Lunch Break is a multi-genre, multi-disciplinary program series that includes creative and scholarly activation. It began as a collaboration between the Public Humanities Lab and photojournalist Carl-Phillipe Juste (Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance, IPC ArtSpace, iWitness).
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Lunch Break brings together FIU faculty, students, staff and the public providing food for the mind, body and soul. We engage writers, poets, artists, filmmakers, academics, and changemakers from within and beyond the university, creating unique opportunities for networking and community engagement.
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August 28, 2026 12pm-2pm SIPA II 102 |
Finding Sanctuary in the Diaspora Dance Performance by Michelle Grant-Murray and colleagues |
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September 10, 2026 5:30pm-8:30pm SIPA II 102 |
Film screening of “Mountains” followed by a conversation with filmmakers Monica Sorelle and Robert Colom-Vargas. |
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October 16, 2026 11:30am-1pm SIPA II 102 |
The Creation and Activation of Archives This Lunch Break is a part of the National Youth Summit organized by the Smithsonian Institution. |
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November 13, 2026 2:00pm-6:15pm SIPA II 102 |
An afternoon of programming that features panel discussions about the connection between South Florida and The Bahamas, the Bahamian disapora and cultural tradition of Junkanoo. |
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December 4, 2026 12pm-2pm Little Haiti Cultural Complex |
Miami Art Week in Little Haiti Join us as we celebrate the start of Art Basel at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex. |
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Sept. 12, 2025 |
The Global Borderless CaribbeanDance Performance: A’Keitha Carey |
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Oct. 10, 2025 |
Film: "The Creole Pig"Film Presentation: “The Creole Pig: Haiti’s Great Loss” |
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Nov. 14, 2025 |
A Celebration of HaitiDance Performance: Nancy St. Leger Dance Ensemble |
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Dec. 5, 2026 |
Miami Art Week in Little Haiti: Immigrant Artists at WorkConversation: Curators Edouard Duval-Carrie, Carl-Philippe Juste and Marie Vickles discuss curating the exhibitions on display at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex and neighboring spaces. The talk was moderated by Dr. Rebecca Friedman (Public Humanities Lab). |
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Jan. 9, 2026 |
Visualizing the EverydayMusic Performance: The Florida Grand Opera Conversation: Professor Vanessa Charlot of the University of Mississippi in conversation with award-winning photojournalist Carl-Philippe Juste and C.W. Griffin about the art of capturing the everyday. |
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Feb 13, 2026 |
Curating the Caribbean & Its DiasporaDance Performance: A’Keitha Carey Conversation: Cultural curators Ludlow Bailey (Managing Director of Contemporary African Diaspora Art (CADA), Tayina Deravile (Manager of Girl’s Club) and Imani Warren (Filmmaker, artist, and curator of Black Beauty as Resistance) in a dialog with Marianne Lamonaca (Humanities Edge-FIU) about the curation of diasporic voices. |
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March 27, 2026 |
The Business of ArtDance Performance: Michelle Murray Grant |
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Sept. 20, 2024 |
The Global Borderless CaribbeanDance Performance by Nancy St. Leger |
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Oct. 18, 2024 |
Climate: Miami Heat RisingDance Performance by A’Keitha Carey |
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Nov. 15, 2024 |
Thanks. Giving. Hope.Song Performance by Florida Grand Opera Students, and Lucia Nunez and Steven Parnelle from Floating Woman |
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Jan. 17, 2025 |
The Soul of FreedomDance Performance by Michelle Grant Murray |
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Feb. 21, 2025 |
I Am A Man: A Delaration on BaldwinMusic Performance by Danny Mixon Conversation: Dr. Shawn Christian and Dr. Rebecca Friedman |
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March 21, 2025 |
March ForwardPoetic Performance by Janet Arelis Quezada Film Presentation by Oana Martisca Conversation: Isabella Persad, Sasha Wells, and Beverly Muzii |
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April 18, 2025 |
Being Human Festival: Celebrating Little HaitiSong Performance by Inez Barlatier |