Ariel W.
6/14/2021
Located in the historic African-American neighborhood of Overtown in Miami, the 400-seat Lyric theater was built in 1913 by Georgia native Geder Walker who owned and operated the theater. The...
Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater
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819 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33136
The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater is a non-profit organization founded in 1977 by Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields, dedicated to collecting and preserving materials that reflect the African American experience in Miami-Dade County. With a rich repository of 19th and 20th-century history, their collections are utilized by scholars, students, teachers, the media, and the community at large.
Originally opened in 1913, the Lyric Theater served as a significant entertainment center for the black community in Miami. Owned and operated by Geder Walker, a black man from Georgia, it symbolized black economic influence and provided a discrimination-free social gathering place, fostering pride and culture within Overtown.
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Yamel F.
12/19/2024
Amazing theatre!! My husband and I went to a Moth grand slam and the venue was awesome. You can literally feel the history here but it is clean! There is a bar, although they had to run and buy...
Shenika T.
11/13/2023
I went here for The Moth Grandslam and although I throughly enjoyed myself, I would have to really consider returning to this venue. Upon arriving to the venue, a big random man in a store...
Daniel R.
10/9/2023
We are really lucky that they didn't destroy this place. This theatre has been standing proud since 1913 and I hope it has many, many more years to come. The whole staff here was super friendly....
Luis-Felipe Z.
4/20/2019
I came out here for the first time for the OUTShine film festival and it was actually a pretty cool experience. The venue was definitely not what I expected. It's a very well maintained theater...
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