FUNDarte presents Out In The Tropics 2013

Out in the Tropics: a GLTBQ Contemporary Performing Arts Festival
June 13 – 16, 2013
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach
Tickets: $30 and $25 for students/seniors
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Miami Beach Cinematheque
1130 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach
Tickets $10/$9 students/seniors & $8 MBC Members
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Out in the Tropics, a GLTBQ Contemporary performing arts festival, brings a full range of award-winning, contemporary GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) artists and arts events to Miami, June 13 – 16, 2013. Now presenting its Fourth Season, Out in the Tropics has a great line-up for 2013, including:
 
Opening Kick Off Event 
Thursday, June 13 at 7:00 pm
Miami Beach LGBT Visitor’s Center
1130 Washington Ave
Miami Beach
Free! 
Artists’ reception and bilingual panel discussion with OITT Festival artists Taylor Mac, Carmelita Tropicana, Nelda Castillo and Mariela Brito
 
“Cubalandia” by El Ciervo Encantado and “The 20th Century Show” by Taylor Mac  
Friday, June 14 at 8:30 pm
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach.
Direct from Cuba: El Ciervo Encantado presents “Cubalandia” a hilariously profound interactive performance by Cuba’s outrageously daring and controversial Lesbian Feminist theater collective addressing the social and political conditions of present-day Cuba. Presented in Spanish with English supertitles.  This performance will be immediately followed by:
From New York: the inimitable and wildly flamboyant Taylor Mac presents his latest work “The 20th Century Show,” an incredible visual feast and concert consisting of one song from each decade of the 20th Century (plus two encores) presented as “a performance ritual to help the audience let go of the 20th century and move into the 21st.”
 
“Cubalandia” by El Ciervo Encantando and “Post-Plástica Miami 2013” by Carmelita Tropicana and Ela Troyano
Saturday, June 15 at 8:30 pm
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach.
Direct from Cuba: El Ciervo Encantado presents “Cubalandia” a hilariously profound interactive performance by Cuba’s outrageously daring and controversial Lesbian Feminist theater collective addressing the social and political conditions of present-day Cuba. Presented in Spanish with English supertitles. This performance will be immediately followed by:
From New York: the hilarious Cuban-American diva of queer comedy Carmelita Tropicana presents “Post Plastica Miami 2013” in collaboration with New York based filmmaker Ela Troyano.  Part live performance, part video installation, “Post Plastica Miami 2013” offers a glimpse into a future in which celebrity culture has pitched a battle between the primacy of virtual and artistic lives; in which revolutionaries keep bees in a secret underground; and in which a half-woman, half-bear scientist has gained the upper hand…
 
“Verde Verde” a film by Enrique Pineda Barnet.
Sunday, June 16th at 4:30 pm
Miami Beach Cinematheque
1130 Washington Ave
Miami Beach.
The riveting, highly controversial Cuban film “Verde Verde,” directed by Enrique Pineda Barnet explores issues of gay male identity and homophobia in contemporary Cuba. Presented in Spanish with English subtitles.  Miami-based actor Carlos Miguel Caballero, one of the protagonists, will be in attendance to introduce the film.
 
Well-Strung in Concert
Sunday, June 16th at 8:00 pm
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach.
An all-new kind of boy band! The all-male gay singing string quartet Well-Strung features classical musicians who sing, putting their own spin on the music of Mozart, Vivaldi, Rihanna, Adele, Lady Gaga, and more! 
  
Other activities, such as free workshops, receptions, post-performance parties and other events will be happening during this weekend-long celebration of contemporary GLTBQ artists. For more information on Out in the Tropics, please email us at info@fundarte.us, on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/outinthetropics call us at 305.316.6165, or visit our website at www.fundarte.us

 
Support for Out in the Tropics comes in part from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; the City of Miami Beach Arts Gala Program; the GLBT Community Project Funds at The Miami Foundation, in partnership with the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force; The University of Miami, Glassworks Multimedia; Romaldesign, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald; KCC Productions, MiamiArtzine and The Deauville Hotel.