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Haitian Heritage Cultural Month: Passport to Discover the Beauty of Haiti

Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jean Monestime is inviting the community to experience the magic of Haitian culture, art, music and food by participating in the annual celebration of Haitian Heritage Month during the month of May. Highlights of this year’s celebrations include Commissioner Monestime’s Haitian Heritage Cultural Month opening reception, Taste of Haiti, Sounds of Little Haiti and much more. Locations, dates and times of all events are listed in the 2022 Haitian Heritage Cultural Month Calendar.

Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Join the Miami-Dade County Asian-American Advisory Board in celebrating and commemorating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. With the theme of "Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration”, there are various events throughout Greater Miami and Miami Beach celebrating their heritage. For the complete listing and more being added visit Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Little Haiti Cultural Center Celebrates Haitian Heritage Month

Celebrate Haitian Heritage Month at the City of Miami's Little Haiti Cultural Center (LHCC). The LHCC is celebrating all month long and there's something for everyone. This year's theme is "Our Culture, Everyone's History, Nou Toujou La". 2022 LHCC Haitian Heritage Month Calendar.

Jewish American Heritage Month

May is also Jewish American Heritage Month. The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU and the Greater Miami Jewish Federation are proud to be official partners of this national celebration! Click Jewish American Heritage to view their month of programming in celebration and commemoration or visit JMOF-FIU to learn more.

Israel Independence Day Celebration

On May 4, the North Miami Beach Library will celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut with Israeli music, kosher catering by Pita Hut Grill and music by DJ Moto. Click here to learn more.

National Day of Prayer Breakfast

The City of Hialeah in conjunction with the Hialeah Faith-based and Community-based Advisory Board will host a National Day of Prayer Breakfast on May 5 at the Mialnder Center for Arts & Entertainment. Click here for further details.

Kick-Off of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

You are cordially invited to the Miami-Dade County Asian American Advisory Board’s Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Kick-Off celebration and presentation: Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration. Held at noon on May 5 in the lobby of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center. Enjoy cultural performances from China, India, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and more. For additional information email Mr. Joshua Ho or learn more here.

Critical History Is Not Critical Race Theory

The Historic Hampton House is part of the Green Book Hotel legacy and important in Miami's history. CRT is detrimental to the real facts that have long been kept quiet. History is not something to be made up or whitewashed. History consist of truths that are at times unpleasant, facing the truth is Critical and is not to be shunned due to a select few being uncomfortable. Learn more here about the May 6 event.

Tee Up for the H.O.T. Challenge Golf Tournament

The GMCVB hosts their 29th Annual H.O.T. Challenge Golf Tournament, benefiting the Black Hospitality Initiative (BHI), Friday May 6 at the Miami Beach Golf Club. Focused on advancing economic participation for Black Americans in Greater Miami & Miami Beach’s hospitality industry, the BHI has awarded more than 450 scholarships & raised over $3.5 million in scholarship funds since its launch in 1991.

10 Days of Connection: Advancing Equity Through Mindfulness

Mindful Kids Miami, in partnership with OCYC - Overtown Center Youth Coalition, recognizes that mindfulness can be a powerful tool for creating equity in schools. It can be especially useful for educators and students by generating openness and clear seeing. Participants will gain an understanding of equity and how lack and advancement of justice for our most at risk impacts our community. You will be invited to explore equity through the lens of mindfulness and experience brief practices that strengthen balance in ourselves and our society. Overtown youth supporters, minorities affected by inequity, educators and mindfulness practitioners are encouraged to attend. Register here for the May 6 webinar.

8th Annual ELEVATE Moves to North Miami in 2022

ELEVATE. A Day of Being NICER | With a multitude of Workshops, Tools & Inspirations, ELEVATE provides an assortment of 45 min. segments all focused on Being NICER to your Mind, Body, Soul, Planet & others. This year Unity Coalition is proud to partner with the City of North Miami – bringing ELEVATE to the Enchanted Forest Elaine Gordon Park on May 7. Learn more here.

Little Haiti Online Book Festival

The Miami Book Fair presents online programming as part of the Little Haiti Book Festival. On May 8, there will be a celebration of the 100th birthday of two Haitian literary masters: Jacques Stephen Alexis and Émile Célestin Mégie with Arnold Antonin, Marc Exavier, Angelucci Manigat, and Lyonel Trouillot. On May 15, the Sounds of Joy and Pain: A New Understanding of Traditional Haitian Music, Konpa, and Rap Kreyòl with M. Mushy Widmaier, Georgio Léon-Émile, and Ed Rainer Sainvil. Learn more here.

Doral Fashion Art Design 2022: ART TO WEAR

Featuring Istituto Marangoni and DesignLab showing unique fashion sculptural pieces! Held on May 12 at CityPlace Doral, this event is the kick-off of the Doral Fashion Art Design Week event series, happening in Doral once a year. You will enjoy a show of lights, music, and a parade of sculptural outfits made of surprising materials and shapes. This one-of-a-kind show will take place outdoors on the roundabout at CityPlace Doral's main plaza. Purchase tickets here.

Free Walking Tours During Haitian Flag Heritage Week

Join Tap Tap Tours & Transportation as the offer free walking tours during Haitian Flag Heritage Week. Tours will be held from May 15-21 at 10-12 pm then again from 2-4 pm, meeting point is the Little Haiti Cultural Center. Ticket includes a complimentary pass to HistoryMiami Museum. To reserve your spot, click here.

Culture Crawl Miami Beach

Hit the street on May 19 and get your monthly dose of culture! Miami Beach Culture Crawl is partnering with the arts to provide a night of free, unique and unforgettable experiences. Every third Thursday from 6-9pm, Miami Beach comes alive with culture as arts institutions and venues open their doors to give you just a taste of what they offer.

Miami + Tech: What Does it Mean for the Black Community?

Join the Miami Dade Chamber of Commerce on May 20 for their annual symposium and business leaders luncheon. A fireside chat with also be held featuring AJ Yawn, Founder and CEO of BYTECHEK. To register click here.

Fountainhead Arts Announces the Return of Artists Open

Fountainhead is thrilled to announce the third in-person edition of Artists Open, a Miami-Dade County-wide open studios event offering the public access to over 300 artist’s studios across the county. Held on May 21 from 11am to 6pm, eventgoers can access a completely interactive guide at Artists Open that provides information about participating artists, their specific studio location, and social media contact details to stay in touch with artists pre- and post-event. Organized by neighborhood, the guide is designed to make it easy for local art lovers to discover new areas and meet with makers right in their own backyard. The event is generously sponsored by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Click Artists Open to learn more.

Miami Bayside Foundation host WE ARE MIAMI 2022

Miami Bayside Foundation will host the WE ARE MIAMI 2022 event on May 26 from 6-8pm. The networking reception will take place at The Historic Alfred I. duPont Building at 169 East Flagler Street, 2nd Floor in Downtown Miami. The annual event brings together community partners, small businesses, and supporters as they celebrate shared successes. The Miami Bayside Foundation (MBF) is a nonprofit organization designed to advance economic development in South Florida through the support of minority businesses and education. For more information and to purchase tickets click here.

7th Annual 20 Under 40

The Haitian American Chamber of Commerce will recognize the top 20 Under 40 young Haitian American Professionals in South Florida. Apply or nominate a young Haitian-American professional under 40 who has excelled in their profession, within their community and is a proven leader. Apply here on or before May 31.

14 Minority Owned Restaurants to Participate in Inaugural Formula 1® Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix

South Florida Motorsports (SFM), the organizers of the Formula 1® Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix and City of Miami Gardens, announced that 14 local minority owned restaurants will have a presence at this year’s inaugural event held on May 6-8 at Hard Rock Stadium. These new partners took part in a minority restaurant summit in November 2021 where they had the opportunity to network and get involved in the Formula 1® Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, a global event that will bring economic impact and unparalleled fan experiences. Learn more here.

Coconut Grove Sports Hall of Fame Museum "Meet & Greet & Tour Saturday Foodie Event"

Every Saturday from 12pm to 5pm, join the Coconut Grove Sports Hall of Fame Museum and walk through West Grove sports history, reunite with local Alumni, enjoy great food, music, and community spirit! Leadership Prep Foundation Inc. is the parent organization of the Coconut Grove Sports Hall of Fame Museum whose mission is to preserve, support, and promote the historical significance of Bahamian and African American history and cultural heritage through Sport in West Coconut Grove. Moreover, to advance the culture and heritage of sports seeded in West Coconut Grove and to recognize and induct its champions, sports legends, and community leaders to honor the past and inspire future generations for sports and life.

Experience a Tap Tap Tour

Become a local and experience history, culture and architecture on one of Tap Tap Tours' many unique tours of Little Haiti, Miami Beach, Historic Overtown or Little Havana. Tap Tap Tours foundation is based on education, with a goal to inform people of their roots and expose them to other traditional culture practices. These tours are led based on questions that are being asked, which allows the learning process to be fun, spontaneous, and refreshing from people to people. Additionally, tour guides are in demand and Tap Tap Tours is hiring, click here to learn more and be a part of this exciting industry!

Vizcaya Volunteer Information Session

If you have an interest in arts, culture, innovation, and connecting with people, consider becoming a Vizcaya Volunteer Greeter. They are exposed to the inner workings of this National Historic Landmark and contribute to the experience of more than 300,000 people each year. In this simple yet rewarding role, Greeters welcome guests to Vizcaya and answer basic questions about the estate. Click here to learn more.

North Miami Beach Street Market

The City of North Miami Beach presents the NMB STREET MARKET. Taking place every Sunday from 10am-5pm. Come spend your Sundays at the NMB STREET MARKET. Live music, food, produce, baked goods, artisan products, accessories, art, flowers, plants and more. Learn more here.

Botero at Full Volume

An exhibition on the graphics of the famous Colombian artist on display now through June 30 at DORCAM in City Place Doral. When we talk about Fernando Botero, we immediately think of those paintings and sculptures that, with their gargantuan dimensions, seem to want to overflow galleries and cities around the world. However, the thick figuration of the Colombian has also flooded a field of plastic for a long time that is sometimes considered, unfairly, a minor art. For this reason, to demonstrate that the weight of Fernando Botero is not lightened beyond the borders of the gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Doral (DORCAM), in coordination with Adriana Meneses Art and David Restrepo Art, is now opening an exhibition which brings precisely 45 posters of this artist obsessed with volume to the gallery. Botero at Full Volume.

Theater with Deep Roots in Black Community Will Get its Voice Again

In case you haven't heard, Coconut Grove's Ace Theater, which was built in the 1930s and was the heart of the Grove’s Black community during the Jim Crow era, will be restored and reopened thanks to a National Park Service grant. The Nationoal Park Service, in a new program aimed at preserving sites related to the country’s equal-rights battles, awarded $398K to the Ace Theater.

MOCA Relaunches Educational Programs

The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA) has relaunched its acclaimed public education programming for children and adults. The onsite programs include MOCA Teen Art Force, MOCA Makers and MOCA miniMakers. Learn more here.

Caribbean Market Days

In case you haven't heard, Caribbean Market Day is back every Saturday from 10am to 6pm. The market will have vendors selling their wares from all areas of Miami, South Florida, and beyond. Original art work, vintage and thrift finds, handmade goods, artisan treasures and more will fill the stalls of the Caribbean Marketplace in Ti Ayiti (Little Haiti) 5925 NE 2 Second Ave Miami, FL 33137. For more information and vendor inquiries please email lhcc@miamigov.com or call 305 960-2969.

Eco-History Tour at Historic Virginia Key Beach Park

Book a free Eco-History Tour at Historic Virginia Key Beach Park. Explore Miami's once "Colored Only" Beach Park and learn the story that began in 1945 with a guided tour sharing photos, videos and live amusement attractions. To book a tour call 305-960-4600 or email info@virginiakeybeachpark.net

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