Celebrating Betsy Writer’s Room 10th Anniversary Betsy Welcome by Lesley Goldwasser Hosted by Rosie Gordon-Wallace, DVCAI at The Betsy – South Beach, please enter through 1433 Collins Ave. Presented in partnership with The Betsy Writers Room as part of DVCAI’s bi-annual initiative to host thought-leaders studying, advocating for, and supporting Latin and Caribbean Diasporic art […]
Jeanine Cummins is the author of the bestselling memoir A Rip in Heaven, and the novels The Outside Boy and The Crooked Branch. Her fourth book, American Dirt, was an Oprah’s Book Club and a Barnes & Noble book Club selection. It has been translated into 34 languages and has sold more than two million copies worldwide. To attend virtually, register […]
Please join us online or in-person for a conversation with Michael Frank, author of One Hundred Saturdays, the story of Stella Levi and her once vibrant Jewish community of Rhodes, Greece. Frank’s novel delves into the culturally rich traditions of the Sephardic Juderia, whose members originally migrated from Turkey and Spain and who communicated in […]
History Fort Lauderdale, celebrating 60 years of stewardship of our community’s past by making our heritage accessible and engaging to residents and visitors, will present a free book signing and meet & greet with Donn R. Colee, Jr., author of “Legends & Lore of Fort Lauderdale’s New River” (Arcadia Publishing/The History Press), on Tuesday, January […]
HIV activist and “Busting Stigma” author Jesse Brooks will address the social issues of being African American, gay and HIV positive during “Black Men Speak: The Impact of HIV on the Black Community,” Island City Stage’s last Behind the Red Curtain public forum of its 10th anniversary season. This free forum precedes the South Florida […]