FUNDarte presents: Out in the Tropics: a different kind of performing arts festival
Opening Kick Off Event
Thursday, June 9 at 7:00 pm
The Shore Club
1901 Collins Ave
Miami Beach.
June 9 – 19, 2011
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Out in the Tropics, a different kind of performing arts festival, brings a full range of award-winning, contemporary GLBTQ artists and arts events to South Florida, June 9 – 19, 2011.
Opening Kick Off Event including panel discussion, Words and Power, with Festival artists Bitch, Keith Hennessy, Andrea Askowitz and South Florida-based performance artist Octavio Campos and reception sponsored by The Shore Club and Meals That Heal on Thursday, June 9 at 7:00 pm at The Shore Club, 1901 Collins Ave, Miami Beach.
Bitch, described as “a music box all of her own†and whose music was heard on Showtime’s The L Word, on Friday, June 10 at 8:00 pm at the Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach.
Dirty Little Secrets by Jai Rodriguez, who is best known for his roles in the musical Rent and Bravo’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, co-presented with City Theater and Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, on Fridays, June 10 & 17 at 10:00 pm and Sunday, June 19 at 7:30 pm at the Carnival Studio Theater at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami.
Bessie-awarding winning dance theater work, CROTCH (all the Joseph Beuys references in the world cannot heal the pain, confusion, regret, cruelty, betrayal or trauma…) by Keith Hennessy/Zero Performance, one of the pioneers of queer performance, on Saturday, June 11 at 8:00 pm at the Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach.
A Women’s Reception and Screening of CRACKS, a feature film by Jordan Scott set in a 1930s-era isolated English all-girls boarding school on the eve of WWII, on Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 pm at Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables. Reception sponsored by Mary D. Events.
Lip Service: True Stories Out Loud, Miami’s most popular literary event produced by Andrea Askowitz and Esther Martinez, on Saturday, June 18 at 8:00 pm at the Miracle Theater, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. The Afterparty at 10:00 pm will be hosted at Books and Books, Lip Service’s long-time sponsor.
VIP Festival passes are available at www.outinthetropics.com or by calling (305) 910-7898. The passes include one ticket to every event of the festival and additional perks for $100. No ticket surcharges apply to the festival passes. Tickets may be purchased in advance online for all events. Details for each event are outlined in the schedule of events. Advance ticket sales may also be purchased in-person at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and the Colony Theater without a service charge. Group sale discounts can also be arranged by calling (305) 910-7898. All venues are wheelchair accessible.
For anyone who wishes to stay overnight in South Beach during the festival there are discount room rates available at The Shore Club, the official host hotel, using code 802490 either online at www.shoreclub.com or by calling (877) 640-9500.
