/tags/little-haiti Little Haiti en-US WLRN Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-08-21/miamis-little-haiti-neighborhood-is-on-borrowed-time-a-film-is-documenting-it-all Mountains, the first feature by filmmaker Monica Sorelle, focuses on a Haitian American family struggling to get ahead in a South Florida neighborhood targeted by developers. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-08-21/miamis-little-haiti-neighborhood-is-on-borrowed-time-a-film-is-documenting-it-all Greg Allen /environment/2024-07-19/little-haiti-botanical-garden-miami-sale The Miami Tropical Botanic Garden, an urban oasis where members of the community can enjoy native wildlife and educational workshops, is one of the last green spaces in Miami. But the team behind it have to raise $4 million by September to make sure it's not sold off. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:54:46 GMT /environment/2024-07-19/little-haiti-botanical-garden-miami-sale Elise Catrion Gregg /americas/2024-05-30/little-haiti-womens-soccer-melchie-durmonay-champions Haiti's women's soccer standout Melchie Dumornay was just named the young player of the year in Europe's Champions League. It's a huge deal in Little Haiti, too. Thu, 30 May 2024 11:00:00 GMT /americas/2024-05-30/little-haiti-womens-soccer-melchie-durmonay-champions Tim Padgett /arts-culture/2024-05-03/little-haiti-book-festival-miami-political-crisis “We hear a lot about what's going on back home in terms of the violence, and the pain, and the fear, but we don't hear enough about ... how much beauty and delight there is in being Haitian and in growing up in Haiti,” said M.J. Fievre, a local author taking part in the Little Haiti Book Festival on May 5. Fri, 03 May 2024 15:01:20 GMT /arts-culture/2024-05-03/little-haiti-book-festival-miami-political-crisis Ammy Sanchez /podcast/sundial/2023-10-16/monica-sorelle-little-haiti-mountains-film-south-florida Monica Sorelle is a Haitian-American filmmaker from Miami. Her first feature film, Mountains, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. It follows a construction worker whose job is to demolish homes in his own neighborhood, Little Haiti. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:50:02 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-10-16/monica-sorelle-little-haiti-mountains-film-south-florida Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /americas/2023-07-20/little-haiti-miami-womens-soccer-world-cup The Haitian women's national soccer team, starting play in its first-ever World Cup this week, has brought sorely needed inspiration to crisis-ravaged Haiti — and to Miami. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:00:00 GMT /americas/2023-07-20/little-haiti-miami-womens-soccer-world-cup Tim Padgett /podcast/sundial/2023-05-02/unsolved-murders-haitian-journalists-south-florida Journalists Ana Arana and Oz Woloshyn, the hosts and reporters behind the podcast “Silenced: The Radio Murders,” join WLRN's Carlos Frías. The series is about the murders of local Creole radio journalists in Little Haiti in the 1990s. Tue, 02 May 2023 19:07:59 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-05-02/unsolved-murders-haitian-journalists-south-florida Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /podcast/sundial/2023-04-05/sundial-miamis-black-queer-community-receives-its-flowers-with-this-new-exhibit “Give Them Their Flowers” is a local exhibit paying homage to Miami's Black queer history and community. Loni Johnson is one of the participating artists. Her work focuses on honoring the people it was too late to honor in life, inviting us to remember and show love. She joined WLRN's Carlos Frías. Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:31:18 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-04-05/sundial-miamis-black-queer-community-receives-its-flowers-with-this-new-exhibit Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /arts-culture/2023-03-24/a-story-worth-telling-this-exhibit-in-little-haiti-pays-tribute-to-queer-black-miami “Give Them Their Flowers,” a new exhibition at the Little Haiti Cultural Center Art Gallery, displays and celebrates Miami’s under-documented Black LGBTQ community at a time when Florida’s government has become increasingly hostile toward Black and LGBTQ representation. Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-03-24/a-story-worth-telling-this-exhibit-in-little-haiti-pays-tribute-to-queer-black-miami Amanda Rosa | Miami Herald /podcast/the-south-florida-roundup/2023-02-17/supporters-of-a-little-haiti-centerpiece-deemed-an-unsafe-structure On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we looked into the four arrests that were made in South Florida in connection to the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 (01:03), the unsafe structure violations that the Caribbean Marketplace at the Little Haiti Cultural Center received (18:37), and Palm Beach County’s upcoming municipal elections (39:11). Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:17:04 GMT /podcast/the-south-florida-roundup/2023-02-17/supporters-of-a-little-haiti-centerpiece-deemed-an-unsafe-structure Helen Acevedo