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Read More“Literally Everyone’s Invited: An Ode to South Florida”
TOM HUDSON is WLRN’s Senior Economics Editor and Special Correspondent. MELODY SANTIAGO CUMMINGS is the Executive Director of O, Miami. We discuss O, Miami’s new book, “Literally Everyone’s Invited: An Ode to South Florida,” and the huge success of ZipOdes.
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Read MoreArturo Chacón Cruz Performs at the Richard Tucker Gala
Hailing from Sonora, Mexico, winner of the 2024 International Opera Awards coveted “Readers’ Award”, Mexican-American tenor ARTURO CHACÓN-CRUZ (b. 1977) is recognized as one of the leading operatic tenors of his generation.
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Read MoreArt Critic Elisa Turner: “Miami’s Art Boom”
ELISA TURNER is an award-winning art critic and journalist based in Miami. In October 2025 her book, “Miami’s Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence,” was published by the University Press of Florida. It chronicles the city’s art scene from 1987 to 2007.
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Read MoreArtist Solomon Souza Wears a Coat of Many Colors
SOLOMON SOUZA is a British-Israeli street artist. He is best known for spray painting portraits of contemporary and historical figures on the metal shutters of the Mahane Yehuda Market (“The Shuk”) in Jerusalem, turning them into an after-hours attraction.
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Read MoreRebecca Friedman: From History to Public Humanities
DR. REBECCA FRIEDMAN is the Founding Director of the Public Humanities Lab (PHL) and a Professor of History at Florida International University.
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Read MoreTrailblazer Clyde Scott
CLYDE SCOTT is a director and projection designer currently based in Miami Beach, FL. He currently serves as Senior VP and Creative Director of New World Symphony Media.
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Read MoreJustine Chichester Leveraging Her Platforms
“Some of my fondest memories are on the stage. From Shakespeare soliloquies while getting my BFA from Florida International University (FIU), to dancing in the musical “Chicago” at the Gusman Theatre in downtown Miami. In September 2014, however, I discovered the role I believe I was born to play. Survivor. I suffered a spinal cord injury and hydrocephalus after a fall in the rain.”
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Read MoreTruth of a Portrait at the Historic Hampton House Museum
YIGAL OZERI is an Israeli-born and raised photorealist painter based in New York City. Ozeri’s work has been exhibited extensively around the world in seminal galleries and museums.
ETHAN COHEN is a collector and art dealer based in New York City who specializes in contemporary Chinese art and contemporary African art. He was one of the first western dealers to sell work by contemporary Japanese and Chinese artists including Ushio Shinohara and Ai Weiwei.
