Mana Contemporary’s artist collective presents an evening of experimentation, collaboration, and mutual inspiration. Hosted by Queef Latina—designer, motivational speaker, educator, artist, entrepreneur, cultural promoter, kitsch goddess, and bearded drag queen. O, Miami’s “Palace out of Paragraphs: Prose Poetry and Flash Fiction”, a series of readings that focuses on the intersection of prose and poetry: the prose poem or flash fiction. ...

Pete Souza was the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama and the Director of the White House Photo Office. Previously, Souza was an Assistant Professor of Photojournalism at Ohio University, the national photographer for the Chicago Tribune, a freelancer for National Geographic and an Official White House Photographer for President Reagan. His books include the New York Times ...

Mana Contemporary’s artist collective presents an evening of experimentation, collaboration, and mutual inspiration. Hosted by Queef Latina—designer, motivational speaker, educator, artist, entrepreneur, cultural promoter, kitsch goddess, and bearded drag queen. LIZBO, an experimental arts and culture center (and spa), LIZBO showcases artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives from around the world. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors of The Porch by

Reclaiming "Sob Sisters," the old-timey name for female tabloid reporters, this Brooklyn reading series founded by three nonfiction authors –Ada Calhoun (Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give), Susannah Cahalan (Brain on Fire), and Karen Abbott (Liar Temptress Soldier Spy)–will bring laptops and cocktails together for a night of readings, talking shop, gossiping about agents and editors, and drinks. The night will ...

Mana Contemporary’s artist collective presents an evening of experimentation, collaboration, and mutual inspiration. Hosted by Queef Latina—designer, motivational speaker, educator, artist, entrepreneur, cultural promoter, kitsch goddess, and bearded drag queen. Montañé, is an experimental sound project by interdisciplinary Puerto Rican artist Rafael Vargas Bernard. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors of The Porch by

PLEASE NOTE:An Evening With Lawrence Wright has been moved to the Auditorium (Bldg. 1, 2nd Fl.) Lawrence Wright is a playwright, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of nine previous books of nonfiction, including In the New World, Remembering Satan, The Looming Tower, Going Clear, Thirteen Days in September, and The Terror Years, and one novel, ...

Mana Contemporary’s artist collective presents an evening of experimentation, collaboration, and mutual inspiration. Hosted by Queef Latina—designer, motivational speaker, educator, artist, entrepreneur, cultural promoter, kitsch goddess, and bearded drag queen. Jenna Balfe is a dancer, musician, performance artist and teacher whose work is inspired by the environment. BLCK Freedom Sessions presents Shenzi, a Miami-based multi-genre quintet that combines jazz roots, ...