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Bass Museum Of Art Erwin Wurm: Beauty Business during Art Basel Miami Beach VIP and Member Opening Reception 11/30/11

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Bass Museum Of Art Erwin Wurm: Beauty Business during Art Basel Miami Beach VIP and Member Opening Reception
November 30 from 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

The exhibition showcases the artist’s first cohesive focus on the home or dwelling;
debuts December 1st during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011

The Bass Museum of Art is pleased to present its latest exhibition, Erwin Wurm: Beauty Business, making its debut during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 with art and sculpture by artist Erwin Wurm. Wurm, an artist living and working in Vienna, combines various art forms: sculpture, photography and performance into a unique personal view of the everyday world. Drawing on history, humor and philosophy, Wurm creates light-hearted artworks with at times serious messages. His new sculptural works which have a grand theatrical scale and were created specifically for this exhibition, invite the viewer to interact and participate. Wurm’s smaller-scale Drinking Sculpture series ask the audience to engage and they literally do; it is a bar. The viewer can open drawers and interact with the piece.

Wurm’s well-known sweater pieces, in the format of large-scale wall works, blur the boundary between human form and the museum building. Here, Wurm eludes to dressing a portion of the museum for warmth and security. A series of smaller sweater sculptures also incorporate fashion – the sweater forms are stretched and altered by crude wooden braces. These altered works transform the visitor’s view of the sweater forms into the present moment, leaving any history, which can be at times painful, and the future, at best illusionary, out of the experience. Additionally, a new series of ‘hoodie’ works push the human form and showcase how balance can be found within the gallery spaces.

Beauty Business, is Wurm’s first cohesive focus on the home or dwelling. As architect Le Corbusier once remarked, the purpose of architecture is to move us. In his art, Wurm consistently realizes architecture’s highest aim as he creates works whose extraordinary power lies not only in how deeply they make us feel, but also in how they let us see the complexity of our feelings, in meaningful environments which help us to dwell. A dwelling is an in-between space where one may hesitate between worlds. The activity of dwelling is therefore a contemplative lingering – a way of remaining in a space or location that is responsive to the nature of that particular place, and open to whatever happens to trigger our imagination; through association, through fantasies, daydreams, desires, or memories.

Wurm’s greatest insights as an artist are that he believes our feelings about such locations are often mixed, that we are often drawn to what both attracts and repels – these are things the artist understands intuitively. If in the space surrounding his objects we experience our own ambivalence about certain issues more intensely, it is because of the way, in theme and structure, his work so elegantly holds contradictory elements in tension.

Erwin Wurm: Beauty Business will be on view during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. Special museum hours will be: Thursday, December 1 through Sunday, December 4, 2011, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and regular museum hours thereafter. The exhibition runs through March 4th, 2012.

This exhibition is produced in collaboration with Dallas Contemporary, Texas and curated by Peter Doroshenko, the Director of Dallas Contemporary. It will be presented at Dallas Contemporary and be on view April 14 through August 19, 2012.

Additional support for this exhibition was made possible by Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris and Salzburg; Xavier Hufkens, Brussels; and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York.

Known for his uniquely humorous approach to formalism, Wurm’s multi-disciplinary works have appeared in exhibitions throughout the world. Erwin Wurm has exhibited extensively with shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, (2005); Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France, (2007); Konstmuseum Malmö, Sweden, (2008); Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland, (2008); the Moscow Biennial (2009); Ullens Center of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2010); Kunstmuseum Bonn (2010); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010). The artist just recently revealed NARROW HOUSE at the 54th Venice Biennale, Italy (June 2011).

Works by Wurm are included in prestigious collections throughout the world at the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Peggy Guggenhein Collection, New York; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland; Musèe d`Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France; and Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, among others.

Erwin Wurm lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

Photo Captions
Erwin Wurm
Little Big Earth House, 2003/2005
Bronze, Silverplated, 20x34x25 cm
Courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; Xavier Hufkens, Brussels; and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York

Erwin Wurm
Untitled, 2011(Drinking Sculpture Series)
152 x 74 x 46 cm – wood, metal, glass
Photo Credit: Ottomura

ArtCenter/South Florida Local Artists Center of Attention during Art Basel Miami Week VIP Reception 12/2/11

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ArtCenter/South Florida Makes Local Artists ‘Center of Attention’ during Art Basel Miami Week
ArtCenter’s VIP Basel Reception
Friday, December 2, 2011 from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m.
ArtCenter/South Florida Main Gallery
800 Lincoln Road at Meridian Avenue
Miami Beach

Sponsored by L’Chaim Vodka and SUSHISAMBA dromo, this special event is free and open to the public.

The exhibit will be on view through January 1, 2011. For more information, please call 305.674.8278 or visit the website at www.artcentersf.org.

Something for and by the locals!

Artcenter/South Florida Spotlights Miami Talent And Themes Through Photography, Mixed Media And Installation
‘Center of Attention’ Features 40 Artists-in-Residence during Art Basel Miami Beach Week

ArtCenter/South Florida presents ‘Center of Attention,’ an artist-in-residence group show that spotlights local, professional talent during Art Basel Miami Beach. Providing a platform for artists to educate, create and exhibit their work in 40 studios across properties at 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road, the non-profit organization is an incubator for contemporary art and has served as a launch-pad for many thriving careers.

Artists include Lissette Schaeffler, a Cuban-born photographer who deals with the exploration of identity. Her work is an extension of her environment, and for the ‘Center of Attention’ exhibit, is grounded in Miami’s seedy milieu of pay-by-the-hour motels. Aptly dubbed ‘By the Hour,’ Schaeffler visits South Florida relics, examining rooms and the remnants thereof.

From underbelly to ‘Understory,’ Nina Surel takes visitors to a world of whimsy with layered photographs decorated with jewelry, porcelain birds, buttons, textiles and lace coated in resin. Rapidly gaining momentum in the industry with shows at the prestigious Praxis Gallery and at fairs in London, Buenos Aires, New York and Chicago, Surel’s process of layering literally addresses the multi-faceted and multi-dimensional lives of her subjects.

Damian Sarno, an ACSF artist-in-residence since 2004, is highly recognized for his larger-than-life portraits that use shadows pierced with warm colors to evoke shape, features and emotion. In ‘Center of Attention,’ Sarno leaps from figurative painting to mixed media and installation. Using refined techniques to share his past experiences, what transpires in his new body of work are feelings of containment and power, submission and dominance. ‘Medusa,’ a handmade costume of interwoven black rope and knots, will be displayed on a dressmaker’s mannequin at ArtCenter/South Florida. “Storytelling is the inspiration for my work,” said Sarno.

Participating artists-in residence: Adriana Carvalho, Alex Heria, Amanda Serrano, Anthony Ardavin, Antonia Wright, Babette Herschberger, Beatricia Sagar, Damian Sarno, David Leroi, David Zalben, Doris Rodriguez-Graber, Ena Marrero, Franca Valeska Laufer, Franklin Sinanan, George Goodridge, Gustavo Matamoros, Hugo Moro, J. Kevin Foltz, Jules Lusson, Katerina Friderici, Kathy Kissik, Lissette Schaeffler, Luis Garcia-Nerey, Matu Croney, Natasha Duwin, Nina Surel, Pablo Contrisciani, Peter Hammar, Ramon F. Bofill, Regina Jestrow, Rene Barge, Rosa Naday Garmendia, Russell Sharon, Steven Gagnon, Susan Feliciano, Tom Cocotos, Tony Chimento, Venessa Monokian, W. Andre Allen and Wendy Coad.

Established in 1984, ArtCenter/South Florida (located at 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) is a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization that provides subsidized studio and exhibition space as well as teaching opportunities for emerging and career artists in their facilities at 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. The mission of the ArtCenter is to advance the knowledge and practice of contemporary visual arts and culture in South Florida while providing affordable programming and work-space for professional artists. ArtCenter/South Florida is open Tuesday through Thursday from 12:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and Friday through Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. For further information please call 305.674.8278 or visit the website at www.artcentersf.org

Ruinart to Exhibit Works by Gideon Rubin as Official Champagne Partner of Art Basel Miami Beach 12/1-4/11

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Ruinart to Exhibit Works by Gideon Rubin as Official Champagne Partner of Art Basel Miami Beach

As The Official Champagne Partner Of Art Basel Miami Beach, Ruinart Champagne Is Honored To Exhibit Works By Artist Gideon Rubin In Its Vip Lounge From December 1-4, 2011

Rubin has created 19 Portraits of Figures from the Worlds of Champagne, Philosophy, and Art

Ruinart Champagne, the first established Champagne House, founded in 1729, has passionately sought to foster and collaborate with artists since its establishment. In 1895, André Ruinart invited the Czech Painter, Alfons Mucha, to use his fine line drawing on the advertising posters for its champagne. More than a century later, Ruinart continues to forge close links with the art world vis-à-vis collaborations with contemporary artists and designers. Each year, as the official champagne partner for Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, Ruinart dedicates its VIP lounge to an artist’s work. Following Nacho Carbonell and Patricia Urquiola, Ruinart has now partnered with Gideon Rubin, an Israeli-born artist represented by Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne.

Born in Tel Aviv in 1973, Gideon Rubin has pondered the question of representing the individual through portraits devoid of faces. These anonymous, silent subjects provoke the imagination of the spectator left to weave a narrative informed by such clues as posture, dress, gesture, etc. In the series that Ruinart will present, “Collection of Ruinart Portraits,” the artist continues his styled approach, taking as his inspiration icons from the House of Ruinart, who pioneered relationships with the art world, and their circle of kings, artists, and philosophers.

Dug out of the Ruinart archives, Rubin has selected men and women throughout different periods of time who have embodied the spirit of Ruinart by their history, their influence on the House, or their creations.

With broad brush strokes, Rubin has painted these portraits onto old Ruinart Champagne presentation boxes and cartons where patterns and type mix with his muted palette of sand, slate blue, and off-white. The motifs become an integral part of the picture’s narration where a new dialogue takes over between cellar masters, philosophers, and inventors.

“This portrait gallery organized itself naturally as the creation advanced,” says Rubin. “Once the work was finished, I realized that it formed a real family. It is not the standard family structure, with father, brother, or sister as references. Rather, this installation induces another vision of the family, a family of ideas, history and traditions.”
The 19 portraits that will be presented depict the following 12 figures:
Dom Thierry Ruinart: The visionary intellectual sensed that the new “wine with bubbles” developed in his native Champagne would charm the public. He became one of its most fervent ambassadors at the royal court.
Nicolas Ruinart: The nephew of Dom Thierry Ruinart and founder of the House of Ruinart.
King Louis XV: By authorizing wine to be transported in bottles, he was indirectly linked to the discovery of the bottle fermentation that makes the cuvée effervescent, giving birth to Champagne.
Prince Joseph of Ligne: One of Ruinart’s most loyal clients in the Age of Enlightenment.
Voltaire: François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a philosopher and paragon of this famous Age of Enlightenment, which saw the House of Ruinart’s rise to fame.
Antoine Hazart: Cellar Master at the end of the 18th century for Claude and François Irénée Ruinart, he was the first of a line of Cellar Masters who used their talents in close collaboration with the managers of the House.
Alfons Mucha: Commissioned in 1895 by André Ruinart, the master of Art Nouveau created a poster that caused a sensation with its modernity. This initial collaboration marked Ruinart’s first steps in the world of art.
Charlotte Ruinart: Vicomtesse Ruinart de Brimont, she took over the reins of the House in place of her 17 year old son, who was then too young to run the company. She was one of the rare women to have been head of a Champagne house.
Jean-François Barot: Cellar Master from 1985 to 2002 he breathed new life into the House by redesigning the “goût Ruinart”—the Ruinart taste. He contemplated highlighting the excellence of the Chardonnay, from then on dominant in Ruinart’s cuvées.
Frédéric Panaïotis: The current Ruinart Cellar Master since 2007.
Maarten Baas: Artist invited to reinterpret Ruinart’s image in 2008.
Nacho Carbonell: Artist invited to reinterpret Ruinart’s image in 2010.

This collaboration with Gideon Rubin is a continuation in a series of artist collaborations. In the past, the House has collaborated with artists and designers such as India Mahdavi, Christian Biecher, Maarten Baas, Patricia Urquiola, and Nacho Carbonell. As patron of the arts, Ruinart can be found at many major international art fairs such as ARCO, Carré Rive Gauche, London Design, and Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach.

Born in 1973 in Israel, Rubin received his BFA from the School of Visual Art in New York City and his MFA in 2002 from Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London. Rubin has exhibited internationally and will have solo exhibitions at Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, and Rokeby Gallery, London, in 2012.
www.GideonRubin.com

Ruinart Champagne is globally recognized as the discerning champagne choice cultivated since its founding in 1729 by Dom Thierry Ruinart, a learned Benedictine monk, who foresaw the promising future of “the wine with bubbles” and began crafting a limited production of Ruinart with no compromise to quality. The House of Ruinart appreciates that essential ingredients are key to the creation of exceptional Champagnes. Ruinart harvests only the finest Chardonnay grapes with a high concentration of Premiers Crus and houses it in the iconic transparent bottle inspired from the first Champagne bottles of the 18th century. In 1768, Ruinart acquired former Gallo-Roman chalk quarries to store its bottles, which became a World Heritage site in 1931. These crayères offer the triple benefit of a constantly stable temperature, the complete absence of vibration and a perfect humidity level, providing ideal conditions for the fermentation and maturation of the Ruinart wines and the golden thread of the Ruinart taste: pure, fine, and elegant. Dom Ruinart’s vision and heritage of excellence has been passed down and continues to be a core value and tradition at the House of Ruinart.
www.ruinart.com

Image: Gideon Rubin, Dom Thierry Ruinart, 2011, gouache on cardboard, 14 x 11 cm. Courtesy the artist and Ruinart Champagne

Art Basel Miami Beach: Nest new exhibit Jazz and Models by Marco Glaviano 11/29/11

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Art Basel Miami Beach: Nest new exhibit Jazz and Models by Marco Glaviano
Opening reception Tuesday, November 29, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Nest Casa
1020 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
RSVP: nestcasa@taraink.com or 305.864.3434 x133

Sara Colombo to host VIP reception in honor of world-renowned photographer on Tues., Nov. 29

Luxe design showplace NEST, along with owner Sara Colombo, will debut “Jazz & Models,” a collection of works by legendary photographer Marco Glaviano, during Art Basel Miami Beach. A VIP opening reception will be held on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in honor of Glaviano, who is recognized as a pioneer in fashion photography having photographed more than 500 covers and editorials for the most prestigious international publications including Vogue, Elle, Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar, among others.

“Jazz & Models” features 26 images spanning Glaviano’s career from the 1970’s until today. Capturing and combining his love for jazz and his eye for beauty – Glaviano is notably recognized as an influential force in developing the supermodel phenomenon in the 1980’s – the exhibit will showcase photography of supermodels such as Cindy Crawford, Eva Herzigová, Paulina Porizkova and Stephanie Seymour, and legendary jazz musicians such as Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins and Dizzy Gillespie. The exhibit will remain open until spring 2012.

Marco Glaviano is a reputable figure in the fashion industry as a premier photographer who has been sought after by famous supermodels such as Cindy Crawford, Paulina Porizkova, and Eva Herzigova. He has been the leading pioneer of digital photography and was the first to publish the first-ever digital picture in American Vogue in 1982. His photographs of landscapes, portraits and jazz have been showcased in famous museums and private collections worldwide. He also designed and founded Pier 59 Studios in New York which is still recognized today as the most important and well-known photo studio in the world.

NEST CASA is a design showplace featuring the finest in European furnishings and décor. Founded in 2008 by Sara Colombo, the 2,200-square-foot, two-story treasure trove combines her love for aesthetics, travel and global wares into one carefully curated, original collection of custom and vintage items. With a vast inventory covering every category, NEST attracts top interior designers and homeowners seeking high quality, superior pieces not found anywhere else, and has become known as a one-of-a-kind design leader for its fine artistry in custom upholstery, custom finishes, custom sizes and its ability to fulfill highly specialized requests.

Nikki At Night Sunday 11/27/11

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Nikki At Night Sunday Nov 27th
11/27/2011, 7:00pm
Nikki Beach
One Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
www.nikkimiami.com

Join us every Sunday night where the best resident DJ’s collaborate with cutting edge producers and talent to bring you the newest, hottest music possible. Come out this week for a special celebration and music by our resident troublemakers Bruno Robles, Felipe Kaval and Armand Pena.

To Rsvp & List Info please contact: Rsvp@NikkiMiami.com or Text 786.942.2097
Once you enlist on “FABIAN’S VIP LIST” you will be rewarded with Free Admission From 7pm Till 12am. (Reduced After $10 Per Person till 2am) *Restrictions may apply.
Table reservations strongly suggested
Contact Vip@NikkiMiami.com for table reservations

*Dress code at Nikki Beach includes casual daywear and beach chic attire.

{Mandatory} Must Text Full Name + Email + Number Of Guests To 786.942.2097

Nikki Beach At Night Sunday 12/11/11

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Nikki Beach At Night Sunday Dec 11th
12/11/2011, 7:00pm
Nikki Beach
One Ocean Drive,Miami Beach
www.nikkimiami.com

You’re Cordially Invited To

Join us every Sunday night where the best resident DJ’s collaborate with cutting edge producers and talent to bring you the newest, hottest music possible. Come out this week for a special celebration and music by our resident troublemakers Bruno Robles, Felipe Kaval and Armand Pena.

To Rsvp & List Info please contact: Rsvp@NikkiMiami.com or Text 786.942.2097
Once you enlist on “FABIAN’S VIP LIST” you will be rewarded with Free Admission From 7pm Till 12am. (Reduced After $10 Per Person till 2am) *Restrictions may apply.
Table reservations strongly suggested
Contact Vip@NikkiMiami.com for table reservations

*Dress code at Nikki Beach includes casual daywear and beach chic attire.

Nikki Beach Miami is the hidden jewel of South Beach, located at One Ocean Drive along the beautiful Atlantic Ocean amid swaying palms trees and warm sunny breezes. Nikki Beach has established itself as the landmark for ultimate parties, celebrations, and entertainment and always lives up to it’s reputation as a party playground for jet setters, celebrities, VIPs, guests and visitors alike.

{Mandatory} Must Text Full Name + Email + Number Of Guests To 786.942.2097

Nikki At Night Sunday 12/4/11

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Nikki At Night Sunday Dec 4th
12/04/2011, 7:00pm
Nikki Beach
One Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Www.Nikkimiami.Com

You’re Cordially Invited To Join us every Sunday night where the best resident DJ’s collaborate with cutting edge producers and talent to bring you the newest, hottest music possible. Come out this week for a special celebration and music by our resident troublemakers Bruno Robles, Felipe Kaval and Armand Pena.

To Rsvp & List Info please contact: Rsvp@NikkiMiami.com or Text 786.942.2097
Once you enlist on “Fabian’s Vip List” you will be rewarded with Free Admission From 7pm Till 12am. (Reduced After $10 Per Person till 2am) *Restrictions may apply.

Table reservations strongly suggested
Contact Vip@NikkiMiami.com for table reservations

*Dress code at Nikki Beach includes casual daywear and beach chic attire.

{Mandatory} Must Text Full Name + Email + Number Of Guests To 786.942.2097

Nikki at Night with Guest DJ’s Justin Sheppard and Spencer Gordon 11/20/11

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Nikki at Night with Guest DJ’s Justin Sheppard and Spencer Gordon!
Nov 20, From 7 pm to 5 am
Nikki Beach Miami
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach Florida 33139
305 538 1111
www.nikkibeachmiami.com

Join us every Sunday night where the best resident DJ’s collaborate with cutting edge producers and talent to bring you the newest, hottest music possible. Come out this week for a special celebration and music by our resident troublemakers Bruno Robles, Felipe Kaval and Armand Pena.

Joining them will be our Special Guests Justin Sheppard & Spencer Gordon! Upstairs Damaged Goods will be destroying the decks and pumping your favorite Open Format all night starting at 11PM!

For Table Reservations please call 305-538-1111 or Email Us Now, they will sell out!

EcoArtFashion Week 2011 11/28/11 – 12/3/11

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EcoArtFashion Week™ during Miami’s Art Week 2011
Dec 1 to 4, 2011 Opening Night party Nov 28, 2011
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
1300 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132

L M N T
55 NW 36th St.
Wynwood Art District Miami, FL 33127

the Albion Rubell’s Collection Boutique Hotel
1650 James Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.ecoartfashionweek.com

EcoArtFashion Weekâ„¢ is the platform to express the present state of the ethical and new sustainable fashion world. The week to show the world’s latest eco-design concepts “Art to Wear”, unique fashion designs while raising environmental awareness.

EcoArtFashion Week™ was launched in 2010 during Miami’s Art Basel. It was held at the Albion Rubell’s collection Hotel, in the heart of Miami Beach on Lincoln Rd. It drew more than 10.000 people from around the world during the entire week.

EcoArtFashion Weekâ„¢ 2010 was such a success, that this year 2011 we will expand to three locations including two new venues to accommodate all the projects we are planning:

Event highlights
Nov 28, 2011: 8:30 pm to midnight ‘WRAP YOURSELF IN ART” Opening night party at LMNT. Art to wear runway show presenting “Biospherians” up-cycled couture by Luis Valenzuela. We will have the winning pieces of our first edition of the EcoArtccessories challenge as part of our opening night runway show. Winning piece designed by: Carla Nesci and the finalist pieces designed by Lisu Vega, Olga Saretsky and Pat Taylor. Music by “The Dance Commander” DJ Steven.

Nov 29, 2011: 11:00 am Opening to the public Trunk Show and Exhibition at the Albion Hotel.
9:00 pm at LMNT experience the lights, camera, and action of “THE PHOTO SHOOT”, designer and founder of EcoArtFashion Week™, Luis Valenzuela along with photographer and owner of LMNT, Gino Tozzi will host the performance of “THE PHOTO SHOOT”. Models wearing the latest collection of EcoArtFashion “Biospherians” up-cycled couture by Luis Valenzuela and the high-energy music.

Nov 30, 2011: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Trunk Show and Exhibition at the Albion Hotel.

Dec 1, 2011: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Trunk Show and Exhibition at the Albion Hotel.
8:30 pm to 10:00 pm Luis Valenzuela “Material Change” art to wear runway show Sponsored by SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS and LuLan Artisans at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Video-Art by Lia Janoff, music by DJ Steven. Valenzuela has partnered with Lulan Artisans’ using Lulan’s high-quality, hand-woven, hand-dyed natural textiles in his collection. Lulan’s work elegantly merges original contemporary designs with centuries-old Asian weaving techniques. Lulan is a leader as an international for-profit social venture, emphasizing artistry and exquisite design while enhancing economic development and sustainable livelihoods of its weavers, dyers, spinners and finishers in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and India as well as focusing on the prevention of human trafficking. Book signing by Lulan artisans founder Eve Blossom.

10:30 pm After Party at LMNT, music by DJ Steven, Organic Cocktails by VeeV.

Dec 2, 2011: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Trunk Show and Exhibition at the Albion Hotel.
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm “Up-Cycled” runway show by Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH) students. At the Albion Hotel.
9:30 pm to 11:30 pm Luis Valenzuela’s “Iconic Women” collection, “Art to Wear” pieces made of recycled materials inspired by women who have made a powerful impact on world history. Albion Hotel.

Dec 3, 2011: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Trunk Show and Exhibition at the Albion Hotel.
8:00 pm “TRANSIT” runway show by Lisu Vega at Albion Hotel
9:30 pm to 11:00 pm “Convergent Evolution” art to wear” runway show by Fashion Designers Vivianne Valerius, Jacinta Ligon, Valeria Krasavina, Vanessa Tapia, Jessica Alma and Luis Valenzuela, Accessories Designers by Felipe Tonette and Alex Zapirain styling by Waina Chancy, Produced by Alberto Gonzalez and Waina Chancy.

EcoArtFashion Week™ exhibition at the Albion Hotel will feature Eco friendly Art Fashion collections and different multimedia art/fashion projects: Luis Valenzuela “Art to wear” creations, “Catalytic Clothing” video art, a public experiment between Fashion and Science, an Endeavour to purify the air we all breathe” presenting the brainchild of artist / designer Helen Storey (Professor of Fashion and Science at London College of Fashion/Center for Sustainable Fashion) and chemist Tony Ryan (PVC for the Faculty of Science at The University of Sheffield) people from very different worlds whose minds have come together over recent years in highly successful art/science collaborations. Jorge Parra Video Art-Fashion Installation. Video-art by Lia Janoff.

EcoArtFashion Weekâ„¢ has been created by EcoArtFashion founder designer Luis Valenzuela in collaboration with a team of experts in the fashion and art industry.

EcoArtFashion Weekâ„¢ proud to support Design and Architecture Senior High DASH

EcoArtFashion Week™ sponsored by: SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS / LMNT / Albion Rubell’s Hotel / Lulan Artisan / VeeV Açaí Spirit/ Sustainatopia / 305 Advertising. Media Sponsor: Miami Magazine

YogArt 11/30/11 – 12/4/11

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YogArt
Wednesday, November 30 at 5:30pm – December 4 at 6:30pm
Loews Miami Beach Hotel
1601 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

The most epic Yoga Music event in the history of SoFlo! Amazing yoga teachers & awesome musicians: Kino, Paul T, Loren Russo, Dawn b The Mayapuris back to rock it along with Trevor Hall. Get tickets www.Yogartevent.com—- Holla om shakti

South Florida’s own Dawn B. Feinberg, a widely recognized certified yoga instructor and licensed movement therapist, introduces YogArt at the Loews Miami Beach; an event officially supported by Art Basel Miami Beach. YogArt, which will become an annual installation, will provide participants at any level, from novice to seasoned students, with an enhanced yoga experience – a pairing of Jivamukti yoga practice with art and live music.

Beginning on Wednesday, November 30 the Loews Miami Beach will be home to five days of morning and sunset YogArt classes. The first two sunset classes will feature live performances by the acclaimed singer and songwriter Trevor Hall. This unique blend of yoga, art and live music will encourage participants to open their minds to a yoga experience that allows them to express themselves both artistically and physically. All classes will last approximately one hour and will end with a spread of healthy refreshments to complete the nourishing experience of YogArt.

All other YogArt classes will feature live music by The Mayapuris to accompany Dawn’s teaching as she guides participants through their enhanced experience. The five-piece band is known for its rhythm driven style, and specializes in bringing their Kirtan influences to the practice of yoga. Having worked with them before, the synergy emulated between Feinberg and The Mayapuris will allow participants to sink deeper into their experience without hesitation.

To reserve your spot during Art Basel 2011, visit www.yogartevent.com for pricing and a complete schedule of YogArt activities. YogArt sessions are made possible by valued sponsors Evian, lululemon Miami Beach and VeeV, The World’s First Açaí Spiritâ„¢. YogArt classes will partially benefit Design Architecture Senior High (DASH), a Miami-Dade magnet school. DASH aims to educate talented students to become confident and innovative thinkers through interdisciplinary challenges in the visual arts in preparation for college and a career in the design world.

Highbar New Weekly Lineup 11/17-20/11

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Highbar at Dream South Beach
1111 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

Highbar Hosts Dj Jason Postrell
Thursday, November 17, 9:00 p.m.
Highbar at Dream South Beach launches new Thursday night party featuring DJ Jason Postrell, including 2 for 1 drinks from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Highbar Hosts Full Moon Friday’s
Friday, November 18, 9:00 p.m.
Highbar at Dream South Beach hosts Full Moon Friday’s featuring DJ Lee Kalt, including 2 for 1 drinks from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

“Sunday Dreamin” Pool Party At Highbar With Dj Ryan Evans & Dj Ruen
Sunday, November 20, 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
“Sunday Dreamin” is a weekly pool party hosted by HIGHBAR at Dream South Beach. Drink specials include $6 red stripe beers. Mojito cart will be making “Build Your Own Mojitos.” For reservations, call 305.534.8455

HIGHBAR, a sleek 70s inspired rooftop lounge atop the newly opened Dream South Beach hotel, is a chic lifestyle destination in a contemporary pool setting. Since opening in spring of 2011, under the direction of renowned hospitality management company Trust3 Hospitality, HIGHBAR has become a coveted pool and sky lounge for Miamians and tourists alike boasting spectacular 360° ocean views, high design and culinary prowess.

Built in 1939 as a classy, but tropical type resort, The Tudor Hotel, now known as Dream South Beach, was designed by pre-eminent architect L. Murray Dixon and is considered to be a historic landmark under the United States National Register. However, the building has recently undergone major renovations emphasizing the Art Deco features and tones it originally possessed, including the refurbishment of its rooftop lounge.

Floating high above Miami Beach’s Collins Avenue, HIGHBAR’s rooftop boasts views of the Atlantic Ocean, a lustrous heated pool and plush teak lounge chairs. Modern Art Deco design creates the perfect setting for a memorable experience of poolside luxury in modern tropical scenery. HIGHBAR also offers poolside casual dining with a varied menu selection of lighthearted seasonal dishes. Daybeds and chaise lounges are available, as well as cabanas which are ideal for spa treatments or watching TV in privacy. In the evenings, HIGHBAR transforms into a decadent nightlife destination featuring a variety of weekly events and national DJs. On Saturday and Sunday afternoons the lounge hosts high energy pool parties featuring music by Miami’s top DJs.

The Clevelander presents Quality Control in 1020 Lounge 11/19/11

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Quality Control in 1020 Lounge
Saturday, November 19, 11pm
Clevelander
1020 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, Fl 33139

Saturday night, head to The Clevelander for the ultimate in South Beach nightlife! Ocean Drive’s legendary party destination presents Quality Control in 1020 Lounge. Saturday nights at The Clevelander are all about Quality Control Party with the hottest crowd on the beach in the center of all the action. Doors open at 11PM. Entrance to 1020 Lounge is through The Clevelander’s Game On Sports Bar on 10th St.

Pearl Restaurant and Champagne Lounge Returns 12/10/11

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Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge – The Icon Returns
Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL

Open Tuesday – Saturday from 6:30 PM until late, closed on Sunday and Monday.
Reservations: (786) 515-1150
www.PearlMiamiBeach.com
www.Twitter.com/Pearl_Lounge
www.facebook.com/PearlRestoLounge

International restaurant and lifestyle entrepreneurs Jack and Lucia Penrod are thrilled to announce the December 10, 2011 re-opening of their iconic Miami Beach venue Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge. Pearl, which originally opened in 1999 and closed in December 2005, was a favorite among A-List celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, Matt Damon, Paris Hilton, Janet Jackson and Sting, to name a few. Pearl returns better than ever at the same address (One Ocean Drive, Miami Beach) and will offer guests a new exquisite menu of world cuisine served with an aesthetic flair by renowned Chef Sylvain Noel complemented by an extensive cocktail, wine and champagne menu. Upon entering Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge, guests will delight in the 8,000 square foot space boasting the familiar yet chic all white décor with orange accents throughout and its famous champagne-only sunken bar in the center.

“Everywhere my wife and I traveled, people were always asking for Pearl. We figured that since everyone else missed it as much as we did, “let’s bring it back!”” said Jack Penrod, Founder of Nikki Beach and Pearl. “Pearl is very special for us. It has everything: delicious food, champagne, great entertainment and music that appeals to all ages and cultures. Our international clientele will love the glamorous return of Pearl” adds Lucia Penrod.

Executive Chef Sylvain Noel creates a feast for both the eyes and the palate with his use of eclectic flavors and sharp attention to detail. The menu will be comprised of an array of delectable dishes from around the world. Examples of menu items, which are organized by region, include: Middle Eastern: Organic Mixed Baby Vegetable Tagine and Crudite Pot with Hummus, Dates and Tangerine Lace; Latin American: Pan Seared Chilean Seabass and Heart of Palm Stuffed with Creamy White Bean and Epazot; American: 12 oz. Charred Ribeye and Frenched Colorado Rack of Lamb; Asian: Miso Black Cod and Beef Rolls deglazed with teriyaki sauce; and European: Atlantic Dover Sole with parsnip and emulsified caper butter. An exciting aspect of Pearl’s menu will be the premium selection of the world’s finest caviar. The champagne menu offers several distinct labels, both by the bottle and by the glass, and an eclectic wine list including the world’s leading varietals, upcoming artesian regions and select boutique brands. In addition to the spacious interior dining room, Pearl will also have a new oceanfront terrace and ceviche bar.

Pearl will combine superior service and quality with the casual vibe and high energy of a neighborhood hotspot. Dramatic white drapes will divide the restaurant from the lounge area and DJ booth during dinner hours. At 11 PM each night, the drapes will open turning the restaurant into a more lounge-like atmosphere where guests can enjoy music and cocktails with friends in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.

The Fillmore And Embrace Present Honeymoon featuring Nero with Afrobeta and Caligula 12/30/11

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The Fillmore And Embrace Present Honeymoon featuring Nero with Afrobeta and Caligula
Friday December 30, 9pm
The Fillmore Miami Beach

A Monthly Electronic Music Event

Tickets On Sale This Friday At 10am!
General Admission tickets are $23.00 in advance and $25.00 on day of show. They are on sale this Friday October 28 at 10am at LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days). There is no service fee charged for tickets purchased at the Fillmore Box Office or at the door on night of show.

All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, parking and service and handling charges.

For more information go to FillmoreMB.com, livenation.com, Supported by our friends at Overthrow, Sweat Records, MiamiFadeCounty, Culture and MiamiDubstep.com, Dubstep Dr.’s, Dubstep101 MiamiFadeCounty.com, WVUM and WRGP.

John Jansheski’s Gallery Opening and Pre-Show Event 12/3/11

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John Jansheski’s Gallery Opening and Pre-Show Event
December 3, 2011, 6-9pm
Star Island- MAPS Studio
255 NW 25th Street
Miami, FL 33127

John will be hosting a gallery and artwork preview party at the Star Island-MAPS Studio on December 3, 2011 from 6-9 p.m.

John Jansheski, an emerging photographic artist based in Miami, Florida, will be hosting a gallery and artwork preview party at the Star Island-MAPS Studio on December 3, 2011 from 6 to 9 p.m.

This Miami-based photographer challenges the notion of conventional art, successfully blending the gaps between fashion, music, conventional art and photography into an artistic hybrid; the likes of which the world has not yet seen.

Mr. Jansheski’s work involves collaborating with some of the world’s most amazing and celebrated artists in the worlds of fashion, music and painting such as Romero Britto, Zilando Freitas, Coldplay and Cintia Dicker. John views all photography as pure art, as he feels there is something truly special in the manifestation of a magnificent idea turned into reality; regardless of the medium. It is this mentality that he conveys to the world through his collaborations that transcend the traditional boundaries of what we have come to know as “works of art.” The conveyance of what is being viewed through the camera in capturing a moment of the human spirit, a beautiful view, or just a face emoting such feeling that the intent is unmistakably and accurately captured for the observer.

With plans to open a new 8,000 sq. ft. studio in the Wynwood Art District of Miami at the end of 2011, John is poised to make a splash in the infamous South Florida art scene next year beginning with his showcase at the 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach from December 1st to the 4th, 2011. Being “the most prestigious art show in the Americas,” more than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa will take part, showcasing works by more than 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

This exclusive event will round out his latest artwork’s premiere with a more intimate look at the world through the eyes Mr. Jansheski; all coinciding with Miami’s most popular art event.

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present Artist of the Month Carlos Diaz 11/17/11

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KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present Artist of the Month Carlos Diaz, formerly of Vocal Sampling
Thursday, November 17, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach
For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Carlos Diaz Laportilla graduated from the National School of Arts in Havana, Cuba in the Percussion and Choir programs. For over 20 years he has participated in a wide range of musical performances around the globe including Japan, Canada; European countries such as France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland and Holland and in the South American countries of Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and others.

From 1989 to 1997 he was heavily involved in the vocal industry and was one of the creators of the Vocal Sampling Group, nominated for a Latin Grammy in 1995. Vocal Sampling is an all-male a cappella musical group from Cuba. They are distinctive for their rich a cappella adaptations of traditional Cuban salsa music, son, and Rumba, vocally imitating the piano, cowbell, conga, bass, and trumpet, used originally in such songs. Since coming to Miami, he founded his own vocal group, the Dlaportilla Sampler Show, in 1997, and has also worked with countless international artists and performers such as Oscar De Leon, Ruben Blades, Quincy Jones, Celia Cruz and others.

Friends of NWS Symphony After Hours 11/19/11

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Saturday, November 19, 9pm
Marlin Hotel

Don’t miss the next Friends of NWS event on Saturday, November 19. Start off the evening at the New World Center with “Romeos and Juliets” – a full symphony orchestra concert, featuring works by Bernstein, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, all inspired by Shakespeare’s famed “star-crossed lovers”.

Following the performance, we will head down to the chic Marlin Hotel for Symphony After Hours, starting at 9:00pm. The highlight of the event will be a live performance by Tango Conspiracy, an electrifying blend of tango, acid jazz, dub and bossa nova. Producer/ Composer Jimena Fama will be singing these sultry songs and will be joined by her band comprised of guitars, accordion, drums, bass and a DJ.

In addition to a musical show, guests will enjoy delicious cuisine, GREY GOOSE vodka cocktails, VOGA Italia wine and FUZE non-alcoholic drinks.

** Concert tickets at the New World Center are SOLD OUT but there are still a limited number for new VIP Friends members. Friends membership for a year starts as low as $200 and includes more than 8 evenings of live music. After Hours tickets for the Marlin Hotel portion of the night are available for sale for $40 each and include an open bar, light bites and the exciting performance by the Tango Conspiracy. Contact the box office at 305-673-3331.

Heart Beats for East Africa A Benefit Concert 11/18/11

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Heart Beats for East Africa – A Benefit Concert
Friday, November 18, 2:00pm – 11:30pm
North Beach Bandshell
Miami Beach, FL
Facebook Evite

Buy tickets here
Door $10

—-Bands Lineup—-
Spam Allstars
Dusthead
Carlinga
Universal Citizens
TEZ

—-DJ Lineup—-
AXIOM
PHAXAS
FUMES
AXL
ORDEP Zerep
TOMAZ Hernandez

Live Painting by: Floyd

More info: thehandsomebeatsbrigade.us.org

The Handsome Beats Brigade is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to provide absolute, transparent and accountable fund raising through music concerts and cultural events, with special focus given to world disaster relief initiatives.

Funds raised will go to support The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) and their programs that aid people suffering from the historic drought in East Africa. TPRF addresses fundamental human needs so that people everywhere can live their lives with dignity, peace and prosperity.

Sweet and Low Tuesdays Strictly RnB 11/15/11

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Sweet and Low Tuesdays Strictly RnB
11/15/2011, 10pm
Chow Down Grill SoBe
920 Alton Rd
South Beach, FL 33139
chowdowngrill.com

“I don’t see nothin’ wrong… with a little Bump n Grind” – R. Kelly

The A Team presents:
Sweet & Low Tuesdays
A sexy party with nothing but the best RnB and Soul music…all night long.

*Every Tuesday*
$7 Lychee Bellinis
$2 Sweet Red Bean Dumplings
Kitchen til 4am
Music til 5am
-No Cover-

Finally. A night for sultry, feel-good tunes in a classy environment hits South Beach! That’s right, it’s sexy time at Chow Down, the hot new SoBe grill with delicious cocktails and a full menu providing healthy, fresh Asian cuisine.

DJ A-Train is taking over the bar area, playing strictly RnB jams that we all love, all night long. Miss Angelina is playing hostess, keeping the drinks flowing and dance floor groovin’ til the wee hours. So dress to impress and come get it on with us

djatrain.com
missangelina.com

This event is every Tuesday night!

Center of Attention Reception 12/2/11

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Center of Attention Reception
Friday, December 2, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
ArtCenter/South Florida
800 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach
Tel: 305.674.8278
www.artcentersf.org

‘Center of Attention,’ a group show spotlighting local professional emerging and established artists

Among the many imports descending upon Miami during Art Basel, ArtCenter/South Florida – contemporary art incubator since 1984 – puts the focus on local talent. Nearly 40 artists-in-residence will open their studios showcasing new works in the 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road buildings, while the ‘Center of Attention’ exhibit in the main gallery spotlights resident artists including: Ramon Bofill, Natasha Duwin, Katerina Friderici, Alex Heria, Adriana Carvalho, Venessa Monokian, Damian Sarno (pictured), Amanda Serrano, Antonia Wright and David Zalben.

Orange Drive Miami Beach Music Festival 12/30/11 – 1/1/12

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Orange Drive Miami Beach Music Festival
December 30th through January 1st
Between 7th and 9th Street on Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL

Leading up to the Discover Orange Bowl game, this South Beach music festival brings together an array of top music performers

Union Square Agency and the Orange Bowl Committee, announce the 2nd annual Orange Drive Miami Beach Music Festival. The festival will consist of a three-day event on the sands of Ocean Drive, bringing together a series of music artists, sponsored activations, a village opened to the public and Orange Bowl related festivities.

Taking place between 7th and 9th Street on Ocean Drive; the New Year’s Eve Weekend Festival will kick off December 30th and extend through January 1st welcoming over 100,000 visitors. A lavish and state of the art amphitheater will be constructed and placed on the sand which can hold up to 30,000 party goers each night. Orange Drive offers locals and tourists a unique opportunity to be a part of the largest New Year’s Eve beach festival in the world.

With internationally recognized music performers and DJ’s spinning nightly, Orange Drive 2011-2012 is pleased to announce a partial line up for this three-day event which includes; Pete Wentz, Ne-Yo, Jermaine Dupri, Boys II Men, Cee Lo Green, DJ Samantha Ronson and Miami’s very own DJ Irie. More exciting talent announcements to come. Tickets for Orange Drive are on sale and available via Ticketmaster nationwide.

“This year’s lineup will consist of A-list music artists from different genres. Orange Drive Miami Beach Music Festival will return to South Beach this winter bigger and better than ever,” said Gary Cioffi, CEO of Union Square Agency. “Visitors can purchase a three day pass to this one of a kind New Year’s beach festival. More artists will be announced between now and December 11th.”

For more information Orange Drive Miami Beach Music Festival or for updates please visit www.orangedr.com. Become a fan on Facebook at Orange Drive or follow us on Twitter @OrangeDriveFest for the latest information.

Meet the Artist at Claridge Hotel Miami Beach 11/17/11

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Claridge Hotel Miami Beach
Thursday, November 17 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Claridge Hotel
3500 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33140
786-342-7105

(Complimentary Public Parking Across From Hotel After 6pm)

The Claridge Hotel is bringing you an Art Exhibit featuring Claudia Carias. Come meet the artist and enjoy learning what has inspired her.
Enjoy the art, music, cocktails and bites.

RSVP by November 14 at 786-342-7105.

Happy Hour Priced-Cash Bar and Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres.

Art Public: Transforming Collins Park with 24 Public Art Works 11/30/11 – 12/4/11

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Art Public: Transforming Collins Park with a record 24 public art works
Dec 1 – 4, 2011, 24 hours.
Opening Night: November 30, 2011, 8pm – 10pm
Collins Park

More information and a description of each project is available at artbasel.com/public.
Art Public is free and open to the public

For the 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the show will collaborate with the Bass Museum of Art on the Art Public sector, which will transform Collins Park with a record number of public art works. Featuring sculptures and performances by renowned artists and emerging talents, the sector will open to the public with a specially curated program of performances by Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi, Sanford Biggers and Moon Medicine, and Alalâo presenting Ronald Duarte.

Curated for the first time by Christine Y. Kim, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Co-founder of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), this year’s Art Public reflects a shift toward expanded conceptual, performative and temporal works. Focused on a strongly defined but varied exhibition area, the grouping of 24 artworks responds to reflections on the art practices of previous decade, leaning toward Los Angeles and the West Coast.

Art Public will open on November 30 with a selected program of performances. The Art Public Opening Night will feature Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi, who will respond in song and verse to the works of Art Public in an art-historical and monastic manner. The evening will also include an evocative experimental performance by Sanford Biggers and Moon Medicine combining images of punk, funk, film noir, sci-fi, with traditional Samoan dance, Buddhism and original video content and music. The Alalâo collective, founded in January 2011 by Marcio Botner and Ernesto Neto of A Gentil Carioca and the artist Marcus Wagner, will present ‘Nimbo Oxalà‘ by Brazilian artist Ronald Duarte and will bring the Carioca spirit of Rio de Janeiro to Miami Beach. The additional performances as part of Art Public – ‘Transformer Display of Community Information and Activation’ by Andrea Bowers and Olga Koumoundouros, ‘Iemanjá’ by Jen DeNike, and ‘Levitating the Fair (The Flying Merchant Ship)’ by Glenn Kaino – will open on Wednesday and continue throughout the duration of the fair. These performances will be complimented by works in a variety of media, ranging in date from Bruce Conner’s ‘LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS’ (1959-1965) to the present.

List of Art Public artworks:
Darren Bader: my aunt’s car / Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Nina Beier: The Demonstrators, 2011 / Standard (Oslo), Oslo
Chakaia Booker: Holla, 2008 / Marlborough Gallery, New York
Andrea Bowers & Olga Koumoundouros: Transformer Display of Community Information and Activation, 2011 / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Bruce Conner: LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS, 1959-1965 / Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
Kate Costello: Untitled, 2011 / Wallspace, New York
Jen DeNike: Iemanjá, 2011 / Mendes Wood, São Paulo
Gardar Eide Einarsson: Untitled (Apparatus), 2011 / Team Gallery, New York
Rachel Feinstein: Gargantua, 2011 / Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Theaster Gates: Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage, 2011 / Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
Antony Gormley: Strain, 2011 / Sean Kelly, New York
Damien Hirst: Sensation, 2003 / L&M Arts, New York
Thomas Houseago: Rattlesnake Figure, 2011 / L&M Arts, New York
Zhang Huan: 49 Days No. 1, 2011 / Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Richard Hughes: If I was where I would be, here I would be not, 2011 / Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Robert Indiana: ART, 1972-2001 / Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich
Glenn Kaino: Levitating the Fair (The Flying Merchant Ship), 2011 / Marlborough Gallery, New York
Anish Kapoor: Black Stones, Human Bones, 1993 / L&M Arts, New York
Robert Melee: It Sitting, 2008 / Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Anthony Pearson: Untitled (Transmission), 2011 / David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
George Rickey: Two Lines Oblique Gyratory II, 1989 / Marlborough Gallery, New York
Eva Rothschild: Living Spring, 2011 / Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Eduardo Sarabia: Snake Skin Boots with Snake Head. White Quarry Stone 21st Century. Northern Mexico, 2011 / Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City
Banks Violette: Not yet titled, 2011 / Team Gallery, New York

Eighth Annual Masters’ Mystery Art Show 11/30/11

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Eighth Annual Masters’ Mystery Art Show
Wednesday, November 30, 7 to 9 p.m.
The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
One Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL. 33139

One of Miami’s Top Social Parties At The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach Launches Art Basel Festivities

Features Original 6×9 Art for $50;
Top Designers Using T-shirts As Their Canvas
All to Benefit Florida International University Masters in Fine Arts Program

Celebrity designers, established and emerging artists from Miami and around the world and one of Miami’s “showman mixologists” converge November 30 at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach to launch Art Basel with the 8th installment of the Master’s Mystery Art Show (MMAS) to raise money for the Florida International University Master’s in Fine Arts Program.

The private, evening cocktail reception, sponsored by Don Q, attracts art aficionados, fashion designers and the curious who purchase original 6×9-inch works of art signed on the back to reveal the artist’s name only after their sale. The mystery creates an artistic “whodunit” as guests sip cocktails and buzz around the mini masterpieces to identify and collect works to add to their collections. This year, some of the world’s top fashion designers are using white t-shirts as their canvases to create wearable art that knows no bounds. Each piece will be an original expression of the designer and be auctioned off that evening. As the only party of its kind during Art Basel, it is a coveted invitation and one of the most entertaining opening night parties. The show opens to the public the day after for one day only: Thursday, December 1 from 12 to 7 p.m.

Each mini masterpiece is just $50 each, with all proceeds benefitting Florida International University Master’s in Fine Arts program. More than 1,500 original 6 x 9 works of art are created by more than 300 artists from 31 countries. This year’s event features the TM Sisters, Monica Lopez De Victoria and Tasha Lopez De Victoria. They work in the mediums of video, digital video performance, VJing, collage, social experiments, zines, clothing, installations, and interactive video created along with their brother Samuel and their art has been featured in publications like L’Officiel magazine, The Guardian, STEP Inside Design, the New York Times, Vogue Italia, and on the cover of ARTnews magazine for its 2007 “25 Trendsetters” article. Jillian Mayer is a visual and performance artist exhibiting her work across the US and internationally and is part of the permanent collection at the Frost Art Museum and the Girl’s Club Collection. Mayer’s latest video work has been screened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art and at the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in NY, Bilbao, Venice and Berlin. David Castillo, holds degrees in History and Art History from Yale University and the Angelicum in Rome. Since 2000, he has dealt in important Latin American, European, and American secondary market works. He assists private clients in building their collections in addition to managing David Castillo Gallery and has lectured on various topics in art.

In addition, this year’s renowned Fashion Designer’s and Artists creating one of a kind T-shirts that will be auctioned the night of the opening, include: Romero Britto, Peruvian born Eduardo de las Casas who was recently at The White House, Mexico’s own Pineda Covalin, former head Designer for Bill Blass and Perry Ellis, Jacqueline Quinn, Uruguay’s most recognizable Fashion Designer Sergio Gau, Miami’s Top Designer’s Julian Chang and Viviana Gabeiras, to mention a few. The bidding for the t-shirts begins at $50.

Rebelution Revolution Live 1/22/12

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Rebelution Revolution Live 1/22/12
Rebelution With The Grouch & Pep Love Of Hyroglyphics
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Revolution Live
100 Sw Third Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
(954) 727-0950, (954) 449-1025 (Box Office)

Tickets On Sale Fri., Nov. 11th / 10am!
At The Revolution Live Box Office (No Fees at Revolution Box Office), www.livenation.com And All Ticketmaster Outlets Or Charge By Phone: 800-745-3000

Originally formed in Santa Barbara, California, members Eric Rachmany (vocals / guitar,) Rory Carey (keyboards,) Wesley Finley (drums,) and Marley D. Williams (bass) met in college, while residing in Isla Vista, a popular beachside community. It was there that the seeds to Rebelution’s future would be planted– and would instill their kick back, “worry free” vibes, catchy refrain, and optimistic, inspiring, and engaging music that would leave their listeners with the sense that they have the power to make this world a better place. Rebelution released their first full-length album Courage to Grow in 2007 and the group quickly became known for sticking strongly to the roots of vintage reggae sound, all while appealing not only to reggae listeners, but also to music fans of all genres.

The album hit an all time high when it was selected as iTunes Editor’s Choice for Best Reggae Album of 2007. In addition, Courage to Grow has been in the top 10 iTunes Reggae album sales and remained in the Billboard Top Reggae Album Chart since its release four years ago. In January 2012 Rebelution will release their 3rd studio album, Peace Of Mind. “It’s been two and a half years since our last album and we are very excited to release new material. The triple-album is definitely a progression musically and genre wise from our past albums, while still grounded in reggae,” says the band.

Red Carpet Premiere for Trigger by Miami native Matt Sinnreich at Colony Theatre 11/23/11

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Red Carpet Premiere for short film Trigger by Miami native Matt Sinnreich
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Red carpet: 7:30 p.m.
Film start time: 8:00 p.m.
After party: 10:00 p.m.
Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Trigger, a short film by South Florida native and Los Angeles-based Matt Sinnreich, will make its Miami Beach debut on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. at Colony Theater on Lincoln Road. Notably, one hundred percent of proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida® and Angels of East Africa.

Trigger is a 30-minute short film that has been touted as an emotional and psychological rollercoaster about what it takes for one to actually pull “the trigger” and take another human’s life. Immediately captivating the audience, the film opens with a man holding a gun to a drug dealer’s head, and then regresses back through the gunman’s childhood, exposing the circumstances of how he ended up in the position, and ultimately, how fate has brought everything full-circle.

At the premiere, Sinnreich, who wrote, directed, and produced the film, will announce and discuss his next project, a major motion picture to be filmed in his hometown of Miami Beach. An after party will follow at W South Beach.

Tickets are $55 each and include cocktails by VeeV at the screening as well as access to the after party. For more information about the premiere, tickets, and to view the movie’s trailer, please visit: www.triggermoviecharity.com.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida grants the wishes of children who have life-threatening medical conditions, to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Covering a 13-county territory of Southern Florida, the chapter’s goal is to grant more than 500 wishes in 2011. For more information, contact the Foundation at (888) 773-WISH or log on to www.sfla.wish.org.

Angels of East Africa is a Children’s Village for orphans located in South Sudan dedicated to the rescue, restoration, and enablement of children caught in the crossfire of the rebel atrocities in the area. Founded by an unorthodox American pastor from Pennsylvania named Sam Childers, the organization has been operating for a decade, saving the lives of hundreds of children and renewing hope in a region where it had all but vanished.

Highbar at Dream South Beach Singles Happy Hour for NBC’s Love in the Wild 11/18/11

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Friday, November 18, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
HIGHBAR at Dream South Beach
1111 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305.673.4747
www.highbarmiami.com

HIGHBAR at Dream South Beach will host a singles happy hour event for NBC’s hit show “Love in the Wild.”

Passionate young professionals (25 to 35 years old) with big personalities, who are currently searching to find true love are encouraged to attend the event for an opportunity to meet with the show’s casting directors.

NBC’s “Love in the Wild” is an exciting adventure dating series that puts relationships to the ultimate test. Hosted by Darren McMullen (Australian “Minute to Win It”), 10 single men and 10 single women, all looking for love, will experience a romantic adventure unlike anything they could have ever imagined. These singles have tried it all – speed-dating, blind-dating, Internet dating – and now, they’re headed deep into an exotic, international locale to see if they can find that special someone they’ve been looking for.

All guests will enjoy happy hour specials throughout the event.

For more information on the show, please visit www.nbc.com/love-in-the-wild. For additional details and applications, please visit www.kasstinginc.com.

HIGHBAR is the sleek 70’s inspired rooftop lounge located in the Dream South Beach hotel at 1111 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139. Operating hours are daily from 9:00 a.m. to close.

Floating high above Miami Beach’s Collins Avenue, HIGHBAR’s rooftop boasts views of the Atlantic Ocean, a lustrous heated pool and plush teak lounge chairs. Modern Art Deco design creates the perfect setting for a memorable experience of poolside luxury in modern tropical scenery. HIGHBAR also offers poolside casual dining with a varied menu selection of lighthearted seasonal dishes. Daybeds and chaise lounges are available, as well as cabanas which are ideal for spa treatments or watching TV in privacy. In the evenings, HIGHBAR transforms into a decadent nightlife destination.

For table reservations or more information, call 305.351.0820 or visit www.highbarmiami.com. HIGHBAR is a Trust3Hospitality property.

Rod Pratt and Zhantra Entertainment present Mimzy’s Playhouse Premiere 12/7/11

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Rod Pratt and Zhantra Entertainment present Mimzy’s Playhouse Premiere
Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 7:00pm & 9:30pm
Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, Fl 33139

Website
Tickets Online

Rod Pratt and Zhantra Entertainment are proud to announce the launch of a new stage show, Mimzy’s Playhouse. The show premieres Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at the Historical Colony Theater with two showtimes: 7:00pm and 9:30pm.

Mimzy’s Playhouse artistically fuses nightlife and theater together to create a unique stage show that explores the mind and persona of Mimzy; a performer who transverses between traditional dance theater and discotheques. A varietal blend of skits showcasing live vocal and theatrical performances precisely cued to music and brought to life by the accompaniment of modern and ballet dance.

Mature audiences will enjoy discovering Mimzy’s Playhouse, a seamless presentation that incorporates a blend of classic storytelling along with the personality of South Beach nightlife, making each performance rare and captivating. From the audience’s view of the marquee to the proscenium; the moment they arrive, they enter the world of Mimzy’s Playhouse.

Mimzy is played by Milena Hale, who was born in Moscow, Russia. She acquired her dance training at the Bolshoi Theater, the Miami City Ballet and the New World School of Arts where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. She is passionate about her work. Her dance style ranges from theatrical burlesque, to hip hop, to classical and contemporary ballet. She recently danced and choreographed for Mya Harrison’s single “Love Is the Answer.” Milena created the now famous “Bionic Ballerina” that has performed in major festivals such as Masquerade Motel and Back in Black. Additionally the “Bionic Ballerina has been booked for performances at Liv nightclub and Nikki Beach for world famous DJ’s such as Tiesto, Kaskade, and Steve Angello.

Mimzy’s Playhouse is co-produced by Zhantra Entertainment which is nationally and internationally known for providing the ultimate in talent. By providing sophisticated, professional trained dancers and performers for major events worldwide, Zhantra Entertainment has appeared on E! Channel as “Sexiest Jobs in Miami” and voted #1 sexiest entertainment company in South Florida.

Visit www.mimzysplayhouse.com to read about the cast & crew and catch constantly updated video footage of the behind the scenes documentary, and photos along with much more great content.

Follow Mimzy’s Playhouse on Facebook. Twitter

Make sure you enjoy dinner & a show, join us at Haven Lounge 1237 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach for Tapas and Small Bites on Wednesday, December 7. Two seatings 6PM & 8PM. Reserve your table at Haven Lounge.

David Bromstad Body, Money, Death Exhibition 12/2-3/11

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David Bromstad’s “Body, Money, Death” art exhibition to celebrate Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
December 2 & 3, 2011, 5-8pm
Z Ocean Hotel, South Beach
1437 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.bromstad.com

Artist, Interior Designer and HGTV personality David Bromstad will celebrate Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 with his art exhibition, titled “Body, Money, Death,” at Z Ocean Hotel on December 2 and 3, 2011 from 5:00pm – 8:00pm each day. It is free and open to the public.

Nikki at Night presents Felipe Kaval’s Birthday Bash 11/27/11

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Nikki at Night presents Felipe Kaval’s Birthday Bash
Nov 27, From 7 pm to 5 am
Nikki Beach Miami
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach Florida 33139
305 538 1111
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Join us every Sunday night where the best resident DJ’s collaborate with cutting edge producers and talent to bring you the newest, hottest music possible. Come out this week and wish a very happy birthday to our very own Felipe Kaval!!

Rresident troublemakers Bruno Robles, Felipe Kaval and Armand Pena along with Special Guest DJs Dino G, Cocodrills and Sabb!

Kid Nemesis spinning the best of open format upstairs starting at 11PM!

For Table Reservations please call 305-538-1111 or Email Us Now!

Nikki at Night with Guest DJ Nikolas 11/13/11

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Nikki at Night with Guest DJ Nikolas
From Nov 13, From 7 pm to 5 am
Nikki Beach Miami
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach Florida 33139
305 538 1111

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Join us every Sunday night where the best resident DJ’s collaborate with cutting edge producers and talent to bring you the newest, hottest music possible. Come out this week for a special celebration and music by our resident troublemakers Bruno Robles, Felipe Kaval and Armand Pena.

Joining them will be our Special Guest Nikolas, and upstairs will be host to Kid Nemesis Birthday Bash starting at 11Pm!!

For Table Reservations please call 305-538-1111 or Email Us Now, they will sell out!

Grand Opening of Sho Room the New Sushi Speakeasy 11/18-20/11

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Grand Opening
Sho Room
500 South Pointe Drive
Miami Beach, Florida

Grand Opening series of events:
Friday, November 18, 2011: The Sho Room Grand Opening with a live performance by Cece Peniston singing her #1 dance hit “Finally.”

Saturday, November 19, 2011: Live performance by Manolito the Gypsy of The Gypsy Kings

Sunday, November 20, 2011: Coco Bordelo presents “I Love Sho”

For table reservations: call at 305 531 2699 or email RSVP@shoroommiami.com

With twenty years of restaurant experience under his belt, Executive Chef Rudy Irwanto knows how to concoct a mean specialty roll. Beginning his career at the Culinary Institute of Bandung in Indonesia, Irwanto mastered the art of cooking authentic Asian cuisine overseas before unleashing his talent for foodies in South Florida. Since moving to Miami, Irwanto has garnered rave reviews from both clientele, including David Bisbal, Alejandro Sanz, Matthew Allen and Jorge Perez, and the media. The New Times newspaper dubbed his creations the “Most Creative Sushi” for his unique blend of tropical fruit and fresh fish. In addition, Irwanto’s resume lists some of South Florida’s favorites like Oxygen Lounge, Turnberry Isle Resort and Club, and Wolfgang Puck Cafe. Most recently, Irwanto has been head of his own catering company, Kaori Sushi.

The cozy lounge seats approximately 60 – 75 guests, in a newly renovated indoor / outdoor space, creating the perfect setting for an intimate dinning and entertainment experience.

The menu features small plates of signature sushi rolls, fresh oysters and sashimi, and hand-picked hot dishes cooked table side with individual hibachi burners. Each dish is perfectly paired with exclusive cocktails stirred up by Lead Mixologist at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach Ramsey Pimentel. Whether dinning or enjoying a late evening nightcap, Sho provides guests with a Show each night (pun intended). Check calendar listings for an up-to-date schedule of rotating musical talent including, renowned DJs and city favorites, like Brendan O’Hara & The Big Bounce and Manolito the Gypsy.

Bass Museum Of Art Inventive Art Class For Kids And Parents 11/13/11

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Sunday, November 13, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139

The Bass Museum of Art, one of Miami Beach’s key cultural landmarks, will introduce and host an Inventive Art Class this Sunday, November 13 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., as part of its successful IDEA@thebass program. Students ages 5 – 11 will work as a team with a parent or guardian to solve a design challenge. This month’s challenge, “Things That Fly,” will pay tribute to the Wright Brothers and provide students the opportunity to invent their own flying machine. Class begins promptly at 2 p.m. and has a series of planned activities till 4 p.m.

IDEA@thebass is an interactive program that was developed to promote design-thinking skills and support creativity and personal expression. Students learn how to draw, construct and take photographs from the museum’s experienced art teachers. The Inventive Art Classes are held on the second Sunday of every month and feature various design challenges meant for children and their parents or guardians to complete as a team. This month’s “Things That Fly” challenge encourages students to make their own kite or paper airplane using glue, paper and paint. The museum’s Inventive Art Class is a new addition to its IDEA@thebass program and is a complementary initiative to the Bass’ popular Family Day which takes place the last Sunday of every month.

Inventive Art Classes as limited to 30 students and advance registration is required. Admission to the classes is free for members and $10 for non-members.

About the Bass Museum of Art
Located in Miami Beach, the Bass Museum of Art offers a dynamic year-round calendar of exhibitions presenting contemporary art, works of art from its permanent collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture and textiles and newly opened Egyptian Gallery. Artist’s projects, educational programs, lectures, concerts and free family days complement the works on view. Founded in 1963 when the City of Miami Beach accepted a collection of Renaissance and Baroque works of art from collectors John and Johanna Bass, the collection was housed in an Art Deco building designed in 1930 by Russell Pancoast. Architect Arata Isozaki designed an addition to the museum that doubled its size from 15,000 to 35,000 square feet between 1998 and 2002. Most recently, the museum selected internationally acclaimed Oppenheim Architecture + Design to lead its first phase of design and renovation tied to the 2010 completion of Miami Beach’s highly anticipated Collins Park. Oppenheim redesigned and relocated the museum’s arrival area to flow from and into the new park on Collins Avenue. For more information, please visit http://www.bassmuseum.org

Full Moon party and the power of 11/11/11

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11/11/11…. And the power of the moon….
DiLido Beach Club
The Ritz-Carlton
South Beach.

The number 11 is thought of as a “master” number in numerology as the double digit of the same number, which in its most fundamental sense is said to represent new beginnings & purity. With the number 11, the attributes double in strength. The “1” and “1” facing each other (in “11”) represent two figures forming one value with higher ideals, harmony, balance, fulfillment, vision and male & female equality, and their involvement in the progression of life.

Friday night will be especially auspicious for new beginnings, and where better to start them then under a full moon at The DiLido Beach Club, oceanfront at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach.

The Betsy Hotel Presents Its November 2011 Wednesday And Thursday Night Live Jazz Line-Up

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The Betsy Hotel Presents Its November 2011 Wednesday And Thursday Night Live Jazz Line-Up
The Betsy South Beach
1440 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139.

For more information call 305-760-8288 or visit online www.thebetsyhotel.com. Schedule changes monthly and there is no cover or minimum.

The wildly popular jazz series continues Thursday evenings at The Betsy through November with the smooth vocals of Big Brooklyn Red accompanied by Max Farber on piano. Performances take place in the hotel’s bustling Lobby Bar, which offers the perfect gathering spot for experiencing this stellar entertainer. There will also be live music on Wednesday evenings. Attendees can enjoy delicious signature cocktails and a bar menu provided by BLT Steak, the Betsy’s acclaimed in-house dining destination.

Jazz performances begin at 9 p.m. in the Lobby Bar every Wednesday and Thursday evenings; enjoy the smooth sounds of touted vocalists including:
Big Brooklyn Red, performing Thursdays in November 2011 (3rd, 10th & 17th), has a sound described as “A deeply spiritual and transcendent experience – an expression of the freedom and the power letting the creative spirit flow.” www.myspace.com/bigbrooklynred
Big Brooklyn Presents: The iconic entertainer hosts different artists who specialize in global music every Wednesday in November 2011 (2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th).

Van Dyke Upstairs November Music Calendar

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Van Dyke’s most celebrated performers are back this month: Bobby Stringer, Oriente, Conjunto Progresso and IKO IKO. The artist of the month is EUGENIA MENDEZ
Pianist/ Singer, who explores fusing elements from Jazz, Latin and traditional music.

11/5 ~ Rhythm & Blues Series ~ Ike & Val ~ Soul & Blues Revue
11/6 ~ Jazz Night Series ~ Linda Noyes ~ From Brazilian Jazz, Rock, And R&B/Soul
11/7 ~ La Nueva Onda Latina Series ~ Hosted By Adrian Guerra ~ Showcasing The Finest In Latin Rock And Pop
11/8 ~ The Felipe Lamoglia Ensemble ~ Grammy-Winning Saxophonist Plays New Directions In Afro-Cuban Beats.
11/9 ~ Clarence Palmer ~ B3/Piano/Vocals Recorded/Performed With Grant Green, George Benson, Sunny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine
11/10 ~ Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series ~ Phoenix Rivera ~ New-York Based Phoenix Rivera Is One Of A Handful Of Drummers In The World Who Can Play True Jazz And True Latin With Authority And Swing
11/11 ~ Chellie Garcia ~ From The Sexy Soulful Sounds, Genuine Hip-Hop Vibe, Reggae Dancehall Rhythms
11/12 ~ Bobby Stringer ~ Extraordinary Soul & R&B
11/13 ~ Latin Jazz Series ~ Oriente ~ Afro-Cuban Fusion
11/14 ~ Pete Wallace ~ An Eclectic Mix Of Classic And Modern Jazz Featuring Compositions From His New Cd “Roots”
11/15 ~ Rockst*R & Da Fundamentals Present ~ A Night Of Rhythm, Funk & Soul (Brought To You By Godsrockstar Music)
11/16 ~ Artist Of The Month ~ Eugenia Mendez ~ Pianist/ Singer, Explores Fusing Elements From Jazz, Latin And Traditional Music
11/17 ~ Artist Of The Month ~ Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series ~ Carlos Diaz Ensemble ~ Grammy Nominee For His Work With Vocal Sampling: A Capella Latin Jazz Vocals
11/18 ~ Iko Iko ~ Double Grammy Nominees With Legendary Percussionist
11/19 ~ Hot Havana Nights Jazz Night Series ~ Tony Succar Y El Grupo Mixtura Latin ~ Funky Salsa And Merengue Party
11/20 ~ Cuban Music Series ~ Conjunto Progreso ~ Grammy Nominated Cuban Son & Descargas Cubanas
11/21 ~ Freddy Cleo ~ The Quintessential Piano Man & Vocalist Entertainer Who Knows Your Favorite Songs By Heart.
11/22 ~ Randy Singer’s “Airplay” ~ New Visions In Jazz & Pop
11/23 ~ The Agent-K Quartet ~ Avant-Garde Meets Free Jazz And Psychedelic. Miles Davis Meets The Doors
11/24 ~ Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series ~ Big Poppa E And The E Band ~ Best Of The Blues
11/25 ~ Lanzallamas! ~ Afro-Latin-America World Beat Mescal
11/26 ~ Jose Val ~ Fusion Of Latin Pop With Some Afro-Peruvian Style
11/27 ~ Songwriter Nights Series//Songwriters In The Round ~ Hosted By Randy Singer Featuring The Best Acoustic Singers & Songwriters In South Florida Where The Concert Turns Into A Party!
11/28 ~ Adrenaline Jazz ~ Keepin’ The Groove Alive With Drummer Reuben Hoch, B3 Guru Ken Burkhart And Guitarist Tom Lippincott
11/29 ~ Sj & Stedman Acoustic Duo ~ A Blend Of Acoustic Rock With Soulful Elements From Two Of Miami’s Nationally Touring And Ac Charting Artists
11/30 ~ Emmet Cohen ~ Pianist, Interpreting The Past While Paving The Way For The Future

Second Anniversary of What Women Want 11/12/11

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Second Anniversary of What Women Want
Saturday, November 12th from 7PM-10PM
Nikki Beach
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Celebrate our 2 Year Anniversary with ‘A Taste of Spain’, featuring the newest collection from Custo Barcelona.
RSVP Here

The most anticipated ladies night out in Miami, this glamorous event is centered around beauty, sweets, and fashion…the ultimate in pampering and indulgence for women. Enjoy a Flaming Flamenco show, Tantalizing Tapas, and Sultry Sangria. Dinner reservations welcome, and are encouraged in order to get the best seats for the show!

Like What Women Want on Facebook to be entered into a drawing to win our limited edition Nikki Beach Fragrance, Private Party.
(*Must be present at the event to win.)

Manny Paquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez 11/12/11

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Manny Paquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez
Saturday, November 12, 8pm
Clevelander
1020 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Watch this historic bout between Manny Paquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to over 40 screens on property and our jumbo screens in the 1020 Lounge. Tickets are available at Clevelander.Eventbrite.com. Doors will open at 8:00 pm, and the ticket guarantees you a standing room spot in either GameOn or 1020 Lounge. Table reservations are also available by emailing events@clevelander.com or calling 786-276-5325.

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present The Phoenix Rivera Ensemble 11/10/11

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KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present The Phoenix Rivera Ensemble
Thursday, November 10, at 9 PM.
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Phoenix will be on drums, Abel Pabon on piano, Felipe Lamoglia on sax, Nicky Orta on bass, and Papacho Savon on percussion.

Phoenix Rivera, the son of international legend Mario Rivera, was born in New York City in 1965. Guided by his father’s musical insight, Mr. Rivera taught himself the technical aspects of the drums. He has played with musicians such as Hilton Ruiz, Dave Valentin, Bobby Bell, Eurythmics, Robert Palmer, Chico O’Farrill and Tito Puente. His most recent recording credits include albums such as At the Point, Vol.1 and Vol. 2 with Papo Vazquez, El Commandante recorded with his father, and Por Fin with Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri. In March 2002, Mr. Rivera participated in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz in the Schools Tour with Arturo O’Farrill, which reached over 5,000 New York City students, teachers, and parents.

“Phoenix Rivera is one of a handful of drummers in the world who can play true jazz and true Latin with authority and swing. He has what we call in the business “spangalang” and “timba.’’ You might recognize it as that ineffable quality when you taste smokin’ barbecue. It’s intangible and goes beyond the individual ingredients, but you know it’s there ‘cause you gotta have more. It’s called fatback, manteca, moxie and a million other things. Phoenix has it in spades.” (Zoho records)

Amigos For Kids 20th Annual Holiday Toy Drive Kick-off Cocktail 11/8/11

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Amigos For Kids’ 20th Annual Holiday Toy Drive Kick-off Cocktail
Tuesday, November 8 · 6:30pm – 9:30pm
The Palms Hotel & Spa
3025 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

Amigos For Kids’ 20th Annual Holiday Toy Drive Kick-off Cocktail
Official Kick-Off for the 20th Annual Holiday Toy Drive
RSVP by November 4, 2011
If you would like to attend, please rsvp at: rsvp@amigosforkids.org
Please bring a new unwrapped toy!
Amigos For Kids Holiday Toy Drive 2011
Presented by Ford Motor Company
We are featuring natural gourmet tastings and cocktails sponsored by Bacardi. Please bring a new unwrapped toy

Dinner and Dialogue 11/7/11

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Dinner and Dialogue
11/7/2011, 9 PM – 12 AM
Kane Steakhouse
431 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

www.ae-collective.com

AE District & Kane Steakhouse brings you the preview of Dinner & Dialogue a weekly dinner (Mondays) of the like-minded…

We will also be hosting a monthly gathering bringing together a group to discuss the world we’re living in. Drawing inspiration from newspapers, magazines, and online content, we’ll unpack what we’ve been told and come up with our own answers.

Never taking ourselves too seriously “Dinner & Dialogue” will be about influential, culturally engaged people, great conversation, amazing food, and great music.

Please Join Us For The Birthday Celebration Of Erik Yehezkel & Elizabeth Eidelson!!!

Music By: AE Collective
www.ae-collective.com

Dinner Reservations Required: info@gorillasrevolution.com

BeLive 2011 11/17/11

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Thursday, November 17, 7:00 PM
The Ritz-Carlton
South Beach, Florida

Artnexus Foundation Invited To Participate In Belive 2011

The ArtNexus Foundation is a US-based nonprofit organization that promotes educational projects and scholarly research; channels funds that benefit cultural programs, and supports a Documentation Center that focuses on the visual arts, in Bogota, Colombia.

Because of its positive influence in the areas of art and education, the ArtNexus Foundation has been invited to join three prestigious organizations, Give to Colombia, Fórmula Sonrisas, and Genesis Foundation in celebrating BeLive 2011. Originally conceived to bring awareness to the international community of Colombia’s social needs and to raise funds to support high impact social projects in areas such as education, health, nutrition, and economic development, BeLive has become one of the most important fundraisers in South Florida.

Since 2007, BeLive raised approximately 2.5 million dollars in cash and in-kind donations to support the organizations’ projects. Over five hundred people have attended each annual gala and more than one hundred corporate donors have committed to support the foundations’ goals.

The fifth edition of BeLive will take place at The Ritz Carlton South Beach, on Thursday November 17, at 7:00 PM. The event, chaired by Lauren Santo Domingo and Sofia Vergara, will feature a fashion show by The Webster, a concert by Fonseca, “The Wayuu Mochila Project,” for which over forty internationally renowned designers will transform traditional Colombian ‘Mochilas’ into unique fashionable pieces that will be auctioned at the gala, and the Tiffany & Co. “Mystery Blue Box Wall.”

Corporate Sponsors include: Diageo, Morgan Stanley, Target, Bombardier, PEPSI, Chevrolet (GM), Banco de Santander and Sanford Health.

Individual tickets $500.

To purchase tickets or for additional information please contact: Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig, President, ArtNexus Foundation artnexusfoundation@artnexus.com

Texas de Brazil Miami Beach Presents Exclusive Dinner with Ghurka Cigars 11/10/11

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Texas de Brazil Miami Beach Presents Exclusive Dinner with Ghurka Cigars
Thursday, November 10th
Reception: 7:30pm, Dinner: 8:30pm
Texas de Brazil Miami Beach
300 Alton Rd, #200
Miami Beach, FL 33139-8913
305.695.7702

3-Course Dinner, Libations and Cigar Rolling!
Texas de Brazil joins together with the world renowned Ghurka Cigars to present an unprecedented dining experience next Thursday, November 10th! For $95/person guests can dine on a 3-course meal including Texas de Brazil’s extensive Salad Bar, five-different types of meat and delicious desserts. Attendees can sip on satisfying libations while enjoying premium Ghurka Cigar Rolling on Texas de Brazil Miami Beach’s terrace with views of the Marina and Miami Skyline. With limited space available, guests are urged to RSVP as soon as possible!

Ticket Prices: $95/Person, Inclusive
Rsvp to: Michael Burstein 305.695.7702 or Michaelburstein@texasdebrazil.com

Must Be 21 Or Older

The Divorcée Sale benefits The Breast Cancer Research Foundation 11/11-13/11

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The Divorcée Sale benefits The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Friday, November 11th: 6pm to 10pm ($25 in advance/$35 at the door)
Saturday, November 12th: 10am to 7pm ($15 in advance/$20 at the door)
Sunday, November 13th: 11am to 5pm ($15 in advance/$20 at the door)
Delano (Penthouse)
1685 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Marriage may not be forever, but style is. The Divorcée Sale, the traveling shopping event where fabulous Divorcées shed their past wears to benefit a great cause, touches down in Miami at the iconic Delano November 11th – 13th. Shoppers will be whisked up to Delano’s chic penthouse where they will have the opportunity to snap up designer bags, clothes and accessories from Balenciaga, Tory Burch, Marc Jacobs, Lanvin, YSL, Miu Miu, Burberry, Chanel, Diane von Furstenberg and more at seriously slashed prices. Plus, 25% of proceeds benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
The Friday night kickoff includes plenty of passed champagne and swag bags for all. The first 50 shoppers to arrive on Saturday and Sunday will also receive gift bags, so rise and shop!

Tickets are available beginning Monday, November 5th at www.thedivorcesale.com.

The Divorcée Sale was created by Jill Alexander who saw a need to help newly single friends discard their fashionable baggage from their previous life. These items serve as symbolic reminders of what is holding people back from closing a chapter of their past and moving on with their future. Jill also wanted to help her friends and other women fight cancer and is committed to donating a percentage of sale proceeds to charity. Many women report that donating their things allows them to make a break from their old life, free up closet space and give them peace of mind knowing that a portion of their proceeds are being donated to a great cause. The Divorcée Sale was created to help women through tough times in life. What better way to do that than through fashion? For more information, visit www.thedivorceesale.com.

Art Basel Miami Beach Presents Art Positions Featuring 16 Young Galleries 12/1-4/11

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Art Positions: Strong representation of young galleries
Public Show Dates: December 1 – 4, 2011
Miami Beach Convention Center.

Art Positions creates a platform for a single project from one artist, allowing curators, critics and collectors to discover ambitious new talents at Art Basel Miami Beach. The sector will present 16 young galleries from ten different countries, with a record representation of Latin American galleries, who represent nearly half the projects for 2011.

Participating galleries and artists:
Baró Galeria, São Paulo: Rosana Ricalde
Casas Riegner Galeria, Bogotá: Icaro Zorbar
Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro: Cinthia Marcelle
Gaudel de Stampa, Paris: Jessica Warboys
Algus Greenspon Gallery, New York: Emily Sundblad
Kavi Gupta, Chicago, Berlin: Theaster Gates
Karma International, Zurich: Carissa Rodriguez
Kimmerich Gallery, New York: Alexandra Bircken
Klemm’s, Berlin: Sven Johne
LABOR, México: Jorge Satorre
Mendes Wood, São Paulo: Paulo Nazareth
Francesca Minini, Milan: Mandla Reuter
Galeria Lucía de la Puente, Lima: Cesar Cornejo
Anita Schwartz Galeria, Rio de Janeiro: Otavio Schipper
Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles: Analia Saban
Travesía Cuatro, Madrid: Marco Rountree

A detailed description of selected Art Positions projects is available at www.artbasel.com/positions.

Sleepless Night at the Bass Museum of Art 11/5/11

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Sleepless Night at the Bass Museum of Art
November 5 Saturday, 5 p.m. – 12 a.m.

Featuring: Marco Brambilla: CIVILIZATION, (2:40 minutes, single-channel high-def DVD loop)
Also on view: Laurent Grasso: Portrait of a Young Man
Apulian Vessel Gallery, Egyptian Gallery & Selections from the permanent collection.
8:00-8:30pm: Q&A with the artist led by Knight Curatorial Fellow, Kristin Korolowicz

Marco Brambilla’s “CIVILIZATION” — depicts a metaphysical journey from hell to heaven as represented by computer-altered found footage sampled from films both mainstream and obscure. Civilization (Megaplex) is an epic video mural containing 300 individual channels of looped video blended into a multi-layered seamless tableau of interconnecting images that illustrate a contemporary and often satirical take on the concepts heaven and hell.

Brambilla is an Italian-born Canadian artist and filmmaker who currently lives and works between New York and Los Angeles. Known for his early success with the 1993 science fiction film DEMOLITION MAN, the artist shifted from commercial work to video and photography projects and has since exhibited his art world-wide; including the Guggenheim Museum, NY, SF MOMA, New Museum, NY and others. Brambilla is represented by Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

Additionally, for Sleepless Night – the Bass Museum will once again collaborate with the Miami International Piano Festival in presenting newly discovered pianists and prodigies. Come and enjoy a wonderful sampling of talented musicians for a Sleepless Night of classical music virtuosity. Thirty-minute programs offered hourly from 7-11pm.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For more information, call 305.673.7530 or visit www.bassmuseum.org

See Dr. Strange in his Cage on Saturday at Sleepless Night 11/5/11

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Saturday November 5, 6PM until Midnight
Lincoln Road Mall near Washinton Avenue
Miami Beach, FL
This is a FREE event as part of Sleepless Night Miami Beach
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Noted Brazilian composer, inventor of urban sound events and Miami favorite Livio Tragtenberg brings his audience interactive piece The Cabinet of Dr. Strange to Sleepless Night on Miami Beach. Commissioned for the São Paulo Bienal, The Cabinet of Dr. Strange is performed in a cage. Livio twice wowed Miami audiences at the Byron Carlyle Theater in 2005 with his Nervous City Orchestra.

“…a multicultural musical delight… Rarely, if ever, has South Florida’s much-vaunted musical multiplicity been so joyously presented.” – The Miami Herald

Rhythm Foundation at Sleepless Night Magnum Band and Ayabonmbe 11/5/11

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Saturday, November 5th from 8PM to 10PM
The Rhythm Foundation
Collins Park
22nd Street Beach
and features some highlights from our monthly production Big Night in Little Haiti.

Sleepless Night, the all night cultural extravaganza that fills the entire City of Miami Beach with FREE concerts, art, performance and fun is this Saturday, November 5th. For the complete schedule and details, visit SleeplessNight.org.

8 PM – 9 PM: Ayabonmbe, a Haitian roots music and dance ensemble
9 PM – 10 PM: Magnum Band, the legendary kings of kompa have been bringing the party to Little Haiti and the world for 30 years. The band continues to be anchored by brothers Dadou (guitar) and Tico (drums) Pasquet, some of Haiti’s finest instrumentalists. Here is a taste of Magnum Band, live in Martinique last year:

ArtCenter Spikes Palette with Botran Rum and Cafe Bustello for Sleepless Night 11/5/11

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ArtCenter Spikes Palette with Botran Rum & Cafe Bustello – Sleepless Night
November 5, 2011 at 6:00 to midnight
ArtCenter South Florida
800 and 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Fl 33139
Miami, FL 33132
305.674.8278
www.artcentersf.org

Free and open to the public

Artcenter/South Florida Gets Sketchy For Sleepless Night 2011
Botran & Café Bustello Give Night a Kick with a Signature Cocktail

ArtCenter/South Florida is collaborating with a host of partners, upping the ante during Sleepless Night. Artists including Jordan Melnick of Sketchy Miami; a string quartet and brass quintet from Greater Miami Youth Symphony and ACSF artists-in-residents will be drawing and performing live throughout the event at alternating 800 and 924 Lincoln Road properties. The kicker: in keeping the night sleepless and saucy, Botran Rum will be sampling their exclusive Sleepless Night signature cocktail Café Ole.

ArtCenter wants to spend Sleepless Night with you 11/5/11

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ArtCenter wants to spend Sleepless Night with you!
Saturday, Nov. 5th, 6-9PM
ArtCenter/ South Florida
800, 810 & 924 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305.674.8278
www.artcentersf.org

See you at: Outside of 924 Lincoln Road
Sleepless Night is a 13-hour art extravanganza throughout Miami Beach and, starting at 6 p.m., ArtCenter artists will be out in front of our 924 Lincoln Road studio complex waiting to create YOUR portrait.

Come by, sit with one of our amazing artists, and have your portrait done. It is also an opportunity to visit our artists’ studios. Only $5 to get your portrait done and $15 to take it home with you!

This event is a collaboration with Sketchy Miami, an art project that connects local artists and the general public through portraiture. Check www.sketchymiami.com to learn more!

SoBe Arts I’ll Be Bach on Sleepless Night MB 11/5/11

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SoBe Arts I’ll Be Bach on Sleepless Night MB
Saturday, November 5 · 9:00pm – 11:00pm
SoBe Institute of the Arts (SoBe Arts)
2100 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

“I’LL BE BACH”
SoBe Arts Chamber Ensemble
Your host; A. Schwarzenegger
for Sleepless Night, Miami Beach 2011
Performed on the 21st St. Band Shell on the SoBe Arts Campus
Free & Open to the General Public

Explore the daring and subversive side of Johann Sebastian Bach with our notoriously buff host, A. Schwarzenegger, as the SoBe Arts Chamber Ensemble performs high-energy Brandenburg Concertos.

In 1721, Bach presented the Margrave of Brandenburg with a bound manuscript containing six pumped-up compositions for chamber orchestra. The Margrave never thanked Bach for his work or paid him, but the Brandenburg Concertos still blow away the competition almost three centuries later! Unlike our host, Bach’s poundage still packs power!

• The program lifts off with concerto #3, familiar to us from its use in Clockwork Orange and Die Hard.

• The harpsichord cadenza in the first movement of concerto #5 sounds like some crazy improvisation from a rock band. This part, first performed by Bach himself, was heard on The American President, episodes of The X-Files and still dazzles audiences with its virtuosity and precision.

• Lastly you will hear Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Cantata No. 140, also known as SLEEPERS AWAKE! This Cantata, used in Mr Holland’s Opus, arranged for strings and harpsichord contains such joy and sheer beauty it must be heard to be believed.

Sleepless Muscles and Slovakia 11/5/11

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Sleepless Muscles and Slovakia
November 5, 2011
Installation: between 6 and 12AM
Performances: 7PM, 9PM and 11PM
Entrance to Bass Museum (from Park Ave)
2100 Collins Avenu
Miami Beach, FL 33139-1756

More info: http://sleeplessnight.org/
Click on the program

Here are some project details:
Juraj Kojs: Sleepless Muscles: A muscle-powered multimedia installation
Sleepless Muscles investigates the ecological potential of the human movement. Our kinetic “waste” energy can indeed initiate expressive art creations. Such projects have the capacity to raise awareness about how we use our bodies to operate in the world.

A permanent magnet DC generator from is attached to a stationary bicycle. A pedaling viewer powers the musical greeting cards and two sets of LED lights. The pedaling speed controls the presence and intensity of both the sounds and lights.
http://kojs.net/Installations.html

Juraj Kojs: Slovakia
Slovakia is 35-minute program that combines Slovakian folk instruments and experimental electronica. The instruments such as sheep bells, fujara (bass overtone flute) and wooden noise makers are paired with the cutting edge technologies. Dramatic rituals and powerful music will transport you to the mysterious world filled with ancient calls and voices.

At and Across for Slovakian sheep bells and cyber bells (a part of Slovakia) “has an appealing, nonchalant quietude, rising to a tumultuous clamor now and then—a fascinating blurring of ancient sounds melded with 21st-century technology.” (Bruce Hodges, Music Web International’s Worldwide Concert and Opera Reviews)

Juraj Kojs is an award winning composer, performer and multimedia artist from Slovakia who specializes on creating and performing experimental interactive music with conventional concert instruments, folk instruments, everyday objects and computer. Kojs has performed at festivals and conferences in Europe, the US and Latin America. Miami New Times described his muscle powered multimedia Neraissance as “striking and unforgettable.”
http://www.kojs.net/Slovakia.html

Anthony Fasano Presents Tracy Morgan Live at The Fillmore 11/26/11

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Anthony Fasano Presents: Tracy Morgan Live at The Fillmore
11/26/2011, 8pm
The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater
1700 Washington Ave
Miami Beach, FL
Buy Tickets Online

On Saturday, November 26, 2011, Miami Dolphins tight end Anthony Fasano is hosting a charity comedy event headlined by “30 Rock” actor Tracy Morgan. The event, which benefits nonprofit organization Rebuilding Together: Veterans Housing, takes place at The Fillmore Miami Beach. Special VIP tickets include a pre show meet & greet with members of the Miami Dolphins.

Artist collective 305coLab takes over the Catalina Hotel for a Sleepless Night 11/5/11

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Artist collective 305coLab takes over the Catalina Hotel for a Sleepless Night.
Satuday, November 5
Catalina Hotel

Meet the artist from 6pm-8pm

Carla Fache, Sri Prabha, Je Garcia Mathews, Burne Richardson, Marlene Lopez, Lucinda Linderman and Miguel Rodez.

and stay for the party, all night long…
with video and sculpture in the main lobby. site specific mixed media installation in the bamboo garden. 2D artwork in the upstairs gallery. sculpture and video installation over the bamboo pool.
plus a few surprise friends dropping in through out the evening for impromptu performances you do not want to miss.

plus, on the roof top join local non profit, Rescue Earth for the introduction of the Sprout Project: a sustainable organic garden and education program for the residents of the Miami Rescue Mission.

They will have available a selection of Native seeds and Herbs for a donation and invites those who want the DIY skills to participate in the planting of the seeds at the garden launch for the Rescue Mission later in November.

The Sprout project, aspires to create a reproducible growth platform for sustainability – starting with the individual, to the local community and expanding

add’l info…
305colab is a collective of local artists interested in the nexus between art
and ecology.
305coLab
http://305colab.blogspot.com/

marlene lopez > http://circle2labs.wordpress.com/
sri prabha > http://www.sriprabha.com/
carla fache > http://www.carlafache.com/
burne richardson > email: collabo305[at]googlegroups[.]com
miguel rodez > http://miguelrodez.wordpress.com/
lucinda linderman > http://www.upcycledobject.com/
je garcia mathews > email: collabo305@googlegroups.com

Lanzallamas Monofonica Performs for Sleepless Night and More at The Angler’s Boutique Resort 11/5/11

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Lanzallamas Monofonica Performs for ‘Sleepless Night’ and More
November 5, 6pm-1am
The Angler’s Boutique Resort
660 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach 33139
For reservations at 660 call 786-594-5811
www.theanglersresort.com

The Angler’s Boutique Resort, South Beach’s Mediterranean hideaway, comes out of hiding for an unforgettable ‘Sleepless Night.’ In celebration of the local arts festival, Grammy Award nominated talent Lanzallamas Monofonica will entertain locals with their Afro Latin American World Beats, playing sets from 9-10pm and 11pm-12am. 660 at The Angler’s very own critically-acclaimed Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli will be serving Braised Short Rib Quesadillas Charred Scallion & Jack; Bell & Evans BBQ Chicken Sliders Smoked Onions & Fried Corn and “Coconut” Calamari Cashews, Cilantro and Red Curry Aioli. Specialty cocktails will also be available in celebration of the culturally explosive night. The memorable festivities will be a must-see for every sleepless reveler in town.

The Angler’s Boutique Resort: Since opening in 2007 the Miami Beach property has remained a fresh approach to the luxury boutique resort experience reminiscent of old Florida. The service is sincere and attentive. The 45-room boutique hotel is an enclave of four unique buildings featuring luxurious rooms that are designed for comfort and convenience. The Angler’s is ideally located with the Atlantic Ocean just two blocks away in the heart of South Beach.

The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents The Felipe Lamoglia Ensemble at Sleepless Night 11/5/11

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The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents The Felipe Lamoglia Ensemble at Sleepless Night
November 6 at 2:30 AM
Classical South Florida Stage
Ocean Drive at 8th Street
South Beach

courtesy of KCC Productions. For more information, visit sleeplessnight.org.

Felipe Lamoglia is a Grammy-winning saxophonist, composer and arranger. Born and educated in Cuba, he is a graduate of the prestigious Superior Institute of Art (ISA).

In 1999 Lamoglia relocated to the U.S. where he immediately began performing with the late Celia Cruz. In 2001 he began playing with Grammy winner Arturo Sandoval, performing all over the world and recording on Trumpet Evolution, as well as two DVD releases: Live at the Blue Note NYC and Live at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. In 2004 he joined Grammy winner Gonzalo Rubalcaba, recording on his Grammy-nominated album, Paseo (Blue Note).

In 2006 Lamoglia arranged and played on Ignacio Berroa’s debut album Codes, also released on Blue Note and nominated for a Grammy. In 2007 Felipe contributed as arranger, performer, and composer for Arturo Sandoval’s Grammy-winning album, Rumba Palace.

Throughout the years he has continued to develop his solo work and in 2007 released his first solo CD, Dimensions, recorded in Brazil. This album incorporated Felipe’s Afro-Cuban roots with a blend of Brazilian music and straight-ahead jazz. He is currently promoting his quintet, Afro-Cuban Beats.

Felipe has shared the stage with musical giants such as Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Wynton Marsalis, Eldar, Dafnis Prieto, Ignacio Berroa and many others, participating in Major Jazz Festivals in the U.S. and abroad including JVC, Playboy, Newport, Henieken Jazz, Red Sea and in venues such as Blue Note, Iridium, Jazz Standard, Yoshi’s, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola and many more.

Felipe’s latest project, “Iresounds”, is a mix of his Afro-Cuban roots, Latin jazz, and contemporary jazz. They have a superb brass section and a rhythm section of exceptional young Cuban musicians. Their music and arrangements are entirely Felipe’s, done with the flavor of the tunes he wrote for Rumba Palace.

1020 Lounge Quality Control 11/5/11

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Saturday, 11pm
Clevelander
1020 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Saturday nights at 1020 Lounge are all all about Quality Control. Join the sexiest party goers and best DJs on South Beach at the center of Ocean Drive – right in the middle of all the action. The 1020 Lounge is on the 2nd Floor of the Clevelander. Doors open at 11 PM. For table reservations, call 786.276.5325 or email Events@Clevelander.com.

One Love Wednesdays with A-Train plus Iron Lyon and Friends at Love Hate 11/9/11

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One Love Wednesdays with A-Train plus Iron Lyon and Friends at Love Hate
11/9/11, 10p-5a
Love Hate
423 Washington Ave
Miami Beach, FL
More Info

A brand new weekly Reggae + Hip Hop party..
Presented By: A-Train & Iron Lyon
One Love Wednesdays
@ Love Hate (Newly Renovated)
No Cover

w/ rotating guest DJs: Tom Laroc // I-Cue // Sharpsound // D-Up
Hosted by: Kaaren Styles // Lady J Femme // Miss Angelina
$3 Red Stripes Alllll Night
+ Free Stuff from our Sponsors..

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The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents Batuke Samba Funk at Sleepless Night 11/5/11

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The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents Batuke Samba Funk at Sleepless Night
November 5 at 11:30 PM
Euclid Circle Stage
Lincoln Road
South Beach

courtesy of KCC Productions. For more information, visit sleeplessnight.org.

Batuke is the act of drumming on any surface, or with any object, that makes a sound. Recycled cans, plastic buckets and pieces of scrap metal have all been transformed into percussive instruments that enhance the musical atmosphere of this group established by Diogo Oliveira in 2008.

The core of Batuke Samba Funk comprises four musicians based in Miami, Florida. The group offers a fusion of Brazilian rhythms including samba and samba rock with classic American funk. While the core group consists of bass, drums, keyboard and voice, the ensemble is joined by trombone, female vocals and Brazilian percussion when performing with their full 7-piece configuration.

Bassist, composer and musical producer Diogo Oliveira is the creator of Batuke Samba Funk. He is one of the most recognized and accomplished Brazilian musicians working in South Florida. One of his recent musical productions, Braziian Voices Funky Jazz Show, was awarded “Best Show of the Year” by the Brazilian Press Awards in 2010.

Batuke’s keyboard and woodwinds are performed by Brian Wolfe, an American originally from Alabama. Wolfe is multi-talented…songwriter, composer and musical producer with particular focus on horn and string arrangements.

Goran Rista provides the dynamic drumming style that is a signature of Batuke. Originally from Serbia, Rista brings a drumming style defined by clean execution, mutli-layered range and intense power that evoke an instantaneous interplay between music and emotion.

The featured vocalist of Batuke is Robson Coccaro, an accomplished singer, music producer and event designer. He is one of the most distinctive vocal talents in the US, offering a sublime synthesis of groove and melodic character that have helped establish Batuke as one of the most sought after bands in Miami.

Newly Juried Artist Talk with Tobias Ostrander Chief Curator at MAM 11/8/11

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Newly Juried Artist Talk with Tobias Ostrander Chief Curator at MAM
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011, 6:30 PM
Richard Shack Gallery ArtCenter SouthFlorida
800 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305 674 8278
www.artcentersf.org

Join Art Center/SouthFlorida for an artist discussion hosted by Tobias Ostrander, Chief Curator at Miami Art Museum, and participating artists of the Newly Juried Artists Exhibition: Tony Chimento, Pablo Contrisciani, Tom Cocotos, Katerina Friderici, Rosa Naday Garmendia, Peter Hammar, Lissette Schaefler and Antonia Wright

The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents The Paulo Gualano Brazilian Drummers and Dancers at Sleepless Night 11/5/11

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The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents The Paulo Gualano Brazilian Drummers and Dancers at Sleepless Night
November 5 at 11 PM
Euclid Circle Stage
Lincoln Road
South Beach

courtesy of KCC Productions. For more information, visit sleeplessnight.org.

Paulo Gualano and his Brazilian & Latin orchestras and shows have performed for many prestigious companies and important people, such as:

Mr. Bill Clinton at the Summit of the Americas (James L. Knight Center, Miami), Mr. Fernando Collor de Mello (Former Brazilian President), Compaq Computers (Cancun, Mexico), Microsoft (Miami Beach Convention Center), Presidente Hotel (El Salvador), Hyatt Regency Guatemala (Guatemala City), Radisson Hotel (Aruba), Rotary Club (Grand Cayman Islands), Viva Chicago Fest (Chicago), Federal Express (Marriott World Center – Orlando), Epcot Center (Orlando), Apple Computers (Broward Convention Center), Nike (Japan & South Korea), Wet & Wild Water Park (Orlando), TV Guide (Universal Studios), Acer Computers (Mirage Casino – Las Vegas), Opryland Hotel (Nashville), Budweiser, United Way, Brazilian Carnival Ball in Toronto, Brazilian Carnival Ball in Cleveland, and Brazilian Carnival Ball in Chicago, just to name a few.

The company offers Brazilian and Latin shows such as Samba, Capoeira, Lambada, Salsa, Flamenco, Tango, and more!

Bass Museum Artist Reception For Laurent Grasso Exhibit at Beats After Sunset 11/4/11

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Bass Museum Artist Reception For Laurent Grasso Exhibit at Beats After Sunset
Friday, November 4, 2011 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Reception to coincide with the opening of French Week Miami

The Bass Museum of Art will host an artist reception for its newest exhibit Laurent Grasso: Portrait of a Young Man on Friday, November 4, 2011 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. coinciding with the opening of French Week Miami.

For his solo exhibition at the Bass Museum, open to the public on October 29, 2011, Parisian artist Laurent Grasso juxtaposes historical works from the museum’s permanent collection of Renaissance and Baroque art with his own series of paintings, sculptures, videos and neons. The artist provocatively forms literal and figurative connections between the past and present and investigates shifting and multiple time frames in his conceptual art practice.

French Week Miami is organized by the French-American Chamber of Commerce with the support of the French Consulate in Miami and showcases the diversity and richness of the French presence to the community of South Florida. This event is actively supported by the Consulate General of France, www.Frenchweekmiami.org.

Guests will enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres by A la Folie Café and cocktails. The reception is free to members and basspass members and $8 for non-members. French week participants can RSVP at faccevents@faccmiami.com for free admission to the reception.

Laurent Grasso: Portrait of a Young Man runs through February 12, 2012 and will be on view during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. Special museum hours will be: Monday, November 28 through Wednesday, November 30, 2011, noon to 5 p.m.; Thursday, December 1 through Sunday, December 4, 2011, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Laurent Grasso (b. 1972) lives and works in Paris, France. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, most recently at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. He has taken part in many national and international group shows and has won several awards worldwide, including the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2008. The artist is represented by the Sean Kelly Gallery, New York.

Located in Miami Beach, the Bass Museum of Art offers a dynamic year-round calendar of exhibitions exploring the connections between contemporary art and works of art from its permanent collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture and textiles and newly opened Egyptian Gallery. Artists’ projects, educational programs, lectures, concerts and free family days complement the works on view. Founded in 1963 when the City of Miami Beach accepted a collection of Renaissance and Baroque works of art from collectors John and Johanna Bass, the collection was housed in an Art Deco building designed in 1930 by Russell Pancoast. Architect Arata Isozaki designed an addition to the museum that doubled its size from 15,000 to 35,000 square feet between 1998 and 2002. Most recently, the museum selected internationally acclaimed Oppenheim Architecture + Design to lead its first phase of design and renovation tied to the 2010 completion of Miami Beach’s highly anticipated Collins Park. Oppenheim redesigned and relocated the museum’s arrival area to flow from and into the new park on Collins Avenue. For more information, please visit http://www.bassmuseum.org

The Bass Museum of Art is generously funded by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and the Friends of the Bass Museum. Additional support for the Laurent Grasso exhibition was made possible by Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art.

The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents The Shuffle Demons at Sleepless Night 11/5/11

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The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents The Shuffle Demons at Sleepless Night
November 5 at 10 PM
Euclid Circle Stage
Lincoln Road
South Beach

courtesy of KCC Productions. For more information, visit sleeplessnight.org.

The City of Miami Beach presents the sensational Canadian jazz-rock-fusion band The Shuffle Demons at Sleepless Night, Saturday, November 5, at 10 PM, at the Euclid Circle Stage, Lincoln Road, South Beach. The Shuffle Demons first broke onto the Canadian music scene in 1984 with an electrifying musical fusion that drew in equal measure from Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, Run DMC and the Beastie Boys. The band was one of the first indie acts to break out on MuchMusic. This band was genre-bending, highly visually entertaining, funny, and best of all, could really PLAY. All their eye-catching, crowd-pleasing stunts were backed up by incredibly solid musicianship and real ground-breaking playing.

Over a twenty-six year span The Shuffle Demons have released six CDs, two hit videos, won several music awards, done numerous TV and radio appearances and toured nationally and internationally, including 25 cross-Canada tours, five US tours, 16 European tours, a tour of India, a tour of China, a tour of Thailand, a tour of South Korea and a tour of Cuba, playing on big festival stages, theatres and clubs.

Expect the same exciting, no-holds-barred performances that feature wild romps in the crowd, free jazz moments, danceable funk, poetry, killer solos and more. Tonight the band will be joined by a Special Guest, in from New York: tenor saxophonist and composer Seamus Blake, who is recognized as one of the finest exponents of contemporary jazz. His music is known for its sophistication, bold improvisations and “sheer swagger”.

The Shuffle Demons appear courtesy of KCC Productions.

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present The John Benitez Ensemble 11/3/11

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KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present The John Benitez Ensemble
Thursday, November 3, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach.

featuring John on bass, Manuel Valera, piano, Felip Lamoglia, sax, and Francis Benitez, drums
For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Born in Puerto Rico, bassist John Benitez began playing gospel music in church at age 13. Soon he was performing with musicians such as Chick Corea, Batacumbele and Cuco Pena. He toured Colombia, playing with top musicians there before moving to New York City in 1993, where he attended the City College of New York, and studied with Ron Carter and Anthony Jackson.

In 1997 he recorded Habana with Roy Hargrove, earning a Grammy for Best Latin Performance. In 2001 he released his first album as leader, Descarga in New York. Benitez has performed with many well-known American and Latin artists including Lucecita Benitez, Batacumbele, Justo Betancourt, Joe Madrid, Wynton Marsalis, Cuco Pena, Tito Puente, Lalo Rodriguez, Hilton Ruiz, Dave Samuels, Chucho Valdez and Bobby Watson. Benitez has also recorded with numerous performers such as David Sanchez, Eddie Palmieri and Roy Hargrove’s Grammy award-winning Crisol Band.

He has participated in two instructional videos with master percussionist Giovanni Hildalgo and Cuban drummer Ignacio Berroa. He can also be seen on the national TV shows Good Morning America, The Today Show and Bet On Jazz.

Benitez has performed as sideman and featured special artist in all of the major jazz festivals and venues, and has recently released a second CD, Purpose. A prolific composer, arranger and producer, he’s also the man Eddie Palmieri dubbed “the greatest bass player in the world”.

Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Presents Glow with a Double-Feature by Assi Azar 11/22/11

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Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Monthly Movie Series, “Glow,” Presents A Double-Feature: “The Grove” And “Mom And Dad, I Have Something To Tell You” Pre-Screening Reception and Meet & Greet with Filmmaker and Israeli TV Star Assi Azar
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
7:00 p.m. – Reception
8:00 p.m. – Screening
Miami Beach Cinemateque
1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor
Miami Beach, FL 33139

HBO is proud to present “GLOW”, a monthly screening series produced by the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The next installment of GLOW is a double-feature of “The Grove” and “Mom and Dad, I Have Something To Tell You.” In addition to the Double Feature, the evening includes a pre-screening reception where guests may enjoy cocktails while nibbling on a variety of hors d’oeuvres.

Filmmaker and TV star Assi Azar, producer of “Mom & Dad, I have Something To Tell You,” will also be in attendance for a meet-and-greet and to sign autographs. Assi Azar was voted as one of the top 100 most influential gays in the world in 2009 by OUT Magazine. He is currently the host of Israeli’s version of “Big Brother.”

About “The Grove”
The Grove is a film about AIDS, love and the politics of remembrance. The GROVE shows how a community in crisis found healing in nature and unexpectedly ignited a debate about what it means to be a national memorial. Thirty years after the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, how do we mark a time of unimaginable loss? This film is being screened as an advance recognition of World AIDS Day, December 1.

About “Mom & Dad, I Have Something To Tell You”
“Mom and Dad, I Have Something To Tell You” is a documentary about the journey parents are forced to take once their children tell them they are gay or lesbian. Until now, documentaries about the subject of coming out of the closet have been from the point-of-view of the person taking that step. Now for the first time, we get to understand what happens from the parents’ perspective.

Filmmaker and Israeli TV star Assi Azar will be in attendance, courtesy of the Israeli Consulate.

Double-Feature tickets:
Members: Advance $6.25*
Members: Day of: $11.25*
Guests: Advance: $11.25*
Guests: Day of: $16.25*
*Transaction Fee: $2.00 per order
For tickets, visit: www.mglff.com Or call: 877-484-8499

The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents The Will Calhoun Trio with John Benitez and David Gilmore at Sleepless Night 11/5/11

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The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents The Will Calhoun Trio, with John Benitez and David Gilmore, at Sleepless Night
November 5 at 9 PM
ExoStage at Soundscape
500 17th Street
South Beach

Courtesy of KCC Productions. For more information, visit sleeplessnight.org.

Not many artists have the vision and artistic energy to be Grammy winners and contribute to so many genres: jazz, rock, hip-hop, ambient, et al, while concurrently producing, touring, creating new projects, working on films, and continually pushing the envelope. Will Calhoun has this creative vision, and he is doing an extraordinary job keeping music a spiritual and motivating force in his life.

Will’s unique blend of improvisational and hard rock drumming can be found on each of Living Colour’s four Epic releases. As a member of Living Colour, Will received a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance by a group and another Grammy for
Best Hard Rock Performance.

In addition to his work with Living Colour, Will has recorded and/or toured and performed with diverse artists including B.B. King, Mick Jagger, Jaco Pastorious, Harry Belafonte, Pharoah Sanders, Jack Dejohnette, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Marcus Miller, Dr. John, Carly Simon, Herb Alpert, Oumou Sangare, Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, Wayne Shorter (on the Grammy-winning CD, High Life), Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, The Allman Brothers. As a producer, player, and songwriter, Will has worked on Herb Alpert’s
Grammy-nominated CD, Colors, and Mos Def’s The New Danger CD.

After releasing several solo drum/electronic albums and (with Doug Wimbish and Vinx) forming the groundbreaking band JUNGLE FUNK in the late 90’s, Will released his first solo jazz CD, which was Grammy-nominated in 2000: The Will Calhoun Quintet: Live at the Blue Note.

Will’s latest creation Native Lands is his follow-up release on Half Note Records. The album can be described as Jazz meets World, coupled with trance-inducing urban music. This dual disc (CD/DVD) combines Calhoun’s experiences as he marries his far reaching interests in a genre-bending collection that taps key expressionists from various backgrounds. Among those contributing are Pharaoh Sanders, Mos Def, Buster Williams, Stanley Jordan, Kevin Eubanks, Marcus Miller and Wallace Roney, as well as Nana Vasconcelos from Brazil and Cheick Tidiane Seck from Mali.

Arts For A Better World 11/28/11 – 12/4/11

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Arts For A Better World
November 28 to December 4, 2011
Opening evening: November 29, 6 pm to 9 pm
Public hours: 11 am to 9 pm
Surfcomber Hotel
1717 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL
www.artsforabetterworld.com

Entrance : $ 10, free for kids under 14

Program of conferences, debates and seminars
Program of special events
Collector’s private and guided tour

Private school tours : 10 AM/ 2 PM. Free entrance. Contact us: sandrine@artsforabetterworld.com
Kids Art workshop: 10 AM-1PM for school (during the week)
1PM – 3PM and 5 PM (Saturday and Sunday)

Having established itself during its Art Week 2010 debut as the first international art show with a unifying message, Arts For A Better World (AFABW) will stage its second edition before the thousands of collectors, dealers, curators, artists, journalists and opinion leaders who flock to Miami annually during the first week of December.

AFABW will take place at the historic Surfcomber Hotel on Miami Beach, just two blocks east of Art Basel Miami Beach. Galleries will exhibit works in a 20,000-square-foot tented space, elegantly and innovatively designed around the hotel’s pool and cabanas.

The 2011 Edition will host more than 20 galleries showcasing works by international artists. Each gallery is hand-selected by a highly experienced team of curators and fine art advisors, Sebastien Laboureau and Martin Gerlier from Moonstar Fine Arts Advisors, to fulfill a clear curatorial statement based on the illustration of their desire to contribute to A Better World. AFABW exhibitors include Taglialatella Galleries of New York, Paris and Palm Beach; Art +, Shanghai; Christopher Paschall, Bogota; Mark Hachem, New York, Paris; and Ellen Sandor art(n), Chicago.

An art show with a clear vision, unifying statement and deep artistic soul, AFABW charges itself with bringing awareness to the need for responsibility of all to ensure the future of the world. Founded by Rod and Sandrine Kukurudz, AFABW is co-chaired by Dominique J. Taglialatella, Taglialatella Galleries CEO, and Jean-Michel Raingeard, Vice President and Executive Committee Member of World Federation of Friends of Museums.

“After 40 years of experience in the art world, I am extremely excited to be involved with Arts For A Better World,” says Taglialatella. “I am fully dedicated to the magnificent opportunity to benefit art and social awareness.”

In addition to the exciting roster of featured galleries, a special curated space, the Better World Museum, will showcase important works from famed artists including Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Roy Lichtenstein, all on loan from private collectors interested in demonstrating how art contributes to A Better World. A percentage of proceeds from the sale of these works will benefit various charitable organizations.

AFABW will also present special artistic projects aimed at inspiring creative thinking and raising awareness:

• Van Gogh’s Dream, an installation dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh’s life, displays the structure of the 75-square foot room in which Van Gogh lived his last 70 days while painting 80 masterpieces. Van Gogh’s Dream will be presented for the first time in the United States by the “Institut Van Gogh,” a non-profit dedicated at fulfilling Van Gogh’s Dream.

• Tous Ensemble, best translated as All Together, is a 40-piece multi-support installation by French artist Marc Ash. Inspired by the book, “The Pianist,” Tous Ensemble is a tool to encourage an emotional, non-violent remembrance of the Holocaust. The extensive installation uses an abstract, emotional contemporary artistic language to give a voice to the condemnation of all types of violence and intolerance.

“We are part of a group that believes art is a mix of passion, emotion and history. We are immensely proud to bring together some of the world’s most important galleries, institutions, collectors and opinion leaders who rally around the belief that art can contribute to A Better World,” says AFABW co-founder Rod Kukurudz. “In today’s world, we want to inspire a return to the essence.”

AFABW will also be home to various live artistic happenings. Famed Los Angeles artist Speedy Graphito, a pioneer of the street art movement, will perform – painting temporary walls at the entrance to Surfcomber – at the VIP Opening and throughout the fair. Some of the walls will be auctioned to benefit not-for-profit organizations. Spectacular 3D-like projections by international VJ and artist Ruddy Candillon will illuminate and animate the front façade of the hotel. Graphito and Candillon will be joined by other local Miami street artists.

November, 28
7-9 pm: All Together – Holocaust Remembrance & Tolerance evening co-hosted by Greater Miami Jewish Federation

November, 29
6 pm-11 pm: VIP Opening (invitation only) benefitting the Taglialatella Foundation
7:00 pm: Ribbon cutting by Miami Beach Mayor Bauer
Street Art Live Happenings (Speedy Graphito)

November, 30
8-10 am: Breakfast Robert Lynch, Americans For The Arts
Noon-2 pm: Media Brunch
3-6 pm: Art Basel VIPs Afternoon Tea
8 pm-11 pm Vernissage After Party: Support New Orleans

December, 1
9-10 am : Greater Miami & Beaches Hotel Association : “How Art benefits the hotel industry”
7-8 pm: Van Gogh Conference, Wouter Van der Veen
7-10 pm: Van Gogh Private Dinner (Guest List only)

December, 2
9-10 am Art and Corporate Responsibility: Claire Breukel
2-4 pm: Museums & Community, Jean-Michel Raingeard
6-7 pm: An overview of the art market // Panel art and investment, Sebastien Laboureau, Dominic Tagliatella, William Goldberg
7-11 pm: Friday Night Party (Theme TBD)

December, 3
5-6 pm: Van Gogh Conference – Dominique Janssens, Wouter Van Der Veen, Sebastien Laboureau
6-7 pm: From Pop Art to Street Art – panel, scholars and curators
7 pm- 1 am: Better World Party

December, 4
10-11 am: Van Gogh Conference – Dominique Janssens, Sebastien Laboureau
11 am-3 pm Van Gogh Brunch and afternoon on the beach

The fair will commence with an invitation-only VIP Opening on Tuesday, November 29th, featuring a ceremonial ribbon cutting by newly reelected Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera Bower. Last year’s VIP Opening drew more than 2,000 guests. Through Sunday, December 4th, AFABW will host receptions, public and private events, special tours, workshops, conferences and seminars for VIPs, collectors, media, students and insiders of various industries.

Arts For A Better World takes place at the Surfcomber Hotel in Miami Beach (1717 Collins Avenue). The fair is open to the public from Wednesday, November 30th through Sunday, December 4th from 11am to 8pm daily. Tickets are $10 per day; no cost for children under 15 years old and students with current student ID. Free for VIP cardholders of any fair during Art Week. To register for conferences, round tables and panel discussions, email conferences@artsforabetterworld.com. To RSVP for events not specified “by invitation only” or “media,” email events@artsforabetterworld.com. For more information, visit www.artsforabetterworld.com or follow AFABW on Facebook.

Arts For A Better World Participating Galleries (as of November 7th, 2011)
Art +, Shanghai; Ellen Sandor art(n), Chicago; Marc Ash, Paris; Fabien Castanier, Los Angeles; Richard Coplan, Miami; Mark Hachem, New York, Beirut, Paris; Harrari Studio, Miami; Hoyarte Hoy, Buenos Aires; Hélène Lamarque, Miami; Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans; Christopher Paschall, Bogota; Star Track, Hong Kong; Klaus Steinmetz Contemporary, Bogota, Rio de Janeiro; Taglialatella Galleries of New York, Paris and Palm Beach; Taglialatella, Shanghai

Arts For A Better World Main Sponsors & Partners (as of November 7th, 2011)
Presenting Sponsor MGI Digital; Comcast; Arts & Business Council; Bergamasque; Citizen Events; CLALF; Eventstar; Greater Miami & Beaches Hotel Association; Moonstar Fine Art Advisors; PubliSigns; SEOBrand; Surfcomber Hotel; SupernovArt; WTDC

NADA Miami Beach 12/1-4/11

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The New Art Dealers Alliance returns to Miami Beach for the 9th edition of NADA Miami Beach
Thursday, Dec 1; 2pm to 8pm
Friday, Dec 2; 11am to 8pm
Saturday, Dec 3; 11am to 8pm
Sunday, Dec 4; 11am to 5pm
Thursday December 1st, 10am to 2pm By Invitation Only
Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach
nadaartfair.org

Admission: Daily admission is free and open to the public.

The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is pleased to announce the 9th annual NADA Miami Beach on December 1st through December 4th at the Deauville Beach Resort in its expansive Napoleon, Richelieu, and Le Jardin Ballrooms. NADA Miami Beach is recognized as the preeminent fair featuring the world’s most significant emerging art galleries from over 30 cities worldwide. The fair is prominently recognized for celebrating new and innovative contemporary art from rising talents around the globe.

In an effort to accommodate the tremendous response from the 2010 fair, NADA has expanded to the Deauville’s third ballroom, called Le Jardin. This year the fair offers three booth sizes, giving NADA exhibitors a variety of options in designing their presentations. NADA Miami Beach will again present a new roster of NADA Projects – an invitational developed to showcase new, innovative and idiosyncratic programs.

The SwingArt Award, presented for the third consecutive season by NADA and Grolsch, commissions an artwork from a living artist working in the United States to design a graphic for a limited edition collectible Grolsch bottles. This year’s SwingArt Award winner, Jiae Hwang, will have her artwork featured on 1,615 bottles that will be gifted to Opening Preview Guests.

The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a not for profit organization dedicated to lending support and encouragement to those who work with new contemporary and emerging art. NADA members include galleries, gallery directors, non-profit art spaces, art advisors, curators, writers, museum and other art professionals from around the world. To date, NADA has succeeded on two fronts: making the contemporary arts more accessible for the general public, and creating opportunities that nurture the growth of emerging artists, curators, and galleries.

NADA Miami Beach 2011 will include: Argentina, Buenos Aires: Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo; Belgium, Brussels: Sorry We’re Closed; Canada, Toronto: Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Mkg127; Vancouver: Blanket Contemporary Art Inc.; Germany, Berlin: Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Lüttgenmeijer; Cologne: Galerie Christian Lethert, Schmidt & Handrup; Dusseldorf: Van Horn; Frankfurt: Parisa Kind, Jacky Strenz; Ireland, Dublin: Mother’s Tankstation; Italy, Milan: Brand New Gallery, Conduits; Turin: Galleria Franco Soffiantino; Japan, Tokyo: Misako & Rosen, Take Ninagawa; Mexico, Zapopan: Curro & Poncho; Norway, Oslo: Lautom; Switzerland, Geneva: Ribordy Contemporary; Gstaad: Patricia Low Contemporary; Zurich: Rotwand; The Netherlands, Amsterdam: Galerie Gabriel Rolt; Turkey, Istanbul: Non; United Kingdom, Gateshead: Workplace Gallery; London: Josh Lilley, Seventeen, Studio Voltaire, Jonathan Viner; Usa, Brooklyn: Franklin Furnace; Chicago: Shane Campbell Gallery, Corbett Vs. Dempsey Llc; Cincinnati: Country Club; Los Angeles: Ambach + Rice, The Company, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Ltd Los Angeles, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Nye + Brown; Miami: Locust Projects; Milwaukee: The Green Gallery; New York: 47 Canal, American Contemporary Inc., Artis, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Brennan & Griffin, Bureau, Callicoon Fine Arts, Canada, Clifton Benevento, Lisa Cooley, Cumulus Studios, Eleven Rivington, Derek Eller Gallery, Thomas Erben Gallery, Essex Street, Feature Inc., Fitzroy Gallery, Foxy Production, James Fuentes Llc, Laurel Gitlen, Golden Gallery, Jack Hanley Gallery, The Hole, Horton Gallery, Invisible-Exports, Nicole Klagsbrun, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Leo Koenig Inc., Ks Art, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, On Stellar Rays, Simon Preston, Ramiken Crucible, Renwick Gallery, Kate Werble Gallery, West Street Gallery, White Columns, Rachel Uffner Gallery; Richmond: Ada Gallery; San Francisco: Altman Siegel Gallery, Ratio 3, Silverman.

The Deauville is 10 min North by car or taxi from the Miami Beach Convention Center. There is a taxi stand immediately outside the venue, average fare to Collins Park/Convention Center is $15-$20. Free shuttles will run each day of the fair, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday beginning at 10:30am. Shuttles will be running between the NADA Art Fair (67th/Collins) and the Convention Center (17th/Washington).

Intention Intervention at Sleepless Night 2011 11/5/11

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Intention Intervention: Sleepless Night 2011
Saturday, November 5th, Midnight
New World Center
Soundscape Park WallCast
Miami Beach, Florida

Camposition and its Founding Artistic Director, Octavio Campos, will officially launch Please Don’t Hate Me, its multi-year performance campaign of hybrid dance theater works at Sleepless Night Miami Beach on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Midnight, to promote unity in South Florida. This performance, the world premiere of INTENTION INTERVENTION, is a groundbreaking, yoga-influenced installation that combines a new art film produced by Camposition’s PDHM Campaign in association with local Film Director Rick Delgado (NuFrontier Pictures) and Film Producer Dale Penn of PDHM. Featuring interviews with over 30 South Florida residents, the film will be WallCast in full HD at the state of the art New World Center – SoundScape Park (located at 17th St. and Washington Ave. in Miami Beach). Combined with live performances by Campos and others, a throng of yoga practitioners and Voices United, a chorus of over 100 singers (under the Direction of Katie Christie, Director), this installation will inspire, enlighten and entertain audiences of all ages.

While big budget film and television crews invaded Miami this summer, the local INTENTION INTERVENTION crew quietly screened locals for riveting interviewees, engaging residents who have experienced hatred in some form and who then took, and continue to take, meaningful action to make a difference in our community. Consequently, PDHM calls those who join its campaign “Actionists.” In the film, nuggets from these interviews are artfully interlaced with a tour de force performance by local artist Natasha Tsakos. Tsakos portrays the anguish of 108 human delusions, represented in both Hinduism and Buddhism by the 108 beads of the eastern rosary (mala), transforming herself as if by magic into the very essence of enlightenment. An original score by Michael Walls intensifies the experience. An audience of over 1000 is anticipated by the City of Miami Beach for this free feature performance funded in part by the city and Miami-Dade County.

“This is the beginning of a new wave of consciousness in my work as a creator and a social change agent, with inspiration, humanity, realness and community as its core,” says Campos. “This is so much bigger than any of us,” commented Delgado, after completing days of filming and editing, adding “This project had me at hello.” Leo Casino, Miami’s iconic contemporary jazz saxophonist, who is also a featured interviewee in the film says, “We all just need to learn to love, it’s a beautiful thing.” Casino, who has called Miami home since the early 1960s, will perform at the event. “Searching for and finding so many people who were willing to share their often horrifying, yet amazingly inspiring stories, was eye opening,” says Penn. “Socially Conscious Performance Work” is what Camposition is calling this new genre.

Camposition Inc. is an iconoclastic arts organization dedicated to new work that pushes the boundary between contemporary performance and activism. Camposition creates subversive entertainment intended to challenge assumptions and shake up the status quo challenging both artists and audiences with new ways of seeing, representing and responding to contemporary life. Camposition’s programs are generously supported by Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council; with the support of the City of Miami Beach Department of Tourism and Cultural Development, Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Miami Beach Mayor and City Commissioners; National Performance Network; Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; Florida Arts Council; DeVos Institute/Kennedy Center; The Florida Dance Association; The Playground Theatre; Anchor Arts Management and private philanthropy.

Please Don’t Hate Me is a series of transdisciplinary performances and events conceived by dance theater artist Octavio Campos and Camposition. Inspired by the hate that rips at the fabric of homes, communities and the world, each performance will point to exquisitely artistic, yet provocative, solutions – expressed by a mash up of Miami-centric dance theater productions and site-specific performance installations. The intent of PDHM is for its resulting artworks to promote unity in South Florida by transforming INTOLERANCE into ACCEPTANCE and to challenge EVERYBODY to find the ACTIONIST within themselves to create a catalyst for social change.

The following local South Florida residents were interviewed for INTENTION INTERVENTION and will be the subjects of a series of documentary short films released in months to come by the PDHM campaign. Actionists include: Bambi Anderson; Marleine Bastién; Wilbertine Berkley; Leo Casino; Renee Chavez; Jessica Chiappone; Dr. Juan M. Clark; Luigi Collana; Houston Cypress; Alexander Febres; Gabriel Garcia-Vera; Joffre Goya; Kerry Gruson; Rabia Kahn; `Isaak “Ladislav” Klein; Demian Laudisio; Jamesly Louis; Dr. Magaly Mauer; Pastor Chris McNeil; Desmond Meade; Maria HIV Mejia; Christophe’ Moore; John Muir; Badara “Badou” Nadiaye; Father Patrick O’Neill; Patricia O’Reilly; Jeanine Petro; Nickolas A. Roldan; Rabbi Solomon Schiff; Herb Sosa; Captain Rick Wierzbicki.

In addition to the above Interviewees, this Film is Dedicated to tireless Actionists who originally inspired the PDHM Campaign: The Management, Helpline Counselors, Staff and Volunteers at Switchboard of Miami who have been answering Miami-Dade County’s 305-358-HELP crisis intervention calls since 1968.

The Betsy Hotel and The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Present The Dedication Ceremony for the Permanent Installation of the Yoko Ono Wish Tree 11/5/11

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The Betsy Hotel and The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Present The Dedication Ceremony for the Permanent Installation of the Yoko Ono Wish Tree
Saturday November 5, 2011 at 6pm
The Betsy Hotel
1440 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach
Telephone: 305-531-6100.

Photo exhibit from celebrity photographer Robert Zuckerman and the opportunity for a portrait by the photographer

The Betsy Hotel, a hub for arts and culture on South Beach, will take part in Sleepless Night, Miami Beach’s all night arts festival, on Saturday November 5, 2011, with a series of events that exemplify the hotel and its leadershipteam’s firmly established commitment to philanthropy, art, music and literature. Full schedule of events follows:

Saturday, November 5
6 PM – In cooperation with The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a state of the art mobile recording studio and video production facility, The Betsy Hotel will host a dedication ceremony for a tree that it has donated to the City of Miami Beach in honor of Yoko Ono’s interactive artwork, Wish Tree. Located in Lummus Park, directly across the street from the hotel at 1440 Ocean Drive; the community is invited to attend the dedication and plaque installation. The Wish Tree has been integral to many of Ono’s exhibitions around the world in museums and cultural centers where people have been invited to write their personal wishes for peace and tie them to a tree branch.

The first 100 guests to add their wishes to the tree will have their photograph taken by one of several professional photographers (including Robert Zuckerman) and exhibited on board the Lennon Bus.

6 PM -11PM
All night long, people are invited to participate in creating their own wish and tying it to the tree.
The Lennon Bus, parked in front of The Betsy, will be open for interactive tours and offers the public the opportunity to see the world’s only sanctioned replica of The Imagine Peace Tower. Located in Iceland, the Peace Tower is the repository for the thousands of wishes that have been made all around the world throughout the Wish Tree project’s 30-year history.

7PM – 9PM The Betsy Hotel will host an open house to showcase the photographs of celebrity photographer Robert Zuckerman. The artist, renowned in the motion picture industry for his stirring portraits, will be in attendance. A free poster by the artist will be handed out to the first 100 visitors.

9 PM –11 PM YoungArts award-winning Singer, Kate Davis, a will perform in the Betsy Hotel’s salon.

MAM Crash the Ball after party 12/3/11

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MAM Crash the Ball after party
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 10pm-2am
Fontainebleau Miami Beach
Glimmer Terrace

The celebration of Miami’s art community will continue with Crash the Ball – the official after party of the MAM Ball. Guests will enter a fabulous outdoor video lounge overlooking Biscayne Bay.

The celebration of Miami’s art community will conclude with Crash the Ball – the official after party of the MAM Ball.

Ticket purchase required. Tickets: $150 per person at the door, $100 pre-sale, $75 MAM Contemporaries. For information or the purchase tickets, contact 305.375.5935 or events@miamiartmuseum.org

Miami Art Museum Ball 12/3/11

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Miami Art Museum Ball
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 7pm-midnight
Fontainebleau Miami Beach
Glimmer Ballroom

Tickets start at $1,000/ Tables range from $10,000 to $25,000
RSVP: events@miamiartmuseum.org or 305.375.5935
More Info

While the MAM Ball has sold-out since its 1983 inception, this year’s Ball will breathe new life into an old model. The exuberant celebration of Miami’s artistic community will feature décor and entertainment created by local artists, bringing a punch of color to the black-tie bash. Guests will be treated to an exclusive viewing of Miami-based, internationally-acclaimed artist Dara Friedman’s latest video work, Dancer. Join Honorary Chairs Darlene & Jorge M. Pérez for the Museum’s largest annual fundraiser.

Held annually since 1983, the Miami Art Museum Ball has long been one of the most anticipated events of Miami’s social calendar. The MAM Ball is the Museum’s single most important fundraising event of the year. It is critical in raising the funds needed to sustain and support vital educational and public programming. The MAM Ball is held the first Saturday in December, culminating Art Basel Miami Beach/Miami Art Week, when the international art world’s attention is focused on Miami. It is attended by international and local figures in the art world, civic and business leaders, and philanthropists.

The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents Nicole Henry at Sleepless Night 11/5/11

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The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council presents Nicole Henry at Sleepless Night
November 5 at 6 PM
ExoStage at Soundscape
500 17th Street
South Beach

Courtesy of KCC Productions. For more information, visit sleeplessnight.org.

Although she’s already firmly established as one of the jazz world’s most acclaimed and respected young vocalists, Nicole Henry’s vibrant new album Embraceable makes it clear that she can’t be categorized so simply. “I consider myself a singer who loves singing jazz,” notes the versatile Miami Beach-based artist. “However, no matter the style or story, I’m always striving to be myself.”

Nicole Henry’s powerfully expressive, emotionally resonant voice has already earned her three international top 10 albums, the most recent being her 2008 release The Very Thought of You. She’s also won an international reputation as a beguiling live performer, enchanting audiences on multiple continents. The aptly titled Embraceable showcases the uplifting energy, sophisticated soulfulness and lyrical sensitivity that have endeared Henry to listeners around the world. However, the new album is a substantial departure from her prior releases, which established her as a peerless interpreter of jazz and pop standards. In contrast, Embraceable finds Henry applying her sublime vocal skills to a captivating set of songs drawn from a diverse array of sources, encompassing impressive new originals, covers of some ’60s and ’70s classics, and a trio of vintage jazz numbers. The material is delivered in a variety of musical settings that range from expansive orchestral arrangements to spare acoustic performances. The album matches Henry’s distinctive voice and abundant charisma with a stellar musical cast that includes saxophonist Kirk Whalum, pianist Gerald Clayton, harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret, and Grammy-winning arranger Gil Goldstein, and was helmed by Grammy-nominated producer Matt Pierson (Kirk Whalum, Jane Monheit, Joshua Redman).

Embraceable’s 12 songs cover a remarkable range of musical and emotional ground, from Henry’s open-hearted reading of the Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil chestnut “Just a Little Lovin'” (originally made famous by Dusty Springfield) to her exotic take on the Brazilian favorite “A Day in the Life of a Fool” to her sultry reworking of Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain” to her intimate voice-and-piano version of Christina Aguilera’s “Save Me from Myself.” Henry also dips back into pop-standard mode to deliver memorable renditions of the 1920s blues standard “Trouble in Mind,” Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen’s “Like Someone in Love” and of course “Embraceable You,” with Goldstein’s striking arrangement fusing the Gershwin classic with the Jaco Pastorius composition “Las Olas.”

Henry also shines on contemporary material, such as her torchy, gospel-flavored original “A Little Time Alone,” with it’s raise-the-roof tag and Whalum’s soaring tenor saxophone, and two new compositions written by and featuring gospel-soul artist John Stoddart: the reflective “Anything for You” and the vividly romantic “Even While You’re Gone.” Another notable new song is “Hush Now,” written by rising British singer-songwriter-pianist Oli Rockberger, with Henry moving the listener with the stirring story about comforting a hospitalized loved one. Henry viewed Embraceable’s eclectic approach as an opportunity to expand her repertoire, and to stretch beyond the piano-trio format that she had utilized on previous projects. To this end, she and Pierson invested considerable energy in searching for material and strategizing to find the best way to implement this broader musical vision while retaining her grounding in jazz. “I’ve always sung pop, R&B, and inspirational music,” she noted. “Even as I’ve focused on jazz over the past several years, I’ve still continued performing non-jazz material. It often seemed like I was living two musical lives, so I wanted to record an album that incorporated more of my overall musical personality.”

The process of choosing songs for Embraceable, she said, was both challenging and liberating. “I was looking for ways to shake things up and challenge myself. While I love jazz standards, I really wanted to continue to reach a deeper, more personal side of myself. There were literally hundreds of songs to choose from. What’s been interesting about this process is that it’s brought me to a place where I feel more connected on a much deeper emotional level with
everything I sing, revealing a more personal side of myself.”

The level of emotional commitment that Henry brings to Embraceable is consistent with the manner in which she’s always approached her creative life. Growing up in a musical family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, she immersed herself in the arts early on, singing in school and church, and studying cello and ballet. She balanced this with a deep love for the popular music that surrounded her, finding inspiration in the artistry of such performers as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. Another source of inspiration was Nicole’s aunt, Debbie Henry, who sang in the soul/disco outfit Silk. A graduate of the University of Miami with a degree in Communications and Theatre, Henry got her first recording experience with dance music DJ/producer Noel Sanger. After “Miracle,” a Sanger track featuring Henry, reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s dance chart, she toured the U.S. with Sanger, which was followed by a stint with RCA recording artist Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise. Then, in 2001, Henry’s magnetic personality and theatrical background helped her to launch a successful acting career, appearing in film and television roles as well as a series of commercials and voiceover assignments. But she continued to maintain focus on her budding singing career, winning a large regional following around South Florida with her live performances and being named 2002’s Best Local Solo Musician by Miami New Times. The same year, Henry had the opportunity to sing with a jazz trio for the first time, and immediately recognized the musical freedom and storytelling potential that jazz offered. Henry’s enthusiastic embrace of jazz accelerated her creative development, leading to the 2004 release of her debut CD, The Nearness of You, on her own Banister label. That album won considerable attention from audiences and critics both in the U.S. and in Japan, with HMV Japan naming Henry the Best New Jazz Artist of 2004. The album climbed to #2 on HMV Japan’s jazz chart and remained in the top 10 for three months. Back home, Henry won rave reviews and received significant airplay on jazz radio, and was the subject of features in Billboard, JazzTimes and Downbeat. Her second album, Teach Me Tonight, on
which she was backed by the Eddie Higgins Trio, reached #1 in Japan and was named HMV Japan’s Best Vocal Jazz Album of 2005. Henry’s 2008 album, The Very Thought of You, found her continuing to explore the Great American Songbook while broadening her repertoire to include original material and contemporary songs. The album substantially expanded her American audience, reaching #7 on Billboard’s jazz chart. Its international popularity spurred her to step up her performance schedule with successful tours of Japan (where she’s toured nine times), Europe and Russia. Henry also remained a favorite in New York City where she’s made high-profile appearances at such prestigious venues as Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola and Feinstein’s at the Regency. Throughout 2009 and 2010, her monthly performances in front of sold-out crowds at Chelsea’s Metropolitan Room led to winning the 2010 BISTRO Award for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist.

Henry’s prior achievements set the stage for the creative triumph of Embraceable, on which her successful stylistic departures mark her as an artist whose appeal transcends genre boundaries. “I’m happiest when I’m in front of an audience,” she stated, “connecting with people emotionally through music, and making Embraceable brought me closer to that feeling. I was able to reach deeper within to tell more personal stories; to embrace and express who I truly am”.

Photographs of Save Dade Presents Hellrotika at Jungle Island on 10/29/11

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Save Dade Presents Hellrotika: Seed Of The Beast 17th Annual Halloween Extravaganza at Jungle Island on Saturday, October 29, 2011.  What a great party and the costumes were amazing.  This is the party not to miss at Halloween and for a great cause.

Save Dade is recognized as Miami-Dade County’s leading organization dedicated to protecting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) against discrimination.

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1500° At Eden Roc Celebrates Early Harvest With Local Farmers Dinner 11/3/11

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1500° At Eden Roc, Miami’s Premiere Farm-To-Table Restaurant, Celebrates Early Harvest With Local Farmers’ Dinner
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 7:00 p.m
1500° at the Eden Roc Renaissance
4525 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach.
Reservations for the farmers dinner are limited and can be made by calling (305) 674-5594. www.1500degreesmiami.com

Recently named one of “The Best New Restaurants in America” by Esquire, 1500° at Eden Roc is South Florida’s premier dining destination for fresh farm-to-table cuisine. Executive chef Paula DaSilva works regularly with growers and farmers to ensure that the ever-changing menu at 1500° features fresh, locally-sourced ingredients. In celebration of the arrival of Florida’s growing season, DaSilva, along with an array of her favorite growers, will host an Early Harvest Dinner at the restaurant.

For the 5-course dining experience, DaSilva will turn the bountiful harvest from each grower into fresh and exciting dishes, paired with infused spirits and wines. The menu will incorporate ingredients from Paradise Farms Organic; White Water Clams; Palmetto Creek Farms; Jackman Ranch; Swank Specialty Produce; Hani’s Mediterranean Organics; Maggie Pons; Lake Meadow’s Naturals; Seriously Organic and Teena’s Pride. According to Gabrielle Marewski of Paradise Farms, “I’m very excited for Paradise Farms Organic to be participating in this first farmers dinner at 1500°. Chef Paula’s menu deliciously represents the diversity of our local agriculture!” Between courses, farmers will speak about the menu – as it relates to their harvests – and will be available to answer any questions. The reception & five- course dinner menu, including paired cocktails and wines, priced at $85 per person, (excluding tax and gratuity) follows:

Reception
Crispy Pork Belly Tacos with Kimchee Florida Wahoo Ceviche Deviled Eggs with Capers and Pickled Veggies

First Course
Garden Leaf Lettuce and Heirloom Tomatoes with Crispy Calabaza Blossoms and Hani’s Goat Cheese

Second Course
White Water Clams with Spicy Greens, Grilled Bread White Wine Butter Sauce

Third Course
Whole Fried Local Snapper and Lake Meadows Roasted Chicken accompanied by Cold Cucumber Salad with Fish Sauce and Sesame Seeds, Anson Mills Black Rice, Braised Local Greens and Roasted Radishes

Fourth Course
Palmetto Creek Pork Loin Chops and Jackman Ranch Florida Raised Wagyu Beef with Anson Mills Polenta and Hani’s Cheese, Grilled Baby Squash, Roasted Carrots, Braised Oyster Mushrooms, and Spicy Smoked Potato Salad with Benton’s Bacon and Farm Egg,

Fifth Course
Selection of Homemade Pies and Tarts with Homemade Ice Cream

Each Course Will be Paired with Correlating Wines and Infused Spirits

Mondrian Saturdays

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Mondrian Saturdays
Every Saturday
2PM-6PM: Rio Saturdays
7PM-3AM: Mondrian Saturdays
Mondrian South Beach
1100 West Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

As the weather has officially taken the turn for beautiful and the Miami ‘season’ is upon us, Mondrian South Beach is now the go-to hot spot on Saturdays, from morning ‘til night. Saturdays at Mondrian have everything you need to unwind from your busy week and refresh yourself for the next: specialty cocktails, poolside bites and live entertainment. What more could you want in a Saturday?

· 2PM-6PM: Rio Saturdays
Every Saturday, Leblon girls serve specialty caipirinhas from Mondrian South Beach’s Sunset Lounge while you lay poolside listening to Brazilian beats from a live DJ. Too comfortable to go somewhere else afterwards? Stick around for Mondrian Saturday nights!

· 7PM-3AM: Mondrian Saturdays
Hosted by NCCDR-Events, Mondrian South Beach invites you to dine at Asia de Cuba, including a $15 reduced valet fee, from 7PM-Midnight. Dinner is followed by a cocktail party at Sunset Lounge with live music by Derek Walin. Your Saturday will be so fabulous, you might need to get a room…

US Debut of Nicole Henry’s Set for the Season 11/1/11

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The Incomparable Nicole Henry U.S. Debut of her Holiday CD “Set for the Season”
Thursday, December 1 @ 7:30 pm
Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre
500 71st Street
At the Byron Carlyle Theatre
Miami Beach, FL 33141

Kick Off the Holiday Season!
Donation: $50
VIP: $100 (limited to 50)
Preferred seating. Meet Nicole at a post-event reception at a private home, and receive a signed copy of “Set for the Season” CD.

Tickets 305. 397.8977
www.stagedoorfl.org

Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed under the law.
Tel:305.397.8977
Email: david@stagedoorfl.org

A Casa Di Luca Sexiest Halloween Costume Contest 10/29/11

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A Casa Di Luca Sexiest Halloween Costume Contest
Saturday at 10:00pm – 1:00am
Rouge Miami
908-912 71st Street
North Miami Beach, FL

Rouge and Luca Mencarini presents The best of Series..Premiere With The sexiest Halloween Costume contest ” A Casa Di Luca ” with Music by DJ NUNY LOVE and Entertainment by SoBe Pole Dance Studio.
Dinner Party start at 9:00pm at ROUGE.
Call 305-865-5955 for Table Reservation.

Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Monthly Movie Series Glow Presents Wish Me Away 10/26/11

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Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Monthly Movie Series Glow Presents Wish Me Away
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011
7:00 p.m. – Reception will be held at the LGBT Visitors Center.
8:30 p.m. – Screening will be held at the Miami Beach Cinematheque.
LGBT Visitors Center &
Miami Beach Cinematheque
1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor
Miami Beach, FL 33139

For tickets Or call: 877-484-8499

The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is continuing its monthly movie series “GLOW” (Gays & Lesbians on Wednesdays) by presenting “Wish Me Away.” The evening begins with a cocktail reception where guests may quench their thirst with a specialty cocktail provided by Chambord Vodka and Herradura Tequila, while enjoying an assortment of hors d’ oeuvres provided by the Big Tomato.

After a lifetime of hiding, Chely Wright becomes the first commercial country music singer to come out as gay, shattering cultural stereotypes within Nashville, per conservative heartland family and, most importantly, within herself. With unprecedented access over a two-year period, including her private video diaries, the film layers Chely’s rise to fame while hiding in the late 90’s with the execution of her coming out plan, culminating in the exciting moment when she steps into the media glare to reveal she is gay. The film shows both the devastation of internalized homophobia and the transformational power of living an authentic life. The film also documents the conflicting responses from Nashville, the heartland and the LGBT community as Chely Wright prepares for an unknown future.

This film has won the following awards: Outstanding Documentary Feature San Francisco LGBT Festival, Jury Award Los Angeles Film Festival, Audience Award Nashville Film Festival and Jury Award Best Documentary Philadelphia QFest.

Tickets:
Advanced Purchase (MGLFF/FLGLFF member): $6.25*
Advanced Purchase (Non-member): $11.25*
Day of Event (MGLFF/FLGLFF member): $11.25*
Day of Event (Non-member): $16.25*
*A $2.00 transaction fee will be added to each purchase.

Pianos Pop-Up Art Basel Week 2011 12/1-10/11

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Take Note And Tune In During Art Basel Week As Steinway Piano Gallery Of Miami Presents Pop-Up Pianos Miami A Public Art Project Made Possible By The Black Key Group
The Launch Event
Thursday, December 1st.
Louis Bar-Lounge at Gansevoort South
Miami Beach
Jacob Jeffries Band will play along with a surprise guest performance.
Private Event

The Closing Party
Saturday, December 3rd
Ideobox Artspace
Wynwood District
Piano donations will be announced including a special LIVE performance.
Open-to-the-public

Art Basel Recovery Party
Saturday, December 10th
Ideobox Artspace
During Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Walk where all ten pianos will be on display.

PIANO LOCATIONS & ARTISTS
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (Downtown) – Krave & Surface Merchants
Bakehouse Art Complex (Wynwood) – Brian Butler
Gigi’s Restaurant (Midtown Miami) – Arnaud Pages
Living Room presented by AlmostFamous.com (Design District) – GG
Louis Bar-Lounge (Miami Beach) – Lebo
Mary Brickell Village (Brickell) – Alouishous San Gomma
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus (Downtown) – Rodrigo Echeverri
The Collective (Wynwood) – Trek Six
Village Green Park sponsored by Art in Public Places Board (Village of Key Biscayne) – Kazilla & Lorie Setton
Zadok Gallery – Miguel Paredes

PERFORMANCE DATE & TIMES

Thursday, December 1
5:00PM – Suenalo
Location: Zadok Gallery (2534 N. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127)
Piano artist: Miguel Paredes

*LAUNCH PARTY (invite only / media please RSVP with media contact)
9:00PM – Jacob Jeffries Band (Doors open to the public at 11pm)
Location: Louis Bar-Lounge at Gansevoort Miami Beach (2325 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139)
Piano artist: Lebo

· Friday, December 2
1:00 PM – Performance by renowned “Rockjazz” pianist ELEW
“Food Truck Fridays” at the Adrienne Arsht Center – 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Free event: Gourmet food trucks, performances, art & giveaways – open to the public!
Piano artist: Krave and Surface Merchants
Location: 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33132. Lot C at NE 2nd Ave. between 12th and 13th streets (South side of Ziff Ballet Opera House)
www.arshtcenter.org

5:00PM- Brendan O’Hara
Location: Gigi’s (3470 North Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127)
Piano artist: Arnaud Pages

8:00PM – Juke
Location: The Collective at The Kohn Compound (215 NW 24 ST, Miami, FL 33127)
Piano artist: Trek Six

· Saturday, December 3
12:00PM- Raffa and Rainer
Location: Living Room presented by AlmostFamous.com (North Miami Avenue and 40th street in Design District)
Piano artist: GG

5:00PM- Elastic Bond
Location: Bakehouse Art Complex (561 NW 32nd Street, Miami, FL 33127)
Artist: Brian Butler

*CLOSING PARTY (open to the public)
10:00PM- Afrobeta
Location: Ideobox Artspace (2417 North Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127)
Piano artist: Rodrigo Echerverri

· Sunday, December 4
12:00PM – Duran Blu and Big Brooklyn Red
Location: Village Green Park sponsored by Art in Public Places Board, Village of Key Biscayne
Piano artist: Lorie Setton & Kazilla

For more information about additional locations and performances, visit www.PopUpPianoMia.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

During the week of Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, Steinway Piano Gallery of Miami presents the premiere of Pop-Up Pianos Miami 2011 (PUPM), a public art project made possible by The Black Key Group and a host committee of young, local professionals. The concept of Pop-Up Pianos is inspired by the New York City organization Sing for Hope. Sing for Hope mobilizes professional artists in volunteer programs that benefit schools, hospitals and communities. Sing for Hope’s Pop-Up Pianos celebrate the vision of arts accessibility for all. The inspirational project motivated the Co-Founders of The Black Key Group, Whitney Lykins and Isabella Acker, to bring Pop-Up Piano to Miami with the support of Steinway Piano Gallery of Miami.

Steinway Piano Gallery of Miami is a factory-owned retail location for Steinway & Sons, maker of the world’s finest pianos. They have donated ten pianos to be strategically placed throughout locations in Midtown Miami, Downtown, Wynwood District, Brickell, and Miami Beach.

Ten artists have been carefully selected to customize each of the pianos based on their particular style of art, ranging from graffiti and acrylic paints to 3D sculptures. The Black Key Group and host committee have taken great strides to include a mix of prominent and local artists, all of whom reflect some aspect of Miami culture including Lebo; Surface Merchants and Krave; Rodrigo Echeverri; GG; Reinier Gamboa and Jose Mertz (Creative Native); Arnaud Pages; Alouishous San Gomma; Kazilla & Lorie Setton; Brian Butler; and more.

While there will be important announcements of specific concert dates and times where musicians will perform, Art Basel week spectators will have the chance to tickle the ivories in between performances. In addition to the local talent, various nationally acclaimed artists’ “Pop-Up” performances will also be announced via social media outlets throughout the duration of the installation.

After Art Basel week, the pianos will be donated to Miami-Dade Public Schools with arts programs, local charities, organizations and/or music venues, enriching the cultural and arts community of South Florida.

Stay tuned for musician announcements and event details as well as the specific locations where the pianos will be placed. For more information, visit www.PopUpPianoMia.com. To keep track of piano locations, artists, and musicians, please follow Pop-Up Piano Miami on Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare (during Art Basel week).

Timothy Feager, General Manager of Steinway Piano Gallery of Miami, stated “Steinway & Sons is very excited about getting behind Pop-Up Pianos. We need to bring more awareness to the arts, and this is a great and fun way to accomplish this task.” In its 158th year, Steinway & Sons was founded in 1853 by German immigrant Henry Engelhard Steinway in a Manhattan loft on Varick Street. Over the next thirty years, Henry and his sons, C. F. Theodore, Charles, Henry Jr., William, and Albert, developed the modern piano. They built their pianos one at a time, applying skills that were handed down from master to apprentice, generation after generation. Steinway is dedicated to the ideal of making the finest pianos in the world. The result is instruments renowned for their unsurpassed quality. Pianos with such superior sound and responsive touch they enchant the most demanding pianists to date.

Whitney Lykins and Isabella Acker, Co-Founders of The Black Key Group, an artist marketing management company that strives to discover, promote, and revive the local music scene in South Florida. For more information, visit www.theblackkeygroup.com .

The Black Key Group (Whitney Lykins and Isabella Acker) created a special host committee of young, savvy professionals throughout South Florida to assist in creating, executing, and facilitating Pop-Up Pianos Miami. From curating artists to securing locations for the pianos, the following list of people volunteered on the committee: Yuval Ofir (yo-miami.com); Gaudi Castro (HEARD.); Meris Thomas (Freelancer – Event Production); Arnaud Pages (The Black Key Group – Graphic Designer, Videographer, and Artist); Daniel Rivero (WLRN); Andy Bilbao (Made You Look); Myk Likhov (Authentic.ly); David Yaffe (No Vacancy Films); and Jessica Wade Pfeffer (Jessica Wade Inc.).

Opened in 2008 by founder/partner, Tanya Brillembourg Capriles and director/partner, Herman Leyba in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District, Ideobox Artspace is an experimental space where artists, collectors and art lovers interact to live and consume contemporary art. From its inception the space has held innovative exhibitions and represents a diverse range of artists from around the world. Ideobox is a postmodern concept where art can be created, appreciated and enjoyed. The intent of the space is to bring the most cutting edge work to the forefront transforming the consciousness of the art community. Guests are welcome to lounge in the space and become a part of the dynamic environment. With two exhibition areas under one roof, the space represents artists in solo and group shows. In addition, Ideobox contributes to the art community by actively participating in philanthropic endeavors in affiliation with organizations such as, SaludArte Foundation, founded by Tanya Capriles Brillembourg, who also acts as an Honoree Advisor for the art space. For more information, visit www.ideobox.com.

The Opium Group is one of the country’s most successful hospitality conglomerates, operating Miami’s top Mansion, SET, Louis Bar-Lounge at Gansevoort South, Cameo Theatre, and Mokai as well as Opium at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL. A driving force behind South Beach’s ongoing cultural renaissance, The Opium Group has been heralded by Harpers’s Bazaar, Travel & Leisure, People, Time, The Miami Herald, and numerous other publications for drawing A-list celebrities and the international jet-set to Miami Beach.

Sing for Hope is a non-profit organization that mobilizes professional artists in volunteer service programs that benefit schools, hospitals, and communities. Each Sing for Hope program is defined by the needs of the community, the service of professional artists, and our belief in the transformative power of the arts. To learn more, please visit www.singforhope.org.

Celebrate Halloween at the Bass Museum of Art’s FREE IDEA@thebass Family Day 10/30/11

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Celebrate Halloween at the Bass Museum of Art’s FREE IDEA@thebass Family Day
Sunday, October 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Admission is FREE. For more info: 305.673.7530 or www.bassmuseum.org

Museum guests will enjoy a creative afternoon full of exciting activities for the whole family including art projects, scavenger hunts, art stations, face painting and free prizes. In honor of Halloween, boys and ghouls are encouraged to dress up in costume and enter the museum’s costume contest – a secret surprise will be given to the best costume at the end of the day!

Another fun and eerie addition to the event is the opportunity to view Florida’s ONLY Egyptian Gallery. The 460 sq. ft. first floor gallery offers a unique opportunity to learn about one of the world’s oldest and most mysterious civilizations from its surviving objects, including an Egyptian sarcophagus and mummy. It also showcases the sarcophagi, mummy and fourteen objects of Egyptian antiquity including a gift to the museum and long-term loans from the Brooklyn Museum, Lowe Art Museum and Private Collections. These objects are roughly from the same period as the Bass sarcophagi and provide a representative sampling of what would typically have been placed inside the tomb to assist the dead in transitioning to the afterlife – super spooky! Fun fact for anyone hoping to visit an Egyptian gallery: The next closest Egyptian gallery/sarcophagus is located at Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. This is 667 miles from Bass Museum of Art (Driving time: 10 hours 31 minutes).

Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy Hotel on 10/23/11

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Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of Beached Miami hosted The Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy-South Beach on Sunday, October 23, 2011. All proceeds benefited breast cancer research at University of Miami’s Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester.

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.

Miami Gets Retro and Dirty 11/12/11

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Miami Gets Retro and Dirty
Sat Nov 12,2011, 7pm
Maxines Bistro and Bar at The Catalina Hotel
1756 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.dirtymistressevents.com

Enjoy a night of Swing Dancing, Burlesque Shows, Cool Cat Vendors for you to SHOP SHOP SHOP, and much much more. (Maxine’s Bistro & Bar is located inside The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club www.catalinasouthbeach.com/maxines.html)

Nori Lane Wink from 41 Vintage Row and Cha Cha Cherry from Cherryrootz.com have teamed up to bring you the 1st of many Dirty Mistress Events!

The 1st event is the official welcome party to the retro loving scene in Miami.

Free hair and makeup by Ulta for all pin-up pageant contestants. Register for the pageant at www.dirtymistressevents.com.

Doors open @ 7:00p
Burlesque Show @ 9:00p by Cupcake Burlesque
Fashion Show @ 10:00p featuring L.A. Boudoir Miami, CherryRootz and many more!
Pin Up Pageant @ 11:00p
Event is FREE and OPEN to the Public!

Revolution III, David Banegas Live Painting Show 11/3/11

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Revolution III, David Banegas Live Painting Show
Nov. 3, 2011, 7 p.m.
Piola
1625 Alton Rd.
Miami Beach 33139
305.674.1660
www.piola.it

Renowned artist David Banegas, known for his colorful portraits of current and late Hollywood A-listers like Marilyn Monroe, Johnny Depp and Heath Ledger, kicks off his exhibit at Piola, 1625 Alton Rd., from 7-9 p.m. on Nov. 3 with a live painting performance. This event is free and open to the public. Food and drinks will be served.

Burst Project Art Fair 11/30/11 – 12/5/11

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Burst Project Art Fair
November 30 – December 5, 2011
Art Deco Center / Ocean Drive / Miami Beach
Public Art Locations around Wynwood
1001 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach FL 33139
www.burstartfair.org

Burst Project Art Fair is an innovative presentation of contemporary art stretching from Miami Beach to Miami’s Wynwood Arts District. Featuring painting, surreal pop art, sculpture, mixed media, photography and video and street art – Burst Project presents a selection of exceptionally talented rising artists and galleries from around the world. Additionally, Burst Project is very proud to be able to present new public art installations from Master Artist Carlos Cruz-Diez.

Burst Project Art Fair is a contemporary art celebration founded by artists Gabriela Sanchez-Vegas and Rudolf Kohn. Burst Project Art Fair was created to give emerging artists and galleries an opportunity to present new works during the annual Art Basel festivities in Miami Beach, and to reach beyond the ‘typical’ gallery confines to present art in public places and new unexpected venues. Burst is poised to become one of the leading platforms for inspired contemporary art and emerging artists, and this year’s the debut show is excited to feature a wonderful mix of superb talent.

Photographs of Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy South Beach on 10/23/11

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Beached Miami hosted The Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy-South Beach on Sunday, October 23, 2011. All proceeds benefited breast cancer research at University of Miami’s Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester.

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Halloween at Nikki Beach 10/30/11

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Halloween at Nikki Beach
10/30/11, 7pm
Nikki Beach
1 ocean drive
More Info
Text 305 300 0827 to be added to Rick’s list for free admission until 12AM!

Nikki At Night Sundays @ Nikki Beach Special Halloween Edition!
With The Best House Music by our residents
DJs Bruno, Felipe Kaval And Armand Pena

With Special guest Dj’s Edgar V and DMS12

To RSVP Guest List Text me your name + # Guests with you & @ the door simply say That you’re on Rick C’s List for Complimentary Admission From 7pm To12am And Reduced Admission $10 From 12am To 2am

All costumes accepted!

Guys bring Girls for faster entry or get a
VIP Table/Bottle Service To RSVP VIP Table (recommended) contact me now: Rick Chaumin Text : 305.300.0827 Email : Hmc2575@gmail.com Facebook.com/Rick Chaumin Twitter.com/Hmc2575

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present The Antonio Madruga Trio 10/27/11

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KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present The Antonio Madruga Trio
Thursday, October 27, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

featuring Tony Madruga on piano, Russell Hall, bass, and Michael Piolet, drums

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Antonio (“Tony”) Madruga was born in 1994 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. His home environment is one where music is highly appreciated. His father Omar played the trumpet during his youth, and his mother Cora prenatally exposed Tony to classical, jazz, and rhythm and blues by placing headphones on her abdomen. He began formal piano lessons at five, and has always loved to jazz up any song regardless of its original genre.

Tony has participated in local talent events since the age of eight and has earned various awards. He has appeared at the Lincoln Theater in Miami Beach, in Lecce, Italy, as part of the Miami International Piano Festival, and at the Golandsky Institute Symposium in Princeton, NJ. At Princeton he performed with Danilo Perez. He was featured in Jazziz magazine in October 2005.

He made his solo debut in 2006 for the Miami International Piano Festival at the Lincoln Theater. He was a guest performer in with Bill Charlap’s master Class at the 92nd Street Y festival in Manhattan. He was featured on HBO’s family special “The Music in Me”, performed with Danilo Perez at the Panamanian Jazz Festival, and played at the New York jazz Club Sweet Rhythm with David Rozenblatt (drums) and Matt Fieldes (bass). Paquito D’Rivera made a guest appearance with him, and he appeared on Leonard Lopate’s program on radio station WNYC. He also made a guest appearance at Birdland with the Chico O’Farrill Jazz Orchestra and at Carnegie Hall as the guest of Paquito D’Rivera.

He received a DownBeat magazine student award for outstanding solo jazz performance and as best classical pianist. He performed with Paquito D’Rivera at the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival in 2007, and in 2009 was invited to back up Paquito and Wynton Marsalis at the White House. In 2011 he joined Esaperanza Spalding at the Grammy awards in the 2011 Grammy Jazz Ensemble on national TV. That same year Wynton Marsalis named him to his “Who’s Got Next” list of rising young jazz musicians. In the summer he was named a semi-finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk competition. This is a story which is obviously just beginning!

Photographs from Burgers for Boobs at Cheeseburger Baby on 10/23/11

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Burgers for Boobs at Cheeseburger Baby on Sunday, October 23, 2011.  The oldest burger joint on the beach hosted a “Burgers for Boobs” backyard extravaganza with ALL money raised and donated going directly to Susan G Komen.  Had such a great time and got to have one of my favorite burgers ever and for a great cause!!!!

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Photographs from Miami Rat Pack Flash Mob Fundraiser at The Breakwater Hotel on 10/22/11

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Miami Rat Pack Flash Mob Fundraiser at The Breakwater Hotel on Saturday, October 22, 2011.  All proceeds are going to benefit the New World Symphony’s community outreach programs in local schools.

What is the Miami Rat Pack?
We are a group of friends from diverse professions who like to socialize in real life and use social media to stay connected online. The name recalls the early days of the 60′s when the musical “rat pack” of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and other artists used to perform in Miami, Vegas and Hollywood.

BIG thanks go out to the Breakwater Hotel. Highly recommended for anyone looking to do a fundraiser or other event. Check out their website, Facebook Page and Twitter. Also thanks to Tara Ink for the support. Hit them up at their website, Facebook and Twitter.

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Photographs from Amnesia Miami Grand Opening on South Beach on 10/21/11

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Amnesia Miami Love Generation Grand Opening Celebration Featuring A Performance By Co-Owner Bob Sinclar on Friday, October 21, 2011. The interior is very cool. Despite the fact that they had to roof it over, they still tried to keep that “outside” feel. Most of the flooring is tile, such as you might find on a patio. The fences around the balcony are heavy-duty lattice. Most of the walls look like white stucco. Plus, there are quite a lot of plants around (I hope they survive). Lots of non-VIP seating is nice, too. It is interesting because it is different from the standard black/velvet or white/austere format of most clubs.

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Miami Beach Veterans Day Parade 11/11/11

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Commissioner Jerry Libbin Unites Miami Beach Communities For 2011 Veterans Day Parade And Ceremony
November 11, 9a.m
Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

Miami Beach Commissioner Jerry Libbin is continuing in his commitment to organize local support for our troops during the Veterans Day Parade in Miami Beach. Since his involvement with the Veterans Day Parade in 2009, Commissioner Libbin has consecutively set record participation numbers by encouraging schools, organizations and businesses to join in the annual celebration and ceremony honoring veterans. The 2011 Veterans Day Parade is hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3559. Applications for group participation may be requested at Jerry Libbin’s office at 305-673-7106 or jerry@miamibeachfl.gov.

“The men and women who serve our country with distinction deserve our appreciation every day,” says Miami Beach Commissioner Jerry Libbin. “This parade gives us the opportunity to come together as a community to thank them.”

The 2011 Veterans Day Parade will be held on Veterans Day, November 11th, beginning at 9am. Participants will line up at 8:30am along Washington Avenue on 17th Street. Marchers will travel south on Washington Avenue and then west on 11th Street into Flamingo Park. Commissioner Libbin will speak along with other presenters to commence the wreath laying ceremony and 21-gun salute at Flamingo Park at 10:30am followed by a moment of silence at 11am in honor of our First World War Armistice Day Tradition.

Veterans Day ceremonies have long taken place on Miami Beach. Commissioner Libbin has further developed this tradition by drawing well over 2,000 participants from local organizations, such as:
· 13th Army Band
· American Airlines
· American Senior High School
· Ayuda
· Best Buddies International
· Biscayne Elementary School
· Biscayne Point Homeowners Association
· Boucher Brothers
· CA State Trooper Classic Vehicle
· Circ X
· Clevelander
· Darren Buckner’s Martial Arts
· Death with Dignity
· Duck Tours
· ECOMB
· FHP Patrol Classic Vehicle
· Fienberg Fisher K-8
· Fire Department Honor Guard
· First Citizens Bank
· Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association
· G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School
· Girl Scouts
· Hands on Miami
· Happy Kids
· Homeowner Associations
· Kiwanis
· MB Chamber of Commerce
· MB Fire Engine
· MB Senior High Key Club
· MB Senior High School Band
· MB Senior High School Drum Corps
· MB Senior High School Naval Group
· MBPD Color Guards
· Miami Beach Botanical Garden
· Miami Beach Homeowners & Neighborhood Associations
· Miami Jackson Senior High School Band
· Miss Miami Beauty Queens
· NAHA – Nautilus Homeowners Association
· Nautilus Middle School
· Neptune Society
· North Beach Development Corporation (NBDC)
· North Beach Elementary Students
· Ocean Drive Association (ODA)
· Planet Beach Contempo Spa
· Police Athletic League (PAL)
· Police Explorers
· Robert Morgan Education Center HS – 2 buses
· Rotary Club
· Sand In Your Boots
· Sand In Your Boots Members
· Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
· Special Forces with Southern Command
· Sunflower Society Art Students
· Tammy Green Agency Models
· Teen Job Corps
· The Electric Bicycle Store
· The Graduates – Softball Team
· Tim Hardaway Foundation Leadership Academy/SOS
· Tremont Towing
· U.S. Army Reserves
· Unidad
· U.S. Coast Guards – Sector Miami & Color Guards
· Veterans from American Legion Post 85 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3559
· Waste Management & Robot Cycler

Verge Art Miami Beach at The Greenview Hotel 12/1-4/11

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Verge Art Miami Beach
Dec 1-4, 2011
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 1 – 3 December, Noon to 10 pm
Sunday, 4 December, Noon to 6 pm
Opening Night Reception, Thursday, 1 December, 2011, 6:00 pm to 2 am
Verge Art Miami Beach
The Greenview Hotel
1671 Washington Avenue @ 17th St.
Miami Beach, FL

The Historic Greenview Hotel, Located 1/2 Block From The Miami Beach Convention Center

Verge Art Miami Beach 2011 edition will premier at the 45-room Greenview Hotel, the closest hotel of all the satellite fairs in Miami Beach to Art Basel, located a mere half a block from the Miami Beach Convention Center. “It’s a more serious location. Our move to the Greenview positions us square atop the welcome mat to Art Basel,” says owner Michael Workman. “You can look out the front door of the Convention Center and see us waving back.” Besides being closer to the main event collector traffic on Washington Avenue, the Greenview is also a stunning setting for galleries and artists projects, with clean, flat white walls throughout, breezy spacious suites more conducive to a classic true white-cube exhibition environment.

Verge is an international platform for the most exciting and interesting in new and emerging art. Verge exists to establish boundaries of the extraordinary as a counter to the natural compulsion towards stagnation in the way art is evaluated and delivered to the public. Staying true to this necessary state for the advancement of art requires a sustained focus on the best new ideas and practices of those marginal or newly emerging to international art audiences. The satisfaction of this fixed requirement for a healthy and competitive artistic culture is at the core of Verge as an international exposition of the highest quality artistic production and the galleries, museums and audiences who sustain it.

Live Music Randy Singer And Airplay Perform 10/25/11

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Live Music Randy Singer And Airplay Perform
Tuesday night, oct 25th, 9-1am
The Van Dyke Cafe

performing originals and adaptations of sting, james taylor, beatles, miles davis……….
Turning pop tunes into jazz fresh grooves, delicious fun!

Keep Live Music Alive!

Randy Singer has played, recorded, and/or toured with the likes of Julio Iglesias, Al Di Meola, Desmond Child, Caetano Veloso, and Stephen Marley to name a few. His virtuosity with the harmonica is world renowned in the recording industry, and he’s done shows around the world. Luckily he calls Miami home. And he’s also the director of music programming at the Van Dyke’s upstairs music lounge, which has one of the most ambitious schedules in the county. Tonight, he exhibits the versatility of his instrument, and his ability as a player, with a performance full of covers, originals, and standards. Expect both Sting and Charlie Parker.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Randysinger

Art Nova 42 galleries present recent works by 104 artists 12/1-4/11

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Art Nova: 42 galleries present recent works by 104 artists
December 1-4
Thu – Sat: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, FL 33139

The Art Nova sector is a platform where emerging and established galleries present new or recent work by either two or three artists at Art Basel Miami Beach. This year, 42 international galleries have been chosen by the Selection Committee for the sector, and works by 104 artists from around the globe will be on display. Limited to work made in the last three years, Art Nova provides visitors with an opportunity to see many pieces fresh from studios and explore the newest artistic practices.

Participating galleries and artists:
Arratia Beer, Berlin: Omer Fast, Kateřina Sedá, Javier Tellez
Balice Hertling, Paris: Kerstin Brätsch, Isabelle Cornaro, K8 Hardy
David Castillo Gallery, Miami: Kate Gilmore, Xaviera Simmons
Charest-Weinberg, Miami: Ouattara Watts, Simone Leigh
Chez Valentin, Paris: Eric Baudart, Laurent Grasso
Pilar Corrias Gallery, London: Keren Cytter, Mary Reid Kelley, Ulla van Brandenburg
Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan: Yael Bartana, William E. Jones
Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris: Kaz Oshiro, Blair Thurman
Carl Freedman Gallery, London: Armando Andrade Tudela, Thilo Heinzmann
Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach: Lisa Anne Auerbach, Orly Genger, Alexis Marguerite Teplin
gb agency, Paris: Ryan Gander, Pratchaya Phinthong
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam: Carlos Amorales, Ryan Gander, Wilfredo Prieto
Herald St, London: Ida Ekblad, Djordje Ozbolt
i8 Gallery, Reykjavík: Ragnar Kjartansson, Ignacio Uriarte
Galerie Kadel Willborn, Karlsruhe: Shannon Bool, Benedikt Hipp, Mathilde Rosier
Galerie Kamm, Berlin: Michele Di Menna, Pavel Pepperstein
Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens: Eirene Efstathiou, Eftihis Patsourakis
Galeria Leme, São Paulo: Sandra Gamarra, Marcelo Moscheta
Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich: Michael Bauch, Sebastian Hammwöhner, Gitte Schäfer
Maisterravalbuena, Madrid: Karmelo Bermejo, Regina De Miguel, Maria Loboda
Galeria Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro: Ana Miguel, Paulo Vivacqua
Meessen De Clercq, Brussels: Ignasí Aballí, Sofia Hultén, Claudio Parmiggiani
Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna: Thomas Bayrle, Michael Hakimi, Christian Mayer
Proyectos Monclova, México: François Bucher, Mario Garcia Torres, Tercerunquinto
Murray Guy, New York: Barbara Probst, Lucy Skaer
Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona: Michael Lin, Fran Meana, Wilfredo Prieto
Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles: Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Dianna Molzan, Eileen Quinlan
Parra & Romero, Madrid: Stefan Brüggemann, Philippe Decrauzat
Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan: Rossella Biscotti, Santiago Sierra, Giuseppe Stampone
Marília Razuk Galería de Arte, São Paulo: Débora Bolsoni, Cabelo, Felipe Cohen
Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo: Artur Lescher, Marco Maggi, Sergio Sister
Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin: Manuela Leinhoss, Daniel Sinsel
Gallery SKE, Bangalore: Krishnaraj Chonat, Srinivasa Prasad, Avinash Veeraraghaven
Campoli Presti, London: Scott Lyall, Clément Rodzielski
T293 Gallery, Naples: Claire Fontaine, Keller/Kosmas (Aids-3D)
UNTITLED, New York: Matthew Chambers, Brendan Fowler
Valenzuela Klenner Galería, Bogotá: Liliana Angulo, Wilson Díaz, Edwin Sánchez
Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou: Koki Tanaka, Zhou Tao
Wallspace, New York: Walead Beshty, Martha Friedman, Daniel Gordon
Wentrup, Berlin: Nevin Aladag, Gregor Hildebrandt
Max Wigram Gallery, London: Marine Hugonnier, Luiz Zerbini
Zero…, Milan: Neil Beloufa, Christian Frosi

I Spit On Your Rave 10/28/11

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I Spit On Your Rave!
Friday October 28th: Doors Open 11pm-6am
Vinyl & Kai
1131 Washington Ave.
South Beach
www.vinylkai.com

You’re Invited To The Halloween Party Of The Year!
Dj Unix
Andre Skyy
Dj Bliszteck
Dj Black Buddha

Live Performances By
International Dance Music Diva: Calibe
Aiyana De’veaux
Choppdevize
Haus Of Deon
Fetisha Dominatron
And More!

21 & Up W/Id
Advance Tickets:$15
$20 At The Gates Of Hell

*Hosted By
Chris Da’imperial
Marcos Lopez
And
WSVN Channel 7 / Deco Drive Personality: Wilson Louis

For More Info On This Event Call 754-214-6024
See You There!

Free Halloween Family Day at Miami Beach Botanical Garden 10/29/11

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Free Halloween Family Day at Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Saturday, October 29, 11am to 1pm
Miami Beach Botanical Garden
2000 Convention Center Drive
www.mbgarden.org

Halloween Family Day
A Boo-tiful Beginning
For the newly renovated
Miami Beach Botanical Garden

Momentum Dance Company performs Carnival of the Animals
Camille Saint-Saens clever score comes to life with movement for the prancing Lion, lugubrious Tortoise, a pair of whimsical Elephants, a school of fish in an Aquarium, the shy Cuckoo, gliding and graceful (until they get on land) Swans, and a grand finale. Fabulous costumes by Marilyn Skow and unique dance movement inspire youngsters to interact and dance with the animals at the end of the concert.

Expect rats, bats, eyeballs and skeletons in arts and crafts, face painting,
pumpkin carving and cookie decorating

Halloween Family Day is the public reopening for Miami Beach Botanical Garden after a $1.2 Million landscape redesign by acclaimed Florida landscape architect Raymond Jungles, with Harbour Construction as contractor. Funding was provided by the City of Miami Beach GO Bond and City Center RDA, managed by the Miami Beach Capital Improvements Project Office.

Digest Miami Goes Pink Benefit and Fundraising Dinner 10/25/11

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Digest Miami Goes Pink Benefit & Fundraising Dinner
Tuesday, October 25th, 7PM
Eden South Beach
210 23rd Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.digestmiami.com/offers

Digest Miami is partnering with Eden South Beach to host Digest Miami Goes Pink Benefit Dinner in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Digest Miami, your visual guide to the best restaurants, chefs, and gastronomical experiences in South Florida, will curate a five course prix-fixe menu and wine pairings, imagined by James Beard nominee Chef Christopher Lee at Eden South Beach. Guests will enjoy a pre-dinner cocktail reception with “pink” cocktails courtesy of Stolichnaya Vodka. The cocktail reception begins at 7PM with dinner starting promptly at 8PM. Guests will be treated to an intimate evening with Chef leeʼs protégé Chef Matt Duryae who will explain each dish and its pairings. A portion of the evenings proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Tickets are $100 and includes all taxes and gratuities. Seating is limited and reservation can be made online at www.digestmiami.com or by calling (786) 519-1226.

“We are extremely pleased to have the generous participation of both Eden South Beach and Stolichnaya Vodka in supporting the Susan G. Komen in the search for a cure,” said Jason Inasi, Founder of Digest Miami, “we hope that this event helps to raise awareness and that we are able to contribute our part in the search for a cure.”

7PM: Cocktail Reception: “Pink” welcome cocktail sponsored by Stoli Vodka
8PM: 5 Course Prix-Fixe Menu with Wine Pairings

MENU
First Course: Peach Salad | red onion, pickled radish, champagne vinaigrette
Second Course: Grilled Spanish Octopus | green lentils, chorizo, piquillo peppers
Third Course: Seared Branzino | green lentils, roasted peppers, chorizo emulsion
Fourth Course: Black Angus NY Strip | sweet corn, wilted spinach, tomato chimichurri
Fifth Course: Hot Chocolate Cake | raspberries, mint

Digest Miami is the first convergent media network focused on the fine dining experience. The goal is simple: Go beyond cooking and explore the many stories behind the food we eat and the people that make up our culinary world. We want to explore the many facets of food, from the concepts and inspirations of opening a restaurant to the vision behind each Chefʼs signature dishes. We are committed to the exploration of food as a lifestyle and not just a commodity. We produce and curate original, high definition, visual content for global distribution across web, mobile, and broadcast mediums.

For more information please visit www.digestmiami.com

Cocktails For A Cause 10/22/11

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You are invited to Cocktails For A Cause, a Charity event
Saturday at 9:30pm
Eden restaurant
210 23rd Street
South Beach, Miami Beach, FL.

The event will support girls that are aging out the foster care system and don’t have families. The charity pays for apartments for the girls and gets them in to college and makes sure they have medical care, everything. It would be great if you could come and tell people about it. Complimentary Cocktails and Entry. Suggested donation $20.

Mr Somebody and Mr Nobody’s Amazing Afro Pop Up Shop Opens 11/4/11

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“Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody’s Amazing Afro Pop-Up Shop” Installation On View In The Wolfsonian’s The Bridge Tender House During Art Basel Miami Beach

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University hosts a site-specific installation by Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody, a project created by artists and South African expatriates Heidi Chisholm and Sharon Lombard. Chisholm and Lombard will transform The Wolfsonian’s Bridge Tender House, fronting the museum’s Washington Avenue façade, into an “Afro Pop-up Shop,” inviting passersby to purchase and take home a part of the piece.

The installation opens November 4, 2011, is on view during Art Basel Miami Beach, and remains on view through February 4, 2012.

Part art installation, part design exhibition, part commercial endeavor, and part souvenir stand with a twist, the installation, with its African-inspired, tongue-in-cheek goods, explores the notions of home, Africa, immigration, and globalization. Based on an African market stall, the Afro Pop-up Shop prompts us beyond the question, “Where are you from?” to more complicated questions regarding multiple migrations, invasions, post-colonial freedom, and the ability to board international flights. Aesthetically challenging yet instantly consumable, the installation is ultimately about transition, change, and making a home. Anyone interested in a preview of the Bridge Tender House installation can see a version of Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody’s Afro Pop-up Shop at the Wynwood Art Fair on October 21-23.

Chisholm, an acclaimed graphic designer, and Lombard, a fine artist grounded in performance and installation art, tap into their shared history as South African expats living in America in this immigrants’ paean to globalization. Both artists make objects that collapse the persistent dichotomy between the practical and the intellectual, art and design, craft and commerce, old and new, center and periphery, North and South, sense and non-sense, beauty and the bizarre.

Together, they create a fictional world, but with real world implications. It’s a world populated by chickens, fast cars, crocodiles, Ndebele airplanes, mischievous monkeys, flying lions, six fingers, and Santa in a devil suit. It’s al realm where their memories of home and African folk tales blend with Western insights to create new, playful narratives.

The works on display travel through the public and private geographies of citizenship, building homes made of memories and identity. A suitcase doubles as a container of multiple histories; exquisitely designed “khanga” cloths weave complex narratives; playful sculptures unseat African stereotypes; beautiful “heirloom” lace doilies become visas to the art of immigration. The artists remind us, through the eyes of their immigrant experiences, that we too must be our own expatriates if we are to navigate and survive the losses and gains of living through the changes and eruptions of globalization.

The company’s name is derived from the isiZulu proverb, “He arrives Mr. Somebody and leaves Mr. Nobody.” As the proverb/company’s name implies, the desire to fit in is universal and the process complicated. In keeping with their values, Chisholm and Lombard aren’t waiting for a reception, they’re extending the first hand and hoisting their own flag in a space that they describe as “Neither Here, Nor There.” “We are putting together a little souvenir stand of some of our experiences and memories, a market stall which reflects our lives as immigrants from South Africa,” Lombard explains. “We have invented a borderless country for this market, an explorers’ flag to be planted, and we have been designing and producing goods to sell in our installation stall, our Afro Pop-up Shop.” By creating a folklore out of displacement and change, Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody ultimately locates citizenship as fluid; home as where the heart is. Bewitching, irresistibly funny, always provocative, it offers proof that alienation, in the right hands, can be exquisite. Proceeds from the installation’s sales benefit The Wolfsonian. Although there is no salesperson stationed in the Bridge Tender House, the goods are available for purchase through The Dynamo Museum Shop.

For more information about Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody, visit the company’s website at www.mrsomebodyandmrnobody.com.

Sleepless Night at Lords South Beach 11/5/11

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Sleepless Night: Lords South Beach presents Ricardo Bellino An auction event to benefit the KiptonART Foundation with Nespresso
Saturday, November 5, from 9pm-12am
Lords South Beach
1120 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.lordssouthbeach.com

Lords South Beach is pleased to announce its participation in Sleepless Night, Miamiʼs ultimate cultural all-nighter. Lords will be showcasing the work of Ricardo Bellino, the entrepreneur-turned-artist who creates portraits of iconic cultural figures out of recycled Nespresso capsules. Ricardoʼs portrait of Elizabeth Taylor will be auctioned off during the event, and all proceeds will benefit the KiptonART Foundation.

Hosted by Lauren Foster and Erin Newberg, Lordsʼ Sleepless Night celebration will feature a pop-up Nespresso café on the porch that will serve complimentary coffee throughout the night. Ricardoʼs portraits will be on display in Lordsʼ lobby gallery.

“Ricardoʼs work pays homage to well-loved icons who have shaped our culture,” says Lords Founder, Brian Gorman. “This is a fantastic opportunity to support an emerging artist, in the spirit of Sleepless Night. Weʼre also proud to donate to the KiptonART Foundation, an organization that makes it possible for artists to continue creating inspiring work.”

The relationship between Lords and Ricardo began earlier this year when Ricardo read an article about Lords, and was inspired not only by Brianʼs penchant for decorating guest rooms with portraits of Elizabeth Taylor, but also Lordsʼ focus on charity, community, and acceptance. Ricardo offered the portrait as a gift for the hotel, and Brian, in turn, decided to auction the piece to benefit a good cause.

The auction of Bellino’s Elizabeth Taylor portrait is expected to raise considerable funds for the KiptonART Foundation. Providing stipends for emerging artists is just one of the essential services provided by KiptonART – the foundation also promotes new artistsʼ online presence and visibility through exhibitions while forging invaluable connections for them in the art world. In addition, all of the art that hangs in Lords is by KiptonART.

This benefit is just one of Lords’ many charity initiatives – giving back to the community that supports him has always been a priority for Brian Gorman. Since opening nearly a year ago, Lords has donated over $10,000 through its Rooms That Matter program. Ten percent of the proceeds from five guest rooms are donated to LGBT charities that promote education, acceptance, and safety: Care Resource, The Point Foundation, Hetrick-Martin Institute, Lambda Legal, and Aqua Foundation.

Cotton’s World Premiere 24 Hour Runway Show 11/19-20/11

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November 19-20, 2011 beginning at 12 p.m.
South Beach

Cotton premieres the world’s first 24 Hour Runway Show in South Beach on Nov. 19-20, featuring 1,440 looks—one look per minute—to celebrate The Fabric of Our Lives ®. This unprecedented runway show is designed to fuse and showcase the on-trend fashion and versatility of cotton apparel through all ranges and moments of daily life.

Miami will once again become center stage to a national first and marquee event. Cotton has chosen South Beach for the world premiere of the first 24-Hour Runway Show. Taking place on Nov. 19-20, it will feature 1,440 looks—one look per minute—to celebrate The Fabric of Our Lives ®. They teamed up with MTV.com to launch a nation-wide Cotton Style search for 24 people who will be lured with a fully covered trip to Miami. (Miami locals are encouraged to apply as well, and if chosen, may be highlighted in the show.) Winners will walk with Miami’s hottest models, and possibly even mingle with celebrities. To sign up for the Cotton Style Search, contestants can go to: cotton24hours.mtv.com

Heart Beats for East Africa 10/22/11

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Heart Beats for East Africa
Sat. Oct. 22, 2011, 4pm – 11pm
The Bandshell
North Beach Bandshell
7250 Collins Ave.
North Miami Beach, FL
thehandsomebeatsbrigade.us.org
Buy tickets here
Door $10

Heart Beats for East Africa Concert

The Handsome Beats Brigade is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to provide absolute, transparent and accountable fund raising through music concerts and cultural events, with special focus given to world disaster relief initiatives.

Featured Artists:
NIKI EM – http://www.nikiem.com/
XPERIMENTO – http://www.xperimento.com/
AXIOM – https://www.facebook.com/AXM333
FUMES – http://www.fernandofumes.com/
LE BRION – https://www.facebook.com/LeBrionMuzik
AXL – http://kremadelik.com/artistas/axl-sonic/
TOMAZ – http://waxdj.com/djs/3824/

Web: http://thehandsomebeatsbrigade.us.org/

Featured Charity Organization:
Funds raised will go to support The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) and their programs that aid people suffering from the historic drought in East Africa. TPRF addresses fundamental human needs so that people everywhere can live their lives with dignity, peace and prosperity.

Heart Beats for East Africa Concert

Gerry Kelly’s Halloween Masked Ball At Trio On The Bay 10/29/11

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Gerry Kelly’s Halloween Masked Ball
Saturday, October 29
Trio On The Bay
www.trioonthebay.com

Dine in style at Gerry Kelly’s Halloween Masked Ball
Dinner served from 5pm
Party the night away in the lounge with Resident Dj Nyx

Cocktail Vodka Reception From 10 To 11

No cover

Reservations are highly suggested 305.866.1234 or info@trioonthebay.com

Nikki at Night with Edgar V At Nikki Beach Miami 10/30/11

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Nikki at Night with EDGAR V! At Nikki Beach Miami
Oct 30, From 7 Pm Till 5 Am
Nikki Beach Miami
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach Florida 33139
305 538 1111
www.nikkibeachmiami.com

Join us every Sunday night where the best resident DJ’s collaborate with cutting edge producers and talent to bring you the newest, hottest music possible. Come out this week for a special Halloween Celebration and music by our resident troublemakers Bruno Robles, Felipe Kaval and Armand Pena.

Come by and check out our Special Guests EDGAR V, DMS12, Ilgin and Diego Harispe!!

For Table Reservations please call 305-538-1111 or Email Us Now

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One Ocean Sundays with Damaged Goods At Club O1 10/23/11

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One Ocean Sundays with Damaged Goods At Club O1
Oct 23, 11 Pm Till 5 Am
Club 01 << Second Floor At Nikki Beach Miami >>
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach Florida 33139
305 538 1111
www.Club01.com

October 23th, 2011 come out to Club One Ocean and check out Guest DAMAGED GOODS pumping the best in Open Format!!

For Table Reservations please call 305-538-1111 or E-Mail Us

Nikki at Night with Guest DJ Diaga! at Nikki Beach Miami 10/23/11

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Nikki at Night with Guest DJ Diaga! at Nikki Beach Miami
Oct 23, From 7 Pm Till 5 Am
Nikki Beach Miami
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach Florida 33139
305 538 1111
www.nikkibeachmiami.com

Join us every Sunday night where the best resident DJ’s collaborate with cutting edge producers and talent to bring you the newest, hottest music possible. Come out this week for music by our resident troublemakers Bruno Robles, Felipe Kaval and Armand Pena along with Special Guest DJ Diaga.

For Table Reservations please call 305-538-1111 or Email Us Now!

Cheeseburger Baby does Burgers for Boobs 10/23/11

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Cheeseburger Baby does “Burgers for Boobs”
October 23, 2011, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Cheeseburger Baby
1505 Washington Ave
Miami Beach, 33139
www.cheeseburgerbaby.net

Want to help support Susan G. Komen and raise awareness about breast cancer? Well, stop by Cheeseburger Baby on South Beach, October 23rd.

The oldest burger joint on the beach will be hosting a “Burgers for Boobs” backyard extravaganza with ALL money raised and donated going directly to Susan G Komen.

What to expect? All the beer, burgers and genuine deliciousness you could ask for from the likes of Pabst Blue Ribbon, Coca-Cola, Misha’s Cupcakes and Cheeseburger Baby, of course.

They will have raffles for prizes with everything from Pucci’s Pizza to a day at the spa. Want a great silent auction? Well, guests will be able to bid on things like custom skateboards from Skatn’ Skateboards, dinner at Doraku Sushi, vacation packages from Hyatt Vacation Club and bar tabs at clubs like Purdy Lounge and Love/Hate. And Miami’s own DJ Zehno will be spinning all day long.

There is no entrance price, but guests are encouraged to bring cash and their checkbooks. Unlike many events here in South Florida, 100% of the profits will go directly to Susan G. Komen of South Florida.

DON’T FORGET CELEBS! Famous faces like Michael Cohen of “Miami Social,” Jane and Claudia of “Tough Love,” and Christie Ashenoff of “South Beach Tow” will all be stopping by to support.

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Suzanne Westenhoefer Comedy Explosion at the Colony Theatre 10/21/11

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Suzanne Westenhoefer, Comedy Explosion
Friday, October 21st 8pm
The Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach.

Suzanne Westhofer will headline Comedy Explosion along with stand-up acts performed by disabled comics from around the country.
Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at the box office or on-line at www.abilityexplosion.org
Ticketmaster

After Party at HYPE Fridays MOVA!
Receive a complimentary Finlandia vodka drink after the performance with your Comedy Explosion ticket stub. DJ Bryan Zero. No cover charge.
South Beach’s Friday night party returns!
DJ Bryan Zero
Hosted by Pusilla
$6 Finlandia vodka drinks all night!
$8 Stoli vodka drinks all night!
Smoking is not permitted inside the venue.
There is no cover charge.
Mova Lounge
1625 Michigan Avenue
Miami Beach
www.movalounge.com

The Betsy Hotel Sponsors Event To Support Education For LGBT Students 10/20/11

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The Betsy Hotel Sponsors Event To Support Education For LGBT Students
Thursday, Oct 20, From 7 To 9 Pm
The Betsy Hotel
1440 Ocean Drive
South Beach, Miami Beach

Presented By The Point Foundation

The Betsy Hotel is proud to announce the Point Foundation’s first-ever Cornerstone Society event in Miami, to be held on Thursday night, October 20, from 7 to 9 PM. The Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Guests at the Point Foundation reception at The Betsy Hotel will be able to meet some of the current Point Scholars, recent alumni and hear from Point Foundation leadership. Sponsors of the event include Interiors Stephen G. Inc., Wells Fargo, Northern Trust, Shelly Freeman & Joni Rim, Price Waterhouse Cooper LLP, Terranova Corp., Jackson Health System and Public Health Trust, Unity Coalition, and The Betsy Hotel.

Event tickets are $75. Donations of $500 come with membership in the Point Foundation’s Cornerstone Society. Donations are tax deductible. For more information on tickets, please visit www.pointfoundation.org/miami

Point Foundation (www.pointfoundation.org) provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training and hope to students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Point Scholars represent the best and brightest, coming from diverse educational fields, genders and gender identities, sexual orientations, racial backgrounds, economic circumstances and geography. Scholars are chosen for demonstrated leadership, scholastic achievement, involvement in the LGBT community, and financial need.

The Betsy-South Beach, (www.thebetsyhotel.com) located in the heart of the Art Deco District, is a highly rated luxury hotel with an unrivaled commitment to philanthropy, arts, and culture. Since re-opening after a floor to ceiling restoration two years ago, Betsy has partnered with almost 200 nonprofits to champion a shared mission to make the world a better place. LGBT causes are a central focus and include past support for the Matthew Shepherd Foundation, The National Task Force, GLAD, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, HRC, and recent support for the Point Foundation.

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present the Roberto Quintero Ensemble 10/20/11

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KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present the Roberto Quintero Ensemble
Thursday, October 20, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com. Featured are Roberto Quintero, percussion, Alturio Mora, piano, Pablo Gil, sax, Rolando Grooscors, guitar, Reinier Guerra, drums, and Agustin Conti, bass.

Roberto Quintero was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where he was surrounded by Afro-Venezuelan and Afro-Cuban music. His father, a respected composer, singer and percussionist in his native country tutored and encouraged Robert on percussion through his adolescent years. Roberto comes from a long line of outstanding musicians, which includes his Uncle Carlos “Nene” Quintero and cousin Luisito Quintero. Roberto studied at conservatory of music in Caracas-Venezuela and Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil de Venezuela.

His percussion style and technique soon captured the attention of his colleagues. He soon joined the popular music ensemble of his hometown, Grupo Madera and Oscar D’Leon, where he enjoyed worldwide exposure. Besides being known for his skillful conga work, Roberto also plays bongos, drum set, djembe, timbales and wide variety of assorted percussion instruments.

Roberto has worked with the likes of, Dave Samuels, Dave Weckel, Steve Khan, Diane Schuur, Richard Bona, Gato Barbieri, Eddie Palmieri, Jack Dejohnette, John Patitucci, Roy Hargrove, Paquito De Rivera, Joe Lovano, Ravi Coltrane, Xavier Cougar big band, Dave Valentin, Nestor Torres, Gary Morgan, Marc Anthony, Timbalaye band, Celia Cruz, Spanish Harlem Orchestra and countless other high-profile music acts. Quintero is comfortable performing in various genres of music from Latin, Latin jazz, to Symphonic music. He’s even recorded on two Grammy-winning records and another that was nominated. Not bad for a soft-spoken percussionist from Venezuela.

Amnesia Miami Love Generation Grand Opening Celebration Featuring A Performance By Co-Owner Bob Sinclar 10/21/11

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Amnesia Miami Love Generation Grand Opening Celebration Featuring A Performance By Co-Owner Bob Sinclar
Friday, October 21, 2011
Blue Carpet Arrivals will begin at 10:30 PM
Doors Open At 11 PM
Amnesia Miami
136 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Amnesia Miami: The Legend Returns

Co-Owners Andre & Gregory Boudou, Bob Sinclar & Pierre Denain To Make Amnesia’s Return to South Beach Official with a Grand Opening Celebration on October 21st, 2011

Co-owners Andre Boudou, Gregory Boudou, Bob Sinclar and Pierre Denain are thrilled to announce the highly anticipated reopening of world-renowned nightclub, Amnesia Miami. Amnesia Miami will officially open its doors on Friday, October 21, 2011, at the 136 Collins Avenue building – the same spot where Amnesia originally reigned over Miami’s night scene between 1993 and 1996.

“I built the first Amnesia Miami 20 years ago and now, together with my son Gregory, we have combined our experiences from previous ventures around the world to enhance the Amnesia concept with all new, top of the line technology.” said Amnesia Founder and co-owner Andre Boudou. “After working closely with the world’s best DJs for over 20 years, I designed Amnesia with the purpose of providing the best possible room for artists to showcase their talent,” adds co-owner Gregory Boudou. Co-owner and world renowned DJ and music producer Bob Sinclar adds, “With the combination of my influence and this one-of-a-kind musician’s haven, Amnesia Miami will lend itself to be the playground for the world’s most highly recognized celebrities and artists.”

The all-new Amnesia Miami takes over 29,000 square feet of multi-level internal space. The venue’s all-white interior exudes an avant-garde dimension of technology never seen before. The club boasts over 150 intelligent lighting fixtures, a custom-built Funktion One sound system, and five grand format LED screens with programmable moving capabilities, all which trigger the ambience for the main stage. The spacious dance floor is surrounded by 70 VIP tables, 2 private VIP sections, and a 2nd floor mezzanine, with direct views of the club’s guest DJs and performing artists. When the featured talent is not gracing Amnesia’s main stage, they can opt to relax in the Pre-Show Lounge or record tunes in the fully functional custom-designed recording studio. The combination of Bob Sinclar’s influence and this one of a kind musician’s haven, Amnesia Miami will lend itself to be the playground for the world’s most highly recognized celebrities and music artists.

Since the mid 1980’s, Andre Boudou’s worldwide brand, Amnesia, has marked over 27 consecutive years of global success. The creation of his first nightclub was pioneered in Cap d’Agde, France in 1984, and rapidly flourished as the leading dance venue in the country by offering an irreplaceable entertainment platform for the clubbing community. After shaping the venture into a worldwide renowned product, Mr. Boudou, joined by his son Gregory, decided to expand Amnesia’s presence overseas in 1993, and formed the legendary icon known as Amnesia Miami, which continuously elevated the art of clubbing for 5 full years. After almost two decades away from home, the newly transformed Amnesia Miami returns.

Amnesia Miami is located at 136 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139 and will be open Friday & Saturday nights from 11 PM – 5 AM. For more information and/or reservations, please visit www.AmnesiaMiami.com or call 305.538.2424 or email info@amnesiamiami.com

5 Year Anniversary of Delano Tuesdays 10/25/11

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5 Year Anniversary of Delano Tuesdays
10/25/11, 9 PM
Delano South Beach
1685 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.taient.com
www.delano-hotel.com

Alan Roth & Tommy Pooch along with the TAI Entertainment team invite you to celebrate Delano Tuesdays 5th year anniversary party next Tuesday, October 18th 2011!

Fashion Presentation by Calypso St Barth at 10 PM

Sounds by DJ Irie & Mr Sandman

Put on your best and step out in style with a group of friends to celebrate Delano Tuesdays 5th Year Anniversary Party in association with Ocean Drive Magazine. On Tuesday, Oct. 25 will mark a continued night of successful soirees with fun, great people and star studded celebrities. Sounds will be spun by Miami’s very own DJ Irie and Mr. Sandman followed by a fashion presentation at 10pm by Calypso St. Barth. This will be an event you don’t want to miss out on! For more information call 305-672-2000

A Fundraising Party to benefit Sandy B. Muller Breast Cancer Foundation 10/22/11

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A Fundraising Party to benefit Sandy B. Muller Breast Cancer Foundation
Saturday, October 22, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Hard Rock Cafe
401 Biscayne Blvd
Miami

Hosted by the Hard Rock Cafe Miami and Social Florida’s Guide

A party that makes an impact

Timeless classics that bring us back and touch our hearts. Odyssey Road, the ultimate tribute band to Journey will play at the event. Tequila Revolucion and Chocolate Wine and Sangria will provide free drinks! A mixologist will be in the VIP room teaching guests how to make tequila cocktails and doing tricks. Excellent wine as well as a cash bar, will also be available. Appetizers will be provided by the Hard Rock Cafe.

Raffle items include:
Marc Anthony autographed guitar
REO Speed Wagon autographed guitar
2 night stay at the Betsy Hotel
1 night stay at the JW Marriott Brickell
Spa package by 7 Seas Spa
½ day yacht charter donated by Advantaged Yachts
Fendi purse donated by Bloomingdales at the Falls
and much more!

No charge to enter, but graciously accepting donations at the door

The Cause
Sandy B. Muller Breast Cancer Foundation provides patients in Miami-Dade County recently diagnosed with breast cancer and in treatment, with basic living expenses such as mortgage and rent payments, medical insurance premiums, transportation costs to and from doctor appointments, child care payments, food and other life necessities. Our goal is that every woman and man have Peace of Mind during their breast cancer journey.

sandybmullerbreastcancerfoundation.org

The Wolfsonian-FIU and AIGA Present The Visual Language of Herbert Matter 10/21/11

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The Wolfsonian-FIU and AIGA Present The Visual Language of Herbert Matter
Friday, October 21, 7pm
Wolfsonian Information
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

The Wolfsonian–FIU and AIGA Miami present The Visual Language Of Herbert Matter a film looking into the life of a renowned designer.

The Visual Language Of Herbert Matter (2010, Switzerland, Retro Caduf, 78 min, color/b*W, DVD)-A revealing look at the fascinating story of the highly influential mid-century modern design master. Known as a quintessential designer’s designer, Swiss born Herbert Matter is largely credited with expanding the use of photography as a design tool and bringing the semantics of the fine art into the realm of applied arts.

Visit www.herbertmatter.net for more information. Co-presented by The Wolfsonian-FIU and AIGA Miami. Free to members of Wolfsonian and AIGA Miami; $10 all others.

Dream South Beach and SuperMarket Creative host Oh Jack A Jack the Ripper Halloween event 10/29/11

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Oh, Jack
Saturday, October 29, 9pm-3am
Dream Hotel
1111 Collins Ave
South Beach

From the creators of last year’s Halloween hit, Gatsby Gone Goth at The Raleigh, SuperMarket Creative invites you to the 5th Annual Halloween Event with Miracle Entertainment – Veni Vidi Vici – Sweat Records – Spinello Projects – TARA, Ink – Stash Wardrobe. – Flavorpill

Present: Oh, Jack….. Whitechapel, London 1888: An Evening with Jack The Ripper
Victorian x Steampunk

Special guest DJ Penguin Prison

Early bird tickets starting at $20.
http://www.ohjack.ticketleap.com/ohjack/

Special Black Carpet for the most interesting costumes presented by Dirty Mag. Dress to impress.

Hosted by : Miami Art Museum, New World School of the Arts, Quintessentially and Product 81.
Brought to you by Dos Equis + 42 Below

All Costumes Welcome. Need a couture costume? Check out Stash Wardrobe in Wynwood. Call 305-799-8118 for appointments (they style you).

On Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, Dream South Beach, the newly opened, imaginative, whimsical Art Deco hotel, and local brand development and events agency SuperMarket Creative will present “Oh Jack”—a Jack the Ripper-themed Halloween party.

SuperMarket Creative, now in its fifth year of organizing South Florida’s most memorable Halloween events, will also partner with Miami Art Museum, luxury lifestyle group Quintessentially, creative lab Product/81 and New World School of the Arts, which is creating an eerie masquerade gallery, sponsored by Dos Equis, entitled Alter Ego that will be unveiled and prominently displayed at the event. Returning sponsors and tastemakers include men-about-town Jose Ortiz, Nick D’Annunzio and Ernesto Reyes, famed stylists and owners of STASH Wardrobe Rental Danny Santiago and Teddy Gunter, Sweat Records’ Lolo Reskin, Spinello Gallery’s Anthony Spinello, Veni Vidi Vici, Miracle Entertainment Group and Dirty-Mag.com. Cocktails will be provided by 42Below vodka and Dos Equis beer.

As creators of last year’s hit Halloween soirée “Gatsby Gone Goth” at The Raleigh hotel, SuperMarket Creative’s Michelle Leshem and Sean Drake are determined to raise the bar and transform Dream South Beach’s entrance and sleek rooftop lounge HIGHBAR into London circa 1888, complete with a ghastly re-creation of the city’s East End Whitechapel district.

Arriving guests will make their way down a black carpet and pose for photographer Stian Roenning inside dark settings, such as the bedroom of Mary Kelly—Jack the Ripper’s final victim. HIGHBAR will feature a live DJ set by Penguin Prison, who will make his Miami debut and spin his popular remixes of Goldfrapp, Marina and the Diamonds, Kylie Minogue and Passion Pit, among others. Local DJs Ess & Emm and Ruen will also be on deck throughout the night. Complimentary Dos Equis and Magners Original Irish Cider will be available from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., with $5 drink specials to follow.

Boys and ghouls are encouraged to dress up in their best Victorian or Steampunk garb, though all costumes are welcome. STASH Wardrobe Rental will offer all “Oh Jack” guests 10% off their extravagant costume creations. For the most interesting spirits, Dirty-mag.com will capture those victims on the black carpet for a potential feature in its online magazine.

Admission is $25 in advance and $35 at the door. To purchase tickets, please visit www.ohjackhalloween.com. For table reservations, please contact ohjack@supermarket.com.

The Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy-South Beach 10/23/11

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Sketchy Pink Party
Sunday, Oct. 23, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
The Betsy-South Beach
1440 Ocean Drive
South Beach, FL
RSVP Here.
Prepay Here.
@sketchymiami
@beachedmiami

In the evening of Sunday, Oct. 23, Beached Miami will be hosting the Sketchy Pink Party atop the roof deck of The Betsy-South Beach to raise money for breast cancer research. There will be live art, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres catered by BLT Steak, the Betsy’s stellar in-house eatery. Raffa & Rainer will also be on hand, marrying melody and harmony to make a lovely thing called music.

Have a lot of fun. Do a lot of good. Admission is $20 at the door and $15 in advance. All proceeds will benefit breast cancer research at University of Miami’s Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester. To learn more and to RSVP, visit the Facebook event page.

Perks: All proceeds benefit breast cancer research; all guests get a free glass of Grolsch; catering by BLT Steak; live art by local artists; live music by Raffa & Rainer
By the way, you don’t have to wear pink, but you’ll look better if you do. See you there.

Axwell Halloween at LIV Miami 10/28/11

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Axwell Halloween at LIV Miami
Friday October 28th, 1100pm – 5am
LIV Miami
4441 Collins Ave
www.lavishvip.com

South Beach NightClub Promotions Presents
LIV Axwell+ Mednas
Hosted By Alex Alanis
Get There Early
Guest List & VIP Table Strongly Recommended
Call, Text or Email me your full name + # friends coming with you only sexy people please & just tell doorman that youre on
Alex’s List

for Free Entry …Guys bring girls for faster entry or get ready to buy a table…
Contact me to RSVP
Alex Alanis
Mobile 310.702.6297
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Email Alex@SBNP.US

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present Hot Havana Nights with Deskarga Jam Band 10/15/11

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KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present Hot Havana Nights with Deskarga Jam Band
Saturday October 15 at 9 PM.
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Deskarga Jam Band….Timba meets Latin Jazz. Composed of Cuban-American musicians with a unique free style of playing, the musicians individually have performed with Julio Iglesias, Jon Secada, Los Sobrinos, Tipica Tropical, among others. Deskarga’s repertoire covers everything from Benny Moré, Los Van Van, Buena Vista, and NG La Banda to Celia Cruz. The band has played to the greater Miami dance audience in venues such as Alcazabas, Macabi Cigar Bar, Mojitos & Calle Ocho Festival among others, as well as numerous private and corporate events.

Deskarga have earned a reputation for exceptional musicianship and their exciting energetic live performances. They can captivate audiences’ hearts with their soulful montunos, explosive percussion riffs, and melodic vocal improvisations.

Grand Voyage New Years Eve At Nikki Beach Miami 12/31/11

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Grand Voyage New Years Eve At Nikki Beach Miami
Dec 31 2011 From 8 Pm Till 5 Am
Nikki Beach Miami
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach Florida 33139
305 538 1111
www.nikkibeachmiami.com

Prepare to embark on a Grand Voyage to 2012!
Nikki Beach Miami invites you to come set sail on The Grand Voyage, South Beach’s most glamorous New Year’s Eve soirée. Prepare for a global event as the nautical-themed evening floats guests to all the exotic locations of Nikki Beach, celebrating famed venues such as St. Tropez, Marbella, Koh Samui, St. Barths and Marrakech. This exquisite affair will feature delectable haute cuisine designed uniquely for New Year’s Eve, with thrilling live entertainment including a private fireworks display and a New York-style ball drop at midnight in Miami.

Tickets on sale Now at NikkiBeachMiamiEvents.com

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What Women Want 2nd Anniversary At Nikki Beach Miami 11/12/11

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What Women Want 2nd Anniversary At Nikki Beach Miami
November 12 2011, From 8 Pm Till 11 Pm
Nikki Beach Miami
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach Florida 33139
305 538 1111
www.nikkibeachmiami.com

Nikki Beach Miami presents the supremely popular, signature fashion event What Women Want on Saturday, November 12th from 8pm-11pm. The most anticipated ladies night out in Miami, this glamorous event is centered around beauty, sweets, and fashion…the ultimate in pampering and indulgence for women.

This event will feature a dazzling runway show by Custo Barcelona!

RSVP for this event now: whatwomenwant@nikkibeach.com

Amazing Sundays & World Famous Brunch At Nikki Beach Miami 10/16/11

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Amazing Sundays & World Famous Brunch At Nikki Beach Miami
Oct 16 2011, From 11 am to 4 pm
Nikki Beach Miami
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach Florida 33139
305 538 1111
www.nikkibeachmiami.com

Our Award-Winning Sunday Brunch runs from 11a.m. to 4p.m. Come by and check out our all-new waffle station, omelet station, custom pastas, freshly carved meats, sushi station, desserts and more! Enjoy VIP bottle and beverage service or even a massage from any of our lounge beds. Sounds provided by residents Felipe Kaval and Bruno.
Click Here To View Brunch Menu

Reservations are Recommended for Large Parties. Please Reserve Here

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The Wolfsonian-FIU Visionaries 11:11:11 Event 11/11/11

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The Wolfsonian-FIU Visionaries 11:11:11 Event
November 11, 2011, 7 p.m. – 11:11 p.m.
1111 Lincoln Road
1111 Lincoln Road, 7th Floor
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Purchase Tickets Online.

The Wolfsonian-FIU Visionaries invite you to join us in an otherworldly celebration of cocktails, dining, music and dancing on 11.11.11 at 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. Tickets to this amazing event are $150 per person with net proceeds benefiting The Wolfsonian-FIU Museum.

The Wolfsonian Visionaries will host 11:11:11, the second annual Visionaries’ fundraiser to benefit The Wolfsonian–Florida International University. The event will run from 7:00-11:11pm on Friday, November 11, 2011, at the landmark 1111 Lincoln Road garage. The evening, which also marks The Wolfsonian’s 16th anniversary, will feature signature dishes from Miami’s top restaurants and caterers, as well as top shelf spirits from Bacardi. DJ Mauricio Parra will curate the music, and the images of artist Emilio Chapela will be on display in a site-specific installation. The evening will also include a surprise interactive event to mark 11:11pm.

The Wolfsonian opened its doors on Washington Avenue on November 11, 1995, and the Visionaries have embraced this special date as the theme for their yearly fundraiser. “November 11, 2011 is a very special, transcendent moment of good will, and we’ve designed the 11:11:11 party with an emphasis on a feeling of euphoria, on celebrating a celestial moment,” says Jose Zaldivar, a member of the Visionaries host committee. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime moment. We’re celebrating the moment, the here and now, and making this party a true celebration of life.”

The event will take place on the seventh floor of 1111 Lincoln Road, which offers panoramic views of Miami Beach. The mixed-use concrete and glass parking facility, developed by Robert Wennett, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, and opened in 2009, has become somewhat of a surprise event destination. Architect Jacques Herzog describes the structure as “all muscle without cloth,” in keeping with the Miami Beach aesthetic. Wennett, an emeritus member of The Wolfsonian’s Advisory Board, has generously donated the space for the event.

Zaldivar has designed the space to feel heavenly, “like a cloud of light.” It will be illuminated by images from a book on the theme of 11:11:11 by the artist Emilio Chapela, commissioned by Wennett for the event. Finally, at 11:11 p.m., guests will enjoy a surprise performance art piece. The evening features an impressive selection of tasting tables representing a dozen restaurants and caterers donating their services, including Le Basque, Lovely Daze Desserts, Lyon + Lyon, Meat Market, Petit Pois Events & Catering, Ortanique, Rosa Mexicano, Shake Shack, Stella’s Sweet Shoppe, and Thierry’s Catering. Each will serve a signature dish. “They are really going to wow people with the food,” says Zaldivar. Additional confirmed event sponsors include The Shore Club, Alhambra Antiques, ArtNexus, Fiction Events, and Jacober & Associates.

The Wolfsonian Visionaries is comprised of young professionals from Miami’s arts and business communities who are committed to promoting The Wolfsonian through innovative events and design-related programming. The 11:11:11 host committee includes Olga Granda-Scott and Douglas Scott, Aimet and Josh Oberhausen, Jaime Odabashian, Lucia Schito, and Jose Zaldivar. Tickets are $150 per person.

The Wolfsonian Visionaries Committee:
Aimet & Josh Oberhausen
Olga Granda-Scott and Doug Scott
Jaime Odabachian
Lucia Schito
Jose Zaldivar

The Wolfsonian Visionaries – A collective for the future focusing on furthering awareness of the Arts and Design.

Merengue Star Heavy Papi Video Release Party 10/15/11

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Merengue Star,”Heavy Papi” Video Release Party
10/15/2011, 10:00pm
Club Play
1045 Fifth Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.heavypapi.com

Miami’s celebrated nightclub, ‘Club Play’ will get a taste of the Caribbean this coming weekend. The exclusive nightclub is set to be the venue for the video release party for Dominican Merengue Artist, Joaquin Castillo, also known as “Heavy Papi”. Heavy Papi will launch the video for the title track to his latest release, “Vamo A Beber”, a heart pumping merengue track with a contagious chorus that will soon be the next club anthem. The party will be held on Saturday, October 15th. Entry for Ladies will be free, all night.

Dominican born, Joaquin Castillo “Heavy Papi” moved to the United States as a teenager and quickly made his mark on the small screen by appearing on both American and Latin American TV shows such as Sabado Gigante, Despierta America and Caliente. He has also made countless acting appearances on USA Network’s Burn Notice, and Soap Operas Telemundo’s Perro Amor alongside Carlos Ponce, and El Gabriel alongside actor/ recording artist Chayanne.
The video release party will cement his cross-over from actor to recording artist. For more information, visit www.heavypapi.com.

The 20212 Ritchie Swimwear Collection At Louis Bar-Lounge At Gansevoort 10/14/11

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The 20212 Ritchie Swimwear Collection At Louis Bar-Lounge At Gansevoort
Friday, October 14, 11pm-4am
Louis Bar-Lounge
Gansevoort Hotel
2325 Collins Ave
Miami Beach

Haute In The City With Kimberlee & Erin Mia Presents:
The October Issue Release Party For: Barcode Magazine

Featuring: The Ritchie Swimwear Girls The 2012 Collection Of Ritchie Swimwear

Shot Live For The First Time Ever By Miami Glam Photographer, Fred Love

Guest List And Table Reservations Please RSVP to: erinmiamilchman@gmail.com
Limited Space Available.

Follow Us On Twitter:
Ritchie Swimwear @RitchieSwimGirl
Fred Love @FredLovePhoto
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Up All Night The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club Charges Up for Sleepless Night Miami Beach 11/5/11

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Exclusive hotel sponsor of Sleepless Night Miami Beach, The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club, has announced its eclectic line-up of installations taking place throughout the 13-hour event on November 5-6, 2011. On this special night, the three-building property will be decked out with daring art displays paired with funky foreign beats, the moves of Miami’s Shameless Burlesque Troupe and much more. The hotel will also serve as the main information booth for the event and is centrally located to many performance venues, making it an ideal spot to start or end the night.

Throughout the event, those looking to rest their tired tootsies and get a little people watching in can kick back in the Sleepless Night lounge located in front of the hotel on Miami’s main stretch – Collins Avenue. In the lounge guests can order a round of caffeinated cocktails, refuel with a few light bites or sample one of 12 flavors at the oxygen bar. When ready to depart, “sleep walkers” can hop aboard the complimentary Sleepless Night shuttle, with stops occurring at the lounge all evening long.

“We are extremely excited to be the official Sleepless Night Miami Beach host hotel for the second year,” said owner of The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club, Alan Lieberman. “We truly believe that this year’s all-night event will be bigger and better than ever, demonstrating that The City of Miami Beach as a whole has truly arrived as the next great destination for the performing arts.”
Co-owner Nathan Lieberman adds, “For the hotel specifically, it is a great opportunity to express our personal enthusiasm and passion for the arts. By offering a celebration throughout The Catalina’s three buildings, we are proud to give local South Florida artists a platform to perform as well as attracting locals and visitors to the city. Sleepless Night Miami Beach in many ways confirms why Miami Beach is one of the hottest destinations in the world.”

The complete lineup of Sleepless Night Miami Beach events at The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club follows below:

Red Bar Lounge
Official Sleepless Night Miami Beach Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (5:30 p.m.)
City of Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera Bower joins The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club’s owners Alan and Nathan Liberman as they kick off the night’s festivities.

Meet the Artists (6:00-8:00 p.m.)
Marlene Lopez, Frayackus, Jennifer Garcia, Carielen Haas, Lucinda Linderman, Sri Prabha and Burne Richardson will be present to discuss their pieces on exhibit.

Arthur Brown Jazz Fusion Performance (7:00-10:00 p.m.)
Award-winning jazz musician Arthur Brown presents his repertoire of hip mainstream jazz, blues and Latin jazz along with special guests.

DJ 1MX SET (10 p.m.- 4 a.m.)
Miami favorite DJ 1MX on the decks for a six-hour set of the best hip-hop, house and jazz.

Catalina Unplugged at Maxine’s Bistro & Bar
On the Front Terrace:
La Vida (5:00-7:00 p.m.)
Dueling acoustic guitars play an elegant blend of jazz, world and contemporary music.

Cleveland Jones (7:00-9:00 p.m.)
The cool rhythms of the Caribbean blended with Latin guitar and classic vocals.

ArtOfficial (9:00-11:00 p.m.)
Playing sounds from hip hop’s “golden era,” replacing sampled beats with jazz musicians and injecting a good dose of future funk into the whole equation.

Jay Blues Band (11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.)
Performing a high-engery fusion of funk, rock, blues and R&B.

Rose Max and Ramatis (1:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m.)
Straight from Rio de Janeiro, this group brings the beats of bossa nova, Brazilian jazz and samba.

Zach Larmer and Sam Hall of Mineur de Jazz (3:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m.)
Mineur de Jazz mixes Bluegrass, Gypsy Swing, and Bebop to create an interesting and stimulating blend of musical flavors.

In the Lounge:
DJ Halo (6:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.)
Blend of old school hip hop, ‘80s and jazz.

On the Bamboo Pool Deck:
305coLAB open-air video installation
Projection screen suspended over the bamboo pool with works from Sri Prabha, Burne Richardson, Marlene Lopez, Lucinda Linderman, Jennifer Garcia Matthews and Carla Fache.

Up All Night With Y-100 Live Radio Broadcast at Kung Fu Kitchen & Sushi
On the Front Terrace:
Live Painting by Santiago Betancur (10:00 p.m.-midnight)
Betancur will rally through the night painting two signature self-portraits with acrylics on canvas.

In the Lounge:
Meet the Artists (6:00-8:00 p.m.)
Santiago Betancur, Cristina Botero, Breceda, Luis Jimenez, Orkomo, Prieto, Romgo, Jonathan Suarez and Vasquez will be on hand to discuss their works on display throughout the lounge.

DJ 1MX Set (6:00-10:00 p.m.)
The local turntablist starts his marathon night with the best hip hop, house and jazz before heading to the Red Bar Lounge.

Y-100 Live Radio Broadcast (10:00 p.m.-midnight)
Acclaimed radio personality DJ Chris Cruz goes live on Miami’s hit music station.

Shameless Burlesque Troupe performance (10:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m.)
Inspired by icons such as Mae West and Lili St. Cyr, Shameless Burlesque will bring their sultry moves to The Catalina for a five-hour performance.

“Circuitry” Audio Visual Performance (midnight-5:00 a.m.)
The #1 Billboard artist DJ Maximus 3000 pairs his beats with “Live Stream,” a simulcast performance exploring the inner works of Sleepless Night Miami Beach, with streaming video from each zone streaming on screens and through social media applications. App users can log on to the simulcast and comment on their experiences. Directed by Emmy-award winning director, Andrew Richardson.

Exclusive hotel packages are available at The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club during the event.
The Sleepless Night Package includes:
· Overnight accommodations
· Energy drink welcome cocktails and nightly cocktail hour
· Caffeinated gift basket amenity
· Access to VIP Oxygen Bar Lounge during the Sleepless Night Miami Beach event
· Two complimentary Hungry Man’s Breakfast Platters served at the 24-hour Maxine’s Bistro
· Two complimentary Signature Sushi Samplers served at Kung Fu Sushi
· Round trip airport shuttle from Miami International Airport; two beach chairs per day per room; complimentary use of Catalina cruiser bicycles and VIP club passes

www.catalinasouthbeach.com
www.sleeplessnight.org

Nikki at Night with Guest Christian Falero 10/16/11

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Nikki at Night with Guest Christian Falero
Oct 16, From 7 Pm Till 5 Am
Nikki Beach Miami
One Ocean Drive
Miami Beach florida 33139
305 538 1111
www.nikkibeachmiami.com

Every Sunday Night From 7pm to 5am, Nikki Music is our weekly party providing you with the freshest tracks and entertainment.

Join us this week for a special set by Guest DJ Christian Falero. This week’s line up also features Nikki Beach Miami Residents Bruno Robles, Armand Pena and a special extended set by Felipe Kaval.

For VIP Table Reservations please call 305-538-1111 or Email Us Now!

Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach Presented by Heineken Spring/Summer 2012 Collections Runway Shows 10/19-22/11

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Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach Presented by Heineken Spring/Summer 2012 Collections Runway Shows
October 18-22, 2011

The Moore Building
4040 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33137

The Setai Hotel
2001 Collins Ave
Miami Beach FL 33139

As with every season (since the conception of Funkshion) we allow the general public to attend. Potential guests need to officially rsvp at www.fashionweekmiami.com Or www.funkshion.com

Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach celebrates its 8th year and 17th season! As with every year, Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach, will fuse music and fashion and like no other city in the world could do. This is Fashion Week – Miami Style! Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach will utilize locations including The Setai Hotel in Miami Beach and The Moore Building in the famed Design District in Miami. Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach is a four day/evening long event that provides an intelligent, innovative platform for progressive and established designers to showcase their collections to media, celebrities, international buyers, and select style makers.

Wednesday Oct 19th, Moore Building, 8pm – Isabel Toledo and FGI. IsabelToledo was born in Cuba. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (NY) and Parsons School of Design (NY). Toledo designed a lemongrass yellow wool lace shift dress with matching overcoat which First Lady Michelle Obama selected to wear at the inauguration of her husband, President Barack Obama.

NOW THURSDAY OCT 20, The Setai Hotel 9pm – Now entering its 7th year, Go Red For Women is the nationwide campaign of The American Heart Association (AHA) to create awareness surrounding America’s #1 killer of women – Heart Disease. The event will showcase red dresses on the runway created and donated specifically for this show by some of the world’s top fashion designers. These dresses will then be auctioned off with all proceeds going the AHA. Designers Include: Oscar De La Renta, Donna Karan, Nicole Miller, Custo Barcelona, Angel Sanchez, and Gustavo Cadile.

Thursday, Oct 20th, The Moore Building. 6pm – JetBlue Fashion Show by MIUAD.

Thursday, Oct 20th, The Moore Building. 7pm – Toxic Sadie Swimwear.

Thursday, Oct 20th, The Moore Building. 8pm – Sarahi House of Fashion. The collection is an affordable and fashionable clothes and shoes line that is designed to fit the tall women’s body type, while also catering to the average height and petite women. Sarahi House of Fashions understands that everyone is uniquely shaped.

Thursday, Oct 20th, The Setai Hotel. 8pm – Xela Fashion by Nora Sahraoui, a new fashion forward collection from Marseille France, is set to debut at Funkshion: Fashion week. The Funkshion audience will view original and authentic work including haute couture, Arabic dresses, cocktail, pret-et-porter, and several one of a kind wedding dresses, all designed specifically for today’s bold woman.

Friday, Oct 21st, The Moore building. 7pm – Steven Tyler, Aerosmith’s lead singer, has stepped out of his music comfort zone to help design a rock and roll clothing line. He has teamed up with Andy Hilfiger, Tommy Hilfiger’s brother, for a ‘rock inspired’ clothing line for Macy’s called Andrew Charles. Steven Tyler was the main inspiration for the Andrew Charles clothing line and will star in the ads alongside his 22 year old daughter, Chelsea Tyler.
At the conclusion of the runway show, Andy Hilfiger, a lifelong musician, will perform songs with his band, The Andrew Charles All-Stars, featuring Grammy award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, MARKY RAMONE on drums. Also performing at the event – The Click Clack Boom.

Saturday, Oct 22nd, The Setai Hotel. 8pm – Funkshion Goes Green in an effort to promote social and environmental responsibility, Funkshion has partnered with The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) and their “green” team to bring a truly sustainable experience to Fashion Week Miami Beach. 500 Journalists from around the world will be attending an eco-Friendly Runway show by multiple designers (including Eco-Swim , EcoArtFashion by Luis Valenzuela and designs by Julia Veli) that all follow the sustainability message.
www.sej.org

Special thanks to: Kroma Makeup and Prive Salon for all makeup and hair
And just like our designers, which all are all showing Spring/Summer 2012 collections, Polaris electric bicycles, will showcase the debut of their Spring/Summer 2012 eBikes . Developed with innovative technology, representing an exciting new option in recreational and commuting mobility, Polaris will be debuting their new electric bicycles at all events during this years Funkshion.

New World School of the Arts Alumni Art Auction at the Sagamore Hotel 11/8/11

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The NWSA Alumni Art Auction at the Sagamore Hotel
Tuesday, November 8, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm.
The Sagamore Hotel
1671 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida

RSVP at rsvp.nwsa@gmail.com

The Sagamore Hotel in Miami Beach will host 80” of Art, an alumni art auction in celebration of NWSA’s’ 25th year anniversary. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the visual arts division.

Cricket Taplin, co-owner of the Sagamore, the acclaimed boutique hotel in Miami Beach, has announced that she and her husband Martin Taplin will be hosting 80” of Art, a New World School of the Arts (NWSA) alumni art auction in celebration of the school’s 25 year anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Taplin will donate 100% of the proceeds of the auction to NWSA’s visual arts department. With at least seventy-five participating artists, among which are Hernan Bas, Bert Rodriguez, and Mike Vasquez, the one-day exclusive exhibition is representative of the diverse and distinct artistic styles that define NWSA. Sponsored by the Cricket Taplin Collection, the Sagamore Hotel and Bacardi, admittance to the show is by RSVP invitation only. The starting bid for each work of art will be equal to 50% of the value of the piece.

At New World School of the Arts, visual arts students are able to explore and develop their personal artistic and aesthetic vision while being guided by a dynamic and distinguished faculty who are all practicing artists. Through disciplined training in traditional and new media, students also develop new skills and refine others while gaining invaluable understanding of the roles of art and design in society. Areas of concentration in visual arts include Drawing, Electronic Media, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture.

Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, New World School of the Arts was created by the Florida Legislature as a center of excellence in the performing and visual arts, is an educational partnership of Miami Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College and the University of Florida.

Miami Art Museum 2011 MAM Ball 12/3/11

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Miami Art Museum 2011 MAM Ball
Saturday, December 3, 2011
MAM Ball: From 7-midnight
Crash The Ball: From 11pm-2am
Fontainebleau Miami Beach inside the Glimmer Ball Room and on Glimmer Terrace

Tickets: MAM Ball: Advance ticket purchase required. Tickets start at $1,000. Tables range from $10,000 to $25,000. For information or to purchase tickets or tables, please contact 305.375.5935 or events@miamiartmuseum.org.

MAM Crash The Ball after party
Ticket purchase required. Tickets (at door): $150. Pre-sale $100. MAM Contemporaries $75. For information or the purchase tickets, contact 305.375.5935 or events@miamiartmuseum.org

Debuting The First “Crash The Ball” Party
Led By A Collection Of Celebrities, Famed Artists, And Established And Emerging Socialites

Historically Miami’s most elite formal affair since its inception in 1983, and amplified over the last 10 years by Art Basel Miami Beach’s most posh patrons, this year’s Miami Art Museum (MAM) Ball will mark new firsts with celebrity hosts, artist ambassadors, and the first-ever “Crash the Ball” party. Opening the door to a dynamic new guest list, this year’s hosts and ambassadors range from famed artists to bold face names the likes of Gloria Estefan and Dolphins owner Steve Ross; the next set of socialites and collectors; and Miami and Art Basel’s most established gala goers. The MAM Ball is upping the ante to once again be the most coveted affair during Miami Art Week and Miami’s social calendar.

As the Museum’s largest annual fundraiser, the MAM Ball welcomes recognized artists Carlos Betancourt, Jacin Giordano, Michael Loveland, Gean Moreno & Ernesto Oroza, Martin Oppel, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Jen Stark and Frances Trombly, bringing an authentically artistic crowd to the black-tie bash. Miami’s biggest art patrons including Jorge M. Pérez, a top collector of Latin American art in the US; Gary Nader, owner of one of the largest galleries in the world; the sugar empire’s Fanjul family and many more, will unite all corners of Miami’s sophisticated circles.

The Ball will conclude with the first annual premiere of “Crash the Ball” as the official after party led by MAM Contemporaries, the museum’s young professional group. Guests will step outdoors into a lavish video lounge on the waterfront terrace, as one of Miami’s hottest deejays transforms the event into Basel’s biggest dance party.

Patrons of the Ball will be treated to an exclusive viewing of Miami-based, internationally acclaimed artist Dara Friedman’s latest video work, Dancer. Each centerpiece will be designed by one of MAM’s featured artists, available for guests to take home at $500 each, offering a meaningful memory and piece of art from an epic evening.

Honorary chairs: Darlene and Jorge M. Pérez

Host committee: Karen and Mike Dee, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Raysa & Alfonso Fanjul, Constance and Mike Fernandez, Judy and Phillip T. George, Liz and Adolfo Henriques, Carlos Migoya, Jennifer and Gary Nader, Kara and Stephen M. Ross, Penny and Roe Stamps.

Miami and The Beaches Environmental Film Festival 10/20-23/11

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The Miami and the Beaches Environmental Film Festival
October 20 – 23, 2011
Miami Beach, Florida – including the Colony Theater, New World Center and Miami Beach Cinematheque, with private kickoff party at Piola Restaurant, Oct. 12, 7-10PM

Ticket Information: Free admission to Student Film Competition and Miami Beach WallCast of Koyaanisqatsi
All other screenings $10 each
For tickets contact 305.534.3825 or visit www.mbenvironmentalfilmfestival.org

The Miami and the Beaches Environmental Film Festival (MBEFF) debuts as the first of its kind for the South Florida community—bringing cutting-edge environmental documentaries, a World Premiere from unseen Cousteau family footage, a student competition and unique experiences in a momentous four-day event to a wide audience at various signature venues. The goal is to educate, motivate, and inspire attendees through films dealing with contemporary environmental issues.

Film & Event Schedule
October 20,5:30 PM @ Colony Theater – Big Blue & You Student Film Competition
October 20, 7:00 PM @ Colony Theater – Revenge of the Electric Car
October 20, 9:30 PM @ Colony Theater – Queen of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? October 21, 7:00 PM @ Miami Beach Cinematheque – Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
October 21, 9:00 PM @ New World Center – SEJ Reception and World Premier Screening of My Father, the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau with Special Presentation by Jean-Michel Cousteau
October 21, 9:30 PM @ Miami Beach SoundScape Theater – Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance
October 22, 7:00 PM @ Miami Beach Cinematheque – Play Again
October 22, 9:00 PM @ Miami Beach Cinematheque – The Light Bulb Conspiracy
October 23, 7:00 PM @ Miami Beach Cinematheque – The Pipe
October 23, 9:00 PM @ Miami Beach Cinematheque – The City Dark

Aleloop Street Art Mobile Installation Art Basel 2011 12/1-4/11

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Aleloop Street Art Mobile Installation Art Basel 2011
December 1 – 4, 2011
Aleloop Mobile Art Installation – “Did You See Those MINIs?”
A Multisensory Flash Mob During Art Basel Miami Beach
artbasel.aleloop.com

During Art Basel 2011, pop surrealist artist Aleloop will present a one-of-a-kind interactive Mobile Art Installation that will have people asking “Did You See Those MINIs?” From December 1st – 4th, a caravan of 10 MINI Coopers wrapped with Aleloop’s hip, happy & playful art will be travelling through Miami & Miami Beach in the heart of the Art Basel action, making scheduled stops at the most popular art fairs, parties, galleries and restaurants.

At each stop, 40 energetic performers will pop out of the colorful cars creating a multisensory Flash Mob around the Aleloop MINIs. Performers dressed in Aleloop designed tees will engage Art Basel enthusiasts with a multitude of mediums – music, juggling, singing, magic, hooping, dancing, live art and of course fun take-aways for the audience. The carnival-like atmosphere at each installation will engage all five senses, creating one of the most memorable and talked about Art Basel experiences of 2011. A film crew will be documenting the entire Aleloop experience for “The Making of a Spectacle, a Documentary,” a movie that will chronicle this non-traditional traveling installation.

The 10 MINI Coopers will feature thematically designed artwork with whimsical characters created by Aleloop with their own personalities and stories. Featured themes include: Fine Arts, Grunge, Video Game, DJ, MINI ME, Free Hand, Comics, Pattern, Driver and Nature.

Aleloop is also giving one lucky fan the opportunity to win their own MINI Cooper wrapped with the Aleloop artwork of their choice for a year. To enter the pre-contest, visit http://ArtBasel.Aleloop.com and follow them on Facebook for real time updates. A full schedule of destinations for the Aleloop MINI Cooper caravan will be available soon.

About Aleloop: Between 2002-2009 Aleloop (a.k.a. Alejandra Leibovich) served as Senior Art Director of Creative Services for three of Viacom’s most popular brands in Latin America: VH1, Nickelodeon and Logo TV. Aleloop has also designed for Cartoon Network, Nicktoons Network, 7UP, Dr. Pepper, XBOX, iTunes, Ironman, X-MEN, TNT, The Academy Awards and Playstation in addition to several consumer product clients and music video producers. Her specialty for television, commercials and music videos is blending animated characters and animated “worlds” together with live action actors and elements. Her work garnered widespread industry recognition including more than 20 “Promax” awards, which is the television motion graphics industry’s highest honor. In 2009 Viacom decided to move its operation from Miami to Argentina, and Aleloop decided to take this opportunity to remain in Miami and enter the world of fine arts.

Now, less than two years later, collectors across the U.S. and internationally, have snapped-up more than 11 of her original pieces. Aleloop’s originals and her giclee-originals have appeared at Comic Con San Diego, Optic Nerve at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, G40 Art Summit, Art Whino, Art Link International, Pop Santa Fe, Lunar Boy Gallery, Multiversal and many many more. Demand for Aleloop’s original artwork has steadily climbed and “entry level” collectors now support a growing market for giclee-prints and giclee-originals, in addition to the limited but growing number of her original pieces. Aleloop lives and works in Coconut Grove, Florida and drives one of the most unique Mini Cooper S automobiles on the road anywhere in the world today.

Aleloop’s Art Basel Sponsors Include: Metro Wrapz, Art Whino and The Cheese Steak Gourmet

Nikki Beach at Night 10/16/11

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Nikki Beach at Night
10/16/11, 7pm
Nikki Beach
1 ocean Drive
More Info
free admission on rick c’s list till 12am text 305 300 0827 to be added!

With The Best House Music by our residents
Djs Bruno, Felipe Kaval And Armand Pena

To RSVP Guest List Text me your name + # Guests with you & @ the door simply say That you’re on Rick C’s List for complimentary admission from 7pm to12am and reduced admission $10 from 12am to 2am

21 + dress code enforced & important to come early due to capacity

*Guys bring Girls for faster entry or get a
VIP Table/Bottle Service
To RSVP VIP table (recommended) contact me now: Rick Chaumin
Text : 305.300.0827
Email : Hmc2575@gmail.com
Facebook.com/Rick Chaumin
Twitter.com/Hmc2575

National Bodybuilding Championships 11/18-19/11

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National Bodybuilding Championships
November 18th & 19th
Jackie Gleason Theater
Miami Beach

South Beach is heating up as the hottest bodies in the country prepare to hit the beach to compete for the ultimate pro division status at the NPC National Bodybuilding, Figure, Bikini & Men’s & Women’s Physique Championships, presented by GNC and MuscleTech.

Hundreds of the country’s leading champion bodybuilding, figure, bikini, and physique athletes will be staying at Miami’s posh Gansevoort hotel for a variety of registration and press activities taking place throughout the weekend. The Jackie Gleason Theater will be ground zero for the actual competitions, which will kick off with prejudging at 3pm Friday afternoon, November 18th.

All the competitions are officially sanctioned by the National Physique Committee of the USA (NPC). The NPC Nationals is the ultimate yearly qualifier for IFBB pro status.

The NPC is the NCAA of competitive amateur bodybuilding in the US and sanctions more than 1,000 events around the country. All these yearly events lead to the Nationals, its crown jewel.

Event schedule:
Friday, November 18th
Men’s Bodybuilding and Women’s Bikini and Men’s Physique Preliminaries (Tickets $50 – General Admission)

Saturday, November 19th, 8:00 a.m.
Women’s Bodybuilding and Women’s Figure, Women’s Physique Prejudging
(Tickets $40 – General Admission)

Saturday, November 19th, 6:00 p.m. ALL FINALS
(Tickets $125 & $75 – All Seats Reserved)

Tickets are available at www.nationalbodybuilding.com, www.livenation.com or at the Jackie Gleason Theater box office.

Many of the current IFBB pro bodybuilders, fitness and figure athletes, along with many other sports celebrities will be in attendance. In years past, the event attracted a wide range of noteworthy athletes from NFL and NBA players to WWE pro wrestlers and UFC fighters.

This Art is So Gay an LGBT Artist Exhibition 11/5/11 – 12/5/11

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This Art is So Gay an LGBT Artist Exhibition
Opening Reception – November 5th, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. (during Sleepless Night)
Closing Reception – December 4th, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. (during Art Basel Miami Beach)
LGBT Visitor Center
1130 Washington Avenue
First Floor
Miami Beach, FL
(Washington between 11th and 12th Streets)

South Florida LGBT Visual Artists
Exhibition Hours – Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, November 5 to Monday, December 5, 2011

All events and the exhibition are FREE and open to the public

Parking: 12th Street Municipal Garage & Metered Street Parking

Eleven local artists have been selected to participate in “This Art is So Gay,” a visual art exhibition at the Miami Beach LGBT Visitor Center, sponsored by MetLife. The exhibition will kick off with an artists’ reception during Sleepless Night, November 5, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., with the artists in attendance and all art will be offered for sale with proceeds benefitting the not-for-profit MDGLCC Foundation for its LGBT scholarship program. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public with the exhibition running through December 5 during Art Basel. The LGBT Visitor Center is located at 1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor, Miami Beach.

In addition to the visual art exhibition, the Sleepless Night kick-off reception will feature interactive “flash-mob” hurricane parties in celebration of “Captiva,” a new comedy that will be making its world premiere at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Carnival Studio Theater. “Captiva,” from 2011 Carbonell Award recipient Christopher Demos-Brown, explores what happens when a family is stranded together on that western Florida island during a hurricane and they are forced to face each other with honesty and bottles of wine.

“We encourage the community to come out and support our local LGBT artists at this amazing exhibition’s unveiling reception,” said Steve Adkins, chairman of the board of the MDGLCC Foundation, Inc. “There won’t be a better way for people to kick off their Sleepless Night art experience.”

Exhibiting artists selected by the panel of judges are:
Lewis Aqui, photography
Carla Fache, abstract painting
Raul Frontal, photography
Pete Halpern, landscape paintings
Marcelo Holzinger, contemporary paintings
Ali Miranda, photography
Alfredo Perez, etched oil on canvas
Dale Stein, photography
Tolibia, mixed media
Evelyn Valdirio, painting
Alex Vera, painting

“The response to the call-for-entries from the LGBT artistic community was overwhelming,” said Cindy Brown, executive director of the LGBT Visitor Center. “There will definitely be more art exhibitions at the Center in the future.”

The MDGLCC opened the country’s first-ever Chamber-sponsored LGBT Visitor Center last November. The Center is open to the public five days a week and has been the venue for special events for the MDGLCC, MetLife, Florida Grand Opera, Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and Miami Beach Gay Pride, just to name a few. The LGBT Visitor Center, sponsored by MetLife, is located in Miami Beach’s Old City Hall at 1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor North, Miami Beach, in the heart of South Beach.

Jordana of Untapped PR Launches Untapped Beauty 10/12/11

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Jordana of Untapped PR Launches Untapped Beauty
October 12th, 8:30 PM to 11 PM
Dream South Beach
Miami Beach, FL

The “Always Fashionable” Jordana of Untapped PR officially launched her newest endeavor: Untapped Beauty. Untapped Beauty is an International Talent Agency with a Twist – all talent signed get agency work as well as a full-fledged PR campaign to get branded as a celebrity persona within their craft in the industry. On top of that, Untapped Beauty is reversing industry standard by making high fashion/runway modeling a small part of the agency& focus primarily on commercial modeling, promotional modeling, print modeling, event modeling, etc.

The NYC launch took place at the Grace Hotel and DJ Yoshi – official DJ for Rutgers Football & the sound of the 2011 NY Jets – spun hot tracks & guests enjoyed a live performance by hot up & coming artist: Allen Ritter. The event was sponsored byEric Virgil. Celebrity guests & NYC socialites who were in attendance included: Bridgette from VH’1’s Hit Series “Tough Love: Miami”, celebrity artist Ryan Paul Simmons, owner of Elite Models: Alfie, cast of MTV’s new series“Brooklyn Girls” & previous contestants of “America’s Next Top Model”.

The South Florida launch will take place with surprise reality celebrity guests – MTV’s Real World cast members, celebrity hairstylist/Artist Sergio D’Larosa & others along with beautiful models from all over the country, DJ Excel spinning the hottest tracks & much more!

Untapped Beauty is here to revolutionize the PR & Modeling industries in more ways than one. For more information please contact Jordana at (561)400-2990 or untappedbeauty@live.com. Please visit www.untapped-beauty.com.

Kick Off Stone Crab Season with HistoryMiami 10/20/11

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Kick Off Stone Crab Season with HistoryMiami 10/20/11
Thursday, October 20 · 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Joe’s Stone Crab
11 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach

Kick off stone crab season with the Flagler Street Society! Enjoy stone crabs, hors d’oeuvres and wine as you network with young professionals! To join the Flagler Street Society or for reservations, call 305-375-5356, or email: RSVP@historymiami.org.

Flagler Street Society members: Free; HistoryMiami members: $25; Non-members: $40

Free Concert Harmony for Humanity 10/15/11

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Saturday, October 15, 8:00 p.m.
SoBe Institute of the Arts
Carl Fisher Clubhouse / Little Stage Theater Complex
2100 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Fl. 33139

SoBe Arts announces a free concert presented in memory of journalist/ musician Daniel Pearl, who traveled the world working toward cross-cultural understanding with simply a pen and a fiddle, then was murdered by terrorists while investigating a story in Pakistan.

Join us this Saturday, October 15, 8:00 p.m. at the Little Stage Theater on the SoBe Arts campus, 2100 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach as we reaffirm, through music, our conviction that ultimately humanity will triumph and harmony will prevail.

PooL Art Fair Miami Beach 12/2-4/11

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PooL Art Fair Miami Beach
December 2, 3 & 4, 2011
Daily 3pm -10pm
Sadigo Court Hotel
20th street and Park Avenue
One block from Art Basel Miami Beach
RSVP on Facebook.

*Opening Friday, December 2nd
3PM Exhibition opens
6PM Vernissage
10PM Party
DJ + Open Bar in lobby and artists rooms
Website

Slated for the 2nd, 3rd & 4th of December 2011, the show has been part of the most important art week of the world for years. The week is lead by Art Basel Miami Beach which attracts over 200,000 visitors eager to discover new artists and purchase art.

Located at walking distance from the main show, PooL Art Fair offers the exhibitors a unique opportunity to be part of this important event. Each participating artist, or group of artists, will use the hotel’s guest rooms as an exhibition space, creating an intimate setting. The show will be comprised of artists, artists’ collectives and curators. Hence, the fair will serve as an invaluable resource for the artistic community and the general public.

PooL is the successor to the acclaimed New York Independent Art Fair (November 2000), a groundbreaking exhibition that attracted thousands of visitors from the US and abroad. The simple, modest approach of the PooL Art Fair offers an exciting alternative to the “art fair” experience for dealers and collectors, as well as the general public.

Following the French tradition of independent salons, PooL pioneered the idea in the US; the fair is dedicated to artists that do not have representation in galleries at concurring art fairs.

The Deadline for the application to PooL Art Fair is October 20, 2011.
For more information please visit poolartfair.com

Little Lighthouse Foundation’s Nightmare Above Lincoln Road 10/29/11

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Little Lighthouse Foundation’s Nightmare Above Lincoln Road
Saturday, October 29th, 9 PM – 2AM
1111 Lincoln Rd
7th floor (@ the corner of Lincoln Road and Alton Road)
www.nightmareabovelincoln.com

This is the last chance to purchase tickets to the Little Lighthouse Foundation’s annual “Nightmare Above Lincoln Road” for $100.00. This Halloween extravaganza is on Saturday, October 29, 2011 on the top floor of the inconic 1111 Lincoln parking structure (invite below). All proceeds from the event will benefit the Little Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. a Florida based 501(c)(3) and children of South Florida.

General Admission
Starts at $100 (there are a limited number at this price)
Premium Open Bar all night (there will be a plethora of bars and waiting for a drink is not an option)
Food from Miami’s finest restaurants
Music by legendary DJ Cato K.

VIP Tickets
Starts at $150 (there are a limited number at this price)
Access to all VIP Areas overlooking Lincoln Road.
Private Premium Open Bar All Night and private catering from Miami’s best restaurants
Champagne Bar
Special VIP reception from 8-9 PM

VIP Tables
$2500- Includes 8 VIP Tickets
Unlimited Grey Goose Bottles and private catering by Chef Michael Shikany
Special VIP reception from 8-9 PM
For VIP Tables or more sponsorship infomation call Jason at 786-368-5494 or email info@thelittlelighthouse.org

The Little Lighthouse Foundation seeks, identifies and provides support to children and their families with health, educational, and financial challenges. This support comes through the deployment of trained volunteers and/or select financial contributions. For more information on the Little Lighthouse Foundation, please go to: www.thelittlelighthouse.org

Art Now Fair 12/1-4/11

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The Art Now Fair is returning to the heart of Miami Beach
Thursday, December 1st – Sunday, December 4th, 2011.
The Catalina Hotel
1732 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL
www.artnowfair.com

Fair Hours: Thursday, December 1, 11AM-10PM (Opening Reception Thursday, 6-10PM); Friday, December 2, 11AM-8PM; Saturday, December 3, 11AM-8PM; Sunday, December 4, 12-6PM

The Art Now Fair is running concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach making it convenient for those visiting from all over the world for the art events in Miami. Situated among high-end restaurants and hotels in the famous Deco District, Art Now will be held a few blocks from the Convention Center and the International Art Basel Fair.

Art Now is a hotel fair designed to make experiencing the event both refreshing and enjoyable for collectors and art world professionals. Participating galleries from around the country and abroad who are committed and dedicated to furthering contemporary artwork will make this fair a “must do” destination. Art Now Fair is a curated show with high standards setting it apart from many of the other events taking place. Art Now will create an environment where one can truly experience and appreciate the artwork.

High Heels and Handshakes Networker 10/20/11

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High Heels and Handshakes
Thursday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m.
Macy’s, 1st Level
1675 Meridian Ave
Miami Beach, FL
Please RSVP to: highheelsandhandshakes@yahoo.com.

High Heels and Handshakes business card exchange networking event at the 1st level of Macy’s in Miami Beach.

With your admission price $10 for Members/$20 Non-Members, you will get cocktails by Cockspur, delicious appetizers by Capital Grille and personal gifts from Macy’s. All proceeds will go to support Women for Women International.

For more information please visit out website www.highheelsandhandshakes.com

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present the Pabllo Gil Ensemble 10/13/11

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KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present the Pabllo Gil Ensemble
Thursday, October 13, at 9 PM.
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Featured are Pablo Gil, sax, Emmet Cohen, piano, Jamie Ousley, bass, and Reinier Guerra, drums, with guest vocalist Maria Alejandra Rodriguez.

Pablo Gil Rodulfo is a Venezuelan saxophonist, composer, producer and arranger.

He has performed or recorded with artists and groups such as Mike Stern, Edward Simon, Dave Samuels and the Caribbean jazz Project, Adam Rogers, Mike Holober, Dave Kikoski, Nicolas Folmer and the Paris Jazz Big Band, John Benitez, Steve Turre, Ron Carter, Patato Valdez, Juan Pablo Torres, Mario Rivera, Luis Perdomo, Gerry Weil, Alfredo Naranjo, Aquiles Báez, Orlando Poleo and Soledad Bravo among others.

His performances have taken place in countries such as France, United States, England, Panama, Côte d’Ivoire, Mexico, Peru, Oman, Russia, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Bonaire, Colombia, Portugal, Turkey and Senegal. He has issued five CDs as a leader: Major Delights (2002), Simbolos (2004), Empatia (2006), Suka Jazz en directo (2007), and Baladas (2008).

Pablo started his musical career in Merida, Venezuela. In the late 80’s he moved to Caracas and in 1991 he was granted a scholarship to continue his musical studies in Paris (France), receiving various awards such as the gold medal in saxophone at the Conservatoire National De Paris (1995) and the first prize for saxophone in Paris (1995). He moved to United States where continued his studies with musicians such as Ron Carter, Bruce Barth, Steve Slagle and Rich Perry, and obtained the degree of Master of arts in Jazz Performance from City College of the City University of New York. Currently a Fellow in the Frost School of music in the University of Miami.

Quality Control Latin Night 10/15/11

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Quality Control Latin Night
Saturday, October 15. 11PM
Clevelander
1020 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, Fl 33139

1020 Lounge at The Clevelander brings you Quality Control, every Saturday night. This weekend, join us for Latin Night, a sultry affair in the 2nd floor club of the most famous party destination on Ocean Drive. South Beach favorite DJ LS will be spinning along with a special guest DJ featuring Salsa, Bachata & Merengue music all night.

Complimentary salsa lessons by Maria Best 11P-1A.

MDPL Reads Book Signing, Discussion and Celebration 10/12/11

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MDPL Reads – Book Signing, Discussion, & Celebration!
October 12, 7pm – 9pm
Art Deco Welcome Center
1001 Ocean Drive,
R.S.V.P. to info@mdpl.org

Please join MDPL for the launch of MDPL Reads, a new community reading program spotlighting great books about the history, culture, excitement and people of Miami Beach.

The October 12th event will feature South Beach, Stories of a Renaissance by Charles Kropke and Eleanor Goldstein. Join the authors for a book signing, discussion, catered celebration, and fun cocktail party. Meet people featured in the book as the authors, mingle guests. There is always something new to learn about South Beach!

Speedo Dating Just for the Boys 10/20/11

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Speedo Dating – just for the BOYS
October 20, 2011, 6:30 PM
8 oz Burger Bar
1080 Alton Road
Miami Beach Fl 33139
Register Here.
$35 prepay with credit card or paypal OR $45 at the door

Speedo Dating Event at 8 oz Burger Bar
(this one is JUST FOR THE BOYS)
New to the scene, beach, Miami? Come check out our inaugural Speedo Dating event- just for the boys.

Chat with 10 to 30 potential guys for about 5 minutes apiece as you sip cocktails and nosh on appetizers (all available on our new menu!)

Your scorecard notes which lads have particularly tickled your fancy, and if you and your potential match cite each other, InSense Miami will exchange your email addresses 24 hours after the event. Since 90% of daters find a match at their first events, odds are good that you’ll exit with a smile-and a few new phone numbers.

Please note this event is for single, eligible gay men..if you are already in a relationship, please don’t play.

Registration will be open at 6:30PM Speed dating will begin at 7PM

Networking Event at Texas de Brazil 10/27/11

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Networking Event at Texas de Brazil
October 27, 2011, 6pm-9pm
Texas de Brazil
300 Alton Rd., # 200,
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Register Online.

Where You’ll Want to Be!

$10 ($15 at the door) gets you in and registered for Business Card Bingo with great raffles and prizes!

Start your night of networking with your choice of one Texas de Brazil Private Label selection of Chardonnay, Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon wine selection.

Enjoy 50% off bar menu and happy hour prices during the entire time of our event. Guests who stay for dinner will be extended a 15% discount.

Be sure to bring lots of business cards and get to know some movers and shakers on the beach!

Valet Parking is available for $5 or self parking at the Marina.

Halloween Masquerade Party Featuring Lizzie Blazquez 10/30/11

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Halloween Masquerade Party Featuring Lizzie Blazquez – South Beach
10/30/2011, 7pm
Terrace Bar
448 Ocean Drive(second floor terrace),
Miami Beach, FL
www.thefuzevipshow.com

HALLOWEEN With Lizzie BLAZQUEZ
Maskarade Trio Night Party
wanna see??
Live Performances
*Electro Dance Music Live Performances by Lizzie Blazquez, Gianez & King of Stars
*Costume Contest
*Prizes
*Bottle Specials
*DJ

www.lizzieblazquez.com
www.kingofstars.com
www.gianezmusic.com

Entry $20 at Door, Save and Purchase Now

Season Launch Party Ritz-Carlton, South Beach Full Moon Parties 10/15/11

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Season Launch Party Ritz-Carlton, South Beach Full Moon Parties
Saturday, October 15
Complimentary welcome cocktail from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
The DiLido Beach Club at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
One Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
Please RSVP to FullMoon@YourVitaminC.com

Miami’s most popular oceanfront party returns to the spectacular, oceanfront DiLido Beach Club every month with “Legends of the Full Moon,” beginning with a captivating evening Saturday, October 15 inspired by the Chang’e goddess from Chinese lore. Guests will embark upon a mystical journey of Asian-inspired entertainment and culinary treats including $12 specialty Lychee Lotus and Thai One On cocktails by Master Mixologist Ramsey Pimentel, Chinese dancers, mystical entertainment and a menu of light bites inspired by the far east including Kumomoto Oysters, Korean Style Grilled Short Ribs and Grilled Shrimp prepared on Robata Grills by new young rising-star Chef de Cuisine Andrew Balick. A DJ will spin lounge music infused with Asian beats while guests can enjoy moon-gazing through enormous high tech telescopes. Complimentary welcome cocktail; $10 valet parking available.

Mark your calendar for 2011 dates: November 11, December 9

Chef Andrew Balick’s Legends of the Full Moon – Chang’e Menu:
Kumomoto Oysters, Yuzu “Mignonette”, Truffle, Asian pear………. 3 for $12
Yellowfin Tuna Tiradito, Green Goddess, Compressed Cucumber, Mojo-Soy Vinaigrette, Crispy Lotus Root………. $10
Korean Style Grilled Short Ribs, Charred Brussel Sprout Kimchee, Spicy Aioli………. $9
Kobe Beef Mini Burgers, Tuxedo Sesame Bun, Caramelized Onion, Grilled Shittake, Mizuna lettuce, Wasabi Ketchup……….2 for $12
Robata Grilled Shrimp, Ginger Marinated Japanese Eggplant, Sweet Soy………. $10
“Blackened” Edamame, Soy Glaze, Chilies, Citrus, Sesame………. $9

Halloween at Bâoli-Vita 10/31/11

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Halloween at Bâoli-Vita
Monday, October 31, 9:00pm – 3:00am
Bâoli-Vita Restaurant & Lounge
1906 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL
305.674.8822
www.baoli-group.com

Calling all those who share this night, a chance to dress up and give folks a fright…

Join us at Bâoli-Vita on Halloween evening for a mysterious and magical night!

The Fillmore, Embrace, Full Range Audio and Culture Present Horror At Honeymoon 10/28/11

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The Fillmore, Embrace, Full Range Audio + Culture Present Horror At Honeymoon A Terrifying Twist On The Monthly Electronic Music Event In The Haunted Theater Featuring: Bare
Friday, October 28, 2011 – 8pm
Fillmore Miami Beach
Tickets On Sale Now!

Also Performing: Juan Basshead + MC Jumanji, Caligula, Reptile, Deranged, Jason Daniel, Tripp, Zaixon and Anywhere

General Admission tickets are $15.00. Tickets are available at LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days).

There is no service fee charged for tickets purchased at the Fillmore Box Office or at the door on night of show.

All ages welcome!

All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, parking and service and handling charges.

For more information go to www.livenation.com and www.fillmoremb.com. Supported by our friends at Overthrow, Sweat Records and MiamiDubstep.com.

Kings Of Salsa at Fillmore Miami Beach At The Jackie Gleason Theatre 11/27/11

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Kings Of Salsa
Sunday, November 27th, at 8PM
Fillmore Miami Beach
At The Jackie Gleason Theatre
Tickets On Sale Now!

Kings of Salsa comes to the intimate Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre on Sunday, November 27th, 2011 at 8PM. Tickets are on sale now. This is part of the Cruzan Concert Series.

Choreographed by Roclan Gonzalez Chavez, this stunning new show pays homage to the great Cuban performers and dance styles from this intoxicating island with a cool contemporary modern twist showing young Cuba today. It features the very best of Havana’s cool street salsa and hip hop scene seamlessly mixed with traditional Afro Caribbean moves, world class contemporary dance and the Cuban classics – mambo, rhumba and cha-cha-cha. Regarded as one of the best young choreographers in Cuba, Roclan has created this show to feature the unique talents of some of the island’s best dancers picked from the cream of Cuba’s top dance companies. It is all backed by the spectacular 9-piece band Cuba Ashire. Unleashing their Latin rhythms and stratospheric brass arrangements all showcasing a slice of cool contemporary Cuba never seen before on stage. This electrifying mix of performers and choreographic styles make this a show not to be missed.

Reserved Seat tickets are $58.50, $43.50 and $38.50. They are on sale now at LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days).
All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, parking and service and handling charges.

For more information go www.livenation.com to and www.fillmoremb.com.

Abba The Concert Featuring Original Band Members 1/20/12

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Abba The Concert Featuring Original Band Members
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Fillmore Miami Beach
At The Jackie Gleason Theatre

Tickets On Sale Fri., Oct. 7th / 10am!

ABBA The Concert, featuring some original members of the Band, comes to the intimate Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre on Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 8PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 7thth at 10AM. This is part of the Cruzan Concert Series.

Waterloo was formed in Stockholm, Sweden and quickly became known for its fantastic ABBA-sound and the stunning look-alike show they put on. The audience and press all agreed – ”this is the closest to ABBA you´ll ever get”. In total Waterloo has performed in more than 25 countries all over the world. The past few years have been extremely successful for Waterloo. Part from touring all over the world, the band has also put up eight different Christmas shows in Stockholm (2003), Gothenburg (2004), Ronneby (2005), VästerÃ¥s (2006), Ystad and BorÃ¥s (2008), Ã…by (2009) and BorÃ¥s (2010). Waterloo brings one of the greatest phenomenons in the history of music back to life and will always give audiences all over the world what they’re coming to see: “The Best ABBA since ABBA”

Reserved Seat tickets are $45.00, $38.50 and $28.50. They go on sale Friday, October 7th / 10AM at LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days).

All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, parking and service and handling charges.

For more information go toand www.fillmoremb.com.

Yelle Safari Disco Tour 12/2/11

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Yelle Safari Disco Tour
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Fillmore Miami Beach
At The Jackie Gleason Theatre

Tickets On Sale Fri., Oct. 7th / 10am!

Yelle brings their “Safari Disco Tour” to the intimate Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre on Friday, December 2nd, at 8PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 7thth at 10AM. This is part of the Cruzan Concert Series.

French dance-pop purveyors Yelle have recently returned with their long awaited second album, the exotically addictive Safari Disco Club. Adding depth and experience to the sweet & sour pop cocktail found on their acclaimed debut Pop-Up, Yelle find themselves in a more reflective mood and have learned a few new tricks during their time off. Yelle is fronted and named by Yelle, nee Julie Budet, a sparky gamine with a deceptively demure schoolgirl voice. Joined by producers GrandMarnier (Jean-Francois Perrier) and Tepr (Tanguy Destable), Yelle first arrived amid a flurry of 80’s inspired pop. Pop-Up stood out from the crowd with its wry, frothy and unashamedly fun outlook. This infectious appeal not only led to work with Robyn and Katy Perry, but gained them fans in fellow musicians such as M.I.A. and Mika, as well as mainstream personalities like Perez Hilton, Drew Barrymore and Jessica Alba. If Pop-Up was a breakout set of fun-loving bawdy pop, Safari Disco Club is it’s sharper, wiser sibling. Sonically deeper, multi-layered, and emotionally more diverse, it defines Yelle’s style and elevates them beyond any particular scenes to find a unique pop voice, without singing one iota word in English at that, which speaks volume about her.

General Admission tickets are $23.00 in advance, $25.00 day of show. They go on sale Friday, October 7th / 10AM at LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days).

All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes.

Art Center/ South Florida’s Juried Artists Exhibition 10/7/11

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Art Center/ South Florida’s Juried Artists Exhibition
Friday, October 7, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m
Art Center/ South Florida
800 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
T: 305.674.8278 / www.artcentersf.org

Art Center/ South Florida opens their Newly Juried Artists exhibition at the Richard Shack Gallery, featuring work by artists who are completing the first year of their residency program. A reception for the artists, which is free and open to the public, will be held that same evening. The exhibition will run through Sunday, November 13 at 10:00 p.m.

Featured artists include: Tony Chimento (painting), Pablo Constrisciani (painting), Tom Cocotos (mixed media collage), Katerina Friderici (mixed media), Rosa Naday Garmendia (sculpture), Peter Hammar (mixed media), Lissette Schaeffler (photography) and Antonia Wright (video). Tom Cocotos will create a mixed media collage portrait throughout the show and will begin the piece at the opening on October 7.

Gallery hours are Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday from noon – 10pm; Friday-Saturday noon -11pm. Admission is free to all.

Jane Castro aka Jei Hosts VH1 Tough Love Miami Viewing Parties Sundays 10/9-23/11

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ChaCha Rooster @ the Lords Hotel
1120 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, Fl

Commissioner Michael Gongora to give Jane Castro a City of Miami Beach Recognition Certificate on October 16!

Due to Over Whelming Response from the Premiere Last Sunday Oct.2nd
Jane Castro aka Jei is hosting the next 3 Sundays
Oct 9. Oct. 16 & Oct. 23
VH1 Tough Love Miami Viewing Parties With All of You!

Starting at 6:30 pm
Cocktail hour 6:30pm – 8pm
$6 well drinks

$25 pre – fixed menu Dinner 8pm – 9pm
Show starts at 8pm

See you All This Sunday! Oct. 9!

USA vs. Honduras match at 1020 Lounge 10/8/11

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Saturday, October 8 at 11:00 PM
Clevelander
1020 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
RSVP: info@futbolr.com

Celebrate the historic USA vs. Honduras match at 1020 Lounge in The Clevelander. This week, live the Life of a Futbolr at Quality Control, and meet players from Team USA and Team Honduras after the game. DJ LS along with a special guest DJ will be spinning the party.

Annual Miami Beach Antique Jewelry and Watch Show 10/14-16/11

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Annual Miami Beach Antique Jewelry & Watch Show
Friday, October 14th and Saturday, October 15th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday, October 16th, 2011. 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Dr.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Admission: One-time admission fee of $15 valid all three days of the show.
www.AntiqueJewelryMiami.com

Show officially kicks off Fall’s antique shopping season
Promises To Unveil A Spectacular Collection of Antique Jewelry & Watches

US Antique Shows, a major producer of antique shows in North America, announced that The Miami Beach Antique Jewelry & Watch Show will be returning to the Miami Beach Convention Center on October 14-16, 2011 opening at 11:00 a.m. each day. The show, which has been held in Miami Beach for 19 successive years, will feat ure spectacular antique, vintage and estate jewelry and watch collections, showcasing some of the most popular trends in jewelry and watches.

Rare pieces, such as the one pictured here will be available throughout the show. Featured here is a beautiful, one of a kind, Patek Philippe pendant watch. It has an open-faced style case and is crafted in 18 karat gold and platinum and accented with purple and rose enamel and diamonds. The dial is enamel. The original manufacture date is 1911 with a January 8th, 1912 date of sale as stated on the accompanying “Archive”. This pendant watch is represented by Excalibur.

Other unique items will flood the show floor such as a gorgeous Art Deco bracelet from the 1940s which features 23.85 clear, colorless diamonds set in platinum represented by Raymond Lee Jewelers and a coral necklace nested in flora with a menagerie of delicately carved creatures created in the 1880s and represented by Camilla Dietz Bergeron.

Antique collectors, jewelry enthusiasts, historians, professionals from the jewelry trade and members of the public shopping for that unique piece or early holiday gift will be in attendance. Attendees will be able to purchase spectacular colored pearls, Victorian brooches, antique earrings, necklaces and bracelets, exquisite time pieces, rare jewels and gemstones with royal provenances, unique signed designer pieces from top designers such as of Cartier, Rolex, Tiffany & Co, Harry Winston, David Webb, Patek Philippe and Van Cleef & Arpels.

For more information about the show, or to purchase tickets online, please call 239.732.6642 or visit The Miami Beach Antique Jewelry & Watch Show

The Miami Beach Antique Jewelry & Watch Show is produced by GLM®. GLM is a leading producer and marketer of consumer product tradeshows in North America, serving industries as diverse as giftware, home furnishings, social stationery, home textiles, tabletop, gourmet housewares, contemporary furniture, personal care, antiques, jewelry, art, surf, skate, water sports, swim and resorts. GLM also manages business expositions and conferences on behalf of others, within the hospitality industry.

Additional information about GLM is available online at www.glmshows.com. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook. For additional information on all shows produced by US Antique Shows, visit www.usantiqueshows.com.

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

The Prisoner of Second Avenue to Open at Byron Carlyle 11/11/11

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The Prisoner of Second Avenue to Open at Byron Carlyle November 11
Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre at the Byron Carlyle
500 71st Street
Miami Beach
305.397.8977
www.stagedoorfl.org

“The Prisoner of Second Avenue” will run from Friday, November 11 through Sunday, November 26.
Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm.

Tickets are $38 – $42

Neil Simon’s “The Prisoner of Second Avenue” to Open at Byron Carlyle November 11

Entering its third month at the Byron Carlyle Theatre, the Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre presents Neil Simon’s award-winning comedy “The Prisoner of Second Avenue,” opening Friday, November 11 through November 26. The production replaces “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” on the season schedule.

Based on feedback from theatre patrons following the first two productions at the theatre, “SUDS” and “Song Man Dance Man” – both of which were well received – co-founders/executive producers Derelle Bunn and David Torres felt that the Neil Simon production was better suited to the Miami Beach market. The plot, centering on the how a job loss affects a family, is certainly a timely one in this economic environment.
A melding of comedy and drama, “Prisoner of Second Avenue” revolves around the escalating challenges faced by a Mel and Edna Edison, a middle-aged couple clinging to the American Dream. Mel has lost his job and begins to unravel, a plight exacerbated by noisy neighbors, excessive summer heat, a robbery and more. Ultimately, it is up to his loving family to bring Mel back to reality.

The 1971 Broadway debut of Simon’s “Prisoner of Second Avenue” enjoyed a 788-show run and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. The film version starred Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft, with music by Marvin Hamlisch.

Dan Kelley and Derelle Bunn will portray Mel and Edna, reprising roles they performed in an earlier production at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs. What was originally scheduled for just a few shows, their performance garnered high praise, resulting in a three-month, sold-out run, with six shows per week.

A resident of Miami, actor/director Dan Kelley has been nominated for the Carbonell award six times, both as “Best Actor in a Musical” and for “Best Director of a Musical.” Last year he received the coveted Silver Palm Award for his direction and performance as “Man in Chair” at The Broward Stage Door Theatre. He also is the proud recipient of a Curtain Up Award and The Anthony Award as Best Actor in a Musical.

As the lead actress in “Prisoner of Second Avenue,” Derelle Bunn returns to her first love – performing on stage. She has had a life- long career in the performing arts, leaving home at 15 for her first major contract as a professional actress, in the national tour of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” She started dance at the age of five under the tutelage of the Russian Prima-Ballerina Dame Gladys Lasky, later studying under Ann Reinking and Ben Vereen. She studied voice in New York with Helen Trezlie and Fred Silver, and was a finalist for the prestigious NYSTA award for vocalists, presented to her by Stephen Sondheim.

Derelle’s stage credits include Sybil, the female lead in “Dorian” and more than 100 Stock and Regional shows throughout the country. In addition to directing several productions at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, she has produced more than 500 shows, including Off-Broadway and National Tours. She also has co-produced with two Broadway luminaries, Larry Toppall (“Jersey Boys”) and Ken Dennison (“Lion King”).

Photographs of Pre-Anniversary VIP Event for Music for Your Heart Foundation on 10/5/11

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Pre-Anniversary VIP Event for Music for Your Heart Foundation at the Breakwater Hotel on Wednesday, October 5, 2011.

Music for Your Heart Mission is to provide funding for music education reaching children with the greatest need and fewest resources of all ages, ethnic backgrounds and diversities, to develop their passion …and help them to achieve their dreams.

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Art, Women & Revolution: Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi Miami Beach satellite Exhibit of How I Lost My Accent 10/5-28/11

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On view October 5 to October 28
ArtCenter/South Florida
924 Lincoln Road (1st Floor Vitrines)
Between Michigan and Jefferson Avenues
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Tel: 305.674.8278
www.artcentersf.org

How I Lost My Accent: Caged Identity by Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi – an epilogue to the artist’s Black and White Series currently on exhibit in Miami’s Design District. Moreno-Yaghoubi will create five installations in the first floor vitrines at ArtCenter/South Florida’s 924 Lincoln Road building, using bird cages, found women’s clothing and photographs to produce abstract representations of gender identity.

With worn and dated antique dresses enclosed behind glass, vintage portraits of women will be scattered on the floor and birdcages will be hung in the place of their heads. Several human-like hands will appear to be escaping from the cages, symbolic of the struggle women have endured for equality and autonomy. In Caged Identity, Moreno-Yaghoubi strives to promote a new definition of today’s woman, reflecting upon feminism through hand-crafted manikins.

“We live in a modern society where gender oppression still exists. Through my art, women can break free from social expectations and reinvent themselves in their own realm of possibilities,” said Moreno-Yaghoubi.

October Full MooN Meditation on the beach at 3rd St 10/12/11

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October Full MooN Meditation on the beach @ 3rd St
October 12, 2011, 7 PM
Beach at 3rd Street
300 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.yogasouthbeach.org

Join us for the Full MooN Meditation! At this time of the Cosmic Convergence and the opening of the portal to our Unity Consciousness, come and experience the healing magic of mother ocean, father sky and grandmother moon, right on our very own beach. The full moon holds to promise of illumination, harvest and realizations.

Meditation will be guided by Jill Rapperport

Love Donation of $5

RSVP: Facebook

Jill Rapperport is a Yoga, Meditation and Japa teacher, Shaman, Reiki Master and Spiritual Life Coach. She brings her love of all healing modalities and her sweet connection to mother earth and all the people present to create a unique and uplifting meditation experience. Well known for her crystal bowl meditaitons, she will incorporate those if the weather permits. As well, we may be drumming, chanting, breathing and sitting enveloped by the elements.

Jill expertly guides you and ties you to your cosmic awareness, your connection to ancient wisdom, and the here and now on this earth walk. You will leave feeling marvelous and present to new possiblities!

Please bring blankets to sit or lie down on, water bottles and an open heart.

Welcome + Invite Your Friends
October Full Moon Meditation is a special event by the Beach Yoga at 3rd Street, Miami. Beach Yoga is a non-profit project organized by a group of teachers and Beach Yoga enthusiasts. They volunteer their time to spread the message of yoga in Miami community and hopefully change peoples’ lives.

In order to find our location you can use this address:
* 250 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139

The entire street and the streets around provide ample metered parking. Walk through the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Park towards the beach.
Meditation will be held on the sand by the famous life guard house.

This Is A Alcohol & Drug Free Event!
Be high on Nature, full moon, ocean, fresh air and on YourSELF!

Nikki Beach at Night 10/9/11

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Nikki Beach at Night
10/9/11, 7pm
Nikki Beach
1 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
More Info
FREE admission on Rick’s List!! Text 305 300 0827 to be added!

nikki at night sundays @nikki beach
with the best house music by our residents djs bruno, felipe kaval and armand pena
to rsvp guest list
text me your name + # guests with you & @ the door simply say that you’re on rick c’s list for complimentary admission from 7pm to12am and reduced admission $10 from 12am to 2am

21 + dress code enforced & important to come early due to capacity
*guys bring girls for faster entry or get a vip table/bottle service to rsvp vip table (recommended) contact me now: rick chaumin text : 305.300.0827
email : hmc2575@gmail.com

Short Films, Live Acting, Trivia, Dedicated Menus: Graspa Group Takes Italian Film Festival to the Streets 10/3/11 – 10/10/11

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Short Films, Live Acting, Trivia, Dedicated Menus: Graspa Group Takes Italian Film Festival to the Streets

This year Graspa Group is supporting the annual Italian Film Festival in a unique manner: a series of guerilla marketing-like initiatives throughout this entire week until October 10th.

Italian short film screenings at Soyka and Van Dyke Café from 7 to 8pm
Live performances of famous scenes from classic Italian films at Segafredo on Lincoln Road at 10pm (starts Thursday October 6th)
Italian cinema inspired dishes at Maitardi and TiramesU every night from 5 to 10pm (starts Wednesday Oct.5th)
Italian cinema trivia at Spris from 7 to 8pm – winner gets tickets to Italian Film Festival screenings

World Erotic Art Museum Anniversary and Investiture 10/16/11

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Anniversary and Investiture
Sunday, October 16, 4:00pm
World Erotic Art Museum
1205 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

RSVP: rsvp@weam.com

World Erotic Art Museum upon its 6th Anniversary in cooperation with The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality Invites you to the formal investiture of Naomi Wilzig With the degree of Honoris Causa Doctor of Arts in Erotolgy and Sexuality. Conferred upon her in recognitions of her many meritorious achievements in the field of Erotology and Sexology

beats after sunset at the bass museum of art 10/7/11

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beats after sunset
october 7
bass museum of art
2100 collins avenue
miami beach, florida 33139

guest dj oly
exhibitions on view

join us for beats after sunset, the bass museum of art’s first friday happy hour event!
exhibitions on view – vanishing points: paint and paintings from the debra and dennis scholl collection | curated by gean moreno | sandra gamarra: at the same time (al mismo tiempo)

* free to members!
* cost of museum admission for non-members $8
* complimentary cocktails by featured mixologist (21+)
* beats by tbd

for more info 305.673.7530 x1001

sponsored by: rex-goliath, brown-forman, perrier & the sagamore hotel

Mystery Dates 2011 Kick-Off Event 10/6/11

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Join Us For The Mystery Dates Kick-Off Event!
Thursday, October 6, 7-10 Pm
The Well Lounge
444 41st Street
Miami Beach

Free
RSVP Here
Cocktails courtesy of Grey Goose

Dinner Hosts:
Jason Atkins, Tania and Robert Bassan, Robert Blumenthal, Sam Burstyn, Eric Charest-Weinberg, Felipe Grimberg and Eduardo Ojeda, Olympia de Castro and Gustavo Hernandez, Gloria and Sergio Leyva, Kathryn and Dan Mikesell, Dale and Richard Newberg, Hal Philipps, Dr. Leigh Silverton, Adriana and Michael Stein, and Billy Weisman among others.

Mystery Dates 2011 Fundraiser Ticket Prices
$125 for MOCA Shaker and above members
$175 for non-members
$1,250 for 10 packs (Limited Availability)

Mystery Dates Chairs:
Zubin Nagpal, Erin Newberg, Ivonne Ronderos, Carolyn Travis and Joshua Dunkelman

Mystery Dates Committee:
Carol Adrianza, Marcia Anderson, Meredith Becker, Lana Bernstein, Suzy Buckley, Alexander Cohen, Nick D’Annunzio, Craig Dell, Maura Dominguez, Karen Gilinski, Bill Kearney, Edison Lozada, Bernardo Ortiz, Tiffany Rosen, Tara Solomon, James Wark, Lexing Zhang.

Proceeds from this innovative fundraiser benefit MOCA exhibitions of emerging and experimental artists.

For more information, about the MOCA Shakers and Mystery Dates contact MOCA at 305 893 6211 or visit www.mocanomi.org.

The Betsy Hotel Presents Its October 2011 Wednesday And Thursday Night Live Jazz Line-Up

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The Betsy Hotel Presents Its October 2011 Wednesday And Thursday Night Live Jazz Line-Up
The Betsy South Beach
1440 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139.
For more information call 305-760-8288 or visit online www.thebetsyhotel.com.
Schedule changes monthly and there is no cover or minimum.

Jazz performances begin at 9 p.m. in the Lobby Bar every Wednesday and Thursday evenings; enjoy the smooth sounds of touted vocalists including:
Big Brooklyn Red, performing every Thursday in October 2011 (6th, 13th, 20th & 27th), has a sound described as “A deeply spiritual and transcendent experience – an expression of the freedom and the power of letting the creative spirit flow.” www.myspace.com/bigbrooklynred

Big Brooklyn Red Presents: The iconic entertainer hosts different artists who specialize in global music every Wednesday in October 2011 (5th, 12th, 19th & 26th).

The wildly popular weekly jazz series continues Thursday evenings at The Betsy through October with the smooth vocals of artist Big Brooklyn Red. Performances take place in the hotel’s bustling Lobby Bar, which offers the perfect gathering spot for experiencing this stellar entertainer. Beginning this month, there will also be live music on Wednesday evenings. Attendees can enjoy delicious signature cocktails and a bar menu provided by BLT Steak, the Betsy’s acclaimed in-house dining destination.

Miamiartzine Literary Event Featuring Book Authors Vincent Meis and James Cubby 10/14/11

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Miamiartzine Literary Event Featuring Book Authors Vincent Meis and James Cubby
Friday October 14, 5:30 – 7:30pm
LGBT Visitor Center
1130 Washington Avenue 1st Fl
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
miamiartzine.com

Book Signing & Cocktails

Vincent Meis
Eddie’s Desert Rose
It is the 1980’s and everyone is trying to get ahead. In EDDIE’S DESERT ROSE American brothers, Dave and Eddie Bates, seek their fortune as guest workers in Saudi Arabia. Eddie rebels against the restrictions of life in the Kingdom, and on one of his adventures out into the desert he befriends a man who takes him to meet a Saudi prince. The next day he turns up dead. Details are lacking. Questions go unanswered. Dave will stop at nothing to find out why his brother had to die. Accompanied by his wife, Maura, he begins a search across three continents to find out who is responsible for his brother’s death. The hunt takes them back to Saudi Arabia and eventually into a trap where Dave, like his brother before him, becomes caught in the middle of the struggle between the pre-Al Qaeda fundamentalist Saudis and the more liberal Arabs who lean toward the West. It is a quest that forces him to lose his innocence, and to come to terms with disturbing truths about his country, his brother, and his wife.

James Cubby
South Beach Star
South Beach Star is a modern day Valley of the Dolls set in South Beach. A fictional tale of fame, glamour, drugs & destruction
Life is sweet for Jamie Kidd, a thirty-something writer, till he wakes up one morning to discover that his lover has left town after cleaning out the bank account and leaving Jamie heartbroken, penniless, and somewhat suicidal. Jamie makes the entirely sensible, or so he believes, decision to escape to South Beach where he finds success and quasi-celebrity as a nightlife columnist for the SOUTH BEACH STAR, a weekly tabloid that covers the trendy South Beach scene and the celebrities that populate it. South Beach opens its arms to Jamie, who, like an actor taking on a new role, throws himself into his fabulous new lifestyle covering the notorious celebrity-studded party scene where nightly he mingles with beautiful shallow fashionistas, famous models, and wealthy jet-setters. His coveted lifestyle masks an out-of-control roller-coaster ride of late-night parties and photo-ops, fueled by a gradual addiction to crystal meth. Like many before him, Jamie loses control and falls victim to his fast lifestyle.

October’s Van Dyke Upstairs Music Calendar

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Music Calendar For October
Upstairs at Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
www.thevandykecafe.com

Van Dyke’s most celebrated performers are back this month: Nicole Henry, bobby Stringer, Oriente, Sammy Figueroa and Rosemax. And October 31st, the annual Halloween musical celebration Dead Rockstars Singer Songwriters Night!

10/1; Rhythm & Blues Series; Ike And Val; Soul & Blues Revue
10/2; La Nueva Onda Latina Series; Hosted By Adrian Guerra; Showcasing The Finest In Latin Rock And Pop
10/3; Freddy Cleo; The Quintessential Piano Man & Vocalist Entertainer Who Knows Your Favorite Songs By Heart.
10/4; Nicole Henry; Top 10 Billboard Jazz Vocalist
10/5; Emmet Cohen; Pianist, Interpreting The Past While Paving The Way For The Future
10/6; Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series; The Ludwig Afonso Ensemble; With Special Guest Armando Goal Spiro Gyra Drummer Leads Ny-Based Musicians
10/7; Big Brooklyn Red & The Magic City3; Original Soul Music
10/8; Bobby Stringer; Extraordinary Soul & R&B
10/9; Latin Jazz Series; Oriente; Afro-Cuban Fusion
10/10; Saul Vera Mandolin Jazz Trio; From Traditional Tunes From South America To Well Known Jazz Standards As Well As Original Themes
10/11; Armani Soul Music Series; Featuring South Florida’s Hottest R&B, Soul & Funk Vocalists
10/12; Eugenia Mendez; Pianist/ Singer, Explores Fusing Elements From Jazz, Latin And Traditional Music
10/13; Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series; The Pablo Gil Ensemble; Versatile Internationally-Known Saxophonist
10/14; Iko Iko; Double Grammy Nominees With Legendary Percussionist
10/15; Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series // Hot Havana Nights; Deskarga Jam Band; Timba Meets Latin Jazz
10/16; Cuban Music Series; Conjunto Progreso; Grammy Nominated Cuban Son & Descargas Cubanas
10/17; Los Muertos; Miami Based Grateful Dead Inspired Band Playing Much Of The Dead’s Repertoire
10/18; Poko – Loco; Boundaries Of Time And Space Coalesce As Kayak Grooves Into The Center Of The Funk Soul
10/19; Sj & Stedman Acoustic Duo; A Blend Of Acoustic Rock With Soulful Elements From Two Of Miami’s Nationally Touring And Ac Charting Artists
10/20; Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series; The Roberto Quintero Ensemble; From Latin, Latin Jazz, To Symphonic Music // Two Grammy-Winning Records
10/21; Sheena Brook; Fusion Of Innovative Lyrics And Strong Vocals Combining Soul, Rock And Country
10/22; Juanita Dixon; Featuring The Bob Grabowski Band
10/23; Rachael Warfield; Rachael Warfield Is An International Singer-Songwriter/Pianist. Her Music Blends Jazz, Soul, Blues, And Rock Into Her Own Unique Rhythm
10/24; Ruby Baker; Jazz, Neo-Soul And Classic R&B
10/25; Randy Singer’s “Airplay”; New Visions In Jazz & Pop
10/26; The Agent-K Quartet; Avant-Garde Meets Free Jazz And Psychedelic. Miles Davis Meets The Doors
10/27; Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series; The Tony Madruga Ensemble Semi-Finalist In Prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute Piano Competition
10/28; Lanzallamas!; Afro-Latin-America World Beat Mescal
10/29; Rose Max; Brazilian Samba Party. Funky, Soul Brazilian Music
10/30; Songwriter Nights Series//Songwriters In The Round; Hosted By Randy Singer Featuring The Best Acoustic Singers & Songwriters In South Florida Where The Concert Turns Into A Party!
10/31; Dead Rockstars Singer Songwriter Night; South Florida’s Best Singer-Songwriters Pay Tribute To The Dearly Departed By Performing Songs Dressed As The Artists They Are Covering
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Dj Soul P; Spinning Spooky Beats

Van Dyke Cafe Happy Hour Half Price Specials and Karajoky Starts 10/6/11

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Van Dyke Presents Half Price Happy Hour Specials And “Karajoky” Every Thursday
Every Thursday starting October 6th and Happy Hour Specials Every Monday through Thursday from 5-7pm.
The Van Dyke Café’s outside patio
846 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Kicking Off Van Dyke’s Newest Happy Hour Specials, Karajoky Mixes the Trendy Karaoke Concept with The Art of Telling Jokes. Local comedian Freddy Stebbins, a regular host at the Improv and other comedy shows in South Florida, will M.C. Karajoky every Thursday.

Lincoln Road, the world-renowned people-watching strip, might just turn into the hottest people-laughing destination. With half price special bites and drinks to get everyone in the mood, M.C. Freddy Stebbins will engage the audience to tell jokes and entertain patrons. Anyone can tell and submit jokes. All jokes need to be pre-approved prior to being included in the Van Dyke “Book of Jokes”.

Happy hour specials will be at half prices from 5 to 7pm Mondays through Thursdays including full portions of fried calamari, ceviche, baby back ribs, spinach & artichoke dip and chicken wings as well as drinks such as sangria, all mojitos, house red and white wine and select draft beers.

About Upstairs at Van Dyke – NOT JUST JAZZ
Upstairs at Van Dyke is a live music lounge and event space on the second floor of the historic Van Dyke Café overlooking Lincoln Road. The internationally renowned venue is one of few in Miami to play host to an eclectic mix of local and national live music acts that, in addition to jazz, range from funk and Brazilian samba to soul and R&B. In the summer of 2010, Upstairs at Van Dyke received a mention in Time Magazine’s Miami: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours issue. Live music can be heard nightly from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s 15th annual Miami Recognition Dinner 10/15/11

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National Gay and Lesbian Task Force invites local community to “Sparkle”: the 15th annual Miami Recognition Dinner
Saturday, Oct. 15
Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Tickets: $200 for general admission
$300 for VIP admission (which includes a private VIP cocktail reception and meet & greet prior to the dinner)
For tickets: www.thetaskforce.org/miami
call 305.571.1924
Become a fan of the Miami Recognition Dinner on Facebook

Gala will honor local hero Georg Ketelhohn and international sports star and LGBT advocate Ben Cohen

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is proud to produce the 15th annual Miami Recognition Dinner, presented by Wells Fargo, at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach on Saturday, Oct. 15. This annual fundraising event honors individuals for their outstanding contributions to the social, cultural, political and humanitarian needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. This year’s honorees include local activist and attorney Georg Ketelhohn and Ben Cohen, international sports star and chairman of the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, the world’s first anti-bullying organization. The event will also feature a special appearance by actress Pam Grier, star of Showtime’s The L Word: Complete Series, the official stage sponsor for the evening.

The theme of this year’s Miami Recognition Dinner is “Sparkle.” Christopher Russell, co-chair of the dinner says, “With this being our third year at the iconic Fontainebleau, we wanted to highlight the fact that we are moving within the hotel to the Sparkle Ballroom. It’s much larger and will allow us more room for our spectacular auction and our VIP cocktail reception.”

Tim Nardi, the event’s other co-chair, added, “This year we wanted to take our dinner to the next level, and our theme has inspired us to think outside of the box and ‘wow’ our guests with a few elements to make the event sparkle. We have a new look and a more streamlined ceremony, which will allow attendees to do what they enjoy the most — talk to friends, bid at the auction and dance.”

The Miami Recognition Dinner will treat guests to an intimate cocktail reception followed by a lavish sit-down dinner, awards ceremony and dancing. Attendees will also have the opportunity to bid on a variety of silent auction items, including airline tickets to a selection of exciting destinations courtesy of American Airlines, the official travel sponsor. Launched in 1997, the Miami Recognition Dinner has become a vital source of funding for organizations serving the LGBT community. Since assuming responsibility for the dinner and its sister event, Winter Party Festival in 2004, the Task Force has donated more than $1 million from the proceeds of the two events to the Miami-Dade community. The Task Force donates the majority of the proceeds to the Miami Foundation’s GLBT Community Projects Fund, which re-grants the money to local organizations.

The 2011 Humanitarian Award will be given to Ben Cohen, MBE, the first straight sports star to dedicate his philanthropic efforts to the benefit of LGBT people. Among the world’s greatest athletes, Cohen is a Rugby World Cup champion and second in all-time scoring for England. Cohen recently founded and serves as chairman of the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, the world’s first foundation dedicated to raising awareness about the long-term, damaging effects of bullying and raising funds to support those who are doing work to stop it.

Georg Ketelhohn, the 2011 Eddy McIntyre Community Service Award recipient, is currently a litigator with the firm of Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, De La Torre & Sobel, P.A., and serves as board treasurer for Florida Together, a statewide federation of LGBT and allied organizations. In 2002, Ketelhohn resigned his paid position as an attorney from the law firm where he had worked for five years in order to serve as the unpaid campaign manager for SAVE Dade’s successful No To Discrimination campaign, which defeated an attempt to legalize discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force builds the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community from the ground up. The Task Force is the country’s premier social justice organization fighting to improve the lives of LGBT people and working to create positive, lasting change and opportunity for all. To learn more about the Task Force, please visit www.thetaskforce.org.

Miami Rat Pack Flash Mob Fundraiser Benefiting New World Symphony 10/22/11

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Miami Rat Pack Flash Mob Fundraiser
Saturday, October 22, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Hotel Breakwater
940 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139

RSVP Requested but not Required
On Tweetvite
On Facebook
Cost is only $20 at the door, cash or check
Hashtag:   #miaratpack22

Join the Miami Rat Pack on October 22, 2011 for the first ever “flash” fundraiser! Think of it like a flash mob without the surprise element — just show up, offer a modest donation and have a delightful time with good people.

All proceeds will benefit the New World Symphony’s community outreach programs in local schools. This is not a New World Symphony sponsored event; we chose this organization because we love the work they do in music education.

This Rat Pack soirée is surely to be one of the season’s best parties, taking place on the rooftop of the gorgeous and newly renovated Hotel Breakwater on Ocean Drive. For the first hour, you’ll get delicious free passed hors d’ouevres and one champagne cocktail per person. Cash bar thereafter and food available for purchase.

Period costume is encouraged! Let’s put the classy back in South Beach, “Mad Men” early 60’s style. No need for formal gowns or tuxedos, but think black tie without the blacktie costs.

The dress code is voluntary; no one will be turned away! Absolutely no velvet rope or club attitude here. Fun and carefree for a good cause is the Miami Rat Pack spirit.

We’re working on some very cool stuff to raffle. For now, we have confirmed bottles of tasty Martin Miller’s Gin. Raffle tickets will reasonably priced, so bring your dollars. If anyone is interested in sponsoring raffle prizes, please talk to @vicequeenmaria.

What is the Miami Rat Pack?
We are a group of friends from diverse professions who like to socialize in real life and use social media to stay connected online. The name recalls the early days of the 60’s when the musical “rat pack” of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and other artists used to perform in Miami, Vegas and Hollywood.

Parking Garages:
10th Street & Washington Avenue
10th Street & Collins Avenue
11th Street & Jefferson Avenue
12th Street & Drexel Avenue
City of Miami Beach Parking

{Text Courtesy of @vicequeenmaria}

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present Ludwig Afonso with Special Guest Armando Gola 10/6/11

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KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present New York-based drummer Ludwig Afonso and Special Guest bassist Armando Gola
Thursday October 6, at 9 PM.
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

They will be accompanied by Martin Bejerano on piano and Mark Small on sax. For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Ludwig Afonso was born January 21, 1978 in Havana, Cuba and came to Miami, Florida in 1980. Ludwig obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Music and Jazz Performance from the University of Miami in May 2002. As a student of the University of Miami, Ludwig was given the chance to play in the school’s top ensembles winning a Down Beat music award and recording with Maria Schnieder.

Throughout his school years and thereafter, Ludwig was working regularly in Miami with local artists such as jazz legend Ira Sullivan, Latin GRAMMY ® winner Nestor Torres, as well with the Sammy Figueroa group, Othello Mollineux, and Eddie “GuaGua”
Rivera. Ludwig also played in various R&B/Top-forty groups in the area.

Two years after graduating from UM, Ludwig decided to move to New York to seek greater opportunities. In addition to working on several projects with various musicians in the New York area, Ludwig is currently touring around the world with Spyro Gyra.

Havana, Cuba, native Jose Armando Gola, has played bass since age thirteen and attended the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory. He plays both upright and electric bass in various settings, has toured internationally and played at major jazz festivals. Only in his mid-20s, he has worked with Gonzalo Rubalcaba for the past seven years.

Gola has appeared on two GRAMMY® nominated ‘Blue Note’ label albums, ‘PASEO’ and ‘CODES’, and on ARTURO SANDOVAL’S GRAMMY® Award Winning album, ‘RUMBA PALACE’.He has played or recorded with such luminaries as Hector Martignon, Eldar Djangirov, Francisco Céspedes, Raúl di Blasio, Arturo Sandoval, Felipe Lamoglia, Jennifer López, Luis Enrique,
Marisela Verena, Alejandro Sanz, Mayra Casales, and Ignacio Berroa. Currently, Gola is touring with Eldar Djangirov to
promote Djangirov’s latest album, “VIRTUE.”

Miami Gets Retro… and Dirty 11/12/11

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Miami Gets Retro… & Dirty
November 12, 2011, 7:00 PM
The Catalina Maxine’s Bistro & Bar
1756 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL
33139

www.dirtymistressevents.com

Enjoy a FREE EVENT full of Swing Dancing, Burlesque Shows, Pin Up Contest, Pin Up photo shoot, Cool Cat Vendors for you to SHOP SHOP SHOP, and much much more. NOV 12, 2011 will be the hottest night in Miami Beach.

Ulta Miami Beach will be there helping all pin up girls find their inner Va Va Voom, for FREE!

The Cupcake Burlesque dolls will be working it on the dance floor.

Vendor space is still available, but limited.

Email for more information: dirtymistressevents@gmail.com

Spectacular Birthday Bash for Ballet Legend Edward Villella By Betty Alvarez

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Miami City Ballet dancers, staff, friends and supporters gathered on October 1 to celebrate and honor America’s most celebrated male ballet dancer, Company Founding Artistic Director Edward Villella, at a special 75th birthday bash at Miami City Ballet studios in Miami Beach. The evening’s festivities featured cocktails, dinner, dancing and a pre-screening of the WNET/ PBS National television special, “Great Performances: Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine & Tharp.”

The festivities began with a cocktail reception sponsored by Bacardi U.S.A. Guests then took to the 225-seat intimate studio theater for a special pre-screening of WNET/PBS program “Great Performances: Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine & Tharp.” The program included a trio of signature works by George Balanchine and Twyla Tharp that showcased the company’s critically acclaimed performances of Balanchine’s Square Dance and Western Symphony and Tharp’s “The Golden Section.”

Following the screening, guests enjoyed dinner, dancing and tributes from some of Edward Villella’s closest friends and dance peers. A special montage of the most memorable and outstanding moments in Villella’s illustrious career was shown.

Edward Villella is regarded as the greatest American-born male ballet dancer of our time. He proved that a tough, brash kid out of Maritime College could become a major artist, and in doing so, changed the way men danced in America as well as the way male dancers were perceived. Born in Bayside, New York, in 1936, Villella entered the School of American Ballet at age ten, but interrupted his dance training to complete academic studies at the New York Maritime Academy, where he obtained a B.S. in marine transportation, lettered in baseball and was a championship boxer. In 1957 he was invited to join the New York City Ballet, where he was quickly promoted to Soloist (1958), and then to Principal Dancer (1960). Villella was the original male lead in many important ballets in the New York City Ballet repertoire. Perhaps his most famous role was in the 1960 revival of Balanchine’s 1929 masterpiece, Prodigal Son. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the School of American Ballet. His biggest accomplishment is co-founding Miami City Ballet with philanthropist Toby Lerner Ansin in 1985. Villella has taken the renowned company to dizzying heights, winning critical acclaim in South Florida, New York and around the world. This July, the company made its Paris debut performing for three-weeks to sold-out houses and standing ovations at the world-famous Théâter du Châtelet.

“Great Performances: Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine &Tharp” will air nationwide Friday, October 28. Great Performances is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET, one of America’s most prolific and respected public media providers. PBS Arts from Miami: Great Performances “Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine & Tharp” airs locally on Friday, October 28 at 9pm on WPBT2.

Miami City Ballet’s 2011-12 season runs from October to April at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale and Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Highlights include a World Premiere ballet by Liam Scarlett, Britain’s hottest, young choreographer, the return of the full-length productions of Giselle and Coppélia and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ this December in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The Opus One Orchestra will perform live for all repertory programs. Subscribe now for best seating and prices at www.miamicityballet.org or call (305) 929-7010 or toll-free (877) 929-7010.

Photographs by Betty Alvarez

Korn With Datsik And Downlink 11/9/11

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Korn With Datsik And Downlink
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Fillmore Miami Beach
At The Jackie Gleason Theatre

Tickets On Sale Fri., Sept. 30th / 10am!

Korn comes to the intimate Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre on Wednesday, November 9th, at 8PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 30th at 10AM. Dubstep DJ Datsik and Downlink provide support. This is part of the Cruzan Concert Series.

Korn’s cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge during the post-grunge era. After signing to Epic’s Immortal imprint, they issued their debut album; thanks to a relentless tour schedule that included stints opening for Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, and 311, the record slowly but steadily rose the charts, eventually going gold. Its follow-up, Life Is Peachy, was a more immediate smash, reaching the number three spot on the pop album charts.

While recording their best-selling album Follow the Leader, Korn made national headlines when a student in Zeeland, MI, was suspended for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the group’s logo (the school’s principal later declared their music “indecent, vulgar, and obscene,” prompting the band to issue a cease-and-desist order). Korn has sold 16 million albums in the US and over 50 million worldwide. Ten of the band’s official releases have peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200, eight of which have peaked in the top five. Eight of those releases are certified Platinum or Multi-Platinum by the RIAA, and one is certified Gold. Korn have released six video albums and 36 music videos.

They currently have 38 singles, 26 of which have charted. Korn have earned two Grammy Awards out of seven nominations, for “Freak on a Leash” and “Here to Stay.” They have collaborated with musicians such as Dust Brothers, Corey Taylor, Chino Moreno from Deftones, Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Tre Hardson from The Pharcyde and many others. Korn have recently collaborated with Skrillex, 12th Planet, Excision, Datsik, Downlink, Kill the Noise, Noisia, and Feed Me for their upcoming tenth studio album.

General Admission tickets are $39.75 in advance, $40.00 day of show. They go on sale Friday, September 30th / 10AM at LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days).
All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, parking and service and handling charges.

For more information: www.fillmoremb.com.

The Fillmore And Embrace Present Honeymoon A Monthly Electronic Music Event Featuring Mim0sa 11/23/11

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The Fillmore And Embrace Present Honeymoon A Monthly Electronic Music Event This Month Featuring: Mim0sa
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The Fillmore Miami Beach
1700 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Tickets On Sale Fri., September 23 / 10am!

The Fillmore and Embrace have banded together to present “Honeymoon,” an all ages monthly electronic music event at the intimate Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre. Wednesday, November 23 / 9PM will be MiM0SA.

General Admission tickets are $20.00 in advance and $25.00 day of show. They go on sale Friday, September 23 / 10AM at LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days).

There is no service fee charged for tickets purchased at the Fillmore Box Office or at the door on night of show.
This event is All Ages.

All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, parking and service and handling charges.

Sting adds second Miami show at Fillmore Miami Beach 11/13/11

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Sting: Back To Bass Tour North America 2011
Due To Demand – Second Date at Fillmore Miami Beach
Sunday, November 13th

Tickets On Sale Monday, September 26th / 10AM

Performing His Greatest Hits, Stripped Down
To Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of His Solo Career

Live Nation is pleased to announce that due to overwhelming demand, second shows have been added to Sting’s Back to Bass Tour in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Toronto, Miami and Vancouver. In addition, a third and final performance has been confirmed November 30th in Los Angeles and a new concert has been announced October 24th in Hartford, CT.

Sting comes to the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre for a Second Performance on Sunday, November 13th. Tickets go on sale beginning Monday, September 26th at Ticketmaster.com, LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days). The Fillmore Box Office will also be open at 10AM on Monday September 26th for the onsale.

In support of his forthcoming box set collection Sting: 25 Years, slated for release on September 27th, Sting will embark on the Back to Bass Tour this fall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his solo career… performing all the hits, stripped down, as they haven’t been played in years, backed by a 5-piece band in an intimate theatre setting.

Back to Bass finds Sting performing songs spanning his dynamic and enduring solo career, from his 1985 debut The Dream Of The Blue Turtles to his latest release, Live in Berlin, plus a selection of The Police’s greatest hits. Highlights include the Grammy® winners “Brand New Day” and “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You” plus fan-favorites “Englishman In New York,” “Desert Rose” and “Roxanne.” Sting will be joined by a band including his longtime guitarist Dominic Miller, Rufus Miller (guitarist), Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer), Peter Tickell (electric fiddle), and Jo Lawry(vocalist).

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sting’s solo career, the definitive box set Sting: 25 Years, will be released on September 27, 2011. This collection captures for the first time both the highlights and rarities of Sting’s enduring solo career and contains three CDs, all re-mastered exclusively for this set and personally curated by Sting, as well as a previously unreleased live DVD, Rough, Raw & Unreleased, filmed at New York City’s Irving Plaza. The discs are housed in a hardcover book featuring rare photos, complete lyrics, and newly written commentary by Sting. In addition, Sting: The Best of 25 Years (single disc) will be released on October 18, 2011.

Sting: Back To Bass Tour is part of the American Express Concert Series. American Express Cardmembers have an exclusive opportunity to purchase advance tickets before the general public. Complete details available at americanexpress.com/entertainment. American Express Terms, Conditions & Restrictions apply.

Members of the Sting fan club will also able to purchase tickets in advance with complete tour and ticket information at www.sting.com. VIP Packages are available through VIP Nation, including premium seats, exclusive merchandise and more. For more information please visit: www.sting.com.

The tour is promoted by Live Nation and produced by RZO Entertainment, Inc.

Photo Credit: Norman Jean Roy

Chris Cornell at The Fillmore Miami Beach 11/6/11

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Chris Cornell In A Unique Accoustic Performance
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Fillmore Miami Beach
At The Jackie Gleason Theatre
1700 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Tickets On Sale Fri., Sept. 23rd / 10am!
General Admission tickets are $35.50. They go on sale Friday, September 23rd / 10AM at LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days).
All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, parking and service and handling charges.

Rock Icon Chris Cornell in a unique acoustic performance comes to the intimate Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre on Sunday, November 6th, at 8:30PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 23rd at 10AM. This is part of the Cruzan Concert Series.

Chris Cornell is a rock icon who thrives on contradictions. An innovator who resists genre labels, he was nonetheless the chief architect of the 90s grunge movement. Frequently ranked as one of the best voices in music history, he has successfully maintained his own unique identity over more than two decades as a multi-Grammy award winning musician and universally acclaimed singer, songwriter and lyricist. Seattle trailblazers Soundgarden were a law to themselves, edgy, dark and deeply individual. Their savage soundscapes, coupled with Cornell’s incisive lyrics and predatory roar, seduced audiences hungry for musical depth and complexity.

And as the millennium turned, he joined with three other musical pioneers from rap-rock’s Rage Against The Machine to create Audioslave – a multi-platinum supergroup which lived to deny its detractors, producing three top-selling albums, touring the world and becoming the first American band to bring rock to Castro’s Cuba. Since then, Cornell has redefined his sound and vision to encompass new music, new collaborations and new activities. His latest work is “The Keeper”, an original song written for the Marc Forster directed film Machine Gun Preacher, to be released in September 2011. The song will also be the lead track on the film’s soundtrack album. Only one thing’s for sure – Chris Cornell will continue to break rules, make history and challenge everyone’s expectations.

Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band at The Fillmore Miami Beach 12/20/11

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Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Fillmore Miami Beach
At The Jackie Gleason Theatre
1700 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Tickets On Sale Fri., Sept. 23rd / 10am!
Reserved Seat tickets are: $125.00, $85.00, $65.00, $45.00 and $35.00. They go on sale Friday, September 23rd / 10AM at LiveNation.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000 and at the Fillmore Box Office during normal business hours (Mon. – Fri., 11AM – 6PM and during show days).
All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, parking and service and handling charges.

For more information go to: www.livenation.com and www.fillmoremb.com.

Band Members:
Leader – Eddy Davis
Trombone – Jerry Zigmont
Trumpet – Simon Wettenhall
Piano – Conal Fowkes
Bass – Greg Cohen
Drums – John Gill
Clarinet – Woody Allen

Iconic film legend and musician Woody Allen brings his New Orleans Jazz Band to the intimate Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre on Tuesday, December 20th. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 23rd at 10AM. This is part of the Cruzan Concert Series.

When Woody Allen is not creating great films he enjoys indulging in his other love playing New Orleans style jazz. Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band have toured the world to great critical acclaim and adoring fans. Composed of serious musicians who know how to play, this band relies on musicianship and not comedy to get their point across. And for aficionados of New Orleans Jazz, it doesn’t get any better than this. Each musician gets his turn to stretch out and show his stuff. Even Mr. Allen, who deftly demonstrates that his clarinet is not just another prop in this musical production. Come and be prepared to be wowed.

The Underground Rebel Bingo Club Miami 10/14/11

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The Underground Rebel Bingo Club Miami
Friday, October 14th, 9PM – 2AM
@Secret Location
Miami Beach

$3-$15 – tickets cheaper earlier you buy them
To find out Where click Attending: Facebook Evite
or Twitter.

Tickets, Pictures And Info From www.rebelbingo.com
A night of dancing, drinking…….and hardcore rebel bingo.

You’ve probably never heard of us, but every week, across the world, thousands of party people descend on cleverly disguised meetings of The Underground Rebel Bingo Club, in cities as far afield as London, New York, and Madrid, as well as at major music festivals in the UK like Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds. People come to drink, dance, scream and shout – but above all – to play hardcore Rebel Bingo and win weird prizes. What started as a few drunken friends messing around with a bingo kit in a London basement has now become a global underground revolution.

In October 2011 The Underground Rebel Bingo Club is coming to Miami for One Night Only, before they disappear into the shadows again.

It’s bingo, sort of, but not like you’ve seen it before. We made up our own rules, because we don’t know how to play ACTUAL bingo. This is Rebel Bingo. It’s not nice and it’s not fair. Do not bring your grandma.

Rebel Bingo is addictive and shameful so the meetings take place under the cover of darkness, with cover stories to hide their existence, just in case you don’t want people to know what you’re up to.

If you want to be a part of the revolution, seek us out.

Chalk Ping Pong Lounge To Host Job Fair and Hire 50+ 10/3/11

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Chalk Ping Pong Lounge To Host Job Fair and Hire 50+
Monday, October 3, 2011
12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Chalk Miami Lounge
1234 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305.674.1712
www.chalkmiamilounge.com

Chalk, a soon-to-open ping pong and billiards lounge, will host a job fair on Monday, October 3, 2011 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at its 1234 Washington Avenue location in South Beach, formerly occupied by Washington Federal Bank. The fair, which aims to fill 50+ full- and part-time positions – ranging from bartenders, servers, hosts, ping pong fanatics, pool sharks, and more – is another sign of the slowly resurging Miami Dade economy, which ranked second in the state in job growth for August 2011 according to a report by The Miami Herald. The unemployment rate dropped more than it has in almost 20 years: from 13 percent in July to 12.2 percent in August.

“Chalk will be an unconventional lounge, an eclectic adult ‘rec room’ of sorts, and we are looking for creative individuals from all walks of life to help foster that experience, says managing partner Robert Chalk. “Ideal candidates will be locals with experience in the hospitality and services industry that know how to have fun.”

Chalk is slated to open in October 2011. Prospective applicants who wish to get ahead of the curve are encouraged to email their resume and cover letter to info@chalkmiami.com.

About Chalk Ping Pong and Billiards Lounge
Chalk Ping Pong and Billiards Lounge is a multi-room adult ‘rec room’ of sorts that boasts 6,600-square-feet of engaging design and interactive entertainment, including timeless classics such as Connect Four, checkers and beer pong. The venue features a full liquor bar with a hand-picked menu of international beers, 12 LED screens, built-in wireless jukeboxes and two private ping pong and billiards rooms for special occasions.

Sweet Treats and Sexy Beats 10/8/11

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Sweet Treats & Sexy Beats
October 8, 2011, 9:00PM
Bar 721 MIami Beach
721 N Lincoln Ln
Miami Beach, Fl 33139

The name of the event is “Sweet Treats & Sexy Beats”.
Each month we will feature a Female DJ along with a complimentary Sweet Treat/ Liquor combo.

Our launch is October 8th and the event will feature sounds by DJ YSL, Chambord cocktails and Sweets by Rockstar Pastries.

Nikki Beach at Night 10/2/11

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Nikki Beach at Night
10/2/11, 10:00PM
Nikki Beach
1 ocean Drive
More Info
FREE admission on Rick’s List!! Text 305 300 0827 to be added!

nikki at night sundays @nikki beach
with the best house music by our residents
djs bruno, felipe kaval and armand pena

to rsvp guest list Text me your name + # Guests with you & @ the door simply say that you’re on rick c’s list for complimentary admission from 7pm to12am
and reduced admission $10 from 12am to 2am

21 + Dress Code Enforced & IMPORTANT to come early due to capacity
*Guys bring Girls for faster entry or get a VIP Table/Bottle Service
To RSVP VIP TABLE (recommended) contact me now: Rick Chaumin Text : 305.300.0827
Email : Hmc2575@gmail.com
Facebook.com/Rick Chaumin
Twitter.com/Hmc2575