Langston Hughes

Royal Flush

Naughty Bits

The Great Debaters

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Harlem-upon-Avon

Romeo, Juliet, and Melvin Van Peebles pop into the Carnival Center

Nas

"Don't Body Yourself (50 Cent Dis)" (White Label)

Cut and Paste

Beauty Shop is clipped straight from its predecessors.

Rhyme Time

Writer gets a jazz-filled tribute

Mind Altering

Feed your habit and get addicted to this new bookstore

Bossa Nova, Momma

The Girl from Ipanema takes a walk down Miami Beach

Funk Jazz Renaissance

Beside Biscayne Bay, these rhymers floss their souls

We Can Be Heroes

Two plays prove Florida does too have the talent for theater

Nina Simone, Goddam!

A sober look at the legend's return

The Image of Jazz

"In the House of Swing"

Dixie Chick

Pretty Fire

Poetry in Locomotion

Pretty Fire

Rotations

Pretty Fire

Adventures in Metaphorland

7-Elevens, Laundromats, bowling alleys, People magazine, the Discovery Channel, Elvis. Poet Campbell McGrath mines deep into pop culture and hits a vein.

The Voice of Haiti

Paris, Ghana, Senegal, Miami. Poet Felix Morisseau-Leroy spent half his life in exile, but his heart never left home.

Program Notes

Paris, Ghana, Senegal, Miami. Poet Felix Morisseau-Leroy spent half his life in exile, but his heart never left home.

White on Black

Paris, Ghana, Senegal, Miami. Poet Felix Morisseau-Leroy spent half his life in exile, but his heart never left home.

Ingrid B Seen Eating...Chicken and Waffles in B.E.D.

Courtesy Ingrid BIngrid B surrounded by fellow Soulcialites. ​Ingrid Bazin, or Ingrid B, is a host and promoter of three weekly events in Miami.  She fuses her passions for poetry and soul music into Soulcial Sundays at B.E.D., a live music dinner party and jam session; the Bohemia Room spoke ... More >>

Soul Food and Gospel Music at the Overtown Gospel Brunch

​It's going to be pretty hard to think of a better way to celebrate a pre-Mother's Day meal after you've read about the first ever Overtown Gospel Brunch.Bring your best church hat for lookin' fancy, a big fan because it's hot in Miami, and a loose dress, because there will be lots of chow. Brunch ... More >>

Overtown Gospel Brunch: Platters, KC & the Sunshine Band, and Red Velvet Cake

Bobby Stringer, who captivated the crowd. ​This weekend​,, dozens gathered in the 115-year-old Greater Bethel AME Church to witness the talents of locally born and raised gospel musicians.Amy Rosenberg of the Overtown Music Project, organized this beautiful event to support a jazz and blues resi ... More >>

Will Da Real One's murder left many questions

But a tight-knit group is ready to keep preaching the word.