You could be a poet!  If you are intrigued by the storied art form of poetry and want to learn more about expressing yourself, then sign up for the free Lunch with Art-- Poetry Edition at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center. These monthly lunchtime gatherings are hosted by Sharonda “Eccentrich” Richardson, the #14 ranked female poet in the world! Expanding upon the success of the Lunch with Art visual programs at Bailey Contemporary Arts, the Pompano Beach Cultural Division is now offering this exciting new poetry version on the first Thursday of each month from 12:15-1:15 pm. Light refreshments will be served, but guests are also allowed to bring their own lunch. For more information and to reserve your seat, www.ccpompano.org.

He is the biggest and most accomplished artist to have been booked to grace the stage at Groovin in the Park in its 9 year history. He will join lovers rock King Beres Hammond and BBC radio broadcaster David Rodigan as performers at the festival that unfolds on Sunday, June 30 at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, NY. His name is Michael Bolton, a multi-Grammy award-winning, international superstar who has sold more than 53 million albums and singles worldwide.

A large and enthusiastic crowd turned out at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Saturday, April 27, for the semi-finals of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s Festival Song Competition 2019.

MIAMI, FL — National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019! Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $30,000 to Miami Music Project to support staff salaries and teaching artist fees for the Children's Orchestras, a free after-school instrumental music program for students in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Art Works is the Arts Endowment’s principal grantmaking program. The agency received 1,592 Art Works applications for this round of grantmaking, and will award 977 grants in this category.

The Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami (CCBM), Artistic Director, Eriberto Jimenez, is   presenting its annual Grand Gala Performance Giselle Act II, the most lyrical and breathtaking jewel of the famous 19th Century Romantic Ballets, featuring Cuban Prima Ballerina Lorena Feijoo next to Principal Dancers Arionel Vargas and Marize Fumero, three generations of Cuban dancers, beautiful costumes & scenery and full corps de ballet, in collaboration with Miami Arts Charter School under Valerie Barreiro and Diana Ford. Saturday, June 8 / 8:00 pm. at the Miami Dade County Auditorium.

The Haitian Heritage Museum Haiti A LA Mode Exhibition closed out with the Arts Innovation Talk (Arts IT) with International Photographer Marc Baptiste, moderated by Ludlowe Bailey of  Contemporary African Art Diaspora (CADA) the Marc's works framed the conversation on the role of imagery of  Art in Haiti, the Fashion Industry and the photography industry for the Afro American and Caribbean  place in propelling culture that shapes our communities and how they impact society.

Kingston, Jamaica:  The 2019 Jamaica Festival Song Competition will see its official launch being held this Thursday, May 16 at Emancipation Park in Kingston, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Jamaican reggae and dancehall star Buju Banton had another showdown with law enforcement last month after police raided his hotel room in Trinidad and Tobago’s capital.

The highly anticipated and critically acclaimed annual Deaf Dance Festival will be held at the Little Theatre in Kingston on Tuesday, April 30, beginning at 4:00 p.m. Organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Deaf Dance 2019 will showcase inspiring dance performances from the deaf community, as performers compete to take home a national title.

Kingston, JA: Last September Jamaican music ambassador Richie Stephens completed a successful two week Asian tour that took him to Vietnam, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Wynwood, Florida – For over two decades, the Haitian Compas Festival has created a pathway to bring Haitian pride to the forefront of the world. As the biggest Haitian Flag Day celebration around the globe, the festival is one of the top 10 largest outdoor musical events in the United States. This feat is met with the utmost appreciation by Noel & Cecibon Productions, who have been the leading promoters for Haitian music in Miami for over 25 years.

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Bridges are both symbols of cooperation and communication, as well as a real means of allowing people to move from one place to another, across a divide. When one of South Florida's leading dance companies, Dance NOW! Miami, performs for the first time at the Broward Center's Amaturo Theater, both meanings of the word will be invoked. Fresh off the company's recent tour of Italy, the evening, on Friday, May 17, at 8 pm, includes their signature sinewy and graceful choreography in the Broward premieres of their Bridges NOT Walls, (B)ORGIA: Decadence & Decay and Fire Within, Fire Without: Dido on the Pyre; and the world premiere of The Shifting Weight of Water.