/tags/lyric-theater Lyric Theater en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT /south-florida/2025-10-08/10-years-of-racial-healing-south-florida-people-of-color-builds-bridges-through-dialogue Chatting with Roni Bennett can bring up some awkward conversations. But that is her job. Bennett is the cofounder and executive director of South Florida People of Color, a local nonprofit that brings individuals together for discussions that might make them uncomfortable — discussions on racism, immigration, equality, and a few hundred other topics that are better off out in the open. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT /south-florida/2025-10-08/10-years-of-racial-healing-south-florida-people-of-color-builds-bridges-through-dialogue Stephen Robb | Biscayne Times /arts-culture/2024-12-10/the-ultimate-storyslam-is-the-grand-finale-of-miami-storytelling A storyteller lives in everyone. At least that is the philosophy behind The Moth, a nonprofit that is all about bringing the community together over a microphone to share stories. Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-12-10/the-ultimate-storyslam-is-the-grand-finale-of-miami-storytelling Carolina del Busto | Artburst Miami /podcast/sundial/2023-01-16/sundial-from-marching-with-martin-luther-king-jr-to-preserving-miamis-black-history The founder of the Black Archives at The Historic Lyric Theater, Dorothy Jenkins Fields, talks with SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä±'s Carlos Frías on Sundial. They discuss Fields' impact on preserving local Black history and the personal stories that led her to this work, like the time she marched with Martin Luther King Jr. when she was a college student in Atlanta. Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-01-16/sundial-from-marching-with-martin-luther-king-jr-to-preserving-miamis-black-history Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /art-basel/2014-12-03/on-scrap-wood-broken-doors-and-shag-carpets-purvis-young-painted-overtown Amidst all the new and cutting-edge art on display at Art Basel and surrounding fairs, an exhibition of late painter Purvis Young’s work is a… Wed, 03 Dec 2014 23:57:19 GMT /art-basel/2014-12-03/on-scrap-wood-broken-doors-and-shag-carpets-purvis-young-painted-overtown /culture/2014-10-16/new-tour-bus-takes-visitors-through-miamis-historic-overtown The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) and Big Bus Miami today announced a new tour route that will take passengers on a trip through… Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:05:51 GMT /culture/2014-10-16/new-tour-bus-takes-visitors-through-miamis-historic-overtown Pattrik Simmons /news/2014-08-26/how-a-historic-theater-is-using-band-camp-to-revitalize-overtown For the past few decades, Miami’s historically black Overtown neighborhood has struggled with crime and poverty. Sharing in that decline was the Lyric… Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:05:00 GMT /news/2014-08-26/how-a-historic-theater-is-using-band-camp-to-revitalize-overtown /culture/2014-02-07/renovations-to-lyric-theater-symbol-of-overtowns-cultural-history-unveiled The historic Lyric Theater, Miami’s oldest entertainment venue, symbolizes a time when Overtown was a bustling cultural hub: Jazz icon Duke Ellington… Fri, 07 Feb 2014 23:38:57 GMT /culture/2014-02-07/renovations-to-lyric-theater-symbol-of-overtowns-cultural-history-unveiled Nadege Green