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Adrianna Foster: A Motivational Concert Experience 9/17/16

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Adrianna Foster: A Motivational Concert Experience
Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Office Depot Foundation Auditorium
adriannafostermotivationalconcert6600 N Military Trail
Boca Raton, FL 33496
Cost: Free Tickets
Reserve Tickets Online

A Motivational Concert Experience “Be a Difference Maker” presented by Office Depot Foundation
Hosted by Marly Q. Creator of PARK Project & 5K PARK Fest
Featuring Jamie Levenshon, Chair of 100+ Women Who Care, Miami-Dade

GET READY for an unforgettable VOICE and LIVE musical performance like NONE OTHER!
This one-of-a-KIND concert was created FOR YOU … to inspire, empower and unite hundreds of kind minded people to CELEBRATE and SUPPORT one another and the growing philanthropic community of South Florida!

Adrianna Foster’s music has MILLIONS of views on YouTube and remains on the Top Charts in Latin America since 2008! She is a pioneer in harnessing music, as the universal language, combined with motivational speaking to re-ignite the spark within us all, promoting radical self-love and kindness to create a ripple effect worldwide.

Adrianna Foster “A Motivational Concert Experience” is NOW TOURING all over South Florida (and soon, nationwide!) thanks to a collaborate effort with PARK Project, a 501c3 non profit organization and volunteer-driven movement, on a mission to inspire YOU to BE the sPARK (someone who Performs Acts of Random Kindness)!

Knight Arts Challenge 2016 Finalists Announcement

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PRESS RELEASE
Knight Foundation names 68 finalists in Knight Arts Challenge Miami

MIAMI – Sept. 13, 2016 – Sixty-eight ideas were named finalists today in the Knight Arts Challenge Miami, a community-wide initiative funding the best ideas for the arts in South Florida.

Emerging from nearly 1,000 submissions, the finalists propose a range of projects to help make art general in Miami, a place where high-quality arts and cultural experiences can be found throughout the many neighborhoods. They include creating the country’s only contemporary art gallery in a national park, blending art and technology to engage transit riders, embedding artists in city planning departments and launching a Native-American film festival.

“The Miami of today is radically different from the Miami of 2008 when we first launched this challenge. Artists and cultural organizations have pushed this community to seek high levels of excellence, while continuing to experiment with new ideas. Our belief in this city, and our investment in its people, is born out every day in the performance halls, galleries and streets of Miami, and again by the 68 finalists in this year’s challenge,” said Victoria Rogers, vice president for arts at Knight Foundation.

A full list of finalists is below and at knightarts.org.  Knight Foundation will announce the winning ideas, which will share $2.5 million, on Nov. 28, 2016.

This is the ninth year of the Knight Arts Challenge Miami, which offers matching funds for the best ideas for the arts. Applicants must follow only three rules: 1) The idea must be about the arts; 2) the project must take place in or benefit South Florida; 3) the grant recipient must find funds to match Knight’s commitment.

Since 2005, Knight Foundation has invested $122 million in the South Florida arts, supporting both large institutions, to help them better engage the public, and smaller, grassroots groups through the challenge. Previous Knight funding for local institutions created a new media program that includes the signature “Wallcasts” at the acclaimed New World Symphony campus, helps present Ibero-American films at the Miami International Film Festival, and is bringing every Miami-Dade third-grader to the Pérez Art Museum Miami. 

For more on Knight Foundation’s arts program, visit knightarts.org or follow Knight Foundation on Facebook, or #knightarts and @knightfdn on Twitter and Instagram.

About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit knightfoundation.org.

2016 Knight Arts Challenge Miami Finalists

III Points Festival
To provide a platform for local artists by commissioning them to create large-scale installations on the festival grounds with the prospect of moving them to other locations throughout the year

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
To introduce South Florida’s hip-hop culture to an international audience by bringing the Breakin’ Convention, a festival of dance and theater, to Miami

Ali Cultural Arts
To expand the presence of women in the audio engineering industry with a training program for young women and girls in a historic Pompano Beach building that once boarded African-American jazz musicians

Alma Dance Theater
To use contemporary dance to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and to engage people afflicted by them

Amir Baradaran
To rethink how people produce knowledge and share memories with a large-scale, participatory art project that uses augmented reality and artificial intelligence

Angel Fraser-Logan Dance Company
To inspire a love of dance by bringing Miami native and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Jamar Roberts to South Florida to mentor and teach students, and to choreograph and perform new work

ArtCenter/South Florida
To bring art into public planning by embedding artists in city governments as part of a residency program that helps to develop solutions to policy concerns

Artists Within Reach Collective
To foster the next generation of artists by having well-known artists offer professional guidance to young creatives by addressing the question, “If you could go back in time, what advice would you give your younger self?”

Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRE)
To tell the story of the cultural and ecological forces that shape South Florida by opening a permanent gallery at Everglades National Park’s Ernest Coe Visitor Center, the only space in the country devoted to contemporary art within a national park

The Barnyard
To bring Coconut Grove together with an art and culinary event inspired by Judy Chicago’s famous 1979 art installation, “The Dinner Party”

Bas Fisher Invitational
To experiment with new models for presenting art through Nomadic Miami, a series of roving exhibitions, performances and programs in specific locations determined by cutting-edge artists

Nerissa Street
To train South Florida’s teen girls to become leaders in film and media by immersing them in the production of a short film from script to screening in four weeks

Alexey Taran
To explore the dark side of desire, disorders and inner struggles through an experimental theater performance incorporating artists from both sides of the Florida Straits

Boca Raton Museum of Art
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Everglades National Park by commissioning glass artist Koen Vanmechelen to meet with residents and scientists in South Florida and create an exhibition based on the environmental issues facing the region

The Bridge
To provide artistic support for musicians by building out an event space and recording room with free production and streaming services

CANVAS Art Charities
To infuse a neighborhood with art with the CANVAS Outdoor Museum, which connects five underused blocks along the West Palm Beach waterfront with installations, including one powered by solar panels that will light the area for nighttime use

Carl Juste
To explore the many layers and similarities between Cuban and Haitian cultures through
a book of photographs and essays, and an accompanying exhibition

CINTAS Foundation
To celebrate Cuban writers through new fellowships in creative writing for Cubans living on the island and in exile

City Theatre
To create a new format for musical theater with the 10-Minute Musical Initiative, a platform for short pieces by the producers of the Summer Shorts series

KROMA
To engage the community in restoring the art installations in Coconut Grove’s Elizabeth Virrick Park to reflect the original vision of architect Kenneth Treister

Combat Hippies
To encourage public conversations about the trauma of war by touring a new spoken word performance based on the stories of local veterans and refugees from the Middle East

Community Justice Project
To engage new audiences in the literary arts by bringing workshops led by poet Aja Monet to grassroots leaders involved in social justice issues

Dana De Greff
To foster a love of words at an early age with PageSlayers, a weeklong summer camp for Opa-locka fourth- and fifth-graders that exposes them to writing beyond the standard school curriculum

Dance NOW! Miami
To engage South Florida audiences with the restaging of “Ritmo Jondo,” a pioneering work of modern dance created in 1953 and set to the music of Catalan composer Carlos Surinach

Dania Beach Creative Arts Council
To enliven neighborhoods and provide employment for artists by creating murals across the city

Design and Architecture High School
To develop the skills of young animators by offering student workshops with local professionals on scriptwriting, storyboarding and more, in addition to screening student films

Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator
To connect Caribbean communities and artists by commissioning 20 artists to spend time in South Florida neighborhoods, conduct community-focused research and create public artworks that respond to people’s stories and histories

Everett Osceola
To highlight the words and works of indigenous peoples by launching the first southeastern Native American film festival

April JAMM Festival
To celebrate jazz by expanding the April jazz festival at a local club to venues around Miami and including master classes and school lectures

Florida International University
To honor Miami’s Cuban heritage by creating cultural exchanges between Havana and Miami guitar orchestras at the Miami International GuitART Festival

Florida International University
To celebrate contemporary approaches to art and design by bringing experts in Germany’s Bauhaus movement and Leonardo da Vinci’s art to present exhibits, lectures and courses in 2019

Fringe Projects
To stretch the bounds of public art by partnering with R&R Studios on BEAUTY FOR ALL!!!, an LED-activated mural in downtown Miami that counteracts the ever-present messages of consumption on signs in the city

Guitars Over Guns
To use art to oppose violence by collaborating with police to melt bullet casings and guns and recast them into musical instruments that will lead a peace rally involving local musicians and artists of all ages and backgrounds

Historic Hampton House Community Trust
To build on the legacy of the Historic Hampton House, the segregation-era motel in Brownsville once home to a popular jazz club, with a music education program for local youth

HistoryMiami
To connect South Floridians to the impact and emotion of 1992’s Hurricane Andrew with a large-scale exhibition on the 25th anniversary of the hurricane’s landfall

Hotbox Art
To create a catalyst for transforming a West Palm Beach historic district by turning the shotgun homes there into spaces for artist residencies and community engagement

IFE-ILE
To link Afro-Cuban culture in Miami and Havana by providing dancers and instructors from the island to participate in a cultural exchange project as part of the group’s annual summer dance festival

Interactive Initiative
To engage neighborhoods in art by transforming building facades with large-scale projections of interactive video and animations by local artists

Juggerknot Theatre Company
To explore Miami’s many layers by presenting immersive, real-time theater experiences in three motel rooms that tell the stories of three of Miami’s emerging neighborhoods

Karen Peterson Dancers
To promote Miami as a leader in inclusive arts by launching the first International Physically Integrated Dance Festival featuring dancers with and without disabilities performing together

Key West Literary Seminar
To instill pride in Florida’s place in American literature by providing a free, five-day summer program for Key West High School students on the literary and cultural history of the island

Sosyete Koukouy
To immerse more South Floridians in Haitian culture by recreating a Haitian village on the streets of Miami where visitors can experience the country’s culture

Locust Projects
To provide artists with the tools they need to do their work by creating a lending library of items such as power tools, a 3-D printer, video production equipment and more

Michael Graves Education Inc.
To heighten public awareness about the importance of the Everglades to Miami’s future with life-size sculptures of endangered animals made through origami

Miami Beach Cinematheque
To bring a rare collection to the community by digitizing and displaying the cinematheque’s archive of film memorabilia and ephemera.

Miami Classical Guitar Society
To elevate Miami’s classical guitar culture through concerts by internationally renowned guitarists, an international competition, educational master classes and live stream of the society’s annual festival

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
To engage the community in the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s first local performance in a decade, with activities surrounding the event at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center

Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp.
To bring a world-class dance experience to Miami’s multicultural audiences through
the International Ballet Festival of Miami, which presents more than 20 companies from around the world in addition to workshops and classes

Miami Light Project
To explore the art of cabaret by bringing the Philadelphia-based Bearded Ladies Cabaret to Miami for workshops that culminate in a performance with local and Philly-based performers

Miami Music Club
To create a space for underground musicians and artists to come together by producing a series of concerts at traditional art spaces

Miami Music Institute
To explore race relations in American history by presenting two operas at the Miami Music Festival, “Appomattox” by Philip Glass and “Let Freedom Sing” by Bruce Adolphe, coupled with community programming

Miami New Drama
To find common ground for diverse audiences by creating bilingual adaptions of classic plays including “Our Town,” “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Miss Julie” at the Colony Theatre

Nathaniel Sandler
To introduce more people to the collections of museums through essays, tours and events focused on the many interesting items the institutions have but aren’t able to display year round

ProjectArt
To immerse neighborhoods in the arts by placing emerging artists in five libraries where they will have studio space in exchange for teaching arts classes in low-income communities

Children’s Hope Chest of Dreams
To bring the best in African-diaspora cinema to Overtown through a new film series at the Lyric Theater and nearby Gibson Park

Ramiro Almeida
To provoke conversations about downtown Miami today, and what it could be in the future, by building a replica of the area using Legos and having artists exhibit their work throughout it

Reading Queer
To bring more queer voices to South Florida by expanding the annual Reading Queer Literary Festival with a series of main stage performances, writers’ workshops and literary installations

Storefront for Art and Architecture
To demonstrate how South Florida can adapt and flourish in times of rising sea levels by having artists and designers propose solutions at an ideas festival

Rhythm Foundation
To create a cultural dialogue with communities hit by terrorism and war through “Axis of Love,” a concert series featuring instrumental music from conflict zones

RudduR Dance
To inspire the next generation of dancers with a mentorship program that culminates with a site-specific show at a historic landmark

Susan Karie Braun
To connect Miamians through immersive storytelling with “Metronovelas,” a weekly short-film series that “premieres” on Miami-Dade Public Transit when riders cue it using an augmented reality app

Symone Titania
To tell the stories of the barbecue vendors of South Dade’s Goulds neighborhood with a photo documentary project and community celebration

Tarell Alvin McCraney
To create the 305/One Festival, which celebrates the unique storytelling and solo performers coming out of Miami with a series of performances, film screenings and cultural activities

The M Ensemble
To promote a new home for theater in Liberty City, Sandrell Rivers Theater, where M Ensemble will be a resident company, with a yearlong engagement initiative

Torrance Carter
To foster the love and knowledge of film among students by bringing AdHoc Cinema, a traveling film and music series, to local schools

The Screening Room
To expand multimedia artistic programming in Miami through new installations at Wynwood’s The Screening Room

Wifredo Fernandez
To develop a space for creatives in the Overtown/Miami River District that provides lodging, a café, and creative work and commercial space space for artists and entrepreneurs

YoungArts
To showcase artistic talent by expanding the free, outdoor Outside the Box series featuring new and reimagined multidisciplinary mash-ups created by talented YoungArts alumni at the organization’s iconic space

About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit knightfoundation.org/.

Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU) LEGENDS Ball and Leaders, Legends & Lovelies Honors Awards 9/16/16

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Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU) LEGENDS Ball and Leaders, Legends & Lovelies Honors Awards
legendsballFriday, Sept. 16th
Warner Place
111 Southwest 5th Avenue
Miami, FL
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UC|CU’s 2016 Legends Ball Takes You To Miami’s Gilded Era: Stroll Through A 1900’S Mansion In Little Havana …EAT, Drink, Dance And Celebrate Our Honorees

Awards given at the LEGENDS BALL: Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for Outstanding Political & Social Leadership, Jowharah Sanders for her work with Youth & Women’s Empowerment, Hernan Valverde for his Relentless Leadership & Conviction to the community.

Miami, Florida… Enjoy a moonlit evening of music, dancing, talent, food & drink, and honoring some amazing people, on the evening of Friday, September 16th, 2016 for our annual LEGENDS Ball in one of Miami’s oldest and grandest homes, Warner Place. This impressive Neo-Classical building was designed for J.W. Warner, founder of South Florida’s first floral company. The home’s fine craftsmanship is especially evident in its massive columns, Palladian window and porte-cochère. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and has been restored to its original splendor by the Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center, under the direction of Pedro Pablo Peña, and home to Creation Ballet, opera, dance & various cultural institutions.

Since 2010, our Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU) LEGENDS Ball and Leaders, Legends & Lovelies Honors Awards has celebrated the good, positive & outstanding within our LGBTQ & ally community. Through the annual recognition we bring the community together to focus on the similarities rather than the differences we all share, and how we can inspire others to do good, excel, be proud of who they are & just be better people. This year we are proud to Honor Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for Outstanding Political & Social Leadership, Jowharah Sanders for her work with Youth & Women’s Empowerment, Hernan Valverde for his Relentless Leadership & Conviction to the community.

Sponsored by Jackson Health, Creation Ballet & the Hispanic Cultural Arts Center, the Legends Ball will host an incredible line up of entertainment and talent, including songstress EnVee from NBC’s The Winner and Telemundo’s Yo Soy El Artista; the legendary female illusionist & comedienne Adora, internationally acclaimed DJ Citizen Jane, samplings of Miami’s finest cuisine, and may more surprises!

Our work is 100% funded by events & private donations, and we are 100% staffed & managed by volunteers. Everything that comes in, goes right back out for programming, leading & assisting our community to fairness & equality.

DWNTWN Art Days Poetry Slam 9/10/16

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DWNTWN Art Days Poetry Slam
Saturday, September 10th between 2pm & 5pm
poetryslamMINDWAREHOUSE
8th Floor, 111 NE First St.
Miami, FL 33132
RSVP to Brenda Roman at writerbtroman1@gmail.com cc proseguy@aol.com ASAP to reserve a slot!

Your presence (and performance) is requested at the Poetry Slam (hosted by Jonathan Rose of Famous Last Friday Open Mic Poetry Series at Books & Books in Coral Gables– one of the 50 longest-running regular readings in the U.S.) on behalf of the South Florida Writers Association. South Florida poets will have the opportunity to share their words with the rest of the community–keeping in mind that this has been advertised as a “family friendly” event.

Present your best at during DOWNTOWN ARTS DAYS. Get to know members of the South Fla. Writers Assn. and others in the poet-writer community.

Come on down! FREE! These three days (DOWNTOWN ARTS DAYS Sept. 9-11)
DOWNTOWN gets a chance to show off its best!

Art Season Highlights: A Conversation with Local Cultural Leaders 9/13/16

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Art Season Highlights: A Conversation with Local Cultural Leaders
Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
All programs are open to the public and free of charge.

ArtCenter/South Florida | Bakehouse | The Bass | Books & Books | Cintas Collection | Coral Gables Museum | Cuban Museum | Frost Art Museum | Institute of Contemporary Art Miami | Museum of Art + Design | Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami | National YoungArts Foundation | NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale | Perez Art Museum Miami | Vizcaya Museum & Gardens | The Wolfsonian

Join ARTtuesdays/Miami as we launch the new cultural season on Tuesday, September 13 with a spirited program that brings together all of Miami’s prominent museums and arts institutions. Directors and members of their staff will provide a brief overview of their mission, goals for the season and important highlights, and programming information that impacts the community.

The format is an open conversation with our presenters, moderated by George Neary, VP of Cultural Tourism with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. The audience is encouraged to participate. Your voice is important!

6:00 pm to 6:45 pm – Happy Hour * & Networking
6:45 pm to 7:00 pm – Announcements
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm – Conversation
*Happy Hour runs from 4 to 7 pm at Books & Books on Second Tuesdays

Art Basel Miami Beach 2016 12/1/16 – 12/4/16

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Art Basel Miami Beach 2016
Private View: Wednesday November 30, 2016, 11am to 8pm (by invitation only)
Vernissage: Thursday, December 1, 2016, 11am to 3pm (by invitation only)
Public opening dates and hours:
Thursday December 1, 2016, 3pm to 8pm
Friday, December 2, 2016, 12noon to 8pm
Saturday, December 3, 2016, 12noon to 8pm
Sunday, December 4, 2016, 12noon to 6pm
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Art Basel in Miami Beach 2013 | ImpressionArt Basel stages the world’s premier art shows for Modern and contemporary works, sited in Basel, Miami Beach and Hong Kong. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. In addition to ambitious stands featuring leading galleries from around the globe, each show’s singular exhibition sectors spotlight the latest developments in the visual arts, offering visitors new ideas and new inspiration.

Exhibitors will present works of art – from historically significant projects and film, to painting, photography and largescale sculpture – by Modern and contemporary artists. With a reapplication rate of 98% for the Galleries sector and in addition to a strong selection of returning exhibitors, the show features 21 galleries who are completely new to the Miami Beach edition, including 12 first-time entrants to the Galleries sector. The fair, whose Lead Partner is UBS, takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from December 1 – 4, 2016.

Attracting leading collectors, curators, museum directors and critics from across the globe, Art Basel in Miami Beach is the premier art show of the Americas, with half of the galleries having exhibition spaces in the region. The geographically diverse list of participants spans 29 countries around the world, including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
2016 marks the fifteenth edition of the Miami Beach show, which has expanded over the years to include dedicated sections for film, outdoor sculpture, works in edition and curated shows of historical significance. The show has always offered both exploration – with new works created by emerging artists – and a continuity of a high quality international roster. Over 85 galleries exhibiting this year also took part in the very first edition in Miami Beach in 2002.

Joining an extensive roster of returning galleries will be first-time participants from North and South America, including from Los Angeles: The Box, Marc Selwyn Fine Art and Various Small Fires; from New York: Callicoon Fine Arts, Clearing, Di Donna, Thomas Erben Gallery, JTT and Off Vendome; from Mexico City: House of Gaga and joségarcía ,mx; and from Curitiba in Brazil: Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte.

New participants from Europe include Christian Andersen, Galleria d’Arte Maggiore G.A.M., Galerie Greta Meert, Galerie Maria Bernheim, High Art and Vigo Gallery.

Reflecting Art Basel’s global reach, first time exhibitors from Asia will include Edouard Malingue Gallery, Leo Xu Projects and Nanzuka. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/exhibitors.

Comprising 193 of the world’s leading galleries, the Galleries sector presents the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography and video works. Highly competitive, the sector is always a highlight, leading 98% of last year’s exhibitors to reapply. In addition to many long time exhibitors, Galerie Nagel Draxler returns for this edition following a five-year hiatus. After previously participating in the show’s proposal based sectors, eight exhibitors will join the Galleries sector for the first time, including: Altman Siegel, Bergamin & Gomide, Cherry and Martin, GALLERYSKE, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Labor, Menconi + Schoelkopf and Pilar Corrias. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/galleries.

The Edition sector presents 11 global leaders in the field of prints and editioned works. This year’s show will feature Alan Cristea Gallery, Carolina Nitsch, Crown Point Press, Gemini G.E.L. LLC, Pace Prints, Paragon, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Sabine Knust, STPI, Two Palms and ULAE.

Survey returns with 14 focused presentations of work from before 2000, comprising:
Carmelo Arden Quin (b. 1913) at Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte; Romare Bearden (b.
1911, d. 1988) at DC Moore Gallery; Graciela Carnevale (b. 1942) at espaivisor; Ibrahim El-Salahi (b. 1930) at Vigo Gallery; Margaret Kilgallen (b. 1967, d. 2001) at Ratio 3; Giorgio Morandi (b. 1890, d. 1964) at Galleria d’Arte Maggiore G.A.M.; Howardena Pindell (b. 1943) at Garth Greenan Gallery; David Reed (b. 1946) at Peter Blum Gallery; George Rickey (b. 1907, d. 2002) at Maxwell Davidson Gallery; Mimmo Rotella (b. 1918, d. 2006) at Robilant + Voena; Barbara T. Smith (b. 1931) at The Box; Betye Saar (b. 1926) at Roberts & Tilton; Kishio Suga (b. 1944) at Tokyo Gallery + BTAP; and Jacques Villeglé (b. 1926) at Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois. Further details on the individual projects will be announced in the coming months. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/survey.

The 16 curated solo booths in Positions provide focused platforms for individual artists to present a major project. Adrià Julià (b. 1974) will transform Dan Gunn’s booth into a multimedia installation, which includes a mural based on Picasso’s ‘Guernica’. For Manuel Burgener’s (b. 1978) first exhibition in the United States, Galerie Maria Bernheim will create an installation through the interplay of light between sculptures and photograms. Callicoon Fine Arts will feature tapestries and enamel paintings by Ulrike Müller (b. 1971), while High Art will exhibit a series of ‘Trans-Habitats’ – invented microcosms – by Max Hooper Schneider (b. 1982). Through text, video and an architectural intervention, Beto Shwafaty (b. 1977) will address social and economic issues from Brazil’s recent political history at Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani. At RaebervonStenglin, an interactive installation by Dane Mitchell (b. 1976) will disperse an artificial scent that is typically used by hunters as olfactory camouflage. JTT’s installation of paintings by Becky Kolsrud (b. 1984) will reflect both her devotion to the female form as well as her infidelity to style, while at Off Vendome, Jeanette Mundt’s (b. 1982) suggestive female figures from historical paintings are set directly within the space in a performative staging. Melanie Gilligan’s (b. 1979) Tvsculptures at Galerie Max Mayer will be populated with abstract animations that comment upon systems of commerce. At Thomas Erben Gallery, Mike Cloud’s (b. 1974) heavily layered collages will recycle product imagery and scenes of consumer culture. Maggie Lee’s (b. 1987) immersive installation will recreate a teenage girl’s bedroom complete with embedded video works and handmade ephemera, while Gao Ludi’s (b. 1990) installation at White Space Beijing will appropriate symbols from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to explore the relationship between virtual and real worlds. At Galeria Marilia Razuk, Ana Luiza Dias Batista (b. 1978) will distort everyday objects – keys, a doormat, and games – in a playful expression of futility. Sector highlights will also include an installation of decorative, figurative and functional terracotta works by Shelly Nadashi (b. 1981) at Christian Andersen; a series of new sculptures and paintings exploring characteristics of human behavior by Melike Kara (b. 1985) at Peres Projects; and wall-based works and a floor installation by Amy Yao (b. 1977) at Various Small Fires. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/positions.

Nova, the sector dedicated to younger galleries showing new work by up to three artists, will this year feature 35 exhibitors. First time exhibitors will include Edouard Malingue Gallery, with a film by Wong Ping (b. 1984); House of Gaga, with paintings by Josef Strau (b. 1957) and Vivian Suter (b. 1949); and Nanzuka, who will present a large-scale mixed media canvas by Keiichi Tanaami (b. 1936), drawings by Hiroki Tsukuda (b. 1978) and a video by Oliver Payne (b. 1977). Also at the fair for the first time, Leo Xu Projects will present an installation of works by aaajiao (b. 1984), Cui Jie (b. 1984) and Liu Shiyuan (b. 1985), exploring the urban model and dystopian myth of Shanghai. Clearing will bring together Harold Ancart (b. 1980) and Korakrit Arunanondchai (b. 1986), who have drawn upon their close relationship as real-life studio neighbors to collaborate on an installation made specifically for the show.

The sector will also include a disquieting installation of new works that use animal furs, chicken skin and synthetic flora to explore anxieties resulting from radical biotech by Anicka Yi (b. 1971) at 47 Canal; Rita Ponce de León (b. 1982) and Ishmael Randall Weeks (b. 1976) at Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo; Rey Akdogan (b. 1974) and Elaine Cameron-Weir (b. 1985) at Hannah Hoffman Gallery; Xavier Antin (b. 1981) and Renaud Jerez (b. 1982) at Galerie Crèvecoeur; and Matthias Bitzer (b. 1975) with Armin Boehm (b. 1972) at Francesca Minini. Nicole Wermers (b. 1971) and Margo Wolowiec (b. 1985) will explore the social and psychological meanings of everyday forms at Jessica Silverman Gallery. Wojciech Bąkowski (b. 1979), Christine Rebet (b. 1971) and Julia Rommel (b. 1980) will consider narrative and time-based practices through drawing, painting and animated film at Bureau. Solo presentations will include a series of hanging hand-blown glass balls by Kaspar Müller (b. 1983) at Société; salvaged sculptures and a socio-politically charged video by Kostis Velonis (b. 1968) at Kalfayan Galleries; conceptual works made of textile, plexiglass, wood and steel by Mika Tajima (b. 1975) at 11R; a 360 degree projected video environment by Taro Izumi (b. 1976) at Take Ninagawa; and sculpture comprised of freshly cut hedges by Chosil Kil (b. 1975) at One and J. Gallery. Joan Jonas (b. 1936) will pair several freestanding Murano mirrors with a video piece in her solo booth at Galleria Raffaella Cortese. Also of note will be solo exhibitions of Wanda Pimentel (b. 1943) at Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte and Michael Dean (b. 1977) at Supportico Lopez. Simone Subal Gallery will present a large-scale collaborative environment and video by Anna K.E. (b. 1986) and Florian Meisenberg (b.1980), while Ghebaly Gallery will exhibit a site-specific collaboration between Kelly Akashi (b. 1983) and Patrick Jackson (b. 1978), exploring the use of architectural space and a visceral relationship to the body.

Galleries with strong artistic pairings will include Galerie Micky Schubert, showing sculptures by Benedicte Gyldenstierne Sehested (b. 1977) and paintings by Mark van Yetter (b. 1978); Silvia Cintra + Box 4, with psychologically laden textile pieces by Cinthia Marcelle (b. 1974) and Laercio Redondo (b. 1967); Maisterravalbuena, with Maria Loboda (b. 1979) and Cristián Silva (b. 1969); mother’s tankstation, with Nina Canell (b.
1979) and Sebastian Lloyd Rees (b. 1986); and Revolver Galería, where José Carlos Martinat (b. 1974) and Andrea Galvani (b. 1973) both explore the distance between the real and the virtual through glass. Lawrence Abu Hamdan (b. 1985) and Oscar Muñoz (b.
1951) both investigate the use of language in spy systems at mor charpentier, while artists Aleksandra Domanović (b. 1981) and Oliver Laric (b. 1981) will consider methods of production and reproduction at Tanya Leighton. Freedman Fitzpatrick will explore shared tendencies across three generations of German artists: Amelie von Wulffen (b.1966), Lucie Stahl (b. 1977) and Mathis Altmann (b. 1987). Never-before-seen paintings by the enigmatic Vern Blosum (b. unknown), will question the conceptual production of authorship at Essex Street, along with new sculptures by Chadwick Rantanen (b. 1981). David Castillo Gallery will present works by Sanford Biggers (b. 1970) and Xaviera Simmons (b. 1974) that enunciate personal integrities within the context of larger cultural, historical, art historical and narrative constructs. Galeria Leme features a presentation of Vivian Caccuri (b. 1986) and Jaime Lauriano (b. 1985) exploring dynamics between Brazil and the African continent, centered around the Malê Revolt, an 1835 insurgency of enslaved African Muslims in Brazil. At Travesía Cuatro, both Sara Ramo (b. 1975) and Mateo López (b. 1978) will explore the language of objects, while at Instituto de visión, Marlon de Azambuja (b. 1978), Alberto Baraya (b. 1968) and Sebastián Fierro (b. 1988)
will challenge representations of Latin America as an exotic stereotype. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/nova.

In addition to showing premier artworks across five gallery sectors, many exhibitors will present works in Art Basel’s project-based sectors: Kabinett, Public and Film, currently being selected. Over the coming months, further details about these special sectors as well as about the Conversations and Salon program of panels and talks will be released.

The Miami Beach Convention Center, Art Basel’s home since the Miami Beach edition launched in 2001, is currently undergoing renovation, to be completed in 2018. Carefully planned by city officials around the Art Basel shows, the construction will result in improved exhibition halls and state of the art facilities for exhibitors and visitors. During the renovation, Art Basel will continue to take place throughout the same four exhibition halls as in past years. For more information on the project, please visit mbccfuture.com.

Art Basel has always had a close relationship with regional arts organizations. As such, South Florida’s leading museums time their strongest exhibitions of the year to coincide with Art Basel. In December, the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will present ‘Julio Le Parc: Form into Action’, an exploration of kinetic work by one of the leading Argentinian artist; ‘Susan Hiller: Lost and Found’, an immersive video installation; ‘Sarah Oppenheimer: S-281913’, a series of architectural interventions; a solo show of paintings by David Reed; and work by Ulla von Brandenberg in the museum’s project gallery. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) will present ‘Thomas Bayrle’, while NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will show ‘Belief + Doubt: Selections from the Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz Collection’, ‘Francesco Clemente: Dormiveglia’, ‘Regeneration Series: Anselm Kiefer from the Hall Collection’ and ‘Samson Kambalu: Nyau Cinema’.

Other highlights include ‘Modern Dutch Design’, ‘The Pursuit of Abstraction’, The Politics of -Isms’ and ‘Visionary Metropolis: Tony Garnier’s Une Cité Industrielle’ at the WolfsonianFIU; a project by Mark Dion at the Kampong National Tropical Botanical Garden in partnership with Florida International University; ‘Question Bridge: Black Males’ and ‘Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers’ at the Norton Museum of Art; ‘When We Were Young’ and ‘José Parlá: Roots’ at YoungArts; and ‘The Other Dimension: Contemporary art practice as the existence of higher dimensions’ by Antuan Rodriguez at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Recently rebranded as The Bass, Miami Beach’s contemporary art museum will present off-site activations throughout the week as the museum looks ahead to its re-opening in Spring 2017.

Visitors from across the world will also have the opportunity to view the city’s internationally renowned private collections. This includes ‘Toda Percepción es una Interpretación: You are Part of It’ with works from Ella Fontanals-Cisneros and CIFO Collection at the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), ‘Progressive Praxis’ at the de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, ‘Jannis Kounellis: Paintings; Anselm Kiefer: Installations; Featuring: Radcliffe Bailey, Florian Baudrexel, Mark di Suvero, Mark Dion, David Ellis, Mark Manders, Olaf Metzel, Meuser, Will Ryman and Jason Schmidt’ at the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse and ‘High Anxiety: New Acquisitions’ at the Rubell Family Collection.

Design Miami is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Occurring alongside the Art Basel fairs in Miami Beach, and Basel, Design Miami has become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating collectible design. In its 12th edition, Design Miami will take place from November 30 – December 4 at Meridian Avenue and 19th Street in Miami Beach opposite the Miami Beach Convention Center. For more information, please visit designmiami.com.

Selection Committee in Miami Beach
The Selection Committee for Art Basel’s show in Miami Beach is comprised of renowned international gallerists: Tim Blum, Blum & Poe; Chantal Crousel, Galerie Chantal Crousel; Peter Freeman, Peter Freeman, Inc.; José Kuri, kurimanzutto; Friedrich Petzel, Petzel Gallery; and Mary Sabbatino, Galerie Lelong. The experts for the Nova and Positions sectors are Márcio Botner, A Gentil Carioca; Oliver Newton, 47 Canal; and Tanya Leighton, Tanya Leighton. The expert for the Florida galleries is Fredric Snitzer, Fredric Snitzer Gallery.

[Photo: Art Basel in Miami Beach 2013 | Impression]

Multi-Chamber of Commerce Business Card Exchange 9/8/16

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Multi-Chamber of Commerce Business Card Exchange
Thursday, September 8th 2016, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
MCE_sept_2016Blue Martini
900 S Miami Ave #250
Miami, FL 33130
Cost: Members $10, Non Members $15
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Thursday, September 8th 2016
Cost at the Door: NO tickets will be sold at the door.
Dress Code: Business Attire
Valet Parking: $10 Valet Parking or street parking

The Chambers of Biscayne Garden,Bolivia, Camacol,Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, Global, Honduras, Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, along with Brickell Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking event. Members $10 in advance Non-members $15 in advance to purchase tickets, please click on link below

This is an advance ticket event, Tickets must be purchased prior to the event , NO tickets will be sold at the door.

Visual Storytelling Summit 2016 10/26/16

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Visual Storytelling Summit 2016
VS_Summit_2016 Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 8:30AM – 5:30PM
Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus
300 Northeast 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33132
Website
Buy Tickets now and get a 10% for Soul Of Miami fans!

Why is business storytelling more important now than ever to connect with customers?

Participate in the inaugural Visual Storytelling Summit 2016 in partnership with The Idea Center at Miami-Dade College The Summit features six leading speakers sharing actionable tips you can apply to your business

The Internet has experienced a shift toward visual communication, through the quick rise of video and photo sharing, infographics, data visualization, virtual and augmented reality, and more.

Visual storytelling taps into our natural preference for visuals over text. This is especially important as our attention spans decrease in today’s crowded communications landscape.

This first-of-a-kind event will offer you the educational and networking opportunities to get you started and help you improve your marketing online, for your business and for yourself.

Join us for our inaugural Visual Storytelling Summit and start to redefine your story!

New Times E.A.T. 9/21/16

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New Times E.A.T.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
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VIP: 6:30 – 10p.m.
GA: 7 – 10 p.m.
BB&T Center
1 Panther Parkway
Sunrise, FL
Website
*$25 Discount Tickets available with Promo Code SPOON – offer ends 9/18
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New Times and the Florida Panthers present E.A.T!, an evening of epicurean delights and drinks from dozens of South Florida’s most-loved restaurants.

E.A.T! — which stands for “Edible, Artisanal, and Tasteful” — gives guests the chance to participate in an adventure like no other at the arena. E.A.T! is much more than the average food-and-drink festival.

newtimeseatIn addition to featuring samplings of delicious fare, E.A.T! offers guests several unique experiences:
During the E.A.T! Championship, a cooking competition similar to Food Network’s Chopped, two celebrated local chefs will face off in an exciting showdown on the main stage.
Live entertainment from top local bands and DJs will set a party vibe.
Club Lexus is a fantastic elite area featuring exclusive bites, entertainment, and a complimentary bar with offerings by sponsored beer, wine, and spirits companies. The elite area will have a limited capacity.

Chairman’s Club will be transformed into an amazing VIP experience featuring exclusive bites, entertainment, and a complimentary bar with offerings by sponsored beer and wine companies. The VIP area will have a limited capacity.

A percentage of ticket sales will go toward the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association, the only organization in Florida that offers the ProStart program, the Lodging Management Program (LMP), the Hospitality & Tourism Management Program (HTMP), and the Skills, Tasks and Results Training program (START). These programs were developed to increase the quality and employability of today’s high-school graduates by providing them with training related to important job skills as well as opportunities for careers and higher education. Students are introduced to careers in food service and lodging and are taught basic skills needed for success in these industries. This is accomplished through dynamic and comprehensive curriculum coupled with on-the-job training.

Unused food from the event will go to LifeNet4Families.

Event Highlights:
E.A.T! will allow visitors to sample goods from more than 50 restaurants.
2016 E.A.T! Championship will take place on the BB&T Center floor where the Monark Kitchen Stage will be located. Two local chefs will face off in an exciting cooking showdown.
2016 E.A.T! Charity Partner is Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association (FRLA). A percentage of ticket sales will go towards the organization.
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Twitter – @FRLAnews
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/FRLAnews
Any leftover food from participating restaurants will benefit LifeNet4Families.
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Hashtag: #LifeNet4Families

3:05 Cafecito + Hatuey Beer “Taste the Legacy” Happy Hour 8/26/16

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3:05 Cafecito + Hatuey Beer “Taste the Legacy” Happy Hour
Friday, August 26, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
305cafecitoThe Wynwood Yard
56 Northwest 29th Street
Miami, FL 33127
Free
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Join us for complimentary Hatuey and light bites at The Wynwood Yard on Friday, August 26!

We are throwing it back to the days when Hatuey Beer was enjoyed freely in Cuba as we celebrate this microbrewed craft ale.

Taste the Legacy of Hatuey beer all summer long as 3:05 Cafecito hosts special happy hours all over the Magic City.

Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 3 Days In Miami 9/1/16 – 9/3/16

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September 1-3, 2016
3dayredbullThe Hangar
60 NE 11th St.
Miami, FL 33132
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Beginning September 1st, Red Bull Sound Select will host three nights of music from top artists and emerging talent at the inaugural Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 3 Days in Miami. The event will be hosted at The Hangar in Downtown Miami and tickets are on sale today to Red Bull Sound Select Members for $15. For 3 Days in Miami, Red Bull Sound Select has partnered with three local curators Poplife, III Points and YesJulz who handpicked artists to bring into the program and perform in the showcases. Visit Red Bull Sound Select for more tickets and information.

A$AP Ferg will headline the first night of the series with support from Red Bull Sound Select Artists Jazz Cartier, an emerging Toronto MC, and New Jersey rapper 070 Shake. Friday’s bill will feature Cashmere Cat, plus Red Bull Sound Select artists Tennyson – a brother and sister teen dream-pop duo – and South Florida DJ Nick León. AlunaGeorge, Red Bull Sound Select artists Xavier Omär (f.k.a. SPZRKT) – a Georgia-bred singer-songwriter – and Steven A. Clark – a Miami based pop artist – will close out the series.

Red Bull Sound Select is an artist development program that works with notable music influencers who curate artists from their local scenes and supports musicians through in-studio collaborations, mentorship, music distribution, 200+ annual shows across 15 cities and festivals like 30 Days in LA. Red Bull Sound Select is looking forward to bringing the program to Miami, one of the most culturally diverse cities in America, for the first time.

Thursday, September 1st
A$AP Ferg
Jazz Cartier
070 Shake

Friday, September 2nd
Cashmere Cat
Tennyson
Nick León

Saturday, September 3rd
AlunaGeorge
Xaviar Omar
Steven A. Clark

Croquetapalooza 8/19/16

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Croquetapalooza
Friday August 19th from 7-10PM
croquetaqpalooza_spMagic City Casino
450 NW 37th Ave
Miami, FL 33125
Event is 21+
Advance Tickets are $35 and include unlimited samples.
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Croquetapalooza returns to and this time we’ve added another signature Burger Beast event, Frita Showdown to the mix.

Our panel of judges (Univision’s Eileen Cardet, author Ana Sofía Peláez & the Miami Herald’s Carlos Frias) along with all the attendees will be able to vote for their favorite Croqueta from among these greats: Atlas, Breadman Miami, Doce Provisions, Dolores But You can Call Me Lolita, FINKA Table & Tap, La Fresa Francesca, Larios on the Beach – Estefan Kitchen (2015 Croquetapalooza Champions), Ms. Cheezious, Palomilla Grill, Party Cake Bakery, Pinecrest Bakery, Trust & Co., Tucker Duke’s & Vicky Bakery.

Frita Showdown sees the returning 3 time champs El Rey de las Fritas defending against Cuban Guys, El Mago de las Fritas, I Don’t Give A Flying Frita, Los Bobos & Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox.

And you know how Burger Beast does, there’s more to snack on & drink: Chifles Mariquitas, cafecitos by Cafe La Rica, CAWY (Materva & Jupiña), Fireman Derek’s, Hatuey Cuban Style Beer, Night Owl Cookie Co., Ojala Wine, PG Bakery, Tio Colo & Tito’s Vodka.

Our 3rd annual Islas Canarias Croqueta Eating Contest also returns, this time refereed by “Croqueta Hating” Randy Fisher (producer of such great events as South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Burger Bash & Meatopia).

Croquetapalooza is brought to you courtesy of our great sponsors Miami Lakes Auto Mall, Downstairs Markets.

III Points Festival 2016 10/7/16 – 10/9/16

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III Points Festival 2016
Friday, October 7th through Sunday, October 9.
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GA Single-Day Passes priced at $70
GA Three-Day Passes at $155
Single-Day Foresight passes at $135
Three-Day Foresight Passes at $245
Ticket upgrades from General Admission to Foresight can be arranged by emailing upgrade@iiipoints.com.
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III Points presents its most impressive production yet, with a bigger than ever festival and staggering lineup, complete with a diverse roster of musical acts, visual artists, and technology innovators. Miami will witness a rare performance by Grammy-nominated LCD Soundsystem, marking the band’s only Florida show and most intimate festival appearance of the year. Additional Florida exclusives include headliners M83, Dixon, Method Man & Redman, and Thievery Corporation. III Points prides itself on providing a platform for an impressive roster of acts such as DIIV, Flight Facilities, Panther Du Prince (LIVE SHOW), Ta-ku(LIVE), Jacques greene (live), Little Simz, Museum of Love and Dawn of Midi, all making their debut in the Magic City.

Due to popular demand, III Points recently announced the Foresight Pass, a ticket upgrade available to fans seeking an enhanced festival experience. These passes grant access to two Foresight lounges, complete with craft cocktail bars, seating, air-conditioned private restrooms, charging stations, complimentary beer, water & Red Bull, along with a dedicated entrance, for easy access into festival grounds. Always committed to those who invest in the future of the constantly-evolving festival, III Points is giving back to its loyal fans who purchased Prophet Pass pre-sale tickets by automatically upgrading their tickets to Foresight passes, making it the only festival to give away Free VIP tickets to pre-sale purchasers.

Lineup
LCD Soundsystem; M83; Thievery Corporation; Dixon; Flying Lotus (DJ); Method Man & Redman; DIIV; Black Coffee; Flight Facilities; Ta-Ku (live); Maya Jane Coles; Earl Sweatshirt; DJ Koze; Dusky; Kink (live); Oneohtrix Point Never; DJ Tennis; Thee Oh Sees; Ben UFO; Junior Boys; Andy Scott; Danny Daze; Pantha Du Prince; Roy Wood$; Sophie (live); Denzel Curry; Jacques Greene (live); Little Simz; Satori; Chrome Sparks (live); Lapalux; Jessy Lanza; Leon Vynehall; Esta; Fatima Yamaha (live); Amtrac; Behrouz; Museum of Love; Dawn of Midi; Joe Kay; Craze; Helado Negro; Pouya; The Whooligan; Jacuzzi Boys; Viken Arman; Steven A. Clark; Arthur Baker; Psychic Mirrors; Brika; POORGRRRL; Otto Von Schirach; Lazaro Casanova; Jesse Perez; Uchi; Julio Victoria; Will Buck; Mr. Brown; DZA; Telescope Thieves; Plastic Pinks; Austin Paul; Deaf Poets; Durante; Holly Hunt; Nick Leon; Patrick M; Santiago Caballero; Rat Bastard; Jeremy Ismael; Bedside; Niko Javan; Virgo; Le Spam; Terence Tabeau; Grey 8s; Dude Skywalker; Killmama; Diego Andres; Sunghosts; Pirate Stereo; Aramís Lorié; Will Renuart; Twelve’len; Dim Past; Lowcut; Problem Kids; Beach Day; Byrdipop; Sndngchllz; Sean Drake; Wastelands; Lolo; Indigochildrick; Kazoots; T W Y N; Pazmal; Ennio Skoto; Jun Ill; JBZ; Vi; Kumi; Ltenght; Lemurian; Phaxas; Aaron Lebos Reality; Blkkmorris; Millionyoung; Poshstronaut; Nuri; Viniloversus; Kodiak Fur; Jport; Parrot Jungle 95; Tony Disco; John Hancock III; Fudakochi; Laura of Miami; DSAN; Baez; NSR; Nii Tei; True Vine; Oxynalia; Oly; Cog Nomen
Vince Staples, Bedouin, David Marston, Bad Wave, Ronny J, Benton, Gooddroid, Tremends, Copan, Deroboter, Mikey Ramirez, Lautlos, Michelle Leshem, Lofty305 & Ruben Slikk (Metro Zu), Mo’Booty, Twelve Tales, Komakozie, Jean Jacket, Artime, DJ YNOT, Sean Bang, Maure, DJ Heron, Modernage, SIRE, Illsnafu, Eveava, Venus Amor, Nala//Nusi, Puma & Harry, Topher B2B S3x Ed and Kunal. Artists previously announced include LCD Soundsystem, M83, Thievery Corporation, Method Man and Redman, Flying Lotus (DJ set), Dixon, Machinedrum, plus more. (for hip hop sites previously announced will say: Flying Lotus (DJ), Method Man & Redman, Earl Sweatshirt, Denzel Curry, Little Simz, Craze and DZA.)

Design For Miami Discussion with Ariel Raz 8/9/16

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Design For Miami Discussion with Ariel Raz
Tuesday, August 9, Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
arielrazThe Idea Center
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. 2nd AVE
Miami FL, 33132
Building 8, 5th Floor
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As The Idea Center at Miami Dade College introduces our new program, Design For Miami, we invite you to a discussion with Ariel Raz, Learning Experience Designer at Stanford University’s d.School.

Ariel will share with us his experience with Design Thinking and discuss how we can solve the world’s biggest problems through radical collaboration.

Ariel Raz is driven by the belief that teaching is a creative profession. He taught middle school math with Teach for America in New Orleans and was a founding member of KIPP Bloom in the Chicago Southside. In 2014 Ariel began a master’s program in learning, design & technology that culminated in iCanGo, a story building tool for parents of children on the Autism spectrum. He is now a learning experience designer with the K12 Lab Network at the Stanford dschool.

Ariel’s presentation will be accompanied by an information session about Design for Miami, which launches in September. This 12-week program will teach you design thinking as you work in teams on projects to improve the lives of Miamians living at or below the poverty line.

Fabulous Miami Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event 8/3/16

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Fabulous Miami Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event
Wednesday, August 3rd 2016, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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31 SE 5th Rt
in Brickell on The River
Cost: Members $10, Non Members $15 in advance
Cost at the Door: NO tickets will be sold at the door.
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Wednesday, August 3rd 2016

Valet Parking: $10 Valet Parking or street parking
Dress Code: Business Attire

The Chambers of Biscayne Garden,Bolivia, Camacol,Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, Global, Haití, Honduras, Junior Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,Poland , along with Brickell Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking event. Members $10 in advance Non-members $15 in advance to purchase tickets, please click on link below

This is an advance ticket event, Tickets must be purchased prior to the event, NO tickets will be sold at the door.

Miami’s 120th Birthday Celebration 7/28/16

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Miami’s 120th Birthday Celebration
July 28, 2016, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
13754271_10210070508148923_3922221162931566521_nJulia Tuttle’s Circle
Miami City Cemetery
1800 N.E. 2nd Avenue.
Miami, FL 33132

You are cordially invited to Miami’s 120th Birthday Celebration on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. hosted by Ronnie Hurwitz and Dennisse Malky of the City Cemetery Restoration Committee, to include a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Mayor of Miami, Tomas Regalado and Penny Lambeth, Committee Chair to showcase the lives of some of the greatest founders and pioneers of the Magic City.

Event Schedule:
9:30 a.m. Welcome, getting acquainted and conversation.
10:00 a.m. Tomas Regalado, Mayor of Miami & Penny Lambeth and guest speakers.
10:30 a.m. Refreshments
11:00 a.m. Tour of the Cemetery

Note: Pedestrian Entrance through N.E 2nd and N. Miami Avenue.
Parking: Parking available on Biscayne Park (Located just north of cemetery across from Temple). Limited Parking on Cemetery premises.

Tapestry: an Art, Artisan, Artisanal Foods and Vintage Show and Sale 7/30/16

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Tapestry: an Art, Artisan, Artisanal Foods and Vintage Show and Sale
tapestrySaturday, July 30, 2016- 11:00 AM- 4:00 PM
North Miami Public Library
835 NE 132nd St.
North Miami, FL 33161
Free Admission and Plenty of Free Parking

Family Event with Art, Hand Made Crafts, Artisanal foods, Vintage and other surprises
Beautiful renovated space and cool air conditioning!
Short talks and/or demos by artists and artisans
Affordable prices and fun for the whole family
Co- sponsored by North Miami Public Library and David Brown, MA, The Urban Tour Host

Read to Learn Books for Free Distributes Over 100,000 Books

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at the Read to Learn bookshelfPRESS RELEASE

CHILDREN COLLECT THOUSANDS OF BOOKS FOR COMMUNITY
From the beginning of the 2015 school year to the present, Read to Learn Books for Free has distributed over 113,307 books to the children of our community.

Read to Learn Books for Free works on two community-based levels: young children are able to select books for free from 40 bookshelves found in a variety of locations around the county, such as juvenile court to community service offices, clinics, park and community centers. Because the books fly off the shelves, they are restocked weekly. To meet the demand of stocking 3,500 books per week, children’s books are always being collected.

To donate books, visit www.MiamiBookFair.com to find a Read to Learn Books for Free donation bin closest to you.

During the past year, our community has truly come together to share the love of reading by providing children from our community the opportunity to select and keep free books from the Read to Learn Books for Free bookshelves. These books have been provided by so many others in our community via book drives, special events and personal donations. Read to Learn Books for Free, a literacy initiative sponsored by Miami Book Fair and The Children’s Trust, has been diligently collecting books to insure that all kids in our community have free access to books, and to the joy and adventure of walking through windows and doors made possible by reading.

Read to Learn Books for Free would like to say thank you to the children of Temple Beth Am, Ponce de Leon Middle, Cushman, Southwest Miami High, Casa Dei Bambini Montessori, Palmetto Elementary, Gulliver Academy, Carver Middle, Palmer Trinity, Leewood K-8 Center, and Glades Middle School, who together have collected over 6,000 books during the 2015-16 school year.

Read to Learn for FREESpecial thanks to Limmud Miami who, during a one-day book drive, collected 285 children’s books; to the members of the Jack & Jill Club who collected 231 books; to Ponce de Leon Middle school student Braulio Gonzalez and Librarian Mercy Mont-Ros for collecting 1,717 books; and to Anjana Mishra, who along with her two children Shreeya and Shaunak of Palmer Trinity and Leewood K-8, have since 2014 collected 5000+ books. Hats off to Etta Gold, Librarian for Temple Beth Am for collecting over 580 books in just a couple of months, and much gratitude to Miami-Dade County Public Schools for its donation of almost 4,000 books from its warehouse.

Much appreciation goes out to the Miami Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, a women’s fraternity, who received a $1,000 grant from the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation. With that money, Read to Learn Books for Free was able to purchase 236 bilingual books in Spanish and French. Said Kirstie Bray, “Because the goal of the Foundation is to partner with alumnae chapters to support projects that support the Fraternity’s educational and philanthropic efforts, we felt that Read to Learn Books for Free would make a good service project for our alumnae chapter.”

Read to Lean Books for Free is so grateful to Publix Supermarkets and TD Bank for their donations: the staff of Publix collected over 9,000 books for their drive, and TD Bank donated over 6,000 books purchased from First Book. We are continuously thankful to a variety of organizations for hosting on-going books drives: to Miami-Dade Public Library for collecting more than 5,600 books; to the City of Coral Gables for spearheading an on-going book drive and thus far collecting over 700 books at the Coral Gables Youth Center; to the Miami-Dade Police Department for collecting 400+ books; and, to Florida Memorial University for collecting almost 400 books.

R2LB4F thanks Kappa Alpha Theta for all these books!

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Tapestry: an Art, Artisan, Artisanal Foods and Vintage Show and Sale 7/9/16

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Tapestry: an Art, Artisan, Artisanal Foods and Vintage Show and Sale
tapestry flyer -final finalJuly 9, 16, 30, 2016- 11:00 AM- 4:00 PM
North Miami Public Library
835 NE 132nd St.
North Miami, FL 33161
Free Admission and Plenty of Free Parking

Family Event with Art, Hand Made Crafts, Artisanal foods, Vintage and other surprises. Beautiful renovated space and cool air conditioning! Short talks and/or demos by artists and artisans. Affordable prices and fun for the whole family.

Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event 6/8/16

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Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event
Wednesday, June 8th 2016, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
JUNE_8_2016Baru Brickell
1001 S Miami Av
Miami Fl. 33130
at Mary Brickell Village
Cost: Members $10,Non Members $15 in advance
Cost at the Door: NO tickets will be sold at the door.
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Wednesday, June 8th 2016
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Valet Parking: $10 Valet Parking or street parking
Dress Code: Business Attire

The Chambers of Biscayne Garden,Bolivia, Camacol,Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, Global, Haití, Honduras, Junior Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,Poland , along with Brickell Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking event.

This is an advance ticket event, Tickets must be purchased prior to the event , NO tickets will be sold at the door.

Funding Your Cause Beyond Grants 6/2/16

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Funding Your Cause Beyond Grants
Jun 2 at 9:30AM to 11:00AM
fundingCenter for Social Change
2103 Coral Way
Miami, Florida 33145
Free Registration
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Do you know sources of funding for your cause other than grants?

We invite you to join us for breakfast and networking to discuss funding issues with Tom Schramm, from Schramm & Associates.

Grant funding is often the initial funding an organization receives to get started. However, grants should not be the only source of funding to sustain an organization and to fund its growth. This workshop will identify funding sources other than grants and look in particular at two that provide the greatest return on the investment of your time and effort but that you may not have considered for your organization.

About the Presenter:
Thomas Schramm, a Professional in Residence at the Center for Social Change, has 29 years of fundraising experience in healthcare, arts, education, environmental and wildlife, social services and humanitarian organizations in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. He specializes in major gift fundraising including capital, comprehensive, and annual campaigns. He leads major gift workshops for nonprofit organizations to prepare development staff, and executive and volunteer leaders to implement major gifts fundraising as apart of their fundraising plan.

MBU Speaker Forum: Alan Faena: The Faena Arts & Culture Contribution 5/25/16

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MBU Speaker Forum: Alan Faena: The Faena Arts & Culture Contribution
faenaWednesday, May 25, 6:00-8:00pm
Casa Claridge @FAENA Art District
Collins Avenue at 35th Street
Miami Beach, FL
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A special evening at the Casa Claridge with Alan Faena, founder & president, The Faena Group. Alan Faena has undertaken a bold plan to revitalize a long-dormant section of Collins Avenue, transforming it into Faena Art District, a cultural hub.

This will be a unique opportunity to hear Alan Faena describe his vision for our community and to learn more about his venture in Buenos Aires which became a catalyst for innovative, site-specific and immersive creative practices.

Parking Information: There is a public parking lot on the east side of Collins Avenue at 35th Street across from Casa Claridge.

3rd Annual Haitian Cultural Celebration 5/14/16

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3rd Annual Haitian Cultural Celebration
may 14- flyer -finalMay 14, 2016- 1:00 PM- 5:00 PM
African-American Research Library and Cultural Center
2650 Sistrunk Blvd.
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311
Free Admission and Plenty of Free Parking

Book Signing, Panel Discussion and Cultural Exposition
Family Event with Art, Hand Made Crafts, Spoken Word with MECCA and Cultural Entertainment. Traditional Cuisine Available for Purchase

Montfort Alexis, Author launches his new French book titled: “De La Pauvreté A La Prospérité: Décentralisation et Développement Economique En Haïti”
“From Poverty to Prosperity: Decentralization and Economic Development in Haiti.”

For further information please call: (305)-416-6868

Casa De Montecristo by Prime Cigar & Whiskey Bar Announces Opening and Charity Program

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Date: April 29, 2015

Casa De Montecristo by Prime Cigar & Whiskey Bar Announces Opening and Charity Program

primeCasa De Montecristo by Prime Cigar & Whiskey Bar, is about to open in one of Miami’s most dynamic neighborhoods, where commerce and nightlife combine seamlessly. The 4,700 square foot location at the new Millicento tower, 1106 S Miami Ave Suite 202, is soon going to show the public what “sophisticated relaxation” really means. The term coined by owner-operators Jason Reznik and Ryan Leeds is actually a culture they developed at the first Boca Raton location. Very soon, Miami cigar enthusiasts, and active movers and shakers, will experience the Prime- lifestyle.

Prime Cigar’s first location set them apart as the premier cigar bar in South Florida. This second location will be in partnership with Altadis USA, one of the world’s top premium cigar manufacturers. In just two weeks, this one of kind cigar and whiskey lounge will officially open its doors to local VIPS, city officials, and special celebrity guests.

Knowing they were setting up shop in Miami’s business district, at Brickell’s newly built 1100 Millecento residential tower; Reznik and Leeds have upped the ante. Upon entering the very chic bar and lounge, to their walk-in humidor, lounge, private board room, private members lounge, custom furniture and elegant design elements, this location will speak to the individual wanting much, much more.

Prime Cigar is commitment to providing only the best for true cigar aficionados and power players, via a multitude of elements including: rare whiskeys, craft cocktails, premium and vintage cigars. Not stopping there, Ryan Leeds and Jason Reznik have committed to the community they are now in. The duo is proud to announce their community partnership program which will launch with their multi-day grand opening this May.

Commencing with the grand opening, Casa De Montecristo by Prime Cigar & Whiskey Bar and Lifestyle Lounge will partner up with, and support twelve local charitable organizations as a way to give back to the South Florida community that has helped them since they began the Prime Cigar brand. They carefully selected organizations that need support, local awareness and strong local partners.

Some of the amazing foundations include: Neat Stuff for Kids, Easter Seals of South Florida, United Way, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Boys and Girls Club of Miami-Dade, Zoological Foundation, Miami Children’s Health Foundation, Children’s Home Society, Kiwanis Club of Little Havana, Latin Builder’s Association’s LBA Children and Families Foundation, St. Jude and Ronald McDonald House Charities’ of South Florida. The community partnership program will consist of awareness, driven directly via the marketing, promotional and publicity efforts by Casa De Montecristo by Prime Cigar & Whiskey Bar, and its partners. This will include and not limited to fundraisers at the venue and product donations. They hope to inspire other neighboring locations, to embrace this program and launch similar efforts.

Ryan Leeds stated: “We are coming into a new [community], we want to support the needs of local organizations. We understand we must do our part in supporting those around us as well. Our hope is to create amazing relationships that will make a difference.”
For more information on Casa De Montecristo by Prime Cigar & Whiskey Bar, please contact Creativas Group at: info@creativasgroup.com. Photographs and interviews are available by request. Follow on social via @ Casa De Montecristo by Prime Cigar & Whiskey Bar.
ABOUT PRIME CIGAR & WINE BARFounded in 2010, Prime Cigar & Wine Bar is a cigar bar and lounge featuring premium cigars, top-shelf spirits, and fine wines. Prime Cigar delivers a “sophisticated relaxation” experience to all its guests and boasts a state-of-the-art air control system, ensuring a comfortable smoke-friendly environment.

About Altadis U.S.A.
Founded in 1918, Altadis U.S.A. is one of the largest cigar manufacturers in the world, and is responsible for many noteworthy and celebrated premium cigar brands including Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, H. Upmann, Trinidad, and VegaFina among others.. Altadis U.S.A operates premium cigar production facilities in the Dominican Republic and Honduras with production affiliations in Mexico and Nicaragua. For more information about Altadis U.S.A., please visit their website at www.altadisusa.com

Video of Manny Medina eMerge Americas 2016 Press Conference on 4/18/16

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Early (really early) on Monday morning, April 18, 2016, Founder and Chairman of eMerge Americas, Manny Medina held a press conference to talk to the media about his vision for the conference, his thoughts on tech, and the place that Miami plays in all of that. eMerge Americas 2016 is a sold-out conference of over 13,000 attendees that has the mission to serve as the catalyst for establishing Miami as the technology hub for the Americas in order to propel innovation and investment in South Florida and Latin America.

First Annual Earth Day and Holistic Lifestyle Festival 4/23/16

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First Annual Earth Day and Holistic Lifestyle Festival
Saturday, April 23, 2016, 11:00AM- 3:00PM
earth day flyer 2016MOCA Plaza
770 NE 125th St.
North Miami, FL 33161
Free Admission and Free Parking
For further information please call: (305)-416-6868
sustainavillage@aol.com

This Years’ Theme: Climate Change and Rising Sea Level

Environmental Education, Environmental Music, Children’s Activities, Art, Craft, Vegan and Vegetarian Food, Sustainable Services, Environmental Agencies, Holistic Products, Demonstrations, Plants and Free Raffle

Entertainment Featuring: Lanny Smith –The Earthman and Grant Livingston-on Guitar

8th Annual Miami Rum Festival 4/15/16 – 4/17/16

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8th Annual Miami Rum Festival
miamirumfestivalApril 15-17, 2016
Friday, 1 to 6pm
Saturday, 1 to 6pm
Sunday, 1 to 6pm
Miami Airport Convention Center
711 NW 72nd Ave
Miami, FL 33126
Three Day VIP Admission: $125
Single Day General Admission: $75
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Parking at the Miami Airport Convention Center: $5 per day – 1,700 car surface lot adjacent to the Convention Center

The Miami Rum Renaissance Festival features a three-day Grand Tasting Exhibition where participants can sample hundreds of fine rums from the Caribbean and beyond. Discover the finest rums from more than 30 countries, from each category and from each notable brand.

Rum experts from around the world come together to bring enlightening seminars, great rum cocktails and island-style entertainment.

Rum is fun. It’s made from sugar cane and produced by a wide variety of methods, resulting in a vast range of wonderful flavors, styles and types. Learn how rum makes delicious drinks, from island-style polynesia tiki cocktails to sophisticated libations that compare to great whiskeys, cognacs and single malt scotches.

VIP Tasting Bar Debuts
The addition of the new luxury VIP Rum Tasting Bar brings a selection of rare, vintage and limited edition rums to the event for serious rum enthusiasts.

Please note: All sales are FINAL and there are NO refunds.

Please remember that alcohol tastings must be done in a responsible manner. The Ticket holder agrees that all parties using tickets purchased on this site will practice responsible beverage consumption. Anyone who over-consumes or appears to over-consume is subject to removal from the festival without refund. Please don’t drink and drive! Thank you for your cooperation.

Residents Speak: The Making of a Convention Center Hotel 4/18/16

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Residents Speak: The Making of a Convention Center Hotel
Monday, April 18th, 6:00 – 8:00PM
miamibeachunitedThe Miami Beach Woman’s Club
2401 Pine Tree Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33140
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The Residents Speak: Miami Beach United Invites You To A Miami Beach Convention Center Hotel Forum

Residents From Diverse Neighborhoods Will Discuss Ideas And Impacts Of A Potential New City Hotel Plan

Panelists Include:
Jorge Exposito, Bayshore
Saul Gross, Mid Beach
Jerry Libbin, Normandy Shores/ North Beach
Ray Breslin, Collins Park
Paul Freeman, Palm View
Stacy Kilroy, Sunset Harbor
Paul Mokha, Fairview Park/ North Beach
Mark Needle, Flamingo Park
Daniel Ciraldo, MDPL Preservation Off. presenting resident survey

Introductions: Nancy Liebman, President – Miami Beach United
Moderator: Mark Samuelian, Board Director – Miami Beach United

You can read the Miami Beach United resolution sent to the Mayor and Commissioners here.

Refreshments and light snacks will be served

MBU is dedicated to improving the quality of life for Miami Beach residents, managed and measured growth of our city, and ethical leadership of government – for a vibrant city rooted in History, its People, Resources & Neighborhoods, with focus on the Future.

Lisa Vanderpump House Miami Pride Closing Party 2016 4/10/16

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Lisa Vanderpump House Miami Pride Closing Party
image1-11Sunday, April 10, 10:00pm – 5:00am
HOUSE Nightclub
1915 NW Miami Ct
Miami, Florida 33136
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You are cordially invited to join the Queen of all Housewives Lisa Vanderpump as she hosts the closing party for Miami Gay Pride at the spectacular HOUSE Nightclub in Wynwood Miami. Proceeds go to benefit LGBT healthcare thorough Care Resource, AIDS Walk 2016, and The Anti Yulin Dog Meat Eating Festival.

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Miami Foundation Public Space Challenge Workshops 4/6/16 – 4/7/16

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Wednesday, April 6th at 5:30 p.m.
JFK Public Library
190 W 49th St, Hialeah
Florida 33012

Thursday, April 7th at 6:30 p.m.
Kendale Lakes Branch Library
15205 SW 88th St
Miami, Florida 33196
ourmiami.org/challenge

To help Challenge participants with the planning, writing, and execution of their projects, The Miami Foundation will host a series of public workshops with Urban Impact Lab and Design Thinking Miami.

For more information and to submit an idea, visit ideas.ourmiami.org. To schedule interviews or discuss the Challenge with The Miami Foundation, please contact Meieli Sawyer at 305-668-0070 or msawyer@weinbachgroup.com.

for the fourth year in a row, The Miami Foundation is launching the Public Space Challenge, a contest for ideas that create, improve or activate local gathering places like parks, playgrounds, sidewalks, basketball courts and plazas in Greater Miami. The Foundation invests $305,000 to make the top ideas a reality. Health Foundation of South Florida will support winning ideas increasing access to fresh food and healthy lifestyles; the Office of Miami-Dade County Commissioner Juan C. Zapata will support ideas in West End. Anyone can submit and idea – individuals, groups, public agencies, nonprofits, private companies – at ideas.ourmiami.org from March 15th through April 21st.

“The success of Greater Miami’s exponential growth depends on our ability to develop and enhance the spaces that keep us connected as a community,” said Javier Alberto Soto, president and CEO of The Miami Foundation. “Residents strongly supported our advocacy push to help increase the county and city parks budgets last year. That energy, plus excitement around catalytic parks like Underline and Ludlam Trail, prove that this community is fervently demanding activated, safe and beautiful open gathering places. The Challenge puts the power in residents’ hands to create these important spaces themselves.”

The Challenge has funded projects big and small from Homestead to Hialeah, Wynwood to Miami Gardens. Most of them are submitted by local residents committed to improving Greater Miami, like David Hazim, whose passion for disc golf led him to submit a winning idea to create a course in his neighborhood at Homestead Air Reserve Park. Dejha Carrington, a 2015 Challenge winner, sought to activate the Miami skyline as a place to unite the local community. She created a public art project on the side of the InterContinental Miami. The hotel’s 19-story digital wall lit up with original art moving in sync with contemporary, instrumental music streamed online for a community-wide experience. More than 1,000 ideas have been submitted and over $500,000 invested in winning ideas since the Challenge’s inception.

“This is a movement toward creating a county bursting with great public spaces – a county where every Miamian is a 10-minute walk from an urban retreat to share with their friends and neighbors,” said Stuart Kennedy, director of program strategy and innovation. “This year, we want to cast an even wider net, so we’re encouraging creativity to reimagine what local public spaces can be.”

Fabulous Miami Multi-Chamber of Commerce Business Card Exchange 4/6/16

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Wednesday, April 6th, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Garzon Restaurant
801 S Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33130
Cost: Members $10,Non Members $15 in advance
Cost at the Door: NO tickets will be sold at the door.
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Wednesday, April 6th 2016

Valet Parking: $10 Valet Parking or street parking
Dress Code: Business Attire

The Chambers of Biscayne Garden,Bolivia, Camacol,Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, Global, Haití, Honduras, Junior Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,Poland , along with Brickell Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking event.

Secret Doors Street Art Show to Benefit ArtCares for Kids 4/8/16

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Secret Doors Street Art Show to Benefit ArtCares for Kids
secretdoorsFriday, April 8 at 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Wynwood Warehouse Project
450 NW 27th Street
Miami, Florida, 33127
Admission to the show is $15 for adults in advance and $20 at the door. Children are Free.
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Just My Height Art Shows® brings fine art to young children’s eye level by displaying professional quality fine art at 36 inches high. Talking Off the Wall Magazine has been documenting the South Florida street-art scene for the past two years. These two organizations have joined forces to produce “Secret Doors,” a fine art show that will proudly feature 15 of South Florida’s best street artists and muralists to benefit ArtCares for Kids.

Sponsored by The Florida House Experience, VITAS Healthcare, Artist & Craftsman Supply, Aventura Mall and others, the show will feature family friendly street- and mural-style artwork.

The opening will feature games and hands-on art activities designed to engage patrons with the exhibits. Persons of all ages—from 2 to 102—are welcome to enjoy complementary light bites and age-appropriate beverages, including sponsored adult beverages provided by Peroni beer, with an open bar from 6 to 8 p.m., and a cash bar from 8 to 10 p.m.

A portion of the proceeds from the show will be donated to ArtCares for Kids, a Miami-based organization that takes art activities to children undergoing cancer and other intensive medical treatments at Jackson Memorial Holtz Children’s Hospital and Baptist Children’s Hospital. ArtCares for Kids will receive copies of a special coloring book comprised of the artwork being shown at the event. The “Secret Doors,” coloring book will be given to these children in an effort to raise their spirits and occupy their hands with bedside art projects.
The 15 “Secret Doors” artists are:
8Bit Lexicon
Aquarela
Luis Berros
DaveL
Nate Dee
G.G.
Kazilla
Monique Lassooij
Ernesto Maranje
Miguel Parades
Jenny Perez
REMOTE
SURGE
Ruben Ubiera
Derek Wilson

Sweat’s Record Store Day Get Down with Shabazz Palaces 4/16/16

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Sweat’s Record Store Day Get Down with Shabazz Palaces
Saturday, April 16, 8:00am – 2:00am
rsdSweat Records
5505 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, Florida 33137
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Join us for a full day of fun and music on Record Store Day 2016!

Headlining this year’s main stage at Churchill’s is none other than SHABAZZ PALACES (Seattle/Sub Pop)!!! That’s right, a Free, All-Ages show with one of the most exciting and experimental duos in hip hop, featuring Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler of Digable Planets and multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire. Their excellent albums “Black Up” and “Lese Majesty” have been top sellers at Sweat and we can’t wait to host them on RSD.

Doors open at 8am for the Record Store Day exclusives! Anyone waiting in line before 7am will get to “call” ONE selection depending on availability, and starting at 7am DJ LE SPAM will serenade the line-waiters with a vinyl DJ set from his tricked out WV Sound Bus!

Sweat Dj Stage – Noon To 10pm
Dj Affect // Dj Hottpants // Oly // Andrew Vincent

Churchill’s Main Stage – 7pm To ??
Shabazz Palaces (SUB POP)
Party Flag
Bleubird
Eons
Holly Hunt
Dénudés
Treasure Teeth
Pure Imagination Live
with Emcee Komakozie!

Churchill’s Back Stage – 7pm To ??
Cut A Rug Dance Party with Dj Woozles + Friends!

Plus…
Sale: Sweat Sidewalk Sale from noon to 8pm! Mega-discounts on records and merch!
Ride: Bike Valet by Magic City Bike Collective. Extra parking will be available but carpooling, Uber-ing, and Lyft-ing are also highly recommended!
Eat: Ms. Cheezious, Rolling Stove, and more!
Drink: Churchill’s Beer Garden!
More: tables by local vendors and groups including Modlips Revival, Little Haiti Mural Project, Life Is Art, Coral Gables Art Cinema, and more, giveaways from III Points and Fillmore Miami Beach, and Engage Miami doing voter registration!

Huge thanks to Knight Foundation and Churchill’s Pub for their support of Sweat’s RSD Get Down!

NEWS: #PodQuest – Radiotopia Launches Search For Podcasting’s Next Breakout Hit, March 17 – April 17. 2016

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Radiotopia Launches #PodQuest, the Search For Podcasting’s Next Breakout Hit

podquestWith $10,000 and four months of mentorship, three finalists will vie for a spot in Radiotopia’s network of acclaimed story-driven podcasts.

Podcast show submissions can be sent via radiotopia.fm/podquest until the April 17, 2016 deadline.

Aiming to discover diverse new voices, introduce audiences to fresh talent, and explore what it takes to bring a podcast to life, the Radiotopia podcast network today launched Podquest, a competition that will give three finalists financial and professional support to develop a podcast for the story-driven network of acclaimed shows such as 99% Invisible, The Memory Palace, Criminal, Song Exploder, and The Mortified Podcast.

Podquest kicks off with a one-month open submission period, during which anyone can submit an original idea for a podcast. Ten semi-finalists will then be interviewed by the Podquest selection team, with three finalists receiving $10,000 (each) to produce pilot episodes for their proposed shows. Over the course of four months, these finalists will receive hands-on support for creating a sustainable podcast, as well as editorial and technical input from Radiotopia’s team of seasoned podcasting experts. At the end of the production phase, one winner will be selected to develop their idea into a full series for inclusion in Radiotopia in 2017. Throughout the Podquest process, 99 Radiotopia supporters will participate by weighing in on submissions and offering feedback on pilot episodes-in-progress.

To help in the development of their podcasting endeavors, all ten of the semi-finalists will also receive an array of professional support including $300, office hours with Radiotopia producers, free Hindenburg radio editing software, a free two-year PRX membership, and a year-long membership with the media talent network AIR.

“Radiotopia’s mission is to provide a powerful, supportive platform for podcasting’s boldest voices,” said Julie Shapiro, Executive Producer of Radiotopia. “Podquest will connect us with ambitious, emerging producers and bring their creative talents to audiences hungry for Radiotopia-style podcasts: shows that consistently showcase innovative, provocative and carefully crafted storytelling.”

Launched in 2014 by PRX, the award-winning public media company, Radiotopia has quickly become the leader in today’s audio storytelling renaissance and grown its roster of hit shows from seven to thirteen. In 2015, Radiotopia podcasts were downloaded more than 10 million times per month, nearly doubling their 5.7 million monthly downloads from 2014.

Podquest is one of a series of new initiatives funded by a $1 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that Radiotopia received in May 2015. Podquest is additionally supported by Hindenburg Systems and AIR.

For more information and to submit your idea, visit radiotopia.fm/podquest.

About PRX
PRX is shaping the future of public media content, talent and technology. PRX is a leading creator and distributor, connecting audio producers with their most engaged, supportive audiences across broadcast, web and mobile. A fierce champion of new voices, new formats, and new business models, PRX advocates for the entrepreneurial producer. PRX is an award-winning media company, reaching millions of weekly listeners worldwide. For over a dozen years, PRX has operated public radio’s largest distribution marketplace, offering thousands of audio shows including This American Life, The Moth Radio Hour and Reveal. Follow us on Twitter at @prx.

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Knight Arts Challenge grant- Community Conversation schedule 3/16/16 – 4/6/16

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Knight Arts Challenge grant- Community Conversation schedule
March 16 – April 6
Locations around South Florida
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The 2016 Knight Arts Challenge Grant application period opens on April 4, 2016 and closes on May 2, 2016. To help potential applicants, the Knight Foundation has set up Community Conversations across South Florida during March and April.

Community Conversations Schedule
March 16, 6:30 p.m.
Freedom Tower
600 Biscayne Blvd., second floor
Miami
Panel: Hattie Mae Williams of the Tattooed Ballerinas; Susan Caraballo of FEAST Miami and Hannah Nicholas of the alt Default.

March 17, 6:30 p.m.
Overtown Youth Center, Auditorium
450 NW 14th St.
Miami
Panel: Mikhaile Solomon of the Prizm Art Fair; Zedric Bembry of Live in Color and representatives of Delou Africa.

March 21, 6:30 p.m.
South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Black Box Theater
10950 SW 211th St.
Cutler Bay
Panel: Deborah Mitchell of Artists in Residence in Everglades and representatives from New Theatre.

March 22, 6:30 p.m. in English; 7:30 p.m. in Spanish
Milander Center for Arts & Entertainment, Garden Plaza Room
4800 Palm Ave.
Hialeah
Panel: Francisco Tardio of Microtheater; Joaquin Martinez, of the Miami Dade College Hialeah Campus and the Hialeah Cultural Center.

March 23, 6:30 p.m.
The Projects Space @ FATVillage, FATVillage Arts District
521 NW First Ave.
Fort Lauderdale
Panel: Darius Daughtry and Seth Levit of the Jason Taylor Foundation and Mindy Shrago of the Young at Art Museum.

March 24, 6:30 p.m. in English, 7:30 p.m. in Spanish
West Dade’s Artefactus Theater
12302 SW 133rd Court
Miami West Kendall.
Panel: Jose Manuel Dominguez of Artefactus and Joann Yarrow of Teatro Prometeo.

April 5, 1:15 p.m.
Islamorada’s History of Diving Museum
82990 Overseas Hwy.
Islamorada

April 6, 1:15 p.m.
Key West, Gato Building
1100 Simonton St.
Key West

We will also host office hours to give one-on-one feedback about applications:
April 23, 2 to 4 p.m., Macondo Coffee Roasters, 2494 NW 89th Place, Doral
April 27, 5 to 7 p.m., Panther Coffee, 2390 NW Second Ave, Miami (Wynwood)

FoodSpark Miami: #QuePasaHialeah 3/12/16

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Saturday, March 12, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Historic Hialeah Market Station
1200 SE 11th Ave
Hialeah, FL 33010
Free
RSVP Required

FoodSpark Miami will be debuting its second pop-up potluck event in the City of Hialeah at the historic Hialeah Market Station. Hialeah residents of all ages are invited to join us for a fun, interactive gathering where they’ll have an opportunity to bond and collaborate over great food provided by local restaurants, and conversation around social issue topics relevant to their immediate community. Seating for this event is limited, so RSVPs are highly encouraged in order to guarantee we have enough chairs for everyone.

FoodSpark Miami is an initiative of Celebrate Diversity Miami, a large-scale community engagement initiative founded in October 2014 that aims to promote a deepened sense of connectivity between the culturally and ethnically diverse neighborhoods of greater Miami. It’s made possible in part by the K880 Emerging City Champions fellowship, a program of 880 Cities with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as well as the 2015 Public Space Challenge, a program of The Miami Foundation with support from Baptist Health South Florida.

Special thanks to our wonderful volunteers, and Hialeah event partners including: City of Hialeah – Municipal Government, JLPR, Engage Miami, Life Is Art, Inc, Art Central Miami, The New Tropic, WhereBy.Us, PARK Project, Night School, Radical Partners, Emerge Miami, alphabet city design + marketing, Social Chats rep. Vice Queen Maria, Yelp Miami, Aja’s Catering Service, Alameda Bakery, BreadMan Miami, Film & Fork, La Fresa Francesa, Willy’s Bakery, Quinoa Corner, and more to come =)

HistoryMiami Sinatra Grand Opening Party 3/3/16

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HistoryMiami Sinatra Grand Opening Party
sinatraThursday, March 3, 2016, 7:00PM – 11:00PM
HistoryMiami Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Fl 33130
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You don’t have to fly to the moon to toast Sinatra! Come join HistoryMiami Museum for the grand opening of Sinatra: An America Icon, the official exhibit of the 2015 Frank Sinatra Centennial. In partnership with Ocean Drive, on March 3rd, guests will enjoy a first look at the show-stopping exhibit featuring never before seen photos, dance to the unforgettable music of “Ol’ Blues Eyes,” enjoy tasty treats from Tutto Pizza & Pasta and sip on his favorite libation, Jack Daniels!

Walking Tour of Little Haiti for Black History Month 2/27/16

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Walking Tour of Little Haiti for Black History Month
Saturday, February 27, 2016 from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
dscn6757Little Haiti
5925 NE 2nd. Ave.
Miami, FL 33137
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The Urban Tour Host presents “Miami’s Cultural Community Tours & Eco-Tours” featuring Little Haiti.
This rare, public walking tour highlights the Historic and Cultural attractions in the vibrant, historic, cultural neighborhood of Little Haiti, Miami and will be conducted by Mr. David Brown, MA, The Urban Tour Host and author of “The Story of Little Haiti featuring its Pioneers”. This is the last public tours for Black History Month.

A Select number of books remaining will be available for purchase and signed by the author!
The tour will conclude at Leela’s Restaurant in the heart of “Downtown Little Haiti” with a deliceous sit down cultural meal. Deadline for confirmation has been extended to Wednesday @ noon Feb., 24, 2016.
For questions or further information, please call 305-416-6868

Fabulous Miami Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event 3/2/16

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Fabulous Miami Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event
Wednesday, March 2nd 2016, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
multi-chamber_febLibar Steakhouse
900 Biscayne Blvd
Miami Fl. 33132
Cost: Members $10,Non Members $15 in advance
Cost at the Door: NO tickets will be sold at the door.
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Tuesday, March 1st 2016

Valet Parking: $10 Valet Parking or street parking
Dress Code: Business Attire

The Chambers of Biscayne Garden,Bolivia, Camacol,Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, Global, Haití, Honduras, Junior Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,Poland , along with Brickell Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking event. Members $10 in advance Non-members $15 in advance to purchase tickets , please click on link below

This is an advance ticket event, Tickets must be purchased prior to the event , NO tickets will be sold at the door.

NEWS: Shake 108 FM Launches New Weekly Shows and Key Partnerships

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Shake 108 FM Launches New Weekly Shows and Key Partnerships
Miami’s Homegrown Radio Station Adds Focus on Local Music Scene plus local Industry Veterans to the Mix
Miami, FL – February 10, 2016 – Shake 108 FM, the Miami underground & homegrown non-profit radio station, enters its second year with a big-bang line up of new weekly shows and key partnerships with some of the industry’s most revered professionals.

Founded on the vision of providing music oprn format variety music through an independently owned and operated radio station, Shake 108 FM is giving Miami’s talented musicians such as Suenalo, Afrobeta & Nil Lara; music & nightlife movers & shakers such as DJ George Acosta and Bill Kelly; and local non-profit organizations, a committed platform to promote the local music scene. The new shows, starting on February 14th, 2016, include:

· Local Love Hour – Starting Valentine’s day on Sundays & Wednesdays from 8-9 PM Miami’s own singer/songwriter/DJ, Aimee Beah Moore, will host the locals show playing only music from Miami artists. Suenalo, Afrobeta, Nil Lara, Spam All-stars, Xperimento and many others.

· Bill Kelly’s Open House – Local legend & founder of Winter Music Conference, Bill Kelly is managing his house music show every Monday night from 10-midnight.

· Friday Night PlayHouse – World renowned local DJ George Acosta will be managing house music every Friday night live at “The Bunker 1826” on Collins Avenue in South Beach.

· DJ of the Week – Shake 108 will be featuring one DJ a week every Thursday night to promote the many outstanding DJs spinning at clubs throughout Miami.

· Kulchu Shok Reggae Show – Lance O, founder of Kulchu Shok Music, will be managing reggae music every Saturday morning from 7-9 am

In addition, Shake 108 FM’s founder Peter Stebbins, has brought in Miami’s longtime South Beach promoter Bobby Brandt to help manage the station.

“I feel that the only thing Shake 108 was missing was a strong track-record in the biz,” explains Stebbins. “You can accomplish that over time or by bringing in teammates already with that track record. Bobby is the ultimate Miami music, nightlife expert with unmatched experience. I am really excited he is willing to take a shot at us.”

“Shake 108 is a fantastic platform to deliver what people want to hear, what Miami wants to hear,” adds Brandt. “Peter came to me with such an amazing opportunity: to showcase, in a mass medium, Miami’s incredible talent. I couldn’t say no.”

In addition to local music… Non-profits in Miami have a place to promote their events on the radio with free commercials. This sophomore year Shake 108 will have a team reach out to many Miami non-profits to help them spread the word about community activities. Shake 108 is the voice of Miami’s non-for-profits.

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3rd Annual Filmgate Interactive 2/20/16 – 2/28/16

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3rd Annual Filmgate Interactive
February 20 – 28, 2016

FilmGate Interactive, the U.S.A.’s only Immersive Media Conference, returns for its third year with more than 20 screenings, 6 performances, 5 interactive exhibits and 15 workshops, which explore the intersection of film, technology and interactive storytelling.

The FilmGate Interactive Conference will take place from February 20 to 28, 2016 at prime arts locations throughout Miami Beach and Miami, Florida. Over 5,000 production professionals and enthusiastic amateurs, are anticipated to attend this year’s conference and their goal is to learn, showcase their work, and develop new content through immersive and interactive techniques – an approach that recognizes the changing landscape of entertainment and storytelling, and produces a more cohesive and rewarding audience experience.

Under the helm of Executive Director Diliana Alexander, the FilmGate Interactive conference aims to engage viewers in the creative process while also providing production professionals, filmmakers, videographers, gamers, coders, writers, photographers, story architects, marketing and advertising creatives and technophile audiences with access to experts and state-of-the-art tools to craft their own projects.

FilmGate Interactive answers the question of how new technology is influencing the future of entertainment, art and digital storytelling. We called the Conference, FilmGate to pay homage to our roots—the capturing of that moment, when film passed through the gate and is illuminated—but there is hardly any film left in today’s reality. We live in a digital world with ever-changing technological landscape and our programming and learning environments reflect that – Diliana Alexander

In a nod to the Hispanic creative and new technology communities from Central and South America and the Caribbean, an important aspect of conference programming embedded since its launching has been to represent diversity and emerging markets. At this year’s Conference, FilmGate Interactive will feature immersive media creators from Brazil and Colombia. “South Florida’s unique socio-cultural demographic and proximity to Latin America and the Caribbean have positioned Miami Beach and Miami as an international destination for arts, development and increasingly, technology,” said Alexander. “There is a tangible shift in the region’s identity as one poised for opportunity and growth.”

Program highlights include:
The Interactive Tech Playground
The Interactive Tech Playground is a curated fair with 30 selected exhibitors offering innovative products (cameras, lights, cranes, lenses, gaming software, apps, video equipment, etc.) and services.  Spanning over more than 8,000 square-feet at the historic Deauville Beach Resort, the Interactive Tech Playground was designed to be a platform to connect trade and consumer audiences to the advances in new technology, from startups to blue chip companies.
The Playground will feature the FilmGate Center Stage, an area for live presentations and an interactive set with live actors, where anyone can “play” with the gear on display.
We welcome new editions to the program: cinematic camera manufacturers RED Digital and Blackmagic. SONY will return with a workshop on High Dynamic Range for Content Production and Distribution, How to get the best imagery from the PMW-F55 and PMW-F5 motion picture cameras and a Miami specific workshop involving underwater videography and photography. Past participants have included Panasonic, Canon, Arri CSC, Kessler Cranes, Schneider Optics, Manfrotto, Dodo Case, Nauticam and Cinedrones, among others.

Interactive Screenings
Manual Cinema’s LULA DEL RAY is the story of a lonely adolescent girl who lives with her mother on the outskirts of a vast satellite array in the middle of the desert, and is performed with overhead projectors, shadow puppets, actors in silhouette, and live music. Set in the mid-century American Southwest, the project is inspired by the music of Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, and Patsy Cline. 
Katerina Cizek’s THE UNIVERSE WITHIN, the final chapter of the Digital Emmy award-winning series HIGHRISE, poses the questions, as cities reach for the sky, how do we engage with our loved ones over the worldwide web? How has this reality rewired our brains? The project was created for the National Film Board of Canada.
DO NOT TRACK, directed by Brett Gaylor and co-produced by Upian, Arte, the National Film Board of Canada, is a personalized documentary series about privacy and the web economy.
AFTER THE STORM, directed by Andrew Grace and for the first time jointly launched on line by PBS’s Independent Lens and the Washington Post, is an interactive documentary, which tells the story of what happened after a half-mile wide tornado plowed through the middle of Tuscaloosa, a small southern college town in central Alabama, after the storm passed, the media left town, and after the adrenaline subsided.
THE STORY OF THE STAFF, a web documentary by Ashley Maynor, an investigation into America’s obsession with temporary memorials. It tracks what happens to more than half a million letters, 65,000 teddy bears, and hundreds of thousands of other packages, donations, and condolence items sent to Newtown, Connecticut, in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting.

Interactive Exhibits
Nonny de la Pena and her Emblematic Group team will present ONE DARK NIGHT, a Trayvon Martin VR Reenactment. The near constant flow of news detailing yet another shooting death of a black person by U.S. police officers may eventually dull the shock for some observers, but what if you could relive the incidents reported as if you were there? This is a data driven, immersive virtual reality reenactment of the February 2012 Florida shooting death of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.  
DISCLOSE MIAMI, a participatory, slow, immersive sound and sight installation, designed for relaxation, conversation and creative production, will be created by Billy Wrasnik, Emily Ferrier and a team of creative technologists in real time during the Conference, It will stitch together the sounds and sights captured by the participants of the SOUND FOR THE NEW MEDIA FRONTIER workshop, being held at the conference prior to the event.

Workshops
IMMERSIVE MEDIA MASTER CLASS with Katerina Cizek: An innovative storyteller who works across many media platforms, Katerina Cizek created the seven year long, multi-media project HIGHRISE for the National Film Board of Canada. The project won the 2011 Digital Emmy award in the non-fiction category for digital programs.
Sound designer and classically trained musician Billy Wirasnik will lead a SOUND FOR THE NEW MEDIA FRONTIER workshop, which will present practical answers the question of what can be done to incorporate thoughtful, meaningful use of sound. Attendees of the workshop will use the medium of Slow TV, an emerging genre of observational films, as a vessel of exploring sound and patient filmmaking.
The Brazilian #EraTransmidia group, will teach a Multi Audience Multi Platform workshop (MAMP), which will utilize real cases and hands on activities, to create story worlds.

Interactive Events
SHE DOES LIVE. Witness the live recording of a podcast with hosts Elaine Sheldon and Sarah Ginsburg and special guest Mariana Santos. SHE DOES features notable women of all generations, working at the intersection of media, film, journalism, art and technology. Former Knight International Journalism Fellow at Stanford University, Mariana Santos is a visual storyteller who did groundbreaking work as a member of the interactive team at The Guardian in London before becoming director of Interactive and Animation at Fusion Media.
ZICA AND THE CHAMELEONS, created for Nickelodeon Brazil by CinemaAnimadores, is an immersive TV show about a not-so-typical teenager, who relates to the world through her art. The event, designed for grade and high school students, will include a live experience and live music.

Best Of N.O.L.A.
“I’m Not Gonna Move to L.A.” (N.O.L.A.) is a monthly event that for the last three years has screened local shorts made in Florida under the same roof at independent art house O Cinema.  After a Q & A and rapid-fire trivia, the audience is asked to vote for their favorite film using some unorthodox devices. In a culmination of N.O.L.A. all-stars, the winners of the past months have been invited to O Cinema Miami Beach for a chance to win the grand prize, the Pink Kraken.

All screenings, installations and workshops are suitable to all skill levels and high school students. University Student admission with valid I.D. is $60 and includes access to the Tech Playground, workshops, projects and an invitation to the launch event. All appropriate events are free to high school students. The ALL ACCESS PASS is $120 with perks such as invitations to industry happy hours, the kickoff pool party at the Deauville Hotel and the Future Survivor themed closing party and awards ceremony.  The Pink Kraken, FilmGate’s ultimate entry into VIP events, is $225 for aforementioned programs, plus invitations to all private events and a one-year membership to South Florida’s very own FilmGate Miami.

PAMM Ambassadors for African American Art Celebration 2/16/16

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PAMM Ambassadors for African American Art Celebration
Tuesday, February 16, 7–10pm
Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
Become an Ambassador for African American Art to receive an invitation: pamm.org/artfund.

On February 16, 2016, Pérez Art Museum Miami will welcome more than 500 Ambassadors for African American Art to the museum for a celebration at the Third Annual Reception for the PAMM Fund for African American Art presented by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The evening will showcase a performance, Ground (In Progress), presented by PAMM exhibition artist Nari Ward. Ground (In Progress) is a floor-based sculpture made from 700 copper-topped bricks and adorned with painted geometric symbols drawn from the Underground Railroad directional code. Five local dancers will perform and improvise atop Ward’s sculpture and respond to its ideas of the untouchable and monumental nature of works of fine art using a range of dance styles.

In addition, guests will enjoy a musical performance by Girl Power’s Girls’ Choir of Miami, a local organization that strives to provide opportunities for girls in a year-round quality music education program, and a complimentary dinner reception with a musical performance by Ketchy Shuby on the East Portico.

Initiated with a $1 million grant, funded equally by Jorge M. Pérez and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the PAMM Fund for African American Art builds on PAMM’s longstanding commitment to exhibiting and collecting the work of African American artists. The support of PAMM’s Ambassadors for African American Art help grow the collection with works by significant artists such as Al Loving, Faith Ringgold, Rashid Johnson, Kehinde Wiley, Purvis Young and more.

Coconut Grove Arts Festival Presented by Terra Group 2/13/16 – 2/15/16

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Coconut Grove Arts Festival Presented by Terra Group
cgaf2016February 13, 14 and 15, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
South Bayshore Drive
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Website

Admission to the Arts Festival is $15 per person, per day. Children 12 and under are free. Residents of Coconut Grove in the 33133 zip code can enjoy the Festival at a special reduced admission of $5 (proof of residency required).

The 53rd annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival® presented by the Terra Group will showcase the works of 360 nationally recognized artists along the scenic streets of Coconut Grove this Presidents Day Weekend, February 13-15.

Artists from across the United States, Argentina, Canada, Georgia and Hungary are among those representing the Arts Festival’s 13 main categories: 2D Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Digital Art, Printmaking & Drawing, Watercolor, Claywork, Glass, Fiber, Jewelry & Metalwork, 3D Mixed Media, Sculpture and Wood.

The Arts Festival’s “New & Emerging Artist” category has once again invited a few artists, between the ages of 18 and 29, to exhibit at their first outdoor, fine arts festival.

All 45 of last year’s award winners will also return to this year’s event, while nearly 23 percent of participants are brand new artists to the festival. On the local register, 83 artists are from Florida with 24 of these artists representing South Florida.

Complementing the visual arts on display is the popular Culinary Pavilion which invites 12 world-renowned chefs to prepare their famous dishes and explain their specialties. Among the chefs expected are Chef Cindy Hutson, Chef Irie, Chef Paulette Bilsky and chefs from the Sonesta Coconut Grove Miami, the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Glass & Vine and the Miami Culinary Institute.

Through its partnership with the Miami New Times, the 53rd annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival presented by Terra Group has announced an exciting line-up for its main stage at Peacock Park that includes a blend of groups touring nationally along with regional headliners and popular local acts.

Main Stage Entertainment Schedule
Saturday, February 13, 2016
The Nth Power
The London Souls
JUke
Deaf Poets

Sunday, February 14, 2016
Larkin Poe
Carly Jo Jackson
SunGhosts
Bora

Monday, February 15, 2016
Locos Por Juana
Raquel Sofia
The Oski Foundation

Produced by the 501(c)(3) Coconut Grove Arts & Historical Association proceeds help fund year-round arts programs. The association also maintains the Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery and presents special exhibitions throughout the year from its location at Mayfair.

Miami Mini Maker Faire 2/20/16 – 2/21/16

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minimakerfaireMiami Mini Maker Faire
Saturday, February 20 – Sunday, February 21, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
National YoungArts Foundation
2100 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33139
Tickets
Admission begins at $12. Use promo code FrostSci@MakerFaire for 50% off.

Over 5,000 attendees will gather at the National YoungArts Foundation campus for a weekend full of awe-inspiring inventions, performances and workshops by more than 150 local and regional innovators in science, technology, multi-disciplinary arts, education and design. Join Frost Science at the Frost Science Pavilion with partners including REM Learning, CappSci, ArtCenter South Florida, PAMM, DesignLab and Stuffmaker for a series of hands-on and interactive activities.

Miami Valentine’s Day 2016 Events to Treat Your Sweetheart To

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Miami Valentine’s Day Events to Treat Your Sweetheart To
Guest column by Doug McCallister

If you haven’t already started making plans, you’d better get to work! Don’t worry; there are some foolproof events going on in the Miami area that’ll make this Valentine’s Day special.

Love-In And All That Jazz
When: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Where: Marjorie and William McDonald Center
17501 NE 19th Ave.
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
Price: $15 per person or $120 for table of 10 people

If you two love the romantic vibe of the Jazz Age, this is going to be your perfect Valentine’s night out. There will be a collective vow of love with a champagne toast, a full-course dinner, dancing to the swing of the 20s with a live band, raffles, live entertainment, and more.

Romance/Romance
When: 3:00 pm
Where: Abdo New River Room at the Broward Center
Price: $45 per ticket

Love live musical theatre? You two might get a kick out of catching a Valentine’s Day matinee performance.

“Feisty, frothy and fun, two one-act musicals reveal how danger and illusion can spark the fiery flames of attraction. From a delightful romp to elude sexual ennui in turn-of-the-century Vienna to a modern look at affection and disaffection of two Manhattan couples summering in the Hamptons, this Off-Broadway sensation that successfully moved to Broadway is a sweetheart of a musical perfect for the Abdo New River Room’s intimate stage.”

Valentine’s Evening at Turnberry Isle Miami
When: 6:30 pm – 12:00 am
Where: Turnberry Isle Miami
19999 W. Country Club Dr.
Aventura, FL 33180
Price: $250 per couple

You can reserve a moonlit couple’s cabana, enjoy champagne and roses by the pool with a private table and a 5-course pre fixe menu. Turnberry Isle Miami has three different Valentine’s special resort packages, but you can’t beat some quality time alone with your honey in a beautiful setting. And, if you need help saving up to cover the cost of your romantic evening, check out these money-saving tips.

A President’s Day Eve (Valentine’s Day) Improv Show
When: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Where: Just the Funny Theatre
3119 Coral Way
Coral Gables, FL 33145
Price: $10 (online pre-sale) or $12 (at the door) per ticket

Maybe you two like to break away from the standard Valentine’s Day stuff and you’d rather laugh together. A Miami Improv Festival team, Society Circus Players are appearing in their first full-length show of 2016. Live, hilarious, and unscripted comedy is a fun way to make your Valentine’s Day date a memorable one.

Brunch & Bubbles
When: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Where: Cibo Wine Bar
45 Miracle Mile
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Price: $35 per person

This year, Valentine’s Day falls on a Sunday. Not ideal. So if you can’t spend the evening with your date, opt for an early celebration instead! An Italian brunch buffet that includes made-to-order eggs, fresh juices, traditional breakfast items, a waffle station, pizza station, fresh handmade pastas, seafood, antipasti, cheese, and artisan breads and pastries. And of course; half-off bottles of champagne.

Eyes WIIIIIIDE Shut – Valentine’s Day Funtasm
When: 7:00 pm
Where: 11040 SW 217th Terrace
Miami, Florida 33170
Price: $27.37–$64.29

Up for a very risque adventure? If you’re game to try just about anything, and if you’re tired of the same old Valentine’s Day routine, this is the event for you. A footnote in the event description says, “This one is for the Singles who are ready to mingle…and the Couples who enjoy them. Mask REQUIRED, but as always…Clothing OPTIONAL.”

Romantic Dinner and Cinema
When: 7:00 pm – 12:00 pm
Where: Bianca at Delano South Beach
1685 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach
Price: $100 per person

The classic “dinner-and-a-movie” date just got a major upgrade. Enjoy a three-course meal where menu highlights include lobster risotto, Insalata Rossa with red oak leaf, radicchio, grapefruit, pomegranate seeds, beets and goat cheese, then a chocolate mousse dome and a glass of champagne to top it all off. While you dine in the Delano orchard, they’ll be screening romantic classic cinema in the moonlight.

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eMerge Americas 2016 4/15/16 – 4/19/16

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eMerge Americas 2016
April 15-19, 2016
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Website

eMerge Americas, a global event which serves as a platform for the advancement of technology, a forum for idea exchange and a launchpad for innovation connecting Latin America, North America and Europe, is ringing in the new year with a series of announcements ahead of the highly-anticipated Spring conference, which will take place April 18 and 19, 2016 in Miami, Florida.

Entering its third year, eMerge Americas is working to meet and exceed expectations for 2016. The event will once again deliver on its distinct and comprehensive content, bringing together the world’s most disruptive thinkers across diverse industries under one roof. eMerge has revealed new world-class speakers confirmed to participate:
Steve Case, Chairman & CEO, Revolution LLC; Co-Founder, America Online; Chairman, The Case Foundation
Ralph de la Vega, President & CEO, AT&T Mobile & Business Solutions
Bibop Gresta, COO & Deputy Chairman of Hyperloop
Minister Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Netherlands
Carlos Gimenez, Mayor, Miami-Dade County
Diego Meiriño General Director of Carvajal Soluciones Educativas-Editorial Norma
Marc Kushner, Co-Founder of Architizer, HAWKN
Antonio Caparrós, Fund Manager of INICIA
Willard Ahdritz, Founder & CEO of Kobalt
Eduardo E. Cabrera, Vice President Cybersecurity Strategy for Trend Micro
Leslie Zigel, Shareholder & Chairman of Greenspoon Marder Law’s Entertainment Practice
Zalmi Duchman, Founder of Fresh Diet
Heatherjean MacNeil, Global Director of WIN Lab at Babson College
Rachel Spekman, Director of Programming at MassChallenge
Dr. Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Chair and Associate Professor of Information Systems & Business Analytics at Florida International University

The eMerge Americas Hackathon, in partnership with Ironhack, will host participants for an intense coding competition on April 16th and 17th, with the winners taking away cash and prizes.

The Startup Showcase brings together a world-class array of early and later stage companies from around the globe to highlight innovation and disruptive technology. Startups will also have the opportunity of attending the Startup Bootcamp at Venture Hive on April 17th.

With hundreds of angel investors and venture capitalists on the EXPO floor, the exposure alone is powerful. The showcase will culminate with the top companies pitching on eMerge’s Center Stage or “Launchpad” for the chance to walk away with up to $175,000 in cash and prizes. Past competition winners Modernizing Medicine (2014 late-stage), Hair Construction (2014 early-stage), VSNMobile (2015 late-stage) and Symptify (2015 early-stage) received global exposure along with access to key investment opportunities that have helped grow their ventures ever since.

Marlins’ Jose Fernandez and Chef Adrianne Calvo Host 2nd Annual Taste Of Miami Food and Wine event at Marlins Park 2/18/16

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Marlins’ Jose Fernandez and Chef Adrianne Calvo Host 2nd Annual Taste Of Miami Food and Wine event
PLAYFebruary 18, 2016 at 6PM
Marlins Park
501 Marlins Way
Miami, FL 33125
website

Benefiting Miami Culinary Institute & the Hispanic Food and Beverage Foundation.

The second annual edition of Taste of Miami–a dynamic charity event showcasing the unique and stylish flavors of South Florida through a delectable selection of culinary bites, premium spirits, and craft beverages from the city’s top restaurants–will take place Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Marlins Park. The evening will be hosted by renowned celebrity chef and Miami native Adrianne Calvo, as well as Miami Marlins All-Star pitcher Jose Fernandez. Proceeds from this event under the stars will benefit the Marlins Foundation, the Hispanic Food and Beverage Foundation, and the Miami Culinary Institute’s Joanna Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Taste of Miami targets the vast population of culinary enthusiasts in the South Florida area, but also aims to attract a diverse demographic of general consumers who enjoy food, drink, and participation in charitable endeavors. The proceedings were inspired by the memory of Miami Culinary Institute student Joanna Rodriguez, who passed away unexpectedly at the age of 20 in December 2014.
Ms. Rodriguez was a beloved member of the school’s student body whose passion for the culinary arts and brightening the lives of those around her was exemplified by her ever-present smile and compassionate spirit. In memory of Joanna’s talent, dedication, and love of her craft, the Marlins Foundation, in conjunction with the Hispanic Food and Beverage Foundation and the Miami Culinary Institute, forged the concept of a night featuring some of the preeminent talents in the celebrated Miami food and wine landscape.

“It’s an honor to be able to serve as co-host of an event that ultimately celebrates both the culinary arts and the memory of an aspiring student who dreamt of a career in the field”, remarks Chef Adrianne. “The fact that the night will help launch the university careers of two students who also want to embark on this path provides me with even greater inspiration to be a part of it.”
Funds raised from the event will go towards the funding of two Miami Culinary Institute scholarships for deserving Hispanic high school and college students looking to embark on a career in the Food and Beverage industry.

In addition to providing attendees with a diverse and multi-course array of Miami’s unique flavors, taking place on Thursday, February 18, Chef Adrianne and Jose Fernandez will judge a live “Chef Showdown” that featuresTelemundo’s Chef James Tahhan returning to defend his MVP Master Chef title alongside a Miami Marlins All-Star alumni player serving as his sous chef. Exhibiting restaurants and microbreweries will also compete for the coveted Taste of Miami “Grand Slam” award. The Grand Slam award is a “Best In Show”-form of recognition that will be determined by votes from the event’s attendees on each contest participant’s performance in the categories of Table Presentation and Taste. The winning entry will receive a 2016 Taste of Miami Grand Slam Trophy and a $1000 donation will also be made to the participant’s 501c3-classified charity of choice.

bassX: Jeremy Gobe Opening 1/24/16

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bassX: Jeremy Gobe Opening
bassJanuary 24, 10 am – 6 pm
bassX Miami Beach Regional Library
227 22nd Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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érémy Gobé, who lives and works in Paris, imbues objects that he finds in his path with new purpose. In his room-sized installation, Freedom Leading Wool, Gobé uses fabric and mesh to create a dramatic enveloping space. The red wool, claimed from a shuttered factory in rural France, recalls a dying industry and its displaced craftsmen. This work references the 1830 masterpiece by Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, recalling the movement, drama and patriotism of that iconic work. On view through FEB 28, 2016

In addition to this installation, a new work by Gobé, Nature’s Imagination Scares Me, will be on view in the storefront galleries at 23rd and Collins Avenue as part of tc: temporary contemporary, the Bass Museum of Art’s public art program.

Book Talk by Gabe Klein for Start-Up City: Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done and Having Fun 1/13/16

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Book Talk by Gabe Klein for Start-Up City: Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done and Having Fun
Wednesday, January 13, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Idea Center at Miami Dade College
315 NE Second Ave.
Building 8, Fifth Floor
Miami, FL 33132
Free Entry
Pre Registration Required

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Miami Foundation cordially invite you to:
A talk by Gabe Klein author of “Start-Up City: Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done & Having Fun” at The Idea Center at Miami Dade College.

More than ever, cities are charged with carrying out national-level policies and are expected to be at the forefront of our response to climate change, housing inequality, job creation and public health. At the same time, most city government agencies are perennially understaffed and impeded by cumbersome, often backward regulations that leave them at odds with the private sector. Seemingly insurmountable frustrations are everywhere. So the big question is: Can meaningful changes be made in spite of these realities? Gabe Klein argues in his book, “Start-Up City,” that the answer is yes.

Klein formerly led the Chicago Department of Transportation under Mayor Rahm Emanuel and was director of the District Department of Transportation under Mayor Adrian Fenty in Washington, D.C. He launched Capital Bikeshare in Washington, the first large-scale bike-share system in the U.S. In Chicago he later launched Divvy, which is now the largest bike-share system in the U.S.

Before entering government, Klein honed his creativity and leadership skills working for startups, including Zipcar, where he served as vice president for four years. He also wrote a business model for the first point-to-point car-sharing concept. Klein sits on the boards of the National Association of City Transportation Officials and Streetsblog.

NEWS: Pérez Art Museum Miami to Change Museum Hours in the New Year 2016

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Pérez Art Museum Miami to Change Museum Hours in the New Year

WHAT: Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), at 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132, will change its operating days as of January 2016. PAMM will be open on Mondays and closed on Wednesdays beginning Monday, January 4. This change was made in response to research indicating that there is more demand among the public for museum hours on Mondays, and that Wednesdays are the lowest attended days of the week.

WHEN:
New operating hours beginning January 1, 2016
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
10am–6pm
Thursday
10am–9pm
Closed on Wednesdays

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ArtsVote2016 Briefing at Miami-Dade County Auditorium 1/6/16

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ArtsVote2016 Briefing at Miami-Dade County Auditorium
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
2901 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33135
RSVP Here
Complimentary parking

Featuring: Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Executive Director, Americans for the Arts Action Fund. Come hear how ArtsVote2016 is advancing the role of the arts and arts education in the 2016 Presidential election!

The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs invites you to a special meeting with Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Chief Counsel for Government and Public Affairs at Americans for the Arts and Executive Director of the Arts Action Fund. This free event is a unique opportunity to meet a top advocate for the arts in Washington, DC and hear about the #ArtsVote2016 initiative.

Americans for the Arts is the nation’s leading arts service in America, dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Nina has served as the chief policy strategist of Americans for the Arts for more than 20 years. She is THE architect and front-line advocate for arts at the federal, state, and local levels. She also spearheads national coalition-building efforts with both cultural and civic organizations.

Arts Action Fund is the largest grassroots arts advocacy network in America working on both the electoral and legislative landscapes to promote more vibrant and livable communities throughout the country. Visit www.artsactionfund.org.

Kids Club at Art Deco Weekend 1/16/16 – 1/17/16

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Kids Club at Art Deco Weekend
January 16 – 17, 11am-5pm
Lummus Park Playground
13th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Free and Open to the Public
More Info

The Kids’ Club is the place to listen, dance, create and learn. We hope to see you there.

Kids’ Club Activities
All activities are ongoing from 11am until 5pm unless otherwise noted.
Paper Dolls and Coloring with Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL):
Give color to Miami Beach building in our Architecture coloring book and create your own Deco era paper dolls with MDPL
“Dream, Draw, Build” with Pérez Art Museum Miami
Saturday only, 12pm to 3pm
Design your own Miami building with PAMM Teaching Artists and join in on a collaborative construction!
Vintage Postcards with HistoryMiami
Miami is a city with many architectural styles. Learn about architecture with HistoryMiami Museum and create your very own Art Deco inspired vintage postcard.
Doggy meet and greet with Humane Society of Greater Miami
Meet some of the stars of the Arf Deco Parade and learn more about how you can adopt your own star.
Kids’ Club Art Deco Tour led by the Monopoly Man
Tours leave from the Kids’ Club Stage and start at 1:30pm and 3:30pm
Learn about the inspiration behind Miami Beach’s architecture. Look for the ocean liners and skyscrapers on Ocean Drive. Tour is approximately 30 minutes

Pop art with the Bass Museum
The Bass will present a fun pop art activity inspired by Andy Warhol’s Flowers series using familiar Warhol images and the Bass Museum of Art historic building. Cutting and pasting these images in repetitive Warhol style and using assorted colors of cellophane (Art deco colors: turquoise, yellow and pink!) to adorn the flowers and building, festival-goers will see the Bass in a whole new light!

Jamie’s Rescue
Jamie’s is a non-profit dog rescue in Miami, Florida. Their mission is to continue placing dogs and puppies that would remain on the streets or euthanized at local shelters. They have placed thousands of dogs in loving homes. They will have puppies presented in the Arf Deco parade that are available for adoption.

Sprouted Chef
Playing with produce, -Children will have the opportunity to build their-own gourmet lunch. Roasted carrot hotdogs and roasted strawberry pies. Sprouted chef is a culinary service dedicated to healthy living and supporting the local community and its environment.

On the Stage
Saturday January 16th
11am: Arf Deco Dog Show and Parade
Bring your favorite dog in their Art Deco best or and fun costume. The parade and show is fun for dogs, dog owners and anyone who loves dogs. Parade starts and end at the Kids’ Club stage.
12pm: Three Mess-Keteers with Fantasy Theater Factory
The Prince of Pollution is at it again! This time the vile villain has kidnapped the Queen of Clean and it’s up to the ThreeMess-Keteers to save the day and the environment! The audience becomes part of the action in this hilariously educational show designed to teach children the importance of environmental conservation!
1pm: Sprouted Chef Live Demonstration
Eat to the New Year! – Professional chef demonstrating a couple of innovative healthy vegetable based dishes.
2pm: Miami Youth Symphony Jazz Band
Listen to some of Miami’s finest young musicians preform music that will out you in an Art Deco state of mind.
3:30pm Reading is Magic
Magician Jim Snack first became interested in magic after a sideshow magician made his head disappear! In order to learn about magic he visited his local public library and read everything he could find on the subject. He has been performing magic for over 40 years. In this show he not only dazzles with amazing magic but he also encourages children to discover their own magic in books. it’s a magic show with motivation!
4:30pm Participation Awards
Awards for participation in the Kids’ Club activities during the day

Sunday January 17th
11am Deco Music and Dancing
Come listen to some Art Deco inspired music and dance along with us.
12pm Three Mess-Keteers with Fantasy Theater Factory
The Prince of Pollution is at it again! This time the vile villain has kidnapped the Queen of Clean and it’s up to the Three Mess-Keteers to save the day and the environment! The audience becomes part of the action in this hilariously educational show designed to teach children the importance of environmental conservation!
1pm Sprouted Chef Live Demonstration
Eat to the New Year! – Professional chef demonstrating a couple of innovative healthy vegetable based dishes.
2:30pm Reading is Magic
Magician Jim Snack first became interested in magic after a sideshow magician made his head disappear! In order to learn about magic he visited his local public library and read everything he could find on the subject. He has been performing magic for over 40 years. In this show he not only dazzles with amazing magic but he also encourages children to discover their own magic in books. it’s a magic show with motivation!
3:30om Deco Music and Dancing
Come listen to some Art Deco inspired music and dance along with us.
4:30pm Participation Awards
Awards for participation in the Kids’ Club activities during the day

Arf Deco at Art Deco Weekend Dog Show and Parade 1/16/16 – 1/17/16

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Arf Deco at Art Deco Weekend Dog Show and Parade
January 16, 2016 at 11am
Kids Club Stage
13th and Ocean in the Park
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Free and Open to the Public
More Info

Art Deco Weekend’s annual Arf Deco activities will be held on Saturday, January 16th. Bring your favorite dog in their Art Deco best or fun costume. The parade and show is fun for dogs, dog owners and anyone who loves dogs. Parade starts and end at the Kids’ Club stage.

Doggy Meet and Greet with The Humane Society of Greater Miami
January 16th & 17th from 11am to 4pm
At the Kids Club (13th and Ocean in the Park)

Meet some of the stars of the Arf Deco Parade and learn more about how you can adopt your own star.

Art Deco Weekend Tours 1/15/16 – 1/17/16

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Art Deco Weekend Tours
January 15 – 17, 2016
Tour Booth
10th and Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, Fl
Price: $25 – $50 (varies depending on tour)
Full Schedule And Tickets

Explore Deco Architecture

MDPL’s guided walking tours are a great way to get a look at the Nationally Registered Art Deco Historic District and its architecture – Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival and Miami Modern. Our tours are led by knowledgeable local architects, preservationists and historians. All tours last approximately 90 minutes. Times are subject to change, so please check when purchasing tickets.
Tickets are available at the MDPL Tour Booth in front of the Art Deco Welcome Center at 10th Street and Ocean Drive at the following throughout the festival or you can purchase online prior to the weekend.
Except as noted otherwise, all tours begin at the MDPL Tour Booth. Tour prices start at $25 up to $50 – See tour description for details.

Art Deco Weekend’s Fashion Show 1/16/16

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Art Deco Weekend’s Fashion Show
January 16, 2016 – 12:30pm
IMG_9552Art Deco Welcome Center
1001 Ocean Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Free and Open to the Public

Art Deco Weekend is happy to present the 6th Annual Art Deco Weekend Fashion Show. The Miami Design Preservation League has partnered with TATYANA, Iris Chase Designs, Beauty Touches Group, Belinda Designs and Beauty Schools of America to bring you an exciting hour of Art Deco Fashion and music!

MDPL’s resident artist, Iris Chase worked with Tatyana designers to pick out the best 1930s and 40s Tatyana creations to be presented in the Art Deco Weekend Fashion Show. The best part? You can purchase your favorite styles and jewelry in the Official Art Deco Gift Shop following the show! The selected pieces reflect women’s style during the Art Deco era. Additionally, Belinda Designs has lent us a small selection of her couture 1920s dresses and headpieces for the show!

The models are delegates of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants and will walk to runway to modernized blends of famous 1930s tunes. Their hair and make-up will be done by the students from the Beauty School of America in some of our favorite 1930s and 40s looks. Think pin curls and red lipstick. Be sure to come early and save your spot. This has become one of the most popular events at Art Deco Weekend!

3rd Annual NYE Party Eve of Midas Golden New Year at Ritz-Carlton South Beach 12/31/15

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Eve of Midas Golden New Year 3rd Annual NYE Party
Thursday December 31st from 8:30PM to 1:00AM
The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
midas1 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, Florida 33139.
$200.00USD per person
Buy tickets online

The “Eve of Midas” a Golden New Year’s Affair will take place end of this month, at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach. The annual event previously known as “Blanc”, (a white party), has built a loyal following for the last two years. On December 31, 2015 faithful attendees and new ones alike, are invited to experience the new incarnation: The “Eve of Midas”.

Knowing well there are many options in South Florida to celebrate the New Year, The Ritz –Carlton, South Beach will be the only option for those seeking an elegant affair offering an open bar including champagne, dancing, specialty acts, music by DJ Chris Valencia and Malone, and an array of performances throughout the night.

The ideal location is the perfect place to ring in the New Year, as the iconic hotel which is located on South Beach, lies on Miami’s most famous beach. The resort is located just steps from Ocean Drive, and Lincoln Road. Guests are invited to experience a unique evening created by some of the most well-known names in Miami nightlife and hospitality. Surrounded by a shimmery atmosphere, party guests will get to take in visuals and sounds that are the perfect balance of opulence and sophistication. The venue will appear to have been brushed by gold, for the night.

In addition to the all-inclusive package, event-goers will walk the “gold carpet” at the luxury location, unlike any other. Known as a venue that truly caters to the most discerning guests, this “golden affair” will take place on a property used to being a temporary home away from home to dignitaries and celebrities. For one evening, it will welcome hundreds to celebrate the New Year with an unobstructed view of the Atlantic Ocean.

Produced by AMPM Presents, the team behind this special event carefully selected the entertainment, to transport guests for the evening. From the glittering lights, to the glistening pool which will serve as one of the many “stages”, guests are in for a tantalizing experience. Greek mythology served as inspiration for this one-of-a-kind New Year’s party. But entertainment, inspired by many eras, will come to life in the color synonymous with royalty, mysticism, magic, and good fortune. 2016 will arrive at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, all dressed up in gold.

The attire suggestion is “Miami Gold Chic” which will no doubt inspire fashionistas to don their very best for that special selfie at 12AM!
*Guests are reminded to please drink responsibly.*

Creativas Group Inc. provides public relations and marketing counsel to national brands, recognized special events and leading non-profit organizations. Contact Creativas Group at: info@creativasgroup.com . Photographs and interviews are available by request. For more information: www.creativasgroup.com. Follow us on social media @CreativasGroup!

Moonlight Cinema at Art Deco Weekend 1/16/16

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Moonlight Cinema at Art Deco Weekend
Saturday, January 16, 2016:
6pm – Bugsy Malone
8pm: – Bugsy
Lummus Park
8th street and Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Price: FREE
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Come to Art Deco Weekend for FREE movie screening under the stars! The whole family will Enjoy Bugsy Malone (1976), the classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all child cast starring Jody Foster. Later in the evening, the adults can watch Bugsy (1991), the story of how Bugsy Siegel started Las Vegas starring Warren Beatty. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and make it a movie night at the beach!

Live Jazz at Art Deco Weekend 1/15/16 – 1/17/16

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Live Jazz at Art Deco Weekend
Friday, January 15, 2016: 6pm – 11pm
Saturday, January 16, 2016: 1pm – 11pm
Sunday, January 17, 2016: 1pm – 8pm
Promenade at Art Deco Weekend
12th and Ocean Drive on the beach
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Price: FREE
Link to full schedule
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Come to Art Deco Weekend for FREE Live Jazz and Big Bands playing throughout the 3-day festival! Bands include Vinyl BLVD, The French Horn Collective, The Shiny Shoes Band, The Fruit Stand Jam Band, Sarah Jane and the Blue Notes, Oriente & the SJO Allstars, JECC Bootcamp Ensemble and Brothers of Others. Plus, there will be LIVE Lindy Dancing during all music performances!

Deco Dance at Art Deco Weekend 1/15/16 – 1/17/16

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Deco Dance at Art Deco Weekend
Friday, January 15, 2016: 6pm – 11pm
Saturday, January 16, 2016: 1pm – 11pm
Sunday, January 17, 2016: 1pm – 8pm
Promenade at Art Deco Weekend
12th and Ocean Drive on the beach
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Price: FREE
Link
FB event

DecoDance at Art Deco Weekend® is an open invitation to ALL Lindy Hoppers to join us for an amazing weekend full of live music and dancing in the historic Art Deco District in the heart of South Beach! South Florida Lindy Collective’s goal is to expose authentic vintage swing dance to the masses! Bring your lindy spirit, your vintage duds (yes, swimsuits, too), and your dance shoes. This amazing lindy exchange is FREE! This is an event you won’t want to miss! Over 30 Hours of Live Music! Over 30 Hours of Swing Dancing! Wooden Dance Floor directly on the Beach! …and more! DecoDance at Art Deco Weekend® is brought to you by Miami Design Preservation League and South Florida Lindy Collective.

Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event 1/13/16

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Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event
event1Wednesday, January 13th 2016, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Rubi Lounge
141 SW 7th St
Miami, FL 33130
Cost: Members $10,Non Members $15 in advance
Cost at the Door: NO tickets will be sold at the door.
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Wednesday, January 13th 2016
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Dress Code: Business Attire
Valet Parking: $10 Valet Parking or street parking

The Chambers of Biscayne Garden, Bolivia, Camacol,Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, Global, Haití, Honduras, Junior Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, along with Brickell Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking event. Members $10 in advance Non-members $15 in advance to purchase tickets.

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Free Workshops for Arts and Culture Grantseekers 1/5/16, 1/19/16, 1/27/16

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Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Free Workshops for Arts and Culture Grantseekers
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 6 PM
South Dade Government Center
10710 SW 211 Street, Suite #104
Miami, FL 33189
Register via email: RAHELW@miamidade.gov
Co-hosted by Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava
This workshop will focus only on the Department of Cultural Affairs grants programs.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 10 AM
Arts Ballet Theatre
15939 Biscayne Blvd.
North Miami Beach, FL 33160
Register Online

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 3 PM
African Heritage Cultural Arts Center
6161 NW 22nd Ave
Miami, FL 33142
Register Online

The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs invites artists, cultural and community non-profit organizations to a series of free workshops introducing and demystifying the County’s cultural grant programs. The Department’s professional staff team will provide detailed information about the competitive funding opportunities offered through the Department, offer examples of strategies and best practices that have proven to be successful in the competitive environment, and suggest other helpful resources available for the cultural community. In addition, staff from Miami-Dade County’s Office of Management and Budget, Grants Coordination Division will share important information regarding other grant opportunities available through the County, highlight the County’s Grants Website, and discuss grant resources for non-profit organizations.

Segafredo Bayside Grand Opening Celebration 12/16/15

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Segafredo Bayside Grand Opening Celebration
Wednesday December 16th, 2015, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
segafredobaysideSegafredo Bayside
401 Biscayne Blvd., #K5862
Miami FL 33132
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From the partners of Segafredo L’Originale on Lincoln Road, the new Segafredo Bayside is now open at Bayside Marketplace’s waterfront plaza. The newly built, state-of-the-art kiosk with a full self-contained kitchen and an expansive full bar will host a grand opening party with complimentary Prosecco and a live show with Spam All Stars.

Located on the amphitheater waterfront plaza, the 580 square-foot kiosk and 2,500 square-foot outdoor space boasts two large letters “S” in the logo’s style, signature red and black table tops as well as Segafredo’s branded color red throughout. Luca Voltarel, co-owner and partner of both franchises, along with Graziano Sbroggio of Graspa Group, and Mark Soyka envision an extension (with a “mainland” twist) of the successful music-driven lounge café in Miami Beach.

Seating 90 guests, Segafredo Bayside offers an extensive cocktail menu and casual bites. Craft cocktails include Lincoln Road’s favorites such as the Aperol Spritz and the Pim’s Cup adding a local focus with an abundance of drinks made with fresh fruits, herbs and spices, and local Wynwood Brewery beers on tap.

The menu will reminisce of the Miami Beach location’s Italian light fares with tapas, salads, paninis, pizzas and wraps. Most dishes will incorporate a typically Italian ingredient such as prosciutto, speck, fresh burrata cheese and more. Fresh produce will carry through as well.

“Our Segafredo concept was ready to cross the bridge and Bayside is a waterfront location we thought was a great match to our vision,” states Voltarel. “Downtown Miami is destined to incredible growth and we want to be part of it as it becomes a destination not only to national and international visitors, but locals on special occasions such as concert or Heat game at the AAA, and young professionals and urban residents within just a few blocks from us.”

The decision to choose Bayside as Segafredo’s second location by the Graspa Group was based on Bayside Marketplace’s plans to expand and upgrade the mall site including common areas and waterfront plaza, the two-level parking garage as well as new retail space and the erection of the Skyrise observation tower.

Graspa Group will open a third location, yet to be solidified, for the Segafredo franchise within the Downtown, Midtown, Design District area by 2016.

Creativas Group Branding & Public Relations Hosts 14th Holiday Toy Drive 12/16/15

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ViceroyCreativas Group Branding & Public Relations Hosts 14th Holiday Toy Drive
Wednesday, December 16th from 7:00 to 10:00pm
Viceroy Miami |Club 50
485 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Admission: A new, unwrapped toy or $20 donation
RSVP to gpineres@creativasgroup.com

Creativas Group Public Relations is ready to share Holiday cheer as they present their annual Toy Drive. Benefiting non for profit Neat Stuff for Kids and Miami Children’s Health Foundation, this year’s holiday toy drive is looking to be a great event, filled with cocktails, music, cigars, and networking for a great cause. Helping to spread the “seasonal spirit,” will be: TV personality Adriana Catano, NBC the Voice’s Karina Iglesias, NBC the Voice’s Monique Abbadie, recording artists Liza & Robbie, VH1’s Jane Castro & TV personality Mayi Martinez.

The Creativas Group Public Relations annual Holiday party is a chance to warmly toast to collaborations and accomplishments and well as looking forward to new possibilities. For this reason, this event has always been comprised of charities, promotional partners, VIPS, celebrities, and supporters. Guests are requested to bring an unwrapped toy to benefit Neat Stuff for Kids and/or Miami Children’s Health Foundation, or they may donate $20.00USD at the door.

Event guests will have the opportunity to mix and mingle with friends, colleagues, and celebrities. They’ll get to network and support two causes, while sipping on cocktails by Zafra Rum. Miami Cigar & Co. will be on hand to provide premium cigars for guests and entertainment will be provided by: DJ Rob Cano, Liza and Robbie, Karina Iglesias, Monique Abbadie, Jon Saxx, and Zhantra Entertainment.

Host venue this year is the Viceroy Miami | Club 50, whom will delight guests with their culinary creations, while legendary cake queen Ana Paz Cakes will provide the sugary finishing touches, for those with a sweet tooth.

When asked, Liza M. Santana and Gabriel Pineres, (principals of Creativas Group Public Relations & Branding stated): “We humbly thank all of our friends, colleagues, and partners for an amazing 2015 and hope to see you all this Wednesday, December 16, 7:00-10:00PM. This event as many are aware is very important to us. We couldn’t be happier to share a 14th one with everyone!”

Promotional Partners for this event include: Cigar Snob Magazine, Ana Paz Cakes, Miami Cigar & Co., Zafra Rum, Zhantra Entertainment, Viceroy Miami, heart Media, Art Bodegas Magazine, GMG Advertising, Neat Stuff for Kids, R + Co. , V76 by Vaughn, Social Florida Magazine, iHeartMedia, and Miami Children’s Health Foundation.

Creativas Group Inc. provides public relations and marketing counsel to South Florida-based businesses, nationally recognized special events and leading non-profit organizations. For more information, please log onto email info@creativasgroup.com. Photographs and interviews are available by request.

Miami New Times presents the 8th Annual Artopia presented by Miracle Mile Downtown Coral Gables 2/18/16

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Miami New Times proudly presents the 8th Annual ARTOPIA® event presented by artopia_lifeisartMiracle Mile Downtown Coral Gables
Thursday, February 18, 2016 from 6pm – 10pm
Coral Gables Museum
285 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Tickets:
VIP On Sale 2/1-2/14 = $45
VIP at the Door = $65
GA On Sale 2/1-2/14 = $25
GA at the Door = $40
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Promo Code: CHARITYART1
A portion of sales benefit Life Is Art

This event joins together an eclectic touch of art, culture, fashion, food, music and film. Join us as we celebrate Miami’s best artists, musicians, fashion designers, culinary masters and mixologists. Guests will enjoy complimentary food, wine, GA will have a cash bar and VIP will have a sponsor bar.

Entertainment includes musical performances, fashion shows, live performance art and works from local artists.

The New Times MasterMind Awards will be announced at Artopia. New Times will award grants to local artists, writers, crafts people or others whose work stands out for its enterprise, creativity and genius.

Art Deco Weekend 2016 1/15/16 – 1/17/16

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Art Deco Weekend 2016
Friday, January 15, 2016: Noon – 11PM
Saturday, January 16, 2016: 10AM – 11PM
Sunday, January 17, 2016: 10AM – 8PM
artdecoweekendposter2016Ocean Drive
5th to 15th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Free and open to the public
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More Fun, More Friends, More Magic in 2016!
In its 39th year, the Miami Beach festival is the premier event of the Miami Design Preservation League – A free community cultural experience for everyone to enjoy from morning until night.

This year the Miami Design Preservation League welcomes friends AIA Miami, Bass Museum of Art, Fantasy Theatre Factory, HistoryMiami, Life Is Art, Miami Center of Architecture and Design, North Shore Historic District Neighborhood Association, Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association, Perez Art Museum Miami, South Florida Lindy Collective, South Florida Region Antique Automobile Club of America, The Original Miami Beach Antique Show, Viernes Culturales, Wolfsonian/FIU and more to Art Deco Weekend.

With friends like these, you can expect over-the-top everything at what’s become, over almost two generations, South Florida’s dazzling annual kickoff. It’s Art Deco Weekend (ADW), the January 15–17 festival of art and architecture on Ocean Drive between 5th and 13th streets—and, like a party hosted by your favorite friends, it’s not to be missed.

39 years ago, the Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) made history by calling attention to the Art Deco buildings that lined Ocean Drive and filled much of South Beach by spotlighting them during a weekend festival.

It didn’t happen overnight, but it happened. The city’s beloved Art Deco architecture has not only been saved, it’s put Miami Beach on the worldwide map as a glamorous, tropical holiday destination and a dream-come-true place to live and do business. But historic preservation, like sand castles and barrier islands, requires constant vigilance to survive. Today, the MDPL, founded to save the Art Deco neighborhood, throws this community cultural festival to celebrate architecture, preservation, education, history, advocacy, art, entertainment and the Miami culture we all love.

In 2016, MDPL and friends provide more excitement and innovation than ever before. That promises festival goers (you!) more antiques, more art, more artisan vendors, more jazz, more dance, more libations, more history, lectures and education, more kid friendly interactive fun, more sightings of Deco-era characters and sexy vintage cars—MORE MAGIC – more everything you’ve come to love about ADW. Take a peek:
The Original Miami Beach Antique Show brings the Antique Design Pavilion and Speakeasy Lounge to the beach, showcasing and selling the finest, funnest antique, and retro Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern furniture and accessories.

* South Florida Region Antique Automobile Club of America celebrates 60 years by hosting more cars (and more memories) at the popular Classic Car Show on Saturday and Sunday.
* Life Is Art curates the Art Park at Art Deco Weekend. Don’t miss the live painting demonstrations and performance pop-ups at the Art Bar in Lummas park.
* South Florida Lindy Collective is committed to spreading the gospel of swing dancing. Dress the part, put on your dance shoes and join them on the beachside dance floor for 30 hours of live music and livelier swing under the palms or enjoy the show from the “ Starlight” Lounge.
* HistoryMiami, Miami Center of Architecture and Design and AIA Miami are a few of MDPL’s lecture partners, bringing to life the theme “The Art of Architecture” during lectures and forums in the Art Deco Museum.
* Bass Museum of Art, HistoryMiami and Fantasy Theatre Factory team up to educate kids so creatively they won’t know it’s happening. Speaking of happening, look for live performance, arts & crafts, music and tours.
* North Shore Historic District Neighborhood Association, showcases MiMo architecture and ongoing preservation efforts with tours, talks, education and displays. Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association will showcase a public art happening in historic Flamingo Park.
* Viernes Culturales uses live Cuban Afro music Friday night to draw attention to Little Havana’s historic buildings.
* A highlight of the weekend will be the Barbara Baer Capitman memorial dedication on Saturday afternoon. Join local dignitaries to honor the founder of the Miami Design Preservation League and the mother of the Art Deco District!

And there’s so much more: ‘The Art of Architecture “ photo exhibit, pet parade, a retro fashion show, street vendors, specialty tours, live music,history and surprises at every turn. The festival, virtually a non-stop weekend of events for all ages, is free and open to the public.

South Florida Knight Arts Challenge Challenge Winners 2015

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53 ideas win $2.36 million in South Florida Knight Arts Challenge
Challenge winners helping to make art general in Miami

MIAMI – Nov. 30, 2015 –The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation tonight named 53 projects as winners of the Knight Arts Challenge – with ideas that will infuse South Florida with art from Miami Gardens to West Kendall, Key West to Hollywood.

A program of Knight Foundation, the challenge funds the best ideas for bringing South Florida together through the arts.

The 2015 winners, mostly small arts organizations, collectives and individual artists, will share $2.36 million. Their ideas range from bringing the stories of West Dade immigrants to stage in a children’s play, to highlighting artists of color in a December art fair, putting poems on sidewalks, launching a downtown jazz festival and blending art and technology through an art hack day.

“High-quality artistic experiences not only inspire, they help bind us to each other and to a common experience, which is critical to a region as diverse as ours,” said Alberto Ibargüen, president of Knight Foundation. “Together, these ideas gets us closer to making art general in Miami, to creating a community where art is available to everyone in all of our neighborhoods.”

With challenge funding, the 2015 winners will:

Highlight Miami as a crossroads for Latin America and the Caribbean with a festival celebrating Ibero-American literature, a “Borderless Caribbean” series that fosters an exchange between Miami and Caribbean contemporary artists, and a cultural exchange and performance with Havana students and members of the Greater Miami Youth Symphony;

Strengthen Miami’s indie film scene with a screenwriter roundtable where filmmakers can receive feedback, an innovative film series on how the brain interprets music and a new publication to cover the industry;

Foster the next generation of creatives by holding music boot camps during teacher workdays, preparing teens for music industry careers with a beats academy in Overtown, and teaching young girls to write and perform rock music at a summer camp; and

Explore climate change through the arts with an artist residency program aboard a sailboat, a dance festival along the waterfront and an interdisciplinary performance featuring five prominent local artists.

“Whether they offer a whimsical take on our city, or probe our region’s most challenging issues, Knight Arts Challenge winners offer a chance for everyone in South Florida to become more deeply engaged in our community through the arts,” said Victoria Rogers, vice president for arts at Knight Foundation. “We hope you will take a moment to look at this year’s choices, participate in an event, donate to a project, and add your voice to our community’s cultural conversation.”

The full list of winners and their project ideas is below. More information is available at knightarts.org.

Also Monday, Miami Girls Rock Camp was named the winner of the Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award, the result of a text-to-vote campaign that ended Nov. 17. The campf was one of four small arts organizations up for $20,000, which is in addition to their Knight Arts Challenge grant and can be used for the artistic project of their choice. Knight created the People’s Choice Award to bring attention to small and emerging arts groups and their contributions to the city.

Knight Arts Champions Honored

At an awards event at the New World Center, Knight Foundation also named four cultural leaders as Knight Arts Champions, honoring their contributions with funds to distribute to a creative project of their choice. The 2015 Knight Arts Champions are:
Kareem Tabsch and Vivian Marthell, co-founders of O Cinema, the independent cinema launched with a Knight Arts Challenge grant and that now has three locations;
Alex Gartenfeld, chief curator for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, who guided the institution through its founding and launch in its temporary space in the Design District; and
Rosa de la Cruz, who, through the de la Cruz Collection helps to send Design and Architecture High School and New World School of the Arts students on cultural field trips to New York and Europe respectively.

Knight Foundation has invested more than $122 million in the South Florida arts since 2005, including support for both large institutions to more deeply engage the public, and to propel grassroots efforts through the Knight Arts Challenge. Earlier this year, Knight announced that the challenge, originally launched in 2008, will continue for three more years through 2018.

There are only three rules for applying: 1) The idea must be about the arts; 2) The project must take place in or benefit South Florida; 3) The grant recipients must find funds to match Knight’s commitment. The best receive Knight Foundation funds. More than 10,000 ideas have been submitted over eight years.

Previous funding for large institutions has launched a new media program that includes the signature “Wallcasts” at the acclaimed New World Symphony campus, helped present Ibero-American films at the Miami International Film Festival, brings every Miami-Dade third-grader to the new Pérez Art Museum Miami, and will build a new high-tech recital hall at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, among other projects.

2015 Knight Arts Challenge Winners

Farmers Markets Host Pop-up Concerts
Recipient: A Greener Miami
Amount: $20,000
Expanding audiences for music by hosting mini-concerts in South Florida farmers markets with events preceded by a short explanation of the composer’s inspiration

Arts Educators Teach Virtually
Recipient: Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
Amount: $40,000
Expanding arts education in the region by buying new telepresence equipment so that the center’s staff can interact directly with students in its distance learning arts programs

Artist Residency Sets Sail Aboard Boat
Recipient: ArtCenter/South Florida
Amount: $40,000
Exploring climate change through the arts by creating ARTsail, a one-month residency program aboard a sailboat where participants will be commissioned to create works inspired by Miami’s relationship to water

Children Take “Tales of Miami” to Stage
Recipient: Artefactus Cultural Project
Amount: $15,000
Instilling an appreciation for theater in West Dade’s children through workshops that lead them through the process of staging a play

Sidewalk Poems Take Literary Arts to the Streets
Recipient: Agustina Woodgate
Amount: $20,000
Creating playful encounters with poetry through “Walk on Poems,” where local poets write pieces about neighborhoods that are then placed on sidewalks with Scrabble-like tiles

Hackathon Fuses Art and Technology
Recipient: Bakehouse Art Complex
Amount: $30,000
Bringing Art Hack Day to Miami – an international event, where groups of hackers and artists create an instant exhibition that blends art and technology

Jazz Festival Expands to New Mediums
Recipient: City of Miami Gardens
Amount: $80,000
Expanding the city’s successful Jazz in the Gardens music festival to include a music, film and art conference that fosters a deeper exploration of the additional artistic mediums

Contest Helps Develop New Student Playwrights
Recipient: City Theatre
Amount: $20,000
Developing and giving voice to the next generation of playwrights through a contest where high school students from Broward to Miami-Dade create, rehearse and present short plays and public readings

DanceAfrica Comes to Miami
Recipient: Delou Africa
Amount: $15,000
Celebrating the arts of the African diaspora in Miami by expanding Delou Africa’s annual festival in collaboration with the founders of the national Dance Africa showcase

Community Gets Access to Letterpress
Recipient: Extra Virgin Press
Amount: $10,000
Preserving the art of letterpress by creating a space where the community can learn and practice this handmade form of communication

New Performance Piece Explores Rising Tide
Recipient: Florida International University
Amount: $30,000
Exploring the complexities of sea level rise in South Florida through an interdisciplinary performance featuring electronic sounds, orchestral musicians, video and dance in partnership with five prominent local artists

Library Becomes Museum’s Temporary Home
Recipient: Friends of the Bass Museum
Amount: $75,000
Infusing a library with art through a series of solo artists projects and education programs at the Miami Beach Regional Library while the Bass’ building is under renovation

Downtown Art Installations Explore Unconventional Spaces
Recipient: Fringe Projects
Amount: $35,000
Activating downtown Miami’s less conventional spaces by expanding this site-specific, temporary public art commissioning program

Hidden Musical Talents Showcased Onstage
Recipient: FUNDarte
Amount: $120,000
Bringing attention to Miami’s hidden musical talents, many of whom have immigrated to the city and have not yet made it to main stage venues, through a collaborative series with established companies and artists

Gay Arts Groups Team Up
Recipient: Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida
Amount: $40,000
Increasing the visibility of South Florida’s LGBT arts scene through joint programming between the chorus, Island City Stage and Stonewall National Museum and Archives

Havana and Miami Youth Collaborate
Recipient: Greater Miami Youth Symphony
Award: $55,000
Creating cultural exchanges between Miami and Havana students through joint rehearsals and concerts with Cuba’s Amadeo Roldan Conservatory Orchestra

Exhibition Series Connects Miami and Caribbean Artists
Recipient: Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance
Award: $40,000
Exploring the realities of living and creating in cross-cultural communities through the “Borderless Caribbean,” a series of exchanges and exhibitions between Miami and Caribbean contemporary artists

Collaboration Makes Classical Musical More Accessible
Recipient: IlluminArts
Award: $20,000
Engaging Miami audiences with an innovative, fully staged performance of a Pulitzer Prize-winning composition inspired by the visual art at the Pérez Art Museum Miami

Indie Film Scene Receives Increased Coverage
Recipient: Independent Ethos
Award: $15,000
Giving South Floridians an insider’s peek into Miami’s growing indie film and music scene through a website that covers the local industry

Film Series Explores Brain on Music
Recipient: Corpus Callosum
Award: $80,000
Exploring how the human brain interprets music through the creation of a new form of audience experience that combines classical music performances with advancements in neuroscience, in partnership with the New World Symphony and the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science

Roundtable Strengthens Indie Filmmaking
Recipient: Kenny Riches
Award: $8,000
Strengthening the indie filmmaking community through a screenwriter roundtable where participants can get feedback on new material

Art Series Engages Tri-Rail Commuters
Kip Eagen
$5,000
Engaging transit riders in art by creating a series of artistic billboards along the TriRail tracks that would appear to be an animated flipbook as riders fly by

Miami Youth Learn Junkanoo Traditions
Recipient: Leadership Prep Foundation
Amount: $25,000
Celebrating Bahamian culture by teaching Miami youth to make traditional Junkanoo costumes and instruments, which are used during Coconut Grove’s annual Goombay/Junkanoo Festival and in other events

Sculptures Reflect Fear in Media
Recipient: Locust Projects
Amount: $60,000
Exploring how fear is used in the media by creating sculptures of headless chickens, called Withervanes, that change colors to reflect the prevalence of fear-related keywords in news stories

Theater Explores Censorship Onstage
Mad Cat Theatre Company
Amount $25,000
Promoting discussion about the impact of censorship by presenting a banned play and then producing a new work inspired by incidents of censorship in South Florida.

Waterfront Residency Comes to Key Biscayne
Recipient: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center
Amount: $25,000
Helping inspire South Florida artists through a residency program at the waterfront center in Crandon Park

Ballet Presents Shakespeare Miami-Style
Recipient: Miami City Ballet
Award: $150,000
Reimagining a classic by presenting a uniquely Miami rendition of George Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” during the company’s 30th anniversary season.

Latino Artists Engage Little Havana
Recipient: Miami Dade College’s Koubek Center
Amount; $100,000
Cultivating emerging Latino artists through an artist-in-residence program that provides them the space to produce work that reflects and engages the surrounding Little Havana neighborhood

Dance Performance Highlights Importance of Water
Recipient: Miami Dance Futures
Award: $20,000
Bringing attention to the water supply through National Water Dance Miami, a countywide celebration of site-specific dances – involving both professionals and local students –along the region’s shore

Camp Empowers Girls to Perform Music
Recipient: Miami Girls Rock Camp
Amount: $20,000
Promoting creative expression and empowering young girls through an annual camp where participants are grouped into bands and learn to write and perform an original song

Miami Makerspace Expands
Recipient: Miami Industrial Arts (MIA)
Amount: $15,000
Expanding a hub for Miami’s makers by constructing an onsite classroom and offering subsidized classes in ceramics, wood, metalworking and 3-D technologies

Light Box Provides Space for Incubating New Performance Works
Recipient: Miami Light Project
Amount; $120,000
Providing a space for developing new work and new techniques by piloting a contemporary performance residency program at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse in Wynwood for international and local artists

School Days Off Turn Into Music Boot Camps
Recipient: Miami Music Project
Award: $105,000
Helping 100 Miami-Dade students push their own artistic limits through a series of orchestral boot camps taking place on teacher planning days throughout the school year

Concerts and Films Coming to Sweetwater
Recipient: NC-office
Award: $30,000
Activating a public space through culture by presenting concerts and films in a new plaza in the city of Sweetwater next to Florida International University’s West Dade campus

Legacy Media Materials Get New Archive
Recipient: Obsolete Media Miami
Award: $30,000
Preserving legacy media, such as 35 mm slides and archival motion pictures, through an archive that serves as a resource for artists, designers, filmmakers and researchers

Academy Preps Teens for Music Careers
Recipient: Overtown Youth Center
Amount: $40,000
Preparing teens for careers in the music industry through The Beats Academy, which will teach a range of topics from music theory to remixing

Artists of Color Shine at December Art Fair
Recipient: Prizm
Award: $80,000
Promoting the works of artists of color who reflect global trends in contemporary art through an annual fair that takes place during Art Basel Miami Beach

Residency Program Expands Little Haiti Gallery
Recipient: Rise Up Gallery
Award: $25,000
Strengthening an artist-run collective that provides studio space to local artists, gallery space for innovative curatorial projects and artistic programming for the community

Movie Lovers Pay Homage to 35 mm Films
Recipient: Secret Celluloid Society
Award: $15,000
Preserving classic films by converting a 1986 bookmobile into a portable project booth that brings 16 mm/35 mm and high-resolution digital projection to Miami neighborhoods

Six Composers Celebrate 15 Years of Seraphic Fire
Recipient: Seraphic Fire
Award: $100,000
Celebrating the group’s 15th anniversary by commissioning and presenting six new American choral works, championing both top composers and emerging talent

Illustrations Memorialize Miami Bands
Recipient: Show Drawn; The Upper Hand Art
Award: $8,000
Drawing attention to Miami’s vibrant music scene, with the goal of encouraging more bands to play here, by creating a series of illustrations of local performances to be published in print and online

Overtown Festival Expands
Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency
Award; $50,000
Celebrating Overtown’s culture through the sixth annual Overtown Music and Arts Festival featuring national and local recording artists

Audio Equipment Rentals Come to Sweat Records
Recipient: Sweat Records
Award: $50,000
Supporting the local indie music scene by providing low-cost rentals of audio equipment for independent promoters and nonprofit event producers

ASK Hispanic Theater Gets New Focus
Recipient: Teatro Prometeo at Miami Dade College
Award: $35,000
Fostering Hispanic theater in Miami, and raising its prominence nationally, through a partnership with the national Latina|o Theatre Commons where the college will host a prominent Latino playwright in residency

Residency Helps Students Create Songs
Recipient: The alt Default
Award: $9,000
Helping teens find their musical voice through a residency for this ensemble at the Fienberg-Fisher K-8 Center in Miami Beach where students will create an original song

Festival Showcases Ibero-American Literature
Recipient: The Betsy-South Beach
Award: $50,000
Celebrating Ibero-American poetry, literature, scholarship and experience through Escribe Aqui/Write Here, a multiday bilingual festival fueled by ongoing cultural programming to champion Miami’s diversity

High-Profile Concert Showcases Student Performers
Recipient: The Miami Symphony Orchestra
Award: $60,000
Offering visibility to pianists younger than 12 through a competition, where the finalists perform with the orchestra at a high-profile concert

TransAtlantic Festival Gets Refresh
Recipient: The Rhythm Foundation
Award: $50,000
Providing a home for world music by rebooting the annual TransAtlantic Festival at the North Beach Bandshell – bringing in more ambitious programming and expanding the event into the adjacent public spaces

Artistic Treasure Hunt Key Reveals West History
Recipient: The Studios of Key West
Award: $50,000
Providing a new way to explore Key West’s history and culture through an event called Lost at the Beach, where participants use maps and apps to discover performances and installations hidden throughout Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park

Series Focuses on Power of the Elements
Recipient: Tigertail
Award: $75,000
Creating new artistic experiences through a month-long performance series that explores water—in April 2016—and fire—in April 2017—as elements that give and take through tragedy and regeneration

Zine Centers on Miami Beach’s 100th
Recipient: Tom Austin
Award: $15,000
Celebrating Miami Beach’s centennial by publishing a cultural history of South Beach, an exploration of how the arts – music, dance, fashion, visual arts, film, literature, culinary culture and nightlife – have fueled this iconic resort city

Environmental Art Works Come to the Gardens
Recipient: Village of Pinecrest/Pinecrest Gardens
Award: $25,000
Bringing the arts more deeply into communities by inviting acclaimed American environmental artist Patrick Dougherty, who creates sculptures from community-sourced saplings, to create new site-specific works in the gardens

Jazz Fest Comes to Downtown
Recipient: 88.9 FM WDNA Public Radio:
Award: $75,000
Bringing jazz to more Miamians by launching the Miami Downtown Jazz Festival, which will take over several blocks in downtown and continue in various venues

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Spectrum Miami Life is ArtPlay Artist Reception 12/3/15

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Spectrum Miami Life is ArtPlay Artist Reception
ArtplayFlyer3Thursday, Dec. 3 | 6pm-8pm
Spectrum Miami Tent Courtyard
1700 NE 2nd Ave. at NE 17th St.
Miami, FL 33132
RSVP Recommended
* Due to the high number of RSVPs, we recommend prompt arrival at 6:00pm.
* Space is limited, admittance and cocktail tasting will be first come, first served, with preference given to those who have RSVPed.
* Please consider making a donation to support local artists.
* RSVP does not include admission to Spectrum. To purchase Spectrum Tickets, Click Here.

A Live Visual Art Creation Showcase featuring South Florida Artists
Cocktails Sponsored by Baron Tequila and Creativas Group
Music by DJ Hank Justice

Watch art come alive during Artplay, as Life Is Art’s specially chosen group of artists create their next masterpiece right in front of the crowds at Spectrum Miami. Inspired by Spectrum’s [EMERGENCE] theme, the artists will offer a glimpse into how each piece of art uniquely emerges, giving light to the artist’s creativity and medium.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
LAUNCHPAD ARTIST – Renuka Adhav
Amauri Torezan, Chytea, Irena Gapkovska
Nate Dee, Andres Martinez, Cory Hunter
Emerson Calderon, Kirk Jenkins, Smileymade

LIVE ART CREATION
Thursday, Dec. 3 | 3pm-8pm
Friday, Dec. 4 | 3pm-8pm

EXHIBITION ON VIEW
Thursday, Dec. 3 | 3pm-8pm
Friday, Dec. 4 | 12pm-8pm
Saturday, Dec. 5 | 12pm-8pm
Sunday, Dec. 6 | 12pm-5pm

Spectrum Miami is a Life Is Art supporter.

de la Cruz Collection: You’ve Got to Know the Rules to Break Them – Art Basel Miami Beach 2015 12/1/15 – 12/5/15

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de la Cruz Collection: “You’ve Got to Know the Rules.. to Break Them” – Art Basel Miami Beach 2015
December 1st – December 5th, 9:00AM to 3:00PM
rulesde la Cruz Collection
23 N.E. 41st Street
Miami, FL 33137

The de la Cruz Collection presents their 2016 exhibition “You’ve Got to Know the Rules…to Break Them.” Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz have selected a group of artists from their personal collection who have been associated with defining 21st century practice. Self-aware of the influence that technology and the rise of consumerism has had on their work, artists exhibited follow the cool forms of Minimalism, Conceptualism and Abstract Expressionism, while injecting their works with subtle negations of their own process. Looking at traditional techniques behind painting and sculpture, these works co-exist timelessly as strategies of stylistic appropriation raise questions of subjectivity and originality.

“You’ve Got to Know the Rules…to Break Them” contextualizes New American Abstraction with German Neo-Expressionism, revealing earnest explorations of the artists technical acumen. Through experimentation, they antagonize accepted practices by drawing upon a variety of themes including cultural, historical and sociopolitical modes.

Per contra, the third floor contains a study in portraiture and memory with the works of Félix González-Torres, Ana Mendieta and Rob Pruitt. By transforming everyday objects and using energetic gestures and repetition, González-Torres, Mendieta and Pruitt accept diverse ideologies and reject the notion that art has a single vantage point.

By merging a variety of styles and mediums, the works selected for this year’s exhibition mirror contemporary culture while allowing an open-ended conversation of various interpretations and possibilities. Artist in the exhibition: Allora & Calzadilla, Tauba Auerbach, Walead Beshty, Mark Bradford, Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, Matt Connors, Martin Creed, Aaron Curry, Peter Doig, Jim Drain, Isa Genzken, Félix González-Torres, Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, Rachel Harrison, Arturo Herrera, Evan Holloway, Thomas Houseago, Alex Israel, JPW3, Jacob Kassay, Alex Katz, Martin Kippenberger, Glenn Ligon, Michael Linares, Nate Lowman, Adam McEwen, Ana Mendieta, Albert Oehlen, Gabriel Orozco, Jorge Pardo, Manfred Pernice, Sigmar Polke, Seth Price, Rob Pruitt, Sterling Ruby, Analia Saban, Josh Smith, Reena Spaulings, Rudolf Stingel, Cosima von Bonin, Guyton/Walker, Kelley Walker, Christopher Wool.

Celebrate Art and Design Week at the Coming Home Gallery to Make A Wish Southern Florida 12/3/15

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Celebrate Art and Design Week at the Coming Home Gallery to Make A Wish Southern Florida
cominghomeThursday, December 3, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
29 NW 24th St
Miami, FL 33127
RSVP, 786.534.7576, chg@atelierpr.com
RSVP on Eventbrite

Please Join Shareef Malnik, Donald & Lisa Pliner To Celebrate Art & Design Week At Coming Home Gallery

In Support Of Make A Wish Southern Florida
Percentage of sales from evening will benefit the charity

Cleveland Orchestra Miami 10th anniversary Gala 1/23/16

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Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 7 p.m.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
clevelandKnight Concert Hall
1300 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132
Gala tickets: $2,000, $1,500, and $1,000. Please contact 305-372-7747 to purchase tickets.
Concert-only tickets range from $75-$220 and can be purchased at 305-949-6722.
clevelandorchestramiami.com

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and Soprano Renée Fleming perform at Cleveland Orchestra Miami 10th anniversary Gala. Gala Chairs are Susan and Jeffrey Feldman, with Honorary Chairs Florence and Sheldon Anderson, Hector Fortun, Jan Lewis, and Sue Miller.
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
Program includes works by Mozart and Ravel and Verdi.

Cleveland Orchestra Miami announces the tenth anniversary Gala event on Saturday, January 23, 2016. As Cleveland Orchestra Miami celebrates ten seasons as a vital part of the Miami culture, this spectacular first Annual Gala celebration is a tribute to the ongoing partnership between The Cleveland Orchestra and the Miami community in sharing world-class music through concert performances, education presentations, and community events. This special evening features Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming joining and The Cleveland Orchestra in performance at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County’s Knight Concert Hall.
Gala Chairs are Susan and Jeffrey Feldman, with Honorary Chairs Florence and Sheldon Anderson, Hector Fortun, Jan Lewis, and Sue Miller. The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Gala will be an evening of incredible music to celebrate ten seasons of The Cleveland Orchestra’s relationship with the Miami-Dade community.

“Cleveland Orchestra Miami’s Gala will be the social event of the season,” said Susan Feldman, 2016 Cleveland Orchestra Miami Gala Chair. “We are delighted to feature superstar soprano Renée Fleming alongside Franz Welser-Möst and the magnificent Cleveland Orchestra for our first-ever gala. As we embark on the next ten years of this extraordinary partnership, we are proud to celebrate what we as a community have built with The Cleveland Orchestra. This is a must-attend event!”

The spectacular tenth anniversary season Gala evening begins at 6:00 p.m. with valet parking at the Hotel Intercontinental with transportation provided to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the 7:00 p.m. concert performance by The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst featuring soprano Renée Fleming. After the concert, transportation will be provided to return guests to the Hotel Intercontinental for a cocktail reception and elegant dinner in the Ballroom.

A recent performance by The Cleveland Orchestra and Renée Fleming drew rave reviews from the Cleveland Plain Dealer: “…the orchestra, under Welser-Möst’s sure hand, provided a rich nocturnal backdrop for this autumnal masterpiece.” – “The thunderous ovations attested to the evening’s musical success….” – “Fleming’s voice is a fine marvel, maintaining its creamy tone throughout her entire range….”

Ornare 9th Annual Tastemakers Showcase Art Basel Kick Off 12/3/15

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Ornare 9th Annual Tastemakers Showcase Art Basel Kick Off
Ornare_Art Basel 2015 InviteThursday, December 3th, 2015 at 7 pm
Ornare Showroom
4040 Ne 2nd Ave Suite 103
Miami, FL 33137
RSVP Required: carrie@cgsocialinc

Ornare, Miami’s premier, ultra-luxury Brazilian interiors showroom, is pleased to announce that it will host its 9th Annual Tastemakers Showcase on Thursday, December 3. Seven of Miami’s most influential interior designer and architect firms have been hand selected to have their work featured that evening.

The event, which has brilliantly evolved into an unofficial kick-off for Miami Art Week, will take place at the newly redesigned ORNARE showroom Рlocated in the heart of the Miami Design District, on the corner of the historic Moore Building. Hundreds of VIPs, art & design enthusiasts and tastemakers will enjoy specialty cocktails and canap̩s, along with live music to set the vibe.

Once again, Ornare is bringing back its highly successful installation, utilizing interactive presentations through unique video projections. The showroom walls will be transformed into large spectacles where each designer will come to life and have his/her projects featured. Video reels will loop throughout the night, as guests preview the works of the following seven 2015 honorees:
2 Id Interiors, Rafaela Simoes and Laila Colvin
Antrobus + Ramirez, Alison Antrobus and Ruby Ramirez
Avant Design, Monica Souza and Cristina Souza
Deep Design Solutions, Marisol Pinto
Fernandez Brena Design,Cary Fernandez Brena
Sojo Design, Sofia Joelsson
Zucaratto Design, Marcos Zucaratto

Miami Art Week at COYO Taco Walshy Fire, Joekay, Quantic and More 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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Miami Art Week at COYO Taco | Walshy Fire, Joekay, Quantic & More
coyoDecember 1-6, 2015
COYO Taco
2320 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33127

Tuesday, 12/1 – Rum & Bass
Walshy Fire & Friends

Wednesday, 12/2 – Dubwise
Yaadcore, Tippy I, Corey Chase

Thursday, 12/3
Cosmo Baker, Matthew Law Aka Dj Phsh, Dj Ynot

Friday, 12/4 – Soulection
Joekay, Sosupersam, The Whooligan

Saturday, 12/5 – Everyday People X Soul Clap
Dj Moma, Kon, & Morse Code

Sunday, 12/6
Quantic, Nickodemus, & Erick Paredes

COYO Taco is thrilled to announce its very first series of events for the week of Art Basel, taking place in the intimate lounge, which will be stacked with prime music talent. The week-long series kicks off from Tuesday through Sunday, with a diverse lineup of emerging DJs and musical acts, all complemented by COYO’s one of a kind Dynacord sound system. Highlights include, Walshy Fire & Friends on Tuesday, Joekay, owner and founder of SOULECTION, who is playing in Miami for the very first time as Saturday night’s headliner, and Quantic to close out Miami Art Week on Sunday. Staying true to its unpretentious vibe, COYO will grant free entry to all patrons, on a first come first serve basis.

2015 Fall Nonprofit Leadership Series: Pivot To Greatness 12/9/15

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2015 Fall Nonprofit Leadership Series: Pivot To Greatness
Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 9:30am – 12:00pm
Center for Social Change
2103 Coral Way, 2nd Floor
Miami, FL 33145
$30 per workshop | $75 for entire series
Register Here

Join us for breakfast and networking with nonprofit leaders before participating in substantive workshops that provide new tools and strategies to amplify your impact and elevate your game. Attendees will leave inspired with tangible ways to integrate newfound knowledge into their organization!

Creating Your Social Enterprise Model
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Is your organization built to last? For a truly successful nonprofit, developing an enterprise strategy that is tailored to your mission is an imperative. Thriving organizations have a successful business model that examines business operations and seeks to generate revenue in ways that leads to long term success of the enterprise. In this workshop, come and learn methods to devise a working business model and funding strategy that seeks to generate revenue to meet short and long-term, mission-aligned objectives.

Achieving Impact: Measuring & Reporting On Outcomes
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Do you have a process in place that shows your organization’s outcomes, not merely outputs? Are you tracking the right data that shows your investors their social return on investment is worthwhile?  In this workshop, we will examine tools and systems that can help you to successfully manage your data to successful outcomes. You will then learn how to create a powerful narrative examining and leveraging your data to share with your donors and investors showing that your organization is transforming and benefitting society.

Forming Corporate Partnerships (with a ROI)
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Are you wondering what it takes to secure funding support from corporate partners AND how to successfully build a lasting partnership with a return on investment (ROI)?  This workshop will take you through the process. You will learn how to “do your homework” on potential corporate partners including mapping your region to connect the small and medium size enterprises in your community, get and nail those important meetings, create a successful partnership proposal and establish a successful long-term, win-win relationship with your corporate counterpart.

El Tucán Presents Cucu Diamantes 12/3/15 – 12/5/15

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El Tucán Present Cucu Diamantes
Cucu DiamantesThursday, December 3rd, Friday, December 4th and Saturday, December 5th
8PM doors will open for first seating; 1st show begins at 9:00 PM.
11:00 PM doors will open for second seating; 2nd show begins at 11:30PM
El Tucan
1111 SW 1st Ave
Miami, FL 33130

Actress and singer, Cucu Diamantes will travel to Miami from Cuba for an exclusive performance in Miami’s newest modern-day cabaret, El Tucán. The dinner and a show concept will host the exotic Cucu Diamanteas as she performs alongside famed musician Alain Perez for an unforgettable weekend.

Live music will electrify the air; time will be suspended in the moment as the crowd holds its breath collectively…. lights go up, the details of El Tucán’s surroundings are fully illuminated for the first time: bronze touches, creamy tropical palettes, crushed velvet accents, and sparkling crystal chandeliers. Dancers line the stage and a 11-piece Latin orchestra will fill the air with amplified energy. Guests heart will pump to the beat of the music as critically acclaimed, Latin music singer, Cucu Diamantes and Alain Perez hit the stage for an unforgettable Art Basel weekend.

About Cucu Diamantes – Praised by New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, Rolling Stone magazine and more, Diamantes is known for her sultry vocals and electrifying stage presence. Cuban diva CuCu Diamantesspent nine years as the principal singer and songwriter for the Grammy-nominated Latin fusion collective Yerba Buena. In 2009, the Cuba-based songstress released her first solo album, “CuCuLand,” which received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Song, “Mas Fuerte.” In 2012 she was the focus of Amor Cronico, a film that followed Cucu on her travels across Cuba.

About Alain Perez – This young Cuban bassist, percussionist, pianist, singer, composer, arranger and producer has links to the jazz scene and an extensive discography. His talent has allowed him to work with Cuban ensembles and musicians such as Irakere, Van Van, Isaac Delgado and his group, Paquito de Rivera, Celia Cruz and Javier Masó “Caramelo”.

Alain has spent most of his career in Madrid, where he has been adopted by flamenco legends such as Enrique Morente, Paco de Lucía, Diego “El Cigala”, Niño Josele and Javier Limón. In 2002, he was awarded the SGAE’s First Prize for Latin Jazz, and he has produced albums for Celia Cruz and Habana Abierta.

Keenen, Riley, Pissarro launch Parallel with Light + Space exhibition at The Surf Club during Miami Art Week 12/1/15 – 12/12/15

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Keenen, Riley, Pissarro launch Parallel with Light + Space exhibition at The Surf Club during Miami Art Week
Tuesday, December 1 through Saturday, December 12, 11 AM–5 PM
Wednesday, December 2, 9:30–11 AM
The Surf Club
9011 Collins Ave
Surfside, FL 33154
www.thesurfclub.com
RSVP is required SurfClubRSVP@karlaotto.com

Parallel LLC, a newly launched consultancy that marries architecture and curatorial practices for its clients, founded by John Keenen, Terence Riley, and Joachim Pissarro, announces its inaugural project to debut during Art Basel in Miami Beach at the new Surf Club, designed by Richard Meier. Curated by Joachim Pissarro in consultation with Riley and Keenen, LAX – MIA: Light + Space will focus on fifteen works by seven Los Angeles Light and Space artists being shown together for the first time in Miami at the Surfside, Florida location of Meier’s architecturally iconic The Surf Club pavilion, north of Miami Beach.

LAX – MIA: Light + Space is commissioned by The Surf Club in conjunction with Fort Partners. It includes works by artists Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Mary Corse, Laddie John Dill, John McCracken, Helen Pashgian, and De Wain Valentine*. It will be on view from Tuesday, December 1 through Saturday, December 12, beginning with a Wednesday, December 2, 9:30–11 AM Daylight Viewing reception. Larry Bell and Laddie John Dill, eminent LAX – MIA: Light + Space exhibiting artists, will be in attendance for the opening. The exhibition will subsequently be open to the public from 11 AM–5 PM daily. All artworks within the exhibition will be available for acquisition.

Light + Space
Largely gathered around the fledgling, yet intense, art scene located in and around Venice, California, during the 1970s, artists of the Light and Space movement were influenced by the distinctive atmospheric qualities of the landscape of Southern California’s Westside beachfront communities. LAX – MIA: Light + Space reimagines and re-contextualizes notions that fostered the artistic practices of these artists, giving their works a parallel and fresh life on Florida’s eastern coastal edge.

In a group statement, Parallel’s principal partners relate: “To see this unlikely alliance on the dunes of Collins Avenue in the Richard Meier pavilion which is surrounded by the ocean and the sky, is an occasion to enjoy one of the highest moments of radically new creativity in America in the past half-century, architecturally and artistically.”

Parallel co-principal and LAX – MIA: Light + Space exhibition curator Joachim Pissarro adds that the group’s interest in launching the partnership through this endeavor has a great significance to each member of their team, stating: “We could scarcely have imagined a better more evocative, richer and more lyrical dialogue between art and architecture than that between the group of artists in Los Angeles known as Light and Space and the supremely light and luminous architectural shell produced here by Richard Meier. Indeed the qualities of luminosity offer here a remarkable common denominator that articulates the poetical qualities between the architect in charge of this project and the artists, who seem to be serendipitously responding to the call for light articulated by Richard Meier so powerfully.”

The Great Thanksgiving Banquet Outreach & Block Party to feed the homeless and needy of South Florida 11/26/15

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The Great Thanksgiving Banquet Outreach & Block Party to feed the homeless and needy of South Florida
Thursday, November 26, 2015, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Miami Rescue Mission (Miami): 2020 NW 1st Avenue Miami, FL 33127
Broward Outreach Center (Hollywood): 2056 Scott Street Hollywood, FL 33020
Broward Outreach Center (Pompano): 1700 Blount Road Pompano Beach, FL 33069

The Great Thanksgiving Banquet Outreach & Block Party to feed the homeless and needy of South Florida on Thanksgiving Day with Jani-King the King of Clean and Scott Evans Productions Sponsors. Over 3,000 Thanksgiving meals will be served on Miami Rescue Mission/Broward Outreach Centers 3 Campuses. Haircuts start at 8AM on the Miami Campus

The Miami Rescue Mission | Broward Outreach Centers will provide over 3,000 traditional Thanksgiving meals for the homeless and hungry of Miami-Dade and Broward County at The Great Thanksgiving Banquet outdoor block parties. Over 600 volunteers will be serving in various capacities.

Miami and Hollywood will block off a street for a block party while Pompano Festivities will be held outside in their courtyard.

The Miami Rescue Mission | Broward Outreach Centers know Thanksgiving is a time for celebration, fellowship and giving thanks and is eager to provide a festive atmosphere to the homeless and hungry of South Florida. All three campuses will be holding their annual outdoor block party at The Great Thanksgiving Banquet Outreach to make the day special for those in the greatest of need. MRM | BOC expects over 100 homeless men and women to abandon the streets and enter their life-changing programs.

In addition to a traditional Thanksgiving meal, coffee has been graciously donated by the THX Co. and there will be entertainment at each location for both children and adults, including live music with a special performance by Worship Jesus Fellowship at the Miami campus, entertainment provided by Scott Evans Productions at the Hollywood campus, and a bounce house, face painting, and fun family activities at our Pompano campus. Clothing and hygienic products will also be given to individuals and families in need at all campuses, as well as haircuts and medical education and services.
Honorary guests for the Miami campus are Ron Book, Chairman of the Homeless Trust, Power 96 FM’s, DJ Ivy; Miss Haiti Petite 2016, Diana Adeee; and Miss Miami Tropic 2015, Nicole Garchitorena. Honorary guests at Pompano campus are Ms. Andrea McGee, running for representative of Congress District 22 FL and board member, John Liotta.

Fordistas and FilmGate present Unreserved

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Fordistas and FilmGate present Unreserved
Tuesday, December 1, 7pm
unreservedFordistas Gallery
2930 NW 7th Ave
Miami, FL 33127
Website #fordistas

During this year’s Miami Art Week, Fordistas and FilmGate present UNRESERVED – an experimental audio experience created by Halsey Burgund of the MIT Open Doc Lab. Users are invited to participate in the creation of a collective work of art by contributing to an evolving collage of sound throughout Wynwood with the geo-sensitive app. The project strives to eliminate the barriers of participation and foster expressive freedom – without reservation. Unreserved will be officially unveiled at the Product/81 Gallery on December 1st and will be available for free download on the App Store.

Join The Fun:
1. Download the free app
2. Follow the instructions
3. Capture unique sounds on your journey through Wynwood
4. Become a part of our Art Week Installation

Art Basel Parallel Events 11/28/15 – 12/6/15

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Art Basel Parallel Events
Saturday November 28th 2015 Opening VIP Gala Night from 7 pm to 10 pm
Wednesday December 2nd Ferrari Art Unveiling Cocktail from 7 pm to 10 pm
Special presentation of Ferrari painted by top artist RETNA
Friday December 4th Art Basel Bash from 7 pm to 10 pm
Sunday December 6th 2015 Art Brunch from 11 am to 2 pm
151 NW 36 St
Miami FL 33127
RSVP info@artcenterwynwood.com

We cordially invite you to join us for a unique Art Season in Wynwood.
Exhibiting Artists: Alexander Moreno, Beatriz Baumgartner, Betiana Bradas, Billy Monsalve Duffo, Carlos Tirado, David Yeghaneh, Erion Cha, Gabriel Juarez, John Angee, Ne Cano, Pablo Azar, Tiano Solana

Events sponsored by Aria on the Bay & ANSA motors luxury cars. Don’t forget to ask for a free tickets for the Parallel Art Fairs

Pratt Institute Presents Women of Influence in the Business of Art at Art Basel 2015 12/3/15

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Pratt Institute Presents “Women of Influence in the Business of Art” at Art Basel 2015
Thursday, December 3, 2015
10:30 AM: Pre-Event Reception, with champagne cocktails, Pre-function Rm
11:00 AM: Pratt Presents Women of Influence Panel Discussion, Pre-function Rm
12:00-100PM: Post-Event Public Reception with champagne cocktails and passed hors d’oevres, Pre-function Rm
The Miami Beach Edition Hotel
2901 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
The reception and panel are free and open to the public. Reservations are required and you can register at Pratt Presents’ Public Programs site with attendee name(s), number of tickets requested, and a contact phone number. Space is limited.

Pratt Institute and W magazine will present “Women of Influence in the Business of Art,” a panel discussion moderated by W’s Editor-in-Chief, Stefano Tonchi, featuring: Shirin Neshat, Visual Artist; Mickalene Thomas, Pratt Institute Alumna, Filmmaker and Visual Artist; Heidi Zuckerman, CEO and Director of the Aspen Art Museum.

This exclusive group of influential women have had a profound impact on the art world and are currently shaping its future. The discussion will explore the qualities that define a new generation of female artists and leaders in art, as well as the many different ways in which they have achieved success, despite obstacles and prevailing inequalities.

“Pratt Presents” is a curated series of free public programs developed by Pratt Institute that features big ideas, bold thinkers, and brilliant dialogue. These curated series of high-profile public programs and events showcase the Institute’s expertise and reputation as a distinguished academic institution as well as a cultural hub.

The “Women of Influence in the Business of Art” event will be held at the EDITION Hotel, located in Mid-Beach, the historic “heart of Miami Beach” between South Beach and North Beach. Sponsorship for this free and public event is provided by: Simon Property Group (presenting sponsor), Perrier-Jouët (champagne sponsor), and W magazine (media sponsor).

Shirin Neshat is an Iranian-born artist and filmmaker living in New York. Neshat’s early photographic works include the Women of Allah series (1993–1997), which explored the question of gender in relation to Islamic fundamentalism and militancy. Her subsequent video works departed from overtly political content or critique in favor of more poetic imagery and narratives. In 2009, Neshat directed her first feature-length film, Women Without Men, which received the Silver Lion Award for Best Director in the 66th Venice International Film Festival. Neshat’s recent photographic series include The Book of Kings (2012) and Our House Is on Fire (2013). Neshat has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at galleries and museums internationally. A major exhibition of her work recently opened at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. Shirin was included in the 48th Venice Biennale of Art (1999), Whitney Biennial (2000), Documenta XI (2002) and Prospect.1 New Orleans (2009). She was awarded the Grand Prix of the Gwangju Biennial (2000), the Golden Lion Award, the First International Prize at the 48th Venice Biennial (1999), the Hiroshima Freedom Prize (2005), and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize (2006). Neshat is currently working on her second feature-length film, based on the life and art of the legendary Egyptian singer Oum Kolthum.

Mickalene Thomas is a distinguished visual artist and filmmaker who has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally since 2003. She is best known for combining art-historical, political, and pop-cultural references to create striking figurative and nonfigurative paintings. Her work stems from a long study of art history and classical genres of portraiture, introducing complex notions of femininity and challenging common definitions of beauty and aesthetic representation. Thomas’s first solo museum exhibition was in 2012 at the Brooklyn Museum and Santa Monica Museum of Art. Thomas’s work is in the permanent collections of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as the Detroit Institute of Arts; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas; Seattle Art Museum; and Smithsonian American Art Museum, among many others. She was born in 1971 in New Jersey and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Heidi Zuckerman is the Aspen Art Museum’s CEO and Director, overseeing all aspects of the AAM’s guiding vision and mission, administrative policies, curatorial and educational practices, strategic planning, and fundraising efforts. During her ten-year tenure with the AAM, she has secured a budget surplus every year—reinvesting instead of drawing from the endowment; fostered a 270+% increase in operational budget ($1.9M to $7M); and overseen the successful strategic planning and capital and endowment fundraising of $75M for the construction of the AAM’s Shigeru Ban–designed facility, which opened to the public in 2014. From 2004 to 2005, Zuckerman served as the Chair of the Art Curatorial Department at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and from 1999 to 2005, as the institution’s Phyllis Wattis MATRIX Curator. Prior to this, Zuckerman served as the Assistant Curator of 20th-Century Art at the Jewish Museum in New York. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in European History from the University of Pennsylvania; a Diploma from the Royal Society of Art, Christie’s, London; as well as a Master of Arts degree in Art History from CUNY Hunter College. She also serves as the Art Network Chair for the Young Presidents’ Organization globally.

Stefano Tonchi has been Editor-in-Chief of W since March 2010. Under Mr. Tonchi’s direction, W has been a finalist 10 times for the prestigious ASME National Magazine Awards, with three nods in the General Excellence category, and has won 12 medals from the Society of Publication designers, as well as a Webby Award for its video series, “Screen Tests.” Mr. Tonchi oversaw the publication of W’s special-edition books, W: Stories and W: The First 40 Years. Prior to W, Mr. Tonchi was the creator and Editor-in-Chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, which he introduced in 2004 after serving as Style Editor at the Sunday Times Magazine. Previously, he was the Fashion Creative Director of Esquire. Mr. Tonchi has written books and curated exhibitions focusing on contemporary culture, most recently Bellissima: Italy and High Fashion 1945-1968 at Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo in Rome. He is the co-author of Uniform: Order and Disorder (also an exhibition at P.S. 1/MOMA), Total Living, Excess: Mainstream and Underground in the ’80s (also an exhibition at The Pitti Palace in Florence), Human Game: Winners and Losers, and Walter Albini and His Time. Mr. Tonchi graduated with a classic studies degree from Liceo Classico Forteguerri in Pistoia, Italy. He resides in New York City.

Cavicchioli 1928 presents YogArt sponsored by jugofresh & The Sacred Space Miami 12/4/15 – 12/6/15

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Cavicchioli 1928 presents YogArt sponsored by jugofresh & The Sacred Space Miami
Friday, December 4, Saturday & Sunday, December 5 – 6
yogartWynwood Walls
2520 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
Website

YogArt, a DARLEE production, has experienced a year of unprecedented growth in 2015. Miami’s world-renowned Art Basel weekend will mark the fifth anniversary of Cavicchioli 1928 presents YogArt sponsored by jugofresh & The Sacred Space Miami December 4 – 6 at Wynwood Walls. Additionally, YogArt presented by Chȃteau D’Esclans & The Sacred Space Miami will host the second installation of its new 10-month expanded series in the Miami Design District’s Palm Court plaza on November 25.

“YogArt’s unique mix of rejuvenating yoga sessions, live music and healthy food and drink has proven to be a winning formula for South Florida and those traveling to Miami for Art Basel,” noted YogArt co-founder and avid philanthropist Arlene Chaplin. “The lively backdrops provided by Goldman Properties’ Wynwood Walls and the Design District’s Palm Court plaza are perfect settings for inspired cultural and community events like YogArt.”

Each class lasts approximately one hour, and will be led by South Florida certified Jivamukti teacher and licensed movement therapist Dawn B. Feinberg. Live music for the weekend’s sessions will feature DJ Drez, The Mayapuris and Marti Nikko. Widely recognized artist, philanthropist and entrepreneur Peter Tunney will design a special yoga mat to be auctioned off during Friday’s session to benefit Miami’s Design Architecture Senior High (DASH).

Curated by Goldman Properties’ CEO Jessica Goldman Srebnick since 2012, this year’s Wynwood Walls program, Walls of Change, will include 14 new large scale murals and installations by globally acclaimed street artists, as well as a program of events within the art park that will be free and open to the public. Goldman Properties will also debut The Wynwood Walls Garden, a new art space adjacent to the Wynwood Doors, which the company recently purchased to augment its artistic imprint in the neighborhood.

Sessions for YogArt during Art Basel weekend are made possible by valued sponsors 3six5Sport, Buddha Pants, Cavicchioli 1928, evian® natural spring water, ginnybakes, Goldman Properties, jugofresh, MIAMI magazine, Miami New Times, Ocean Drive, The Sacred Space Miami, TY KU Sake, Wynwood Walls, and ZICO Premium Coconut Water.

The Miami Design District’s chic Palm Court plaza will host its second installation of YogArt on Wednesday, November 25, also led by Dawn B. The first session drew a sold-out crowd in October and featured flowing rosé compliments of Whispering Angel, live music from an 11-piece Brass Fellows Ensemble from New World Symphony and a healthy bite compliments of ella, a pop up café by Chef Michael Schwartz. Future musical acts include Miami’s own Afrobeta, the Magic City Hippies and DJ Immortal with accompanying musicians.

Palm Court, the neighborhood’s pedestrian plaza, is home to the Buckminster Fuller Fly’s Eye Dome, Xavier Veilhan’s Le Corbusier sculpture and Sou Fujimoto’s waterfall inspired façade that evokes Miami’s tempestuous rainsqualls. Asanas aside, Palm Court is the ideal point of departure for yogis to explore the Design District’s upscale fashion and design offerings.

Sessions for YogArt’s newly expanded Design District series are made possible by valued sponsors Chariff Realty Group, Chȃteau D’Esclans, evian® natural spring water, Greenmonkey® yoga, Lifeway Foods, lululemon athletica, Ocean Drive, The Sacred Space Miami, and ZICO Premium Coconut Water.

To reserve your mat for any of the upcoming YogArt sessions, visit www.yogartevent.com for pricing and a complete schedule of activities. Interact with YogArt on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #YogArtEvent!

Miami Art Week at The Miami Beach Edition: A Stellar DJ Lineup, Light Installations and #FutureMemories 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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Miami Art Week at The Miami Beach Edition: A Stellar DJ Lineup, Light Installations and #FutureMemories
Basement_Basel-IGDecember 1-6, 2015
Miami Beach Edition
2901 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
RSVP to Reservations@Basementmiami.com

Basement 1 Year Anniversary
Tuesday 12.01
Seth Troxler, Nicolas Matar & Orazio Rispo
Hosted By Silencio, Paper Magazine, A Hotel Life & One Management
Material Art Fair
Bowl: Dj Brett Sylvia

Dj Harvey (All Night Long)
Wednesday 12.02
Hosted By Whitewall Magazine & Babel
Bowl: Dj Lola Langusta

Giorgio Moroder & Horse Meat Disco
Thursday 12.03
Hosted By Yabu Pushelberg
Bowl: Dj Spincer Tracy

Dj Ross One & Dza
Friday 12.04
Hosted By Peachfuzz
Official Miami Launch Party For
“Rap Tees: A Collection Of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999”
Bowl: Dj Brett Sylvia

Dj Lee Foss & Lazaro Casanova
Saturday 12.05
Anonymous Gallery’s Miami Vice Party
Bowl: Dj Garcia

Flat White (Virgil Abloh) & Partynextdoor
Sunday 12.06
Hosted By Who’s Who & Unknwn
Bowl: Dj Legato & Papo

The Miami Beach EDITION is thrilled to announce its dynamic roster of events taking place at Basement Miami for Miami Art Week 2015. Following one of the most talked about hotel launches, which took place over last year’s Art Basel, Miami’s leading nightlife and entertainment venue strikes back better than ever, with a week-long series of events, that kicks off with a 1 year anniversary celebration.

To kick off Miami Art Week, conceptual light artist, Olivia Steele, will unveil two light installations made of neon, which will be located in the ice skating rink and ‘Larry Lounge’ of the club, and remain as permanent installations. From Tuesday through Sunday, Basement Miami will be stacked with a lineup of cutting edge international DJs, such as disco legend Giorgio Moroder, Seth Troxler, DJ Harvey, and Kanye West’s creative director, Virgil Abloh, along with local favorites, DJ Ross One and DZA. With parties hosted by Paper Magazine and Whitewall Magazine, and art collaborations with Material Art Fair and Anonymous Gallery, Basement Miami’s events will feature prime talent and the best crowds, all complemented by state of the art sound and lighting systems.

Rock’n Roll Meets Art featuring Artist Ben Riley Vernissage 11/30/15

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Rock’n Roll Meets Art featuring Artist Ben Riley
Ben RileyMonday, November 30th, 2015, 6PM – 9PM
Hard Rock Cafe Miami
401 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132
RSVP Online

Please, join Miami Brickell Chamber of Commerce and Hard Rock Cafe Bayside Miami for an evening of Rock’n Roll Meets Art Vernissage Featuring World Renowned Pop Artist Ben Riley. Let’s Kick Off the Most Amazing Week of Contemporary Art in Miami. Welcome Drink, Bites & as always High-Octane Networking

Etra Fine Art & Wine by the Bay Highlights 2016 Opening Reception 11/29/15

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Etra Fine Art & Wine by the Bay Highlights 2016 Opening Reception
etraSunday, November 29th at 5:00 pm
Thursday, December 3rd, from 6 – 10 pm
Etra Fine Art
2315 NW 2nd Ave
Wynwood, Miami, FL 33127
please RSVP to this address: info@etrafineart.com
RSVPs will be strictly required for attendance, as space is limited.

Etra Fine Art & Wine By The Bay present Highlights 2016 A special event to inaugurate Art Basel Miami
Wine by the Bay will present the following wines:
Gavi, La Scolca, Black Label
Gaja, Ca Marcanda, Magari, 2013
Alongside appetizers specially prepared by Chef Daniele Cosmo.

Etra Fine Art will be open all Art Week from 9 am – 9 pm

Canada’s Corno Presents Her Debut South Florida Gallery Exhibition During Art Basel Miami 12/4/15

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Canada’s Corno Presents Her Debut South Florida Gallery Exhibition During Art Basel Miami
CORNO with ArtworkFriday, December 4th, 7:30pm
Markowicz Fine Art Gallery
110 NE 40th Street
Miami, FL 33137

The highly acclaimed queen of Canada’s art world and one of North America’s female royalty in artistic expression, Corno, will be presenting her first exhibition in Miami as one of the city’s headlining female artists during this year’s Art Basel. Joanne will make her very first career appearance during the international art world’s most prestigious week, celebrated throughout the City of Miami and Miami Beach, December 3—6.

The opening preview night of the Corno Exhibition, presented by Corno Studio and hosted by Miami’s preeminent fund manager, Simon Librati of 212 Investment Fund LP, will take place on Friday, December 4th, starting at 7:30pm, at the renowned Markowicz Fine Art Gallery in Miami’s Design District, with an illustrious VIP attendance anticipated in honor of the Quebec-born artist who currently resides in New York. The self-titled gallery exhibit will feature a broad selection of Corno’s work that exemplifies her neo-expressionist approach – harmonizing abstract with figurative, using bold textures, movement and colors that encompasses her signature style. Corno’s inaugural Miami exhibition will be at the Markowicz Gallery for the entire month of December.

“I am delighted to be presenting my very first exhibition in Miami during this year’s Art Basel,” says Corno. “I’m aware that some of the world’s greatest talent from all four corners of the globe converge in South Florida during this time of the year, and I am excited to be part of such a prestigious week. I have dedicated the summer to creating some of my most interesting work that I am bringing down to Miami for the exhibit, and I look forward to sharing my latest collections with everyone. I am privileged to be presenting my work at the Markowicz Gallery – which is such an esteemed name to be associated with.”

A diverse selection from Corno’s own hand-picked compilation will be on display at the Markowicz Gallery, ranging from acrylic on canvas pieces in her recent collection of Faces to mixed media on canvas artwork for her extensive collection of popular Portraits depicting Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol. Her alternative anthology of Nudes and Drawings, developed with acrylic on paper, demonstrates the long history of talent and diversity that Corno has sustained throughout her career as a leading pop artist over the last thirty years.

Corno has successfully mastered her technique to the point where her style is immediately recognizable. Getting to the essence of Corno`s artistic inquiry are her acrylics on paper. These drawings clearly demonstrate the artist`s abstract and figurative strengths while exuding a raw pure energy that perpetually moves throughout each work. Every line, shape and color can be perceived in all its precision and spontaneity, leaving little room for error. These drawings reflect a refined talent, blending Corno`s creative flow and technical strengths. With each confident brushstroke, she leaves a permanent imprint on the paper.

Corno paints faces to catch the emotions they hide. Playing on bold facial expressions, dramatic colors choices and highly gestural abstract elements, she infuses her work with dynamic energy. A painting by Corno is like a zoom in on powerful feelings. With trademark large formats, she paints huge artworks that can be both overpowering and utterly seductive: faces larger than life. From her smallest details to her large sweeping brush strokes, her art works catch viewers off guard and invite them on a breathtaking inner journey.

Made in New York, Corno’s giclées are printed in limited number on 100% cotton, museum-quality paper. The velvet-like characteristics of this surface ensures the highest quality rendering and lifelong duration of each print. They are individually examined, numbered and signed by Corno. She is very selective in choosing the paintings to be reproduced into giclées as only a small handful are selected. She also chooses the formats and edition sizes. Certificates of Authenticity are included with each Corno giclée.

EMORY Vodka Launches Subliminal Guerilla Marketing Campaign during Art Basel 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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EMORY Vodka Launches Subliminal Guerilla Marketing Campaign during Art Basel

Artist Blake Emory_Zebra LoveFollowing the memorable debut of Zebra Love by Blake Emory at Spectrum Miami during last year’s Art Basel, Blue Vase Marketing, a full service agency specializing in direct response, talent acquisition and strategic brand development, will be capitalizing on the unique brand marketing platform that Art Basel and Miami Art Week provides, as part of the company’s latest product launch aimed at drawing the attention of this highly sought after and captive audience.

EMORY Vodka – a new ultra-premium line of 100% corn-based, Naturally Gluten Free vodka with a unique design concept inspired by the artist in “Optic Modernism” Blake Emory from New York – will mount an aggressive guerilla marketing campaign during the art world’s most prestigious week. Following a highly successful summer-long trade and industry launch, resulting in the product’s off-premise growth in retail outlets across select markets, EMORY Vodka is targeting the week of Art Basel in South Florida as a platform to initiate awareness on-premise – within select hotels, bars and restaurants hosting an international fanfare of art enthusiasts from across the globe.

“Zebra Love by Blake Emory received tremendous brand recognition during last year’s Art Basel,” says Michael Alden, CEO and President of Blue Vase Marketing. “Miami was the first market to catch a glimpse of EMORY Vodka in December and over the last twelve months the brand has grown to become an industry pioneer in product design among a colossal premium beverage market,” Alden adds. “Our limited edition line of naturally Gluten Free vodka is now rapidly expanding across major states throughout the southern and eastern seaboard. Miami is an ideal launch market now on our radar and we aim to capitalize on the popularity of Art Basel with a subtle yet precision-based product placement tactic. The Zebra Love oil on canvas brand extension transformed for the EMORY Vodka product line will resonate extremely well with the pop art enthusiast and among industry tastemakers and social influencers whom regularly attend this coveted week of events.”

Commencing for the week of Art Basel and throughout the high season in Miami, EMORY Vodka will be strategically poured at the most buzzworthy locations and venues, starting at the heart of this year’s mountain of Art Week events. Among them will be a presence at Metropolitan by COMO, Miami Beach – the city’s number hotel on Trip Advisor – at which EMORY Vodka will be served behind the hotel’s popular Traymore Restaurant and Bar. International press is buzzing about the newest Barcelona-inspired Mediterranean hotspot, KLIMA Restaurant and Bar, that will also include EMORY Vodka on its cocktail menu each night and for the grand opening of its second floor club and lounge “K Club” that will be unveiled on December 4th. A number of local media partners will also be collaborating with the vodka line for a series of private and exclusive VIP events during Art Basel, sponsored by EMORY Vodka.

EMORY Vodka is one of the few to enter the ultra-premium beverage market as a one hundred percent corn based product that is naturally gluten free while being six times distilled during the fermentation process. EMORY Vodka has been positioned as one of the first artist-inspired premium vodka lines introduced to the beverage industry during this year’s Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America Annual Convention in Orlando in April.

New York based artist Blake Emory, one of today’s most innovative pioneers in the Optic Modernism movement, has developed a unique extension of his existing Zebra Love oil on canvas signature collection for the brand design of EMORY Vodka. Michael Alden, CEO and President of Blue Vase Marketing, in partnership with Emory, has translated the Zebra Love concept on to frosted glass and will be releasing the limited edition premium vodka supported by one of the country’s leading strategic marketing firms for the beverage industry, Pearson & Pearson. Imported and bottled by the newly formed Zebra Love, LLC parent company, Emory’s Zebra Love design is embossed on to a signature artisan bottle, complete with Emory’s trademark red stiletto. Emory Vodka marks the first brand extension in the Zebra Love series and features Emory’s “Shauna1” design for the inaugural product adaptation. A portion of proceeds from the sales of Emory Vodka is donated to the ASPCA to help prevent cruelty to animals.

Zebra Love is the latest anthology by the New York artist Blake Emory, whose collective series of theoretical works is capturing the attention of not only the fine art world, but also the country’s leading brand visionaries within the marketing community.

Emory’s Zebra Love series represents the artist’s inspired discovery of what he refers to as “nature’s grand design” that encapsulates an artistic expression of retro fashion with love, passion and “divine geometry” from the animal kingdom. Zebra Love portrays an underlying theme based on a fluid visual depiction of Zebra stripes that are carved to form the foundation of a multi-dimensional approach to acrylic on canvas. Using an individual female model and form as the muse for every piece of work, the curvaceous and nude silhouette of each chosen woman is juxtaposed against the Zebra design and blended within the center of the frame to convey a layered optical illusion at first glance. Emory describes his final touch as a “passionate step in to the world of love needed to liberate us from the human construct,” illustrated by a retro-style red stiletto worn on one foot – giving the black and white design its signature dash of vibrant color, fashionable overture and overtly sexual connotation.

Priced at $29.99 for 750ml, EMORY Vodka is targeting high volume cities around the country known for a trendsetting consumer audience, including Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Miami.

For further information on EMORY Vodka, visit www.emoryvodka.com

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Hive Pop Up Art Village & Lounge 12/2/15 – 12/6/15

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Hive Pop Up Art Village & Lounge
Wednesday, Dec 2, 2015, 4PM – midnight
Thursday, Dec 3, 2015, 4PM – 2AM
Friday, Dec 4, 2015, 12PM – 2AM
Saturday, Dec 5, 2015, 12PM –2AM
Sunday, Dec 6, 2015, 12PM – 9PM
MANA Wynwood
2250 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33127
The event is Free.

Miami Art Week enthusiasts will make a beeline to HIVE, a free, five-day experience located in the center hub of Wynwood, offering five unique art forms that will simultaneously tantalize the senses.

Behind the Bar, presented by Miami Club Rum, will serve as the central colony at HIVE. Guests can order a one-of-a-kind cocktail and take part in a series of mixology demos by popular bartenders. Matt Malone from Miami Club Rum will bring a unique perspective to the art of craft drinks. His award-winning distilled spirits will complement the lineup of mixologists charged with creating over-the-top cocktails, which could see the birth of Miami’s newest drink. From here, other HIVE elements will add to the swarm, including Music featuring daily acoustic acts from a wide range of musicians and eventually DJ performances at night; Art en Vivo, featuring the largest outdoor art installations with live art programming, Arts & Craft Village, with over 40 artisans showcasing original, high-end, works of art; and a Pop Up Restaurant featuring a state-of-the-art mobile kitchen unit and the ultimate culinary creations from Chef Ralph Pagano of Naked Taco / Naked Lunch.

In addition, the Heineken® Mobile Art Experience will make a stop with their Heineken® and Montana Cans branded truck featuring a rotating canvas on the outside and a fully stocked art store and gallery on the inside.

“HIVE is the place to fuse your love of art with cocktails, says Javi Zayas, event organizer and president of SWARM Inc. “With notable musicians, master mixologists, distinguished artisans, respected artists and gourmet bites, there will be no short of entertainment. #GetBZZD at HIVE!”

Myths, Words and Fire Laura Kimpton Art Installation at SLS South Beach Hotel 12/1/15 – 12/31/15

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Myths, Words and Fire Laura Kimpton Art Installation
vbtg_Picture2_31December 1-31, 2015
SLS South Beach Hotel
1701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Myths, Words and Fire, an art installation by Laura Kimpton, will be on view at the SLS South Beach Hotel. The installation will transform the entire ground floor of the hotel from the street to the pool area with sculpture, video and paintings. Sponsored by art collectors Marc Bell and Marc Leder, Myths, Words and Fire is Kimpton’s first Miami Beach project. In addition to the installation, Kimpton will launch her “She’s Got Wings” apparel line at a pop-store in the hotel during art fair week. Bell and Leder will host a VIP party at the SLS on Saturday evening, December 5th in honor of Kimpton.

Myths, Words and Fire will offer viewers the opportunity to observe and interact with Kimpton’s world of playful irreverence. Her use of images, words, objects and junk is a way of expressing her conceptual viewpoint that “nothing is sacred.”

In the spirit of radical self-expression, Kimpton’s installation will feature several of her monumental, Burning Man word sculptures including LOVE, #, M, and OK. Other elements in the SLS installation include:
A three-story painted wrap on the front façade of the building;
A painted art truck filled with televisions displaying Kimpton’s Burning Man EGO Installation Burn and other videos;
An 18-foot flaming, propane, Celtic Forest tree by the hotel entrance;
An EGO burning video in the hotel lobby near the elevators;
In the pool area, 10-15 easels with 2-D mixed media pieces including Self Portrait, White Bird;
On the beach, a moat with flaming steel books and an 8-foot centaur and an 8-foot mermaid;
In the bar area by the pool, 200 small pillows made from Kimpton’s oil paintings and throw blankets for the couches.

About Laura Kimpton
Laura Kimpton is a California-based, American contemporary artist whose work consists of painting, mixed-media installations, and sculpture. Her creativity stems from a desire to question traditional views on social interaction, therefore invoking through her art a reaction from her viewers that ultimately completes her projects. She is continually exploring new mediums in her search for revelatory communication. Her raw and original work uses photography, found objects, televisions, paint, and resin – fusing objects of history to convey a very personal message.

Kimpton’s foundation for this approach is a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The San Francisco Art Institute and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco. Her works have been exhibited throughout the United States, including solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Her accolades include that of being a six-time Honorarium Grant Recipient at Burning Man, as well as the creator of monumental works such as “Celtic Forest”. Laura Kimpton is best known for her Monumental Word Series. Her Monumental Word Sculptures have been purchased as permanent installations in Santa Rosa, CA, Arlington, TX, Reno, NV, Hong Kong, China, and soon in Miami, FL.

Laura Kimpton currently works and resides in Marin County, CA. www.laurakimpton.com

Invitation Only Miami Art Masters During Miami Art Week 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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Invitation Only Miami Art Masters During Miami Art Week
Tuesday, December 1st: Press Preview 4-6PM; VIP Preview 6-9PM
Wednesday, December 2nd: VIP First Open, Noon-6PM
Thursday, December 3rd: Noon – 6PM; Private Reception 6-9PM
Friday, December 4th: Noon – 6PM
Saturday, December 5th: Noon – 6PM
Sunday, December 6th: Noon – 6PM
Hibiscus Island
Miami Beach
www.miamiartmasters.com

By Invitation And Appointment Only
*The exhibition is not open to the public.
*Invitation is non-transferrable. No admission fee.
*RSVP required. Space is limited.
*On-site parking is very limited; guests are advised to come by private car or Uber.
To request a visit to the Miami Art Masters exhibition, please email registration@miamiartmasters.com. Guests will receive a confirmation email, as requests are received.

*The exhibition will extend through January 17, 2016, by appointment only.

New, By-Appointment-Only Art Fair Showcases Historical Masterpieces Alongside Contemporary Art and Design in a Specially Curated “Collector’s Residence” on Hibiscus Island

For its inaugural exhibition and sale, Miami Art Masters will take place December 1st through December 6th, 2015 at an exclusive, private residence on Hibiscus Island, located between South Beach and Downtown Miami. Designed by award-winning architects, Touzet Studio, the residence provides a spectacular backdrop to a curated selection of Old Master paintings and drawings, along with contemporary art and design objects. Lyrically weaving museum quality Old Master artworks in conjunction with the presence of contemporary works, Miami Art Masters will offer a unique viewing opportunity, for both the seasoned and emerging collector.

Running concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach, which attracts thousands of visitors to South Beach annually, Miami Art Masters promises an experience unlike any other, not only through the diverse presentation of historically important works of art but also by participating in an active contemporary dialogue merging elements of the past along with those representing our current time. This invitation-only exhibition and sale will be held in an expansive 12,000 square foot private home unlike many familiar art fair venues. With the goal of bridging the disconnect between artistic periods and art constituencies, Miami Art Masters will create an atmosphere where old meets new and where the dissimilar styles not only beautifully coexist but also engage in a compelling dialogue, adding richness to one’s surroundings.

Spanning 500 years, ranging from the 14th Century to the 19th Century, fifty works of art by prominent historic artists such as Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Lo Scarsellino, Filippo Tarchiani, and Jean-Baptiste Oudry will be part of a highly anticipated showcase. Further complementing this selection of Old Master works, the team of specialists will integrate an assemblage of contemporary art and design, by internationally acclaimed galleries and designers such as Ralph Pucci, Herve Van der Straeten, and Paul Mathieu in conjunction with artists such as Tracey Emin, Cecily Brown, and Candida Höfer, among others. Set in a contemporary interpretation of a classic Parisian Hôtel Particulier, this art happening offers visitors and locals alike a taste of luxury.

Miami Art Masters, 2015 is delighted to create and present an exciting and wonderfully unique exhibition and sale, contributing to Miami’s vibrant artistic community. It will expand upon, rather than detract, from what is already being offered throughout the city. We look forward to sharing this experience with you.

The Team
Benedetta Corsini is an independent art consultant and Old Masters Paintings Specialist based in Milan, and former President of the renowned Old Master paintings gallery, Piero Corsini, Inc., New York.

Karen LaGatta brings more than 20 years of experience to the contemporary art world. She has served as a Director for some of the most prestigious NYC Galleries; in addition, she is an independent art consultant and publisher of limited editions by internationally renowned artists.

Paul Philippe Vögele is the proprietor of the Hibiscus Island Residence and Founder of Miami Art Masters; in addition, he is a commercial real estate professional, with extensive experience in publishing, and classical art and architecture.

Interior Design by Linda Zarifi: Zarifi Design is a full service boutique design firm specializing in high-end residential and hospitality design. With extensive training in the NYC design scene, Zarifi brings bespoke interiors embodying contemporary luxury to Miami. (www.zarifidesign.com)

Gallery Diet opening of Ann Craven’s I Like Blue 11/30/15

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Gallery Diet opening of Ann Craven’s I Like Blue
Monday, November 30th from 5PM to 8PM.
ilikeblueGallery Diet
6315 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33150

Gallery Diet is pleased to present I Like Blue, an exhibition of new paintings by Ann Craven opening Monday, November 30th and remaining on view until January 9th, 2016. Through these paintings, Craven converses with the histories of landscape painting and conceptual art, and with the passage of time itself.

These paintings come from summers spent in Cushing, Maine, where Craven has kept a home and studio for years. At night, she paints the moon en plein air, often by candlelight. Slightly larger than a square foot, they are hasty compositions, with a pared down palette and an economy of gesture. Like consecutive views of the moon, they manage to be both the same and different. Painting outdoors, under a sky quite different than that above New York, Craven engages contemporary and historic painters such as Alex Katz (who she assisted for seven years) Georgia O’Keeffe and Claude Monet. Yet the landscape is just a starting place. Craven returns to her New York studio and remakes the paintings, scaling up the intimate size of the originals to five square feet. They are not exact remakes; neither the palette nor the brushstroke are the same, merely similar. She then uses the leftover paint to create her stripe paintings, which are also on display.

By repainting the original paintings, she does not delegate a hierarchy of preparatory version and final product. Rather, she loosely stacks three mo- ments of time: the time spent on the first painting, the time elapsed between the two paintings, and the time spent painting the second version. In this, she charges the landscape genre with the understanding of temporality similar to the conceptual practices of On Kawara or Agnes Martin. The system Craven uses to employ the leftover, unused paint into bands of color can be seen as the forth phase or a closure to the three moments mentioned above. It is an added pleasure to see these works in Miami, a place known for its charged relationship to nature and history.

I Like Blue continues Craven’s exploration of painting as an index of our lived experience. Though painted with immediacy, Craven understands that these works can never fully capture the moment they seek to address. Instead, there is a lag, an inescapable temporal parallax. It is in that space that she best operates. Her work is playful, yet, since inseparable from time’s flight, bittersweet. Also on view is a painting of a bird.

Ann Craven lives and works in New York City and Maine. She recently had her first retrospective, Time, curated by Yann Chevalier at Le Confort Moderne in Poitiers, France (2014). She has exhibited widely, including Southard Reid, London (2015); Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles (2014); Maccarone, New York (2013); The Green Gallery, Milwaukee (2013); Galerie Perrotin, Paris (2013); White Columns, New York (2013); Eva Presenhu- ber, Zurich (2013); Gladstone, New York (2012); and Marianne Boesky, New York (2012). Craven’s work has been reviewed in publications including LA Times, Art in America, the New York Times, Artforum, Flash Art, The New Yorker, Frieze and Modern Painters. Her paintings are in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum, New York; the New Museum, New York; and the Museum of Contempo- rary Art in Chicago, among others. Gallery Diet owner Nina Johnson-Milewski assisted Craven in 2005.

Gallery Diet is a contemporary art space in Miami, Florida. Since 2007, the gallery has produced exhibitions by emerging and established artists from around the world. The gallery works alongside artists to produce ambitious projects both within the confines of the gallery space and beyond.

Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Brings Back The Art of Black Miami African Diaspora Arts, Culture and Diversity Celebrated

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Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Brings Back The Art of Black Miami African Diaspora Arts, Culture and Diversity Celebrated

Following a successful launch last year, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) brings back Art of Black Miami, a platform that shines a spotlight on local, national and international art and artists representing the African diaspora. Art of Black Miami takes part during the destination’s premier art event, Art Basel Miami Beach. This signature initiative is a celebration of the abundant artistic diversity found within Miami’s mosaic and heritage-rich neighborhoods. Residents and visitors will experience new artwork and projects while attending special events, meeting artists, visiting pop-up art galleries and more. A dedicated website – www.ArtOfBlackMiami.com – provides real-time updates and more information on the African diaspora art representing African-American, Caribbean, Latin American and African cultures.

“The GMCVB’s newly formed Multicultural Tourism Department is proud to bring back Art of Black because it combines two leading pillars in our community: the diversity of our heritage-rich neighborhoods and our global position as a premier art and culture destination,” says GMCVB President & CEO, William D. Talbert, III, CDME. “Having just announced another record-breaking year in tourism welcoming 15.1 million overnight visitors to Greater Miami we know that visitors extend their vacation and stay longer to experience art and culture in our multicultural neighborhoods.”

The City of Miami will extend their iconic trolley routes in order to provide free transportation for Art of Black Miami participants around heritage neighborhoods. Community pockets within Miami and The Beaches are embracing the event with specially programmed exhibits such as “Soul Basel” in historic Overtown and TIZITA (Ti-zee-ta) a fine art group exhibition featuring Ethiopian and African Diaspora art on Miami Beach.

More than forty-seven (47) events in Miami’s heritage neighborhoods (including Little Haiti, Coconut Grove, Liberty City, Opa-Locka, Historic Overtown, Wynwood, MiMo District, Miami Gardens, Coral Gables and Downtown) and throughout the destination include: The Art of Black Miami Kick-off Soiree: A celebration and preview of what’s planned will take place on Wednesday, November 18, at the Historic Lyric Theatre Cultural Arts Complex, from 6:30pm-8:30pm.

At the Historic Lyric Theatre Cultural Arts Complex, present Soul Basel from December 2 – 6, Art Africa Miami Arts Fair will feature a multidisciplinary exhibition of fine contemporary art from the global African Diaspora. The central idea of Art Africa Miami is to present an array of visual works that pay homage to the centrality of Africa and its descendant’s contribution to the modern art world.

Miami’s Yeelen Gallery in Little Haiti feature “What’s Inside Her Never Dies… A Black Woman’s Legacy” – Being a black woman is a journey oftentimes taxed with a history of ruined and objectified bodies that recall and carry on complex legacies of suffering and struggle. Through painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture, “What’s Inside Her Never Dies… A Black Women’s Legacy” presents the dignity, distress, and character of these heroes who affect us generation after generation.

In celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach (December 3-6) at the Futurama Building, local artists will paint patio umbrellas which are displayed along historic Calle 8 in Little Havana.

“Through the Eyes of Others” presented by the Opa-Iocka Community Development Corporation aims to provide a critical platform for re-imaging the past, present and future possibilities of blackness as something more complex than race. What words, actions and images can interrogate the culture of violence, distrust and hatred applied to black people? While stereotype images of black people continue to reinforce negative attitudes, work in the exhibition resists and defies easy consumption of these subjects.

PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI Presents “No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting” brings together the work of nine Aboriginal Australian artists who are leader within their community and while they began painting late in life, their works explore complex and innovative modes of abstraction. Relating to cultural systems, religious beliefs, and social structures, these intricate works are at once distinctly grounded in the context of Aboriginal life and profoundly resonant with abstract painting of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Little Haiti Cultural Center will feature The Borderless Caribbean exhibition which is part of the larger Global Caribbean art program started by the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance in 2009. It has been designed to create an artistic dialogue, and to encourage exchange between Caribbean and Miami-based artists, which have emerged from the Caribbean Diaspora. (December 4 – January 17)

Life in Color 2016 1/16/16

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Life in Color 2016
Saturday Jan 16, 2016, 2:00 PM
LIC-Miami-6x8-PHASE-2-Front-v4Sun Life Stadium
347 Don Shula Dr
Miami Gardens, FL 33056
Website
16 and over

Life in Color, “The World’s Largest Paint Party,” announced today the full artist lineup for the third edition of the paint-dropping music festival. The 1-day event will showcase the hottest acts in music, including Skrillex & Diplo’s Jack U, and inaugural festival performance by Ruby Rose, star of Orange is the New Black, and the highly anticipated EDM debut of Big Sean. From the first drip of paint to the last beat drop, attendees can expect a truly unique experience for this year’s event.

“Miami is our home and we put everything we have into this show,” said Lukasz Tracz, CMO and co-founder of Life In Color. “ We listened closely to what our fans had to say about last year’s show and have incorporated high-profile artists and different genres of music to ensure that our 2016 Miami show will be the best one yet.”

Full Lineup to include: Jack U, Steve Aoki, Zeds Dead, Flosstradamus, Special Guest: Big Sean, 3lau, Keys N Krates, Ruby Rose, David Solano, Morten, Moska, Nghtmre, Troyboi, Big Makk, Crespo, NWB, Ricky Remedy,

Prizm Art Fair 2015 12/1/15 – 12/13/15

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Prizm Art Fair 2015
Opening Reception, By Invitation, Tuesday December 1st 7pm – 10pm, 7 Pm – 10 Pm
Prizm Panels, Saturday December 5th 12pm – 5:30pm
Prizm Block Party, Saturday December 5th 12pm – 7:00pm
prizm10 Am – 5pm Weekdays
12 Pm – 5pm Weekend
7300 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33138
Website

PRIZM is the producer of a cutting-edge art fair that is multidisciplinary in scope. Our goal is to expand the spectrum of international artists from the African Diaspora and emerging markets at one of the most prestigious art festivals in the world.

Our mission is to promote the work of artists of color, who reflect global trends in contemporary art, through a blockbuster exhibit held during Art Basel/Miami. Workshops and special events will be organized throughout the year to advance the careers of local and regional artists. We are committed to the Miami cultural community and will work to expand its visual arts landscape, nurture and educate its constituents and provide forums for cross cultural exchange.

In 2014, Prizm will exhibit a dynamic group or contemporary artists during Art Basel/Miami at the Miami Center for Architecture and Design. Salient works will be presented that highlight the diversity evident in contemporary visual art practices today, including painting sculpture and mixed media installations.

Additionally, PRIZM will feature the work of emerging Miami-based artists of African descent, such as T. Eliot, and Asser Saint Val. These artists redefine their world and bring into focus socio-political and cultural issues pertinent to the people of African descent in Miami and beyond. The select artists are actively engaged in perpetuating Miami’s growth as a cultural hub.

Opening Reception
Join Prizm To For An Evening Of Cocktails With Our Exhibiting Artists To Mark The Beginning Miami Art Week.

Prizm Panels Presented By The Green Family Foundation & Fiu African & African Diaspora Studies At The Steven J. Green School Of International And Public Affairs
Prizm hosts Prizm panels; a series of conversations & film screenings presented by leading thinkers and practitioners in contemporary African and African diaspora art. Panelists will include Kebona Mercer, Professor of Art and African American Studies at Yale University, contemporary visual artist, Jefferson Pinder, Charlotte Mouquin Voznesenskaya & Oshun Layne of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, and others more.

12:00 PM – 12:30PM Serendipity a conceptual film by Awol Erizku
1:00 PM – 2:30pm Prizm Panel Talk with Prof. Kobena Mercer moderated by Prof. Patricia Saunders
Prof. Mercer will discuss his new book, Travel & See, in which he presents a diasporic model of criticism that pays close attention to the aesthetic strategies in contemporary Black diaspora art. He also traces the shifting political and cultural contexts in which black visual art circulates over the last 35 years.
2:45 PM – 3:15PM Film Screening Papa Machete A Third Horizon Film
More than two hundred years ago, the slaves of Haiti defeated Napoleon’s armies in the historic revolutions that took place between 1791-1804. One of their weapons was the very tool they used to work the land, the machete. Papa Machete explores the esoteric martial art that evolved during the slave revolts through the practice and life of a farmer named Alfred Avril. The short film documents his proud devotion to his heritage in the face of bitter poverty, and his efforts to keep this mysterious art alive.
3:30 Pm – 4:15 Pm Prizm Panel Talk With Contemporary Visual Artist Jefferson Pinder
4:30 Pm – 5:30 Pm Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation talks about their work in Brooklyn and how they’re using the arts to educate.

Prizm Block Party
With Sonic Sounds From King Britt. Prizm Will Also Host A Basel Domino Tournament.
12 pm – 7 pm
A break from Miami Art Week, Prizm hosts a mid-day social. Join us with our co-hosts rush philanthropic arts foundation for cocktails, music, light bites and networking with friends in art. King Britt will provide the righteous beats for the day. At 5:30 PM, contemporary artist, Jefferson Pinder, will present his performance piece Dark Matter(s) reaching Lionz of Zion. Jefferson Pinder has created a morality play of sorts in which there is entanglement of music, athleticism and power. Slightly didactic, partly formal and consistently explosive, these break dancers will be lying their bodies On-The-Line to produce a dynamic performance that frighteningly brings rioting and B-Boy battles to contemporary art.

CONTEXT Art Miami 2015 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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CONTEXT Art Miami 2015
VIP Preview benefiting the P̩rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Access for VIP Cardholders and Accredited Press, Tuesday, December 1 | 5:30pm Р10:00pm
Wednesday, December 2 through Saturday, December 5 | 11am – 8pm
PrintSunday, December 6 | 11am – 6pm
Midtown Miami | Wynwood
2901 NE 1st Avenue
Miami, FL
$40 One day fair pass
$85 Multi-day fair pass
$15 Students 12-18 years
$25 Seniors 62 years +
$25 Groups 10 or more
Free Children under 12 accompanied by adult
Website

CONTEXT Art Miami continues its success by expanding and redesigning the fair. Ninety-five international galleries and projects from 20 countries, 53 cities with more than 540 artists from 60 countries have been carefully chosen by the selection and advisor/curatorial committee consisting of Ethan Cohen, Enrique Guerrero and fair director Julian Navarro, to bring Miami Art Week (Dec 1-6, 2015) the most promising cutting-edge, mid-career and established artists.

CONTEXT Art Miami is dedicated to the development and reinforcement of emerging and mid-career artists. Launched in 2012, CONTEXT Art Miami’s open atmosphere creates a meaningful dialogue between artists, galleries and collectors while providing the ultimate platform for the presentation of cutting-edge talent by emerging and established galleries. The combined efforts of CONTEXT Art Miami and Art Miami provide a unique and alternative opportunity for leading primary dealers and their artists to be marketed and promoted internationally during the most important week for contemporary art in America.

In addition to its group of international galleries, CONTEXT Art Miami will feature a series of solo artist projects, curated spaces, and special projects.

2015 CONTEXT Art Miami Exhibitor List
11. 12 GALLERY | Moscow; 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel | New York; 55Bellechasse | Paris; Accola Griefen | Brooklyn; Adah Rose Gallery | Kensington; Ai Bo Gallery | Greenwich; Alida Anderson Art Projects | Washington D.C.; Amstel Gallery | Amsterdam; Amy Li Gallery | Beijing; ANNA ZORINA GALLERY | New York; Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts | Binghamton; AP Contemporary | Hong Kong; Art Mûr | Montreal; Axis Gallery | New York; Bau-Xi Gallery | Toronto; Beatriz Esguerra Art | Bogota; Black Book Gallery | Denver; BLANK SPACE | New York; Bluerider ART | Taipei; Caldwell Snyder Gallery | San Francisco; Cámara Oscura Galeria | Madrid; Casa Cuadrada | Bogota; Christopher Martin Gallery | Dallas; Coates & Scarry | London; Denise Bibro Fine Art | New York; Dubner Moderne | Lausanne; Eduardo Secci Contemporary | Florence; Elizabeth Clement Fine Art | Danvers; Ethan Cohen Fine Art | New York; Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles; FIFTY24MX | Mexico City; FP CONTEMPORARY | Culver City; Frederic GOT | Paris; Galería Alfredo Ginocchio | Mexico City; Galeria Enrique Guerrero | Mexico City; Galería Juan Silió | Santander; Galería La Cometa | Bogota; Galería LGM | Bogota; Galerie de Bellefeuille | Montreal; Galleria Ca’ D’oro | Miami; Galleries Association of Korea – Baik Song | Seoul; Galleries Association of Korea – Cais Gallery | Seoul; Galleries Association of Korea – Galerie Bhak | Seoul; Galleries Association of Korea – Gallery Shilla | Daegu; Galleries Association of Korea – GALLERY SP | Seoul; Galleries Association of Korea – Keumsan Gallery | Seoul; Galleries Association of Korea – Nine Gallery | Gwangju; Galleries Association of Korea – PAIK HAE YOUNG GALLERY | Seoul; Galleries Association of Korea – The Columns Gallery | Seoul; Galleries Association of Korea – Wellside Gallery | Seoul; Gallery Henoch | New York; Heitsch Gallery | Munich; JanKossen Contemporary | Basel, New York; JJ Joong Jung Gallery | Seoul; Jonathan LeVine Gallery | New York; Kang Contemporary | New York; Kavachnina Contemporary | Miami; Knight Webb Gallery | London; Lawrence Cantor Fine Art | Venice; LICHT FELD Gallery | Basel; LIQUID ART SYSTEM | White Room | Capri; Lucía Mendoza Galería | Madrid; Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery | Santo Domingo; M+V ART | Miami; MAIOR, Pollença | Mallorca; Matilde Bensignor | Buenos Aires; METROQUADRO | Rivoli; Modus Gallery | Paris; Mugello Contemporary | Los Angeles; N2 Galeria | Barcelona; Paralelo | São Paulo; PSH Projects | Bogota; Rofa Projects | Potomac; Salamatina Gallery | Garden City; Sandra Lee Gallery | San Francisco; SASHA D. espacio de arte | Córdoba; SET ESPAI D’ART | Valencia; Shine Artists | London; Shirin Gallery | New York, Tehran; Sim Smith Gallery | London; Sponder Gallery | Miami; Susan Eley Fine Art | New York; ten472 Contemporary Art | Nevada City; Tezukayama Gallery | Osaka; The Chill Concept | Miami; The Gallery Association of Berlin (LVBG) – Berlin Lounge | Berlin; The Gallery Association of Berlin (LVBG) – Galerie Friedmann-Hahn | Berlin; The Gallery Association of Berlin (LVBG) – Galerie Kornfield | Berlin; The Gallery Association of Berlin (LVBG) – Podbleski Contemporary | Berlin; The Gallery Association of Berlin (LVBG) – Tammen & Partner | Berlin; The Gallery Association of Berlin (LVBG) – Wichtendahl Galerie | Berlin; The McLoughlin Gallery | San Francisco; Union Gallery | London; VisionQuesT Contemporary Photography | Genoa; Waltman Ortega Fine Art | Miami, Paris; Woolff Gallery | London

Special Projects Highlights
Sound Positions
Curated by Christoph Cox
Contributing Artists: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Olivia Block, Maria Chavez, Holly Herndon, Ernst Karel, Matt Krefting, Chris Kubick, Jake Meginsky, Aura Satz, Jennifer Walshe, Yan Jun, Dajuin Yao.
Sound Positions creates immersive and intimate situations for listening to work by an international selection of emerging and established sound artists. The exhibition will feature 12 listening stations, each dedicated to the work of one artist.
Christoph Cox is Professor of Philosophy at Hampshire College and a faculty member at the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), Bard College. Cox is the author of Nietzsche: Naturalism and Interpretation (University of California Press, 1999) and co-editor of Realism Materialism Art (Sternberg, 2015) and Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music (Continuum, 2004). The recipient of a 2009 Arts Writers Grant from Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation, Cox is editor-at-large for Cabinet magazine. His writing has appeared in October, Artforum, the Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Wire, the Journal of Visual Culture, Organised Sound, International Studies in Philosophy, The Review of Metaphysics, and elsewhere. He has curated exhibitions at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, The Kitchen in New York City, New Langton Arts in San Francisco, and G Fine Art Gallery in Washington D.C. Cox has written catalog essays for exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Mass MoCA, the South London Gallery, Berlin’s Akademie der Künste, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Oslo Kunstforening, and other venues. He is currently completing a conceptual and historical book about sound art, experimental music, and metaphysics.

Waypoint @ CONTEXT Art Miami 2015
A film series debut from Wet Heat Project and the Division of Fine Arts & Cultural Affairs at MIA
The new 24/7 art-centric video site WAYPOINT at Miami International Airport debuts its first original programming at CONTEXT Art Miami 2015. “We Make Passage” is a film series of portrait-making encounters between Miami-based artists and the men and women of the 24/7 working community of Miami International Airport. Diverse artists with distinct practices will engage four MIA workers with distinct professions; the in-situ poses that result will be produced as original artworks. The artists will be challenged to evoke the sense of dedication and tireless commitment that keeps one of the world’s busiest transportation centers in motion every day of every week of every year.
The fast-track portrait project will be captured as a series of individual films to premiere simultaneously on December 1, 2015 in a special project space at the CONTEXT Art Miami Fair (along with the artworks created for the project) and at WAYPOINT’s large-scale video screen in Miami International Airport’s newest international terminal area, Concourse J, which facilitates millions of passenger journeys every year.

WAYPOINT is a video exhibition programming initiative presented by the Division of Fine Arts & Cultural Affairs of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (Yolanda Sanchez, Director) and Wet Heat Project (Bill Bilowit, Director).

Art From Berlin – The Galleries Association of Berlin (LVBG)
Art From Berlin offers insight into Berlin’s influential art scene with five contemporary galleries selected by a panel of Berlin based curators and art critics. ART FROM BERLIN is presented at CONTEXT Art Miami by the Galleries Association of Berlin, landesverband berliner galerien (lvbg), with official support from the municipality of Berlin and the European Union (EU). In the BERLIN LOUNGE, lvbg will install a curated exhibition and offer information on the city’s contemporary art galleries and institutions. This microcosm of the global art capital’s gallery community includes a cross-section of established and emerging exhibitors.

Art from Berlin jury:
Brigitte Werneburg (taz Newspaper), Guido Faßbender (Berlinische Galerie Museum for Modern Art, Photography and Architecture) and Andreas Herrmann (gallerist and vice chairman lvbg).

Participating Art From Berlin Galleries and artists:
Galerie Friedmann-Hahn; Josef Fischnaller, Edite Grinberga, Thomas Kaemmerer
Galerie Kornfeld; Stephane Couturier, Hubertus Hamm, Alexander Polzin
Podbielski Contemporary; Francesco Jodice, Loredana Nemes, Benyamin Reich
Tammen & Partner; Dietmar Brixy, Anke Eilergerhard, Thorsten Zwinger
Wichtendahl Galerie; Nicole Ahland, Katrin Günther, Annette Schröter

Berlin Lounge featuring: C/O Berlin Foundation
The Galleries Association of Berlin, landesverband berliner galerien (lvbg), represents art galleries in Berlin culturally and economically, supporting the sustainable development of Berlin as an internationally recognized center for the arts. Members of the Gallery Association of Berlin (lvbg) show a comprehensive range of art from the 20th and 21st century, fostering and marketing the careers of living artists through exhibitions, publications and public relations. The association, which operates by the standard guidelines of the Federation of European Art Galleries Association (FEAGA), is active in numerous committees of state-sponsored institutions for art and culture, and cultivates networking activities among many associates in the arts.

Galleries Association Of Korea
Galleries of Association Korea, as a meeting of nationwide galleries, was founded in 1976 with a sense of duty to the establishment of order in the circulation and to foster a sound art market as well as to promote the understanding and popularization of art and contribute to the global advancement of the culture of art. It was registered as a social organization of the ministry of culture and information in 1979. By being promoted to a corporation in 1991, its social obligation has been strengthened.
Participating Galleries Association of Korea and artists:
Baik Song Gallery, artists Lee Seung-Ha, KOH Chan-Gyu, Lee Yun-Bok.
Cais Gallery, artists So Young Choi, Kyoung Tack Hong, Doo Hwa Chung and Sun Young Lah.
Gallery Bhak, artists Young-Wook HAN, HARI, Soo-Jung CHOI, Mi Kyoung KIM.
Gallery Shilla, artist Moon-pil SHIM.
Gallery SP, artists Lee Kang-so and Hwang Yong-Jin.
Keumsan Gallery, artist KIM Changkyum, KWON Yeohyun, Debbie HAN.
Nine Gallery, artist Lee lee nam, Son bong chae, Park tae hoo and Shin hyunglok.
Paik Hae Young Gallery, artists JANG Seungtaik, KIM Byron, LEE Jung Jin and TOH Yunhee.
The Columns Gallery, artists Choi Myoung Young, Lee Ufan, Hur Hwang, and Suh Seung Won.
Wellside Gallery, artists Oh Se-Yeol and Park Seo-Bo.

Special Solo Exhibitions
Participating galleries and artists:
Dubner Moderne, Viviane Rombaldi Seppey
Knight Webb Gallery, Juliane Hundertmark
Mugello Contemporary, Mr. Herget
Paralelo Gallery, Isabelle Borges
Salamatina Gallery, Marc Andre Robinson
Sandra Lee Gallery, Jung San
Tezukayama Gallery, Satoru Tamura

One Art Nation
CONTEXT Art Miami has partnered with One Art Nation to feature daily symposia presented by leading art experts. Seminars focus on various art specialties. These educational programs are complimentary for fair attendees in the CONTEXT Art Miami Cafe daily.

Art Miami 2015 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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Art Miami 2015
VIP Art Miami Preview, By Invitation Only – VIP Cardholders and Members of the Press, December 1, 2015 | 5:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
artmiamiDecember 2 – 5, 2015 | 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
December 6, 2015 | 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
The Art Miami/CONTEXT Pavilions
Midtown Miami | Wynwood Arts District
2901 NE 1st Avenue
Miami, FL 33137
One-day fair pass – $40
Multi-day fair pass – $85
Seniors 62 years + – $25
Students 12-18 years – $15
Children under 12 years accompanied by adult – Free
Groups 10 or more (online ticket purchases only) – $25
Website

Art Miami, America’s foremost contemporary art fair, is returning for its 26th edition this December, maintaining its title as the original and longest-running Miami art fair. As the No. 1 ranked international art fair for attendance in the U.S. and second-most attended globally, Art Miami attracts more than 85,000 new and established collectors, curators, museum professionals, press and art world luminaries annually to its 200,000 square foot pavilion in the Wynwood Arts District.

Art Miami remains committed to showcasing the most important artworks from the 20th and 21st centuries for acquisition in collaboration with a highly vetted selection of international galleries, and will continue to preserve its well-known reputation as Miami’s premier anchor fair in 2015.

Art Miami’s 2015 line-up will feature 120 galleries from 19 different countries, presenting important modern masters and blue chip contemporary artists, as well as the most sought after living artists from the around the world. The following galleries have been confirmed for participation:

Adler & Conkright Fine Art | Miami; Allan Stone Projects | New York; Andrea Schwartz Gallery | San Francisco; Antoine Helwaser Gallery | New York; Arcature Fine Art | Palm Beach; ARCHEUS/POST-MODERN | London; Armand Bartos Fine Art | New York; Art Nouveau Gallery | Miami; Arthur Roger Gallery | New Orleans; Ascaso Gallery | Miami; Bernarducci Meisel Gallery | New York; Bernice Steinbaum Gallery | Coconut Grove; Berry Campbell Gallery | New York; Bridgette Mayer Gallery | Philadelphia; C. Grimaldis Gallery | Baltimore; C24 Gallery | New York; Casterline|Goodman Gallery | Aspen; Catherine Edelman | Chicago; Cernuda Arte | Coral Gables; Chowaiki & Co. | New York; CONNERSMITH. | Washington; Contessa Gallery | Cleveland; CORDEIROS GALERIA | Porto; Cynthia Corbett Gallery | London; CYNTHIA- REEVES | New York; David Benrimon Fine Art | New York; David Klein Gallery | Detroit; David Richard Gallery | Santa Fe; Dean Project | Miami Beach; Diana Lowenstein Gallery | Miami; DIE GALERIE | Frankfurt; Dillon Gallery | New York; Dolby Chadwick Gallery | San Francisco; Dranoff Fine Art | New York; Durban Segnini Gallery | Miami; Durham Press | Durham; Espace Meyer Zafra | Paris; ETHAN COHEN NEW YORK | New York; Evelyn Aimis Fine Art | Miami; Flowers London/New York | New York; GALERÍA ÁLVARO ALCÁZAR | Madrid; Galería Barbié | Barcelona; Galeria Freites | Caracas; GALERÍA LA COMETA | Bogota; Galerie Anhava | Helsinki; Galerie Boulakia | Paris; Galerie Ernst Hilger | Vienna; Galerie Forsblom | Helsinki; Renate Bender | Munich; Galerie Terminus | Munich; Galerie von Braunbehrens | Stuttgart; GALLERY ANDREAS BINDER | Munich; Gallery Rueb, Gallery Delaive, Torch | Amsterdam; Gazelli Art House | London; Gerald Peters Gallery | New York; Goya Contemporary Gallery | Baltimore; HackelBury Fine Art | London; Haines Gallery | San Francisco; Heller Gallery | New York; HEXTON | modern and contemporary | Chicago; Hollis Taggart Galleries | New York; Horrach Moya | Palma de Mallorca; Jackson Fine Art | Atlanta; James Barron Art LLC | Kent, CT / Rome, Italy; James Goodman Gallery | New York; Jerald Melberg Gallery | Charlotte; Jerome Zodo Contemporary | Milan; JONATHAN NOVAK CONTEMPORARY ART | Los Angeles; Klein Sun Gallery | New York; KM Fine Arts Chicago- Los Angeles | Los Angeles; Kuckei + Kuckei | Berlin; Leonard Hutton Galleries | New York; LESLIE FEELY | New York City; Lisa Sette Gallery | Phoenix; Long-Sharp Gallery | Indianapolis; Mark Borghi Fine Art | Palm Beach; Mayoral | Barcelona; McCormick Gallery | Chicago; Michael Goedhuis | London; Michael Schultz Gallery | Berlin; Mixografia | Los Angeles; MODERNISM INC. | San Francisco; Nancy Hoffman Gallery | New York; Nicholas Metivier Gallery | Toronto; Nikola Rukaj Gallery | Toronto; Now Contemporary Art | Miami; Olga Korper Gallery | Toronto; Omer Tiroche Contemporary Art | London; Osborne Samuel | London; Other Criteria | New York; Pan American Art Projects | Miami; Peter Blake Gallery | Laguna Beach; Peter Marcelle Project | Southampton; PIECE UNIQUE | Paris; Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design | Heusden aan de Maas; Queue Projects | Greenwich; Repetto Gallery | London; RGR + Art | Valencia; Rosenbaum Contemporary | Miami; Rosenfeld Gallery | New York; Scott White Contemporary Art | San Diego; Simon Capstick-Dale | New York; Sims Reed Gallery | London; Smith-Davidson | Amsterdam; Sous Les Etoiles Gallery | New York; Sundaram Tagore | New York / Hong Kong / Singapore; Taylor Graham | New York; Tresart | Coral Gables; UNIX Gallery | New York; Vallarino Fine Art | New York; VERTES | Zurich; Waterhouse & Dodd New York | London | New York; Wetterling Gallery | Stockholm; William Shearburn Gallery | Saint Louis; YARES ART PROJECTS | Santa Fe; Yufuku Gallery | Minato-Ku; Zemack Contemporary Art | Tel Aviv; Zolla/Lieberman Gallery | Chicago

Schedule of VIP Events:

Art Miami Kickoff VIP Cocktails + Dinner
November 12, 2015
As a kickoff to the collaboration with the Fair, Merrill Lynch will host a VIP Screening of the highly acclaimed and brilliant documentary entitled BERNICE, by first time filmmaker Kristina Sorge. This short format documentary tells the story of art world pioneer and instigator, Bernice Steinbaum. In this beautifully crafted documentary, Ms. Sorge highlights her subject’s lifelong efforts to support and empower female artists as well as artists of color throughout their careers. The personal obstacles and hardships faced by artists she so staunchly represented were amplified by the racial and gender inequality of the art world especially during the 1970s and 80s. Tickets for cocktails and the screening of the film at JW Marriott Marquis Miami, will go on sale mid October. An invitation only VIP dinner will follow the screening at db Bistro Moderne.

VIP Art Miami Preview:
December 1, 2015 | 5:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
By Invitation Only – VIP Cardholders and Members of the Press
Collectors, curators, artists, art enthusiasts and members of the press are invited to experience an exclusive First View of the highly anticipated Art Miami and CONTEXT Presented by Merrill Lynch for a cocktail reception benefiting the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). This can’t miss event is the first opportunity to acquire the finest works from the emerging, cutting-edge, contemporary and modern art movements prior to the fairs’ opening to the public the following day.

Exclusive VIP Reception
December 3, 2015
Merrill Lynch and Diamonds Unleashed, along with Art Miami, will come together and host an exclusive VIP reception in the fair’s VIP Lounge for Diamonds Unleashed Ambassadors, Miami Dolphins players, Merrill Lynch clients and top collectors. By Invitation Only

Design Miami/ 2015 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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Design Miami/ 2015
Preview Day By Invitation only/ December 1, 2015, Collectors Preview/ 12-6pm, Vernissage/ 6-8pm
designmiamiDecember 2-3/ 10am-8pm
December 4/ 11am-8pm
December 5/ 12-8pm
December 6/ 12-6pm
Meridian Avenue & 19th Street
Adjacent to the Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, USA

Design Miami/ expands geographic and creative horizons for 2015 edition. Design Miami/ welcomes first-time galleries from São Paulo, Rome, London, New York, Brussels and Beijing. Annual pavilion commission awarded to student team from Harvard University Graduate School of Design Fair’s engagement with graphic arts continues with 2015 fair identity from French illustrator Pierre Le-Tan.

his December 2-6, the ongoing evolution of Design Miami/ will see a number of exciting ‘firsts’ for the fair alongside the maturation of its core relationships and initiatives.

The abiding strength of interest in design from Brazil is marked by the inaugural participation of Firma Casa from São Paulo. Design Miami’s dedication to supporting young and emerging design talent takes a new turn as the fair partners with Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD) on a unique pavilion commission. Following the attention garnered by the dedicated watch satellites at Design Miami/ Basel this summer, the December 2015 fair will for the first time host a horological exhibitor in the gallery program. The joie de vivre associated with the fair’s graphic identity in recent editions will be given fresh verve by the celebrated French illustrator Pierre Le-Tan. The Design Curio program for special projects that challenge and contextualize collectible design will return for its second Miami edition.

This December sees a number of new galleries joining Design Miami’s impressive roster of exhibitors. Firma Casa, São Paulo will show a new series of works by the Campana Brothers; Galerie Philippe Gravier, Paris, specialist in architecture, will show two monumental pavilions by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma; cutting edge and experimental contemporary design from Gallery ALL of Beijing, which exhibited in 2014 as a Design Curio; the rare watch dealership Le Collection’Heure, Brussels; collectible contemporary works from PHOS ART + DESIGN (formerly Sarah Myerscough), London; and Secondome, Rome, a dynamic project space that commissions hand-crafted editions from an international list of designers.

UNBUILT: Design Miami/ Harvard GSD Pavilion
Following a school-wide competition in which over 100 students from 32 student teams participated, a judging panel comprising both Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) faculty and representatives of Design Miami/ selected the winning concept. This commission represents the first time Design Miami/ collaborates with a school and the very first design competition organized by the fair.

The chosen project was developed by a team of five students enrolled in the Harvard GSD Master in Architecture program: Joanne Cheung, Jenny Shen, Steven Meyer, Doug Harsevoort, and Yiliu Shen-Burke. As the name would suggest, UNBUILT is a celebration of unrealized design projects that will be realized as 3D foam models, which will form the pavilion’s canopy. The unmade designs that compose the pavilion are being collected from across the Harvard GSD community, and information on each will be accessible via an app developed by the digital design firm Modelo.

Craig Robins, Founder of Design Miami/, states “It is a privilege to partner with Harvard GSD, one of the most amazing sources of creative thinking in the world of design. We are excited to see the students’ vision realized at Design Miami/ – a platform that has always been committed to presenting the work of emerging talent alongside material by established and historic designers.”

Placed at the entrance to Design Miami/, UNBUILT will offer secluded and sociable seating areas; zones of greater or lesser canopy cover to shield visitors from sun or rain; and integrated lighting to create an intriguing and atmospheric night time environment.

Pierre Le-Tan’s Miami/
Design Miami/ has commissioned Parisian illustrator Pierre Le-Tan to create a portfolio of sketches inspired by the fair’s home city. Le-Tan, known for his evocative New Yorker covers, and for delicately colored, crosshatched drawings for magazines including Vogue, Tatler and The World of Interiors, has produced a vision of Miami in his signature whimsical style. The illustrator’s interpretation is peopled with bathing beauties, flamingos and fearsome aquatic creatures set against a backdrop of Art Deco hotels and Key lime pies. The sketches will not only provide the graphic identity for this year’s fair, but will also form the inspiration for a capsule collection produced in collaboration with J.Crew. The collection will be available to purchase on site at the Design Miami/ fair and at select J.Crew stores in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Hong Kong.

Awards, Events and Collaborations/
This year’s fair will see the second edition of the Design Visionary Award, celebrating an exceptional individual or group that has supported, promoted or extended design practice or connoisseurship. The laureate of the award is recognized as having a continued and tangible impact on the design world and will be announced at a special event on September 29th.

This December will also see the return of the Design Curio program: a platform for immersive and surprising installations from the design world’s outer edges. Showcasing everything from handcrafts to cutting edge technology, contemporary conceptual design to historical phenomena, these contemporary ‘cabinets of curiosities’ are interspersed among the gallery booths throughout the fair.

Design Miami/ 2015 will host the ever-popular and dynamic Design Talks series, presented by the Surf Club and will play host to design installations by long-term partners Audi, Swarovski, Fendi and Perrier-Jouët.

Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU Breakfast in the Park featuring Alice Aycock 12/6/15

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Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU Breakfast in the Park featuring Alice Aycock
Alice AycockDecember 6, 2015, 9:30am-Noon
Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, Florida 33199
RSVP, please contact us at 305.348.2890 or artinfo@fiu.edu.

Each year, in celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU hosts Breakfast in the Park. Guests enjoy a complimentary outdoor breakfast, informal lecture by a noted sculptor and guided tours of The Sculpture Park FIU as well as the exhibitions in the museum.

This year Alice Aycock, an American sculptor known for her complex site-specific works will be our guest speaker. Her diverse sources of inspiration range from environmental Land Art to popular forms of entertainment (amusement parks in particular), obscure literary sources, and sci-fi. Artist Carola Bravo will also be giving tours of her exhibition Carola Bravo: Blurred Borders.

Sponsored by West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Bacardi and InterContinental at Doral Miami.

Image: Alice Aycock, Timescape #3, 2015, Edition 1/3, Aluminum, 54 x 68 x 24 inches
Courtesy of the Artist and Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Photo credit: Dave Rittinger

Clevelander South Beach 1st Annual Industry Beach Bash 11/22/15 – 11/24/15

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Clevelander South Beach 1st Annual Industry Beach Bash
BASHSunday November 22nd thru Tuesday November 24th, 12:00PM through 5:00AM
Clevelander South Beach
1020 Ocean Dr.
Miami Beach, FL 33139.
Ticket information

The iconic Clevelander Hotel South Beach along with Grey Goose, Bacardi, Jack Daniels, and Red Bull are gearing up to combine top shelf liquor and top level DJ’s as they present the first annual Industry Beach Bash.

This mega three-day event welcomes the hospitality industry personnel, and those looking to party it up at one of South Beach’s premier locations.

Industry Beach Bash attendees can expect a complete Clevelander takeover. The Clevelander’s World famous Pool+Patio area along with the Sun Deck and C-Level Rooftop Terrace will be in full-use to provide different sensory experiences. Each area will feature open bars daily from 2:00PM until 3:00PM, and again commencing at 11:00PM-Midnight. Happy hour specials will be in effect throughout the three day event during non-open bar times.

Headline level DJs will provide energy filled beats throughout the three day event.
Day 1: Sunday, November 22nd, kicks off the Industry Beach Bash with a Made in Miami theme, which will feature Oscar G, Robbie Rivera, Lazaro Casanova, Jesse Perez, Dude Skywalker, El Chino Dreadlion, and Oba Frank Lords.
Day 2: Monday, November 23rd, will feature the Transmit Showcase to present: Boris, Carlo Lio, Cocodrills, ALX, Hugo Bianco, and Allan Gallego.
Day 3: Tuesday, November 24th, named the “Closing Fiesta” will wind down the first ever Industry Beach Bash, with Deniz Koyu, Helena Legend, Digital Lab, Crespo, Paul E, Luccio, Steve Nova, and Andrew Skyy.

Sponsors of the Industry Beach Bash include: Grey Goose, Bacardi, Jack Daniels, Red Bull, Minta, Live It Productions, Taittinger Champagne, Coors Light, SoundTrack, and Deep Eddy Lemon.

For more information, media and sponsorship inquiries, please contact info@creativasgroup.com.

ArtAfrica Miami Arts Fair 2015 12/2/15 – 12/6/15

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ArtAfrica Miami Arts Fair
artafricaArt & Fashion VIP Opening, Wednesday Dec. 2, 7pm to 10pm
Thursday Dec. 3 11am – 7pm
Friday Dec. 4, 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday Dec. 5, 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Soul Basel Farewell Brunch powered by TheUrbanCollective, Sunday Dec. 6, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
The Carver Building
801 NW 3rd Avenue
Miami, FL
Website

Art Africa Miami Arts Fair is a juried multidisciplinary exhibition of fine contemporary art from the global African Diaspora. The central idea of Art Africa Miami is to present an array of visual works that pay homage to the centrality of Africa and its descendants contribution to the modern art world.

“Art has always been a tool to claim space, build power and to question the injustices that have shaped our social experiences,” Neil Hall, Founder. In the world of art and culture, artists are responsible for offering the viewer a chance to challenge society by bringing new meaning to the way we perceive the world.

Culture is space where we can introduce ideas, attack emotions, change values and find inspiration. Art is where we can imagine what change looks and feels like. Come join us as we seek to do our part in transforming our world to be more just and beautiful in all we do. This year, we continue our transformation of the historic community of Overtown.

Our aim is to continue advancing artists from the African Diaspora, including artists from Africa, North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Art Africa Miami brings a vital and essential cultural service to the South Florida community, lending the Magic City a true international flair.
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Beyond The Limelight: Art Basel 12/3/15

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Beyond The Limelight: Art Basel
limelightThursday, December 3, 2015 at 6:00 PM
Museum of Fashion
2612 Northwest 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
RSVP Online

Join us to celebrate Photography and Fashion at the Museum of Fashion starting December 3rd through December 12th.
Museum of Fashion and Third Dream Media present: Beyond The Limelight: A photo exhibition of New York City nightlife in the 80s and 90s through the lens of photographer Tina Paul.
For “Beyond The Limelight,” Keni Valenti will have a special fashion exhibit inspired by Tina Paul’s photographs and styles behind them. Designer pieces include: Jean Paul Gaultier, Emilio Pucci, Vivienne Westwood, Thierry Mugler, Dolce & Gabanna, and many others.
For the exhibition, Tina will feature never before seen photos, focusing on the ones that over time have become more significant. Tina continues her work documenting today’s cultural scene, nightlife, parties, festivals, political arena and red carpets events in Miami and NYC. Come enjoy Art Basel in the heart of Wynwood at your local museum!
Concrete Beach Brewery is an artisanal craft beer brewery located in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District. Their mission is to provide great tasting craft beer inspired by the culture and flavors of Miami, all while supporting the arts and community organizations in the neighborhoods they serve. Concrete Beach Brewery will be joining us this Art Basel at the Museum of Fashion, make sure to try their delicious crafts!

Pulse Contemporary Art Fair 12/1/15 – 12/5/15

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Pulse Contemporary Art Fair
Private Preview Brunch (VIP Invitation Only), Tuesday, December 1 1pm – 4pm
Opening Celebration, Tuesday, December 1 4pm – 7pm
pulseWednesday, December 2 10am – 7pm
Thursday, December 3 10am – 7pm
Friday, December 4 10am – 7pm
Saturday, December 5 10am – 5pm
Sunset Celebration, Saturday, December 5 5pm – 7pm
Indian Beach Park
4601 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Website

PULSE Contemporary Art Fair is pleased to announce a full series of
programming and innovative partnerships in honor of its eleventh edition in Miami Beach taking place at Indian Beach Park from Tuesday, December 1 through Saturday, December 5, 2015. PULSE’s programs are inspired by the desire to cultivate a dynamic environment in which visitors can connect and engage with art, performance and current topics in the art market. The programming for each edition of the fair is filtered through the lens of an overarching theme, which for PULSE Miami Beach is Spectacle.

On Tuesday, December 1, PULSE Miami Beach will kick-off Miami Art Week with its signature Private Preview Brunch from 1pm-4pm. The invitation-only event will allow VIP guests of PULSE to enjoy a first-look at exhibitions and special projects. Guests will be invited to experience an interactive augmented reality installation by Amir Baradaran presented by Morgan Stanley and will enjoy refreshments courtesy of FIOL, PULSE’s Official Bubby Sponsor. VIP car service will be available during the Private Preview Brunch, Opening Celebration, and Sunset Celebration to and from Indian Beach Park courtesy of Official Automotive Sponsor Cadillac with a special South Beach pick-up and drop-off point at Shore Club, 1901 Collins Avenue.

Immediately following the Private Preview Brunch, PULSE will officially open to the public at 4pm on December 1 with an Opening Celebration featuring music, performance art and a PERSPECTIVES panel discussion. Hyperallergic, the art world’s trusted resource for critical discourse, partners with PULSE to present PERSPECTIVES talks at PULSE Miami Beach 2015 and at PULSE New York in 2016. Spectacle, Spector and Performance, moderated by Hyperallergic founder and editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian, will be the first panel in this series bringing PLAY curator Stacy Engman and artists Kalup Linzy, Kate Durbin and Amir Baradaran into conversation. Performance artist Kate Durbin will bring to life an interactive piece entitled Hello Selfie! courtesy of TRANSFER gallery. Celebrated multi-disciplinary artist and recent New York Foundation of the Arts fellowship awardee Kalup Linzy will also debut Season 2 of his satirical art industry soap opera, As the Art World Might Turn. The evening will culminate with Linzy performing as Kaye, a singer and video artist who soul searches and simultaneously creates work about love, relationships, and family.

PULSE will celebrate Miami on Saturday, December 5 with a day dedicated to the city’s cultural richness. Miami- Dade residents will receive complimentary access to PULSE Miami Beach upon presentation of a valid ID between 10am and 5pm that day. The Sunset Celebration, which begins at 5pm, will feature Future Visions of Miami, an insightful PERSPECTIVES talk focused on the Miami art scene with in-depth conversations between prominent local art-world insiders, and a performance presented by the Knight Foundation.

PLAY, the fair’s platform for video and new media art, will be curated by New York-based independent curator Stacy Engman and will debut on Tumblr on Monday, November 30 with a dedicated screening area at the fair. Programming partner, Target Too, will offer visitors a place where products come to play and come to life. Introduced in New York City in March 2015, Target Too takes items sold at Target and combines them in inventive, unexpected ways. PULSE attendees will have the opportunity to experience installations from the original unveiling, as well as several new pieces built specifically for Miami Art Week.

Starting November 24, Artsy will launch PULSE Miami Beach 2015 online via Artsy.net and the apps for iPhone and iPad and will offer the opportunity to browse exhibitor booths, read exclusive editorial content, and make direct sales inquiries on works before the fair opens.

NADA Miami Beach 2015 12/3/15 – 12/6/15

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NADA Miami Beach 2015
Opening Preview by Invitation: Thursday, December 3 10AM–2PM
nadaThursday, Dec 3; 2PM–7PM
Friday, Dec 4; 10AM–7PM
Saturday, Dec 5; 10AM–6PM
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach
4441 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Run of Show, $40
Single Day, $20
Student Single Day, $10
Senior Single Day, $10
Purchase Tickets

Each December in Miami, NADA holds a renowned art fair to vigorously pursue our goals of exploring new or underexposed art that is not typical of the “art establishment.” NADA Miami Beach is recognized as a much needed alternative assembly of the world’s youngest and strongest art galleries dealing with emerging contemporary art. It is the only major American art fair to be run by a non-profit organization. The fair is open for both members and non-members of NADA to apply.

For the 13th edition of the fair, NADA Miami Beach remains committed to a selected presentation of exhibitors with this new venture at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Centrally located, the transition to an epicenter of activity better serves both NADA’s exhibitors and its audience, and reflects the continued growth of NADA as an international platform for contemporary art.

Proceeds raised from NADA Miami Beach ticket sales will go towards establishing the NADA International Exhibitor Prize, a new initiative to support first-time exhibitors traveling internationally to the fair in 2016.

Red Dot Art Fair Miami 2015 12/2/15 – 12/6/15

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Red Dot Art Fair Miami 2015
Opening Reception Benefiting The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Wednesday, December 2, 6 – 10 Pm
reddotWednesday, December 2, Noon – 6pm (reception 6 – 10pm)
Thursday, December 3, Noon – 8 Pm Free Day!
Friday, December 4, Noon – 8 Pm Free Day!
Saturday, December 5, Noon – 8 Pm
Sunday, December 6, Noon – 6 Pm (DOORS Close At 5 Pm)
1700 NE 2nd AVE
Miami, FL 33132
(Corner of NE 2nd AVE and NE 17th Street)
Arts and Entertainment District of Miami

Tickets may be purchased on site for the opening night reception as well as general admission. Opening night reception is open to the public.
General admission is $20. Which includes both spectrum miami and red dot fair
opening night reception and week pass is $25. Which includes both spectrum miami and red dot fair
Buy Tickets Online https://www.eventbrite.com/e/red-dot-art-fair-december-2-6-2015-tickets-18024396455

Red Dot Art Fair is pleased to announce its 9th edition in our new location in the Arts and Entertainment District in Miami concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach. Building upon its reputation as a diverse fair, Red Dot will offer a unique selection of approximately fifty galleries exhibiting contemporary painting, sculpture, photography and secondary market.

Red Dot Art Fair strives to create a fair for galleries specializing in emerging, mid-career and established artists that present work of lasting value. The luxurious layout of the fifty thousand square foot venue will provide visitors with a sophisticated and friendly environment to view artwork presented by galleries and dealers. Red Dot is excited about being part of Miami’s vibrant art scene and its great fabric of galleries, museums and cultural institutions.

Red Dot Art Fair is pleased to announce that the Spectrum Miami tent will share the new 7 acre location at 1700 NE 2nd Avenue (corner of NE 17th Street) and tickets will be valid for both art fairs. Each fair will have their own tents and entrances, tickets will be valid for entrance to both fairs.

About our new location: The Arts and Entertainment District has recently seen a renaissance of creative energy with the advent of Miami’s premier performance space (The Adrienne Arscht Center), and the opening of hip restaurants and speakeasy-inspired bars. There’s no doubt that its location just minutes from all of Miami’s hottest neighborhoods (including Wynwood, Design District, Downtown and South Beach) make The Arts and Entertainment District Miami’s next big discovery. Still being defined by the burgeoning creative scene, the Arts and Entertainment District is poised for exceptional growth in the coming years.

Fuck Art Let’s Dance Basel 2015 The Electric Pickle Co. 12/3/15

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Fuck Art Let’s Dance Basel 2015 The Electric Pickle Co.
Thursday, December 3, 10:00pm – 5:00am
fuckartThe Electric Pickle
2826 N Miami Ave
Miami, Florida 33127
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Aqua Art Miami 2015 12/2/15-12/6/15

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Aqua Art Miami 2015
VIP Preview, Access for Art Miami, CONTEXT and Aqua VIP Cardholders & Press, 2015aquaartWednesday, December 2, 3 pm – 10 pm
Thursday, December 3, 12 pm – 9 pm
Friday, December 4, 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday, December 5, 11 am – 9 pm
Sunday, December 6, 11 am – 6 pm
Aqua Hotel
1530 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
One-day fair pass (Aqua Only) $15
Multi-day fair pass (Aqua, CONTEXT and Art Miami) $85
Students 12-18 years and Seniors 62 years + $10
Children under 12 years accompanied by adult Free
Groups 10 or more (Online tickets only) $10
A One-Day Fair Pass provides admission to Aqua Art Miami only.
A Multi-Day Fair Pass provides admission to Aqua Art Miami, CONTEXT, and Art Miami.
Buy Tickets
Website
Art Miami/Context/Aqua 2015 Complimentary Day Pass

Aqua Art Miami, a boutique art exhibition and sister fair to the renowned Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami, has released its list of 45 international galleries for the fair’s 11th edition, taking place at the retro Aqua Hotel on South Beach from December 2 through December 6. Aqua Art Miami also announces the new director Katelijne De Backer, esteemed for her work with Art New York, Lehmann Maupin and The Armory Show, who carefully handpicked a dynamic range of galleries with strong emerging and mid-career artists.

“I am beyond thrilled to lead this year’s Aqua Art Miami as Director,” says De Backer. “Aqua is a little jewel of Miami Art Week—it provides exposure to the undiscovered works of young artists and galleries, which is a crucial aim of the fair and something that I personally love to support.”

With its intimate setting and refined presentation, Aqua Art Miami has cultivated a reputation as a fair to discover artists in the Aqua Hotel’s serene atmosphere. De Backer, a seasoned director, has been producing cutting-edge events since the beginning of her career. For over 10 years, she led The Armory Show to nearly triple in size and transformed it into one of the most important events on the international art marker’s calendar.

With all of her success, De Backer’s arrival to Aqua Art Miami will be sure to leave an indelible influence on this year’s fair. She has already made waves for the brand as the Director of the first-ever Art New York this past May, a position she will continue to lead into the following year. Under her direction, Aqua will host just over 100 artists with galleries from 28 cities and 10 countries.

Aqua Art Miami is billed to be one of the most highly anticipated contemporary art exhibitions in December. Opening night for VIP cardholders and select members of the press is Wednesday, December 2 from 3pm to 10pm. The fair will be open for public viewing starting Thursday, December 3rd from 12pm to 9pm and then through Saturday from 11am to 9pm, Sunday 11am – 6pm. There will be a daily complimentary shuttle service that will connect Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami with Aqua Art Miami. Single-day tickets to the Aqua fair exclusively are $15; and a multi-fair pass to Aqua Art Miami, CONTEXT Art Miami and Art Miami are $85, which can be purchased via Eventbrite, at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aqua-art-miami-2015-tickets-18244371406

The following galleries have been confirmed for participation at Aqua Art Miami in 2015:

57 Projects l Los Angles; Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art l New York; Art Center Allapattah l Miami; Artfactory Club l Vienna; Aureus Contemporary l Wakefield; Azart Gallery l New York; C. Emerson Fine Arts l St. Petersburg, FL; Cansio Contemporary l Miami; CASS Contemporary l Tampa; Derek Gores Gallery l Melbourne, FL; Elisa Contemporary Art l New York; Ernest G.Welch School of Art & Design, Georgia State University l Atlanta, Georgia; Everything is Art l Moscow; Exposure Gallery, Truth or Consequences; Fiercely Curious l Brooklyn; Fine Art Consultancy l London & Tokyo; Frantic Gallery l Tokyo; Gallery 300 l Santa Rosa; Gallery Marcoux l Ta’ Xbiex, Malta; Gallery on Wade l Toronto; Ghostprint Gallery l Richmond; Haiti Friends l Pittsburgh; Hamiltonian Gallery l Washington, DC; Hang Art l San Francisco; Huberty-Breyne Gallery l Brussels; j fergeson gallery l Farmville; Jenny Green Gallery l Bend; McCaig-Welles l Brooklyn; Morton Fine Art l Washington, DC; New Apostle Gallery l Brooklyn; Pele Prints l St. Louis; Projects Gallery l Miami; Rademakers l Amsterdam; Red Corridor Gallery | Künzell; Revision Space l Pittsburgh; S Artspace Gallery l New York; Sandra Lee Gallery l San Francisco; Space 776 l Brooklyn; Spacewomb Gallery l New York; SPiN Galleries l Shanghai; Studio 26 Gallery l New York; Signature l Atlanta; Vertical Gallery l Chicago; Victori + Mo l Brooklyn; Working Method Contemporary l Tallahassee

X Contemporary 2015 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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X Contemporary 2015
xcontemporary December 1 | VIP vernissage, 5-10 p.m.
December 2 | Open to the public, 12-9 p.m.
December 3 | Open to the public, 12-9 p.m.
December 4 | Open to the public, 12-9 p.m.
December 5 | Open to the public, 12-9 p.m.
December 6 | Open to the public, 12-6 p.m.
240-252 NW 25th St.
Miami, FL 33127
Tickets
Single Day $10
Single Day PLUS $20
Run of Show $25

X Contemporary is a contemporary art fair established in 2015 under the direction of Matthew Eck with a focus on galleries and cultural institutions who promote the work of emerging and mid career artists.

Opening in the Wynwood district, across from Wynwood Walls, the 28,000 square foot art fair will feature a selection of major exhibitions and over 27 exhibitors from the US, Europe and South America. The art fair will emphasize a crossover between postwar and contemporary art in specially curated projects that add depth to the fair’s exhibitions, while considering the art historic importance of the trends and cultural influences impacting artists today.

X Contemporary is excited to highlight a few key exhibitions presented at the fair, as special projects that will enrich attendee’s experiences with curated, survey and retrospective style shows.

Michael Klein Arts LLC will present, Grace Hartigan 1960-1965, The Perry Collection, an exhibition of paintings and collages that represent Hartigan’s Abstract Expressionist style as it evolved in the early 1960s. Hartigan was a key innovator amongst painters of the New York School and was the only female artist included in the traveling exhibit T he New American Painting, designed to introduce European audiences to American art. The variety of paintings in this anticipated exhibition will highlight Hartigan’s style of vivid color and texture painted on a large scale. The fair will provide the perfect opportunity to reintroduce Hartigan’s work to a professional audience of dealers, curators and critics. After its exhibition at X Contemporary, the collection will tour to other institutions both in the US and abroad.

Pamela Willoughby, an art consultant based in New York City and East Hampton that has served as an advisor to many respected contemporary collections, will showcase her expertise in post modern, contemporary and emerging art. Presenting iconic handmade postcard collages created by JeanMichel Basquiat early in his career, alongside work by renowned UK based mural artist, Hush, Willoughby Art Advisory will give viewers the opportunity to consider the genesis of street art incorporation into the New York gallery scene and its global evolution through today. This thought provoking range of work w ill also include work b y artists P eter Dayton, Dora Frost and photography by the artistic team Cyril Christo & Marie Wilkinson.

Castle Fitzjohns Gallery presents the original Pop Shop sign, painted by Keith Haring for the Lafayette St. gallery in 1986. The 10 panel Pop Shop Sign conceived and executed by Keith Haring in collaboration with Andre Charles extended across and around the building during its renovation beginning in the winter of 1986. The sign was made from an original sketch drawn by Haring and served as a temporary placard until it was removed from the building in the fall of 1987. At the time of its removal by the City of New York, artist Robin Van Arsdol acquired it for his private collection where it has remained ever since. It has been exhibited internationally and was featured in Germany in 2010 and and was then sent to an exhibition at the Russian State Art Museum in Moscow in May 2011.

TIMEBAG, the independently organized artist project based in Colombia, will present a survey of work by emerging, midcareer and established Colombian artists, titled Colombia N.O.W. T his project curated by Carlos Uribe, Gabriel Mario Vélez and Maria Luisa Vélez, invites a public discussion on the country and culture of Colombia today. In this dynamic exhibition, the artists reflect on several social, political and emotional landscapes of a contemporary Colombia. The presentation will include works by artists, Libia Posada, Jesús Abad Colorado, Fredy Alzate, Juan Raúl Hoyos, Víctor Garcés, Paulo Licona, Harold Ortiz, Juan David Henao, Sara Herrera, Juan Obando, and José Moreno.

International artist network, Berlin Collective works to connect artists with new exhibiting and collaborating opportunities. The group’s presentation at X Contemporary will include works by artists Eric Slayton, Elena Lyakir and Javier Barrera. I n presenting these works together, the comparison becomes relevant to understanding each artist’s journey and discovery. The selection highlights bold work by Eric Slayton and the addition to his G ravity Collection. As well as, new work by artist Eleana Lyakin, titled City Parks Romance. The presentation will also showcase a intaglio prints series by Javier Barrera, in which the artist uses hybrid forms of traditional and digital printmaking.

Scope Miami Beach 2015 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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Scope Miami Beach
Platinum First View, Hosted by VICTOR Private Jet Charters, Invitation or Platinum VIP card for entry, Tue | Dec 1 | 12:00PM – 4:00PM
VIP | Press Preview, VIP card holders and Press only, Tue | Dec 1 | 4:00PM – 8:00PM
scopeWed | Dec 2 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Thu | Dec 3 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Fri | Dec 4 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Sat | Dec 5 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Sun | Dec 6 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
SCOPE
801 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Free for VIP cardholders
Platinum First View | Tue | $150
General VIP & Press | Tue | $100
Public | Wed – Sun | $35
Student | Wed – Sun | $25
Website

The SCOPE Miami Beach Pavilion will once again be situated on the sands of historic Ocean Drive, featuring a monumental entrance Atrium designed by Leeser Architecture. Celebrating its 15th anniversary edition, SCOPE will welcome 118 International Exhibitors from 22 countries and 57 cities. With many well-established galleries upgrading to larger booths, SCOPE Miami Beach will debut a more spacious pavilion to showcase a robust VIP program featuring three curated sections: Juxtapoz Presents, the Breeder Program, and FEATURE.

SCOPE Miami Beach opens on Tuesday, December 1, with its exclusive Platinum First View from 12 – 4pm followed by the VIP & Press First View 4 – 8pm. SCOPE will open to the general public December 2 – 5, 2015.

VH1, SCOPEÂ’s longtime media partner, will host a reception to close out Opening Day from 8-9pm in the SCOPE Atrium. SCOPE VIP cardholders and registered press are welcome to attend, entry based on capacity.

Event highlights include: The Platinum First View Brunch, on Tuesday, December 1, 12-4PM: Featuring complimentary cocktails and light fare. This event is free for Platinum VIP cardholders, by invitation, or $150 ticket at the door. Also on Tuesday, December 1, SCOPE welcomes registered Press and VIP cardholders to our Preview reception, with complimentary cocktails from 4 – 8PM.

Also on the calendar is the SCOPE Official Party, presented by BMI at Nikki Beach, on Friday, December 4, 8PM-12AM, featuring a live music performance from Mack Wilds and LilÂ’ Dicky. This event is by invitation and confirmed RSVP only.

With over 75 art shows spanning more than 15 years, SCOPE is the largest and most global art fair in the world, celebrated as the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and multi-disciplinary creative programming. Renowned for its uncanny ability to forecast new visual trends that are embraced globally, SCOPE Art Shows in Miami, Basel, New York, London and the Hamptons have garnered extensive critical acclaim, with sales of over 1 billion and attendance of over 1.2 million visitors.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary edition in Miami and its third consecutive year on the sands of Miami Beach, SCOPE attracts 45,000 visitors over the course of 6 days. With an emphasis on activating the careers of emerging artists, attendees to SCOPE are seasoned tastemakers looking for new discovery. Our audience is a diverse crowd of stylish innovators, all of whom define our cultural landscape across a variety of creative disciplines.

SCOPE taps into the cultural psyche to present only the most pioneering work across multiple creative disciplines. With over a decade of critically acclaimed art fairs and non-profit initiatives that extend beyond the ordinary in contemporary art.

Satellite Miami Beach 12/1/15 – 12/6/15

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Satellite Miami Beach
Press Preview & Vernisage, Tuesday, December 1, 2015 – 4:00pm to 10:00pm
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 – 12:00pm to 9:00pm
Thursday, December 3, 2015 – 12:00pm to 10:00pm
Friday, December 4, 2015 – 12:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday, December 5, 2015 – 12:00pm to 10:00pm
Sunday, December 6, 2015 – 12:00pm to 6:00pm
pharmacy1Exhibition Locations
Ocean Terrace Hotel
7410 Ocean Terrace
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Surf Med Pharmacy
7430 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL

The Parking Garage
6625 Indian Creek Drive
Miami Beach, FL

North Beach Bandshell
7275 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

The Deauville Hotel
6701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

Ocean Terrace Hotel
Tiger Strikes Asteroid is pleased to announce its Satellite Art Show programing, that will focus entirely on the “artist-run space”, a thriving alternate model of support, exchange, and community to the established commercial market. From collectives with permanent spaces to one-person pop-up curatorial nomads, Tiger Strikes Asteroid will bring together an international representation of nearly 40 of these initiatives in our repurposed hotel. Each room will feature a different installation/environment by one of these groups.

Surf Med Pharmacy
Exhibition: Dimoda
Satellite is pleased to announce Transfers installation of DiMoDA – ‘The Digital Museum of Digital Art’ in conjunction with The Wrong New Media Biennale.
DiMoDA is a preeminent virtual institution and a virtual reality exhibition platform dedicated to the distribution and promotion of New Media Art. For it’s debut, DiMoDA will be presenting works by Jacolby Satterwhite (NY), Claudia Hart (NY/CHICAGO), Tim Berresheim (DE) and a project by Aquanet 2001 (Salvador Loza and Gibran Morgado) from Mexico City.

Fridge Art Fair : The Fridge Fudge Pop: Miami Beach & Pop Up At The Center 12/3/15 – 12/6/15

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Fridge Art Fair : The Fridge Fudge Pop: Miami Beach & Pop Up At The Center
Thursday, December 3, press/VIP preview 5:00 to 7:00pm, Benefit Gala 7:00 to 10:00pm.
Friday, December 4th and Saturday, December 5th, 11:00am to 9:00pm
Sunday, December 6th, 11:00am to 6:00pm.
fridgeartfairHoliday Inn-Miami Beach
4333 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Suggested admission is $10
Advance general admission tickets

Fridge Art Fair is pleased to announce its third Miami Edition, The Fridge Fudge Pop, hosted at Holiday Inn-Miami Beach, steps from this year’s NADA and Pulse Fairs, with easy access to Art Basel, Scope and Aqua.

Opening day events include the VIP and Press Preview on Thursday, December 3, 2015 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Immediately following that, from 7:00 to 10:00pm, the opening benefit gala, The Grand Fudge Pop, will feature a special performance by NYC’s drag star Sweetie, and will benefit the LGBT Visitor Center of Miami Beach. Advance general admission Benefit Gala tickets are $35 and are available here. At the door, general admission tickets will be $45, a limited number of “rush” student/senior tickets will be $20 (with ID at the door at 7:00pm). The event will also include a raffle, music and more. RSVP: vip@fridgeartfair.com (VIP) or lynn@greengalactic.com (press).

Fridge Art Fair’s philosophy is to make the art fair scene accessible to diverse exhibitors and visitors alike. “Our booth fees are low,” said Eric Ginsburg, the Artist and Founding Director known throughout the world for his Dog and Cat paintings. Admission is ten dollars but on the door policy is: “No one is ever turned away. Generous donations will help keep this a reality.”

Fridge Art Fair celebrates creative freedom and diversity, encouraging exhibitors to explore all possibilities within their spaces as, in the words of Fridge Curator Linda DiGusta, “exploration, energetic participation and enthusiastic support create transformative energy, rules kill spirit.” Exhibitors are drawn from the world art community and include dealers, collectives and unrepresented artists – many “regulars,” and some new to Fridge.

This year the Fair welcomes a major collaboration with Art Shape Mammoth, who will curate and present large-scale sculpture, performances – dance and movement artist Laura Gordon will work with the large-scale paintings of new Fridge artist Iliyan Ivanov as a backdrop and Anna Marie Shogren will dance a durational performance – and guest artists from Shanghai, China in addition to their core program.

Special presentations also include an exhibition by students of Virginia Erdie’s youth art program in Miami, a screening of Katherine Delaney’s documentary/love letter to the drag world, Charmed Life, and works of Kazuko Miyamoto and Eva LeWitt presented by Gallery 128, the Lower East Side fixture and magnet that hosted the inaugural Fridge Art Fair in May 2013.

Founder renowned artist Eric Ginsburg http://www.worldoferic.com will present his signature pet portraits and accept commissions to benefit BARC Animal Rescue in Brooklyn, NY – bring a photo of Fido or Fluffy and save a life! His work will be featured in the exhibition. Additionally, a satellite exhibition curated by the Fair will open in November, hosted by LGBT Visitor Center, 1130 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. Details to be announced.

Fridge Art Fair, a play on “Freeze,” was born in 2013 on the Lower East Side, as a satellite of Frieze New York. The inaugural Fair was filled to capacity with exhibitors who answered Founder Eric Ginsburg’s challenge, “Can you fit into the Fridge?” at Kazuko Miyamoto’s small but storied storefront, Gallery OneTwentyEight. The Fair has gathered a growing following of exhibitors, sponsors, and visitors through two more New York editions, as well as two previous Miami fairs in 2013 and 2014. The 2015 edition will mark Fridge’s Miami Beach debut, where the fair’s unique character will complement the offerings of the nearby Pulse and NADA shows, as well as Scope, Aqua and Art Basel in South Beach.

More information about exhibiting, sponsoring or visiting the Fridge at FridgeArtFair.com

o The LGBT Visitor Center in Miami Beach opens its door with Pride to thousands of tourists from around the globe each year. Situated in the historic Old City Hall building, we’re literally at the epicenter of LGBTQ activity in South Beach. The vibrant LGBTQ community helps make Miami and the beaches one of the top LGBTQ destinations in the world! A place of community, information and resources, we offer weekly support groups including Narcotics Anonymous and Smart Recovery, Yoga and Dance classes, Educational Workshops and an array of Social Events. The LGBT Visitor Center is operated by the MDGLCC Foundation, Inc., the 501c3 nonprofit foundation of the Miami Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.

o Self-described “big titted, honky soul momma” Sweetie arrived in NYC at 19 having never been to the big city, but always knowing it would one day be her home. Seduced by the grit and glitter of New York by films like Midnight Cowboy and Taxi Driver, she escaped her suburban Detroit roots to study theatre…

o ArtShape Mammoth (ASM) is a nationwide organization supporting the development of artists by connecting them with new communities. ASM is designing a new structure of representation for artists, and is currently representing thirty artists, organizing curated exhibitions and artist lectures nationally and internationally. Additionally, ASM facilitates the ONE Arts Center gallery and workshop space in Vermont, the Visitor Center Artist Camp near-wilderness residency site in the UP of Michigan, an international Shanghai artist exchange program, and traveling experiential workshops in metal-casting and ceramics.

o BARC’s mission is to provide a safe haven for abandoned animals and to find permanent loving homes for them. While in our care, we provide them with quality food, shelter, medical attention, and the love they deserve. We are proud to be a no kill shelter.

o Virginia Erdie’s program

o Eric Ginsburg’s paintings of dogs and cats are exhibited and sold internationally, and will be featured alongside works by William Wegman in the November exhibition Man’s Best Friend at WAH Center. In addition to animals, he loves art and artists, and Fridge Art Fair is part of his mission to give back to that community.

o Miami native and photographer Cara Hunter Viera has been with Fridge since its inception and acts as Associate Director for Fridge Miami.

o Writer/curator/artist/dealer Linda DiGusta has worked within the contemporary art community in NYC since 2004. She joined Fridge as an exhibitor in 2013 and curator in 2014.

Global Fine Art Awards 2015 11/30/15

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Global Fine Art Awards 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015, 6 to 10 p.m.
globalfineartawardsMDC Museum of Art + Design
The Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College
600 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
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Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College, and Judy Holm, President and CEO, Global Fine Art Awards invite you to the Global Fine Art Awards 2015
Join us in celebrating the culmination of a year-long process to discover the best curated art and design exhibitions from around the world. 67 nominees | 19 countries | 5 continents

Media, Arts, Educational and Cultural Partners
Miami Dade College, Museum of Art + Design, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Florida International University College of Architecture + The Arts, Fractured Atlas, Fine Art Connoisseur, Family Office Elite, Nob Hill Gazette, American Alliance of Museums (AAM), Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), Vastari

Lucky You Fine Art Raffle BAC to the Future 11/14/15

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Lucky You Fine Art Raffle BAC to the Future
Saturday, November 14, 7:00pm – 11:00pm
bactothefutureBakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami Florida 33127
Admission only: $50.00
Couples Bundle: $205.00
(Includes 2 Entry tickets & 13 Raffle tickets)
Raffle Tickets: $10 Each; $120 For A Baker’s Dozen (13)
Register Online

Lucky You! is the signature fundraising event for Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood’s original not-for-profit arts pioneer. All proceeds go toward programming and help ensure a permanent home for artists in Wynwood.

Celebrate 30 Years Of The Bakehouse At Lucky You!
This year, we pay tribute to the years 1985 and 2015 with a “BAC to the Future” theme marking our 30 years in Wynwood.

Time-travel with us, experiencing the 1980s and 2015, artistically inspired by the epic film trilogy. Enjoy 80’s music and fashion, hover boards, a DeLorean, homages to all things Hill Valley, open bar, costume contest, and other entertainment. The highlight of the evening is the fine art raffle where a lucky $10 raffle ticket can bring home an original artwork by Bakehouse and local artists.

Miami Gardens Wine & Food Experience Presented By Councilwoman Lisa Davis 11/14/15

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Miami Gardens Wine & Food Experience Presented By Councilwoman Lisa Davis
omari_chefs_eblastSaturday, November 14, 2015 from 6 p.m. to midnight
City of Miami Gardens Municipal Complex
18605 NW 27th Avenue
Miami Gardens, FL 33056
General Admission tickets for the Miami Gardens Wine & Food Experience are $65 per person and VIP tickets are $125 per person.
Tickets and Vendor food & wine applications are available at miamigardenswinefoodexp.com

An “experience” featuring special guest & celebrity judge Omari Hardwick

City of Miami Gardens Councilwoman Lisa C. Davis announces premium cable TV super star Omari Hardwick as the special guest and celebrity judge at the inaugural Miami Gardens Wine & Food Experience (MGWFE). This tasty experience will be an intimate, grown and sexy event for foodies, glitterati and socialites of South Florida to savor.

MGWFE is the brainchild of Councilwoman Lisa Davis who has been on the Council since August 2010. “I am truly excited about my event!  This promises to be not just an event but a positive and enriching “experience”! To do something different is a vision I have had for a very long time. This unique wine and food experience will be delicious and like no other event in the South Florida area. Miami Gardens is a wonderful premiere City with many professionals hungry to “experience” a fantastic evening of entertainment, great wine and scrumptious food. This is yet another history making milestone for our City’s Legacy!!” said Davis. “I am ecstatic to bring something fresh and exciting to Miami Gardens this November because I understand the importance of hosting events like the Wine & Food Experience and how it will become a platform to strengthen relationships with Miami-Gardens residents and the South Florida community,” she continued.

With an expected attendance of 800, the “experience” will feature South Florida’s celebrated chef’s Myriam Charles, Troy Tingling, Ali Francois and Alain Lemaire during the thrilling master chef cook-off, complimentary tastings from South Florida’s hottest chefs, samplings of renowned international/national wine & spirits, mixologist showoff and live entertainment by Mariea Antoinette, Jai Rose, James Dawkins, Jared Burnett, Melton Mustafa and more.

The Miami Gardens Wine & Food Experience will follow in the footsteps of the City’s massive 11 year signature brand, the annual Jazz in the Gardens (JITG) — an internationally celebrated music festival with an A -list artist line-up and attendance record breaking music festival that occurs every March enjoying sold out crowds and renown brand and marketing equity for the City of Miami Gardens. The same award winning team is producing MGW&FE.

Art Basel Miami Beach 2015 12/2/15 – 12/6/15

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Art Basel Miami Beach 2015
Private View, Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 11am to 8pm (by invitation only)
Vernissage, Thursday, December 3, 2015, 11am to 3pm (by invitation only)
Public Days
Thursday, December 3, 2015, 3pm to 8pm
Friday, December 4, 2015, 12noon to 8pm
Saturday, December 5, 2015, 12noon to 8pm
Sunday, December 6, 2015, 12noon to 6pm
artbasel2015Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Website

As the premier show of the Americas, Art Basel’s Miami Beach show presents established and emerging galleries from the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay alongside many of the most important galleries from Europe, Asia and Africa. In total, half of the participating galleries have exhibition spaces in the Americas.

First-time participants from North and South America include Arredondo \ Arozarena, Castelli Gallery, Cristin Tierney Gallery, Essex Street, François Ghebaly Gallery, George Adams Gallery, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, SIM Galeria, Thomas Duncan Gallery and Universal Limited Art Editions. The galleries from Europe showing in Miami Beach for the first time are: Beck & Eggeling, Galerie Gregor Staiger, hunt kastner, KOW, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Marcelle Alix, Mathew Gallery, Galerie Max Mayer, Mazzoleni, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Galeria Plan B, Project Native Informant, Vedovi Gallery, Vistamare and Robilant + Voena. From the Asia-Pacific region, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP and White Space Beijing will join the show for the first time. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/exhibitors.

Galleries, the main sector of the show, features 191 galleries presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, video and editioned works. In addition to a strong list of returning exhibitors, Vedovi Gallery and Mazzoleni will exhibit for the first time at Art Basel in Miami Beach, while Galerie Barbara Thumm and ProjecteSD return to the Galleries sector after a brief hiatus. Having previously shown in Nova, Positions or Survey, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Kerlin Gallery and Mendes Wood DM have graduated into the Galleries sector, where, for the first time, they will present a wider range of their gallery programs.

With 12 global leaders in the field of prints and limited-editioned works, the Edition sector is a perennial highlight. This year’s show features Alan Cristea Gallery, Carolina Nitsch, Crown Point Press, Gemini G.E.L. LLC, Pace Prints, Paragon, Paul Stolper Gallery, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Sabine Knust, STPI, Two Palms and Universal Limited Art Editions.

Following its well-received debut last year, Survey returns with 14 exhibitions of historically informed works. Presentations include work by Charles Burchfield (DC Moore Gallery), Peter Campus (Cristin Tierney Gallery), Gianni Colombo (Robilant + Voena), Roy DeCarava (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), Rosalyn Drexler (Garth Greenan Gallery), Dorothy Iannone (Peres Projects), Wang Jinsong (Beijing Art Now Gallery), Heinz Mack (Beck & Eggeling), Roberto Burle Marx (Bergamin & Gomide), Shinjiro Okamoto (Tokyo Gallery + BTAP), Miguel Ángel Rojas (espaivisor), Peter Saul (George Adams Gallery), Keith Sonnier (Castelli Gallery) and Ettore Spalletti (Vistamare). Further details on the individual projects will be announced in the coming months.

The 16 curated solo booths of Positions provide a focus on emerging artists. The sector features a study on Mexican symbolism by Fritzia Irizar at Arredondo \ Arozarena; an installation by Dan Bayles at François Ghebaly Gallery, which will evolve during the show in response to other works on display; work by Vittorio Brodmann at Galerie Gregor Staiger; and new paintings and mixed-media work by Jaromír Novotný at hunt kastner. Daniel Keller will explore ecological and technological developments at the stand of Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler; Marcelle Alix will show a veiled installation of ‘Opaque’ by Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz; while Villa Design Group’s work at Mathew Gallery will question languages of design, violence, and subjectivity through an installation of 10 doorways that draw upon architectural details from the murder scene of Gianni Versace. As part of Positions, Galerie Max Mayer will present ‘Polyrhythm Technoir’, a three-part film by Henning Fehr and Philipp Rühr that allegorizes the present state of electronic music. The sector will further include an installation by Jiieh G Hur at One and J. Gallery; a new series of works inspired by nation-state branding campaigns by the artist collective GCC at Project Native Informant; a performance by Thomas Wachholz at RaebervonStenglin; and work by Andrei Koschmieder at Real Fine Art, examining the processes and systems by which the illicit is made useful and productive as it is integrated into the formal capitalist economy. SIM Galeria will present ‘Le carnaval des animaux’ by Romy Pocztaruk; explorations of the body by B. Ingrid Olson will be on view at Simone Subal Gallery; and Thomas Duncan Gallery will show mixed-media work by Sean Paul. At White Space Beijing, He Xiangyu will exhibit a series of ink on paper drawings.

Nova, which provides a platform for younger galleries to present new work by up to three artists, will feature 34 exhibitors. Freedman Fitzpatrick will present the set of a play in a collaboration between Tobias Madison and Matthew Lutz-Kinoy. On display at Take Ninagawa will be a group show featuring Elias Hansen, Shinro Ohtake and Aki Sasamoto. Luciano Figueiredo, Sandra Gamarra, Mauro Piva will convert Galeria Leme’s booth into a fictitious museum that challenges the artist’s position within the artworld. Continuing Nova’s reputation as a site of discovery, Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte will show Gustavo Speridião and Nuno Ramos; Essex Street will present works by Park McArthur and Cameron Rowland; Galeria Plan B will feature Ciprian MureÅŸan and Navid Nuur; and Hannah Hoffman Gallery will debut new paintings by Matt Sheridan Smith.

KOW’s presentation for Nova will feature Eugenio Dittborn, Heinrich Dunst and Michael E. Smith; while Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art will show a new film by Keren Cytter. Pilar Corrias will return to the sector with an exploration of the mediation of images through technology by Rachel Rose, Ian Cheng and Ken Okiishi. Related themes will be considered by Antoine Catala and Gregory Edwards at 47 Canal; Nicolás Bacal, Tomás Espina and Jorge Pedro Núñez at Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo; and Henry Chapman, Helen Marten and Tris Vonna-Michell at T293. History and symbology will also be a looked at, including works by Mandla Reuter and Armando Andrade Tudela at Francesca Minini; Felipe Arturo, Tania Candiani and Wilson Díaz at Instituto de visión; Nicholas Mangan at Labor; Carlos Motta, Rossella Biscotti and Teresa Margolles at mor charpentier; Sharon Hayes and Jimmy Robert at Tanya Leighton; and Asunción Molinos Gordo at Travesía Cuatro.

Compelling juxtapositions in the sector will include Austé and Emily Sundblad at Algus Greenspon; Nathan Mabry and Bernard Piffaretti at Cherry and Martin; Ian Wallace, Susanne M. Winterling and Julian Hoeber at Jessica Silverman Gallery; Néstor Sanmiguel Diest and B. Wurtz at Maisterravalbuena; Jorge Méndez Blake and Leon Vranken at Meessen De Clercq; Sam Anderson, Phoebe Collings-James and Noel McKenna at mother’s tankstation; Lucas Blalock, Andra Ursuta and Kaari Upson at Ramiken Crucible; Elena Damiani and Marlena Kudlicka at Revolver Galería; and Nelson Leirner, Marilá Dardot and Chiara Banfi at Silvia Cintra + Box 4. Through their divergent practices David Alesworth, Sudarshan Shetty and Avinash Veeraraghavan turn to craft as both a subject and conceptual framework at GALLERYSKE, while Stefan Brüggemann and Alejandro Cesarco consider a common interest in the formative aspect of language at Parra & Romero. Solo booths in Nova provide additional highlights, including Matt Hoyt at Bureau; Charlie Billingham with Supportico Lopez; Egan Frantz at Michael Jon Gallery; and Adrian Paci at Kalfayan Galleries.

In addition to showing premier artworks ranging from Modern masters to the latest contemporary pieces across five gallery sectors, many exhibitors will present works in Art Basel’s project-based sectors: Kabinett, Public and Film. Over the coming months, further details about these sectors as well as about the Conversations and Salon program of panels and talks will be released.

South Florida’s leading museums again time their strongest exhibitions of the year to coincide with Art Basel. Visitors from across the world will also have the opportunity to view the city’s internationally renowned private collections. This includes muchanticipated exhibitions at the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), the de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse and the Rubell Family Collection. In December the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will present ‘Nari Ward: Sun Splashed’, ‘No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting’, ‘Firelei Báez: Bloodlines’, and project galleries by Sheela Gowda, Jeff Wall, Nicolas Lobo and Bik Van der Pol. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) will present ‘Shannon Ebner – A Public Character’ and ‘Alex Bag – The Van (Redux)’ while NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will show ‘Pablo Picasso: Painted Ceramics and Works on Paper, 1931-71’, ‘William J. Glackens: A Modernist in the Making’, ‘The Indestructible Lee Miller’, and ‘Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television’. Other highlights include ‘Margin of Error’ and ‘Philodendron: From Pan-Latin Exotic to American Modern’ at the Wolfsonian-FIU; ‘The Summer of ’68: Photographing the Black Panthers’, ‘Vincent van Gogh’s The Poplars at Saint-Rémy’, ‘Edgar Degas’ Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon’ at the Norton Museum of Art; and ‘Carlos Salas: Latin America and the Global Imagination’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). As the Bass Museum of Art is undergoing renovation, it has instigated bassX – a series of artists’ projects, exhibitions, events and education programs – in the Miami Beach Library, directly across from the museum. In December bassX will present a new performance by Sylvie Fleury.

Featuring the world’s leading galleries specializing in twentieth and twenty-first century collectible design, the 11th edition of Design Miami, the leading global forum for design, will take place from December 2 to December 6, 2015 at Meridian & 19th Street, opposite the Miami Beach Convention Center. For more information, please visit designmiami.com.

Give Miami Day 2015 Community Block Party 11/19/15

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givemiamidayGive Miami Day 2015 Community Block Party
Thursday, November 19, 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Marlins Park
501 Marlins Way
Miami, Florida 33125
RSVP now to reserve your spot

Join us for an electrifying, free concert and community party for the whole family! Explore #GiveMiamiDay nonprofit exhibits and enjoy interactive games, food trucks and fun activities to celebrate the biggest annual giving event in South Florida history.

Featuring the “sound of Miami,” Afro-Latin funk band, SUÉNALO!

#GiveMiamiDay givemiamiday.org

UNTITLED Art Miami Beach 2015 12/2/15 – 12/6/15

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UNTITLED 2015 Announces Special Projects For Fourth Edition
Wednesday, December 2 – Saturday, December 5, 11am – 7pm
Sunday, December 6, 11am – 5pm
untitledOn the beach
Ocean Drive and 12th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Admission:
General Admission: $28
Discounted Admission (Seniors and Students): $18
Miami Beach residents: $18
Groups of 15 or more: $18 per person
Children under 12: FREE
Website

UNTITLED’s curatorial team, Artistic Director, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, curators Christophe Boutin and Melanie Scarciglia, along with Programming Director Amanda Schmitt, have identified a selection of special projects and programming that will engage visitors in the exhibitors’ booths and at various locations throughout the fair, indoors and outside.

“Working closely with our exhibitors we selected a strong group of special works by artists that are cross-generational,” states Amanda Schmitt. “The special programming elements from our non-profit and artist-run participants are integrated into the fair’s layout, demonstrating UNTITLED’s commitment to creating an environment unlike other art fairs.”

Visitors will be greeted by three special projects selected from submissions by UNTITLED exhibitors. Near the entrance will be a large-scale sculptural installation by Ronald Bladen presented by Loretta Howard Gallery (New York). Bladen was an influential artist who inspired a younger generation of minimalists such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre and Sol LeWitt. His work Chevrons (1974) explores the power and significance of this fundamental geometric shape, ubiquitous for its use in insignia, in language as punctuation, as a mathematical sign, and in design. The work consists of nine monolithic black sculptures that are arranged evenly in three rows, activating and highlighting the space between and surrounding the sculpture.

Los Angeles-based artist Scoli Acosta’s Earth Quartet (2013) is comprised of a series of pentagonal canvases, edged with jingles fashioned from flattened bottle caps. The work was inspired by Chris Marker’s documentary film, The Sixth Side of the Pentagon, that captures the 1967 Vietnam protest at the Pentagon. Acosta’s incorporation of playful bottle cap jingles also nods to Abbie Hoffman’s sarcastic attempt to levitate the Pentagon, in hopes it would turn orange and vibrate. Earth Quartet is presented by Galerie Laurent Godin (Paris).

Elise Ferguson’s paintings do not involve paint; she uses materials that are associated with sculpting: plaster and wood. Coloring the plaster with pigment, and layering the surface to a sculptural level, Ferguson’s work is based on mathematical puzzles, design and geometric variation. Ferguson’s Tess Ramble (2015), presented by Romer Young Gallery (San Francisco), is a three panel site-specific work that will be positioned in direct dialogue with the two other special projects, completing a minimal geometric trinity.

Miami Project & Art on Paper Miami 12/1/15-12/6/15

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Miami Project & Art on Paper Miami
Opening Reception: Tuesday December 1, 2015, 5:00pm to 10:00pm
mpaop-comp1day-finalWednesday, December 2, 2015 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Thursday, December 3, 2015 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Friday, December 4, 2015 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday, December 5, 2015 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, December 6, 2015 — 11:00am to 6:00pm
Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33141
Free One Day Pass

Miami Project and Art on Paper Miami open Tuesday, December 1st at The Deauville Beach Resort in the heart of Miami Beach. Building on the strong success of their previous editions, these co-located fairs will feature the best in modern and contemporary art presented by over seventy galleries from around the world.

MIAMI PROJECT EDITION FOUR
Miami Project’s fourth edition will feature a unique confluence of historical and contemporary art, offering fair-goers a distinct Miami Beach experience. On the heels of Miami’s Unrealism exhibition – a direct response to one of the biggest new trends in the market today – and the figurative bend of MoMA PS1’s Greater New York show, Miami Project will include several of the world’s top figurative painting programs. The resurgence of this timeless form of art-making has found its new place at the foreground of the global art scene, and Miami Project’s leading galleries that focus on paintings of the person will be a must-visit stop for all those seeking pristine examples of bold figuration.

Joining Miami Project for the first time, New York City’s Hirschl & Adler Modern will show work by John Moore and Christopher Wilmarth. Fellow first-time exhibitor Jill Newhouse Gallery will exhibit rare works on paper by Pierre Bonnard and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Making its Miami debut, Lori Bookstein Fine Art will show mixed media on panel by Hiroyuki Hamada with a series of screenprints on steel enamel plates by Jennifer Bartlett. Robert Fontaine Gallery will present significant work by Robert Rauschenberg including the artist’s 2007 Expresser (From The Runts Series) and 1980’s mixed media work Rush 3. Deborah Force Fine Art joins Miami Project to exhibit Charles Ephraim Burchfield’s Butterfly Festival, 1949-56, and a rare 1929 Edward Hopper watercolor on paper. Catharine Clark Gallery will present sculpture by Wanxin Zhang, Masami Teraoka’s 1984 watercolor and pencil on paper Work Painting for Wave Series, and Chris Doyle’s 2014 video The Fluid. Claire Oliver Gallery will show an exhibition of photographs by Laetitia Soulier and oil on canvas by Matt Bahen. Nancy Toomey Fine Art will present works on paper by Lynda Benglis and Larry Bell. Winston Wächter Fine Art will show a new monumental work on paper by Zaria Forman, Richard Levy Gallery will present painting by Mel Davis and Matt Magee, and Sasha Wolf Gallery will show large scale photography by Doug Fogelson and Christopher Rodriguez. To learn more about Miami Project, please visit miami-project.com

ART ON PAPER MIAMI
A Time Out New York Critic’s Pick and one of The New York Times’ must see March 2015 art fairs, Art on Paper New York welcomed over 18,000 visitors and played host to compelling, large-scale installations and critically acclaimed exhibitions over four buzzing days. The fair’s fresh Miami counterpart will be a similar forum for the exploration of a medium – a space for intimate conversation between exhibitor and collector with a refreshing focus on the artwork itself. Sasha Wolf returns as the fair’s Artistic Director working with James Stroud of Center Street Studio to guide the fair’s tightly curated paper-based program. To learn more about Art on Paper Miami, please visit thepaperfair.com/miami

TOP FOOD AND DRINK
From December 1 – 6, The Deauville Beach Resort will play host to some of the country’s best food and cocktail programs. Miami’s renowned The Broken Shaker will take over the hotel’s beverage service, offering visitors the exclusive opportunity to experience the cocktail program recently voted this year’s Best Hotel Bar in America. New York City favorites Black Tree and Big Mozz will join the fairs to feature new menus crafted specifically for the Miami audience. Featuring two members of Zagat’s 30 Under 30, and one of the world’s best bars, The Deauville Beach Resort will be the ultimate Miami Art Week destination for top food and drink.

The Basel Miami Flea 12/6/15

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The Basel Miami Flea
baselfleaSunday, December 6, 2:00pm
Arts + Entertainment District
90 NE 17th St
Miami, Florida 33132

Miami Flea will have new and exciting material to inspire hands-on activities via creative classes, arts and crafts, live demos and more! This unique flea will revolve around a social atmosphere where groups of artisans can network and collaborate with local coffee and beverage shops, restaurants, food trucks etc.

Bookleggers Library will be on-site providing the Flea with their impeccable literary knowledge as they sell their bound goodness at our chill “nest”. Get creative with a special live Art tent with demonstrations, performances, and tons of masterpieces for the art lover in you. The New Tropic will be curating our very own “Grub Garden” featuring the city’s best eateries and local delicacies. Make sure to stop by the kid’s corner for some creative crafts, ornament decorating, and a Christmas Tree sale. Park your bike at the Green Mobility Network & Miami Bike Scene bike valet. Of course, our friends will be serving up the refreshing organic sips as usual.

Flea Vendors: ABAjewels, Abe.thrift, Aleissa’s Collection , Bang Bang Jewels, Inc. , Benchmade studio, Blavk Jewelry , Bubblegum Forest, Carla Merino Jewelry, Cory Hunter Art, Curandera Remedies, Dishes For Dogs, Ely Orchids, Cacti + Succulent Terrariums, Everglades Treats, Expressed Juice, Feel the Bead, Gentlemanly Inc, Gold & Grass Inc, graphic Mvmt, Half Moon Leather Co., Heist, Henna Girl Niki, Henna Mystic, Hooti Couture, La Succulenta, ladyNoelDesigns , Mandalika Design, Marlonn Skateboards, Miakoff, Miami Vintage Cameras, MIdge and Mannys , n.a. poetry, NativAzul, Neatful Things , Nic and Luc Fine Food Purveyors , Nurbana 305, Oleart, ReturnToTheRoots, Rodri Designs, Second Hand Records , Sofrito Art, Spin Alley Vintage Radios & Phonographs, Swim to the Moon, Tai’s Treasures, Tough Luxee, Tv Head Co. , u-style28, Vintage Rose Home, Vintedge Life,

The New Tropic Grub Garden
Sweet Liberty, Azucar Ice Cream, Ma-Ka-Rohn, The Lobsta Guy, Vice City Bean, Miami Smokers, Plant, Mad Chiller, Orteas Wynwood, My Heavenly Bites, Cheeseburger Baby, Annam Miami (Indian)

A+E Live Stage Acts
Anna Palmerola, Inez Barlatier, Magic City Hippies, Brendan O’Hara

Guitars Over Guns Choose Your Sound Benefit Concert 11/21/15

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Guitars Over Guns Choose Your Sound Benefit Concert
chooseyoursoundSaturday, November 21, 2015 07:00 PM
The Gleason Room – Backstage at the Fillmore Miami Beach
1700 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
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Move your feet to amazing musical performances by the Grammy-nominated Locos Por Juana and Tony Succar, as well as Guitars Over Guns students and alumni. Our silent auction will feature everything from a signed Dwayne Wade Jersey to inspiring works from renowned artists, including prints of the first Guitars Over Guns signature piece by LEBO, made specifically for the event.

Mena Catering and desserts from Personally Yours are back by popular demand this year to fill you up while you enjoy libations from our open bar sponsored by Afro Head Rum, Bombay Sapphire, Tito’s Vodka, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Mosaic Coffee, SomosTV, and Voss Water. The party continues through midnight with a VIP after party.

Ticket sales and event proceeds will go directly toward supporting our programming and extending our reach to serve and empower more youth through the arts.

When you buy your ticket, let the world know! Announce it via social media and encourage your friends to attend. Together we can make this an epic benefit concert so that GOGO may continue working with more youth in our communities!

Dessert Reception and Silent Art Auction to Benefit Breast Cancer Patients 11/11/15

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Dessert Reception & Silent Art Auction to Benefit Breast Cancer Patients
15BOCF-Dessert-Recep-FB-InvitationWednesday, November 11, 6:00pm-9:00pm
MANO Fine Art Project Space in the Bird Road Art District
4225 SW 75 Ave
Miami, FL 33155
Advance Tickets: $20
At the Door: $30
Buy Advance Tickets

Enjoy specialty drinks, hors d’oeuvres and sample delicious desserts while bidding on unique Badges of Courage™ created by top Miami artists.
The Badges of Courage Foundation (EIN 30-0638806) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 2010 to provide assistance to low income women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and those who are in treatment. Often, these women cannot work during their lengthy treatment and without the possibility of income, cannot afford their basic living expenses. Our goal is to provide financial assistance to these women and give them tranquility and hope while fighting cancer.

Participating Artists
Aquarela • Eva Avila • Jorge Ballara • Luis Berros • JC Bravo • Victoria Canel • Silvina Castillo • Anthony Dahut • Atena de Jong • Karen Deilke • Eleazar Delgado • Vicente Fabre • Marcy Grosso • Mila Hajjar • Jane Harris • Sonia Hidalgo • Herbert Hofer • Ernesto Kunde • Monique Lassooij • Maura Leonardo • MANO • Robert McKnight • Tony Mendoza • Luisa Mesa • Odilia Mezquía • Maria Patiño • Julia Polonyi • Alexis Porro • Hanz Ramirez • Registered Artist • Chris Riggs Miguel Rodez • Teepop • Derek Wilson • Mai Yap • Macarena Zilveti

Sponsors
Azul & Company • Daddy Brews • El Carajo • Jaguar Therapeutics • Liberty Caffe • Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Co. • MANO Fine Art Project Space • Marlee’s Green Tea Whiskey • Nothing Bundt Cakes • Pamela’s Restaurant • Piedad C. Ponce • Pinecrest Bakery • Redlander Restaurant • Taco Rico • Trader Joe’s • Zilveti Communications

Media Sponsors: Soul of Miami.org • webcitygirls

Photography: Snap Happy Photos

White Party Week Miami 2015 11/25/15 – 11/30/15

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White Party Week Miami 2015
November 25th – 30th
Various Locations
Tickets and Info

White Party Weekâ„¢ Raises The Sails And Turns Up The Magic In 2015

Care Resource is excited to announce that the crown jewel of circuit parties “The White Party” returns on Saturday, November 28th to the line-up of White Party Week™, a series of fundraising events over the long Thanksgiving weekend. We are pulling out all the stops, bringing in guests from all over the world, premiering a mega-yachting White Party and once again raising this dance party event to a whole new level.

Set sail seafarer into a glamorous world – chicly styled in white and adorned with all things fabulous for a nautical adventure under Miami’s’ moonlight skies.

31st Annual White Party “Anchors Away”
Saturday, November 28th, boarding at 6 pm
Grand Floridian Mega Yacht
Bayfront Park
301 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132

Guests will board the Grand Floridian Mega Yacht, the largest, newest and most elegant yacht in South Florida, for the premier event of the year, the 31st Annual White Party “Anchors Away” fundraiser benefiting Care Resource.

Passengers will board at Miami’s Bayfront Park, north dock from 6 -7 pm and then set sail through the magnificent waterways that make up Miami’s one-of-a-kind skyline and return at 11 pm for passengers to disembark by Midnight. General admission includes Open Bar and hors d’oeuvres. VIP admission includes Private VIP lounge level complete with Premium Open Bar; butler passed hors d’oeuvres, specially paired tastings presented by Voga Italia Wines and departure gift bag. Anchors aweigh, seafarer — an adventure awaits!

White Party Week features one week of amazing events with superstar Djs beginning on Wednesday, Nov 25th with “White Heat” at Bailo Nightclub, on Thursday, Nov 26th with “White Journeys” at the all new Bekkoi Nightclub featuring the long awaited return to South Florida of DJ Manny Lehman, on Friday, Nov 27th, witness a stellar night with “White Dreams” at Club Space with Djs Joe Gauthreaux and Alain Jackinsky. Saturday, Nov 28th kicks off with “White Splash Pool Party” at the Aloft South Beach Hotel with DJ Tomer Maizner, followed by The White Party – Anchors Away featuring DJ Roland Belmares, followed by “White Starz” at Score Nightclub with Djs Isaac Escalante and Paulo. On Sunday, Nov 29th the week hits a high with “Muscle Beach Party” on the sands of South Beach with Djs Eddie Martinez and Phil B, followed by the infamous “Noche Blanca” party at Story Nightclub in Miami Beach with DJ Abel.

Tickets and Passes are available online at www.whiteparty.org. Since its inception, White Party Week has raises millions of dollars for Care Resource, South Florida’s Oldest and largest non-profit community health care focusing on HIV/AIDS research, prevention and care and treatment services to individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.

WPW_LOGO_STACKED“Our not-for-profit agency has spent years building the infrastructure needed to benefit our HIV positive community. The last seven years have ushered in a real maturing for us. We took our model of excellence and expanded it to include not only those with HIV, but all of South Florida’s diverse LGBT and less privileged communities. Today, we are a full-fledged federally qualified community health center (FQHC) – a medical home for all those in need. Every visitor that joins us for White Party Week is a dollar more we have to care for those in need.”– Rick Siclari, CEO, Care Resource.

Association of Fundraising Professionals National Philanthropy Day Awards and Luncheon 30th Anniversary 11/12/15

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Association of Fundraising Professionals National Philanthropy Day Awards and Luncheon 30th Anniversary
Thursday, November 12, 11:00am to 1:30pm
afpnpd11:00 a.m. – Registration
11:45 a.m. – Seating
Program begins promptly at Noon
Jungle Island
1111 Parrot Jungle Trail
Miami Florida 33132
Online Registration
Presenting Sponsor $15,000
Supporting Sponsor $10,000
Platinum Sponsor $5000
Gold Sponsor $2500
Silver Sponsor $1250
Bronze $750
Individual $75

The Association of Fundraising Professionals Miami In Partnership with Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, The Miami Foundation and Partnership for Philanthropic Planning of Miami-Dade Cordially invite you to attend The 30th Annual National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon Presented by Florida International University

The Association of Fundraising Professionals – AFP Miami continues its tradition of honoring the local philanthropic community at the annual National Philanthropy Day Awards luncheon. In 1985, AFP Miami initiated one of the first National Philanthropy Day awards events. Today, National Philanthropy Day is celebrated across North America and around the world. This year is our 30th anniversary and we expect over 600 people including high-net-wealth donors, key corporate leadership and other non-profit stakeholders from our community. The day will be specially designed to recognize and honor the great contributions individuals active in Miami’s philanthropic community have made to our lives, our local community and our world. To celebrate our 30th anniversary, the program will also feature a special look back in time at our city’s philanthropic milestones.

2015 Honorees:
Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Paul and Swanee DiMare
Outstanding Philanthropist: Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Wertheim
Outstanding Volunteer: Lewis “S” Mike Eidson, Ann Machado
Julia Tuttle Award for Community Involvement and Corporate Citizenship: Miami Marlins
Outstanding Grant Maker: United Way of Miami-Dade
Champion of Philanthropy: Alberto Ibarguen, Knight Foundation

Honoring those who make a difference, Philanthropy and volunteerism are selfless acts of generosity and kindness. National Philanthropy Day is designed to honor those who improve our community and our lives with their efforts in hundreds of cities across America. The event is organized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Miami Chapter with the generous support of our partners.

National Philanthropy Day Committee
Barbara Norland, NPD Co-Chair
Amy Powers , NPD Co-Chair
Richard Alan Lehrman, Chapter President

Arts and Business Council presents Breakfast with the Arts & Technology 10/16/15

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Arts and Business Council presents Breakfast with the Arts & Technology
arttechFriday, October 16, 8:00am – 10:30am
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus,
Building 3
245 NE 4th St
Miami, 33132
Register Online

We believe that the key to making our city a great place to live/work lies in the power that creativity can bring to everything it touches, specifically to amplify technology as a true connector and catalyst for innovation. From Brickell to Wynwood, Little River to Miami Beach creativity is the magnet that is attracting and stimulating these economy-building industries. Join us for a morning exploring the ways in which the arts and emerging industries can work together to build a connected creative ecosystem.

Knight Cities Challenge Miami Launch Gathering 10/14/15

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Knight Cities Challenge Miami Launch Gathering
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from 5:45 PM to 8:00 PM
Idea Center at Miami Dade College
315 N.E. Second Ave
Building 8, 5th Floor
Miami, FL 33132
Register Online

What’s your best idea to make Miami more successful?
The Knight Cities Challenge opens today calling on innovators to answer this question. The challenge is offering a share of $5 million for ideas that focus on one or all of three key drivers of city success: attracting and keeping talent, expanding economic opportunity and creating a culture of civic engagement.
Join us for food, drinks and an engaging discussion, including a talk by last year’s Miami winner of the Knight Cities Challenge, Nathalie Manzano-Smith and Ted Caplow of the Miami Science Barge.
This will provide an opportunity to share your thinking, meet great people and to both get ideas and help shape your idea before the challenge closes Oct. 27.

Girl Power’s 15th Anniversary Celebration Brunch 10/18/15

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Girl Power’s 15th Anniversary Celebration Brunch
Sunday, October 18, 2:00pm – 4:30pm
Beth David Congregation
2625 SW 3rd Ave
Miami, FL 33129
Tickets

2015 brings Girl Power to a threshold of change, as we celebrate 15 years of “Making a Difference.” We invite you to join us at our “15th Anniversary Celebration Brunch”, hosted by Beth David Congregation.

The anniversary brunch will feature musical performances by the Girls’ Choir of Miami and acclaimed legendary singer Maryel Epps. In the previous years, we have hosted the “Gospel Brunch Explosion” which offered a relaxing atmosphere for music lovers to enjoy a sumptious meal catered by celebrity chef, Chef Irie, and uplifting soulful music.

We hope that you will join Girl Power, Beth David Congregation, FIU, Wells Fargo Bank, Himan Brown Charitable Trust, Chef Irie of Chef Irie Spice and the Key Biscayne Foundation in supporting Girl Power’s 15-Year Anniversary Celebration.

The Downtown Full Moon Event Howlween Event 10/30/15

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The Downtown Full Moon Event Howlween Event
Friday, October 30at 9:00pm – 3:00am
fullmoonMakers Square Social Club
1142 NE 6th Ave
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304
Door Admission: $15 – $25 (1-day membership Pass)
$10 Pre-sold Passes are available online; and other options for advanced purchased passes with a free drink are also available.
21+ Only Event

We are celebrating Halloween one day earlier just because we can! Also, it makes sense for us to do so since we want you to put some thoughts into designing your Beautiful Creative Costumes that you may wear at least twice if you decide to do something on Saturday as well… Anyways, Friday October 30th is our 5th “Howlween Party” and we have some exciting entertainment in store for you… Looking forward to seeing everyone all decked in, out, and about!

Strongly Suggested Dresscode: Creative Halloween Costumes (The word here is “Creative”, so put your thinking cap on and be original!)
Free admission before 11p for all drummers, musicians, and performers with proper instruments

Featuring:
Rafi
Dj Stingray
Chilly
Broward Beat Box
Jason L. Megibow (Lead Drummer)
Enlightened Flow Entertainment (https://www.facebook.com/EnlightenedFlowEntertainment)
Additional Performances (TBA)

Plus,
Live Interactive Art
Drumming
Body / Face Painting
Tarot Reading
Poi / Fire Performance
Massage
Holistic Vendors
Food And Cocktails

Hosted By: Fritz R., Olivia Delaney, Shelby Stone, Jessica Bork, Jason L. Megibow, Mike Moore, Maiah Duck, Sara Molano, Dj Stingray, Chilly

Nightmare on the Beach: The Battle of Heaven & Hell 10/31/15

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Nightmare on the Beach: The Battle of Heaven & Hell
Saturday, October 31, 9:00pm – 1:00am
lighthouseLummus Park
Ocean Drive at 8th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
To purchase tickets

The Little Lighthouse Foundation’s Nightmare on the Beach 2015: the Battle of Heaven & Hell (“NOTB2015”) is scheduled for Saturday, October 31st, 2015 on Miami Beach, Florida from 9 pm to 2 am. Tickets include premium open bar sponsored by Patron and Dos Equis, including Ultimat vodka, Pyrat rum, FIJI water, and Perrier.

A limited number of VIP Tables are available, which include 10 tickets and unlimited bottle service all night. For more information on VIP Tables contact our office at (305) 417-8553.

All proceeds from NOTB2015 benefit the Little Lighthouse Foundation (“LLF”), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, supporting children with educational, financial and medical hardships in South Florida. For more information on the Little Lighthouse Foundation and its work in the community, visit www.thelittlelighthouse.org.

* NOTB2015 TICKETS
+Include top shelf cocktails, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages during the event
+Samples from sponsoring restaurants & catering partners

VIP TABLE SERVICE
Call The Little Lighthouse Foundation at 305-417-8553 for VIP table information and pricing.

NOTB2015 is Rain or Shine
Tickets to Nightmare on the Beach are non-refundable
By purchasing a ticket and registering for this event, you acknowledge that you are 21 years or older and you give the Little Lighthouse Foundation the right to photograph, videotape or otherwise record or collect your name, likeness, voice and sounds (“Works”) during your attendance at the event. You irrevocably assign and grant to the Little Lighthouse Foundation all rights in these Works and the right to use or sublicense these Works and your name, likeness and biography, in the Little Lighthouse Foundation’s discretion, in all media and for any purpose, including without limitations, advertising and other promotions for the Little Lighthouse Foundation, without any further consideration to yourself, your heirs, assigns or legal representations, and without any right to review any such use beforehand.

Theater of The Vampires Halloween Night at Tantalize Miami 10/31/15

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Theater of The Vampires Halloween Night at Tantalize Miami
Saturday, October 31, 9:00pm – 2:00am
vampiresTantalize Miami
330 Lincoln Rd
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Reservation or 305 695 1401

Join us Halloween Night Saturday October 31st and enter the “Theater of The Vampires”
Dine with us and experience our breathtaking Vampire shows. Party the night away after dinner to the sounds of Dj Element til late
Prizes for best costumes
3 course dinner $45PP

SAVE’s Halloween Ball 21 10/30/15

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SAVE’s Halloween Ball 21
Friday, October 30, 9:00pm – 3:00am
saveMagic City Casino
450 NW 37th Ave
Miami, Florida 33125
Before 10/1: $60 or $100 for VIP Open Bar All Night
After 10/1: $75 or $125 for VIP Open Bar All Night
At the Door: $100 or $150 for VIP Open Bar All Night
Tickets

Your luck runs out on Friday, October 30, 2015 for SAVE’s 21st Halloween Ball, presented by Magic City Casino. Join several hundred of the scariest and sexiest ghouls in South Florida for a night of free flowing cocktails, mesmerizing dance beats, sickening costumes, amazing performances and a killer Costume Contest (with over $1000 in cash and prizes) at the best Halloween party you’ll ever attend.

Spirits by Bacardi and Grey Goose, with full bars that include Martini Prosecco, Grey Goose Flavors, Bacardi Superior, Bacardi Limon, Bombay Sapphire, Dewar’s White Label and Tequila Cazadores.

All proceeds from SAVE’s Halloween Ball will directly fuel SAVE’s fight to achieve LGBTQ Equality in South Florida. For more information on SAVE: www.save.lgbt

Miami Sustainability Jam 10/30/15 – 11/1/15

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Miami Sustainability Jam
jamOctober 30 – November 1
Warehouse Project – Wynwood
450 NW 27th St
Miami, Florida 33127
Tickets

Miami jams with the world once again by going on a design thinking adventure with the Global Sustainability Jam. The Global Sustainability Jam is a 48-hour event where people come together in cities around the globe to create and prototype new products and services around the theme of Sustainability.

Jams are about meeting cool people in your community, practicing design thinking and creative problem-solving methods, and most importantly, having fun! You will learn design-based tools and skills you can apply to your business or any project. These tools are used by Apple, IBM, and other top-notch companies to drive innovation, delight customers, and reduce risk and project costs. In addition to being a fun event, it is excellent professional development.

You don’t need to be ‘creative’ or have experience with design to Jam. In fact we encourage people without these things to join us. You’ll be supported throughout the weekend by your hosts and mentors.

Get your ticket today! Space is limited.
Check out the event agenda: http://contexto.co/miami-sustainability-jam/
Follow the Global Sustainability Jam on Social Media: #GSusJam

S’mores Under the Moonlight w/ Spam Allstars 10/29/15

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S’mores Under the Moonlight w/ Spam Allstars
Thursday, October 29, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
smoresCanvas Miami
Sales Center: 90 NE 17 ST
Miami, Florida 33132
21+ and RSVP Required through Eventbrite

Your favorite neighborhood bonfire is back!!

We’re getting into the fall frenzy with a jam-packed lineup featuring the legendary, Spam Allstars and an opening set by Javier Garcia.

Make your sweet tooth happy with free toasty bonfire s’mores, and enjoy coffe by Vice City Bean and other goodies by Mad Chiller. Dig into comforting grub from MV My Food Truck and Ms. Cheezious. Enjoy hand-crafted organic cocktails by the alchemists at Airstream Apothecary.

Vizcaya 29th Annual Halloween Sundowner 10/30/15

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Vizcaya 29th Annual Halloween Sundowner
sundownerFriday, October 30at 8:00pm – 12:00am
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
3251 S Miami Ave
Miami, Florida 33129
General admission is $140 for members and $165 for non-members. To see all ticket options and to pre-purchase online, got to www.vizcayahalloween.org

When Vizcaya mixes outlandish costumes with a breathtaking view of Biscayne Bay for its Halloween Sundowner. For the 29th year in a row, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens will hold its Halloween Sundowner within the magnificent property. Joy Taylor, co-host of Miami’s sports talk radio The Ticket, will emcee and host our outrageous costume contest. Dance along the Bay with Live Music from
Spam Allstars and DJ A-Train.

The Halloween Sundowner will offer five full bars by Premiere Beverage and Bacardi, along with wine from Ghost Pines, Bogle Vineyards, and Michael David Winery. Wynwood Brewing, Biscayne Bay Brewing, and Miami Brewing Companies will pour a selection of their craft beer, and guests will be treated to food by Whole Foods, Crepe Maker, Catering by Loveables and other participating sponsors. Additional sponsors of this event include Red Bull, Wild Child World, Zico, Kind, Brickell Magazine, Creative Creative, Aver Productions and Yelp.

Party in Vizcaya’s VIP Inner Courtyard with Catering by Loveables, private bar and specialty drink. VIP tickets are $250 per person and are limited to 100 guests.
*MUST BE 21+ AND SHOW ID AT THE GATE. Rain or shine, no refunds.
Parking is free at 3280 S Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33133 – across from Vizcaya’s Main entry on Miami Ave.
Making it a late night? Schedule your ride in advance with Red Cap at http://www.myredcap.com/sundowner2015
Proceeds from the event support the protection and preservation of Vizcaya Museum & Gardens.

House of Horror Amusement Park 9/24/15 – 11/1/15

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House of Horror Amusement Park
houseofhorror2015September 24 – November 1
International Mall Parking Lot
1455 NW 107th Ave
Doral, FL 33172
Website
$30 – Adults Tickets
$15 – Children (6 and under)
Visit the website for discounts
The purchase of a ticket allows for unlimited carnival rides, one entry through the Haunted House, concerts, shows and attractions.
Tickets can only be purchased at the House of Horror ticket office during regular operating hours.

Monday – Thursday: 6PM to 11PM
Friday & Saturday: 5:30PM to Midnight
Sunday: 5:30PM to 11PM
*Subject to weather and change. Haunted house hours vary from park hours.

House of Horror promises you a thrilling night for you and your entire family. We dare you to
visit the largest haunted house in South Florida with over THIRTY rooms of terror – more spine-chilling than ever with TEN new chambers. Visit at your own risk and turn your nightmares into reality! Beware as night falls this Halloween Season and you explore two acres of new rides and new fear. Don’t miss the return of Hulk Hogan’s Micro Championship Wrestling. Come and enjoy food, games and free LIVE concerts. Pay one price and ride all night, with FREE parking! You never know what House of Horror has waiting for you within its walls!

Halloween costumes are allowed on site. However, at no time can a park visitor wear a costume that conceals their face. No masks or face paint are allowed. For safety reasons, only actors will be allowed to wear masks or facial disguises inside the amusement park.

Bell’s Brewery presents Bell’s to the Future benefiting Life Is Art 10/21/15

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Bell’s to the Future: Wood Tavern, Wynwood
Wood_Tavern_Back_Future_ARv1Oct 21, 2015, 4:29 pm
Wood Tavern
2531 North West 2nd Avenue
Wynwood Miami, FL 33127
FREE entry, donations at the door gratefully accepted to benefit Life Is Art
Website

On National Back To The Future Day (The day in which Marty Mcfly travels to 2015 from 1985) Bell’s Brewery will be hosting the ultimate 80’s party to welcome Marty to the Future! As we have an exclusive tap takeover, we will also have a live performance by The 80s Bunch! The greatest 80s cover band in Florida. Also there will be a retro video game tournament held by 8Bit Lexicon! If thats not enough, we will have a Delorean on site! Come in your best futuristic 80s dressed as we will have a costume contest! GREAT SCOTT!! Beers include: Amber Ale, Oberon, Two Hearted, Lager Beer, Oarsman, Mango Habanero Oberon, Octoberfest, Best Brown Ale, Hell Hath No Fury.. Ale, 30th Anniversary Ale and The Oracle DIPA.

Miami Broward Carnival Kings/Queens, Official J’Ouvert and Parade of Bands and Concert 10/9/15 – 10/11/15

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Miami Broward Carnival Kings/Queens/Individuals and Panorama
Friday, October 9, 2015, 3 p.m.—11 p.m.
Central Broward Regional Park
3700 NW 11th Pl
Lauderhill, FL 33311
Admission: $15 advance tickets (on-line & select South Florida retail outlets)

Miami Broward Carnival Official J’Ouvert
Saturday, October 10, 2015, 7 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Central Broward Regional Park
3700 NW 11th Pl
Lauderhill, FL 33311
Admission: $20 advance tickets (on-line & select South Florida retail outlets)

Miami Broward Carnival Parade of Bands and Concert
MBC 15 pannel-01Sunday, October 11, 2015, 11 a.m. –11 p.m.
Miami-Dade Fairgrounds
10901 Southwest 24 Street
Miami, FL 33165
Admission: $27 online (on-line & select South Florida retail outlets)
www.miamibrowardcarnival.com

Hosted and produced by the Miami Broward Carnival One Carnival Host Committee, this feast of cultural celebration showcases the vast diversity that is the Caribbean culture of Carnival with culinary delights indigenous to the Caribbean, melodious sounds of steel bands, and colorful and elaborate masquerade costumes. This year’s parade of masqueraders includes 19 bands that have been working all year on their portrayals and costume designs.

The #MiamiCarnival music stage will include energizing performances by some of today’s top heavy weight Soca artists. The star-studded concert is headlined by Trinidad’s own Queen of Bacchanal Destra and the Bakanal Band. Other live performances include: Xplosion Band, Dil-e-Nadan, Fadda Fox, Snakey, Menace, Laurena Davis, Claudette Peters, Rudy, Ricardo Drue, Julian Believe, Lyrikal, MC Wassy, and MC-Da Mighty Pencil. Notable DJs who will be behind the decks all day long include: Dynasty, SoSo, 99 Jamz-DJ Waggy T, Renny, Supa Trackz, Choice-One, Rude-Deck and Barrie Hype.

Grand Marshalls for the parade: Sharissa Ryan-Ms. Jaycees Queen-Ms. Montserrat Queen, Miami Broward Carnival Queen 2015.

2015 Miami Broward Carnival Mas Bands and Portrayals
Bajan Fuh Eva (Rum Wild), Breakaway Kru, LLC (Las Vegas Girls), D-Junction Mas (Blissful Dreams), Euphoria Productions (Uncaged), Freaks (A Journey Through the Caribbean), Fusion Carnival LLC (Welcome to Africa), Fun Generation (The Journey of Sampson), Generation-X (The Spirit of Carnival), Island Gems, LLC (Caribbean Flavors), Jamboree Mas, LLC (Paint My Soul), Major Players (Thru Hell and Back), Mascots International (Under the Big Top), One Island Band (A Novel Idea), Party Room Squad (Wonders), Radikal International (Out of India), Revel Nation Carnival (Kosmic Elements), The Carnival Republic (Legends of Persia), Ti Chapo (It’s Paradise in the Caribbean), Wassi Ones (Dey In It).

2015 Miami Broward Carnival Steelbands
Karibbean Knights, Sticks “N”Tones, Silverstars USA, Pantastic Steel, Tamboo Bamboo, Resurrection Steel

15,000 Masqueraders Set to Provide a Spectacle of Colors and Pageantry at the 2015 #MiamiCarnival Parade of Bands on Sunday, October 11, 2015

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15,000 Masqueraders Set to Provide a Spectacle of Colors and Pageantry at the 2015 #MiamiCarnival Parade of Bands on Sunday, October 11, 2015

Straight Out of Compton’s Star Marcc Rose To Serve As Celebrity Grand Marshall

International Queen of Bacchanal, Destra Garcia, to Headline Main Performance Stage with Pulsating and Energizing Performance

MBC 15 pannel-01Carnival lovers and revelers are gearing up for one of the most anticipated cultural Caribbean traditions, Miami Broward Carnival #MiamiCarnival on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at the Miami Dade County Fair and Exposition (10901 SW 24th Street, Miami, Fl 33165). The gates open at 11 a.m. and the parade starts at noon. Hosted and produced by the Miami Broward Carnival One Carnival Host Committee, this feast of cultural celebration showcases the vast diversity that is the Caribbean culture of Carnival with culinary delights indigenous to the Caribbean, melodious sounds of steel bands, and colorful and elaborate masquerade costumes. This year’s parade of masqueraders includes 19 bands that have been working all year on their portrayals and costume designs. #MiamiCarnival was voted one of the top 100 events in South Florida by Bizbash.

The city’s warm weather, palm trees and melting pot of cultures truly makes Miami the ideal destination to host the annual #MiamiCarnival celebration. This year, #MiamiCarnival celebrates 31 years of carnival celebration and Antigua’s 60 years of Carnival. Carnival is a staple tradition of the Caribbean heritage that contributes to the arts, music, history and cultural identity of Caribbean and Caribbean-American people. Miami Broward Carnival is the last major North American event on the carnival circuit leading up to Trinidad and Tobago Carnival in 2016.

“The Miami Broward Carnival is among Miami’s most popular and exciting multicultural events featuring the rich Caribbean culture of our community,” says Greater Miami Convention & Visitor Bureau President & CEO William D. Talbert, III, CDME. “We are delighted to welcome once again the many visitors who travel to Greater Miami to enjoy this spectacular event along with the extraordinary offerings of our destination.”

“As a leading carrier in South Florida and with one-third of our network in Latin America and the Caribbean, we are delighted to support the Miami Broward Carnival and this great display of Caribbean culture. We are all about connecting people to family and friends. We are excited to honor this annual tradition,” says Nicole Tesser, Manager, Regional Marketing, JetBlue.

The #MiamiCarnival music stage will include energizing performances by some of today’s top heavy weight Soca artists. The star-studded concert is headlined by Trinidad’s own Queen of Bacchanal Destra and the Bakanal Band. Other live performances include: Xplosion Band, Dil-e-Nadan, Fadda Fox, Snakey, Menace, Laurena Davis, Claudette Peters, Rudy, Ricardo Drue, Julian Believe, Lyrikal, MC Wassy, and MC-Da Mighty Pencil. Notable DJs who will be behind the decks all day long include: Dynasty, SoSo, 99 Jamz-DJ Waggy T, Renny, Supa Trackz, Choice-One, Rude-Deck and Barrie Hype.

“I’m definitely no stranger to the stage at Miami Carnival, originally performing some years ago with my group Crossovah. Whenever I touch the stage for Miami Carnival, it feels comfortable, feels like home,” says Ricardo Dru (Son of the Caribbean). “Obviously this time it’s a little different, being a solo act and coming off such a successful year. When it comes to my performance, the people can expect a lot of fun and energy. I want the public to feel a part of the performance like we are on stage together and give me the same energy I’m giving to them.”

Grand Marshalls for the parade: Sharissa Ryan-Ms. Jaycees Queen-Ms. Montserrat Queen, Miami Broward Carnival Queen 2015.

“It is an honor to serve as grand marshal for Miami Carnival representing Trinidad & Tobago. Culture is everything to me. It’s who I am, so I feel blessed to be able to represent and celebrate my Caribbean heritage,” says actor, Marcc Rose.

2015 Sponsors: Jet Blue (Official Airline Carrier of Miami Broward Carnival),Yellow Cab, Caribbean Airlines,The Greater Miami Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Caribbean Finders, 1-800–411 Pain, Victoria Mutual Bldg Society, Antigua & Barbuda Festival Commission, Antigua Carnival

Media partners: South Florida Caribbean News, Caribbean National Weekly, jamaicans.com, Vibez Radio, Wack Radio, Caribbean American Passport News Magazine, Vibyz Radio, VibyzPromotions, Island 360, Zip 103FM-Jamaica, Now Urban Entertainment Magazine, Vibes Unit, smallislandmassive.com, eventsrusonline.com, 100 Jamz-100.3 Nassau, WACK90.1FM, caribbeanfinders.com, Caribbean Connection with David Cadillac Martin.

#MiamiCarnival is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

2015 Miami Broward Carnival Mas Bands and Portrayals
Bajan Fuh Eva (Rum Wild), Breakaway Kru, LLC (Las Vegas Girls), D-Junction Mas (Blissful Dreams), Euphoria Productions (Uncaged), Freaks (A Journey Through the Caribbean), Fusion Carnival LLC (Welcome to Africa), Fun Generation (The Journey of Sampson), Generation-X (The Spirit of Carnival), Island Gems, LLC (Caribbean Flavors), Jamboree Mas, LLC (Paint My Soul), Major Players (Thru Hell and Back), Mascots International (Under the Big Top), One Island Band (A Novel Idea), Party Room Squad (Wonders), Radikal International (Out of India), Revel Nation Carnival (Kosmic Elements), The Carnival Republic (Legends of Persia), Ti Chapo (It’s Paradise in the Caribbean), Wassi Ones (Dey In It).

2015 Miami Broward Carnival Steelbands
Karibbean Knights
Sticks “N”Tones
Silverstars USA
Pantastic Steel
Tamboo Bamboo
Resurrection Steel

Miami Broward Carnival Signature Events:

Sunday, October 4, 2015
Event: Miami Broward Jr. Carnival
Location: Central Broward Regional Park (3700 NW 11th Pl, Lauderhill, FL 33311)
Time: 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Admission: $10 (on-line & select South Florida retail outlets)
Park Fee: $1.50 per person

Friday, October 9, 2015
Event: Miami Broward Carnival Kings/Queens/Individuals and Panorama
Location: Central Broward Regional Park (3700 NW 11th Pl, Lauderhill, FL 33311)
Time: 3 p.m.—11 p.m.
Admission: $15 advance tickets (on-line & select South Florida retail outlets)

Saturday, October 10, 2015
Event: Miami Broward Carnival Official J’Ouvert
Location: Central Broward Regional Park-3700 NW 11th Pl, Lauderhill, FL 33311
Time: 7 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Admission: $20 advance tickets (on-line & select South Florida retail outlets)

Sunday, October 11, 2015
Event: Miami Broward Carnival Parade of Bands and Concert
Location: Miami-Dade Fairgrounds-10901 Southwest 24 Street, Miami, FL 33165
Time: 11 a.m. –11 p.m.
Admission: $27 online (on-line & select South Florida retail outlets)

The parade will be best viewed on the inside of the Fairgrounds. Advance tickets available online at miamibrowardcarnival.com. For more information, call 305-65301877.

Please follow Miami Broward Carnival on social media:

Twitter: @MiaBroCarnival
Instagram: @MiaBroCarnival
Facebook: MiamiBrowardOneCarnival
Official Website: www.miamibrowardcarnival.com

Hashtags:
#MiamiCarnival #SoMiami #MiaBroJrCarnival #MiaBroCarnivalPanorama #MiamiVibes

Media interviews/credentials call Harris Public Relations at 786.897-8854 or
info@harrispublicrelations.com.

Directions to Miami Dade County Fairgrounds
From Broward County West (Coral Springs, Sunrise, Pembroke Pines, Lauderhill, Miramar)
1. Take Sawgrass Expressway South to I-75 Or take I-595 West to I-75 South (or FL Turnpike South)
2. Take I-75 South to ramp (exit 8) to right to Florida’s Turnpike South toward Miami/Homestead
3. Keep on Florida’s turnpike South to EITHER SW 8 Street (Tamiami Trail) or SW 40 Street and go East
4. At SW 8 Street (Tamiami Trail) exit, Turn right onto US-41 East/ SW 8th Street, go to SW 107th Ave, make right, go to SW 24th Street/ Coral Way and make right and will Arrive at the Fairgrounds

OR

5. At SW Bird Road 40th Street exit, make left and go east to SW 112th Ave, make left and head north to Fairgrounds

From North Miami, Miami Lakes or Miami Gardens
1. Take 826 South
2. Exit SW 24th Street, Coral Way, go West
3. Cross SW 107th Ave, the Fairgrounds will be on right
From East (Miami Beach or Downtown Miami)
1. Take I-95 (north or south) to 836 West
2. Take Exit ramp for 826 South
3. Exit SW 24th Street, Coral Way, go west
4. Cross SW 107th Ave, the Fairgrounds will be on right

From South (Homestead, Cutler Bay or Kendall)
1. Take Turnpike North or SW 117th Avenue north
2. Exit SW 40 Street (Bird Road)
3. Make right on Bird Road SW 40th Street and go to SW 112 Avenue, turn left onto SW 112 Avenue and continue to Fair entrance at SW 24 Street.

About JetBlue
JetBlue is New York’s Hometown Airlineâ„¢, and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 32 million customers a year to 90 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America with an average of 875 daily flights. For more information please visit JetBlue.com.

TD Bank Presents the 2015 Miami Broward, Jr. Carnival 10/4/15

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TD Bank Presents the 2015 Miami Broward, Jr. Carnival
Sunday, October 4, 2015, 1:00pm – 8:00pm (Parade starts at 2 p.m.)
Miami Broward TD Bank Jr Carnival FlyerCentral Broward Regional Park
3700 NW 11th Place
Lauderhill, FL 33311
Admission: Parking fee-$1.50 per adult
Adults-$10 admission
Kids 10 years old and under are FREE.
Official Website
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Miami Broward One Carnival Host Committee Inc. presents Junior Carnival Parade of Jr. Mas Bands, Junior Kings & Queens, Female and Male Individuals Parade & Competitions. Young masqueraders will compete based on their creativity, presentation and craftsmanship in their vibrant and colorful masquerade costumes celebrating Caribbean culture. Performances by: The Juggernaut Band and Lauderhill Encore Performing Arts Center and the 2014 Steelband Panorama winners Pantastik and 2013 winner Silver Stars.

South Florida’s youth will have an opportunity to proudly show off they’re wonderfully created and colorful costumes in celebration of their rich Caribbean culture this carnival season. Over 350 young children will participate in the Miami Broward, Jr. Carnival parade and competition on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at Central Broward Park (3700 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill, FL 33311). Gates open at 12:30 p.m. and the parade begins at 2 p.m. Parking fee is $1.50 per adult and admission into the event is $10. Kids under 10 years old are free.

This annual Caribbean inspired family event fosters artistic development and creative freedom, all while inspiring young people to take up the torch of Carnival tradition and carry it high. Young masqueraders will be judged based on their creativity, presentation, originality and craftsmanship of their vibrant and colorful masquerade costumes.

“We are looking forward to a safe and successful Junior Carnival this year as we continue to promote and sustain the culture of the Caribbean people,” says Rose Kelly, Bandleader of Heritage TnT, Jr. Carnival band. “The youths are the future of our Carnival, so we hope to bring more awareness of our culture to them.”

The event encourages young Caribbean-Americans to embrace and celebrate their Caribbean culture by participating in an age-old island tradition. Miami Broward Jr. Carnival is also one of the symbols of diversity and inclusion as there are non-Caribbean children of various backgrounds that also participate in the parade and festivities.

“Although we are second and third generation West Indians, this is our culture. Its longevity depends on the positive inclusion of the children. They are the ones who will carry the torch and ensure that our Carnival never dies,” says Giselle d ’Wassi One, Bandleader for Wassi Babes Jr. Carnival.

Sponsors include;Chubby,Dr. Dominique Lewis,Julian Cameron,Pieter Hendrichus
This year Miami Broward Carnival is proud to be sponsored by America’s Most Convenient Bank, TD Bank.

“TD Bank is thrilled to be a sponsor of this year’s Miami Broward Carnival,” said Andre Khan, V.P. and co-chair of the African American and Caribbean Leadership Employee Resource Group, TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank. “TD has built its success by embracing and celebrating the diversity of all customers, employees and community partners through local events like this one. At TD, diversity and inclusion are part of who we are and part of everything we do.”

About TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®
TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, is one of the 10 largest banks in the US, providing more than 8 million customers with a full range of retail, small business and commercial banking products and services at approximately 1,300 convenient locations throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Metro DC, the Carolinas and Florida. In addition, TD Bank and its subsidiaries offer customized private banking and wealth management services through TD Wealth®, and vehicle financing and dealer commercial services through TD Auto Finance. TD Bank is headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ To learn more, visit www.tdbank.com. Find TD Bank on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TDBank and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TDBank_US.

TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, is a member of TD Bank Group and a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank of Toronto, Canada, a top 10 financial services company in North America. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges under the ticker symbol “TD”. To learn more, visit www.td.com.

Association of Fundraising Professionals Miami River Boat Cruise Mixer 10/8/15

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Association of Fundraising Professionals Miami River Boat Cruise Mixer
Thursday, October 8th, 6:30 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
afpboatmixerBayside Marketplace Dock
401 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132
Cost: Online: $25 Members/ $35 Nonmembers
Onsite: $35 Members/ $45 Nonmembers
Register Now

Boat departs from Bayside Marina at 7:00 p.m. sharp, so arrive by no later than 6:30 p.m.
Please park in main parking garage adjacent to Biscayne Boulevard; you will receive dock location on the day of charter.

AFP Miami presents a relaxing boat ride along the historic Miami River with HistoryMiami’s Dr. Paul George. Learn the story of the Miami River from the late 19th century, and hear tales of the area’s earliest known inhabitants, the Tequesta Indians, all while cruising through Miami’s Downtown. Lucky tour goers may even catch a glimpse of a dolphin or manatee as they listen to stories of hidden neighborhoods, Caribbean freighters and drawbridges. Enjoy cuisine and drinks courtesy of Mad Chiller.

The Eighth Annual Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival and Boat Parade 11/14/15

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Eighth Annual Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival
FestivalVerticalAd2015Saturday, November 14, 10:00am – 4:00pm
On the Riverwalk
adjacent to 315-335 S. Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33131
Website

This special multicultural event allows our local residents and visitors to explore and interact among the local arts and culture vendors, while also showcasing the unique surroundings at the mouth of the Miami River. This event will celebrate the revival and renaissance of Downtown Miami.

This Years’ Special Event Featured Region –Trinidad and Tobago:
Featuring authentic Music, Arts, Culture and Food, Boat Parade Children’s Activities and beautiful Door Prizes all along the beautiful Miami Riverwalk.
Some of this year’s highlights will include “Roti Competition & Rum Cake Competition”.

VLA Legal Clinic for Creatives 9/29/15

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VLA Legal Clinic for Creatives
photo_1September 29, 5:30pm to 8:00pm
Miami Center For Architecture And Design
100 NE 1st Ave
Miami, FL 33132
Register Online Now

Are you an Artist, Creative or Arts Executive with a legal question? We have Attorneys ready to help!
Calling all creatives for an evening dedicated to getting you the legal advice you need. Mix and mingle with the legal & creative community.

One to One Consultations: Copyright l Trademark l Contracts l Patents Licensing Agreements l Freelance Agreements l Bylaws & Articles l Incorporation l Litigation

Who Should Attend: Artists, Cultural Organizations, Film, Writers, Playwrights, Actors, Graphic Designers, Choreographers, Dancers, Designers, Techies and All Creatives!

Dwntwn Arts Fair Sponsor Thank You to MiamiMade Concert Series

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Life Is Art, on behalf of all our partners, participants and the community, would like to thank MiamiMade Concert Series for supporting the Dwntwn Arts Fair by becoming a Community Sponsor!

And now, a message from our sponsor:
MIAMIMADELOGO-01Today might be #TBT, but here at Trinity Cathedral, we are looking ahead for an awesome day tomorrow! Thanks to a Knight Arts Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight foundation, the cathedral in the Performing Arts / Omni District is launching a brand new monthly concert series designed to help bring our community together.

MiamiMade Concert Series is focused on highlighting the tremendous talent contained within our city borders. By opening our doors to more than just classical music, we are able to utilize our space in a different way at a time when many concert venues are closing. By providing this space and keeping our ticket costs very low, we are hoping to engage as many members of our diverse population to hear music outside of their regular listening habits.

As we launch this Friday, September 18th, we are turning our focus to the Best of New and Old Miami and featuring some incredibly talented musicians. Every subsequent month will feature a different genre to represent the activities and events in our city.

We are so excited to launch this series and do our part to open our doors and promote our own from this wonderful city. Hope to see you there! Check out more information at www.MiamiMadeCS.com

Photographs of Dwntwn Arts Fair 9/12/15 – 9/13/15

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On September 12th and 13th, 2015 Life Is Art in partnership with Buskerfest, YO Miami, Kondoit, Indiegals, Celebrate Diversity Miami, Eat Your Poem, and Elwoods GastroPub brought an arts street party to downtown Miami, the DWNTWN Arts Fair, Part of DWNTWN ART DAYS, Located along NE 3rd Avenue between NE 1st and 2nd Street, this free, family friendly show, the DWNTWN Arts Fair was a family-friendly street fest filled with art, music, crafts, and performance with the goal to foster the growth of all the different artistic elements that make up our city’s culture.

Event highlights included an art exhibition of local artists curated by Life Is Art, live music and performances organized by Buskerfest, local urban artists and live painting showcase by YOMiami & Kondoit, photo-voice activities by Celebrate Diversity Miami, social-issues brainstorming meal with FoodSpark: Miami, pop-up Artisanal Tienda of arts & handcrafted works by Indiegals, and a pop-Up Poetry Station with Eat Your Poem.

Music performances by Christ Fellowship, GPS Trio, Funky Serve Bots, Gypsy Cat, The Bows and Ties, Celestial and Liam O’Brien, and Pocket of Lollipops.

Visual artists: Geno Jaramillo, Virginia Hanley, Chris Costa, Glenda Ramos, Amanda Madrigal, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Kristen D Borrego, Midalia Rosales, Nancy Campos, Star Trauth, Gary Fonseca, Christovedo Art, Jackie Colome, GusColors, Mohammed, Arboleya-Moreno Art, Ana Rossi, Rei Ramirez (live painting), Teepop (live painting), Jessica Schnur (display), Claudia Labianca (live painting), Surge

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
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Miami Herald
Downtown Development Authority
DWNTWN Art Days
Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau
Miami Made Concert Series at Trinity Cathedral
Waste Management
Miami Parking Authority
Tropicult
Urban Tour Host
Shake 108
Downtown Miami Partnership

Animate! Miami 10/23/15 – 10/25/15

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Animate! Miami
October 23-25
Friday, 12:00pm – 2:00am / Showroom hours: 12:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, 10:30am – 2:00am / Showroom hours: 10:30am – 8:00pm
Sunday, 10:30am – 10:00pm / Showroom hours: 10:30am – 6:30pm
Miami Airport Convention Center
animatemiamiDoubletree Hotel
711 NW 72nd Ave
Miami FL 33126
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Animate! Miami, Florida’s largest anime and animation convention, returns to Miami from October 23-25, 2015 for three days of animation, cosplay, video games, comic books and more. It’s a full weekend celebration featuring some of the industry’s biggest names, with hundreds of events, including panels, Q&As, costume contests, video gaming, exhibitors, artists, and much more for fans of all ages.  

Celebrities, Voice Actors & Comic Guests
Animate! Miami will host a full agenda of panels, Q&As, photo opportunities and more for fans to see their favorite celebrities, voice actors and industry guests, including:

Christopher Daniel Barnes, known as the voice of Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid and Spider-Man and Peter Parker in the Spider-Man Animated Series, and starring in The Brady Bunch Movie (Greg Brady) 
Steven Universe cast member Zach Callison (Steven Universe) will be joined by other cast members from the hit Cartoon Network series
Margaret Kerry, the original Tinker Bell and Red-Headed Mermaid in Walt Disney’s 1953 animated feature Peter Pan
Sailor Moon cast members Lauren Landa (Sailor Neptune) and Erica Mendez (Sailor Uranus and Reika)
Madoka Magica cast members Sarah Williams (Sayaka) and Lauren Landa (Kyoko Sakura)
Eternal Summer cast members Ian Sinclair (Sosuke Yamazaki), Josh Grelle (Aiichiro Nitori) and Robert McCollum (Seijuro Mikoshiba)
Kill La Kill cast members Erica Mendez (Ryuko Matoi), Patrick Seitz (Ira Gamagoori), and Sarah Williams (Nonon)
Sword Art Online cast members Lauren Landa (Sakuya), Patrick Seitz (Agil), and Sarah Williams (Lisbeth / Rika)
Attack on Titan cast members Josh Grelle (Armin Arlert), Lauren Landa (Annie Leonhardt), Robert McCollum (Reiner), Patrick Seitz (Keith Shadis), and Ian Sinclair (Nile Dok)
Dana Snyder, star of Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Master Shake), Squidbillies (Granny), The Venture Bros. (The Alchemist), Chowder (Gazpacho), Batman Unlimited (The Penguin), and The Thundermans (Dr. Colosso); and many more!

Cosplay and Costume Competitions
Animate! Miami will also feature dozens of costume and cosplay events throughout the 3-day show, with thousands of dollars in cash and prizes on the line. Guests can get their photos taken in costume at the cosplay photography booth and repair costumes at the Cosplay Medics. Each year, Animate! Miami also brings in professional cosplay guests from around the country that take part in panels, workshops and to help judge the various costume and costuming contests. To learn more about cosplay events, click here.

Costume Competitions:
Runway Costume Competition: “Runway” style contest. There will be no pre-judging. Contestants can enter in store-bought or homemade costumes. The following awards will be given out: Best in Show, Best Individual, 2nd place – Individual, Best Group, 2nd place – Group, Best Junior / Youth, and Judges Awards. Click here for more information.
Sirens of Animation Costume Competition: A special costume contest showcasing our favorite good and bad girls of animation and anime. A special panel consisting of some industry guests and professional costumers will judge this contest. This is a runway style contest with no pre-judging. Costumes may be of any female character that appears in anime, cartoons or video games. Costumes may be handmade or store bought. Since this contest takes place late at night, no one under the age of 17 may enter this contest. Click here for more information.
Animate! Miami Costume Competition: A competitive costuming event with over $2,000 in cash and prizes at stake with $1,000 cash for Best in Show. The contest is open to all skill levels to ensure both novice and experienced costumers have a chance at winning an award. Click here for more information.
Masquerade Costume & Performance Competition: Where costuming and cosplay go to the next level, this competition is like a costume talent show based on performance and presentation. Contestants can enter as individuals or as a group and will be judged based on stage performance and costumes. Click here for more information.

NOTE: All guest appearances, programming and schedules are preliminary and subject to change.

South Florida Writers Association DWNTWN Arts Day Words Arts Music 9/12/15

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South Florida Writers Association DWNTWN Arts Day Words Arts Music
cano_flyer2Saturday Sept. 12, 12pm – 3pm
Main Library
101 W. Flagler (Downtown)
Miami, FL  33130
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Free

Exhibition By Margarita Cano
Words Provided By Jonathan Rose,Oscar Fuentes, And Other S. Fla Writers
Music Performed By Carl Ferrari
Free Family Friendly Event

Heart Nightclub Preview 9/11/15

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Heart Nightclub Preview
HEART 2015 LineupFriday September 11th
Heart Nightclub
50 NE 11th St
Miami, FL 33132

Introducing HEART, a destination located in the center of Downtown Miami’s 24-hour Entertainment District, curated for music enthusiasts who value an unpretentious experience over velvet rope exclusivity.

The 20,000 square-foot dance club boasts three unique levels, each tailored to deliver a different sound, vibe, and experience. At the core, is the iconic patio equipped with a Funktion-One sound system promising to showcase an impressive roster of world-renown underground house & techno talent on Friday nights.

Heart opens doors for an exclusive preview event on Friday, September 11th with NYC dance floor legend, DJ Boris. Grand Opening Night is set to follow on Friday, September 18th starring techno titan Paul Ritch and Anthony Attalla.

Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU) Legends Honors and Leaders, Legends and Lovelies Ball 9/11/15

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Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU) Legends Honors and Leaders, Legends and legendsballLovelies Ball
Friday, September 11, 7pm -11pm
Hotel Victor
1144 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tickets $50 advance at www.unitycoalition.org or $80 at door.

For the 5th year our Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU) Legends Honors and Leaders, Legends & Lovelies Ball celebrates the good, positive & outstanding within our LGBTQ & ally community. Through the annual recognition we bring the community together to focus on the similarities rather than the differences we all share, and how we can inspire others to do good, excel, be proud of who they are & just be better people.

This year, our Legends Ball – the one fundraising event of its kind we host each year – will be on Friday, September 11th, 7-11pm at the historic Victor Hotel on Miami Beach’s famed Ocean Drive, and will honor Jonathan Plutzik, Caridad Moro-Gonlier & Milan Rodriguez.

Bacardi Open Bar, Hors D’ouevres, Silent Auction. Performances by Envee, Jei & More

Our work is 100% funded by events & private donations, and we are 100% staffed & managed by volunteers. Everything that comes in, goes right back out for programming, leading & assisting our community to fairness & equality.

The 2016 South Florida Firefighter’s Calender Unveiling Weekend 8/28/15 – 8/29/15

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The 2016 South Florida Firefighter’s Calender Unveiling Weekend
Friday, August 28th, 2015, 9:30PM – 2:00AM
2016 Calendar UnveilingRound Up Nightclub
9020 W State Rd 84
Davie, FL 33324

Come meet the Men of the 2016 South Florida Firefighter’s Calendar presented by One Beat CPR + AED at the Unveiling Weekend on August 28th & 29th
Calendars Raise Awareness for Here’s Help, A Safe Haven for Newborns and Friends Forever Rescue and the Jackson Memorial Burn Center

South Florida Firefighter hotties will be “Burning Up” for your love and community support at the 2016 edition unveiling of the South Florida Firefighters Calendar presented by One Beat CPR + AED. Ladies drink for free from 9pm to 3am, and Saturday, August 29th, 2015 at Murphy’s Law Irish Pub at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at 10:00 PM. The Calendar raises awareness for Here’s Help, A Safe Haven for Newborns, Friends Forever Pet Rescue, and University of Miami Jackson Memorial Burn Center.

For the past 24 years, the South Florida Firefighters Calendar has been one of America’s top firefighter calendars. But more importantly, it has raised thousands of dollars for many of South Florida’s charitable causes.

As the calendar continues to grow, there are opportunities which require greater energy and effort. As a result, we are pleased to announce reunification with our presenting sponsor from prior years, One Beat CPR + AED, and a new operational plan effective August 26th, 2015. This new focus will allow the Calendar to achieve greater heights and have a bigger impact on our local communities.

For over 15 years, One Beat CPR + AED has been a strong voice in raising awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, CPR, and Public defibrillator programs in the tri-county area. They offer emergency resuscitative care certification training and are authorized by the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Safety Health Institute (ASHI).

The South Florida Firefighters Calendar will continue to advocate and raise funds for the charities it’s been affiliated with; however, we are excited to announce we have added CPR and AED awareness to our core initiatives. We’d like to thank our sponsors, participants, fans, and volunteers for your faithful support and commitment over the years and we look forward to sharing the upcoming changes with you

About One Beat CPR + AED
One Beat CPR + AED is South Florida’s leading American Heart Association (AHA) and American Safety Health Institute (ASHI) authorized training facility. Founded by Lon Rosen, a 14-year Key Biscayne Fire Department veteran, One Beat’s training team consists of firefighters, paramedics, and police officers – people dedicated to saving lives every day. They deliver real life experience to make CPR training accessible, fun, and informative for families, schools, and businesses. The company is also an exclusive Philips partner offering Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and accessories. For more information, please call (954) 321-5305 or visit http://www.onebeatcpr.com.

Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event 9/2/15

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Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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1513 SW 8th St
Miami, FL 33135
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Tuesday, September 1st 2015
Cost: Members $10,Non Members $15 in advance
Cost at the Door: NO tickets will be sold at the door.

Valet Parking: $8 Valet Parking or street parking
Dress Code: Business Attire

The Chambers of Biscayne Garden,Bolivia, Camacol,Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, Global, Haití, Honduras, Junior Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,Poland, along with Brickell Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking event. Members $10 in advance Non-members $15 in advance to purchase tickets, please click on link below

This is an advance ticket event, Tickets must be purchased prior to the event , NO tickets will be sold at the door.

Donate to Dwntwn Arts Fair

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Support the local artists and community by donating to the Dwntwn Arts Fair

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On September 12-13, Life Is Art and our partners are bringing you a brand new festival, the Dwntwn Arts Fair! A family-friendly street fest filled with art, music, crafts, and performances, the Dwntwn Arts Fair is truly a cultural showcase that everyone will enjoy. Brought to you by a team of grassroots organizations with strong ties throughout our local community, our goal is to foster the growth of all the different artistic elements that make up our cities culture. The fair is located on NE 3rd Avenue between NE 1st and 2nd Street. This event is part of the DWNTWN Art Days weekend events.
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Partners, Supporters and Sponsors: The current partners include Life Is Art, Buskerfest, Kondoit, YO Miami, Indiegals, Celebrate Diversity Miami, Eat Your Poem, and Elwoods Gastro Pub, sponsored by the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Miami Herald, Trinity Cathedral Miami Made Concert Series, Waste Management, and The Miami Parking Authority, with the support of the Downtown Development Authority, The Urban Tour Host, Tropicult, and Shake 108, and Downtown Miami Partnership.

Donations: Your participation as a donor helpS us reach our goal to provide an enjoyable cultural experience for the residents and a meaningful impact for the artists.

For over six years, Life Is Art has brought the community many events with local artists, music, drinks, food and more, all at low or no cost. We have worked hard to make Miami a little bit of a better place to live, work and love. Your donation not only helps us continue and expand our work, but also lets us know that you appreciate our work. Even just a few dollars means so much to us, not only financially, but also emotionally. You are who we do all this work for, and to know that you appreciate our work is what makes all the sacrifices worthwhile. We thank you for your support!

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DWNTWN Arts Fair 9/12/15 – 9/13/15

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Life Is Art in partnership with Buskerfest, YO Miami, Kondoit, Indiegals, Celebrate Diversity Miami, Eat Your Poem, and Elwoods GastroPub Present
DWNTWN Arts Fair
Part of DWNTWN Art Days
DwntwnArtsFairFlyer4September 12 – 13, 2015
Saturday 12:00pm – 10:00pm,
Sunday 12:00pm – 8:00pm
NE 3rd Avenue between NE 1st and 2nd StreetDowntown Miami, FL
The show is free and open to the public.
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A family-friendly street fest filled with art, music, crafts, and performance, the Dwntwn Arts Fair is truly a cultural showcase that everyone will enjoy. Brought to you by a team of grassroots organizations with strong ties throughout our local community, our goal is to foster the growth of all the different artistic elements that make up our city’s culture.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
* An art exhibition of local artists curated by Life Is Art.
* Live music and performances organized by Buskerfest.
* Local urban artists and live painting showcase by YOMiami & Kondoit.
* Photo-voice activities by Celebrate Diversity Miami.
* Social-issues brainstorming meal with FoodSpark: Miami.
* Pop-up Artisanal Tienda of arts & handcrafted works by Indiegals.
* Pop-Up Poetry Station with Eat Your Poem.
* A skyscape installation by Elwoods Gastro Pub.
* Massages by Freshly Squeezed
* Food and drink specials by local participating restaurants.

MUSIC PERFORMANCES
At the Buskerfest stages:
Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band
GPS Quintet
Funky Serve Bots
Pocket of Lollipops
Celestial and Liam Brien
Gypsy Cat Band
Bows and Ties

ARTISTS
At the Life Is Art booths:
Geno Jaramillo
Virginia Hanley
Chris Costa
Glenda Ramos
Amanda Madrigal
Jovan Karlo Villalba
Kristen D Borrego
Midalia Rosales
Nancy Campos
Star Trauth
Gary Fonseca
Christovedo Art
Jackie Colome
GusColors
Mohammed
Arboleya-Moreno Art
Ana Rossi
At the YOMiami booths:
Rei Ramirez (live painting)
Teepop (live painting)
Jessica Schnur (display)
Claudia Labianca (live painting).

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
Miami Herald
Downtown Development Authority
DWNTWN Art Days
Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau
Miami Made Concert Series at Trinity Cathedral
Waste Management
Miami Parking Authority
Tropicult
Urban Tour Host
Shake 108
Downtown Miami Partnership

BIG HUG TO OUR DONORS
Patricia Lamar
Naomi Ross
Guy Hoyle
Joshua Kingston
Rochelle Berman
Michael Valdes-Fauli
Angela Terrell
Anthony Jordon
Jonathan Rose
Alessandro Abate
Alice Billman
Brittany Janes
Ted Van Cleve
Greg Romanelli
Jon Ridley

PARTNER INFORMATION

Life Is Art
Life Is Art is presenting a number of excellent local artists showcasing a wide variety of visual art styles.

Yo Miami & Kondoit
A hub for local artists, Yo Miami has grown since 2011 into an ecosystem where creatives can get access to resources & contacts to help them reach the next level of success in their careers. By working with businesses, nonprofi t & community organizations we are able to foster a network which enables us to create opportunities throughout the year for artists to demonstrate their talents in ways that add value to our neighborhoods. With several monthly events at various venues around Wynwood, we continually o ffer a platform where emerging artists can reach a wider audience. At the same time, we show business owners the benefits associated with incorporating arts programming into their operations, & help foster the growth of our local communities through this synergy. For Dwntwn Arts Fair we will be hand picking a lineup from Miami’s top artists. These artists will be live painting and displaying their work throughout the weekend. We encourage you to stop by our booth to meet these up and coming talented creatives to discover what inspires and motivates them, and watch them work live and in person.

Buskerfest
We strive for a connected, thriving urban core where the streets of Miami are active and enlivened with local performers, enjoyed by people of all ages and walks of life. We envision a joyous place that is reflective of the tropical urban landscape and attractive to locals and visitors alike.

Celebrate Diversity Miami
Celebrate Diversity Miami’s 2015 Photo‐voice Exhibit focuses on celebrating the diversity of our greater Miami community with a unique array of large-scale photographs. It features 60 beautiful, vibrant images submitted by residents, schools, and organizations from across Miami-Dade County. Join us in celebrating our incredible culturally and ethnically diverse neighborhoods. Give a #DiversityMiami shout-out with a picture or postcard, and share what makes the place you call home awesome!

FoodSpark
By way of delicious food and great conversation, FoodSpark Miami will provide a fun, interactive gathering space for diverse groups of greater Miami residents to connect with one another, discuss key social issues with fellow citizens, and figure out how we can collaborate to improve the quality of life in our local neighborhoods. FoodSpark Miami is made possible in part by the 8-80 Cities Emerging City Champions 2015 Fellowship, which is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Indiegals
Every indie needs a hand, and we¹ve partnered with artists from all over to bring a uniquely curated expo of artisanal goods, earthy designs, and conscious driven showcases. We¹ve connected with the indigenous tribe from Valle de Sibundoy in the Alto Putumayo region of Colombia, to bring the tribe’s delicately handcrafted jewelry, organic essential oils, and raw incense, led by the tribe¹s artist Yolimar Loreto & the tribe-women. Also from Colombia, we present for the first time in the U.S Hagakure Home a small company based in Medellin whose home décor is derived from organic materials, raw fabrics, and designed with earthy elements. We¹re bringing goods for the home and lifestyle. Then a young, hip, and hippie indie group of artists called Gypsy Halos will be dancing around our tent expressing their love and spirit through flower crowns, leafy jewelry designs, and airy fashions. This movement is not just focused on the younger generation. We¹ve connected with our baby boomer warrior woman who¹s love for mother Earth has helped her develop an artistic eye for floral designs; Esperanza (Hope) will bring to our expo her creative orchid, succulents, air flower gardens. Last but not least, our tent will feature an art showcase called Monsterz, an Anti-bullying picturesque story created by Miami’s local Tuli. We will feature other random goodies, our farmer friends may stop by with organic goods, or maybe we¹ll have a pop-up artist color us alive! This is what Indie Gals does, we dig deep into the roots and help elevate indie creatives so that we can all break through the noise. Everyone deserves to feel the sunshine of success on their face.

Eat Your Poem Pop-Up Poetry Station
Your belly growls for a poem “to-go!” Words to feed the heart and soul! Eat Your Poem believes in the nourishing, potent power of words and this inspires us to the act of spontaneous, intuitive writing and sharing. Perched behind our vintage typewriters we create improvisational poems for you! Stop by our Pop-Up Poetry Station and take home a poem, created just for you. Yum! Poems are offered by donation and all proceeds go to Eat Your Poem’s “Poetry with a Purpose” Program. This community outreach branch of EYP brings poetic programming to women’s shelters, recovery centers and organizations that reach “at-risk” youth. Poetry with a Purpose is completing 14 sessions at Women in Distress in Broward County and we are slated to bring the program into Camillus House Shelter starting in mid-August.

Elwoods
The local public house with gastronomical food served with great beer and wine.

Innovation Nation: Secrets from the Israeli Start Up Scene 8/20/15

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Innovation Nation: Secrets from the Israeli Start Up Scene
Thursday, August 20, 2015 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
The Idea Center
315 N.E. Second Ave Building 8
5th Floor
Miami, FL 33132
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The Idea Center at Miami Dade College and Tel Aviv University will join forces in linking together two successful startup ecosystems. Learn from one of the top tech and startup ecosystems in the world — Israel. Oren Simanian, founder of StarTAU, the Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Center, will discuss best practices in innovation in Israel as well as provide practical, hands-on skills and knowledge used by successful Israeli startups.

Oren Simanian
Founder
StarTAU, Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Center
Oren is the Founder @ StarTAU, Tel Aviv University entrepreneurship center, as a key person in the start-up ecosystem he assists entrepreneurs to take it to the next level. Oren has designed tailor-made programs to support many sectrs to become entrepreneurial. He has one of the strongest track records in the Israeli seed ventures industry.

PechaKucha Miami #31 Miami Obscura 8/26/15

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PechaKucha Miami #31 Miami Obscura
Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 6:30PM – 10:00PM
Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Avenue
Miami, FL 33141
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Without a doubt Miami is the Magic City. There is a unique alchemy of cigar smoke, the Everglades, luxury condos, sunshine, contemporary art, hurricanes, nightclubs, Tequestas, celebrities, and cordaditos that has created such a vibrant city.
PechaKucha Miami in collaboration with Fordistas will feature six local luminaries who will bring to life some of the city’s lesser known stories in short presentations less than six minutes each. Won’t you join us for a night of Miami Obscura?
LUMINARIES
Joel Fernandez, product/81 creative lab
Alejandro Mendoza, Giants in the City
Melissa Meruelo, Deauville Beach Resort
James Anderson, MBA, Penned Impression: Caribbean Medicare Mafia
Rosemarie Romero, Esthetic Theory: Beyond HyperLust and PornNail$
Louise Irvine, WMODA: Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts
The Fordistas program, powered by South Florida Ford, is a platform for emerging arts and culture focused on nurturing and elevating homegrown talent in our community.
Beats provided by DJ Andie Sweetswirl
Special installation by Giants in the City
Media partnerships with Atlas Obscura, The New Tropic, and Tropicult

Fuckup Nights Miami Vol.2 8/20/15

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Fuckup Nights Miami Vol.2
Thursday, August 20, 2015, 6:00PM – 8:00PM
fuckupnightmiamiKeyWorking
888 Biscayne Boulevard, #505
Miami, FL 33132
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Josh Fein l Fein Zalkin Interiors + Paul Suskey l Co-Founder, Partner Salvo Group and Erika Morales and Julian Martin l Principals, Lemon Yellow. Wine, Beer And Light Nom Noms Will Be Served.

What are FuckUp Nights? FuckUp Nights is a monthly event where awesome people talk about one of their biggest professional or business failures in a candid and irreverent way.
What can you expect? Three or four fuckupreneurs will get up and share their story, including what the project was, what they did wrong, what they learned from it, and what they’d do differently.
Why are we doing this? Because you learn more from failure than success, and we have to shake off the stigma attached to failing – overnight success is often unrealistic.

Getting Here:
You can find street parking around the building or park at the 700 Biscayne lot right $5 for across from the American Airline Arena.
Traveling by MetroRail/MetroMover? Disembark at Park West Station right behind our building.
To access the building walk in thru the residential entrance of the MarinaBlue Building (888 Biscayne Blvd). Check in with concierge and make sure they direct you to the commercial/office door where KeyWorking is located on the 5th floor.

3rd Annual Craft Spirits Festival: Grand Tasting 10/8/15

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3rd Annual Craft Spirits Festival: Grand Tasting
Thursday, October 8, 2015, 7:00pm – 11:00pm
craftspiritsThe Cruz Building
3157 Commodore Plaza
Miami, Florida 33133

The Craft Spirits Festival is a series of events that Celebrate and Educates the public on Craft/Small Batch/Artisanal/Boutique & Premium Spirits. The Grand Tasting is your opportunity to try Unlimited Samples of the world’s best Gins, Rums, Vodkas, Whiskies and Liqueurs PLUS sample crafted cocktails by the industry’s Best Bartenders/Mixologists. Immerse yourself in the iconic Cruz Building where the atmosphere is perfect to enjoy the “Spirit Culture”. The doors open at 7pm and delicious hors d’oeuvres will be served.

The Craft Spirits Festival is an Exclusive event available only to a small audience of connoisseurs and budding aficionados, who wish to connect with the producers of fine spirits. So Please get your tickets early and do not miss this one-of-a-kind event.

Incredible spirits are being crafted by companies that care about the quality and uniqueness of their product. Come and enjoy the “Spirit” of their craft. And Always imbibe responsibly. Cheers!

Brands Participating:, Afrohead Rum, Ancho Reyes Chile Licor , Anchor Distilling Co., Amaro Montenegro, Berentzen Liqueurs, Boodles British Gin , Collingwood Canadian Whisky , Crop Organic Vodkas , Farmer’s Botanical Gin , Four Roses Bourbon , Fratelli Branca Amargos , The Glenrothes Scotch Whisky, Grander Rums, Haus Alpenz Spirits Portfolio, Herradura Tequila , High West Distilery Whiskies , Highland Park Scotch, Jack Daniels Signature Whiskies , Kavalan Whisky , Koloa Rums, Maestro Dobel Tequila , Mandarine Napoleon Liqueur , Martin Miller’s Gin, Michter’s American Whiskies, Monkey Shoulder Scotch , Old Forester Signature Bourbons , Reyka Vodka, St. Augustine Distillery , St. George Spirits Gins, Liqueurs, Rum & Vodkas, Triibe Celtic Liqueur, Westland Distillery Whiskies, WhistlePig Ryw Whiskies, Wicked Dolphin Rum, Woodford Reserve Bourbons,

Light Bites provided by local restaurants. Coffee and cigars will be served on the terrace and a very special 3rd Floor Bar where guest bartenders from the BEST bars in Miami will make you an incredible Craft Cocktail for a donation to the Miami Chapter of the USBG! Limited Number Of Tickets available for $75. Tickets on sale soon! Cheers!

The Boogie is Back at The Deauville Beach Resort 8/14/15

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JungleBoogieFriday, August 14, 11pm
Jazz Room of the Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Get down and feel the funk at the third monthly Jungle Boogie, brought to you by Miami locals and nightlife aficionados Jourdan Binder and Savannah Buffett. Combining their love of late nights on the dance floor and live music, the concept pairs top DJs with live horn players in unique performances curated for an evening of all-out ass shaking revelry. For the third installment, it’s all about the cool, fun, and totally hip Gabby Mejia taking it to the decks and accompanied by a special guest on the trumpet. A jungle awaits you at the Deauville’s Jazz Room, a nocturnal tropical oasis where conversation is optional, but dancing shoes are absolutely mandatory!

New Times’ Pairings 9/10/15

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New Times’ Pairings
Thursday, September 10, 2015
pairings VIP: 6 – 10 p.m.
GA: 7 – 10 p.m.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Tickets:
July 29th – August 16th — GA $35 / VIP $65
August 17th – September 9th — GA $40 / VIP $75
September 10th / Door Sales Only — GA $55 / VIP $90.50
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Calling all South Florida foodies! On Thursday, September 10, New Times returns to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts for the 8th annual Pairings event.

This highly-anticipated event pairs signature culinary creations from Broward and Palm Beach area restaurants with hand-picked local and international wines, curated by Wine Watch. Restaurants include YOLO, Fork & Balls, Bravo Ristorante, Café Maxx, Café Med, Garlic Knot, Insane Cookies, McCoy’s Oceanfront, New River Grill & Pizza, The New Vegan, Seventh Street Catering, Ten Palms Restaurant, Royal Treatz, Thasos Taverna, WOK, Hardy Park Bistro, Market 17, Adena Grill, S3 and more!

Plus, guests can “be a voice” by supporting charity partner Voices for Children of Broward with a canned food drive and an on-site silent auction.

Enjoy live entertainment, flavorful cuisine from South Florida’s best restaurants, fine wine pairings, complimentary beers and signature cocktails — all in one evening with one ticket.

GA Ticket includes unlimited restaurant sampling from 40+ restaurants, as well as pairings with wine, craft beer and spirits. Guests will also enjoy live entertainment, cooking demonstrations, and appearances by Broward-Palm Beach’s top chefs!

VIP Ticket includes one hour early entrance, at 6 p.m., plus restaurant sampling only found in VIP. VIP guests will also enjoy live entertainment and special wines, craft beers and spirits in the exclusive VIP lounge, in addition to complete access to all Pairings activities.

Tour of Little Haiti with Cultural Meal 8/15/15

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Tour of Little Haiti with Cultural Meal
Saturday, August 15, 10:00am – 2:00pm
littlehaitiLittle Haiti
5927 NE 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33137
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The Urban Tour Host presents “Miami’s Cultural Community Tours & Eco-Tours” featuring Little Haiti.
The walking tour highlights the Historic and Cultural attractions in the vibrant, historic, cultural neighborhood of Little Haiti, Miami and will be conducted by Mr. David Brown, MA, The Urban Tour Host and author of “The Story of Little Haiti featuring its Pioneers”.

The tour will conclude at Leela’s Restaurant in the heart of “Downtown Little Haiti” with a delicious sit down cultural meal.

Miami Real Estate Symposium and Expo 2015 9/16/15 – 9/17/15

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Miami Real Estate Symposium & Expoâ„¢ 2015
Wednesday & Thursday, September 16th & 17th, 2015
James L. Knight International Center
Miami Real Estate Symposium400 Southeast 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
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The Miami Real Estate Symposium & EXPOâ„¢ [MRES & EXPO 2015] is the one and only real estate event which will serve to highlight all real estate classes and products in the Americas. The symposium will bring together the brightest and most experienced real estate minds from the western hemisphere. The participants will learn and interact with these real estate professionals, from academia to real world practitioners. The Miami Real Estate EXPOâ„¢ will serve as a one-stop-shop, bringing participants the products, services and tools to efficiently and effectively operate their organizations. The Icon Real Estate Awardsâ„¢ (IREAâ„¢) will honor real estate visionaries which forged our communities, neighborhoods and skylines. The awards will be given in various categories to celebrate these trailblazers which serve as inspiration for future real estate practitioners.

Wednesday, September 16th, 2015:
Symposium & EXPO 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Networking Reception 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 17th:
Symposium & EXPO 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Icon Real Estate Awards 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
After Party Reception 6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Pre-Launch Showcase of the Miami Real Estate Symposium and EXPO 2015 8/12/15

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Pre-Launch Showcase of the Miami Real Estate Symposium & EXPO 2015
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Ball & Chain
1513 SW 8th St
Miami, FL 33135
Please RSVP: join@miamibrickellchamber.com

Calle 8 Here We Come! Everyone is invited this Wednesday to Ball & Chain Miami for the Pre-Launch Showcase of the Miami Real Estate Symposium & EXPO 2015â„¢ +ICON Real Estate Awardsâ„¢ Please Join the Miami Brickell Chamber of Commerce as We Celebrate the Pre-Launch Showcase of the Miami Real Estate Symposium and EXPO 2015, Plus the ICON Real Estate Awards. You & Your Company Will be informed as to how you can benefit from Participating in Miami’s Most Comprehensive Real Estate Conference and EXPO!

Hialeah Park Casino Celebrates Second Year Anniversary 8/14/15- 8/15/15

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Hialeah Park Casino Celebrates Second Year Anniversary
Friday, August 14, 6:30pm – 2:00am
Saturday, August 15, 8:00pm – 10:00om
HCHialeah Park Casino
100 East 32 Street
Hialeah, FL 33010

Hialeah Park Casino, home to “the world’s most beautiful race course,” marks the second year anniversary of its Casino opening with a two-day celebration. The event will take place with a series of concerts. The anniversary comes only months after the announcement that Hialeah Park Casino will undergo a multi-million dollar expansion.

Hialeah Park, established in 1921, was once known as the “THE” park for thoroughbred horseracing. Under the ownership and vision of John J. Brunetti, Sr., the park is once again a shining light in South Florida. Over time, as horse racing began to lose popularity, Brunetti, Sr. felt the park, known for its storied architecture, needed to live on. Today alive and thriving, it features a state of the art casino, which encompasses the spirit of “The Grand Dame”.

Hialeah Park Casino has now become an entertainment complex that features horseracing, gaming, professional boxing, and concerts by some of the world’s most famous Latin American musical acts, including Grammy Award winners Willy Chirino, Marlow Rosado, and Jose Feliciano.

Hialeah Park Casino will celebrate its second anniversary shortly after the announcement that the Casino will undergo a multi-million dollar development, which includes the opening of the new Kings Court VIP Poker Salon, and a state of the art simulcasting facility, as well as renovations to the Hialeah Park Amphitheater. The project will allow for more entertainment and culinary opportunities.

The festivities commence at 6:30PM on Friday, August 14, with University of Miami’s Casino Night, a private event, in the recently renovated Fountain Terrace outdoor venue. From 8:00-10:00PM on Friday night, VIVA will take over the Fountain Terrace to perform the music of The Beatles, The Four Seasons, and The Beach Boys, in an event that is open to the public. Late night entertainment will be indoors from 10:00PM until 2:00AM. Local favorite DJ El Russo will be joined by special guest Adrian Mesa in the Flamingo Lounge located conveniently inside the Casino. One day later, on Saturday, August 15, Hialeah Park will proudly present the critically acclaimed Miami band Locos Por Juana on the Fountain Terrace from 8:00-10:00PM.

John J. Brunetti, Sr. stated: “I was first captivated by the spirit of Hialeah Park as a young horseracing fan. I later had the opportunity to purchase the park. The wind of change inspired me to create Hialeah Park Casino, keeping the park alive for future generations. We invite the South Florida public to celebrate our second-year anniversary with us, as we continue to make history as a community.”

Hialeah Park Casino, home to the “world’s most beautiful race course”, proudly showcases the premier entertainment complex in South Florida. Hialeah Park Casino features acclaimed facility housing over 800 slots, 33 poker tables, and a variety of lounges, cafes, and restaurants. For more information on Hialeah Park Casino please visit: www.hialeahpark.com. You can find Hialeah Park on Facebook and Twitter.

Access Breakfast: The Future of Transportation in Miami 9/2/15

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Access Breakfast: The Future of Transportation in Miami
Wednesday, September 2, 8:30AM – 11:30AM
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80 Southwest 8th Street, #2400
Miami, FL 33130
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The Beacon Council is hosting an Access Breakfast panel discussion focused on transportation issues on Sept. 2. The panel discussion will include Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo, Jr., Alice Bravo, the new Director of Miami Dade Transit, Jack Stephens, Tri-Rail and Harold Desdunes, FDOT. It will be moderated by George Burgess, Chief Operating Officer for Becker & Poliakoff and former Miami-Dade County Manager. Bank of America is the Presenting Sponsor for the Access Breakfast series.

Photographs of Chalk-Tacular: An Art Project to Reclaim Dan Paul Park on 8/8/15

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Background: The people of Miami were promised a beautiful waterfront park 20 years ago. Today, it’s still concrete and pavement. We – young people and community groups – are reclaiming this land and creating our dream park.

Draw the Dream: Using Dan Paul Park as a 3-Acre canvas to win a Guinness World Record, the attendees are drawing their dream park with 10,000 pieces of chalk.

Join the Ride: Emerge Miami led the “Emerge Miami Second Saturday Ride: The Chalk-Tacular Ride!” from the Allapattah Metro Station (3501 NW 12th Avenue) to Dan Paul Park

Partners: Engage Miami, Emerge Miami, The New Tropic, Urban Environment League, Colony1, Dream Defenders, The New Florida Majority, Roots Collective, Catalyst Miami, Center for Social Change, Chalk Project, Celebrate Diversity Miami, Dark Matter Collective, Guitar Over Guns, Ladyfest Miami, Miami Parks Foundation, New Leaders Council – Miami, SMIA Group / Sustainable Miami, Urban Paradise Guild , Miami City Chess Club and the list is growing.

Chalk-tacular: 3-Acre Art Project to Reclaim Dan Paul Park 8/8/15

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Chalk-tacular: 3-Acre Art Project to Reclaim Dan Paul Park
​August 8, 1-4PM
​Parcel B (the waterfront property due east of AA Arena)
Downtown Miami, FL
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If you draw it, it will come. On August 8th, hundreds of students, families and local artists are teaming up with Engage Miami and a growing coalition of Miami-based community groups to send a very big message to Miami Dade County commissioners and the Heat. This coalition of community groups, students, and artists will work together to create a massive 3-acre chalk drawing that will cover the entire sheet of asphalt currently sitting on top of the infamous Parcel B site (the waterfront property due east of the American Airlines Arena). They want the County and the Heat to deliver the “world-class waterfront park” that was a centerpiece of the advertising campaign the Heat used to persuade Miami-Dade county voters to pass the referendum in favor of building the AA Arena back in 1996.

Co-hosts for this event include Engage Miami and Chalk Project, Catalyst Miami, Center for Social Change, Celebrate Diversity Miami, Colony1, Dark Matter Collective, Dream Defenders, Emerge Miami, Guitars Over Guns, Guns Down Bikes Up, Instagramers Miami, Miami City Chess Club, Miami Parks Foundation, New Leaders Council Miami, The New Florida Majority, The New Tropic, Roots Collective, SMIA Group / Sustainable Miami, Urban Environment League, Urban Paradise Guild UPG and the list is growing.

“We hope this day of fun-filled community engagement will send a strong message to Miami-Dade County commissioners and to the Heat that Miami residents won’t back down until we get what we’ve been promised,”​says Maydee Martinez (19), an Engage Miami board member and current MDC student.
Miami residents’ promised park (including a mini-soccer field) remains just that, a promise. Residents have been waiting 20 years.

“When you don’t get what you want, you gotta do it yourself. And when you do it yourself you might as well go big– real big,” ​says ​Nando Jaramillo of Colony 1 urban farm in Wynwood.
To drive their message home: They’re striving to win a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of independent chalk drawings done in a single setting. The current record is 308 drawings is held by a group in Toyama, Japan.

In addition to reaching out to other community groups, coalition members will send invitations to all county and city commissioners. But, Justin Wales, an event organizer and leader of Engage Miami, says that just showing up is not enough:
“Let’s be clear. Residents, especially young people, are tired of waiting for our elected officials to act. We are claiming this park for the public, as it was promised to us, and we ask that young people across Miami join us.”

NEWS: Locust Projects selects twenty South Florida high school students to participate in the 2015 LAB (LOCUST ARTS BUILDERS) program

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Locust Projects selects twenty South Florida high school students to participate in the 2015 LAB (LOCUST ARTS BUILDERS) program:

locustlabMatthew Alvarez, TERRA Environmental Research Institute; Tony Bernardo, New World School of the Arts; Ezekiel Binns, Miami Edison Senior High; Isabella Bru, Miami Arts Charter School; Catherine Camargo, New World School of the Arts; Joseph Canizales, Design and Architecture Senior High; Juan Cardona, Design and Architecture Senior High; Andres Cazalis Hudec, New World School of the Arts; Jennifer Dupotey, New World School of the Arts; Kelly Eriksen, Palmer Trinity School; Glenn Espinosa, G. Holmes Braddock Senior High; Valeria Fernandez, Dr. Michael Krop Senior High; Nicole Giraldo, Design and Architecture Senior High; Anastasia Khlioustov, Dr. Michael Krop Senior High; Tommy Maharlika, North Miami Beach Senior High; Max Mayoral, Miami Beach Senior High; Theo Rodino, TERRA Environmental Research Institute; Nicolas Stapel, TERRA Environmental Research Institute; Niki Stebbins, Design and Architecture Senior High; Andrea Tabora, Ransom Everglades.

Locust Projects presents the 6th year of LAB (Locust Arts Builders). This year, 20 South Florida high school students were selected from an open call and had the opportunity to create a collaborative exhibition at Locust Projects in Miami’s Design District.

Under the direction of Miami-based contemporary visual artists Monica Lopez de Victoria (of the TM Sisters) and Clifton Childree, students were given the opportunity to create a collaborative exhibition at Locust Projects and manage all aspects of the show’s production during a three-week summer intensive. Students also visited art institutions on guided field trips and interacted with invited members of the local art community at Locust Projects. The LAB program extends Locust Projects’ longstanding commitment to experimentation and innovation in artistic practice to the next generation of South Florida artists. LAB promotes contemporary art and project-based learning as a means to encourage creativity, critical analysis, and problem solving, while also helping participants to develop their communication skills. This unique initiative allows young artists to learn the practical aspects and experience the excitement of creating a public exhibition in collaboration with their peers.

Locust Projects is excited to welcome California-based MFA student Christina Mesiti who has been selected to develop and produce her project Port for the LAB MFA exhibition in the Project Room. Mesiti is studying for her MFA at Claremont Graduate University in California, and received her BFA in Painting from Arizona State University. This is the first year that Locust Projects has held a national open call for the LAB MFA program, and we are thrilled to have received proposals from students attending a broad range of schools across the United States.

ABOUT LOCUST PROJECTS Locust Projects is a not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Local, national and international artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work. Locust Projects supports the local community through educational initiatives and programming that are free to the public.

LAB is funded by the Alvah H. and Wyline P. Chapman Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, and The Children’s Trust. The Children’s Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County.

Locust Projects’ exhibitions and programming are made possible with the support from: The Alvah H. and Wyline P. Chapman Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Cowles Charitable Trust; FAENA, The State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; the National Endowment for the Arts Art Works Grant; Locust Projects Exhibitionist Members.

The Fridge Fudge Pop 12/3/15-12/6/15

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The Fridge Fudge Pop
Thursday, December 3 Through Sunday, December 6, 2015
fridgeHoliday Inn-Miami Beach – Oceanfront
4333 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
www.fridgeartfair.com.

Fridge Art Fair NYC and Fridge Art Fair Miami is pleased to announce its third Miami Edition: The Fridge Fudge Pop taking place in the heart of Miami’s arts and culture center from Thursday, December 3 through Sunday, December 6, 2015. There will also be a Fudge Pop Pre-Party on Wednesday night, December 2nd. The location for Fridge Art Fair’s Fridge Fudge Pop will coalesce in the “Grand Ballroom” of Miami Beach’s “Grand Deco” district at the Holiday Inn-Miami Beach – Oceanfront.

Fridge Art Fair’s third Miami edition has moved from its original location in the City of Miami and its Little Havana home to its new Miami Beach location, but Fridge has not forgotten its Miami Calle Ocho roots! The Fudge Pop Pre-Party will take place at The Historic Ball & Chain on Calle Ocho, beginning at 8:00pm in the heart of “Little Havana Central Station of Arte” where you can get a sneak peak of the landmarks of one of Miami’s most influential and treasured neighborhoods. Entrance is free for Fridge Fudge Pop registered guests to join in the celebration of Fridge Art Fair’s continued successes.

At Fridge Art Fair Miami, galleries, collectives, and artists are all equals in terms of their participation in The Fridge Fudge Pop! The fair is open to all and all are invited. Fridge Fudge Pop will host a VIP Preview of artists on Thursday, December 3rd from 4:00-7:00pm and will have open hours from 11:00am-9:00pm Friday until Sunday, December 6th. This year Fridge Fudge Pop welcomes back frequent Fridger, Johan Wahlstrom as well as second timer, Erin Ko who administered a psychedelic trip via a smartphone app to viewers at Fridge New York 2015, among many other innovative artists. Founder, Eric Ginsburg, is also teaming up once again with Brooklyn Animal Rescue Coalition (BARC) to benefit the pooches-and other furry friends-he loves to paint.

Fridge Art Fair Miami will be held at the Holiday Inn, Miami Beach, located directly across from the Fontainebleau Hotel and N.A.D.A. A wide range of booth choices and art fair floor plans will be made available.

Fridge Art Fair –
Fridge Art Fair was born in 2013 on New York’s Lower East Side. The inaugural Fair was filled to capacity with exhibitors who answered Founder Eric Ginsburg’s challenge, “Can you fit into the Fridge?” at Kazuko Miyamoto’s small but storied storefront, Gallery OneTwentyEight. The Fair has gathered a growing following of exhibitors, sponsors and visitors through two more New York editions, as well as two previous Miami fairs in 2013 and 2014. So far, each Fridge Art Fair has coincided with Frieze New York in May and Art Basel Miami in December.

Fridge Art Fair is the boutique, soft sell, dog-friendly satellite fair dubbed as, “The baby who has refused to obey orders to stand outside the door while the adults confabulate inside,” by Artinfo.

Fridge Art Fair Founder and Artist Eric Ginsburg, known for the uniquely soulful and painterly qualities of his portraits, Eric credits Sol LeWill as a patron and friend who commissioned works, as well as a mentor, and, along with Eric’s “pen pal” William Wegman, as “kind of a hero.”

Ginsburg studied with Maureen Gallace at NYU and received his MFA from Columbia University in 2005. His works are found in public & private collections around the wold including: Herb & Dorothy Vogel (now in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art);Galerie Nieu Schoten (Ten Boom Museum, The Netherlands); the New Britain Museum of American Art; The Cartin Collection; Cindy Sherman; William Wegman; Lisa Spellman; and the Francis J. Greenburger Collection, Paula Cooper and the LeWitt Collection.

Sponsors –
This edition of Fridge Art Fair Miami is being sponsored by Ball & Chain, Barlington Group, Charles Group Hotels, Lose Style Events, Publix, and Holiday Inn returns as the Fair’s premier sponsor after co-hosting Fridge New York 2015.

Links –
• Fridge Art Fair
• Fridge Facebook
• Fridge Twitter

NEWS: Art Boca Raton to Benefit Boca Raton Museum of Art

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David and Lee Ann Lester of Next Level Fairs announce that the opening preview of Art Boca Raton Contemporary Art Fair will benefit the Boca Raton Museum of Art on March 17th, 6-10 pm. Local business and philanthropic leaders Dalia and Duane Stiller will Chair the fund raising event, which will be called “Art Boca Raton Vernissage”. A VIP Preview will begin at 6-7:30 pm followed by a Collectors’ Preview from 7:30-10 pm. The benefit will be led by a prestigious Collectors and Connoisseurs Committee. Over 400 collectors and enthusiasts will gather for the fair preview cocktail party with musical entertainment, dinner by the bite and cocktails during the inaugural fair preview.

“We are very excited that the Boca Raton Museum of Art will be hosting the preview opening night Vernissage as a benefit for the Museum and a way for us to show our hospitality in kicking off Art Boca Raton,” said Dalia Pabón Stiller, Museum Board Chair, who will serve as the Chair of the Vernissage along with her husband Duane Stiller.

Dalia and Duane Stiller are well known business and community leaders. Dalia has an active career as an architectural designer and serves as the President of the Board of Trustees of the Boca Raton Museum and on the Board of Trustees of Cornell University. Duane Stiller founded Woolbright Development, one of Florida’s largest retail real estate companies, and personally supports numerous charities: American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Boca Raton Museum of Art, St. Andrews School, and Cornell School of Architecture and Engineering.

Art Boca Raton will be open to the pubic March 18-21, 2016 and will be held in the International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in the heart of Boca Raton. Showcasing contemporary, modern and emerging art, sculpture, photography, works on paper and installations, the fair will offer a broad range of art to both beginning and seasoned collectors. Art Boca Raton will encompass 60-65 dealers carefully selected by a curatorial committee in order to assure dealer quality and exclusivity.

In conjunction with Art Boca Raton, the Boca Raton Museum of Art is hosting lectures at the fair and “After Dark” evening events of art, music, performance, and wine at the Museum each evening from 6-8 pm and a special presentation on the museum’s exhibition Warhol on Vinyl: Record Covers, 1949-1987 and Warhol Prints from the Collection of Marc Bell.

“Art Boca Raton brings to our city a broader look at the world of art, bringing art dealers and collectors from all corners of the world. Our effort is to ensure that the spirit of the fair permeates the entire city,” said Irvin Lippman, Executive Director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

The International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches will include a 65,000 sq. ft. / 6,100 sq. meter exhibition hall, a full service restaurant, sculpture garden, and lecture hall facility. Ample parking and valet service will be available to fair attendees.

Vernissage VIP and Collector Ticket Sales
www.bocamuseum.org/vernissage
VIP Preview 6 – 7:30 pm: $250 per person
Collector’s Preview 7:30 – 10 pm: $150 per person
RSVP required by March 10, 2016
Phone: 561.392.2500, ext 213
Fax: 561.391.6410
Email: info@bocamuseum.org
Fair information and ticket sales: www.artbocaraton.com

Public Hours
March 18-21; 11 AM – 6 PM

Location
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL

About Boca Raton Museum of Art
The Boca Raton Museum of Art is the only museum in South Florida founded by artists. Established in 1950 as the Art Guild of Boca Raton, the organization has grown to encompass an Art School, Guild, and Museum with distinguished permanent collections of contemporary art, glass, non-western art, photography, and sculpture, as well as a diverse selection of special exhibitions. The Museum is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 AM until 5 PM; on Thursdays from 10 AM until 8 PM; and on weekends from 12 PM until 5 PM. Admission is free during the month of August and on the first Sunday of every month; otherwise $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and free for students with IDs and children under 12. Learn more at www.bocamuseum.org.

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Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event 8/5/15

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Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event
multi-chamber_event_august_2015Wednesday, August 5th, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
La Divina Gastro Club
1250 S Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33130

Cost: Members $10, Non Members $15 in advance
Cost at the Door: Members $15, Non Members $20 at the door
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Monday, August 3rd 2015

Valet Parking: $5 Valet Parking or street parking
Dress Code: Business Attire

The Chambers of Bolivia, Camacol,Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, Haití, Honduras, Junior Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,Poland , along with Brickell Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking event. Members $10 in advance and $15 at the door cash only Non-members $15 in advance and $20 at the door cash only.

Historic Virginia Key Beach Park official 70th Anniversary Party Celebration 8/1/15

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Historic Virginia Key Beach Park official 70th Anniversary Party Celebration
Saturday – August 1, 2015 from 11am to 7pm
Historic Virginia Key Beach Park
4020 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami, FL 33149
www.virginiakeybeachpark.net

To celebrate the rich 70 years of history of this once segregated “colored only” beach & park. Festivities include exciting time-line exhibits from the 1940’s to present day, classic car show, live music performances, 60’s Motown review featuring “Maryel Epps”, Latin retro music, disco dancers, Junkanoo band, retro prices on most food & beverage items, unlimited free rides on the mini train and carousel and so much more.

August 1, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, this special beach located on Virginia Key, known as “Bears Cut” became an official “colored only” recreation site as a direct response to a bold protest, led by the late Judge Thomas. The community is invited to attend a day of celebrations, music, a classic car show, live performances, prizes and giveaways. Activities start at 11am. This is a free event for the community with an $8 vehicle entry charge.

“South Florida is in a new renaissance period of expansion and continued population growth,” shared Guy Forchion, Executive Director for the park. “It’s important that we share the rich cultural history, contributions and historic locations that are the building blocks of our great diverse city. African-American pioneers and Bahamian settlers played a vitally important role in the creation of Miami and building the communities and neighborhoods we live in today. For Forchion, those achievements, contributions, struggles and successes must be recognized and honored. “We’re celebrating the 70th anniversary of Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, a cherished, sacred place for Miami’s people of color and a symbol of segregation in the past that now welcomes everyone.”

Throughout the day there will be a variety of entertainment with something for everyone. Community members who can remember the fun times they spent at Historic Virginia Key Beach Park in the 40’s thru 70’s are encouraged to bring copies of pictures to the event and post them on the “Memory Board” for all to see. For those who have stories to tell of their experience during the “segregated years”, they are invited to visit the “Time Tunnel Video Booth” and record their stories for the park’s historic archives.

In addition to a Classic Car Show and Motown Review, there will also be a (best dressed) contest for those who can replicate the fashion of their favorite era in the 40’s through 90’s, winning prizes for originality.

Dwntwn Arts Fair Sponsor – Thank You to Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau!

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Life Is Art, on behalf of all our partners, would like to thank the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau for supporting the Dwntwn Arts Fair by becoming a Community Sponsor!

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Tourism is Miami’s #1 industry and generates over $22 billion annually for our community. AS the official destination sales and marketing organization for Greater Miami and the Beaches, with representation in 49 cities in 52 countries, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitor’s Bureau (GMCVB) invests millions of dollars in advertising and promotional programs reaching an estimated 14.2 million potential visitors to Greater Miami & the Beaches each year!

GMCVB Partnership offers a wide variety of marketing tools to help you promote your business internationally as well as to local residents. Partner benefits are created to drive business and are what you make of it. Put the strength of the GMCVB to work for you!

Contact GMCVB Partnership at 305-539-3076 or Partners@GMCVB.com to join TODAY or visit www.MiamiandBeaches.com/partners

NEWS: Beck’s Urban Canvas Launches in Miami This Summer with 15 Murals Spread Throughout Wynwood, Little Haiti, Little Havana and Hialeah

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Beck’s Urban Canvas Launches in Miami This Summer with 15 Murals Spread Throughout Wynwood, Little Haiti, Little Havana and Hialeah
The Art and Community Revitalization Campaign Will Feature Twelve Miami-Based Artists, Encouraging Their Creative Freedom and Supporting Events in Miami’s Burgeoning Communities

BecksUCMiami, FL (July 9, 2015) – Beck’s, the world’s most recognized German-style beer, introduced Beck’s Urban Canvas today, a community-focused art project aimed at neighborhood revitalization and the fostering of progressive thinking in Miami. Beck’s is continuing its tradition of supporting creators and innovators from around the world. For the first ever Beck’s Urban Canvas project, 12 visionary artists from Miami have been hand-selected to create 15 original works of art throughout the Magic City. These specially commissioned murals and installations will come to life in Miami’s creatively inspired communities of Little Havana, Little Haiti, Wynwood and in the recently launched artist live/work area known as the Leah Arts District in Hialeah. The Beck’s Urban Canvas crew of multicultural artists include: Trek 6, Don Rimx, Hoxxoh, Typoe, Jose Mertz, Tatiana Suarez, 2 Alas, Ernesto Maranje, Magnus Sodamin, Diana Contreras, Jessy Nite and Abstrk.

The Beck’s Urban Canvas project will also come to life at special events this summer season. Beck’s Urban Canvas will create special pop-up party experiences while supporting essential community programming such as Viernes Culturales in Little Havana, Big Night in Little Haiti, Arts and Entertainment District, the Leah Arts District and Wynwood Art Walk.

“We are always looking to enable artists and support communities in South Florida that are taking part in really interesting and community-focused work. The things that may go unnoticed at first, but ultimately can’t be ignored,” said Becks Regional Marketing Director, Mateus Schroeder, “The artists we’ve invited to participate in this project are helping to shape the local culture and we are excited to share their creations with Beck’s drinkers and support events in these respective communities that everyone can appreciate.”

Beck’s Urban Canvas is intended to celebrate the relationship between creative expression and community engagement. Events will be announced on social media via the #BecksUrbanCanvas hashtag. Art lovers are invited to visit the murals during this creative process and share photos on social media.

For more details, please visit BecksUrbanCanvas.com. Follow #BecksUrbanCanvas for up to date information.

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GMCVB Partner Mixer at The Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami 7/29/15

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GMCVB Partner Mixer at The Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami
Wednesday, July 29, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami
1600 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA
Cost To Attend:
Current GMCVB Partners: FREE
Non-GMCVB Partners: $10
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Valet Parking: $15 with validation
Public parking garages available
on 16th Street (between Washington Av & Collins)

The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Partnership Team cordially invites you to attend our Partnership Networking Mixer. Please join us for networking, passed hors d’oeuvres and a complimentary drink. Feel free to bring brochures for display, to highlight your company’s services. We encourage you to bring promotional gifts and door prizes for additional exposure.

NEWS: Monica Burguera Foundation Partners with Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show for 6th Annual Fishing and Spearfishing for Boating Safety Tournament

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Miami, FL, July 9, 2015 – The Monica Burguera Foundation (MBF) announced today the Progressive® Insurance Miami International Boat Show® as sponsor of its upcoming 6th Annual Fishing and Spearfishing for Boating Safety Tournament, taking place Saturday, August 8, 2015 at the Key Biscayne Yacht Club. The tournament draws more than 100 anglers and all funds raised will go towards free monthly boating safety classes that are held in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard as part of MBF’s mission to spread awareness for watercraft safety and boating education.

As Silver Sponsor of the Fishing Tournament, Miami Boat Show organizers will be onsite during the Captains Reception on August 6 and during the fishing tournament on August 8 to support MBF and the show’s shared mission to spread awareness for boating safety and education; the boat show will provide boating safety courses through its Discover Boating Hands-On Skills Training courses and other programs during the annual event February 11-15, 2016 at its new home, Miami Marine Stadium Park & Basin.

Registration per boat for the Fishing and Spearfishing for Boating Safety Tournament is $500; $50 for extra anglers on boat. The registration fee includes: Captains Reception, boat goodie bag, tournament t-shirt, day of fun for family and friends, Post-Tournament Cocktail Party, and Award Ceremony. The fee is $35.00 for adults and $25 for children who don’t wish to fish but would like to support and attend the tournament. Register today at www.mbfBoatingSafety.org

Other sponsors for MBF’s 2015 Fishing and Spearfishing for Boating Safety Tournament include:

· Gold Anchor Sponsors: Rickenbacker Marina, Inc, Estrella Insurance, Gincho Production, SeaHunter, Joe L. Fernandez
· Silver Anchor Sponsors: ACR Electronics, Progressive Insurance International Miami Boat Show
· Bronze Anchor Sponsor: Roma
· Anchor Sponsors: B&B Manufacturing Corp, Star Casualty, Star Brite,
· Media/Marketing Sponsors: Imagen, Planeta Media
· Beverage Sponsors: Anchor Distilling Co., Islamorada Beer Company, Copa Di Vino, Marley Beverage, Sparkling Ice
· Burgee Sponsors: Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, USA Coast Guard Auxiliary, Sea Tow, Sailboards Miami, BOATPIX, Key Biscayne Yacht Club, Mercy Hospital

To register, volunteer, sponsor and get more information, please contact Mari Novo at mm@monicaburguerafoundation.org or 305-398-4609 or visit: www.mbfBoatingSafety.org

About Monica Burguera Foundation
The Monica Burguera Foundation (MBF) was created in memory of Monica Burguera, a 20-year-old Florida International University student who died in a tragic boating accident during the 2006 Columbus Day weekend festivities in Miami, Florida. The Foundation is committed to saving lives and making our waters safer for all by promoting watercraft safety and boater education. Through a combination of community education, outreach and events, the Foundation works to create boating safety awareness as well as to prevent boating accidents. To learn more about the Monica Burguera Foundation, make a contribution or to sign up for free watercraft safety classes, please go to www.mbfBoatingSafety.org
With your support, we can do even more to help save lives and prevent boating accidents.

About the Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show
The Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show is produced by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), the world’s largest producer of boat shows and the leading association representing the recreational boating industry. The boat show generates $600 million of economic activity each year and supports 55,000 Florida jobs. In 2016, the show will celebrate its 75th year and a new location at Miami Marine Stadium Park & Basin. NMMA member companies produce more than 80 percent of the boats, engines, trailers, accessories and gear used by boaters and anglers throughout the U.S. and Canada. The association is dedicated to industry growth through programs in public policy advocacy, market statistics and research, product quality assurance and promotion of the boating lifestyle. For more information, visit www.nmma.org.

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River Of Art Pop-Up Art-in-Public-Places Exhibition and Social Mixer at Bahama Breeze Kendall 7/21/15

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River Of Art Pop-Up Art-in-Public-Places Exhibition and Social Mixer
RiverOfArtWeb-24SOULTuesday, July 21, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Bahama Breeze
12395 SW 88th St
West Kendall Miami, FL 33186
Tickets: $10 with Advance Purchase, Promo Code: SOUL
$20 at the Door
Purchase Tickets Online
Includes complimentary cuisine tastings and a welcome drink courtesy of Bahama Breeze.
Plenty of Free Parking
Hashtags: #RiverOfArt

Featuring
Visual Artists: Felipe Rodriguez Castillo, David Martins, Vera Arias
Charities: Badges of Courage

Soul Of Miami brings the community together at our River Of Art pop-up art-in-public-places show to socialize through the power of the arts with the goal of exposing new artists, introducing new people to art appreciation, providing an inspiring space to make new connections, showcasing local businesses and charities, while providing a fun break during the work week.

Art is an inspiring talking point, discussing it is a great way to break the ice. Culture is one of the primary elements that build community and hosting a business networker within an art show is a unique way to encourage socializing, so attendees are encouraged to bring plenty of business cards and an open mind.

Premiere Sponsor: Spectrum Miami
Partners: Fabulous Miami – YOMiami – SocialMedia305 – Catalyst Miami – InTheLoop305 – Arts & Business Council – Bakehouse Art Complex – Association of Fundraising Professionals – Social Media Club South Florida – The New Tropic
With support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

4th Of July Roundup 2015

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The Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event 7/8/15

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The Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event
multi-chamber-invitationJuly__2015Wednesday, July 8th, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Cova Restaurant & Bar
999 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Cost: Members $10, Non Members $15 in advance
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Monday, July 6th 2015
Cost at the Door: Members $15, Non Members $20 at the door
Valet Parking: $10 Valet Parking or street parking
Dress Code: Business Attire

The Chambers of Bolivia, Camacol, Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, Haití, Honduras, Junior Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, along with Brickell Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking event.

Miami New Times Iron Fork Miami Spice Kickoff 2015 7/30/15

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Miami New Times Iron Fork Miami Spice Kickoff 2015
Thursday, July 30, 2015
VIP: 6 – 7 p.m.
GA: 7 – 10 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Miami/James L Knight Center
400 SE 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33131

Tickets:
VIP: $75 Advance June 15 – June 30
$85 Regular Price July 1 – July 29
$100 at the door

GA: $45 Advance June 15 – June 30
$50 Regular Price July 1 – July 29
$65 at the door
Website Link

The eighth-annual Miami New Times Iron Fork, presented by the Downtown Miami Development Authority, will once again partner with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau to host the official Miami Spice Kickoff Event on Thursday, July 30, 2015.

The kickoff event returns to the Hyatt Regency Miami where dining enthusiasts will enjoy some of the finest restaurants featured during the Miami Spice program, as well as dozens of other top local eateries. The footprint also extends into the James L Knight Center’s world-class theater and entertainment venue.

The event brings guests culinary creations from more than 60 of South Florida’s luxury and fine-dining restaurants, including Morton’s the Steakhouse, 26 Sushi & Tapas, Miami Smokers, City Hall The Restaurant, Sugar Yummy Mama, Rusty Pelican, Novecento, and Donut Divas, just to name a few. (A full list – updated daily – can be seen here: http://microapp.miaminewtimes.com/ironfork/2015/restaurants.php.)

In addition, Miami New Times has once again partnered with the charitable organization Share Our Strength to support their No Kid Hungry campaign to bring awareness of childhood hunger in America. Guests can participate in a silent auction during the event to support the cause, as well as get the chance to win one Grand Prize – A Night of Spice with Chef Allen.

And of course, celebrated Chef Allen Susser hosts the Fork Off Chef Competition, a fierce fight to the culinary finish between two of Miami’s hottest chefs, Eileen Adrade from FINKA Table & Tap and Dena Marino from MC Kitchen with judges Danny Serfer (Mignonette/Blue Collar), Jamie DeRosa (Tongue & Cheek/Izzy’s Fish & Oyster) and Ralph Pagano (Naked Taco/Naked Lunch).

In addition to the Fork Off Chef Competition, Susser has also curated the Shuck It Oyster Competition presented by Midtown Oyster Bar. Chefs from select Miami Spice restaurants will be timed to see who can shuck a dozen oysters the fastest. The competitors include chefs from Mignonette, Izzy’s Fish & Oyster, J&G Grill at St Regis Bal Harbour, Lure Fishbar and The Oceanaire Seafood Room – all timed by New Times’ own Laine Doss.

The epicurean event will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. for General Admission ticket-buyers and will bring together thousands of young professionals, local businesses, and foodies for an evening of gourmet food selections, tasty libations, and live entertainment. Guests who prefer a more intimate dining experience can purchase VIP tickets, which include entry to the event one hour early, at 6 p.m., and access to a private VIP bar and lounge area featuring exclusive entertainment and an elite selection of Miami’s best luxury dining restaurants.

Social Media Day South Florida 6/28/15

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Social Media Day South Florida
Sunday, June 28, 12:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Social Media Day Conference
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM: Sunset Cocktail
SMDAYSFL2015-800 Hyatt Regency Pier 66
2301 SE 17th St
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
Register Online
Schedule

An international celebration of social media promoted by Mashable, now celebrating its 5th consecutive year in South Florida. Based on our track record, we expect over 500 top influencers, speakers and enthusiasts from Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and beyond to gather for a fun day of sharing and networking. Our South Florida conference celebrates the art and craft of social media through multiple tracks that benefit all users. An energetic social and networking happy hour mixer follows the conference.

Plenary session, three breakout rooms, an exhibition hall, hospitality suites, and more.

In the Lobby Lounge . . . Words 6/17/15

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In the Lobby Lounge . . . WORDS!
wordsWednesday, June 17th – 6:30pm
Olympia Theater at Gusman Center
174 E. Flagler Street
Miami FL 33131

This month’s theme is ArT, which means we will be reading WORDS! about aRT . . .

. . . and we’ve got some very special words indeed!

The Blazing World, by Siri Hustvedt. Breaking down the book through fiction reading, Olympia actors will bring to life the characters of Hustvedt’s latest novel, the provocative story of artist Harriet “Harry” Burden who, after years of watching her work ignored or dismissed by critics, conducts an experiment she calls Maskings. She presents her own art behind three male masks, concealing her female identity.

Wednesday, June 17th will be our first evening focused solely on fiction, breaking down a single book, and The Blazing World, with its fractured structure and diverging perspectives, really lends itself to this approach. Raquel Roque from Books & Books in Coral Gables will be on hand with copies of the novel for sale.

Doors open at 6:00 pm and the reading starts at 6:30 pm. Cocktails available at the bar. Guided tour of the historic Olympia Theater during intermission.

This is a FREE event, open to the public.

In The Lobby Lounge . . .”WORDS! is our second foray into the wonderful world of Wednesdays in Downtown Miami,” says Olympia Theater Executive Director Robert Geitner, “bringing theatre and prose back to the Olympia on a monthly basis.” Future words-oriented evenings will include directed play readings, improv, skits & spontaneous theater, short stories, readings of excerpts from longer works of fiction, and personal monologues “in their own words.” By October 2015, the event will be scheduled the first Wednesday of every month.

Presented by the Olympia Theater
Sponsored by the Miami Downtown Development Authority
Grant funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

North American Sommelier Association Discover Italian Wine, Food and Culture 6/26/15 – 6/27/15

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JQI President AlessandraOrlichDiscover Italian Wine, Food and Culture in South Florida beginning June 26th

Whether you are a wine lover or wine professional, the North American Sommelier Association (NASA) courses provide both an immersive and authentic Italian wine experience.

NASA IWS PhotoDiego Meraviglia, NASA’s VP, Director of Education and Gold-Pin Sommelier returns to South Florida to teach two Italian wine courses beginning June 26, 2015. Meraviglia is a Piemonte native living in California. The courses are sponsored by Just Quality Importer, Inc. and its President Alessandra Orlich, Sommelier and the official delegate for NASA Sommelier in Florida.

NASA IWS ToscanaDivno 102013FranciaCortaTwo Options are Available:

Piemonte: King under the Mountain – A new, 6 hour course that covers the vast majority of wines produced in the Piemonte region; their typicality, classification, history, characteristics and folklore, as well as notions of traditional food pairings and overview of the entire region itself. Tasting of the most representative wine appellations in Piemonte, alongside some hidden gems, is also included.

June 26th, 2015 from 9:30am – 4:00pm (with lunch break)

Toscana Divino – 900 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33130
Cost: $270 all included / $220 (current 2015 NASA members)
Advance Registration Required
For information, call: 786.427.9187 or email miami@nasommelier.com
Facebook Event
Registration Link

Italian Wine Specialist Certification Course – The classes deeply and fully explore all 20 wine regions of Italy, their wine laws, regulations, grape varietals, traditions, trends, history, and a brief overview of the cuisine and culture.

NASA VP DiegoMeraviglia ItalianWineSpecialist ToscanaDivino 2013June 27 – 30, 2015
Exam: Friday, July 31, 2015
Classes Start at 9:30 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m.

Ironside Pizza, 7580 NE 4th Ct., Miami, FL 33138
$650.00 per person
Advance Registration Required
For information, call: 786.427.9187 or email miami@nasommelier.com
Facebook Event
Registration Link

(This post is sponsored, please support the sponsors that make Soul Of Miami possible.)

Summer Arts and Artisan Expo 6/27/15

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Sat. June 27, 2015 @ 11:00 AM-5:00PM
Toyota of North Miami
444 NW 165 St. Rd.
Miami, FL 33169

Summer Arts and Artisan Expo, a free event to welcome the Summer Season, will bring together a diverse group of local craft people and artisans for a pop up gallery show at the new and beautiful Toyota of North Miami.

Over 20 artists and artisans with paintings and Hand-made art, crafts artisan products including paintings, soy candles, leather accessories, metal work, sculpture, organic skin care products, ceramics, fashion, and crochet. Artisanal food products will also be featured.

The Perfect Summer Concert Outfit

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Summer will be here in just a few short weeks. What do you have planned? Besides summer vacations, quality time with friends and family and reading a good book by the pool, there are also some incredible concerts to watch! Your calendar is no doubt booked solid with all of your favorite artists and now all that’s missing is the perfect concert outfit.

With so many options it’s hard to know exactly what to wear. You could go with a maxi dress, women’s sandals from Reef, a pair of jeans and cowgirl boots, or just a skirt and tee-shirt. Depending on the theme of the concert it’ll be fun to come up with an ensemble that’s comfy and stylish. Here’s an outfit that’ll work perfectly for any concert during the summer:

Button Down Blouse

A cotton blouse is perfect for warmer weather and will complement sparkly accessories and a pair of jeans. Buy one in your favorite color which can be in a baby blue, pink, or polka dot purple pattern. Pair a blouse with a tank top underneath, so if you get hot during the concert you can unbutton your blouse and just wear your tank top.

Leather Flip Flops

You can’t go wrong with women’s leather flip flops that will feel comfy when you’re walking around a lot throughout the concert evening. These durable flip flops are ideal for a variety of events and are perfect when you’re on your feet a lot as your feet won’t get sore. Leather flip flops will also go with any outfit and will look perfect with your button down blouse.

A Simple Necklace and a Lightweight Purse

Since you’re going for the simple yet chic look with your blouse and sandals, a simple necklace with a heart pendant or your name will blend well with your blouse. A lightweight purse such as a crossbody bag or wallet with a strap will work perfectly for a concert. Keep in mind you’ll want to bring a purse that won’t weigh you down but at the same time won’t get lost. If you carry a wallet with a strap you could accidentally set it down somewhere and forget about it. Don’t let that happen! Since your outfit is coming together well, all you need now is the perfect pair of jeans!

Skinny Jeans

Depending on the weather, finish off your outfit with a pair of skinny jeans or jean shorts. Look for shorts that have pockets with jewels or sequins to bring on the glam factor. It’ll all go together quite nicely. Now it’s time for the concert to begin!

This post is sponsored, please support the sponsors that make Soul Of Miami possible.

Perez Art Museum Miami Poplife Social June Event Featuring John Hancock III 6/18/15

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Pérez Art Museum Miami’s Poplife Social June Event Featuring John Hancock III
Thursday, June 18, 2015, 6-10pm
Perez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
General museum admission ($16); Tickets available online; Space is limited, pre-registration is recommended. PAMM members free.
Getting Here/Parking: Limited parking on site for a fee; Metromover recommended (Museum Park station); Overflow parking at Omni Garage (take Metromover one stop).

Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and Poplife present the tropical pop music of John Hancock III at the June PAMM Third Thursdays: Poplife Social on Thursday, June 18, 2015, 6-10pm. Enjoy Hancock’s live performance, purchase happy hour drink and food specials or make reservations at Verde restaurant, see the new exhibition Poetics of Relation, and partake in art-making for prizes.

New this month, Poplife Social will introduce a pre-ticketing system for quick entry whereby museum tickets can be purchased online at http://www.pamm.org/poplife-social-john-hancock. Admission is $16 for adults (food/drink not included). Space is limited and pre-purchase is highly recommended. Poplife Social runs every third Thursday through September 2015, 6-10pm (galleries close at 9pm) and general museum admission rates apply. Verde will be open for dinner on June 18 from 5pm and the last seating will be at 9pm. Reservations can be made online at http://www.pamm.org/dining or by calling 305-375-8282.

“PAMM Third Thursdays: Poplife Social is the perfect place to unwind after a long day, impress a first date, or just wait out the traffic after work, and we are thrilled that the response has been so positive,” said PAMM Interim Director Leann Standish. “To meet the growing demand for the series, we are adding pre-ticketing and more food and bar stations to make sure that everyone has a magical evening enjoying the galleries, live music, great food and time with friends.”

June 18 Food and Drink Prices
Miso Glazed Chicken Skewers – $9
Pork Belly Bao Buns – -$9
Grilled Mushroom Bao Buns – $9
Shrimp Chips – $3
Kimchee Pickles – $3
Soda and Bottled Water – $3
Beer and Wine – $6
Liquor – $9

PAMM members receive complimentary general museum admission for 12 months, which includes PAMM Third Thursdays, as well as other benefits which vary by level. PAMM Contemporaries level members receive access to the Poplife Social Contempo Lounge, complete with a dedicated bar serving complimentary cocktails. To join, visit pamm.org/support. PAMM members are guaranteed entry to Poplife Social with valid membership card.

Pérez Art Museum Miami has its own Metromover station, Museum Park on the Omni Loop. On-site parking is limited, and arrival by Metromover is recommended. Overflow parking is available at Omni Garage (take Metromover one stop south from Omni station to Museum Park station.)

About John Hancock III
John Hancock III makes tropical pop music for every season, ranging from spaced out Arthur Russell inspired grooves to hyped-up digital calypso. Best known as the lead singer of Miami bedroom pop pioneers ANR (Awesome New Republic), Hancock, or ‘MJ’ as he’s called by most, has produced music with multi-media artist Jillian Mayer, as well as scoring many wild works of the Borscht Film Festival. This year promises several new releases full of saccharine 60’s pop fed through an old computer, via the 10K Islands music collective.

About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A 29-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org, find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter (@pamm).

A Very Special River Of Art and Taste of Opa-locka 6/23/15

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Life Is Art, Soul Of Miami, Buskerfest and the Opa-locka CDC present a very special River Of Art and Taste of Opa-locka
Tuesday, June 23, 6:00pm-10:00pm
The ARC – Arts & Recreation Center
RiverOfArtWeb-23SOUL675 Ali Baba Avenue
Opa-locka, FL 33054

$10 with Advance Purchase, Promo Code: SOUL
Register Here
$20 at the Door
Proceeds go to support the local arts.
Free Parking

Hosted at the brand new Opa-locka Arts and Recreation Center, this is our biggest River Of Art, yet! Featuring ten amazing local artists, a showcase of hot local bands, and tastings by several Opa-locka restaurants, we guarantee this will be worth the drive! Includes complimentary tastings from Opa-locka restaurants and wine sponsored by Papi Demi Sec. Free parking.

Featuring
Visual Artists: Ivan Roque, Franklin A. Cedeno, Alfrena Moosa, Gary L. Moore, James Brutus, Paschal, Edwive Seme, Daniel Ferrer, Glenda Ramos, David Bulit
Live Music and Performance Showcase: Gypsy Cat Band, Dangerfun, The Tribe, Najee Lee
Restaurant Tastings: Jackson Soul Food, Country Meat Market, Hammond’s Bakery, Crabman 305, Leroys BBQ, Miami Finga Licking, The Sweet Boutique and More
Drink Tastings: Papi Demi Sec

Bringing People and Art Together
The River Of Art is an exciting evening of business networking featuring an interesting show, excellent music, delicious cuisine tastings and refreshing beverages. The River Of Art is a monthly gathering place of Miami’s good people, executives, industrialists, innovators, creators, entrepreneurs, changemakers, activists, and artists. Attendees may enjoy a complimentary welcome beer and tastings of the menu included with your entry.
Hashtag: #RiverOfArt

Premiere Sponsor: Spectrum Miami
Partners: Fabulous Miami – YOMiami – SocialMedia305 – Catalyst Miami – InTheLoop305 – Arts & Business Council – Bakehouse Art Complex – Association of Fundraising Professionals – Social Media Club South Florida – The New Tropic
With support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

The Miami Art Expo 2015 6/19/15 – 6/26/15

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The Miami Art Expo 2015
Saturday 20th June 2015 – Friday 26th June 2015 : 11.00pm – 17.00pm Open to the public
Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery
themiamiartexpo1800 N Bayshore Dr
Miami, FL 33132
Free entry
Prebook Free tickets online and enter a draw to win an original artwork. Prebook or just walk-in and we will see you there!
Friday 19th June 2015 : 6.00pm – 9.00pm Grand Opening, Private View, Champagne Reception sponsored by Juve & Camps.
Private View & Vernissage only $10.00 per VIP ticket.

The Miami Art Expo is an exciting show for the Miami Art Aficionado’s and Collectors to enjoy. An international Exhibition of Contemporary Art that will showcase some of the best artworks by a great selection of emerging artists from around the world including many from UK & Europe.

Visitors can expect a variety of paintings, photography art, urban art, sculptures, in different styles. The event gives a great opportunity to invest into international art, and is a showcase of the established artist as well as young talent displayed at the Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery water view venue providing an extraordinary setting for the Miami Art Expo.

All artworks on show are for sale between a price range from $ 200 USD up to $ 15.000 USD.

2035 – Powered by PechaKucha 6/5/15

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2035 – Powered by PechaKucha
Friday, May 5, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
004 Connec | Graffiti Paint and Supplies
20352412 N Miami Ave
Miami, Florida 33127
Advance Reservation
#ImaginingMiami

On Friday, June 5th night we’re excited to present “2035 – Powered by PechaKucha” at the 004 connec space in Wynwood. It will be an evening fundraiser filled with local art, great music, delectable refreshments, and inspiring visual presentations from organizations currently utilizing arts & culture to positively impact the greater Miami community. The suggested donation is just $10.00, and funds raised at the event will go towards creating a “High-Impact, Low-Infrastructure Seed Fund” that will go towards small, actionable projects being developed on June 6th during IMAGINING MIAMI. Our fundraising goal is $2,035!!!

Presenting Organizations:
Child of this Culture Foundation, Inc., The Leah Arts District, Miami Urban Contemporary Experience, Opa-locka Community Development Corporation (OLCDC), and Return to the Roots

Miami is just one of more than a dozen cities to host an “Imagining” this summer as part of a nationwide initiative by the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, the nation’s newest people-powered department. Imaginings are vibrant, arts-infused events that invite community members to envision their towns and cities 20 years into the future, and to spark ideas about how to get there, starting now.

Partners & Sponsors:
004 Connec | Graffiti Paint and Supplies, Bunnie Cakes, The Motivational Edge, and more to come!

If you have any questions and/or are interested in coming on board as an event volunteer, sponsor, etc., please contact Naomi Lauren Ross via celebratediversitymiami@gmail.com.

The Gallery at McCormick Place 3rd Year Anniversary Celebration 6/5/15

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The Gallery at McCormick Place 3rd Year Anniversary Celebration
Friday, June 5th, 6:00pm to 11:00pm
PrintMcCormick Place
111 SW 3rd Street
Miami, FL 33130
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The Gallery @ McCormick Place with cohost Life Is Art will Celebrate its 3rd Anniversary Celebration on First Friday Downtown Arts Night. This event will feature artist Griselda Lechini.

The performances will start at 7:30pm sharp with HistoryMiami’s Artist in Residence Flamenco dancer and choreographer Clarita Filgueiras. At 8:30pm, The Opera Atelier will delight with an unexpected and riveting performance. Also, throughout the night we will have local Miami artist and DJ, Jonathan Chan playing some of Miami’s greatest hits.

On the upper floors of McCormick Place, 2nd, 3rd,and 7th floor, houses the fine art studios of Sidney Cooper, Gustavo Gonzalez, Daniela Canabal, Bonnie Rodriguez, Arrington Magny, Sophie Perreault, Maria Dussan, Future Vision Records, Jaro Joseph, King J, Mariana Vidal Goss, Karen Kim, and Sharon Rauvola. Also debuting for Art Walk is MyoCortex Human Performance Facility, they value continuing education and takes pride in remaining on the forefront of exercise biomechanics. And they are located on the 5th floor. Lastly is the Opera Atelier’s new corporate headquarters on the 6th Floor. The Opera Atelier is a world leader in the rediscovery and revitalization of period opera and ballet, particularly works from the Baroque era through their historically informed productions.

As McCormick Place Miami Gallery enters its third year; art curator Sean McCormick has a very special announcement regarding the future of the McCormick Place Gallery as well as a new and innovative approach to future gallery events.

Drinks will be served by Fernet Branca; one of Italy’s most famous liquor. Food and wine will be provided as well.

The McCormick Place would like to thank all of its sponsors: Miami Dade County Commissioner Juan C Zapata, MDAD (Miami Dade Art District), Car 2 Go, and Life Is Art.

McCormick Place Miami Gallery Open Monday through Friday 10-5, or by appointment.