Sandy Dorsainvil surprisingly leaves Little Haiti Cultural Complex during Haitian Month

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Sandy Dorsainvil announcing publicly her departure from Little Haiti Cultural Complex

This is not the kind of news expected during Haitian Heritage Month. That Sandy Dorsainvil, manager of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, would be leaving the art and community center during the celebrations.

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After A Two-Year Pandemic Pause, The Haitian Compas Festival Gets Its Groove Back

Like everything that was put on the back burner because of Covid-19, the Haitian Compas Festival had to wait for two years before making a comeback. This year, the event will unfold over two days on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15, at the Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater.

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Mai: Mois du Patrimoine Haïtien aux USA

Célébration de la fête du drapeau haïtien à Brooklyn

Mai est, aux Etats-Unis, le Mois du patrimoine haïtien, le « Haitian Heritage Month » en anglais. C’est un moment important dans la diaspora haïtiano-américaine pour les compatriotes qui vivent au pays de la bannière étoilée. Le mois de mai a été choisi particulièrement parce qu’il correspond à la fête du drapeau haïtien, le 18 mai en Haïti. Dans la diaspora, c’est un moment de retrouvailles et de célébrations de la culure haïtienne dans des villes comme Boston, New York, Miami où il y a une forte concentration d’Haïtiens. Voici l’origine de ce mois du patrimoine tel que lu et traduit de l’anglais du journal haïtiano-américain en ligne Lunionsuite.

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Story Of Haiti’s Rebel Radio Station Told Through Performance At Miami Theater Center

Haitian-American singer Leyla McCalla unveils “Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever,” a multi-disciplinary work about Haiti’s iconic radio station, Radio Haiti-Inter.

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