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The Ras Box

@therasbox.bsky.social

No filters. No fantasies. Just truth.
“Section 8” by The Ras Box paints the picture of Miami housing life through raw hip-hop storytelling.
🔥 Add it to your next Story or Reel (search Section 8 The Ras Box)
🎧 TheRasBox.com

#TheRasBox #Section8 #RealityRap

December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM

Stashbox

@stashbox.bsky.social

No filters. No fantasies. Just truth.
“Section 8” by The Ras Box paints the picture of Miami housing life through raw hip-hop storytelling.
🔥 Add it to your next Story or Reel (search Section 8 The Ras Box)
🎧 TheRasBox.com

#TheRasBox #Section8 #RealityRap

December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM

miac27.bsky.social

@miac27.bsky.social

Miami Art Week brings our community together through creativity, climate awareness, storytelling, and innovation.

Join us Dec 1 & Dec 4 for five dynamic panels hosted at the Biltmore and the Coral Gables Museum.

➡️ www.miamiartweek.org

November 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM

donated words poetry

@donatedwords.bsky.social

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough!

PAGE 16: “Sheltered” by @midwesternskirt.bsky.social

donated words
@mishiepoet.bsky.social APRICITY
Kashiana Singh WOMB
Melinda Farrar PERMISSION
word challenge: cold word
word choice: cooled

free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

square image with black background and black border. a digital book page is at the center. the page is white with black text. the title of a poem, “Sheltered,” is at the top left of the page. poem text is as follows:
Sheltered

Beyond the hill the shed
sits drab. Tilted to sun-
up, the rough roof wears

worn sandpaper. No
garnet. This less-gem
was once gun-struck. Saw

gardens in full green
dotted with daisies, tomato
orange and wilted

peppers and smelled dead
dog under the dirt lump.
Basked in February’s apricity

that baked and cooled
old wood until bowed,
swollen, eased again, then

splintered. Youth climbed
out of the lea’s womb
onto the eyes of it; seated

upon great panes. Masts,
swells and monsters
floated the grassier seas

of spring. The mission was
no permission and true
dare: jumped and hid

the spoiled apples
of kneecaps scraped
by scraps in escape

from the family’s branch.

K Weber

long rectangular box, longer horizontally, is at the bottom of the page. has a black border and white background. black text reads the donated words author used: apricity womb permission and then a blue underlined jump link to the donated words list. then the name of the challenge “include a word related to cold" and the author’s word choice: cooled
page number 16 is in black text at bottom center of page

white square image with black text reads:
K Weber obtained her BA in Poetry from Miami University. Her words have been featured in publications such as Stone Circle Review, Exacting Clam, Writer's Digest, Memoir Mixtapes, HNDL Magazine and more! Including daylight & tenfold orioles, K has self-published 12 free, PDF-based writing collections (some have audio versions with original soundscapes and K reading aloud). 8 of these are online projects featuring donated words (& more!) in collaboration with hundreds of people since 2018. Her publishing credits and online books are at kweberandherwords.com. She has recently been a featured guest on several episodes of the They're Just Records podcast.

white square image with black text reads:

Page 16 features the poem “Sheltered” by K Weber. I guess that’s me! I incorporated the following words into this piece:
APRICITY donated by Marie Marchand
WOMB donated by Kashiana Singh
PERMISSION donated by Melinda Farrar
word challenge: cold word
word choice: cooled
sheds were so mysterious to me as a child. we were told not to go inside for fear of getting hurt by the contents within. but outside, we played all around, and sometimes on top of, these little unsteady buildings. this isn’t the first poem i have written about a shed on my grandparents’ property! they had 3 sheds total and each was a little more dilapidated than the other! i breached 2 of them but only got a quick peek. trying to write a poem about foggy memories is interesting because some of the fiction feels pretty real. and play as a child lets the imagination pulse so vividly. i was always storytelling myself. some of the unreal has become half-truth in my poetry. thank goodness for poetry to encapsulate some of that good stuff.

November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM

Miami Today

@miamitodaynews.com

Miami New Drama opener tells of a mysterious photo album

Miami New Drama has unveiled its season lineup of new works, continuing its tradition of original storytelling.

www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/11/12/m...

Miami New Drama opener tells of a mysterious photo album

Miami New Drama has unveiled its season lineup of new works, continuing its tradition of original storytelling. This season will be anchored in world premieres at the Colony Theatre at 1040 Lincoln...

www.miamitodaynews.com

November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM

AngelKat

@angelkat.bsky.social

📚 The Lincoln Highway
🛣️ 🛣️ 🛣️ 🛣️ 🛣️ 1954, 4 young men & a boy headed on a 10 day road trip intended to be along The Lincoln Highway. So many detours. So much a metaphor for life. President Lincoln & references to him play key parts in this masterpiece of storytelling. Highly, highly recommend.

Book Cover: The Lincoln Highway, written by Amor Towles. Ever since I read A Gentleman In Moscow, I’ve known I wanted to read all of Mr. Towles books. I’ve not been disappointed and this one is no exception. Such a storyteller he is - this one is long at 576 pages, but oh so worth the read. Learned a lot about the Lincoln Highway of which I’d never heard. Like: (Source: Lincoln Highway Association)

“The Lincoln Highway, dedicated in 1913, was the first transcontinental highway in the United States designed for automobiles. The 3,000-mile route stretched from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. The highway was named after President Abraham Lincoln and was the brainchild of Carl Fisher, who also created the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Miami Beach.”

Here’s link to a great review about the book:

https://sevencircumstances.com/2022/05/06/its-only-ten-days-but-it-feels-like-forever-the-lincoln-highway-by-amor-towles/

Source: https://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/map/

November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM

madame-noire.bsky.social

@madame-noire.bsky.social

The 30th American Black Film Festival returns to Miami Beach with Emmy and Oscar winner Regina King as Festival Ambassador, championing bold storytelling and Black creativity.

#MadameNoireHeadlines l Read More: https://bit.ly/4p1ST9b
📸: Variety / Getty

November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM

åge 🦭

@aage.bsky.social

2: Hotline Miami 2 is a misunderstood masterpiece, it was just unfairly maligned on release because it tried to deepen and expand on Hotline Miami's gameplay and storytelling in a way that created too much friction for fans who just wanted more brainless melee attack spam with a simple revenge plot.

November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧

@charliejane.bsky.social

East Coast peeps! I am coming to you!

MONDAY I'll be at Franklin Park in Brooklyn.

11/17-11/18: JMU & Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, VA

11/19: Little District Books & As You Are in DC

11/20: Trans Day of Remembrance @ GMU followed by the Arthur C. Clarke Awards

11/22-11/23: Miami Book Fair!

A photo of Charlie Jane wearing a pink starfleet uniform against a pink background

FRANKLIN PARK READING SERIES. Monday Nov. 10, 8-10 PM. Photos of CJA, Brandon Taylor, Jaquira Diaz, Laura Venita Green, Jennifer Hope Choi and Sam Munson

A photo of CJA inside a weird bubble in a storm. LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER: THE POWER OF STORYTELLING WITH CHARLIE JANE ANDERS. Reading & Talk, Monday 11/17 7-8 PM, Parentheses Books, Drop In Book Chat, Tues 11/18., 3:30, Keezell 307. Plus JMU logos and the cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster

A photo of Charlie Jane wearing a pink dress in front of a gray park bench. Text says Author Event: CJA. Nov 19 at 7 PM @ As You Are

November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM

Ellis Arcwolf (Author)

@arcwolf.substack.com

Born in Miami to Colombian/Cuban immigrants. 🏔️🏝️✈️

I have degrees in English, Philosophy, and Clinical Psychology (LPC). For 9 years, I’ve served at-risk populations. 🏫👩‍⚕️🩹

My storytelling began as a way to soothe childhood trauma, a practice that now fuels my novels and RP events (like in FFXIV). ✍🏼📚🌠

October 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM

Entropy Digital Entertainment

@entropyde.bsky.social

2️⃣ Miami Paradise

Sunlight, silicone, and scandal.

Live the fast life in a city where every connection can turn into an obsession.

Open-world freedom meets NSFW storytelling in this tropical sandbox fantasy.

#NSFWGaming

October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM

Pot Culture Magazine

@potculturemagazine.com

#SecondSesh Chronicling Chaos: Billy Corben’s Take on Crime, Culture, and Controversy (11-25-24) From the archives, Billy Corben breaks down Miami’s madness and his unfiltered storytelling style. wp.me/pflf86-1qy
#PotCultureMagazine #420Community #CannabisCulture

Filmmaker, Bily Corben, stands in front of a bright yellow Miami Film Festival backdrop wearing a black leather jacket, jeans, and a black T-shirt that reads “one who tells stories.” He has short dark hair, glasses, and a relaxed smile. The image credit reads: Image: MiamiFilmFestival/CC.

October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM

#DailyAlbumReviews

@dailyalbumreviews.bsky.social

#DailyAlbumReviews
1113.
Like A Rock.
Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band.
1986.
RESULTS
Favourite: Like A Rock, Miami, It’s You.
Least: Tightrope.
Final Score
10Songs 43Min
Likes: 7
Dislikes: 3
Sound: Piano based.
Comments: Heartland storytelling.

October 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM

Miami New Times

@miaminewtimes.com

Are you plugged into social media platforms? Do you love journalism and storytelling? Miami New Times is hiring a social media editor to usher in the next generation of loyal news readers. 📱

Learn more about this position 👉 miaminewtimes.com/about/careers

August 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Carofineis56

@carolinesphotos.bsky.social

The Dali Museum, Outside In, new murals inspired by Dali. #stpete

Mural by Chad Mize

Chad Mize, St. Petersbug, co-founded the annual SHINE Mural Festival.
His mural channels the spirit of Dali through his signature free-flow doodle style. He says the piece pays homage to specific images within
Dali's work while injecting "humorous twists."

Mural by Greg Mike

GREG MIKE
Greg Mike is an Atlanta-based artist whose vibrant murals and studio works fuse the playful energy of mid-century cartoons with a surreal pop aesthetic. Deeply influenced by skate culture and street art, he has created murals in cities like Miami, San Francisco and the Swiss Alps, and exhibits internationally in galleries across Paris, Shanghai, New York and beyond.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is a vibrant fusion of visual storytelling and dynamic forms, inviting viewers into a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Influenced by the surreal, I explore color, texture and perspective to create immersive environments that challenge perceptions. Salvador Dali has been an enduring inspiration, offering a world where the boundaries of reality dissolve. His ability to blend the familiar with the fantastic has deeply influenced my approach. With this mural, I channel his spirit of wonder and imagination. Just as Dali's works are filled with details that reveal themselves over time, this mural offers layers of discovery, inviting viewers to explore and get lost in the scene. By integrating the Museum's architecture into the design, this mural is like a natural extension of the space, growing organically from the walls. It blurs boundaries between art, gallery walls and imagination - much like Dali's own pieces.
My goal is to honor his legacy by creating a world where
anything is possible.
I am standing in the middle of the mural doing the one-legged star joga pose

Naomi Haverland, Orlando, specializes in hyper-realistic, humurous chalk murals and anamorphic illusions. In the mural Dali, with his fingers in a pincher shape, appears to be coming through a lobster porthole in the wall and is about to pick up my husband by his head.

Mural by Lauren Ys
Lauren Ys, Los Angeles, draws from mythology, queer culture and personal heritage to create vivid world views that celebrate identity and narrative fluidity. They draw on Daddy Longlegs of the Evening-Hope! from 1940 to shift Dali's imagery to incorporate veiled symbols from queer and Chinese culture.

August 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Edzio K.

@demiurge.bsky.social

9 — Katana ZERO.

Between breathtaking vignettes of such lovingly unique construction you have these incredible kinetic and non-linearly edited drug-addled breakdowns of chronology itself. Some of the finest storytelling in gaming and the best inheritor of the rhythms of Hotline Miami.

July 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM

Cybertronic Spree

@cybertronicspree.bsky.social

Dragon Sounds: Toronto's premiere Tae Kwon Do tribute band, covering songs from Miami Connection, the Rocky films & more!

Wordburglar: the original verb hurdler, a slang-wrangling, rhyme-boggling master of lyrical storytelling that will take you on a fantastic comics escape.

July 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM

Claribel 🏳️‍⚧️

@claribel.ink

2. "Hotline Miami 2" (2015, Dennaton Games)

I think this is one of the best games ever made, and I find it an achievement on storytelling, gameplay and pure raw gamefeel.

The fact that the devs didn't even have the whole picture because they were playing it at 0.5x speed is just the cherry on top.

The poster for Hotline Miami 2. It depicts a bearded guy with a hoodie and broken glasses looking at the viewer. Around there there's flames raging, and the silhouetthes of many people can be seen inside the flames.

July 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM

Navid Lancaster 🇹🇹

@navidlancaster.threads.net.ap.brid.gy

Honoured to be it's Composer and Sound Designer 👍 Our multi award-winning Short Film, 'Prism', is selected to be screened at the 10th annual Uurban Film Festivals in Miami, Florida, USA

Thank you Writer/Director Cecile George for having me work on this Short […]

[Original post on threads.com]

Photo by Navid Lancaster 🇹🇹 on July 02, 2025. May be an image of poster and text that says 'Cecile George thankful. 7m feeling "Prism" is still trucking along! Dear Cecile, We're excited to announce that your project has been officially selected to screen at the 10th Annual Urban Film Festival, taking place Labor Day Weekend, August 29-31, -31, 2025, in Miami, Florida. With hundreds of impressive submissions this year, the competition was fierce, but your film stood out. We're honored to feature it in our landmark lineup celebrating a decade of independent storytelling. URBAN FILM FESTIVAL'.

July 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM

Newsramp

@newsramp.com

Grammy-winning producer Raniero Palm and director Endry Rovaz collaborate on powerful new music video 'De Esposa a Amante', showcasing intense visual storytelling in Miami #MusicVideo #Filmmaking

May 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM

Bryan AF

@bryanaf.bsky.social

The collapse of news pubs around the country didn’t just reshape media—it created an unrecognized talent migration. When the Miami Herald eliminated my position in 2007, I discovered the fundamental misconception limiting journalists in marketing: storytelling isn’t what makes us valuable.

April 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM