In-Person: Sunday, May 5, 2024 at Little Haiti Cultural Complex
Online: Sunday, May 19, 2024

Miami Book Fair and Sosyete Koukouy are proud to present the 2024 Little Haiti Book Festival! Join us in celebrating the rich culture and literary talent of Haiti and the Haitian diaspora. This year, the festival will be held both in-person and online, providing a vibrant platform for authors, artists, and community leaders to share their work and insights.

LHBF features a diverse program that spans storytelling and hands-on children’s activities, dynamic dance and music performances, traditional Haitian games, and a comedy showcase. Engaging panel discussions, complemented by interactive sessions, will delve into thought-provoking topics. A community meet-and-greet provides an opportunity to connect with esteemed guests and local leaders from Little Haiti. This curated selection of events is designed to both entertain and educate, reflecting the festival’s dedication to cultural celebration and intellectual discourse.

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Frost Family Day: Earth Day Saturday, April 22, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Join us in celebrating Haitian culture during our Frost Family Day! Experience art-making, musical performances, storytelling, food, and fun.
The day's activities are centered on our Haitian art exhibition Everything, Earth and Sky.
In honor of Earth Day, the program includes workshops exploring Haiti's lush flora and fauna with artist Morel Doucet, followed by performances by Tanayiz Bertrand, and a children's story time presented by Educa Vision.

FIU
Modesto Maidique Campus
10975 SW 17th St
Miami, FL 33199

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Tuesday, May 25 from 12 - 1 p.m.

Join us for a guided tour of Everything, Earth and Sky with noted scholar Dr. Kyrah Malika Daniels at the Frost Art Museum FIU, Modesto Maidique Campus 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami, FL. 33199.

Dr. Kyrah Malika Daniels is Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Emory University. Her first book (Art of the Healing Gods, in progress) is a comparative religion project that examines sacred art objects used in healing ceremonies of Haiti and Congo-Kinshasa. Following the Haitian earthquake of 2010, she worked in St. Raphael with Lakou Soley Academic and Cultural Arts Center, a grassroots organization that develops arts-based pedagogy. In 2019, she was awarded a Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art. Her work has been published in the Journal of Africana Religions, Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, the Journal of Haitian Studies, and the Journal for the American Academy of Religion. Daniels currently serves as Vice-President for KOSANBA, the Scholarly Association for the Study of Haitian Vodou, and as a Leadership Council Member for the African and Diasporic Religious Studies Association (ADRSA).

Following the tour, attendees can enjoy coffee and pastelitos on the museum's patio. This event is free and open to the public. No need to register, just drop in.

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The grant will be used to launch the WOPHA Research Fellowship and other projects taking place during the 2023 partnership cycle.

The WOPHA Research Fellowship, made possible with leading support from the Green Family Foundation Trust, supports one exemplary research initiative by candidates such as scholars, curators, and artists, to be shared with the public through exhibitions and forums. The program funds the digital publication of innovative scholarship on women photographers from underrepresented communities.

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The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) is proud to celebrate Women’s History Month with the first-ever FREE GOSPEL SUNDAYS GOSPELFEST, featuring an all-female lineup of Miami’s brightest gospel stars and starring Stellar Award winner and Grammy nominee Lisa Page Brooks (@lisapagebrooks). For the first time, Free Gospel Sundays is taking place on Sunday March 26, 2023 at 2 p.m. at the Little Haiti Cultural Center: 

212 NE 59 Terrace, Miami, FL 33137

Join us for a full day of inspiring music and dance performances across three stages. WPLG Local 10 Anchor Calvin Hughes and TV/ radio personality Traci Cloyd will host. 

Admission to FREE GOSPEL SUNDAYS GOSPELFEST is free -- RSVP here.

GOSPELFEST will feature three stages of music and dance. The Marketplace Stage inside the Little Haiti Cultural Center will feature smaller ensembles and solo artists including Yahsuko, Glory Shalom, Merian Terry, Lady Christina Robinson, Deana Butler Rahming and Natalie Jordan Nixon & Family. The Courtyard Stage will feature larger ensembles, including Sherry Moses & Company, Francine Ealey Murphy & Company and Lisa Page Brooks. The Liturgical Dance Stage will feature a liturgical dance workshop with Dr. Constance McIntyre, artistic director of The McIntyre Institute, a panel discussion on liturgical dance and gospel music and liturgical dance showcases from dance troupes from across Miami-Dade County. For a complete list of artist bios, click here.

Limited spaces are available for the liturgical dance workshop; click here to RSVP.

Click here to view the full performance schedule for GOSPELFEST.

In between performances throughout the day, audiences are invited to enjoy food trucks and shop the local vendor marketplace in the Little Haiti Cultural Center complex.

FREE GOSPEL SUNDAYS is made possible with the leadership support of Rodney and Michelle Adkins, as well as the generous support of the Green Family Foundation Trust, Baptist Health South Florida, The Israel, Rose, Henry and Robert Wiener Charitable Foundation, the Friends of Free Gospel Sundays, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

ABOUT THE ARSHT CENTER’S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS

FREE GOSPEL SUNDAYS is one of the 10 ongoing Arsht Center programs committed to community engagement and deepening the experience of the performing arts for all Miami-Dade County residents. Having served more than 105,000 people throughout its 16-year history, the programs broaden community participation and open the sights, sounds and possibilities of the world through the performing arts. New programs include:  Broadway on Biscayne, a series of pre-and post- performance experiences giving audiences a closer look at the shows; and Club Broadway which brings together a cohort of teen Broadway enthusiasts for shows and workshops. Existing programs include: Family Fest (Presenting Sponsor: Baptist Health), a season of free performances featuring the world's leading family-friendly artists; The Heritage Project(Presenting Sponsor: Bank of America), a free salon series and annual festival featuring panel discussions surrounding performing arts and social justice in the Black community; AileyCamp Miami, a full-scholarship, six-week summer dance camp which uses dance as a vehicle for the personal development of young people; CommuniTea Dance, an annual celebration honoring Miami's LGBTQ+ community; Knight Masterworks Classical Conversations, a series of free lectures which give the audience insight into the musicians, composers and history of music presented in our Knight Masterworks Classical Music series; Accessing the Arts Residencies, art workshops for children and adults with disabilities; and  Arsht on the Road(Presenting Sponsor: TD Bank), a series of free pop-up performances that bring the arts into Miami-Dade County's diverse neighborhoods.