Opening Kick Off Event: Panel Discussion and Reception
Thursday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m.
The Shore Club
1901 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach

Free and open to the public. For additional information about the event or the festival, call 305.910.7898.

Out in the Tropics kicks off its second year with a panel discussion and opening reception at our official hotel, The Shore Club. The evening begins with the ideas and insights of some of the best GLBT contemporary artists in Words and Power, a panel discussion moderated by Founding Artistic Director Robert Rosenberg. This opening event features Festival artists Bitch, Keith Hennessy, Andrea Askowitz and South Florida-based performance artist Octavio Campos, in an in-depth discussion addressing how many GLBT artists turn words that have often been seen as oppressive and offensive- bitch, queer, dyke, fag-around to find different, and liberatory meanings. At 8:00 p.m., the evening continues with a reception featuring food courtesy of Meals That Heal and a cash bar.