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A historic landmark in South Florida, the Koubek Center remains true to its pioneering heritage—celebrating its multicultural community with workshops, art exhibitions, theater performances, literary readings, concerts and more. In addition to the mansion, the iconic space includes glorious gardens, the Koubek theater, the ArtSpace gallery, classrooms, and mini performance spaces.
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Women In Theatre
Welcome to the exclusive new membership for Women in Theatre! We are truly grateful for the success of Women in Theatre 2023-2024 Season. That is why we decided to plan 2024-2025 Season with more benefits and subscription options. We will have FIVE Panels, FOUR Workshops and a joint event with Women on Set, at Koubek […]
Baila Little Havana con Marisol Blanco Tuesdays and Thursdays 2025
La bailarina y profesora de baile Marisol Blanco va a ofrecer sus clases semanales de danza afrocubana en vivo en Instagram y Facebook todos los martes a las 7 p.m. Las clases de Marisol abarcan la historia, las canciones, los pasos, y la intensidad y la mística de la cultura y el folklore cubano. En su curso ella incluirá danzas tradicionales de salón tales como el danzón, el mambo, el cha cha chá, el pilón, el mozambique, el son y el casino; pero también el baile típico del carnaval de la Habana: la conga. Ella también enseñará bailes de la herencia afrocubana tales como la rumba (en sus varias expresiones: yambú, guaguancó y columbia), y de varias etnias y tradiciones africanas incluyendo Yoruba (de los Orishas), Arará (Fodunes), Bantú (Mpungos) y también haitiana (Loaces).
3 events,
Third Horizon Film Festival 2025
Almost every year since 2016, THFF has gathered filmmakers, film lovers, and members of our community to experience the art of Caribbean and diaspora cinema through a rigorously curated program of films, visual art, performances, panels, and other related events. As we continue to find ourselves in an era where a hegemonic establishment seeks to […]
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SHORTS BLOCK: JUST A DREAM, LIKE ALL OTHERS
SHORTS BLOCK: JUST A DREAM, LIKE ALL OTHERS
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Blood ties are centered in these four films, fictional explorations of the often fraught relationships between kith and kin—and one non-fiction twist on the old pledge, til death do us part. A Q&A with filmmakers whose work appears in this program will follow the screening. https://koubekcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/After-Sunday.jpg.webp AFTER SUNDAY By Omolola Ajao | 16 […]
L’OUBLI TUE DEUX FOIS (TWICE INTO OBLIVION)
L’OUBLI TUE DEUX FOIS (TWICE INTO OBLIVION)
By: Pierre Michel Jean Country: Haiti Language: Kreyòl and Spanish, w/English Subs Duration: 100 mins Year: 2024 Genre: Non-Fiction SYNOPSIS Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Quisqueya, as well as a hidden genocide. In 1937, Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo ordered the massacre of over 20,000 Haitian immigrants living in the Dominican […]
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En Residencia 2025
You Can Now Apply to En Residencia An Artist-in-Residence Program for Local Creators, from the Koubek Center at MDC The Koubek Center at Miami Dade College (MDC) is now accepting applications for the fifth edition of its artist-in-residence program, En Residencia. Applications will be accepted starting April 14 through May 31. Local creators are eligible […]
SHORTS BLOCK: WHY DOES THE AIR TREMBLE?
SHORTS BLOCK: WHY DOES THE AIR TREMBLE?
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Filmmaking as process is at the heart of these five films, memorably imaginative attempts at working through a variety of themes, and towards new ways of understanding. A Q&A with filmmakers whose work appears in this program will follow the screening. https://koubekcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/nobodysword_camara-taylor_film-still-6.jpg.webp NOBODY’S WORD By Camara Taylor | 13 mins | 2025 | […]
TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY, WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953 AND 1956
TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY, WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953 AND 1956
By: Abdenour Zahzah Country: Algeria, France Language: Arabic, French w/English Subs Duration: 90 mins Year: 2024 Genre: Fiction SYNOPSIS 1953, colonized Algeria. Frantz Fanon, a young black psychiatrist from Martinique, is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. As he puts his theories of “institutional psychotherapy” into practice in opposition to the racist theories of […]
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SHORTS BLOCK: YOUR HANDS WERE BUILT FROM MEMORY
SHORTS BLOCK: YOUR HANDS WERE BUILT FROM MEMORY
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Ancestral echoes reverberate across the films in this programme, embodying various forms of resistance and resilience, from the Florida Everglades to a Jamaican sugar plantation to the Amazon rainforest. A Q&A with filmmakers whose work appears in this program will follow the screening. https://koubekcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Redemption.jpg.webp REDEMPTON (AN EXPERIENCE IN THREE PARTS) By Mariana Luiza […]
SUGAR ISLAND
SUGAR ISLAND
By: Johanné Gómez Terrero Country: Dominican Republic, Canary Islands Language: Spanish w/English Subs Duration: 90 mins Year: 2024 Genre: Fiction SYNOPSIS Makenya leaves behind fun and dancing with her friends in search for work, after an unwanted pregnancy confronts her with sudden adulthood. The teenager lives alongside her grandfather and mother in the Batey, a […]
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Women In Theatre June 11 2025
Women In Theatre June 11 2025
Women in Theatre, una iniciativa de Simbios Art Corp en colaboración con el Koubek Center, te invita al workshop "El poder del movimiento", guiado por Jalymar Salomón. Más que una clase de baile, este taller ofrece un espacio seguro para mover el cuerpo y dejar fluir las emociones. El objetivo es trabajar la respiración consciente […]
¡Tómate una copa y escribe mejor!
¡Tómate una copa y escribe mejor!
Celebramos 10 años de esta tertulia literaria única con el poeta Carlos Pintado El encuentro será en la mansión del KOUBEK CENTER el 11 de junio, a las 6.30pm Tema de la noche: “Diles que no me escriban“ - un juego con el cuento “Diles que no me maten“ de Juan Rulfo. Embriaga a tu […]
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LA HORA DE NO DORMIR
LA HORA DE NO DORMIR
La obra que te enseña a soñar Sinopsis Llegó la hora de dormir, pero la pequeña Luly tiene muchas cosas más interesantes de qué ocuparse. Su mamá, cansada, espera con ansias concretar la última tarea del día: dormir a su hija. ¿Lo logrará? Entre cuentos y canciones, ambas deberán vencer a monstruos, sombras peligrosas, ovejas […]
Women In Theatre
Third Horizon Film Festival 2025
En Residencia 2025
SUGAR ISLAND
Women In Theatre
Women In Theatre June 11 2025
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