Video archive of the Knight Arts Challenge Town Hall Meeting that took place on March 9th at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. Deadline for the Challenge is March 15.

Video by Soul Of Miami.

Please join us for dinner in honor of artists
Ceal Floyer Cory Arcangel
Immediately following the MOCA opening of:
CEAL FLOYER: AUTO FOCUS & CORY ARCANGEL: THE SHARPER IMAGE
Thursday, March 11th, 9:00 pm
Buena Vista Bistro
4582 NE 2ND AVENUE
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33137
(305) 456-5909
www.buenavistabistro.com
Prix Fixe Dinner $65/person*
For MOCA Shakers and Above Members.
Please RSVP with payment and dietary restrictions by Monday, March 8 to trobertsoncarter@mocanomi.org or call Tracey at 305 893 6211 x42
Seats are limited and can only be secured with payment. No refunds. Thank You.
*Price includes: Tax, Gratuity, Wine/Beverage

Knight Arts Challenge Live Town Hall Meeting with Dennis Scholl

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is now accepting applications for the Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide contest that aims to bring South Florida together through the arts. Have a big idea for the local cultural scene? Submit it through March 15 at KnightArts.org.

Artists and art advocates interested in applying for the challenge’s third round also are invited to a town hall meeting. Miami Program Director Dennis Scholl, who leads the challenge, will answer questions.
Little Haiti Cultural Center
March 9, 5:30 p.m.
260 NE 59th Ter.
Miami, FL

A group of us artists, mostly former graduates from “Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute” are putting together a benefit auction from works donated by artists. The Haitian Cultural Alliance will act as a fiscal agent and Miami Art Exchange will be collecting the works at their location at 2051 NW 2nd Ave. Miami, FL. Tue-Sat 11-5pm.

Get involved , help spread the word and make a difference join the Artists for Haiti fan page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Artists-for-Haiti/302010420560

Any way that you guys can help spread the word or get involved is greatly appreciated.

FALL IN LOVE WITH DANCE NOW!
DANCE NOW! PERFORMANCE
AND BENEFIT FOR HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
FEBRUARY 14 AT THE LITTLE HAITI CULTURAL CENTER
WHO: The Dance Now! Ensemble and the Little Haiti Cultural Center
WHAT: Valentine’s Day Performance and Benefit

Dance Now! heralds the Season of Love this February 14 with a cocktail reception at 4:00 pm followed by a performance at 5:00 pm.
Celebrating the company’s 10th Anniversary and its new residency at the Little Haiti Cultural Center.

Suggested donation: $35 ($25 for students)
all contributions are tax deductible

DNE is contributing 20% of all proceeds to the Haitian Earthquake Relief and donations can be made on site to go directly to that cause.

WHERE: Little Haiti Cultural Center, 212 NE 59th Terrace, Miami, Fl 33137
WHEN: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 4:00 PM
RSVP: rsvp@dancenowmiami.org
for more info: 305-975-8489 or www.dancenowmiami.org

I know you guys want to get active and find the best way to channel your dollars and charitable contributions to Haiti. Here are two great ways to get active. I am performing at TWO Haitian benefit shows this weekend. Service is the rent I pay for living. Come support something larger than yourself.

Here are the deets:
Friday (1/15) at Churchill’s Pub:
Name: Republique Compassion- Haiti Relief Benefit
Host: The United Nations of Miami
Venue: Churchill’s Pub
Official Charity: Red Cross
Start: around 8
Donations: Food, clothes, money (there might also be a blood drive)
Min Donation: $10
Performing:
Black Bobby
Ephniko
Haitian Hillbilly
Tusk

Sunday (1/17) “afternoon” at “a cool downtown location TBA”:
I don’t have all of the details on this yet. So, save the date. This is going to be a super dope show with tons of great opportunities to contribute or pitch in however you can.
“i wake up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. sometimes this makes planning the day a little difficult.” – E.B. White

Fun fact about Haiti:
Haiti is the ONLY nation on the planet whose independence was gained as part of a successful slave rebellion.

SWEAT RECORDS
Monday, December 21, 2009
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Sweat Records
5505 ne 2nd Ave
Miami, FL

This Movie Monday come out for the last in our installments of Boosh-a-Thon’s! UK cult comedy THE MIGHTY BOOSH is one of the strangest yet funniest shows ever and this Monday we’ll be showing the best of Season 3. We’ve even got the awesome limited edition Pete Fowler Boosh action figures if you fancy! No cover as always.

Phased By Time
Please, join us for yet another electronic music event in Miami.
Best,
Juraj

12 Nights of Electronic Music and Art: Phased By Time
featuring University of Miami’s Electronic Music Ensemble
(Lawrence W. Moore, Jim McDavitt and Mutaal Green)

November 20, 8PM
Sweat Records
5505 NE 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33137
info@12nights.org
http://www.12nights.org/Night10.html

This month we are featuring an ensemble of young musicians from University of Miami at one of the city’s most progressive electronic music venues: The Sweat Records. Performance by Lawrence W. Moore, Jim McDavitt and Mutaal Green promises to blend experimental, hip-hop, acid jazz and space electronica in real-time.
Admission free!

Nothing Lasts Forever
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER: STASH GALLERY FEATURES THE ELUSIVE BUT DYANAMIC ART OF MIAMI’S MOST TALENTED STREET ARTISTS
The show will be an homage to artists with long-standing street cred

You’re driving down the street and you see it. You’re walking on South Beach or in Wynwood and you see it; the work of an artist who has gone beyond graffiti, and off the canvas, to create a work of art with the tools he immediately has available to him: a wall; an electric pole; a doorway or even the sidewalk itself. You don’t know their names but see their work over and over again and know a creative talent is lurking in the shadows waiting to make his mark in the art world.

These very artists, names you may not recognize yet: Atomik, Quake, Negz One, Cebzke, and Abstract, will bring their art off the street and indoors for the first time at Stash Gallery in Miami’s Design District from November 21-30, 2009 for their first gallery show in the city. Evo Love, local artist and co-founder of Stash Gallery, says it was important for the gallery to showcase these artists because, “We wanted to open up everyone’s minds about street art, that street art is just one aspect of the talent of these artists. We wanted to give them an opportunity to show others their deepest and darkest secrets. They are not vandals or delinquents but passionate people who express themselves in the ways they know best.”

“This collaborative show will exhibit new works by some of Miami’s most prolific and inspiring street artists,” notes Romain Gateau, co-founder, Stash Gallery. “The theme, the reality of impermanence, is a constant struggle for most of these artists who leave their mark outside galleries and mainstream media outlets.” Gateau and Love say Nothing Lasts Forever was produced to remind art lovers about what motivates these artists, even after the majority of their work has been erased and forgotten. Why they continue to do what they love.

Some of these artists have gained well-earned reputations over the past few years and have been tapped to put their creative stamp on commercial and artistic ventures. Abstrk, for instance, currently produces custom apparel, incredible canvases and character sculptures. He has successfully crossed over from painting Miami’s walls and transit to working for clients like KRS One, Rakim, Fat Joe, Sean Kingston, Black Dada and Gibson Guitars among many others.
Stash Gallery
162 NE 50 Terrace
Miami, FL 33137

This place is awesome, the food is SO good.  I had the steamed shrimp in a garlic butter sauce, it was served with red beans and rice and your choice of sweet or green plantains, I got the sweet plantains.  They brought out this sauce that is amazing, it is very spicy and has such a great flavor, I just poured it all over my red beans and rice and eat almost all of it, this is saying alot as they give you a large portion of beans and rice.  The sweet plantains were also so good.  Everything was amazing, I ate until so much that my stomache hurt, in a good way.  I so recommend this place and I will be going back.  When I got home I checked their website and they have three locations, I went to the one on 54th Street, this was their first location.  Below are the address and the website.

200 NW 54 Street
Phone: 305.743.2223
Hours of Operation
Mon – Sat 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

13105 W. Dixie Highway
Phone: 305.893.4246
Hours of Operation
Mon – Sat 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

20356 NW 2nd Ave (441)
Phone: 305.651.4761
Hours of Operation
Mon – Sat 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

www.chefcreole.com