On Tuesday, December 13, 2011, Ambassador and Mrs. Kenneth Merten hosted the Center Stage program for Haiti at their residence. In 2012 Center Stage, funded by the Bureau of Educational and ... Read more >>
I grew up in Miami, a city with one of the largest Haitian populations in the US, but I’d never actually been to the country until recently. Over the years, I’d been exposed to a fair amount of ... Read more >>
Center StageSM Artists Announced Contemporary ensembles from Haiti, Indonesia and Pakistan will tour the U.S. in 2012
(Boston, MA – July 12, 2011) Sufi-rock bands from ...
Port-au-Prince was such a contradiction of experiences. This amazingly culturally rich city and country, in such an impoverished condition. The richness of the music, the dance, the ... Read more >>
Our Haiti advance trip concluded just over a month ago, and I’m finally writing about it. Here’s what kicked me into focus: attending an amazing concert Thursday night in ... Read more >>
The flight to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from the sleek, new American Airlines terminal at Miami International is just under two hours - not even enough time to get halfway through Graham Greene's The ... Read more >>
The Center Stage program was exciting as soon as I heard about it. As the Director of Arts and Culture at IMAN (Inner-city Muslim Action Network), I have a profound interest in the ... Read more >>
On our first night we were invited to a fantastic jam session at The Rock Musicarium – a spectacular outdoor amphitheater in a beautiful park setting just outside of town. Read more >>
