The Little Haiti Book Festival is a book festival produced by the Miami Book Fair and Sosyete Koukouy of Miami that features authors from Haiti and the Haitian diaspora, literary panels and craft talks, workshops for writers, hands-on activities for children, a film screening, a dance workshop, poetry, dance and music performances, and more.
Conecta Miami Arts programmed all the children’s activities as well as the musical and dance performances in collaboration with the Miami Book Fair and Sosyete Koukouy of Miami.
ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
- KIDS ART-MAKING STUDIO all day for hands-on activities connecting literature to arts and craft with GOGO MOAD (Art-Making Studio, all day).
- BOOKS FOR FREE! Courtesy of Miami Book Fair and The Children’s Trust’s Read to Learn Books for Free program. (Courtyard, all day)
- STORYTELLING Award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat reads from My Mommy Medicine. (Art-Making Studio, 12 p.m.)
- STORYTELLING Cancer survivor Tamara B. Rodriguez reads from Hair to the Queen! (Art-Making Studio, 12:30 p.m.)
- DANCE AND DRUMMING WORKSHOP with Yanui, founder and choreographer of Tradisyon Lakou Lakay. (Art-Making Studio, 1:30 p.m.)
- DANCE AND DRUMMING WORKSHOP with Inez Barlatier, a singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, recording artist, percussionist, folkloric dancer, actress and hand-drum instructor. (Art-Making Studio, 3 p.m.)
- STORYTELLING Stichiz, author of Tu Es Belle: You Are Beautiful: Abby’s Great Day, is a radio personality, an international award-winning entertainer, an artist on the rise, and a community champion. (Art-Making Studio, 4:30 p.m.)
- STORYTELLING Marie Ketsia’s books include Beauty Walks in Nature (2010), Songs from a Tower (2009), Keeper of the Sky (2007), One More Daughter, America (2006), Daughter of the House (2005), A Fish Called Tanga (2003), and I’ll Fly Away (1999). (Art-Making Studio, 5:00 p.m.)
IN THE COURTYARD
- MUSICAL PERFORMANCE with Michael Gil’s DJ Ma Non Troppo, a unique performance of ancestral sounds from Africa, Australia, the Caribbean and India mixed with electronic music. (Courtyard, 12 p.m.)
- DANCE PERFORMANCE with Inez Barlatier, a singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, recording artist, percussionist, folkloric dancer, actress and hand-drum instructor. (Courtyard, 12:30 p.m.)
- POETIC LAKAY with Mecca Grimo Marcelin: Poetry, drumming and positive hip-hop with youth breakdancers. (Courtyard, 2:30 p.m.)
- LETTERPRESS PRINTING DEMOS with Tom Virgin. (Courtyard, all day)
- DJ NICKYMIX (Courtyard, all day)
- RARA LAKAY — Enjoy a live percussion-based performance by Rara Lakay as you embrace Haitian literary life and culture. (Courtyard, 5:30 p.m.)
This event, which is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, will take place at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, 212 NE 59 Ter. Miami, and at Libreri Mapou, 5919 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL
