S. Onuf present an ...

Its Friday night and you could be at a club but instead you’re holding your cards tight, crossing your fingers and wishfully repeating to yourself “B15!” Grab a drink, pick your lucky card and play to win some Book Fair swag as Villain Theater hosts Bingo night on The Porch.

No need to head home after work, come out and enjoy a community BBQ with us!

Miami’s dedicated craft beer event organizer, Brewed Events brings their bi-weekly game night, Points Over Pints, to The Porch. Bring a board game from home, or learn a new one as you challenge friends and soon-to-be-friends in a friendly battle of strategy.

Write a story. Have a drink. Write a better story. First Draft is a monthly writing prompt workshop that turns happy hour into great stories. This is how it goes: participants are led in a short, themed writing prompt, then everyone gets some time to write their stories. Those who want to, will read their work aloud. We'll take a ...

Six words, one story, all yours. WLRN and Miami Book Fair celebrate the winners of this year’s 6 Words Miami competition, with a performance by the improv masters at Villain Theater. Each winner will read their six-word story aloud and Villain’s cast will turn that story into a 6-minute improv sketch. 6 Words Miami meets six minutes of comedy gold- ...

Tribute and celebration of Cuban poet and novelist Nivaria Tejera, with Madeline Cámara, María Elena Blanco, María Hernández and José Prats Sariol La Feria del Libro de Miami rinde homenaje y celebra la obra de la gran poeta, ensayista y novelista cubana Nivaria Tejera, fallecida el pasado enero. Con Madeline Cámara, ensayista y crítica literaria cubana, quien ha recibido las ...

Tickets $15 Jeffrey Toobin is one of the country’s most esteemed experts on politics, media, and the law. Toobin’s bestsellers include The Nine, The Oath, Too Close to Call, A Vast Conspiracy, and The Run of His Life, which was adapted into the critically acclaimed FX series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. American Heiress: The Wild ...