CALENDAR
Improv Workshop
Join Art Prevails Project for a fun night of learning basic improvisational techniques, improve your confidence and come out of your shell.
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The Lit Lounge
Opening Reception and Artist Showcase for Our Voices: Festival of Words
An exciting night to kick off Our Voices: Festival of Words 2025. With performances by Purple Flux and more to come! And featuring music by DJ Rickyy setting the vibes.
Light bites and wine/beer with each ticket purchase
To purchase tickets, click link below
An Evening With…
Join us for An Evening With at the Broward County Main Library! As part of the Our Voices: Festival of Words weekend, writer, poet, educator, and organizer Mahogany L. Browne wil join us. This evening will also feature a reading by and conversation with Fabienne Josaphat, author of Kingdom of No Tomorrow. Don't miss out on this unforgettable evening! See you there!
RSVP for free! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-tickets-1144426734169
Our Voices: Festival Of Words
Our Voices: Festival of Words is an open-air Festival of Words at Samuel Delevoe Park and the African American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday, April 26, 2025, celebrating the power of literature and literacy.
The festival showcases local creatives and world-renowned artists, hosted by the Art Prevails Project, a not-for-profit collective that invests in creativity and literacy for all to prosper.
This year's festival features poetry readings and lectures featuring respected authors and speakers, including, Mahogany L. Browne, Ashley M. Jones and more.
Bring your blankets and chairs, and come by any time from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to enjoy:
🎵 Live Performances
🖌 Interactive Workshops
📚 Panel Discussions
🖼 Children’s Village
🤝 Small Business Market
🎭 Free Books, Food, & Beverages
View details on our website -ourvoicesfest.com
Grab your free tickets for entry. We will send you an email reminder.
The first 300 attendees will receive a voucher for a complimentary meal.
RSVP for free!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-voices-festival-of-words-25-tickets-1144446312729
The Mic Is Open
Come vibe with us at our monthly open mics featuring some of South Florida’s best artists!
Improv Workshop
Join Art Prevails Project for a fun night of learning basic improvisational techniques, improve your confidence and come out of your shell.
RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-with-art-prevails-project-tickets-630295459687
Improv Workshop
Join Art Prevails Project for a fun night of learning basic improvisational techniques, improve your confidence and come out of your shell.
RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-with-art-prevails-project-tickets-630295459687
The Mic Is Open
Come vibe with us at our monthly open mics featuring some of South Florida’s best artists!
Kijiji Moja
Kijiji Moja means “one village” in Swahili and this event promises to be an immersive experience, celebrating diverse cultures and fostering unity within the community. Event highlights include tribal storytelling, live entertainment, arts and crafts, a bounce house, vendors, and more. Come see live performances from some Art Prevails Project favorites!
The Mic Is Open
Come vibe with us at our monthly open mics featuring some of South Florida’s best artists!
Write It Out
Art Prevails Project hosts monthly writing workshops for the community leading up to our Festival of Words in April 2025.
Each workshop will feature exercises that explore community and identity and give participants the opportunity to creatively express their thoughts, emotions and experiences.
At the end of the workshop experience, some participants will have the opportunity to share their work at the culminating festival.
These artists will receive an honorarium for their participation in the festival.
Write On!
Write On! - Creative writing workshop
Come join us at the African-American Research Library And Cultural Center for an inspiring creative writing workshop!
The Happening: A Theatrical Mixtape - Vol. 6
Don’t miss the next installment of our annual, multidisciplinary experience. It’s Volume 6, and wea re talking Power to the People.
There are 6 shows over 2 weekends, so you have plenty opportunities to catch it. November 16-17/November 22-23.
Make plans.
Make a date.
See you there!
Our Voices: Festival of Words
Our Voices is an open-air Festival of Words at Roosevelt Gardens Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday, April 27, 2024, celebrating the power of literature and literacy.
Come by anytime from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to enjoy:
🎵 Live Performances
🖌 Interactive Workshops
📚 Panel Discussions
🖼 Children’s Village
🤝 Small Business Market
🎭 Free Books, Food, & Beverages
An Evening with Jericho Brown
Join us for a cozy night filled with poetry and conversation featuring Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
As part of the Our Voices: Festival of Words weekend, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown wil join us.
Mr. Brown will offer a brief poetry reading and engage in conversation with writer and storyteller, Nadege Green.
An Evening With will also feature the debut readings of the finalists from our Of House and Home playwriting contest.
Don't miss out on this unforgettable evening! See you there!
The Lit Lounge
Opening Reception and Artist Showcase for Our Voices: Festival of Words
An exciting night to kick off Our Voices: Festival of Words 2024.
With performances by
LaVie
Christell Roach
Alexander Star
And featuring music by Hi-Power Ent. and DJ Echo Slim setting the vibes.
complimentary lights bites and wine/beer with each ticket purchase
Our Voices: Writing Workshop
Art Prevails Project hosts monthly writing workshops for the community leading up to our Festival of Words in April 2024.
Each workshop will feature exercises that explore community and identity and give participants the opportunity to creatively express their thoughts, emotions and experiences.
At the end of the workshop experience, some participants will have the opportunity to share their work at the culminating festival. These artists will receive an honorarium for their participation in the festival.
Ages 16 and up.
Support has been provided by the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward:
David and Francie Horvitz Family Fund Harold D. Franks Fund
The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation Broward Community Fund
Black Odes Vol. 1
An evening of performances from and inspired by Darius V. Daughtry’s forthcoming poetry collection.
The Happening: A Theatrical Mixtape, Volume V - A Hip Hop Love Story
The 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop serves as the soundtrack for this multidisciplinary journey of the rhythms and rhymes of life, love and everything in-between. The latest in the Art Prevails Project's annual series, A Hip Hop Love Story takes the 'theatrical mixtape' to its next level while taking the audience on a journey of beats, rhymes, and life.
Our Voices: Writing Workshop
Art Prevails Project hosts monthly writing workshops for the community leading up to our Festival of Words in April 2024.
Each workshop will feature exercises that explore community and identity and give participants the opportunity to creatively express their thoughts, emotions and experiences.
At the end of the workshop experience, some participants will have the opportunity to share their work at the culminating festival. These artists will receive an honorarium for their participation in the festival.
Ages 16 and up.
Support has been provided by the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward:
David and Francie Horvitz Family Fund Harold D. Franks Fund
The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation Broward Community Fund
The Mic is Open
Come share the vibes at our open mic and artist showcase experience.
Grab tickets here.
Juneteenth Celebration
A celebration of Juneteenth in collaboration with the Old Dillard Museum and the Old Dillard Foundation.
Our Voices: Festival of Words
Our Voices is an open-air Festival of Words at Roosevelt Gardens Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday, April 22, 2023, celebrating the power of literature and literacy.
Come by anytime from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to enjoy:
🎵 Live Performances
🖌 Interactive Workshops
📚 Panel Discussions
🖼 Children’s Village
🤝 Small Business Market
🎭 Free Books, Food, & Beverages
Writing Workshop
Art Prevails Project hosts monthly writing workshops for the community leading up to our Festival of Words in April 2023.
Each workshop will feature exercises that explore community and identity and give participants the opportunity to creatively express their thoughts, emotions and experiences.
At the end of the workshop experience, some participants will have the opportunity to share their work at the culminating festival. These artists will receive an honorarium for their participation in the festival.
Ages 16 and up.
Support has been provided by the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward:
Community Concerts Association of Fort Lauderdale Performing Arts Fund Mary and Alex Mackenzie Community Impact Fund
John D. Ryan Fund
Antoinette Sherman Fund
A Fund for the Performing Arts
The Mic is Open
An exciting monthly event featuring poets, actors, singers, and a relaxed atmosphere in Ft. Lauderdale.
This event features live music, poetry and a visual artist on-site.
The Happening: A Theatrical Mixtape, Volume IV
The Happening: A Theatrical Mixtape, Volume IV: Black Like He is a tapestry that explores the intricacies of life from the unique lens of Black men . Through simple moments and complex emotions, a universal humanity is revealed and woven together with poetry, music and dance. Written and directed by Darius V. Daughtry and featuring some of South Florida’s finest talent, The Happening: A Theatrical, Volume IV: Black Like He is a journey filled with joy, struggle, love and truth.
Our Voices - Writing Workshops
Community-centered writing workshops that explore identity and well-being.
Art Prevails Project hosts monthly writing workshops for the community leading up to our Festival of Words in April 2023.
Each workshop will feature exercises that explore community and identity and give participants the opportunity to creatively express their thoughts, emotions and experiences.
At the end of the workshop experience, some participants will have the opportunity to share their work at the culminating festival. These artists will receive an honorarium for their participation in the festival.
Ages 16 and up.
Register here
Improv Workshop
Join Art Prevails Project in a fun night of learning the basics of improvisation.
Improv is a great way to improv social skills, come out of your shell and grow as a performer.
RSVP here.
The Mic is Open @ Cyth & Co.
An amazing artist showcase and open mic is kicking off at Cyth & Co.
Come to hear amazing performers and grab the mic, if you have something to share.
Grab your tickets right here.
**Suggested donation of $10 at the door OR $8 online**
Create Over Coffee
Calling all South Florida Creatives: Singers, Writers, Musicians, Visual Artists, Dancers, Actors, Photographers and More. Join Art Prevails Project at Circle House Coffee for a unique experience.
Bring your sketchpad, your notebook, your camera, or your drums. Because this is not simply a networking event, this is a collaborative session.
Sip your lattes over an impromptu photoshoot or jam session. Meet the person that you've needed for your next project. Create connections and the treatment for your next script.
That's what Create Over Coffee is all about: Providing a space for creatives to create.
RSVP Here