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Wilkine Brutus
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Journalist at WLRN, Miami's NPR station | Founder: Maps and Diaries, a documentary platform | Former expat in South Korea | 🇭🇹🇺🇸
🎤 A Boat, A Voyage: 5 ways to interview loved ones
📅 Sept. 3 | 6:30 PM sharp
📍 Mandel Public Library, West Palm Beach
Join Wilkine Brutus for a fun, FREE, hands-on 1-hour workshop and learn how to capture your family history for generations to come.

💬 Comment “preserve voices” to save your spot!
September 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In every aspect of life, both personal and professional, I’ve tried to embody the resilience of the Lotus flower: learning to accept when the body and mind crave transformation, when the spirit calls for movement I wasn’t ready to take but was willing to explore, ascending step by step. #film
July 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Larenz Tate and journalist Wilkine Brutus discuss the cultural power of Love Jones, the iconic 1997 romantic dramedy starring Tate and Nia Long, and its enduring soundtrack.

#lovejones was celebrated at the 29th American Black Film Festival this year in Miami. Have you seen the film Love Jones?
June 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
SPECIAL🇭🇹 ANNOUNCEMENT: My “A Boat A Voyage: Haitian Refugee Story” podcast is on tour! Join me for my speech and Q&A at three libraries across Palm Beach County:

Wellington Branch: Mon, May 05, 6:30 pm
Lantana Branch: Sat, May 10, 2:00 pm
West Boca Branch: Fri, May 23, 2:00pm

#haitian #podcast
April 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Creole Pig: Haiti’s Great Loss 🐖 This WLRN and PBS doc, directed by Haitian-born filmmaker Dudley Alexis, uncovers the story of the Creole pig — a cornerstone of rural Haitian life and economy. In this clip, Haitian artist Edouard Duval Carrie gives his perspective. Full film is on YouTube
April 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I explore the power of Black art and fashion at FLAVARS’s LOGIN event in the Norton Museum of Art, April 18th at 5pm:

Looking forward to interviewing designers David Castro of Dungeon Forward and wardobe stylist Countess Brown #palmbeachcounty #westpalmbeach #blackart #blackfashion #art #fashion
April 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Say It Loud event in Boynton Beach will feature art, live music, and an engaging panel discussion moderated by Wilkine Brutus. Produced and Hosted by @flavar.co

www.eventbrite.com/e/say-it-lou...

#blackhistorymonth #fy #wilkinebrutus #art #boyntonbeach
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Say It Loud event in Boynton Beach on February 16th will feature an art exhibition, live music, and powerful panel. Come kick it with us!
#blackhistorymonth #art #fy
February 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Say It Loud event in Boynton Beach on February 16th will feature an art exhibition, live music, and powerful panel. Come kick it with us!
#blackhistorymonth #art #fy
February 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you’re Haitian, you know that New Year, 2025, doesn’t officially begin without #soupjoumou 😂🇭🇹
January 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
THREAD: The late Nikki Giovanni was my first big interview. In 2010, as an English professor at Virginia Tech, Giovanni took a chance on me — a Black YouTuber and amateur blogger living in South Korea.

She was nice, authentic & straight-forward. Her answers to some questions:
December 10, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Hey! I’m just re-introducing myself on here. I’m a Multimedia journalist based in South Florida, covering current affairs, arts and culture.

I’m goofy and stoic, so look out for my shenanigans and thought-provoking musings. lol OneLove🇭🇹
November 17, 2024 at 12:22 PM
When you’re wondering if people heard your stomach growling the entire time on stage. 😂🥘🍜🍛🍝🍳🥗🧇🍦 #food
November 14, 2024 at 1:18 AM
In-person conversations! Civic dialogue surrounding polarizing topics doesn’t have to be so difficult. My common approach: splash it with humility, humor, and human dignity.

And be intentional — actively listen, call out logical fallacies, and give historical context.

#news #media #journalism
November 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Build a world with me #books #literature
November 12, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Shortly after #donaldtrump victory speech in West Palm Beach, around 3am, a Christian choir began singing popular hymns. They hugged, prayed— it was an uncanny juxtaposition between religion and politics. It felt like spiritual team sports amid a divided America.

open.spotify.com/episode/4I4O...
November 9, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Keeping you updated for #election2024  in South Florida

Donald Trump is scheduled to have his watch party here in West Palm Beach — only credentialed people can get in.

Both candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are vying for 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
November 5, 2024 at 12:43 PM
A Haitian Florida man connects with the Eritrean & Ethiopian diaspora art in Toronto, Canada, with @curls_n_tings — an Eritrean-Yemeni educator and lifestyle vlogger. Moments during Toronto’s Nuit Blanche, the all-night art festival.

Art by @wintanaglobal

#eritrean #ethiopian #culture #toronto
October 30, 2024 at 12:30 AM
What an absolute joy to moderate the talkback with the powerful cast alongside Edwidge Danticat for “Create Dangerously” — the play by Lileana Blain-Cruz is based on Edwidge Danticat’s memoir and collection of essays, “Create Dangerously: an immigrant artist at work.”
May 23, 2023 at 9:46 PM
If you’re in Miami on May 21st, join me and prolific writer Edwidge Danticat at Miami New Drama as we discuss a play written by Lileana Blain-Cruz, based on Danticat’s book of essays, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work. #miami #books
May 2, 2023 at 3:02 AM