Today, we thought that we would point out the parallels of art and food. Both work to bring people together. Restaurants are if designed from a community concept have the ability to showcase curate and act as the biggest supporters or our local artists. We really appreciated the spread that was done for Art Basel back in 2013. Enjoy

Where To Eat: Art Basel Miami Beach 2013

Here’s what not to miss during Art Basel, food-wise

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The Art Of Eating (clockwise From top left): Wynwood Kitchen & Bar (featuring art by Shepard Fairey), the scene-y Cecconi’s inside Soho Beach House, fried chicken And waffles At Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, the under-the-radar but highly recommended Mandolin.

It’s that time of the year again: every fashionable East Coast-er has either booked or is frantically trying to book a flight to Miami this week for partying and socializing under the sun. And there’s the art. To prepare you for Art Basel  — the massive annual art fair on Miami Beach, and the dozens of other fairs and one-off events and marketing ploys that pop up around it— here’s a list of great places to eat. In addition to the art, the fair has become known for pop-up nightclubs, restaurants and cafés. Here’s a look at some of our favorite spots (new and old) not to be missed this year, split up by your own priorities.

Go For The Food: 

Lorenzo
1776 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139
(786) 483-1796
We’re big fans of Tony Mantuano, a Midwestern chef and restaurateur best known for Chicago’s Spiaggia, but who also happens to run the best pop-up restaurant each year at U.S. Open time in Queens (that’s tennis, not golf). Now, he’s (ahem) taking his talents to South Beach with Lorenzo, a new 200-seater right in the heart of the action (and inside the new Redbury Hotel), serving up a crowd-pleasing menu of Tuscan classics, handmade pastas and pizzas out of the wood oven. Plus, an ambitious cocktail program and high-end design.

Mandolin Miami
4312 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33137
(305) 576-6066
Mandolin is a mecca of Aegean cuisine in Miami’s Buena Vista district (not far from Wynwood, where Art Basel activities will be in full-swing). This quaint, out-of-the-way spot features fresh, light Turkish-Greek cuisine that’s still hearty enough to fuel you for the night’s debauchery. Don’t miss the grilled squid and the house white sangria. When you need a break from the fairs and the partying and want to focus on food and friends, this is the place to do it.

Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink
130 NE 40th St, Miami, FL 33137
(305) 573-5550
One of the first to move into Miami’s now–ultra glam Design District, Chef Michael Schwartz’s iconic restaurant continues to be one of the city’s premier dining destinations — and its toughest reservation during Basel. If you’re not seen here breaking bread (and exquisite farm-to-table fare) with VIPs at some point during the week, you haven’t made the scene. The MGD team’s newer Cypress Room, also in the Design District, features a $139 côte de boeuf for two, so art world players will be sure to add a stop to this artfully designed restaurant to their schedules as well. And Schwartz now runs the restaurant at the Raleigh,Restaurant Michael Schwartz, for excellent outdoor dining on South Beach, and will return with his pop-up at Design Miami on the beach as well (more info here).

Garcia’s Seafood Grille & Fish Market
398 NW North River Dr, Miami, FL 33128
(305) 375-0765
Tired of the Basel scene? Hop into a cab for a short ride to the Miami River for a meal at Garcia’s Seafood, a long-running spot where locals flock for seafood and atmosphere. The Cuban family-run seafood joint has been serving some of the freshest fish in town for over 40 years.

Yardbird Southern Table & Bar 
1600 Lenox Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 538-5220
Yardbird offers some of the best fried chicken around, a touch of the South in a southern city that’s about as far from Dixie as Nova Scotia. Its Lincoln Road proximity makes it a convenient draw for a realiably awesome dining experience.

Buena Vista Bistro
4582 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33137
(305) 456-5909
Tucked into the quiet Buena Vista district, just a stone’s throw away from both Wynwood and the Design District, is Buena Vista Bistro. Book a table at this a quaint French restaurant serving traditional fare, including an array of housemade pâtés and mousse, and escape from the scene alongside the coolest and most down to earth Miami locals.

Go For The Scene:

Wynwood Kitchen & Bar
2550 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33127
(305) 722-8959
Situated adjacent the Wynwood Walls, a graffiti heaven with walls tagged by the likes of Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf and Futura, Wynwood Kitchen serves Latin-inspired cuisine in a casual open-air environment, right in the middle of the Wynwood Art District. It also ups the ante during Basel, hosting special showcases for street art, including this year’s “Women on the Walls,” with big names like Claw Money, Lady Pink and Martha Cooper,” and a tribute to recently passed owner Tony Goldman curated by Scharf, Tony’s Oasis.

Cavalli Restaurant and Lounge
150 Ocean Dr. Miami, FL 33139
Scheduled to open just in time for Art Basel, the bi-level restaurant and lounge will “reflect the Cavalli signature beacons of excellence: fashion, food and design, and will offer the ultimate in luxury and sophisticated exclusivity,” according to Roberto Cavalli himself. The restaurant will, most likely, also provide Paris Hilton and Mike Tyson sightings, for better or worse.

A Little Bit Of Both Worlds… 

Cipriani Downtown Miami 
465 Brickell Ave, Miami, FL 33131
(786) 329-4090
Miami newcomer Cipriani Downtown has quickly garnered a huge fan base in South Florida. The legendary Venetian restaurant offers the same menu as its New York locations, with classics such as the Carpaccio Alla Cipriani, baked taglialini with Praga ham and of course, the iconic bellini.

Cecconi‘s
385 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140
(786) 507-7902
Situated in Miami’s Soho Beach House, Cecconi’s is the place to go for consistent Italian cuisine, served in a relaxed, open-air environment. Be sure to make a reservation well in advance, as the Basel crowd will surely be taking the hotel and club by storm.

Hakkasan
4441 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140
(786) 276-1388
Next door to Soho Beach House is the legendary Fontainebleau Hotel, the debut American location for the world-renowned Cantonese restaurant. Don’t miss the dim sum lunch menu available on weekends.

Lure Fishbar
1600 Collins Ave, Miami, FL 33139
The wait is over! Josh Capon is opening the long-anticipated branch of his trendy NYC seafood spot Lure tonight, December 2nd. Located in the Loews Hotel, the restaurant will dish out raw and cooked seafood, as well as Capon’s famous burger, four-time winner of NYC’s Burger Bash.

Michy‘s
927 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33138
(305) 759-2001
Be sure to make time for a stop at Michy’s, Miami golden girl, Chef Michelle Bernstein‘s namesake. The long-time Miami native was one of the first chefs to take a leap of faith and set up shop in Miami.

Pop-Up Specials

Michy’s Miami Beach Pop-Up 
Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, Florida
(305) 759-2001
Chef Bernstein is staying busy this year, with not one, but two pop-up restaurants. Michy’s Miami Beach will reflect the same spirit as her Biscayne gem, serving creative contemporary American fare with a menu created exclusively for the pop-up.

Garden Café By Michelle Bernstein
Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, Florida
(305) 572-9444
The Garden Café is a one-stop-shop for salads, freshly made sandwiches, hot plates, soups and exquisite baked goods.

Maison Ladurée
1108 Lincoln Road Miami Beach, FL 33139
Maison Ladurée, known for exceptional French pastries and macarons, will be collaborating with artist Will Cotton, who developed a macaron with ginger-infused whipped cream, among other creations.

Friday, February 13th

Valentine’s Day Dinner at Macchialina 

6:00 pm – 12:00 am
Maccialina Taverna Rustiva
820 Alton Rd,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Webpage Link
Cost: varies

Enjoy Valentine’s Day (weekend) at Macchialina Taverna Rustica in Miami Beach starting Friday, Feb. 13th – Sunday, Feb. 15th. In addition to his regular menu, Chef Michael Pirolo will also have specials such as truffle risotto, whole orata and vitello tonnato. Specials can be ordered a la carte or included in the Chef’s tasting menu for an additional charge.

Mixologist Will Rivas is also including a special La Vie en Rose cocktail to the menu with Dillon’s Rose Gin, strawberry balsamic syrup, thyme and lemon.

Saturday, February 14th

Wynwood ArtWalk Valentine’s Edition

5:00 pm – 12:00 am
Wynwood Arts District
2250 NW 2 AVE,
Miami, Florida 33127
Webpage Link
Cost: FREE

Singles rejoice! This Valentine’s Day is all about them. ArtWalk, the center of Second Saturday Art Walk, is hosting the largest, free Valentine’s Day party this February 14th in the heart of Wynwood.

There’s a good chance that people will spot the love of their lives dancing to live music or roaming The Big Tent, while perusing live art displays. No worries if they’re shy and can’t break the ice? A street artist will get them involved in a titillating art lesson that will unleash their hidden creativity and keep the conversation going.

This Valentine’s Day, why bother with over-priced restaurants and over-flowing movie theaters?! ArtWalk will have 30 food trucks, several bars fully equipped with liquid courage, and a live video DJ to turn the heat up. This Valentine’s Day, singles unite at ArtWalk — where hook ups are free!

February 14, 2015
5:00 PM and goes ALL night

In the heart of Wynwood right on the main artery, NW 2nd Avenue.
(For GPS, use 2250 NW 2 AVE, Miami, Fl 33127)

No tickets needed. The event is FREE. ArtWalk is brought to you by the folks behind Wynwood Life and Basel House. For updates and information, follow them on Twitter and Instagram at WynwoodLife.

Sunday, February 15th

The Get Together Miami

10:00 pm – 03:00 am

The Stage Miami

170 NE 38th St,
Miami, Florida 33137
Webpage Link
Cost: $20House of Marley and Ghetto Youth’s Int’l Presents:
The Get Together Miami at The Stage

Monday, February 16th

St. Stephen’s Art Show 

9:30 am – 6:00 pm

Saint Stephens Episcopal Church
2750 McFarlane Road,
Coconut Grove, Florida 33133
Webpage Link
Cost: $2.00

A top ranked and international outdoor arts festival The St. Stephens Art Show is an oasis of art that plays a beloved and dynamic role in the South Florida Art Scene in Coconut Grove over all three days of Presidents’ Day Weekend. “Art is in the Heart” as over 50,000 Visitors will enjoy the artwork of over 160 internationally and nationally renowned artists, an international food court, children’s interactive art area, an authentic English tea room, and musical entertainment.

All happening beneath the oak tree shade on St. Stephen’s campus, in the heart of Coconut Grove, 2750 McFarlane Rd, Miami, Florida 33133. The Show, held annually on Presidents’ Day Weekend, takes place Saturday, February 14th through Monday, February 16th, 2015, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

If you need further information about this amazing weekend in Coconut Grove please contact Daisy Holcombe at 305.648.0056 or via Email at daisy@sseds.org

Tuesday, February 17th

Baauer in Miami

 9:00 pm

Where: Club Space - 34 Northeast 11th Street Miami, FL 33132

Hit DJ and trap producer Baauer is on his way back to Miami this February for another head-rocking show. Baauer is most famous for the viral sensationHarlem Shake. Since riding the wave of popularity generated by that hit, the producer has become one of the leading personalities in the EDM world, working with hit producer Diplo’s record label, Mad Decent. In addition to his popularity, the young musician from NYC is known for putting on an excellent show.

Wednesday, February 18th

The Unofficial Kickoff to Miami Food Week:

5-Cubed Presented by Haute Dining 

1111 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
VIP: $250.00
General Admission: $150.00

OmmeGang and Haute Dining will host a unique experience that is set to blow the minds and tantalize the palates of food lovers and beer enthusiasts alike. 5³, an exclusive Miami Food Week event debuting on February 18th, will give guests the select opportunity to taste the creations of five A-list culinary innovators, with each chef pairing their dish to an OmmeGang craft beer in order to escalate the ecstatic flavors of each culinary creation. 5³… 5 chefs, 5 beers, 5 courses.

The night will be hosted by the iconic Executive Chef Sean Brasel, from Meat Market, and the event will be sponsored by Certified Angus Beef, Goya Foods and American Food Equipment. 5³ promises to be a dynamic night of sharing inspirations, conversations and memory-making tastings.

The event is a tribute to the passions and creativity of:
· Sean Brasel – Chef/Partner Meat Market – Miami Beach, Palm Beach and Puerto Rico – Miami Ommegang HopChef Winner 2014.
· Johnny Sheehan – Chef New World Tavern – Boston, Ommegang HopChef Winner 2014
· Alex Chang – Zagat Top 30 under 30 opening the Vagabond this month
· Adrianne Calvo – Chef/Owner Adrianna’s Vineyard
· Brad Kilgore – Miami Eaters Chef of the Year, formerly J & G Grill and now opening Alter in Wynwood

Thursday, February 19th

Salsa Bachata Thursdays at Moca Lounge 2/19/15

9:00 pm – 2:00 am
Moca Cafe & Lounge
738 Ne 125th st,
miami, Florida 33160
Facebook Link
Cost: $6

Salsa & Bachata Thursdays sets the trend of the weekend in social dancing entertainment. During the month of January we will be celebrating the 2nd year anniversary with the best dance performances and shows. Great Guest DJ’s.

REMEMBER our Free Salsa Lesson starts at 9pm-10:00pm With Dvice Lds (Latin Dance Studio) very own Dominic Melendez!

 

 

Happy Thursday Everyone.  We wanted to make sure that you all have access to the city’s election calendar for 2015.

Make sure to register or re-register if you have moved since the last election.

ELECTION CALENDAR FOR 2015
Last updated January 21, 2015

(subject to change)

January | February | March | April | May | June
July | August | September | October | November | December

Please note that Candidate Qualifying Dates are subject to change.
Questions about municipal elections must be directed to the municipal clerk.
For a listing of municipal clerks and their contact information, click here.

January

February

March

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September

October

November

December

(This article was pulled from the New Miami Times)

David Beckham is smitten with the idea of constructing a new Major League Soccer Stadium at PortMiami and calls the site perfect because it reflects a city that “is all about the water, all about the culture.” Becks is right. For evidence, simply visit the planet’s most popular port to discover Coral Reef City, Bhakti Baxter’s first large-scale public artwork in Miami.

For his eye-popping project, part of Miami-Dade County’s Art in Public Places program, the homegrown artist created site-specific designs for the port’s toll collection booths that reference the site’s unique role as gateway to the tropics. Baxter collaborated with Coral Morphologic, a Miami-based scientific art endeavor led by marine biologist Colin Foord and musician Jared McKay to create the 18 unique designs that wrap each individual toll booth.

Each delivers a stunning vision of our vibrant local sea life. To accomplish the feat, Baxter and his collaborators enlarged macro photographs of corals that inhabit the waters in and around Miami, creating a striking synergy between nature and art that captures our town’s appeal as a pulsating paradise. The resulting explosion of the brilliant, rainbow-hued colors of the soft corals (technically known as zoanthids) delights not only the likes of Beckham and the millions of other visitors passing through on cruise ships, but also locals, who rarely get a chance to behold the mystery and beauty of the creatures populating our coastline.

Check out the video on the installation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2cWivEuS2I

Just to revisit the discussion about the black museum that we were having last year at  via the Miami Hearld. 

We are wondering what happened to this conversation…

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There would have been no official black support when the Miami-Dade County Commission endorsed putting a Cuban exile museum on prime county waterfront land if Dennis Moss hadn’t voted yes — with a caveat: Moss, the senior African-American commissioner, said he would vote for the museum celebrating Cuban heritage but that he expected support once he proposed a black history museum.

Recently, Moss took the first step toward that backing when the commission’s Cultural Affairs committee voted unanimously last week to recommend a county study on how to bring a black history museum to the Miami waterfront. But the particulars of Moss’ proposal — instructing Mayor Carlos Gimenez to explore using tax dollars for construction — promises to inject more tension into the already delicate task of prioritizing Miami-Dade’s cultural institutions.

Organizers of the Cuban exile museum made a point of insisting they would never seek public dollars for their proposed $125 million facility on county-owned land behind AmericanAirlines Arena, saying they could raise enough money from people of Cuban heritage around the world, particularly those with significant fortunes.

In rejecting that approach, Moss is pointing to both the prosperity divide between the Cuban and black communities, and the tax support Miami-Dade gives to local museums backed by two of Miami’s wealthiest citizens. Moss noted commissioners already approved more than $200 million to build the Pérez Art Museum Miami and Frost science museum named for, respectively, condo developer Jorge Pérez and Phillip Frost, a medical-research mogul, and his wife, Patricia.

“There is significant county support for those museums,” Moss, a five-term commissioner, said in an interview. “I don’t see a black history museum being treated any differently.”

Last week, Pérez led a delegation to County Hall seeking the additional $1.4 million for PAMM that Gimenez initially put in his proposed 2015 budget, but later dropped in order to shift the funds to the police budget. The group met with Rebeca Sosa, the commission’s chairwoman and an opponent of the plan to increase PAMM’s funding beyond the annual $2.5 million in hotel taxes it already receives. Sosa said she told the group she couldn’t support the request “when I’m trying to find funding for police and other county services.” A PAMM spokeswoman declined to comment.

The PAMM funding question should come to a head this month, with the commission’s first budget hearing scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday and a final vote on the $6.2 billion budget needed before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. And while it will likely be weeks before commissioners take up the issue of a black history museum, the PAMM debate adds another wrinkle to the Moss request.

The concept of a black history museum received strong encouragement from fellow commissioners on July 17 when Moss linked his Cuban museum support to the commission also endorsing a black history museum. But with county funding now in the equation, Moss can’t count on an easy win.

“If he’s exploring public dollars to build, that’s not what the Cuban museum did,” said Commissioner Esteban “Steve” Bovo, the sponsor of the exile museum ordinance. “I’m going to hold everyone to the same standard.”

The Moss resolution heading to the full County Commission this fall only calls for exploring the use of tax dollars for the black history museum, and recommends having voters first endorse borrowing the money to build it.

Moss listed three possible sites: Miami’s Museum Park, near the planned location of the exile museum; Watson Island, home to the Miami Children’s Museum; and the southwest corner of Port Miami, where David Beckham wanted to build a soccer stadium until commissioners voted to block it. Of the three sites, Miami-Dade County controls only the port.

The Moss-sponsored resolution that the four-member Cultural Affairs panel passed unanimously Thursday echoed comments Moss made during the exile museum vote: black immigrants played a central role in Miami-Dade’s history and deserve as much celebration as any community.

According to the resolution, “this County was developed by black people who, while dreamers, made up the bulk of the pioneer labor force that helped make this County into the thriving metropolis it is today.” It noted that black residents provided labor for Henry Flagler’s railroad, construction of Miami Beach hotels, the Vizcaya mansion and the original Dade County Courthouse.

Moss’ resolution came less than two months after the commission finally agreed to the concept of a Cuban exile museum on county-owned waterfront land. On July 17, the full commission voted 8-3 to endorse a home for the Cuban exile museum. That decision followed years of debate and false starts, including a similar route of commissioners asking Gimenez to study the issue. The vote didn’t divide the commission by race or ethnicity: Xavier Suarez, who served as Miami’s first Cuban-born mayor before winning a county seat, joined two black commissioners, Audrey Edmonson and Barbara Jordan, in voting against it.

And while commissioners instructed Gimenez to negotiate a deal with exile museum organizers, the commission would still need to approve any plan to actually build the museum on the county-owned land known as Parcel B. Nicolás Gutiérrez, an organizer of the exile museum, said last week his group welcomes the Moss effort.

“To the extent we can be supportive in any way, we’re happy to do so. We agree they deserve their own museum, and we wish them the best,” he said. “They’re obviously free to use whatever approach they think is best.”

Moss said it’s not fair to hold a black history museum to the financial pledge made by the exile museum, given the economic disparity between the two. “You’re looking at an African-American community that doesn’t have the resources of the Cuban community,” Moss said. “They’re better positioned to do the museum themselves.”

His resolution calls for the Black Archives, a Miami-based research and heritage nonprofit, to develop the new museum, which would house the archives’ extensive collection of historical memorabilia and materials. The organization owns and operates some of Miami’s top historic sites related to black history, including the Lyric Theater, once a magnet for the nation’s top black performers, and the Dr. Samuel Johnson X-Ray Clinic, which opened in 1939 to treat black residents denied treatment in Miami’s segregated hospital system.

Timothy Barber, director of the archives, said he was asked to get involved with Ross’ effort after the exile museum vote. He sees the museum as a way to showcase Miami’s black heritage in a high-profile location popular with tourists.

“It would allow us to serve as a gateway for this community,” he said from the archives office in the Joseph Caleb center near Brownsville.

“It’s difficult to get people to come to these communities, particularly with the negative stigma the media has put some of these neighborhoods, like Overtown. That’s why you have the Pérez and the Frost and the AmericanAirlines Arena there,” he continued. “The arena was in Overtown, but it closed to move to the waterfront.”

Miami-Dade County budget hearing

New announcements about Red Bull Guest House announcements made on the 305

7 Showcases, 4 Days & 3 Nights at Sagamore, The Art Hotel

Miami, FL – Red Bull Guest House is making its return to Miami this year in its third incarnation, this time taking place at Sagamore, The Art Hotel, March 26-29th, coinciding with Miami Music Week and Ultra Music Festival. This year, Red Bull Guest House (RBGH) hand-selected curators and artists to create seven individual showcases over four days and three nights, returning with its celebrated daytime pool parties and memorable late night breakfast club blowouts, all of which are exclusive to RBGH.

Curators include Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment, whose showcase is the only one of its kind during MMW, and the HARD Pool Party, which promises electrifying B2B sets as their only poolside soiree throughout the week. Debuts to Miami Music Week include Guy Gerber’s RUMORS and New York nightlife icons Ladyfag & Seva Granik present: SHADE: MELTDOWN. Making its North American debut is Seth Troxler presents Big Tittie Surprise, and in what will be the first of its kind is the premiere of new eventKygo + Thomas Jack’s Tropical. A special seventh showcase and the full lineup will be revealed at the start of March, while surprise guests from the music and art world will continue to make Red Bull Guest House an experience unlike any other.

This year at RBGH, International Music Summit (IMS) will host documentary screenings and moderated Q&A’s while the Traktor Cookery School will return with top DJs cooking up their favorite dishes poolside. Red Bull Music Academy Radio will once again hold down the airwaves with exclusive live interviews, DJ sets and broadcasts throughout the four-day experience. Guests will enjoy hospitality from fashion line Public School NYC and bikinis by Miami’s own I SHINE 365 swimwear, grooming and beauty services by Nail Swag, Blo Miami, and Brooklyn’s Heartbreakers Barbershop, and more.

Fans wondered if Red Bull Guest House’s first year in 2013 could be topped, as that inaugural year saw Skrillex, Jamie xx, Pusha T, Carl Craig, A-Trak and more step up to the decks. With high expectations, guests returned in 2014 to see Skrillex curating an entire OWSLA-run showcase, and a true Mad Decent rager with Diplo, DJ Snake, RiFF RAFF, Waka Flocka and Trinidad James. Diddy and Guy Gerber introduced 2014’s 11:11 album in a surprise event and the legendary Giorgio Moroder spun one of his most intimate sets in years. This year, RBGH returns with a lineup that celebrates the taste and ear for talent from a select group of passionate curators and the artists they’re inspired by most.

J Dilla Weekend 2/6/15

J Dilla Weekend
Sunday, 02/06/2015 – 02/08/2015 10:00 pm – 05:00 pm
The Stage Miami
170 NE 38th St,
Miami, Florida 33137
Buy Tickets Link
Cost: $25 – $80

DILLA WEEKEND – FEB 5-8 2014
Performances from Pete Rock, Mobb Deep, Joey Badass, Madlib, Talib Kweli, Slum Village, Dead Prez, Black Milk, Soulection, Camp Lo, and many more.

In recent years, fans have celebrated the legacy of the late, great producer J Dilla with the annual Dilla Day tribute concert in Detroit. In 2015, the festivities will be officially moving to the warmer climates of Miami, FL for a full weekend of Dilla events.

Presented by Dilla’s mother Ma Dukes, this year’s Dilla Day Weekend is set to take place in Miami from February 5th – February 8th. Confirmed performers include Mobb Deep, Joey Bada$$, Pete Rock, Madlib, Talib Kweli, Slum Village, Black Milk, ESTA, Camp Lo, and many more to be announced. The events will take place in a number of different locations around Midtown/Wynwood Miami including: The Stage, Bardot, and LMNT.

Brought to you by III Points, Nature Sounds, Addicted Affairs & DNA Entertainment.

 

Filmgate Interactive, Learn. Do. Share. – An Open Space For Collaboration, Design Fiction & Social Innovation 2/7/15

Filmgate Interactive, Learn. Do. Share. – An Open Space For Collaboration, Design Fiction & Social Innovation
Sunday, 02/07/2015 – 02/08/2015 10:00 am – 05:00 pm
The Wolfsonian-FIU
1001 Washington Avenue,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
More Info Link
Cost: (305) 531-1001

Filmgate Interactive presents “Learn Do Share,” a roving event that mobilizes social innovation initiatives from around the world. Produced in collaboration with Reboot Stories, this workshop will welcome high-school teens, ages 14 to 19, to prototype, design and storyboard their wish for the future. Each event will take place over a three-day period that’s structured as a think tank, and is geared towards bringing together a tangible and realistic framework for resolution. Topics will range from DIY Urbanism and Youth Unemployment, to The Future of Education and The Sharing Economy. The Learn. Do. Share. at Filmgate will be led by Weiler and Megalis Martinez, Impact Designer of Reboot Stories and Board Member on LA Makerspace.

 

Tomato Festival Farmer’s Market 2/8/15

January 21, 2015 by calendar

Tomato Festival Farmer’s Market
Sunday, 02/08/2015 – 12:00 pm – 05:00 pm
Arts + Entertainment District
90 NE 17th St,,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free

Your neighborhood Farmer’s Market just got a whole lot greener: come enjoy fresh produce, specialty vendors, live music and much more as you peruse the stalls of Miami’s freshest farmers. The amazing Rhythm & Vine will be hosting a Pop-Up Beer Garden and culinary demonstrations from Chef Paulette Bilsky.

Stay tuned for a full list of vendors!

Arts + Entertainment District
90 NE 17th St,
Miami, Florida 33132

 

DoMENation: Saturday, February 9th at Forbidden Downtown Miami 11:00pm-5:00am 2/9/15

Ready for more DoMENation?

DoMENation is hitting Downtown Miami again at:

FORBIDDEN
950 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33132
(in the Mekka/Discotekka complex, Separate entrance and Parking in Rear).

For masculine men and their admirers…

Doors open 11pm

NO COVER BEFORE MIDNIGHT, $5 cover AFTER.

LATE NIGHT COMPLIMENTARY OPEN BAR 2:30 to 3:00 am

Music by DJ ALEX RAMOS

College Planning Seminar presented by Power Financial Credit Union 2/10/15

January 15, 2015 by calendar

College Planning Seminar presented by Power Financial Credit Union
Tuesday, 02/10/2015 – 06:30 pm – 08:30 pm
Power Financial Credit Union
2020 NW 150th Ave.,
Pembroke Pines, Florida 33028
Webpage Link
Cost: FREE

Power Financial Credit Union and Peter Ratzan, a nationally recognized higher education expert, will present a free seminar to help parents and prospective college students understand how students can attend a great college at a price they can afford. Topics to be covered include:
Why funding should be part of your child’s admissions process
How financial aid is calculated
The biggest myths about college funding

 

Wednesday Morning Birding 02/11/2015

9:00 am – 11:00 am
10430 State Route 185
(937) 335-6273, Ext. 104
www.MiamiCountyParks.com

The Miami County Park District will host its Wednesday Morning Birding program on February 11 starting at 9 a.m. at Maple Ridge Reserve, 10430 State Route 185 north of Covington.  Scour the trails with a park district naturalist to find a variety of feathered friends.  All sightings will be submitted to eBird, an online community of birders, conservationists and citizen scientists.  Stay warm – remember to layer up before you head out.  Meet in the parking lot.  Register for the program by going to the program calendar at MiamiCountyParks.com, e-mailing register@miamicountyparks.com or calling (937) 335-6273, Ext. 104.

 

Bonfire Under The Moonlight W/ Palo 2/12/15

Bonfire Under The Moonlight W/ Palo
Thursday, 02/12/2015 – 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Canvas Lot
90 NE 17 ST,,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: Free

Join us for our 3rd Bonfire Under The Moonlight with one of Miami’s spiciest live acts to hit the stage, Palo! Opening tunes are yet to be confirmed, but we can guarantee they’ll be dope. Get your live music fix with free PBR, toasty bonfire smore’s + Ms.Cheezious serving up the grub.

RSVP Required: rsvp@aedistrictmiami.com

An older article, but we wanted share some backstory on these concepts of Art Revolutions, which are about access and exposure.

!Women Art Revolution Documents 40 Years of Feminist Art

​After conducting a penis count of major NYC art institutions in the ’80s, activist group Guerilla Girls asked, Do ladies have to be naked to get into the Met?Only five percent of the exhibited artists were women while 85 percent of the nudes were female. While we haven’t done an exact tally, we’re confident that Miami’s weenie count is pretty balanced in comparison.

Think of local art superstars Christy Gast, Agustina Woodgate, Jillian Mayer, Susan Lee-Chun and Jen Stark. Add to that major curators like Bonnie Clearwater and Ruba Katrib at MOCA, and gallerists like Bernice Steinbum, and our feminist art report card looks pretty good. But it wasn’t always this way. A documentary, !War Art Revolution, which catalogs the feminist art movement, Filmmaker and artist Lynn Hershman Leeson has been filming frustrated women artists for over 40 years. Her latest, !W.AR., documents how their work was discredited by art programs, galleries, and museums for decades. Leeson herself sold one of her pieces in the mid-70s, only to have the collector return it when he found out she was a woman.

With an original score by Carrie Bowenstein (of Sleater Kinney and Wild Flag), the film is a collection of interviews with dozens (frankly, too many) feminist artists, female curators, and tenured art professors. It traces back to early activism like a protest at the Whitey where feminist artists projected their artwork on the outside of the building and placed eggs inside the walls where their work was ignored.

Censored from the white, male art world, women sought out rooms of their own by starting their own magazines, galleries, and academic programs. Judy Chicago, while developing the first female art program at Fresno Sate, noticed women were immediately drawn to “act out” via performance art. Another interviewed artist backs this up with “There’s a long tradition of women being looked upon. Performance art was a way of looking back.” (Interestingly, most of Miami’s major female artists work in performance.)

In a scene from 1990, House representatives spend an hour and half raging against vagina art as porn via a bill censoring Chicago’s The Dinner Party as a pornographic collection of ceramic “vaginal areas.” A highlight of the film, Rep. Ron Dellums, who once curated an exhibit of Vietnam war crimes outside his Congressional office, retorts with “Pornography are military weapons that look like phallic symbols capable of doing nothing but destroying human life.”

Even in its current treatment, the patron saint of the film is undoubtedly Ana Medieta, a Cuban exile performance artist (and the subject of Miami choreographer Ana Mendez recent The Body Is Present piece).

Ana Mendieta

​Mendieta was allegedly shoved out a window by her sculpture husband. His art world peers — Robert Rauschenberg, etc. — rallied him and raised funds for his defense. Mendieta’s husband was ultimately acquitted of her murder and went on to exhibit in the Guggenheim.

To some extent, the film wraps around the narrative of the filmmaker. Leeson closes the film by stating that one of her pieces, so undervalued back in to ’70s, was recently bought for 9,000 times its original price — ultimately funding this film.

!W.A.R. is a must-see in that it reveals the decades of struggle on which today’s women artists enjoy their success. As artist Harmony Hammond comments in the film, their fight was “excitement, it was empowering, and it was a lot of fucking work.”