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The duo behind the Coconut Grove Arts Festival poster are partners in art and life Feb 01, 2024

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Signe and Genna Grushovenko are the artists behind this year’s poster for the Coconut Grove Arts Festival. The couple explain how they came to unite their love — and their artwork.

Artist Chire Regans searches for the truth in portraits, names and hair Jan 31, 2024

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The Black Lives Matter movement pushed Chire Regans' art in the direction of social awareness. From portraits of gun violence victims to sculptures exploring hair braiding practices, the new Oolite Arts resident hopes to spark change through her pieces.

How Snarky Puppy’s Michael League brings all genres to the table Jan 30, 2024

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Grammy-winning bandleader of Snarky Puppy tells us how breaking into Dallas' gospel scene and making his own band influenced his music. Now he's bringing all of those influences to the Miami Beach's GroundUP Music Festival which he co-founded.

The 'Queen of Cleaning' comes to South Florida Jan 29, 2024

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Auri Kananen has become famous for going around the globe and cleaning some of the messiest homes. Her book is titled “Happiness Cleaning: How to Embrace the Mess and Love the Cleanup.”

How artist Nathan Sawaya built a career out of Lego bricks Jan 25, 2024

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Nathan Sawaya is a contemporary artist who uses LEGO bricks exclusively for his art. His global exhibition The Art of the Brick comes to Miami at the Olympia Theater.

Best of: How a trip to Cuba - and music - taught duo Afrobeta about who they are Jan 24, 2024

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One of our best Sundial conversations: Tony Laurencio and Cuci Amador are the founders of Afrobeta — they embody a Miami sound. They star in the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Birthright," about their trip to play in Cuba. They join us to talk about that controversial trip and what it taught them about themselves.We originally aired this conversation in November 2023.

Musician Guy Michel on challenging the status quo and taking risks with his cello Jan 23, 2024

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Guy Michel is a Palm Beach County-based improvisational cellist and entertainer whose performances across South Florida challenge the status quo.

Broken promises in a Liberty City housing project are at the center of this film Jan 22, 2024

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In the new documentary, Razing Liberty Square, director and producer Katja Esson, explores how climate gentrification is affecting residents living on the highest-and-driest ground in Miami.

Catch us in the clouds with The Norton Museum's artist-in-residence, Nora Maité Nieves Jan 18, 2024

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Nora Maité Nieves is currently an artist in residence at The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. In her exhibit “Clouds in the Expanded Field,” connects her Caribbean roots to the skies above whatever city she might find herself in.

Drummer Willie Stewart of Third World takes us through Jamaica's 'musical genealogy' Jan 16, 2024

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Carlos Frías is joined by Willie Stewart, a music educator and the former principal drummer and percussionist for the band Third World.

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