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Freedom Tower – Knight Skylight Gallery

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November 2025

Saturday, November 1 @ 5:00 pm
Freedom Tower – Knight Skylight Gallery
600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132 United States

The Big Read 2025: The Roots of Freedom: Tracing the Past, Shaping the Future

Tour: Saturday, November 1 @ 3 p.m. Panel: Saturday, November 1 @ 5 p.m. As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary and Miami’s iconic Freedom Tower marks its centennial, Miami Book Fair – in partnership with the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) and the Genealogical Society of Greater Miami – invites you to a special panel exploring the powerful intersections of personal history and national identity. Arrive early to explore the historic building and discover how American history is reflected in its physical architecture and presentation of artifacts,…

Saturday, November 22 @ 11:00 am
Freedom Tower – Knight Skylight Gallery
600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132 United States

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CHILDREN OF OPERATION PETER PAN: EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEYS – FICTION

In The Five Seekers, Dr. Rolando M. Ochoa, Ph.D., weaves historical facts into a fictional story. Embodied in five children who migrated alone to the United States through Operación Pedro Pan/Operation Peter Pan, Ochoa portrays the experiences of many families who left Cuba in the early 1960s. It’s a story that traces their journeys from an orphanage to becoming successful, educated men and women. Buy The Five Seekers – Ochoa…

Saturday, November 22 @ 12:30 pm
Freedom Tower – Knight Skylight Gallery
600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Alberto Muller

FIDEL VS. CHE: AN UNHEEDED LAST GASP – NONFICTION

Cuban-born writer and journalist Alberto Müller notes in Why Fidel Abandoned Che? that when Che Guevara was captured and executed in Bolivia, his final guerrilla adventure after previous failures in Argentina and Congo, he died bootless, hungry, without his asthma medications, and having lost most of his men, all pointing to his total abandonment by Fidel Castro and his regime. Buy Why Fidel Abandoned Che? – Müller…

Saturday, November 22 @ 2:00 pm
Freedom Tower – Knight Skylight Gallery
600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Wendy Guerra

GROWING UP IN FIDEL CASTRO’S CUBA – FICCIÓN/FICTION

Everyone Leaves: A Novel de Wendy Guerra sigue a Nieve en la Cuba de 1978 mientras recurre a su diario, su única constante en una vida de pérdida, abuso y agitación. Arrancada de su madre, obligada a vivir en el hogar de su padre abusivo y consagrada como “pionera revolucionaria”, Nieve registra las duras verdades de crecer en la Cuba de Fidel Castro, revelando la traición de la revolución a las mujeres. Acompaña a Guerra en la conversación la periodista y autora Mirta Ojito,…

Sunday, November 23 @ 11:00 am
Freedom Tower – Knight Skylight Gallery
600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132 United States

A career-spanning monograph, Pepe Mar: Myth & Magic is a portal into Pepe Mar’s universe of myth-making, queer alchemy, and visual storytelling that draws from underground culture, fashion, and folklore. Featuring penetrating essays by leading curators and scholars that include Lawrence Rinder, Evan Garza, Yuval Etgar, Amy Galpin, and Joanna Robotham. The book accompanies an exhibition at the Tampa Museum of Art. Joining Mar in conversation is Robotham, the museum’s curator of modern and contemporary art.…

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Sunday, November 23 @ 12:30 pm
Freedom Tower – Knight Skylight Gallery
600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132 United States

ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD: A HISTORY IN IMAGES – NONFICTION

Florida-based photographer Anastasia Samoylova’s Atlantic Coast retraces Berenice Abbott’s 1954 photographic journey on historic U.S. Route 1 along the Eastern Seaboard, documenting dislocation, loss, and a shifting American dream. Working in color and black and white, Samoylova ventures on her own journey to revisit those communities transformed by the interstate and the expansion of industry, commerce, and development. Moderated by Ricardo Mor, arts journalist and curator.   SPONSORED BY     Buy Atlantic Coast – Samoylova…

Sunday, November 23 @ 2:00 pm
Freedom Tower – Knight Skylight Gallery
600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132 United States

HOW DID MIAMI’S ART BOOM HAPPEN & WHAT’S NEXT? – NONFICTION

In Miami’s Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence, journalist and art critic Elisa Turner draws from more than 100 of her best profiles, reviews, and stories to capture the evolution of Miami’s visual arts community before and after the inaugural Art Basel Miami Beach in 2002. Joining her to discuss how their careers moved forward during the years chronicled in the book – and what the future may hold in these challenging times – are María Martínez-Cañas,…

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