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Bea Hines' dream of becoming a writer wasn't encouraged by her friends and family when she was growing up. But she tells WLRN's Wilkine Brutus how she proved everyone wrong when she was the first Black female journalist hired at the Miami Herald.

It’s almost April. And that means it’s time for poetry to pop up in unexpected places throughout Miami-Dade County — thanks to O, Miami. The poetry foundation floods the county with guerrilla poetry all month where you least expect it. Carlos Frías sits down with founder P. Scott Cunningham to talk about what's coming up this April.

Jack Lepiarz grew up in the circus. He eventually got a serious job at Boston's NPR member station, but never stopped performing the whip tricks his dad taught him. Lepiarz recently said goodbye to radio and is traveling around the country performing his act.

Puerto Rican singer and songwriter Ileana Mercedes Cabra, also known as iLe, is set to play in Fort Lauderdale this week as part of her U.S. tour. She began her career as a teenager singing for the alternative hip-hop band, Calle 13 with her brothers. iLe joined WLRN's Caitie Muñoz to talk about her solo career and the inspiration behind her music.

Joanne Hyppolite made a career out of helping tell the important ways in which Black people influenced all aspects of American culture as a curator at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. She tells us about why she calls Miami home. We also hear from Rene Rodriguez, the manager of the Cosford Cinema. He tells us how he went from delivery boy to film critic.

Filmmaker Nancy Spielberg on how she uses her movie-making differently than her older brother — Hollywood director Steven Spielberg. We also speak to Miami Herald journalist Jacqueline Charles. She tells us why President Bill Clinton called her Haiti's ambassador to the world.