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.

Primary Projects Here Lies Georges Wildenstein Exhibit during Art Basel Week 11/28/11 – 12/4/11

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Primary Projects Here Lies Georges Wildenstein Exhibit during Art Basel Week
Monday, November 28 to Sunday, December 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Primary Projects
4141 NE 2nd Ave, Suite 104
Design District, Miami
www.primaryprojectspace.com and www.primaryflight.com.

Primary Projects presents: Here Lies Georges Wildenstein a new exhibit debuting during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
Wednesday, November 30 | Noon to 5:00 p.m. | Private Collectors Preview
Thursday, December 1 | 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. | Opening Reception
Daily, December 1 – 4 | 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. | the Daystarter. Complimentary coffee and pastries

An ambitious collection of works from fifteen artists builds to a fever pitch with Here Lies Georges Wildenstein at Primary Projects. Touching on the senses of repulsion and fascination felt within the highest circles of the art world, new works from artists who bridge a solidly established academic practice with a sexy, devil-may-care attitude are unveiled exclusively during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. The title echoes the dubious, often scandalous, activities of the 20th century’s most influential family of dealers and researchers whose influence was so entrenched into the visual arts consciousness, that even allegations as being Nazi collaborators could not quell the media’s fascination with their limitless professional and personal clout.

Prompting a range of piercing questions, do artists allow their works to be swept up in the mass of collectors, curators, museum trustees (those who wield considerable socio-political powers over them) or do they throw a defiant, metaphoric spit in the face as their work critiques the ‘establishment’ they love and loathe? There’s no clean description of the works or artists, themselves. This is quite literal with Miru Kim’s performance piece of ‘The Pig That Therefore I Am’, as she comes into intimate, often dangerous, contact with a caged throng of live pigs. A self-professed hygiene freak, the performance emerges as a catalyst and nightmare for the 30 year-old photographer, lauded and decried for photographs placing her naked body set against forgotten industrial and urban landscapes.

The institutional stature of Ancient calligraphy and the clandestine nature of ‘cholo’ graffiti are meshed together by Retna, swathing available surfaces with his cryptic text. A dedicated approach to poetry binds elegant visual content with potent urban rhythms, drawing viewers from the social gutters all the way to the cosmos.

Installation artist Marc Bijl’s black pyramid raises and violates the public monument as a single gesture; the sanctity of a structure intended for intellectual praise and reflection is defaced with mark-making vandalism revealing its own dark truth. Further, Shelter Serra’s pure white resin casts of wilted roses, a noose and an Hermès Birkin bag are veritable ‘death masks’ of common objects carrying associations of privilege, excess and emptiness.

Regardless of the artist’s intentions, a highly cultivated audience is addressed, forced to confront a bold visual representation of greed, luxury, deceit, politics and entitlement that accompanies the ‘old money’ social strata comparable to that of Wildenstein, Rockefeller and Getty. The honesty of the works and their creators ultimately end up on the walls and collections of those who pointedly lack the artist’s creative powers. The aesthetic context is a broad chronology of power plays and behind closed-door contemporary art commerce. Deploying the concealed dynamics driving the most influential, seemingly unbreakable personalities in the art world towards their loftiest ambitions, the exhibition embodies the brash processes of manipulation that historic dealers, curators and artists, themselves, have engaged with for over three centuries. In this space, intelligent design and sheer creative force will come together with disturbing, intriguing and shocking results.

Here Lies Georges Wildenstein features new works from: Marc Bijl, Retna, Michael Vasquez, Miru Kim, Cleon Peterson, George Sánchez-Calderón, Manny Prieres, Andrew Nigon, Scott Shannon, Christina Pettersson, Shelter Serra, How & Nosm, Kenton Parker, Cole Sternberg, Jel Martinez and Edouard Nardon.

Primary Projects is a multidisciplinary space, positioned at the heart of Miami’s Design District, which aims to explore and promote multiple forms of aesthetic expression from established and emerging artists, alike. Utilizing extensive, and wholly specific, experience in producing street-level curatorial endeavors in Miami, the creative forces behind Primary Projects unites the commercial and critical efforts of artists, critics, curators, professionals and patrons; the result is the vital presence of an intelligent, alternative arts environment with an bold urban sensibility delivered through a diverse range of media. Here Lies Georges Wildenstein is curated by BooksIIII Bischof, TYPOE and Chris Oh.

Powered by artistic collective Primary Flight, Primary Projects is a multidisciplinary 4,000-square-foot space, exploring and promoting multiple forms of aesthetic expression from established and emerging artists. Utilizing their extensive experience in producing street-level curatorial endeavors in Miami, the creative forces behind Primary Projects (BooksIIII Bischof, TYOPE and Chris Oh) unite the commercial and critical efforts of artists, critics, curators, professionals and patrons resulting in a vital presence of an intelligent alternative arts environment with a bold, urban sensibility delivered through a diverse range of media. Since 2007, Primary Flight has brought together more than 150 of the world’s most influential artists to install their bodies of work live in the streets of Wynwood, the Design District and greater Miami-Dade. Serving the Miami contemporary art community as an incubator, the collective delivers a distinctive brand of outdoor and gallery-based works harboring the defiant spirit of counter-culture presented to the public through a sophisticated cultural outlet.

Photographs of The Fourth Annual Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival and Boat Parade on 11/12/11

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The Fourth Annual Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival and Boat Parade on Saturday, November 12, 2011.

“This special multicultural event allows our local residents and visitors to explore and interact among the local arts and culture vendors, while also showcasing the unique surroundings at the mouth of the Miami River. This event will celebrate the revival and renaissance of Downtown Miami. “

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12 Nights of Electronic Music and Art IV Bassoon and the band 11/19/11

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12 Nights of Electronic Music and Art IV: Bassoon and the band
Featuring Peter Lane and P-D-M-D
November 19, 2011 at 9PM
GAB Studio
105 Northwest 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL, 33127

info@12nights.org
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This concert will introduce Pater Lane, a Boston-based bassoonist and composer and the Miami own PDMD electronic music band.

Le Cercle Français and Pi Delta Phi present Voyageurs 11/16/11

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Le Cercle Français and Pi Delta Phi present Voyageurs
November 16, 12 to 2 pm
FIU Frost Art Museum

I am pleased to extend an invitation to the exhibit: Voyageurs, that will take place on November 16th 2011 in the atrium at the Frost Museum in FIU from 12 to 2 pm. In this exhibit you will have a chance to admire my oil paintings and the photographs by artist Andrea Lahoz.

The theme of the exhibit is: Travelers. The idea is to present through our paintings and photographs different parts of the world that Andrea and I have visited. This event is free to all FIU students, alumni, faculty and staff. Please keep in mind that this event will only be taking place for those 2 hours.

This event is made possible thanks to the generous support and the contribution of the French Club and the French Honor Society at FIU.

In 2009, Jorge Fernandez prepared a backpack full of dreams and desires for adventure and embarked in a transatlantic cruise from the Dominican Republic to London. From there he traveled all around Europe to some of the most fascinating destinations in the old continent. Jorge has a passion for the world and has based his travel philosophy on the motto: Don’t be a tourist, be a traveler.”

In the fall of 2010, Andrea Lahoz circumnavigated the globe on a four-month-long academic voyage. During her Semester at Sea travels, she had the chance to explore 12 different countries including Ghana, India, Vietnam, and Japan. Through her camera lens, she reveals some of the world’s most marvelous cultures.

Ship Of Tolerance Art Exhibit At Children’s Museum 11/30/11 – 12/4/11

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Ship Of Tolerance Art Exhibit At Children’s Museum
November 30-December 4, 2011
Miami Children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway
Watson Island, Miami

Wolfgang Roth & Partners, Fine Art announces
Miami Children’s Museum (MCM) as Primary Educational Partner
for the Kabakovs’ Miami Ship of Tolerance project, 2011.

The Miami Children’s Museum has come aboard the Ship of Tolerance Project, by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, providing coordination of all participating children, a forum for discussion about the universal theme of Tolerance and production assistance for all of the children’s artwork to be used on the project.

Currently in its fifth edition since 2005, the Ship of Tolerance was previously produced in Siwa, Egypt; Venice, Italy; St. Moritz, Switzerland and Sharjah, UAE. The Miami edition will be the first time that the project is realized in North America.

A non-profit children’s project, the Ship of Tolerance is the brainchild of artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov who are Russian-born, American-based artists. The project gives a platform to local children between the ages of 6 and 13, to explore the universal theme of Tolerance.

Miami Children’s Museum, 980 MacArthur Causeway on Watson Island in Miami, will serve as the prime location for children to learn about the project and design and create their contributions. The Museum has long been a clearing house to explore issues of cultural diversity, racism, and understanding and has even designed one of their permanent exhibits as a constant example of learning acceptance.

MCM’s Teddy Bear and Me Exhibit uses the universal theme of teddy bears to show how the clothing and culture may be different, but underneath they are still all teddy bears. It deals with objectives in teaching ways in which all people are alike and different; how we relate to one another; and other issues of prejudice, words that hurt, showing respect and positive examples of how to resolve a conflict situation.

At MCM, after discussing this Ship of Tolerance theme as a group, individual children have been painting their own interpretation of Tolerance onto a large piece of canvas of uniform size. Approximately 150 of these canvas paintings are to be later hoisted onto the mast of an approximately 60 ft ship, which will be constructed on site at the Art Miami 2011 art fair. The entire exhibition will be available for public viewing during Art Miami, 2011 from November 30-December 4, 2011. The remaining paintings will be on exhibit in venues throughout the city during the first week of December.

Upon the completion of Art Miami 2011, the Ship of Tolerance is expected to move to the Miami Children’s Museum where it will be on exhibit until the end of January, 2012.

The Miami Children’s Museum welcomes the participation of local children in this unique and highly visible children’s art project. Please contact Victor Vincent at the Miami Children’s Museum, (305)373-5437 (KIDS) ext. 103 or go to the website: www.miamichildrensmuseum.org, for more information or to inquire about participation.

For more information on the Kabakovs or the Ship of Tolerance project, please contact Murdock MacKenzie at Wolfgang Roth & Partners, Fine Art.

Third Annual Black Friday Balloon Drop At Southland Mall 11/25/11

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Third Annual Black Friday Balloon Drop
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 8am
Southland Mall
U.S. 1 and SW 205th Street off the Florida Turnpike
www.mysouthlandmall.com or call (305) 235-8880.

Southland Mall presents its third annual “Black Friday Balloon Drop” on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 8am. The day after the Thanksgiving holiday, is traditionally known as ‘Black Friday’. On that day, hundreds of balloons filled with store coupon offers, movie passes and mall gift cards will descend from the rafters in three separate locations inside the mall: the Sears Wing, Center Court, and Macy’s Wing. This year, the event will be sponsored by new radio partner ESPN Deportes; they will be broadcasting their morning shows live from the mall from 6am-12pm! Come meet radio personalities Joe Pujala, Ernesto Amador, Jorge Ebro, Veronica Paysse, and Jose del Valle! Enjoy interactive games for the kids, prize giveaways and more!

“Southland is excited to present its third annual Black Friday Balloon Drop,” said Maggie Anzardo, marketing director at Southland Mall. “The Balloon Drop has become a tradition at the center and is held yearly on Black Friday, as a way of rewarding our shoppers during the holidays.” And don’t forget to visit Santa! Families are invited to bring their children to take photos with Santa from November 18th through December 24th in the Sears Wing at Southland Mall.

Solo Exhibition of Rodrigo Echeverri at Ideobox Artspace 11/29/11 – 12/4/11

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Solo Exhibition of Rodrigo Echeverri
Ideobox Artspace
2417 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127

Show will run until February 20, 2012

During the week of Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, Ideobox Artspace, an experimental art space in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District, will present internationally renowned Colombian artist Rodrigo Echeverri in his first solo exhibition in the United States.

On Tuesday, November 29, Ideobox Artspace’s Co-Founders & Directors, Tanya Brillembourg Capriles and Herman Leyba will host an exclusive, enchanting evening for their collectors, VIPs, and special guests to preview Echeverri’s latest collection alongside the recently published catalogue of his life and work titled Astilla en el Ojo (Splinter in the Eye).

Echeverri’s artwork is constructed with various types of mediums from acrylic/oil paints to wood dye on canvas, medium density fiberboard, and wood. With these materials, he creates the illusion of celestial bodies of boxes colliding and floating into larger entities, referring to an idea of chaos linked to moments of crisis and destruction. It is a gesture that paradoxically has been compiled from geometric order. His approach evokes different perspectives of suspended boxes depending on the angle from which they are viewed. His work eliminates the boundary between painting and sculpting as it unilaterally displays two-dimensional and three-dimensional points of view. Echeverri’s interest in texture and form begins with a cube shape that is ordinary, yet he uses colors such as red to create depth and illusion.

The exhibition will continue to be on display throughout the week and during the open-to-the-public event that Ideobox Artspace is hosting along with ZYR Vodka for Pop-Up Piano Miami on Saturday, December 3 from 8:30PM – 11:30PM, where there will be surprise guest performances. Pop-Up Piano Miami is a public arts project where ten pianos customized by different artists will be strategically placed throughout Miami. Additionally, Echeverri was carefully selected by a host committee to participate in the project by designing one of the pianos.

Lastly, Ideobox Artspace will also be hosting an Art Basel recovery party the following Saturday, December 10th during Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Walk. All ten pianos will be on display and guests will have the opportunity to view Echeverri’s solo exhibition.

Photographs of The Stage One Year Anniversary on 11/11/11

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The StageFirst Year Anniversary on Friday, November 11, 2011.  What a wonderful way to celebrate The Stage’s One Year Anniversary with performances by: Phillip Roebuck, Tristan Clopet, ArtOffical, Cody ChesnuTT, The Stooges (NOLA), DJ Drop.

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Filming the First Episode For Bibiandfriends.TV 11/16/11

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Filming the First Episode For Bibiandfriends.TV
Nov 16, 7-10PM
Mamushka Gallery
31 NW 36th Street

Filming Premiere Episode of BibiandFriends.TV

We will be filming the first episode for BibiandFriends.TV
Where “Comic Book Meets Reality”. Please come camera ready
and you will have to sign a release!

The episode is the Tribute To Gianni Versace Live Art Event. We are filming the public autographing the canvas!

For more info visit
www.bibiandfriends.tv

First Annual Gala of Hope Benefitting Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy 11/17/11

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Thursday, November 17th, 7PM – 10PM
Gryphon Club
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
1 Seminole Way
Davie, FL 33314

$100 per person or $150 for VIP access
www.fsma.org/GalaOfHope
Jennifer Miller-Smith 954.444.5937
Fiorenna Israel 954.696.6001

First Annual Gala of Hope Benefitting Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
On Thursday, November 17th, the Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy present the first annual Gala of Hope to help find a cure for SMA. Hosted by NFL Super Bowl Champion Leonard Marshall, the fundraising event will be held at the Gryphon Club in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with endless entertainment from 7PM – 10PM. The Gala of Hope will feature a top-shelf open bar and an array of hors d’oeuvres by The Capital Grill, PF Chang’s, Sicilian Oven, The Flaming Greek and Hey Cupcake. Guests can participate in a silent auction and enter a raffle for a chance to win a $10,000 shopping spree to J.R. Dunn Jewelers. Entertainment will be provided by Gaby Villanueva, Cirque du Soleil-style acts, exotic cars showcased by Ferrari-Maserati of Fort Lauderdale and motorcycles from Bruce Rossmeyer’s Harley Davidson, live music by Rock With U Entertainment and much more. Come out and support the Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy to help raise funds for critical research projects and enjoy a fun-filled night!

About Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Families of SMA is a non-profit 501(c)3 tax exempt organization with 30 Chapters throughout the United States and over 85,000 members and supporters. Families of SMA funds and directs the leading SMA research programs. The successful results and progress from basic research to drug discovery programs to clinical trials provide real hope for families and patients. Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy is dedicated to creating a treatment and cure by: Funding and advancing a comprehensive research program; Supporting SMA families through networking, information and services; Improving care for all SMA patients; Educating health professionals and the public about SMA; Enlisting government support for SMA; Embracing all touched by SMA in a caring community. FSMA’s vision is a world where Spinal Muscular Atrophy is treatable and curable. For more information, please visit www.curesma.org.

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

Red Bull Emsee Miami 11/16/11

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Red Bull Emsee Miami
November 16, 2011
Doors open at 8:00 p.m. (18+)
Show starts at 9:00 p.m.
90 Degrees
90 NE 11 Street
Miami, FL 33132
More Info
Red Bull EmSee is free to see but you will need to RSVP through Guestcode and use code 802.

Doors open at 8pm with the show starting at 9pm
( 18+ age show )

Red Bull EmSee is an invitation-only battle series designed to find the best freestyle rappers in the country and give them a national platform to show their skills and earn acclaim. This year’s nine-city tour comes to its final stop here in Miami with Bun B playing master of ceremonies.

Rap legends M1 of Dead Prez along with Royce Da 5’9″ off Eminem’s Shady Records label and Miami’s… own Wrekonize winner of the Mtv Battle: The Takeover in Times Square II and member of Hip Hop Band MAYDAY will be dishing out scores in the judges booth while DJ Entice spins labels on the turntables throughout the night. Miami’s own MAYDAY will open up the show with a special Live Performance.

The winner of the Miami qualifier will advance to the finals in Atlanta later this year where they’ll vie for the national championship and an opportunity to record with a headlining producer of his choice.

For information on other Red Bull EmSee tour stops, please visit
www.redbullusa.com/emsee

The Radio Waves Tour Featuring Tom Curran and William Kimball 11/19/11

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The Radio Waves Tour Featuring Tom Curran and William Kimball
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 7pm
America’s Backyard
100 Sw Third Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
(954) 727-0950, (954) 449-1025 (box office)

On Sale: Saturday, November 5, 2011 / 10am
At The Revolution Live Box Office (No Fees at Revolution Box Office), www.livenation.com And All Ticketmaster Outlets
Or Charge By Ph0ne: 800-745-3000

Prices $5.00 – Advance
$8.00 – Day Of Show
General Admission – All Ages
All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, and service and handling charges.
www.myamericasbackyard.com

Celebrated throughout the world for his remarkable athleticism in the water, Curren has also been a passionate musician since age 15. Curren’s music reflects his personality – quiet at times, but with moments of heavy percussion and rhythm. His raw and honest sound is expressed through beautiful, sometimes haunting songs, layered with folk and blues influences; it is gritty with a minimalist approach. He explores musical styles and combinations of sounds that reflect his unique perspective and personality – he is both famously reclusive and fiercely competitive. Curren has released two albums and has toured throughout the United States, Australia and Europe. RadioWaves marks his second-ever music tour in Florida.

Singer-songwriter William Kimball has created a sound that connects well with Curren’s, blending both acoustic rock melodies and upbeat rhythms. Kimball’s album, Along for the Ride, was released last month and its title track has already been featured in Sarah Jessica Parker’s latest movie “I Don’t Know How She Does It.” Like Curren, the Juno Beach native is a serious surfer, and just one listen through the album’s tracks reveals that the ocean is one of Kimball’s greatest musical inspirations. The pair first met during a live show in Florida in 1994 when Kimball was called onto stage by a friend to sing alongside Curren. By the end of the night, Curren asked Kimball to join his band and complete the rest of the tour. So, this year’s tour is a musical reunion of sorts for two watermen and musicians.

Shows will feature Barbeques, prize package drawings, surfboards autographed by Curren, and giveaways. A portion of proceeds from the RadioWaves tour will benefit Loggerhead Marinelife Center, a non-profit organization that promotes conservation of Florida’s coastal ecosystems with a special focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles.

The Kills at Revolution Live 1/28/12

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The Kills
Saturday, January 28, 2012, 9pm
Revolution Live
100 Sw Third Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
(954) 727-0950, (954) 449-1025 (box office)

On Sale: Saturday, November 5, 2011 / 10am
At The Revolution Live Box Office (No Fees at Revolution Box Office), www.livenation.com And All Ticketmaster Outlets
Or Charge By Ph0ne: 800-745-3000
Prices $22.50 – Advance
$24.00 – Day Of Show
General Admission – All Ages
All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, and service and handling charges.
www.jointherevolution.net

The bluesy punk duo the Kills consist of vocalist/guitarist VV, aka Alison Mosshart, formerly of the Florida punk band Discount, and drummer/guitarist/vocalist Hotel, aka Jamie Hince. After Discount ended in 2000, VV began exchanging tapes with the London-based Hotel through the mail, but both of them felt hindered by this method, so VV crossed the Atlantic so the duo could write faster. In spring of 2001, they issued a self-released demo that showcased their gritty, sexy sound and earned favorable reviews from such quarters as TapeOp Magazine. They also contributed a song, “Restaurant Blouse,” to 5 Rue Christine’s If the Twenty-First Century Did Not Exist It Would Be Necessary to Invent It compilation early in 2002, before their debut EP, Black Rooster, arrived that summer on Dim Mak. Along with gigs at the London and Glasgow LadyFests and tour dates alongside Le Tigre, the Kills also toured the U.S. for eight weeks before returning to London to finish their first full-length album, Keep on Your Mean Side, which was released by Rough Trade in spring 2003. A second album, No Wow, arrived in 2005 and was an even dirtier, leaner collection of songs. The Kills retooled their sound for 2008’s Midnight Boom, mixing more electronic beats and pop hooks into their punky bedrock. While touring alongside the Raconteurs in support of Midnight Boom, Mosshart struck up a friendship with frontman Jack White, prompting the two to form a supergroup, the Dead Weather, in 2009. The Kills took a short break while the Dead Weather worked feverishly, issuing two albums in ten months and touring behind both. Their latest album, Blood Pressures brought the Kills hiatus to an end in 2011.

Dine with Diego at Zoo Miami 11/26/11

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Dine with Diego at Zoo Miami
November 26, 2011
Zoo Miami
12400 S.W. 152 Street
Miami, FL 33177-1499

Have an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet with your family and friends and meet Diego! Includes zoo admission, monorail all-day pass, buffet lunch and refreshments in an air-conditioned location, zany straw, a meet-and-greet with Diego, and much more! Please contact the Group Sales Department at 305-251-0400, ext. 84941 or 84942 by Tuesday, November 22, to reserve your seat. Reservations are required and space is limited. For details on price, times, menu, and more, click here or visit www.zoomiami.org.

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.

The Co11ective opens during Art Basel 2011 11/30/11 – 12/4/11

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The Co11ective opens during Art Basel 2011
December 1-4, from 3pm to 2am
The Co11ective | Kohn Compound
215 NW 24 Street, Miami
Wynwood Arts District

Wednesday, November 30th
Golden Ticket VIP Preview / Must Have Golden Ticket
Media please RSVP to rsvp@jl-pr.com
Music by DJ Rage Johnson

Thursday, December 1st
Kick Off Party / Red Bull Through My Eyes Reception
Zona De Bomba (Traditional Puerto Rican Bomba), Lance-O, The Brass King

Friday, December 2nd
Sno White, DJ Tom Laroc

Saturday, December 3rd
Brimstone 127, DJ Le Spam

Sunday, December 4th
Keen One

The Co11ective launches with 11 renowned bi-cultural artists ranging from street art to photography, stellar DJ’S and special exhibits during Art Basel Miami Beach in the heart of Wynwood arts district for an unparalleled event

The Co11ective Presents Murals, Art and Installations by Trek Six, Lizzie Easton, Lauren Webb Harris, Celso Gonzalez, Rimx, Larregui, SK545, Osunlade, La Pandilla, Bik Ismo, Shaun Thurston with Special Exhibits by Infamous Magazine,
Red Bull Through My Eyes, HVW8, Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez

The world renowned Art Basel, the most important art show in the United States, a cultural and social highlight for the Americas heads back to South Florida for a supreme exhibition of our world’s most exquisite and prominent artists. Among those uniquely special presentations is The Co11ective, an Art Basel satellite event that has been carefully curated to include some of the most talented veterans in their respective areas of visual art. The Co11ective features artists who form part of a conglomeration of bi-cultural visionaries known to employ distinctive skills and vision whether in the murals, structures or canvas they coat with their muse or in the mysteriously profound photographic statements they capture. The Co11ective will showcase murals and installations by famed artists Trek Six, Lizzie Easton, Lauren Webb Harris, Celso Gonzalez, Rimx, Larregui, SK545, Osunlade, La Pandilla, Bik Ismo, Shaun Thurston with special exhibits by Infamous Magazine, Red Bull Through My Eyes, HVW8 and Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez.

Adding to this fascinating weekend showcase is the musical expressions of inspiring musicians DJs, true masters of the decks and turntables for a true audiovisual experience. The Co11ective will have “golden tickets” attached to original work by The Co11ective artists throughout the city of Miami as part of their social media scavenger hunt. Clues will be posted on The Co11ective Twitter and Facebook sites for art enthusiasts to discover where the pieces are located. The artwork will include entrance to all events including the Golden Ticket VIP Preview on Wednesday, November 30th and serve as a memorable keepsake of Art Basel 2011.

Phase One of Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion Bunny Yeager Retrospective Launch 11/17/11

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Phase One of Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion Bunny Yeager Retrospective Launch 11/17/11
Thursday, November 17 at 6:00 p.m.
Dezer Collection Museum
2000 NE 146th Street
North Miami.

The exhibition will then be open to the public starting on November 18 and showcased through February 29, 2012.

Dezer Schauhalle Miami – the Museum & Pavilion’s contemporary art showcase – marks
the initial phase of the multi-faceted facility which will also house
one of the nation’s largest eclectic automobile collections

Miami’s own Bunny Yeager brings to life the Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion’s contemporary art component – Dezer Schauhalle – with a retrospective of the iconic photographer, including never-before-seen works.

Curated by international art critic and Berlin-based curator, Helmut Schuster, the Dezer Schauhalle will be the initial phase of the 250,000-square-foot art and automobile museum developed by prominent New York/South Florida developer and collector Michael Dezer.

International art collectors and enthusiasts, as well as local influencers, will be in attendance to pay tribute to one of the leading figures of twentieth-century photography and view 220 of her photos, including self-portraits and photos of Bettie Page, taken from the fifties, sixties and seventies. Most of the featured works have been printed for the first time and over 100 of them have never before been seen.

The invitation-only grand opening will feature a 1950’s flair, including “Bunny Yeager” cocktails passed by cocktail waitresses outfitted by the artist herself; live jazz guitarist Fernando Ulibarri and vocalist Renee Fiallos; and a screening of 100 Girls by Bunny Yeager, a documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on Yeager’s photo sessions, presented by Cinematheque Miami Beach at the indoor drive-in movie theatre.

“I am thrilled to open the Dezer Schauhalle with one of Miami’s most remarkable icons, Bunny Yeager,” says Dezer. “She is truly unlike any artist in the world and sets the stage for what is to come at the Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion.”

Once hailed as one of the most photographed models of Miami’s thriving beach scene, Yeager transitioned to the other side of the camera in the 1950s, where she soon became credited for her iconic pin-up photographs and discovery of some of the period’s most famous models, such as Bettie Page. While Yeager is most notable for the defining role she played in capturing the glamour of the pin-up era, she is still recognized as a skillful, artistic photographer with expert technical skills in lighting and composition that remain unrivaled today.

“It is an honor to showcase hundreds of Bunny Yeager’s unseen photographs for the first time,” says Schuster. “Guests will delight in her erotic-urban style and be captivated by the memories of postwar generations that are reflected in her works.”

The soon-to-open, complete Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion, will feature over 1,000 of the most unique and eclectic vehicles held in any private collection in the world. In addition to the extraordinary collection of vehicles and memorabilia, the Museum offers a one-of-a-kind event venue, the Dezer Showplace, with 75,000 square feet of event and entertainment space that can accommodate up to 1,500 guests.

For further information on the Dezer Schauhalle call (305) 932-4556 or visit www.dezerschauhalle.com.

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.

MAD initaly Vhernier Showcase 11/29/11-12/3/11

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MAD initaly Collaborates With Italian Jewelry Powerhouse Vhernier
To Showcase Their Latest Collections During The 10th Edition Of Art Basel, 2011
Wednesday, November 30th through Saturday, December 3rd, 11:00 am – 11:00 pm.
MAD initaly Showroom
4 NE 39th Street
Miami, FL 33137
Opened to the public

In conjunction with the on-going exhibition, MAD initaly and Vhernier will host a private dinner party on Tuesday, November 29th at 7:00 PM.

MAD initaly is pleased to announce its collaboration with Vhernier during this year’s prestigious Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. The two Italian brands are pairing up to showcase their latest collections at MAD initaly’s new showroom, located in the heart of Miami’s Art Deco Design District.

On Wednesday, November 30th though Saturday, December 3rd MAD initaly’s Nadine Curmi Borgomanero and renowned Italian interior designer, Fabrizio Cocchi will host an on-going presentation of Vhernier’s sophisticated selection of beautiful, hand-made jewelry inspired from 15th century geometrics to modern avant-garde designs. Guests will be enamored by MAD initaly’s showroom – a curated collection of Italy’s finest furnishings, linens, tabletop decor, accent pieces and pop-themed art – adorned with delicate Italian jewelry by Vhernier.

MAD initaly specializes in interior design, unique home expressions and accessories, specialty linens, dinnerware, Murano style glass, rare antiques, contemporary pop-themed art, one-of-a-kind accent pieces as well as an eccentric variety of custom furniture. MAD initaly is a well-curated collection of all Italian signature influences which embodies a rich history of high Italian design, boasting artisan craftsmanship, exceptional quality and attention to detail. The 2,000 square-foot showroom also operates as a Gallery for contemporary works of art and photography. MAD inItaly is located at 4 NE 39th Street, Miami, Florida 33137. For more information please visit http://www.madinitalystore.com or call (305) 846-9421.

Vhernier was founded in 1984 in Valenza as a jeweller’s workshop. In 2001 Carlo Traglio became President of Vhernier. His objective was to develop the company while maintaining its history and tradition supported by highly skilled craftsmen who have mastered all the technical secrets to perfection.

Each jewel is unique, handmade, influenced by currents in the forms of modern and contemporary art. The bracelets are gold bands on the wrist, as if by magic, revealing open up unexpected gems. Hard line, with its play of light and reflections, it takes the same effect as an ancient tradition of painting: the game of mirrors. The pins in the collection are sculptures Animalier unique and sought after by collectors around the world. The rings, sinuous lines and soft, evoke the volumes delineated by the Futurist movement. The simplicity of the forms can be found online in the Calla: tapered cones with gold, diamonds and ebony, which take place vibrant.

Vhernier is distributed by the best jewellers in the world. In the United States it can be found in the famous Saks Fifth Avenue department store in New York, Miami, Bal Harbour, in Washington DC at Tyson’s Corner, and at Neiman Marcus in Dallas. For more information on Vhernier please visit www.Vhernier.com.

Maison Martin Margiela Presents Love, etc. 11/29/11 – 12/3/11

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Maison Martin Margiela, LOVE, etc. Exhibition
On-Going Exhibition: Tuesday, November 29 through Saturday, December 3 – 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Cocktail: Thursday, December 1st – 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
4141 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33137

In-Store Cocktail : Thursday, December 1st – 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
3930 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33137

At Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, Maison Martin Margiela will present Love, etc., an off-site installation in the Miami Design District situated near its Miami retail location. This exhibition will feature the Maison’s Line 13, dedicated to objects & publications. Line 13 also explores the Maison’s relationship with interiors.

The use of mirrors, whether authentic or imitated, and the play of symmetries have always been integral components for the Maison when working within the interior design arena. These components are evident in Maison Martin Margiela stores worldwide, the brands’ showrooms, and even partly at the Parisian hotel, La Maison Champs-Elysées, redesigned by Maison Martin Margiela this year.

Seven large panels will be displayed in the Miami exhibition space. Each of these panels will consist of a different image of the interiors at La Maison Champs-Elys̩es. Every panel will be comprised of two parts Рprinted with the same image, and placed face to face in order to reproduce a mirror effect.
Each panel will also host a white object belonging to the design objects collection from Line 13. Such objects will also be displayed twice in order to reinforce this mirror sequence.

Among the objects displayed in the installation, there is a limited-edition nightlight exclusively produced for Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 and will be solely available at the Maison Martin Margiela store in the Miami Design District.

This nightlight is a handmade gypsum casting of a porcelain wall light and its bulb. Urals gypsum is a naturally phosphorescent material which absorbs light during the day. At nightfall, the white object transforms into a nightlight.

A cocktail reception celebrating the Maison’s first ever Line 13 exhibition during Art Basel will be held on December 1st, 2011. In conjunction with this cocktail reception for Love, etc. invited guests will also be welcomed at the Maison Martin Margiela boutique where they may preview the brands’ Spring Summer 2012 collections of apparel and accessories for men and women. Additionally, these guests will have the opportunity to preview an array of Line 13 objects, including an exclusive, limited-edition Line 13 object created solely for Art Basel 2011.

Line 13: Besides the conception of its collections, the unique identity of the Maison has been clearly recognizable in its various spaces – from showrooms to shops – with signature elements such as the use of whites, cotton fabrics, ‘trompe l’œil’, mix of styles and époque, and hints of humor creating a distinctive atmosphere. Line 13 – objects & publications – was introduced in 1999 with a selection of home objects.

Hotel ‘La Maison Champs-Elysées’ : The hotel ‘Maison Champs-Elysées’ commissioned Maison Martin Margiela to reconceive, renew and create a new interior design of the entire ground floor – reception area, bar, smoking room and restaurant – together with 7 suites and 10 guest rooms.

Next@19th Presents Miami Native Susana Behar 11/16/11

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Next@19th Presents Miami Native Susana Behar
November 16, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Next@19th
137 NE 19th Street
Miami, FL 33132

Next@19th welcomes Ladino chanteuse Susana Behar to kick-off the second season of the Guava Rugelach Lounge series. Taking place under the palms in the center’s outdoor café setting, Behar will take guests on a Latin-American musical journey, celebrating the geographical diversity of Sephardic culture. Joining Behar is renowned guitarist Michel Gonzalez, Gerry Braun on cello, Kenneth Metzker on percussion and Ryoji Yamaguchi, also on guitar.

Born in La Habana to a Cuban/Turkish Sephardic family, Behar grew up listening to her mother’s ‘kantikas’ in Judeo-Spanish and her father’s vibrant Cuban rhythms. After relocating to Venezuela in 1965, she indulged in the music of her adoptive country, as well as in Israeli folklore, sparking an interest in Sephardic music traditions. Behar’s earthy and intimate performance of multi-cultural tunes will take audiences on a voyage from Spain to the Ottoman Empire. Refreshments will be available and include guava rugelach, and the Guava Rugelach cocktail featuring L’Chaim vodka. Tickets are now available for purchase at www.brownpapertickets.com

Young Associates Launch Party to Benefit The Coral Gables Museum 12/2/11

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Young Associates Launch Party to Benefit The Coral Gables Museum
Friday, December 2, 2011, 7:00pm-11:00pm
The Coral Gables Museum
285 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Party On The Plaza
Featuring cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and music by John Andrew

The Young Associates Chairs: Cristina Mas, President • Karen Blaire, Vice-President • Courtney Gardner, Secretary

The Young Associates Committee: Andres Bilbao • Joey Butler • George Corton • Nicole Cunningham • JC De Ona • Danny Eguizabal • Natalie Eguizabal • Wifredo Fernandez • Andrea Gomez • Anthony Lopez • Henry Mack • Zak Mann • Alexander Mijares • Camila Nevin • Victor Oquendo • Ramon A. Rasco • Stephanie Rojas • Luke Samson • Giancarlo Sopo • Angelica Uribe • Manny Varas • Laura Varela • Ana Carolina Varela • Taylor Withers

The Young Associates in collaboration with Radio Lollipop will be hosting their Launch Party to benefit the Coral Gables Museum. This event will help promote local Miami artists Alex Yanes, Natasha Otrakji, Roberto Chamorro and Alexander Mijares. Live exhibition by Joseph Ferlito.

100% of proceeds from this event will be given to the Coral Gables Museum.

The Museum’s mission is to celebrate, investigate and explore the civic arts of architecture and urban and environmental design, including fostering an appreciation for the history, vision, and cultural landscape of Coral Gables; promoting beauty and planning as well as historic and environmental preservation for a broad audience, including children, families, and community members, as well as local, regional, national and international visitors. The museum optimizes its mission by cultivating effective partnerships, and providing programming that includes exhibitions, collections, educational offerings, lectures, tours, publications and special events.

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.

Marlins Job Fair To Fill Over 2,000 Positions 11/15-16/11

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The Marlins will be hosting a Job Fair
Tuesday, November 15th and Wednesday, November 16th from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
2901 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33135.

As the Marlins transition into a new home, the Club will be required to fill over 2,000 positions.

The Marlins together with their partners Johnson Controls, Contemporary Services Corporation, Levy and Pritchard will have positions available that will vary from managerial to event day opportunities. The Marlins will have employment opportunities available in Customer Service, Sales, Grounds, Guest Services, Security, Ticket Operations, Finance and Retail Operations. Their partners will have positions available in the areas of maintenance, concessions, janitorial and event services.

The Marlins objective is to continue to create an environment where a team of business professionals can perform to their full potential, generating economic growth, strength and contributing to the well-being of a diverse community.

Attire to attend the Job Fair will be Business Professional and the public is encouraged to bring several resume copies.

Reality Television Conference 2011 12/10/11

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Reality Television Conference 2011
December 10, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Lester’s Bar
2519 NW 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33127

The Problem: Why is “reality television” so awesome? Discuss.

How Do I Attend? Attendance at REALITY CONFERENCE is free but space is limited. Register here.

Call for Abstracts: If you’re interested in participating, please send a brief description, no more than 300 words, outlining a presentation, paper, panel, or performance on any topic related to “reality TV.” Abstracts are due on November 23rd. The presentations will be no longer than 15 minutes long with 5 minutes of questions from the audience. Prior experience in academia is not required. Please put “Reality Conference” in the subject heading and send abstracts and inquires to: scott@universityofwynwood.org. Submitters will be notified by Monday, November 28th.

REALITY CONFERENCE is a conference about reality television organized by Ruba Katrib and P. Scott Cunningham and presented by the University of Wynwood, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to advancing contemporary literature in Miami, FL. UW is made possible through support from the Knight Foundation, Miami-Dade County, and the City of Miami Beach.

Beaujolais Nouveau at Alliance Française 11/17/11

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Beaujolais Nouveau
November 17, 7pm
Alliance Française
618 SW 8th Street
33130 Miami

In November, let’s celebrate French Wines. Every third Thursday of November, everywhere in France and in the world, the Beaujolais Nouveau marks the kick-off of the new harvest. So join us at the Alliance to taste the Beaujolais Nouveau this year – French delicacies will be on sale and Lauren “Lolo” Redskin from Sweat Records will entertain us with a mix of old and new French music. A great night in perspective, and we really hope to see you there!

Black Eyed Peas at Sun Life Stadium 11/23/11

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It’s Gonna’ Be A Good Night! Black Eyed Peas Final Show Of The Year! Featuring An All-Star Cast Of Special Guests
Wednesday, November 23rd
Sun Life Stadium
Miami, FL.

Tickets are on sale now at ticketmaster.com, all TicketMaster outlets or charge-by-phone: 1-800-745-3000. Tickets start at just $25.00 plus applicable fees.

It’s going to be the biggest party in South Florida. The Black Eyed Peas will perform their Final Concert of 2011 the night before Thanksgiving on Wednesday, November 23rd at Sun Life Stadium. These outstanding performers, will.i.am, Fergie, Taboo and apl.de.ap, who have garnered worldwide critical acclaim, multi-million album sales and a host of industry and popular awards, will be ending their 2011 performances in a big way. Tickets, starting at just $25 (plus applicable fees), for this once in a lifetime show are on sale NOW!

Joining the Black Eyed Peas is an All-Star cast of friends, featuring: Cee Lo Green, Flo Rida, Jason Derulo and Sean Kingston, T-Pain and hosted by Queen Latifah.

In an era of an ever-changing music industry that’s defined by diminishing expectation, where a “successful” career means having one, maybe two hit records; The Black Eyed Peas have been a glorious exception. They have always been considered innovators ever since emerging out of the West Coast underground rap scene in the 1990s. They have become one of the best selling, most popular and most innovative groups for more than a decade. They have transformed themselves from a beloved backpack rap troop into fully-fledged, massive global superstars whose music can be heard in any country around the world. They’ve done this the right way: creating albums that are more innovative than the last; which has translated into each new album being more popular than the last. The Peas never follow contemporary trends in music, but rather create their own – soundtracking everyday emotions with new musical styles.

In addition, the Black Eyed Peas in conjunction with Sun Life Stadium are offering a fantastic deal that will create a special night for the men and women of our military and their families to share a once in a lifetime concert experience. Through the “Thanks 4 Giving” ticket program, anyone who buys forty (40) 400 Level tickets for $1,000 to donate to the military and their families will receive four (4) floor concert tickets (value: $395.00) at no charge. To participate in this special program, please visit www.sunlifestadium.com/Tickets4Charity or call 305-943.1501. (This offer is not available through Ticketmaster).

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.

Memento Mori The Paintings and Drawings of Arturo Rodriguez Artist Reception 11/16/11

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Memento Mori – The Paintings and Drawings of Arturo Rodriguez – Artist Reception
Wednesday, November 16, 6:30 p.m.
Centre Gallery, Bldg.1, 3rd Floor
Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave.
Miami, FL 33132

Miami Dade College proudly presents Memento Mori The Paintings and Drawings of Artist Arturo Rodríguez. Joining art and poetry, this unprecedented exhibition brings together 50 watercolors and 40 oil paintings by renowned artist Arturo Rodríguez and poems by Alejandro Anreus from their book Memento Mori.

For more information and gallery hours, please call the Art Gallery System at 305-237-7700

UR New York Breaks Into Art Basel Week With Breaking And Entering 12/1-4/11

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UR New York, A Collective Urban & Street Artist Duo, Breaks Into Art Basel Week With Breaking And Entering
Thursday, December 1st, Noon – 4PM
Friday, December 2nd, Noon – Midnight
Saturday, December 3rd, Noon – 10PM
Sunday, December 4th, Noon – 4PM
2412 North Miami Avenue
Wynwood District.

Thursday, December 1st
*General Admission Noon – 4PM
· Private Preview Reception – By Invitation Only / Media Invited 6PM – Midnight
– Music by Darvin Silva
– Appetizers Courtesy of Mercadito
– A surprise libation by one of our favorite liquor brands and Liquid Lightening
– Event filmed by Hot Mop Films

Friday, December 2nd
*General Admission Noon – 4PM
· Grand Opening Event – Open-to-the-Public from 6PM – Midnight
– Music by Darvin Silva
– Appetizers Courtesy of Mercadito
– A surprise libation by one of our favorite liquor brands and Liquid Lightening
– LIVE painting by Sofia Maldonado
– Event filmed by Hot Mop Films

Saturday, December 3rd from Noon – 10PM
· LIVE installation by UR New York – Open-to-the-Public

Sunday, December 4th
*General Admission Noon – 4PM
· Closing Reception – Open-to-the-Public from 6PM – Midnight
– Music by Darvin Silva
– A surprise libation by one of our favorite liquor brands and Liquid Lightening
– LIVE painting by UR New York

Presented by POP International Galleries

During the week of Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, Breaking And Entering, presented by POP International Galleries, will be a demonstration of UR New York’s vast range and ability to continuously produce groundbreaking urban inspired art. Artists Michael Baca – aka “2ESAE” and Fernando Romero aka “SKI” are committed to “breaking and entering” into the mainstream – letting their art loose on the world, all the while breaking the status quo and entering the art world on their own terms — offering intensely personal and vibrant works with universal appeal.

UR New York tells the stories of a new generation of artists. They are talented urban and street creators generally hidden in the shadows and more often than not arrested and punished for expressing their talents. Exhibiting in shows and collaborations globally, with companies such as Nike, VH1, and Pop International, these two authentic, skillful and versatile artists disrupt the stereotype of struggling artists. Rather than hide in obscurity, Baca and Romero break and enter into the professional art world. BREAKING AND ENTERING will be the first time they will present an entire solo collection making them some of the first artists ever to sponsor their own show in Miami around Art Basel in the Wynwood District.

BREAKING AND ENTERING has pieces inspired by experiences of traveling the world and interacting with people who have touched their lives. UR New York returns home from their travels, with an approach to art that relies heavily on their New York City heritage and the people and cultures abroad to which they’re paying homage. The artists will be releasing over twenty limited edition miniature trucks which they have painted to mimic the life-size NYC trucks they painted last year. There will also be merchandise so that exhibition visitors exit with mementos of their gallery experience.

Baca and Romero will be hosting a series of private and open-to-the-public events. The gallery will remain open through December 15th.

UR New York has grown up on the streets of New York City – Fernando grew up in Queens and Mike grew up in some of Brooklyn’s most notoriously tough neighborhoods. In the aesthetic allure of the street, Mike and Fernando started their own “gallery stand” on the corner Prince and Greene Streets a few years ago in SoHo, the originating point of New York’s hip, avant garde gallery district. Since claiming the street corner, Ski and 2ESAE are now fully represented by Pop International Galleries on West Broadway.

Founded in 1997 by Jeff Jaffe, Pop International Galleries – aka “The Pop Gallery” – is an exciting art gallery on West Broadway in the heart of SoHo, in New York City. Pop International specializes in Pop Art, Urban Art and art and photography that is derived from, or influenced by, popular culture.

Abracadabra Fifth Annual Exhibition and Fund-raising Raffle Opening Reception 2/10/212

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Abracadabra: Fifth Annual Exhibition and Fund-raising Raffle Opening Reception
02/10/2012, 6pm – 9pm
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
1650 Harrison Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
artandculturecenter.org

This evening is our Abracadabra Fifth Annual Exhibition and Fund-Raing Opening Reception. Please come visit our main gallery to preview donated works in all media by artists who have been invited to participate. All works are exhibited prior to the evening of the raffle, affording ticket buyers an opportunity to preview the art before the main event!

Each raffle ticket purchased will guarantee the bearer to go home with a work of art valued at greater than the ticket price. Raffle tickets and admission are available in advance, and at the door if still remaining.

Choose Quality Dine Italian Q Ospitalita Italiana Seal Award Ceremony 11/30/11

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Choose Quality: Dine Italian -“Q” – Ospitalita’ Italiana Seal Award Ceremony
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011, 7-9 PM
Mia Cucina Showroom
105 Miracle Mile
Coral Gables, FL 33134
www.iaccse.com
RSVP to rsvp@iacc-miami.com by Nov 28, 2011

The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast invites you to celebrate the first Ospitalita’ Italiana Seal (“Q”) award ceremony that will take place at the stylish showroom of MiaCucina in Coral Gables on Nov 30th, 2011 from 7 to 9 pm.

The “Q” Ospitalita’ Italiana – Seal of Authenticity qualifies the certified restaurants as Ambassadors of the Italian cuisine and culture in the world. The “Q” seal provides them with the well deserved recognition for their commitment in promoting the Italian gastronomic culture against the growing phenomenon of “Italian Sounding” food products, thus helping preserve our Italian history, culture, quality and authenticity.

The first Floridian “Q” Seal of authenticity golden plates will be presented to the following 9 South Florida restaurateurs: Arturo’s Ristorante Italiano, Caffe’ Abbracci, Caffe’ Milano, Fratelli Milano, Mancini’s Restaurant, Mai Tardi, Saporissimo, Soya & Pomodoro and Tiramesu’.

Awards Will Be Presented By The Honorable Adolfo Barattolo, Consul General Of Italy.

Wines Sponsored by : Zonin USA, Inc.
Other Sponsors: Acqua Panna & San Pellegrino ;Alma Food Imports;Citterio; Comobar LLC;Ducati Miami;Mozzarita Inc.

During the show: Enjoy the Italian Food & Wine Tasting FROM 7:00 Pm – 9:00 Pm
Complimentary Admission

For more details on the “Q” for Quality Seal, please contact the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, Southeast, (305) 577-9858 or info@iacc-miami.com.

Founded in 1991, the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast is a non-profit U.S. corporation, officially recognized by the Italian government, which is devoted to fostering trade between Italy and the United States. The Chamber is a staunch defender of artisan craftsmanship and small and medium sized businesses – the backbone of the Italian economy.

We actively promote trade between the United States and Italy in a whole host of sectors, including food & beverage, science & technology, design, and fashion. By organizing delegation visits of U.S. buyers to Italy, along with local trade and networking events designed to introduce Italian products to the U.S. market, we are the face of “Made in Italy” – a concept synonymous with quality and excellence – in the Southeastern United States.

Clifford Owens Photographs with an Audience Opening Reception 11/19/11

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Clifford Owens Photographs with an Audience (Miami)
Opening Reception. November 19, 2011. 7 – 9pm
Gallery Diet
174 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127.

November 19, 2011 – December 22, 2011
Extended hours. November 30 – December 3, 2011. 10am – 7pm

Clifford Owens will return to Miami for his first local solo exhibition.
Stand in front of the camera.
Don’t blink.
Relax.
3, 2, 1…

Photographs with an Audience (Miami) is an exhibition of new works created in Miami during two performances at Gallery Diet which took place on October 2 and 3. Owens does not document his performances. He creates discreet art objects. He is not interested in being pigeon holed as a performance artist, nor a photographer. For each performance, audience members were invited into the process of creating photographs by forming compositions that reflected past and present experiences of the group. The resulting series of photographs are a range of personal and symbolically invoked moments presented as static objects that challenge one’s perception of performance documentation.

Clifford Owens (b. 1971. Baltimore, MD) holds a BFA (1998) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA (2000) from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has participated in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Studio Museum Residency in Harlem, and is a recipient of the Louis Tiffany Comfort Award and the Lambent Fellowship for the Arts. Owens has exhibited at MoMA PS1 as part of Greater New York, the Queens Museum of Art, New York, List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, The Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas, On Stellar Rays Gallery, New York and Para-Site Art Space, Hong Kong. Publications which have showcased his works include Performa: New Visual Art Performance, and The Greater New York Book. His projects and exhibitions have been featured in Art in America, Art+Auction, Newsweek, New York Times, and Village Voice among other publications.

About Gallery Diet: Gallery Diet is a contemporary art gallery located in the Wynwood District of Miami, Florida where it has existed since 2007. The gallery has produced nearly 30 solo and group exhibitions by emerging and under represented artists from around the world. Many of these exhibitions have been documented in print editions. Represented artists include Kristopher Benedict, Charley Friedman, Christy Gast, Richard Höglund, Fabienne Lasserre, Abby Manock, and Daniel Milewski. www.gallerydiet.com

Special thanks to Palm Breweries for their support.

AOA Tribal Art Miami 2011 at Adrienne Arsht Center 12/1-4/11

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AOA Tribal Art, Miami 2011 Show
Thursday, December 1 – Sunday, December 4
Carnival Studio Theater in the Ziff Ballet Opera House
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
1300 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132
Box Office: 305.949.6722
www.tribalartmiami.com

The first AOA Tribal Art, Miami 2011 fair is a selection of private dealers showcasing museum quality traditional art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

Explore how modern art was conceived. At the end of the 19th Century famous artists work from the likes of Picasso, Matisse and Braque were all profoundly influenced by the Art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

This is the first exhibition ever in Miami during Art Basel Week to feature high quality traditional art from native cultures and first nations.

With a prime location inside the Adrienne Arsht Center, AOA Tribal Art, Miami boasts some of the most famous names in the International Tribal Art Community. Dealers like Wayne Heathcote (UK) have been dealing in these native treasures for some 40 years.

View African masks, oceanic shields and house panels, as well as ancient zoomorphic vessels from pre-columbian peoples. All for sale these rare items are some of the last high-quality pieces of tribal art on the market and not in a museum.

For more information and tickets, CLICK HERE

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Etra Fine Art Presents Highlights for 2012 Art Basel Showcase Opening 12/1/11

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Etra Fine Art Presents Highlights for 2012 Art Basel Showcase Opening
Etra Fine Art
50 NE 40 St.
Miami, FL, 33137

December 1, 2011 through to January 2012

Featuring Zuniga, de Syszlo, Slonem, Negret and others

Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District will present “Highlights for 2012” during Art Basel Miami 2011 until the end of December. This exhibition showcases the gallery’s most recent international acquisitions.

Included are two works by Francisco Zuniga – a Costa Rican and Mexican artist known for both his painting and sculpture. Zuniga’s works have been displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; and in many other major institutions throughout the world.

The gallery will also feature several works that represent the span of Peruvian artist Fernando de Szyszlo ‘s career. Throughout his career, De Szyszlo became a major force for artistic renewal in his country and is one of the most renowned Latin American Artists.

Part of this acquisition includes an important collection of several works by Hunt Slonem. Since 1977, Slonem has had over 150 solo exhibitions. Over 75 museums worldwide exhibit his work in their collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Guggenheim Museum.

“As part of the Miami art fair season, we want to attract a wide and chosen audience,” comments Stefano Campanini, owner of Etra Fine Art. “We are known for representing exceptional international artists: from Botero and Francisco Toledo to many European and American masters. Last year we had a successful solo show of Robert Indiana, and this year felt that a group show would be a welcome change and one that reflects our evolving and dynamic city!”

After nearly two decades in Soho, New York, owners Stefano Campanini and Alicia Restrepo relocated to Miami in 2004 to open Etra Fine Art in the Design District. The gallery has a reputation for featuring avant-garde collections by well-established contemporary artists and a permanent collection of works by internationally renowned artists. For more information, visit www.etrafineart.com.

Photo: Edgar Negret, “Mask-Metamorphosis” – 1980, 86 x 86 x 30 cm

Kampong Holiday Twilight Tour and Open House 12/10/11

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Kampong Holiday Twilight Tour and Open House
Saturday, December 10 from 4-6PM
The Kampong
4013 S. Douglas Road
Coconut Grove

The special Twilight Tour/Open House is scheduled for Saturday, December 10 from 4-6PM. Guided Tours begin at 4:15PM, or you may explore on your own.

Limited tickets available — general public $40, children (ages 3-10) $10. Please call 305.442.7169 or email kampong@ntbg.org.

Presented by City National Bank
– Spend an enchanted afternoon at The Kampong
– Tour the historic home and garden — some areas previously not open to the public!
– Enjoy holiday music and refreshments in the courtyard overlooking Biscayne Bay

Thanksgiving Eve on the 50th Floor 11/23/11

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Thanksgiving Eve on the 50th Floor
11/23/11, 10pm
Club 50 at the Viceroy
485 Brickell Ave
More Info
Join us at Club 50@The Viceroy!! Text Rick to RSVP 305 300 0827

Ladies and Gentlemen, Join us once again for what will be an epic celebration on the Eve of Thanksgviving.. A night unlike any other, poised to be the busiest yet exhilarating night at the Viceroy Hotel… I present to you …. Thanksgiving Eve on the 50th Floor at Club50@ The Viceroy! Contact me at 305 300 0827 to RSVP as guest list spots will be very limited and table reservations will be selling quickly.
Hope to see you there, Rick Chaumin
Club 50 at the Viceroy
VIP Host | Event Coordinator | Promoter
305 300 0827
FB: www.facebook.com/Rickchaumin
twitter: @hmc2575
Whatsapp: RickChaumin

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.

Delray Has Talent 11/30/11

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Delray Has Talent
November 30th, 6:30 PM to 9 PM
Pineapple Groove
19 Northeast 3rd Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33483

www.justaskpriscilla.com

Talent Show & Competition for Charity

Don’t miss “Delray Has Talent” — An evening of fabulous entertainment! See 10 different acts perform on stage, a variety of talent, competing for the $500 cash prize! $5 cash at the door goes to the Knowledge is Wealth Learning Center, helping at-risk youth in Palm Beach County. Enjoy Drink Specials & Discounts and Complimentary Appetizers.

Sponsors and performers welcome – call 561 463 2826 for details.

Freddy Jouwayed; Giannina Coppiano Dwin; Artist Unknown 10/29/11 – 1/29/12

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Freddy Jouwayed; Giannina Coppiano Dwin; Artist Unknown 10/29/11 – 1/29/12
10/29/2011-01/29/2012, 10am-5pm Tues-Fri; noon-4pm Sat and Sun
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
1650 Harrison Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
artandculturecenter.org

Three artists are featured in our Galleries: Freddy Jouwayed: Forks in the Wave Function; Giannina Coppiano Dwin: Nothing We Can Call Our Own; Artist Unknown/The Free World

Tough Turkey in the Big City Free Family Concert 11/16-19/11

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Tough Turkey in the Big City- Free Family Concert
Nov. 16 & Nov. 19, 6:30 PM on 11/16; 11 AM & 2 PM on 11/19
Coral Gables Library-3443 Segovia Street, Coral Gables, 33134
Pinecrest Gardens- 11000 SW 57 Avenue, Pinecrest, 33156
North Dade Regional Library-2455 NW 183 Street, 33056
www.orchestramiami.org

Free Thanksgiving Concerts for Families
Orchestra Miami is pleased to continue its series of Free Family Concerts designed to introduce young children to classical music. Tough Turkey in the Big City: A Thanksgiving Odyssey, by Bruce Adolphe and Louise Gikow, will be a treat for the whole family! Perfect for the attention spans of our young audience, this fun and engaging program will last approximately 45 minutes.

What happens when a turkey from the sticks meets a Park Avenue pigeon? With the feel of an old-time radio story, Tough Turkey in the Big City follows the comic blunders of Tom Turkey, who leaves the farm to try his luck in the big city. The story, related to the audience by a narrator, illustrates a close call with a menacing chef, a tussle at the “Turkey Club”, a brief romance with a pigeon, and a happy mix up at the Thanksgiving Day Parade. It’s a big-hearted story of a plucky bird on an unexpected journey.

Tom is portrayed by the bass trombone and his barnyard friends by the violin and clarinet. The music of the farm is a swinging barnyard counterpoint, while the music of the city recalls the smoky jazz of film noire. There’s also some fun march music at the parade, and hot Latin rhythms at the Turkey Club.

• Wednesday, November 16- 6:30 PM at the Coral Gables Branch Library, 3443 Segovia Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33134

• Saturday, November 19- 11:00 AM at Pinecrest Garden’s Banyan Bowl- Free with paid Park admission ($3 Adults/ $2 per child), 11000 SW 57 Avenue, Pinecrest, FL 33156

• Saturday, November 19- 2:00 PM at the North Dade Regional Library, 2455 NW 183 Street, Miami, FL 33056

Performances are sponsored in part by the Miami-Dade Public Library System. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, children are asked to bring canned goods, to be donated to local food banks.

Celebrating its Fifth Anniversary, Orchestra Miami’s mission is to bring world-class quality symphonic music to all South Floridians. For more information, please go to our website at www.OrchestraMiami.org or call (305) 274-2103.

Please note that Pinecrest Gardens location is free with paid admission to the gardens- $3/Adults; $2/Children

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
Website

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

Website

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!

Dogs Gone Wild Happy Hour Benefit 11/16/11

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Wednesday, November 16 · 6:00pm – 8:00pm
City Hall the Restaurant
2004 Biscayne Boulevard

$15 donation at the door includes City Hall’s specialty cocktail “Dogs Gone Wild” (or your choice) and hors d’ oeuvres. PetNet guests are invited to stay for dinner and recieve a 15% discount on the entire check the night of the event. Send your RSVP to marystrudwick@gmail.com and here on FB to keep the momentum going! We have more great events coming up this month and on into December!

Locust Projects presents the Billboard Project Agustina Woodgate Reception 12/1/11

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Locust Projects presents the Billboard Project: Agustina Woodgate
Reception: December 1, 7-10pm
Locust Projects
155 NE 38th Street #100
Miami, FL 33137

Locust Projects is pleased to announce its second annual Billboard Project. Argentinean-born, Miami-based artist Agustina Woodgate, has been selected to present site-specific artwork for billboards and bus shelters surrounding Miami’s Design District and Miami Beach in November and December 2011.

Conceived specifically for Locust Projects, 11:11 is the latest from a series of displaced landscapes that create surreal inversions of exterior and interior spaces.

Woodgate creates art that fosters interpersonal dialogue, from which meaning collectively emerges. Through a broad range of disciplines – including sculpture, installation, performance and collaboration – the artist’s work focuses on the relationship between individuals and their environment, and explores layers of physical and psychological space.

About the artist:
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981, Agustina Woodgate graduated from the Instituto Universitario Nacional de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2004. She currently lives and works in Miami, FL. Solo projects include Radio Espacio Estacion, Elsewhere Collaborative, Greensboro, NC 2011; Collectivism, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL 2011; Growing Up, Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, FL 2010; The Last Supper, El Dorado Towers III, Miami, FL 2010; Endlessly Falling, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL 2010; Hopscotch, Street Installation through Primary Flight, Miami, FL 2008; and Mobil Hairdresser, Street Performance, Miami, FL and San Juan, Puerto Rico 2007. Woodgate has been included in group exhibitions at Gallery Nosco, London, UK; Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LO; Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL; Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL; North Carolina Museum, Charlotte, NC, U.S; Art and Culture of Hollywood, Miami, FL; South Florida Art Center | Miami, FL; École Bourget, Montreal, Canada; and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL. Honors and awards include National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, San Antonio, TX 2011; Art Matters Grant, in collaboration with Elsewhere Collaborative, 2010; and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant 2008. Woodgate is currently taking pilot lessons, working on KULTURPARK, a project in an abandoned amusement park in conjunction with the 2012 Berlin Biennial, and has been commissioned by the Art in Public Places committee of Miami Beach for the “I. Stanley Levine Memorial Bench.” She is represented by Spinello Projects where her solo exhibition “If These Walls Could Talk” opens on November 11th.

The Roxy Theatre Group presents Into The Woods Jr 11/17-18/11

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The Roxy Theatre Group presents “Into The Woods Jr.”
Thursday & Friday, November 17 & 18, 8:00pm
The Roxy Performing Arts Center
1645 SW 107 Ave.
Miami, FL 33165.

The Roxy Theatre Group’s (RTG) 21st Century Community Learning Centers after school program will present the fairytale mash-up musical of Into the Woods Jr. The cast is made up of students representing both South Miami Middle School and Glades Middle School. Through the rehearsal process, students have utilized educational study guides in order to build their characters. These guides also assist the students in better understanding why their characters are going on this journey “into the woods.”

Into the Woods Jr. intertwines the plots of several of the Brothers Grimm fairytales. As the characters of the stories cross each other’s paths, they are faced with challenges and have to deal with the consequences of their decisions. With main characters from the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel and Cinderella, this production is fun for the whole family.

“When I found out we were doing Into the Woods Jr. I was super excited! All the different stories that are in this show are stories I grew up reading. Getting the part of the Baker was the cherry on top,” exclaimed Raynel Noa, 12, student at South Miami Middle School who attends the RTG’s 21st CCLC after school program.

“The students have worked very hard on this production. Watching them take their characters and make them their own has been wonderful. They have learned so much throughout this entire project,” said Andrew Rodriguez-Triana who is the Director of Into the Woods Jr. as well as the Musical Theatre instructor for the program.

For more information please call 305-226-0030, JTorgas@roxypac.com , IPalumbo@roxypac.com , or visit www.RoxyPAC.com. The Roxy Theatre Group (RTG), a non-profit organization, offers classes in drama, voice and dance to children ages 3-17, with year-round programs including two after school care programs and a performing arts summer camp.

Cernuda Arte at Art Miami 2011 11/30/11 – 12/4/11

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Cernuda Arte is pleased to announce our participation at Art Miami 2011
November 30 thru December 3 – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
December 4 – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Art Miami Pavilion, Midtown Blvd. (NE 1st Ave.)
Between NE 31st and NE 32nd Street
Booth – A28

At the fair, we will be showcasing the new edition of our grand annual show, Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Ten, featuring a stellar selection of Modern and Contemporary Cuban art.A beautiful 132-page-full-color catalog accompanies this exhibition and will be available upon request.

Image: Wifredo Lam, Untitled, Femme Énigmatique (Enigmatic Woman), 1970, oil on canvas, 63 x 51 inches

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.

Fridays at The Falls Free Music Series December Schedule

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The Falls (Center Court)
8888 SW 136th Street
Miami, FL 33176
www.simon.com
www.facebook.com/ShopTheFalls.

“Fridays at The Falls” is a free music series that’s guaranteed to get you movin’ and groovin’ this December with the hottest bands and most talented performers. Music lovers are invited to warm up wintry nights with friends and family while enjoying a variety of musical styles including jazz, Latin pop, classic rock, Top 40 and contemporary Latin grooves. “Fridays at The Falls” is sponsored by Williamson Automotive.

Friday, December 2, 2011 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Fabian and Julieta – Latin dance music covering all styles including cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton. To please everyone’s taste, they complete the mix with American dance classics.

Friday, December 9, 2011 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Cat Daddies – Classic rock and blues, a cover band that is sure to rock your socks off!

Friday, December 16, 2011 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Electric Piquete – This fusion band is a perfect blend of Latin rhythms, funk and rock.

Friday, December 23, 2011 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Lucian Williams Jazz Trio – Delta Boogie Woogie Blues Band featuring Piano Bob, national award winning blues pianist. This group has a wealth of festival experience and is always upbeat and jumpin’!

Friday, December 30, 2011 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Seven Mile Bridge – Relive the best decades of Rock n Roll and Pop music with the classic sounds of the 50’s – 80’s! Enjoy the music under the stars with Seven Mile Bridge!

G-Spot Bike Ride hosted by TM Sisters 11/26/11

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Saturday, November 26 · 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Government Center
111 NW 1st St
Miami, Florida

Sponsored by Grolsch, the G-Spot project challenged 10 Miami-based artists to make … anything. The result is 10 no-holds-barred art installations across Downtown, Wynwood, the Design District, and Little Haiti.

The G-Spot Bike Tour on Saturday, Nov. 26, is a FREE group ride with dynamic art duo the TM Sisters as our guides. We will start at Government Center at 4 p.m. and stop off at each of the 10 art installations. Locations include the Alfred duPont Building, Grand Central, Dorsch Gallery, Electric Pickle, Vagabond, and Little Haiti Cultural Center.

The ride will end at The Stage for a sundown round of complimentary Grolsch.

The G-Spot project was curated by contemporary art curator and writer Claire Breukel. The participating artists are:

— Domingo Castillo
— Eduoard Duval Carrie
— Jiae Hwang
— Kerry Phillips
— Kyle Trowbridge
— Loriel Beltran
— Pachi Guistinian
— Susan Lee Chun
— TM Sisters
— Tom Scicluna

To learn more about the project, visit www.gspotartproject.com.

To view the map for the ride, visit www.beachedmiami.com/gspot-map.

The clean URL for this event page is www.beachedmiami.com/gspot.

Winn-Dixie Store Grand Opening and Special Events 11/16/11 – 1/7/12

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Winn-Dixie Store #251
3275 SW 22nd Street
Miami, Fla.
COST: Free

Winn-Dixie invites guests to experience their all new Coral Way Winn-Dixie Store throughout November, December and January. To commemorate the grand reopening, the store will be hosting special events that help to highlight the new store offerings including cooking demonstrations, live entertainment, giveaways and more. *See schedule of events below for full details.

Wed., Nov. 16, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Grand Opening Day and Open House Celebration
Discover a fresh, new shopping experience at your Coral Way Winn-Dixie during our Open House event. The community is invited to come join the celebration and tour the newly remodeled store. Guests will enjoy delicious product samplings that highlight the new store features (and receive recipe cards for featured items), live entertainment, giveaways and more.

Sat., Dec. 3, from noon to 2:00 p.m.
Winn-Dixie Family Fun Day
With the excitement of the new store opening, Winn-Dixie invites guests to experience all that is fresh and new with a family fun day. As part of the afternoon celebration, guests will enjoy department sampling, a special appearance by Billy the Marlin, giveaways and more. In addition, children will have the opportunity to decorate mini cupcakes, put together decadent ice cream sundaes and get their faces painted.

Fri., Dec. 16, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Celebrate the Taste of the Holidays at Winn-Dixie
Winn-Dixie invites the community to taste a fabulous array of seasonal specialties in preparation for those holiday parties. Guests will have the opportunity to learn holiday cooking tips with a turkey carving demonstration, sample menu items including perfect holiday meal entrees, festive sides, wine solutions and dessert indulgences and more. In addition to the yummy sampling, guests will also enjoy holiday centerpiece demonstrations and live entertainment.

Sat., Jan. 7, from noon to 2:00 p.m.
A Fresh New Start
For shoppers who are looking to improve their overall health and get in shape during the New Year, Winn-Dixie invites guests to experience “A Fresh New Start.” Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy complimentary health screenings, a cholesterol check and blood pressure reading, healthy eating and cooking demonstrations provided by Chef Pepin, organic product sampling and more.

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., is one of the nation’s largest food retailers. Founded in 1925, the Company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. The Company currently operates approximately 480 retail grocery locations and approximately 380 in-store pharmacies in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi. For more information, please visit www.winn-dixie.com.

America, like it or not by photographers Jose Joaquin Figueroa, Kirk Crippens and Rodolfo Vanmarcke 11/12/11

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November 12th, 2011
310 NW. 24th St.
Miami, FL 33127.

The Lunch Box Gallery is pleased to announce its second and last opening night for the show “America, like it or not” by acclaimed photographers Kirk Crippens, José J. Figueroa and Rodolfo Vanmarcke.

In parallel, the gallery is having the fifth student show of its “One Night Stand Exhibition Series” with talented FIU student of Visual Arts (concentration in Photography), Jesse Meadows; a new project that aims to give photography students the opportunity to participate in the popular Wynwood Gallery Walks, facilitating them the exposure of their work during this major art event.

“America, like it or not” gathers three different visions of America today, from the transgression of the American culture into other societies to the visual consequences of the Great Depression and the abuse of prescription drugs in America. Kirk Crippens is a highly renowned artist currently based in San Francisco, California, who was awarded as the Top 50 Photographer in Photolucida’s Critical Mass and nominated for the 2011-2013 Eureka Fellowship Program (a project of the Fleishhacker Foundation).

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

Official 2nd Saturday Art Walk and Reception at Attila Lakatoush Art and Design Studio 11/12/11

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Official 2nd Saturday Art Walk and Reception
Saturday November 12th , 5pm – 10pm
Attila Lakatoush Art & Design Studio
Midtown 4 (M-312)
3301 NE 1st Ave M-312
Miami, FL 33137
RSVP: cafesocietygroupmia@gmail.com

Stevens Bissie Management and Café Society Group have joined forces with Attila Lakatoush Art & Design to curate a true art experience. On Saturday, November 12th from 5PM-10PM they will host an official 2nd Saturday Art Walk event and cocktail reception. Featured Artists of the Month include: Lola Reyes, Griselda Lechini, and Constantin. Please be sure to RSVP: cafesocietygroupmia@gmail.com. Please join us on November 12th for cocktails and art starting at 5PM to celebrate as Attila Lakatoush welcomes three emerging artists into his gallery for Novemberʼs 2nd Saturday Art Walk.

About Café Society Group The mission and purpose of Café Societyʼs cutting edge project of the arts is to promote civic consciousness while effectively giving back to Womanʼs and Childrenʼs Charities, and promoting both Environmentalism and the Arts within schools and communities in the areas their shows are held; New York, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach, and Los Angeles.

Attila Lakatoush Based in Miami and New York, Attila Lakatoush is a highly gifted and trained artist. His career began at the early age of eight when he was offered a scholarship to study at the Pratt Institute. After completing his training as a top-notch fashion illustrator at the High School of Art and Design and finally the Fashion Institute of Technology, Attila discovered and refined his own style while traveling the world. He credits visionaries such as Claude Montane, Vivienne Westwood, and Cynthia Rowley for influencing his style.

Reminiscent of 40ʼs film icons like Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, and Eva Gardner, these glamorous women are not the girls next door. They know how to use their wiles how to dress and act well, how to carry themselves with coexisting strength and femininity. Attilaʼs clients include philanthropist/socialite Dorythia Green, actress Lucy Liu, actress Debbie Mazar, Super Model Linda Evangelista, and Legend Eartha Kitt to name a few.

Griselda Lechini After years of modeling around the world Lechini discovered that she was an artist at heart. She began painting and hasnʼt stopped since. Now she has found the vehicle to translate the beauty around her on to canvas and life has never been better.

Lola Reyes Reyesʼ inspiration and passion for photography is attributed to her mother and father. Her father, a Director/photographer for National Geographic, and her mother, a model for the haute couture houses of YSL and Valentino, taught her how to scratch the surface of glamour in order to expose and celebrate the beauty in life. Living in both her father and mother’s worlds allowed her a unique opportunity to step out of what was familiar and to cultivate a taste for different cultures.

Constantin Constantin is a painter of the imagination. This mixture of imagination and practical features in his art creates an escape and a distraction from the inside. He feels the goal of painting is to show what reality cannot. The colors he uses are strong and powerful and pulsate all senses. It is a world of imagination where he admits to wander frequently.

Astral Projections Multiversal Miami Art Walk Edition 11/12/11

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Astral Projections Multiversal Miami Art Walk Edition
Saturday, November 12 · 6:00pm – 11:00pm
193 NW 24th Street
Miami in the Wynwood Design District
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Second Saturdays Wynwood Art Walk, come thru for Live Mural Painting, special performances, a Street Fashion exhibition and more! corner of 2nd Ave, and 24th.

Live Art by the FDC Crew:
Junk
Rekal
Grabs
Tubs
Tragek

Music by Haviken Hayes, Methodus, P-Phunk

Sidewalk Fashion Show w/ Arturo Flores, & Asuka Collections
Red Carpet Street Fashion Photobooth
Live Art, Open Air Exhibition & More!

Elevate Saturdays at Club 50 at the Viceroy 11/12/11

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Elevate Saturdays at Club 50 at the Viceroy
11/12/11, 10:00PM
Club 50 at the Viceroy
485 Brickell ave
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Fifty stories up, Club 50 reigns as Icon Brickell’s most exclusive lookout point: a spectacular, Asian-inflected private pool and lounge atop the hotel tower.
Late night, the rooftop lounge plays host to an international who’s who, featuring a rotating roster of some of Miami’s top DJs and an ambiance that’s chic, sexy and quintessentially Miami. A menu of light Mediterranean-inspired fare is offered, the perfect complement to an inventive menu of signature cocktails and a premier wine list.
Club 50’s stunning interiors, the work of Kelly Wearstler, are layered with grained marbles and woods, Japanese woodblock-inspired prints and plants, with salt air and fresh floral blossoms scenting the sky-high atmosphere. From nearly every angle, the boundless view of Biscayne Bay below underlines FIFTY’s unparalleled perspective atop Viceroy Miami.

And this and every Saturday I present to you; SKY 50 @ Club 50 in the Viceroy Hotel
Miami’s only exclusive high rise party!
Music Orchestrated by Ron Luna and Felipe Kaval
Doors open at 10PM.

Text Me at 305 300 0827 to be added to Guest List for Complimentary admission until 12 AM. or text me for bottle reservations(strongly recommended for speedy entry)
Once you get to the door just say you’re on Rick C’s List!
Get there early please to avoid waiting in line!

Very Strict Door Policy! Dress Code Strictly Enforced!!
No sneakers,oversized jeans, baseball caps, excessive jewlery, gold teeth.
Only the properly dressed will be admitted as this venue is geared to satisfy the Best of the Best!

Text Me for Bottle Service Reservations. 305 300 0827
Your weekly host, Rick Chaumin

Noche de Bomba y Plena Concert 11/12/11

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Noche de Bomba y Plena Concert
November 12, 2011, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Jimmy’z Kitchen Wynwood
2700 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
(305) 573-1505
www.jimmyzkitchen.com

Noche de Bomba y Plena Returns to Jimmy’z Kitchen Wynwood this Saturday, November 12th from 7:30-10:30 p.m.!!

Let’s celebrate the beginning of the Holiday Season with an amazing concert of Puerto Rican proportions!
SON D’ PANDEROS will be playing Puerto Rican folkloric favorites with their amazing energy.

So bring your dancing shoes, your Latin hips, and your party hat and join us as we celebrate the Wynwood Art Walk and Puerto Rican tradition!

Dadeland Mall Special Breakfast With Santa 12/10/11

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Dadeland Mall Special Breakfast With Santa
Saturday, December 10, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Dadeland Mall (Food Court)
7535 N. Kendall Drive
Miami, FL 33156

COST: Breakfast with Santa is FREE for Kidgits Club members; $5 for general public
RSVP to Dadeland Mall at (305) 665-6227 or Jose LLorca at JLlorca@simon.com

Santa will be making an early visit from the North Pole for a cozy breakfast at Dadeland Mall on Saturday, December 10. Kids are invited to take photos with Santa and the Eat Mor Chikin Cow, creating incredible holiday memories to last a lifetime. Attendees will also enjoy festive activities including story time with Santa, arts and crafts, letters to Santa, cookie decorating and more. Radio Disney will be on site with additional fun games and activities.

The adorable Elf Magic™ mascots Jingle & Jangle will also be on hand, visiting with Santa at Dadeland Mall on one of their many “Elfcapades.” Join in on the fun and learn more about their tradition, where the Elves magically visit children during the Christmas season and return with Santa to the North Pole on Christmas Eve to help deliver presents. Don’t miss out on your chance to meet the magical elves before they disappear! For more information about Elf Magic, please visit www.Elf-Magic.com.

Space is limited so please RSVP by December 1st to Jose LLorca at JLlorca@simon.com or call (305) 665-6227. Breakfast with Santa is presented by Florida Blue, Starbucks, Chick Fil A, Churromania, and Auntie Annie’s.

The Simon Kidgits Club events are free to members. Families can sign up for the Kidgits Club, during regular mall hours, for a membership fee of $5. Membership includes a Kidgits Club membership card and T-shirt, scheduled entertainment and activities for families, a Birthday Club (including birthday card and gift redemption certificate), unique programs and offers, discounts and a quarterly newsletter. For more information, visit www.simon.com/kidgits. All Kidgits events are sponsored by Florida Blue

Opening Reception for Follow Furniture 11/12/11

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Opening Reception for Follow Furniture
November 12, 2011, 6-8 p.m.
Follow Furniture
82 NE 29th Street
Miami, FL 33137
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Follow Furniture is a new concept in furniture galleries. It brings passion, inspiration, creativity and versatility in their designs. Join us as we celebrate the Opening Reception during the Wynwood Art Gallery Walk.

We carefully choose our designs to compliment the young modern professional. We are experts in giving you the best advice if you want to create an entire environment for your home or just one room. Let us present you with our innovative ideas and affordable prices. Environmentally conscious, beautifully designed, and versatile in nature we bring to our Miami showroom furniture from the US, Italy and Brazil.

Your R.S.V.P. is required to Isaac@FollowFurniture.com

KCC Productions and Pinecrest Gardens present the Sons of Legends Saturday 11/12/11

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KCC Productions and Pinecrest Gardens present the Sons of Legends Saturday
November 12, at 8 PM
Pinecrest Gardens
11000 Red Road
Pinecrest.

Comprising the sons of three of the the greatest legends in Latin Jazz, the band continue the tradition of Tito Puente (son Tito, Jr.), Mario Rivera (son Phoenix), and Jorge Dalto (son Miles) presenting the finest music of its kind. Tickets are $20-$25. For more information call 305.669.6990 or visit pinecrest-fl.gov.

Visiting from New York City, Sons of Legends (“S.O.L.”) is a new Latin Jazz band composed of the sons of some of Latin Jazz’s greatest musicians.

Phoenix Rivera, leader of the band, is one of the leading drummers on the New York jazz scene and son of the immortal Dominican saxophonist Mario Rivera. Highly regarded by musicians, critics, and audiences alike, Phoenix’s ambition is to make this band an echo of the previous generation while at the same time branching out in new directions in Latin jazz.

The comparison is inevitable. How could it be otherwise? Tito Puente Jr., on timbales, carries his father with him – imprinted on his physical being and locked in his soul. It’s in his looks, his joy, and his music. Tito, Jr.’s new CD release, “Got Mambo?” is a mixture of the old and the new as he takes a musical departure into some powerful new music he can truly call his own. The album is receiving heavy praise from Tropical and Latin Jazz critics alike.

Native New Yorker Miles Dalto has been playing piano from the age of five, with his father, legendary pianist Jorge Dalto, as his biggest inspiration. Miles plays it all, blending classic jazz with soul, funk and modern influences, creating his unique style. Miles has been hailed for his award winning performances at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center.

On percussion is Ismael “Bongo” Bruno, godson of the great conguero Carlos “Patato” Valdés, and who played with David Johansen in the ’80’s and Buster Poindexter in the ’90’s.

Also featured tonight are Pepe Aparicio on bass and Luis Disla on saxophone.

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.

Full Moon Exhibition Cocktail Reception 11/10/11

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Full Moon Exhibition Cocktail Reception
November 10, Thursday, 7-10 pm
Kavachnina Contemporary
46 NW 36th Street
Miami, Florida 33127

KAVACHNINA Contemporary Requests your presence at “Full Moon” Exhibition Cocktail Reception

RSVP/info at : info@kavachnina.com / Tel: 305-448-2060
Artists: Alejandro Leyva And Alejandro Mendoza Will Be Present .

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.)

chuck ramirez: minimally baroque 11/12/11

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Chuck Ramirez (1962 – 2010): Minimally Baroque
Saturday November 12, 1 – 9pm
Dina Mitrani Gallery
2620 NW 2nd Ave
Wynwood Miami FL

November 12, 2011 – January 20, 2012
Breakfast Reception: Thursday, December 1st, 9am – Noon
Wynwood Art Walk, Saturday, December 3rd, 6 – 11pm

Dina Mitrani Gallery, in collaboration with Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, is pleased to present Chuck Ramirez (1962 – 2010): Minimally Baroque. Chuck Ramirez, who tragically died one year ago, was an artist and designer who lived and worked in San Antonio, Texas. His large-scale photographic portraits and installations of ordinary objects are humorous, yet poignant metaphors for the transient nature of consumer culture and the frailty of life.

Gallerist Dina Mitrani met Chuck Ramirez at an opening at Ruiz-Healy’s Gallery in San Antonio. During the course of the evening, they talked enthusiastically about his photography and the possibility of exhibiting in Miami. Two days later, the artist had a biking accident and passed away. This exhibition has been organized to honor the artist’s memory on the anniversary of his death, and is an effort by both Patricia Ruiz-Healy and Dina Mitrani to bring his life’s work to larger audiences.

As an artist and graphic designer, Ramirez processed and deconstructed the media world in which he lived. His work employed visual and conceptual techniques found in contemporary advertising and package design, while employing subtle social commentary. Chuck Ramirez showed extensively throughout the United States, Mexico and Europe. Solo and group exhibitions include the Bronx Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; El Portal del Arte Contemporáneo (ARCO) Madrid; Centro de la Imagen and O Lamm, Mexico City; Galeries Khadrberlin, Berlin; Arlington Museum of Contemporary Art, TX; Center of the Visual Arts, Denver; the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX; the Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee; Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio; and the Elizabeth Dee Gallery, NY. He was selected for an Artpace Residency in 2001 by Jérôme Sans, an independent curator and co-director of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.

The estate of Chuck Ramirez is exclusively represented by Ruiz-Healy Art.

More information at
www.dinamitranigallery.com
www.ruizhealyart.com

Image above: Candy Tray Series: Black Heart, 2002, pigment print on cotton paper,
48 x 48 inches, edition 3/6

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.

Real Estate Networking Event at Zuma 11/10/11

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The FIU Real Estate Affinity Council invites you to an evening at Zuma…
Thursday, November 10, 6:30PM – 8:30PM
Zuma (Epic Hotel)
270 Biscayne Blvd. Way (Outside Terrace)
The FIU Real Estate Affinity Council invites you to an evening at Zuma…

Enjoy complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
and learn about changes in our current real estate market

Event Highlights
Residential & Commercial Real Estate Report
Business best practices
Financing opportunities for your residential & commercial clients
Working with international clients

Guest Speakers
Veronica Cervera | Cervera Real Estate
Edward Redlich | ComReal Miami
Raj Changlani | HSBC Private Banking

For more information, or to RSVP call 305.924.5864

14th-Annual New Times Beerfest 11/12/11

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14th-Annual New Times Beerfest
Saturday, November 12; 7-11pm
Downtown Fort Lauderdale in Esplanade Park
400 SW 2nd St.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.NewTimesBeerfest.com.

Live Concert by Sister Hazel!

Join us at the 14th-annual New Times “Original” Beerfest on Saturday, November 12, 2011, from 7 to 11 p.m. at Esplanade Park, 400 SW Second St. (in front of the Museum of Discovery and Science). Attendees will enjoy beer samples from 100+ beers, a live concert by Gainesville Natives SISTER HAZEL, various food options and lots of fun. Big 105.9 radio personality Doc Reno will host the event!

Tickets are $30 each or $40 at the door. VIP tickets are $70 prepaid online or $80 at the door and include liquor samples, free food, specialty beer, comfortable seating, premium stage views, giveaways, and more. Tickets for both general admission and VIP are limited and restricted to those aged 21 and up. Prepay through noon on 11/12.

DCOTA opening reception for new exhibition MonoVisioN by Scott Frances 11/16/11

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DCOTA to host opening reception for new exhibition MonoVisioN by Scott Frances
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA)
1855 Griffin Road
Dania Beach. FL, 33004.

Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) and Charles S. Cohen, Owner, CEO and President of Cohen Brothers Realty, are pleased to announce the Center’s newest exhibit, MonoVisioN, a selection of architectural and lifestyle photographs by distinguished photographer Scott Frances. A VIP reception celebrating the show’s opening will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2011.

MonoVisioN, available for viewing in Atrium A until Wednesday, February 15, 2012, showcases 68 large-scale works reflecting the synthesis of Frances’ interests in carefully balanced composition. This precise use of atmospheric and naturally motivated light is evidenced throughout the exhibit and in featured photographs of celebrity homes, including those of Jennifer Anistion and Estee Lauder, among others. With a journalist’s need to tell a story simply, along with his passion for the decorative arts, his imagery bridges recurring themes throughout art history.

The exhibition coincides with the release of Frances’ first monograph of the same title with an introduction by Richard Meier, published by Pond Press. In the preface to MonoVisioN, Meier states: “A Scott Frances photograph captures all these ephemeral elements that I have always explored in my architectural work. The images in this book portray the qualities that give every space and building a sense of place, and the constant dialogue between the man-made and the natural. MonoVisioN becomes an exploration of solid and void, transparency and opaqueness, the rational and the intuitive, and an essay on composition.”

MonoVisioN’s arrival at DCOTA is its third stop on its tour through Cohen Design Centers. The exhibition launched at Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood in March 2011, was most recently on display at Decoration & Design Building Annex in New York, and will end its journey at the Houston location in spring 2012.

ABOUT SCOTT FRANCES
Scott Frances was born and raised in New York City, where he is currently based. He studied fine arts and journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Early in his career he shot for ESTO photographics, under the auspices of the architectural photography great, Ezra Stoller. Following ESTO he began to document the work of architect Richard Meier, with whom he continues to work with today. Frances has worked with several of the world’s top architects and designers and is a regular contributor to magazines like Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, and Departures. He has photographed the homes of such celebrities as Jennifer Aniston, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Jim Belushi, Claire Danes, Clive Davis and Steve Jobs.

ABOUT DESIGN CENTER OF AMERICAS
For more than 20 years, Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) has served the design community with the finest campus amenities and showrooms in the industry attracting world class designers, architects, design enthusiasts and their savvy clientele.

At nearly 800,000 square feet, DCOTA is the largest design campus of its kind. High design is showcased within more than 100 premier showrooms, catering to any home, yacht or office project. Fine indoor and outdoor furniture, fabrics, flooring, lighting, kitchen, bath, antiques, accessories, appliances, window treatments, decorative hardware, paint and surfacing are just some of the resources found within the center.

Cutting edge programming, world-class amenities, and exclusive services offer a unique experience for the international array of visitors. DCOTA serves as the preeminent design destination to Florida, the Caribbean, and Central and South America as well as to seasonal travelers from around the world. DCOTA is part of the Cohen Design Center quartet with sister locations in Manhattan (D & D Building), West Hollywood, California (Pacific Design Center), and Houston, Texas (Decorative Center Houston).

The Panamanian American Chamber 2nd Anniversary 11/16/11

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The Panamanian American Chamber 2nd Anniversary
Wednesday, November 16th, 6 to 10 pm
Kyma Lounge @ the Epic Hotel
270 Biscayne Blvd Way
Downtown Miami

The Panamanian American Chamber of Commerce Cordially invites you to celebrate their second year anniversary
Complimentary appetizers and welcome drink courtesy of Ron Abuelo
Dress Code: Cocktail Attire

Must RSVP to Rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Monday, November 14th, 2011

2011 Sustainable South Florida Awards 11/17/11

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2011 Sustainable South Florida Awards
11/17/11, 11:30AM-1:30PM
Treetop Ballroom at Jungle Island
1111 Parrot Jungle Trail
Miami
More Info
$55 – Members | $65 – Non-Members
Registration Now Open!

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s Sustainable South Florida Awards honor businesses in South Florida that have made significant environmentally conscious changes within their operations or who provide an effective environmental product or service to the community.

Award Finalists:
Green Visionary- Presented by IBM
Ralph Avallone
Michael Gongora
Greg Hamra

Green Building – Presented by TRANE
Carlisle Development Group
600 Brickell
UM Life Science Park

Green Business – Presented by Covanta Dade Renewable Energy
Clifton South Beach Hotel
DecoBike
Trane

Green Education & Outreach
Miami-Dade County Sustainability
Miami River Commission
Youth Lead Miami

Green Practices – Presented by Baptist Health South Florida
Citizens’ Independent Transportation Trust
The Palms Hotel & Spa
Zoo Miami

A Sophisticated Winter Runway with Designers Gucci, Kiki Hamann and Baron Siomanto 11/19/11

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“A Sophisticated Winter” Runway with Designers Gucci, Kiki Hamann, and Baron Siomanto
11/19/11, 8:30pm
Mayfair Hotel and Spa
3000 Florida Avenue
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
www.kikihamann.com

Heads will turn as Kiki Hamann lights up the runway with her exuberant and “Sophisticated” winter collection. With elegance and a powerful attitude in mind, Kiki Hamann Canine Couture brings dominance once more to the fashion industry of the canine world with a remarkable line of luxury delivering utility and comfort with an unforgettable, incomparable beauty that can only be made by Kiki Hamann in her Sophisticated Collection.

From exquisite handbags and magnificent Furoshikis, to chic leashes and aesthetic cuffs, the Sophisticated Collection by Kiki Hamann Canine Couture offers Fashionistas around the globe an array of eclectic design. The previous trends of simple dog carriers in all too dull appearances and boring materials are no more. Now is the time of luscious details, intricate jewelry, delectable patterns and impeccable love.

In collaboration with other monumental designers Uberto Gucci and Baron Siamanto, Kiki Hamann prepares another spectacular fundraiser for the Friends Forever Humane Society, taking four-legged friends from an innocent death row to the caring hands of a loving human companion. A passionate heart and exceptional sense of style bound in splendor make this runway a joy to behold and an entertaining experience for all.

In a congenial contribution, Italian Designer Uberto Gucci will be displaying the launching Collection “La Collaborazione” Prepared with USA business partner Tatjana Labato and Miami local artist “Noel” offering to Kiki Hamann’s Guests the viewing of the paintings, based on his family heirlooms. Uberto Gucci’s daughter Drusilla Gucci will also be walking the runway with Prikly, the family Chihuahua. Baron Siamanto, a designer whose fashion aptitude knows no limits, is taking to the runway outfitting the human models in dazzling dresses, and stunning suits. Sharing a connate empathy for the position of homeless dogs, Baron Siamanto is bringing Chala, a lovely family rescue to walk the runway.

Kiki Haman’s Charity of Choice, “Friends Forever Human Society” is a proud part of the Maddie’s Pet Rescue Project in Miami, FL, a coalition of humane organizations in Miami-Dade County working to end the euthanasia of healthy and treatable dogs and cats in County shelters. This is a no kill humane society striving to find loving families for canine companions.

The Lowe Art Museum presents China Insights Exhibition Preview 11/11/11

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The Lowe Art Museum presents China Insights Exhibition Preview
Friday, November 11, 2011, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33124

Chinese Musical performance by the Chinese Performing Arts Group. Hear the tantalizing sounds of the Guzheng, Hulsi, and Violin. Cocktails by Bacardi, wine by Rex-Goliath along with Vitamin Water Zero. Sponsored by HSBC Private Bank.
$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members

Sunday, December 4, 2011
Annual Art Basel Champagne Brunch And Curator Lecture
Brunch: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Drive
Sponsored by Philip and Denise Gerson
Beverages provided by Southern Wine & Spirits and Vitamin Water Zero
Curator Lecture: 12:00 p.m. at Storer Auditorium, UM School of Business, 5250 University Drive
China: Insights Presented by A.D. Coleman
Sponsored by Stella M. Holmes
$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members, Art Fair VIP card holders, and exhibitors.
Kindly Respond By: Friday, December 2, 2011
305.284.5587 or lowersvp@as.miami.edu
Casual Chic Attire

The University of Miami Lowe Art Museum presents 150 photographic works by seven photographers from mainland China in the exhibition, China: Insights, on view November 12, 2011 – January 15, 2012. The artists explore the relationship between contemporary photography and visual culture by undertaking the creation of a long-term documentation of one or more aspects of Chinese culture that reflects something vital about China now – whether that is something emerging or something vanishing.
The seven photographers – Chen Yuan Zhong, Hua Er, Jia Yu Chuan, Li Nan, Yang Yan Kang, Yu Haibo, and Zhang Xinmin – earn their livings as either freelance or staff photographers (or, in one case, as a freelance writer). Collectively, these photographers have numerous publications, exhibitions, and awards to their credit, but little of their work has appeared outside mainland China.

“China: Insights complements the Lowe’s rich holdings in traditional Chinese pre-modern art”, said Brian A. Dursum, the Lowe’s Director and Chief Curator, whose area of specialty is Chinese art and pre-modern history.

Six of the seven photographers – Chen Yuan Zhong, Hua Er, Jia Yu Chuan, Yang Yan Kang, Yu Haibo, and Zhang Xinmin – are based in Shenzhen. Just across the border from Hong Kong in southern China, Shenzhen was the first of the Special Economic Opportunity Zones established by China in the post-Mao era, as magnets for entrepreneurs and educated people in all fields. Already a world-renowned center for printing and information technology, among other industries, Shenzhen was a fishing and farming community with a population of roughly 20,000 in 1980. Today it is a booming 21st-century metropolis whose population exceeds 13 million, with an average per-capita age of 30. As such, it serves as a microcosm revealing many of the dramatic shifts in contemporary China. The exhibition moves from the rural scene to the metropolitan context, echoing developments in China today.

While some of these photographers focus on aspects of life in their home city, others look at situations outside of Shenzhen. Their themes include rural Catholicism, matrilineal culture in an agrarian setting, the population shift from country to city, prostitution, gender and identity, typologies of urban citizenry, and the emergence of a thriving pop music/club scene as an index of internationalization. They approach their subjects employing methods ranging from classic modernist documentary to more formally experimental styles. The exhibition’s images and texts make it relevant to such diverse disciplines as visual anthropology, sociology, urban studies, economics, geopolitics, Asian studies, and, of course, contemporary photography and visual culture.

Produced by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, with production assistance from the Flying Dragon Cultural Enterprises, Ltd, Hong Kong. Curated by A.D. Coleman and Gu Zheng. Partial support for the exhibition provided through the Funding Arts Network, Inc.

The Lowe Art Museum is located at the University of Miami at 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables. Gallery and Museum Store hours: Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 – 4:00; Sunday: 12:00 – 4:00; Monday: Closed. Regular Admission (not including special events) is $10; $5 for Seniors and Non-UM Students; Free for Lowe Art Museum Members, University of Miami students, faculty and staff, and children under 12. For more information, call 305.284.3535 or visit www.lowemuseum.org
$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members

Richard Haley Mary, Richard, Clouds and Dirt Opening 11/12/11

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Bas Fisher Invitational Presents Richard Haley: Mary, Richard, Clouds and Dirt
With a special performance by Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Opening Reception: Saturday November 12, 7-10pm
Bas Fisher Invitational
180 NE 39th Street, suite 210
in Miami’s Design District

Performance: Saturday December 4, 8 pm

Open 9am-4pm during Art Basel Miami Beach

Closing: January 2012

Richard Haley’s practice incorporates sculpture, video and actions in which he attempts to force his will on the environment through sleight of hand and fanciful propositions. Deeply indebted to earthworks, Haley’s work explores our perception of the unseen and the vernacular of the romantic unknown of nature.

For his first solo exhibition in Miami, Haley shows several new works created in situ in Detroit and documented in the precise conditions that best capture the constructed phenomena. Three of these actions will be duplicated in Miami: A corps of volunteers wipes oil from their own skin onto a rectangle on the western-facing wall of a building, which glows golden-orange as the sun sets. A device inserted in the ground causes the site to swell up and meet the bottom of the sky. The artist arranges for a black rainbow to appear in the night’s sky several times a week.

On Saturday, December 4 at 8pm, Mary Anderson will perform a puppet-assisted lecture in the gallery, re-contextualizing the work in the exhibition as a set and props.

Richard Haley was born and raised in California, and currently lives and works in Detroit. His work was recently included in the exhibition Sea Worthy at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York. Haley is represented by Another Year in L.A. in Los Angeles, where his work can be seen in the group show YOU ARE ME (Artists Influenced by Stephen Kaltenbach) opening on November 17. More on Richard’s work at www.richardhaley.com.

Mary Elizabeth Anderson (born in Hollywood, CA; lives and works in Detroit) is an artist/scholar and Assistant Professor in the department of Theater and Dance at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her research has examined site-as-performer in the Australian central desert and Detroit. For the past two years with her touring company Performance Exchange she has created quasi-fictional accounts of the historic origins and culture of Detroit.
For more information, contact Bas Fisher Invitational at info@basfisherinvitational.com

image: OF THE SKY” 2011- cast latex, spouse hair, thread, clouds, water, & photograph
www.basfisherinvitational.com
info@basfisherinvitational.com

Maria Buszek Talk 11/10/11

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Maria Buszek: talk
7pm Thursday November 10th, 2011
Bas Fisher Invitational
180 NE 39th Street, suite 210
Miami, FL 33137
FREE and open to the public

The BFI presents a talk by Feminist Art Historian Dr. Maria Elena Buszek exploring the histories of and connections between contemporary feminist art and popular music.

How many members of the art community know about the music criticism of feminist artists like Lorraine O’Grady and Mary Harron? Or journalist and Redstockings co-founder Ellen Willis? Or the art criticism of musician Kim Gordon? All of whom were writing in the era of punk feminist musicians like Lydia Lunch, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and DISBAND, just to name a few renowned women directly tapped into the alternative music and art scenes of feminism’s second wave. And many of today’s most compelling contemporary feminist figures–from Riot Grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna to the LTTR collective to the electro-shock-rocker Peaches–have deep, seamless ties to both the art and music worlds. In this lecture, University of Colorado, Denver art historian Maria Elena Buszek will explore the histories of and connections between contemporary feminist art and popular music, and propose the necessity of the joyful, critical, and insistently embodied approach to culture to be found in the resulting discourse.

Maria Elena Buszek, Ph.D. is a scholar, critic, curator, and Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado Denver, where she teaches courses on Modern and contemporary art.

Her recent publications include the books Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture and Extra/ordinary: Craft and contemporary art; contributions to the anthologies It’s Time for Action (There’s No Option): About Feminism; Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women, and Feminism; and Contemporary Artists; catalogue essays for numerous national and international exhibitions; and articles and criticism in such journals as Art in America, Art Journal, Photography Quarterly, and TDR: The Journal of Performance Studies. She has also been a regular contributor to the popular feminist magazine BUST since 1999. Her current book project explores the ties between contemporary activist art and popular music.

image: portrait of Maria Elena Buszek by Courtney Andrews

The BFI is an artist-run non-profit generously supported in part by a Knight Arts Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and with the supportof the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
www.basfisherinvitational.com
info@basfisherinvitational.com

AmnestyUM Presents First Annual Jamnesty Festival for Human Rights 11/16/11

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AmnestyUM Presents First Annual Jamnesty Festival for Human Rights
Wednesday, November 16th 7-11pm
UC Rock
University of Miami

Featuring live art, interactive dialogue and activities, opportunities for involvement, music and much more!

This years theme: Women’s Empowerment Through Education
Fundraiser benefiting a student project by Rotaract UM

Volunteer positions still available! amnestyinternationalum@gmail.com
First twenty volunteers get a free Jamnesty t-shirt!

Femme Factory Strictly For The Ladies Event Sponsored by: M.A.D.D. 11/19/11

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Femme Factory” (Strictly For The Ladies) Event – Sponsored by: M.A.D.D.
Nov 19, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Mia
20 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, 33132
Buy Tickets Online

Fab C. Productions alongside Miami Social Media Group has joined forces again to bring back “Femme Factory” (Strictly For The Ladies) Event at Mia at Biscayne, November 19, 2011 6pm-10pm. If you enjoyed the last event filled with treats, shopping, free gifts, fun, fashion, and live entertainment, you really won’t want to miss this special edition of “Femme Factory”. This time, Over 40 vendors will have the honor of not only catering to women all evening, but to offer sale specials just in time for the holidays. With Mia at Biscayne expanding their space, special areas will be created for complimentary spa treatments such as massages, manicures, make-overs and more. MEN WELCOME TO COME!! Other areas will be transformed in a way that will have you feeling as if you were in a boutique buying clothing, shoes, purses and other accessories. Small changing area will also be available for your comfort. Now is your chance to gather all your girlfriends and family members to enjoy a night of classy pampering, blended in perfectly with an intimate setting in Miami.

“Femme Factory” is also an event created to help spread awareness to women on various health issues, women organizations, and other related matters. There will also be information on ways to help young women, inspire the youth and donate to the communities.

Sponsoring this month’s event, M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) Miami-Dade County, who’s mission is to aid the victims of crimes performed by individuals driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, to aid the families of such victims, and to increase public awareness of the problem of drinking and drugged driving. Guests will have the opportunity to learn more about how to donate and volunteer at the event. Guest speakers from M.A.D.D. will also speak on behalf of the organization.

DONATE USED CLOTHING!
The holiday’s are near and its time to clean out your closet to make space for the new. This time, we will be accepting ALL clothing and shoes from women, men and children to donate to the homeless ministry in South Florida. These past few years, the climates change has made Miami even colder during the winter. Sending jackets, sweaters, closed shoes and pants will be greatly appreciate. FREE RAFFLE for those who donate!

MORE PRIZES! ~ Ladies Drink Specials ~ Raffles ~ Gift Bags

MUST RSVP: fabconline@hotmail.com
*** Ladies: $5
*** Gentlemen: $15
Pay Online/Pay at Door
(your small entrance fee will help ship donated items)
Hosted by: Lisa La Bouche
Sponsored by: M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)

Cherished Youth A Photographic Exhibition 11/12/11

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“Cherished Youth”, A Photographic Exhibition
11/12/11, 7pm-11pm
Mosa House Gallery
2242 NW 1st Place
Miami
www.davidgarylloyd.com

“CHERISHED YOUTH.” A PHOTOGRAPHY-BASED SHOW BY DAVID GARY A Premier Exhibition of David Gary’s Newest Series.

Mosa House Gallery is pleased to present Cherished Youth, a solo exhibition by David Gary. The opening reception will be on Novem- ber 12, from 7-11 pm, during Wynwood Arts District Second Saturday Art Walk. The exhibition will only be on view to the public for the opening reception, then will be by appointment only. The gallery is located at 2242 NW 1st Place, Miami, FL 33127.

David Gary’s Cherished Youth is a series of autobiographical works that seek to explore the sociological effects of contemporary culture on today’s youth. Using a seven year old girl as the protagonist in storybook-like im- agery, Gary expresses the inevitable persuasions and gimmicks that are imposed on children.

Public welcome

Kiwanis Club of Little Havana Annual Christmas Gala at Miami Seaquarium 12/3/11

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Kiwanis Club of Little Havana’s Annual Christmas Gala at Miami Seaquarium
Saturday, December 3rd, 8pm
Miami Seaquarium
4400 Rickenbacker Causeway
Key Biscayne

For more information, please call: 305.644.8888.
To purchase tickets online, visit: kiwanischristmasparty.com

Music by:
International DJ Tamara Sky
Spam Allstars
DJ Sama & Tito Puente, Jr.
VJ Psyberpixie

All tickets include Open Bar Courtesy of Bacardi, Dinner & Secured Parking.
Ticket Prices:
$100 Single Ticket
$1,350 Table for Ten Guests
$1,500 VIP Lounge for Ten Guests

Restaurant Sponsors Include:
Randazzo’s Little Italy
Red Koi Thai & Sushi Lounge
Truluck’s Seafood, Steak & Crab House
Vita Nuova Pizza & Pasta
Delicacecy Gourmet
Delicias de España
El Sembrador
Catalina Bake Shop

Proceeds of the gala will benefit the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana holiday project: “A Toy for Every Child.” Over 6,000 children in shelters, labor camps, daycare centers & hospitals will receive a quality toy during Christmas. “Adoption of Families” — Fulfilling the needs and wishes of deprived families.

Hot Topics with Jerry Saltz 12/10/11

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Hot Topics
12/10/2011, 5 pm
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
1650 Harrison St
Hollywood, FL 33020
artandculturecenter.org

Jerry Saltz is the Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine and a judge on the Bravo television show Work of Art. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and in 2006 was named “Best Art Critic” by Time Out New York for his work at the Vilagee Voice, where he wrote from 1998-2007

Tickets are $10 for non members and $5 for members, students, teachers and seniors.

Burger Beast’s Third Annual Burgie Awards at Magic City Casino 11/19/11

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Burger Beast’s Third Annual Burgie Awards
Saturday, November 19 from 5pm to 10pm
Magic City Casino

Magic City Casino, Miami’s first casino to feature Las Vegas style slot machines, will be the home of the third annual Burgie Awards and Wheelin’ Dealin’ Street Food Festival on Saturday, November 19 from 5pm to 10pm. The event organized by Burger Beast will feature over 50 food trucks, some coming from as far as Tampa, to serve their varied specialties. Over 10 restaurants from across South Florida will compete for the title of “Best Burger 2011,” and 10 food trucks will compete for the “Best Food Truck Burger 2011” title. Approximately 20 local food purveyors will also be recognized during the “People’s Choice” Awards segment.

Admission to the Burgie Awards and food festival is free. Parking is also free, with valet parking available.

“We are excited to host the third annual Burgie Awards and encourage our guests to come hungry, as they will have the opportunity to sample food from South Florida’s most popular food trucks and restaurants,” said Scott Savin, Chief Operating Officer of Magic City Casino. “Plus, we will offer a full evening of entertainment, with the Chirino Sisters performing at the Secada’s Lounge.”

The “People’s Choice” Awards were decided by an online vote hosted on www.burgerbeast.com through the first week of November. The top prizes, “Best Burger 2011” and “Best Food Truck Burger 2011,” will be determined by a live panel of local food experts including Laine Doss, writer of the Miami New Times’ Short Order blog, and local food bloggers representing 954 Burger Boi, Burger Queen, The Chowfather, Copperpot’s, Blind Tastes and The Burger Overload.

The documentary “Hamburger America” will be shown on a large screen with a specially filmed introduction for the 2011 Burgie Awards by Travel Channel’s, George Motz. Adding to the festivities, Magic City Casino will offer guests the chance to participate in free games, with prizes that include Magic City Casino free play, merchandise, event tickets and much more.

The following South Florida restaurants will be competing for the title of “Best Burger 2011”:
Burger & Beer Joint (South Beach) ٠ Charm City Burger Company (Deerfield Beach) ٠ Georgie’s Alibi (Wilton Manors) ٠ Gilbert’s 17th Street Grill (Fort Lauderdale) ٠ Jr’s Gourmet Burgers (Miami Springs) ٠ La Camaronera (Little Havana) ٠ Pincho Factory ٠ (Westchester) ٠ Quickie’s Burger & Wings (Hollywood) ٠ Sakaya Kitchen (Wynwood) ٠ The Local (Coral Gables) ٠ Tobacco Road (Brickell)

The following food trucks will be competing for the title of “Best Food Truck Burger 2011”: BITE Gastrotruck ٠ Dim Ssam a Gogo ٠ gastropod ٠ Jefe’s Original Fish Taco & Burgers ٠ Latin Burger and Taco ٠ Latin House Grill ٠ Miso Hungry ٠ Purple People Eatery ٠ El Rincon del Coqui ٠ The Rolling Stove

The following food trucks will be present during the third annual Burgie Awards on Saturday, November 19 at Magic City Casino: Big Kahuna ٠ BITE Gastrotruck ٠ Boba Station ٠ Bocaditos ٠ Catered Bliss ٠ Chamo’s on Wheels ٠ Che Grill ٠ CheeseMe Mobile ٠ Cold Stone Creamery ٠ Contenti Cupcakes ٠ Copperpot’s ٠ Cucina Al Mare ٠ Daddy’s Grill ٠ Dim Ssam a Gogo ٠ Dog Eat Dog ٠ Doggi Style ٠ Dolci Peccati ٠ Downtown Bavaria ٠ Fireman Derek’s World Famous Pies ٠ The Fish Box ٠ Frita Man ٠ gastropod ٠ Grill Master Café ٠ Giuseppe’s Italian Sausage ٠ Jefe’s Original Fish Taco & Burgers ٠ Kitchen Kabab ٠ Latin Burger and Taco ٠ Latin House Grill ٠ Lemon Man ٠ The MexZican Gourmet ٠ Miso Hungry ٠ Monster Burgers ٠ Mr. Good Stuff ٠ Ms. Cheezious ٠ Nacho Mama’s Mexican Grill ٠ Nana’s Stromboli ٠ The Nosh Truck ٠ The Philly Grill ٠ Pig Out ٠ Pincho Factory ٠ Pisano Food ٠ Purple People Eatery ٠ The Red Koi ٠ El Rincon del Coqui ٠ El Rey de las Fritas ٠ Slow Food Truck ٠ SpecialTea Lounge ٠ Sugar Rush ٠ Sugar Yummy Mama ٠ Tree House Truck ٠ Wicked Wiches ٠ Yellow Food Wagon ٠ Yellow Submarine

A special post Burgie Awards musical performance will be presented by the Chirino Sisters at Secada’s Lounge starting at 9:30pm, with a second performance at 11pm. Admission to these performances is free. Limited VIP tables are available, and reservations can be made by calling 305-649-3000 ext. 3429.

For more information, please visit www.magiccitycasino.com or www.burgerbeast.com.

Magic City Casino features 800 Las Vegas-style slot machines, 18-table Poker Room, outdoor concert amphitheater, seasonal live greyhound racing and multiple food and beverage outlets, among other state-of-the-art amenities. The casino is open every day from 10am to 4am. For more information, visit www.magiccitycasino.com.

After Hour Connections Expand Your Network 11/16/11

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After Hour Connections- Expand Your Network!
11/16/2011, 5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.
Mercantil Commercebank
3105 NW 107 Avenue
Doral, FL 33172
www.doralbusiness.com

Business card exchange event. Join us next Wednesday, November 16, 2011 and network with Doral’s business community!

Guests may register online at www.doralbusiness.com

For more information please e-mail
info@doralbusiness.com

Winter Wonderland Shop at Coral Square Mall 11/12/11

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Santa Sets-Up Winter Wonderland Shop at Coral Square Mall to Usher in the Magical Holiday Season
November 12, 4pm
Coral Square Mall
9469 West Atlantic Boulevard
Coral Springs

Santa Claus is setting up his Winter Wonderland Shop at Coral Square Mall early to usher in the magical holiday season. The Simon Kidgits Club will welcome Santa as he sleighs in to South Florida perched atop Coral Springs Fire Department’s shiny red fire truck accompanied by the Coral Springs Police Department motorcade. A Candy Cane Parade will immediately follow featuring the Coral Springs Professional Firefighters Pipes and Drums Band.

Radio Disney will be on-hand to warm-up Santa’s Winter Wonderland with additional games and prizes. Kids will have the opportunity to write a letter to Santa and make magic reindeer food to carry home in a special holiday tin. Holiday photo opportunities will be available with Santa through December 24.

This season, Simon Kidgits Club has joined forces with the American Red Cross who is encouraging families to send heartfelt messages of thanks to service members, their relatives and veterans. Through the Holiday Mail for Heroes program, kids can participate in card-making activities between November 1 and December 11, and Simon mall personnel will take care of the mailing.

Moreover, everyone will have the chance to enter to win prizes and a $1,000 shopping spree (text KIDS to 74666). Simon Kidgits Club members will also receive a variety of holiday goodies, including access to exclusive discounts and scheduled activities. For more information about the Simon Kidgits Club, visit http://www.simon.com/kidgits/.

Simon Kidgits events are FREE to members. Parents can register their child to become a Simon Kidgits Club member at www.simon.com/kidgits, at the Guest Services booth or at the event. With the $5 annual fee, kids will receive a free T-shirt, a membership card, and access to all of the Kidgits Club special events throughout the year.

Backroom Comedy Club Show 11/18/11

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Backroom Comedy Club Show
11/18/2011, 7:30 PM
Tom’s NFL Sports Bar
5001 N.W. 36th Street
Miami Springs, FL. 33166
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Live Comedy Show

Showtime – 7:30 PM [doors open at 6:45 PM]

Special Guest – Lucas Peterson-Connolly
Featuring – Eli Rodriguez
HEADLINER – Richy LaLa
Hosting – Gordon Meyers

Reservations Requested shadow@bboi.net / 305 343-2930

Admission – Cash Only
$ 8.00 Reserved
$12.00 At the Door

Full Bar & Appetizer Menu

Words & Wine Featuring 1,000 Fuegos 11/9/11

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Words & Wine Featuring 1,000 Fuegos
11/9/11, 9p-3a
The Electric Pickle
2826 North Miami Ave
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Ladies, Gentlemen, honey badgers and the like:
If you have not had the pleasure of witnessing it for yourself, this is a lovely venue that offers local and international talent. It is very cozy, well lit atmosphere where everyone can be themselves.

Very exciting stuff happening! We just celebrated our one year anniversary and let me tell you we could have not been given a better birthday gift then the Award for Best Open Mic in 2011 published by the Miami New Times!

3$ Beers 5$Wine & 5$ Shots

Featuring 1,000 Fuegos

This is just the very beginning, join us for our Open Mic Every Wednesday! Let’s get together and continue to share good vibes and creativity. Miami is redefining it’s Art scene and our movement has created a pavement for poets, musicians, dancers, thinkers, lovers, and people who just need to get away and express themselves freely.

Let’s once again get together, drink some wine, share some thoughts and be happy.

The Electric Pickle will be opening up the back patio for us under two conditions. 1) NO Jamming Outside, the neighbors have been complaining. We will have intermissions between acts for the jammers to play on stage throughout the night. Take it all out of your system on stage! 2) No Smuggling Of Drinks Please! If anyone is seen with a drink purchased outside of the pickle, you will be asked to leave and not return. Please respect this event and the establishment. Thanks guys! See you Tomorrow

18+ for girls
5$ For anyone under 21 and free for those over 21
Great Drink Specials Full Bar

Please help to continue this event at this venue. Please do not bring your own drinks, they have a full bar inside. Let’s Have a great time responsibly and keep this venue clean and beautiful.
If any questions please call

Nikki Rodriguez at 786|728|4748 or
Lou Roman 305|298|8759.
www.electricpicklemiami.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Words-And-Wine-Poetry

Ambassador Luncheon 11/22/11

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Ambassador Luncheon
Tuesday November 22, 12:00pm
Four Season Hotel Miami
1435 Brickell Avenue
Miami.
www.frenchweekmiami.org

The French-American Chamber of Commerce hosts a Luncheon with the Ambassador of France to the United States HE Francois Delattre on the topic “the economic partnership between the United States and France and France’s a role in the Euro crisis management” on Tuesday November 22nd at noon at the Four Season Hotel Miami at 1435 Brickell Avenue in Miami.

$60 for Members $75 for Non-Members.
RSVP online at www.frenchweekmiami.org or email at faccevents@faccmiami.com or 305 374 5000.

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)

Lips Dinner With The Divas 11/9/11

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Lips Dinner With The Divas
November 9, 2011, 6:00 PM – VIP Reception 7:00 PM – Dinner & Show
Lips
1421 East Oakland Park Blvd.
Oakland Park, FL 33334
www.neighbors4neighbors.org

Lips Dinner With The Divas! A special benefit for Neighbors 4 Neighbors hosted by Diva and CBS4 New Anchor Jorge Estevez.

Join us on Wednesday, November 9th as the ladies of Lips bring your favorite Divas to life in support of South Florida children and families in need. You enjoy a taste of Diana Ross, Cher, Madonna, Tina Turner and more.

Tickets are $50 per person and include dinner, show and two glasses of wine or specialty drink. VIP tickets are $75 per person and include champagne reception and premium seating (SOLD OUT). To purchase tickets go to www.neighbors4neighbors.org

Don’t miss seeing the new “Dames” of Lips: Robin Diaz, Jen Klaassens, and Gale Butler.

A Cup of Green Holistic Panel at Bayside Rocks 11/19/11

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A Cup of Green Holistic Panel at Bayside Rocks
11/19/2011, 12pm-Close
Music*Arts*Culture
Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami
301 N. Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Fl
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A Cup of Green is putting together a panel of health, holistic and green advocates together to speak at this festival. Bringing all types of Miamians together for a great family day out. check it out and plese stop by our booth to register for our drawing!

Bayside Rocks Festival is not merely an event, it is a journey directed by the unifying languages of the Arts. This festival invites the world to be a captive audience to the inherent transcending appeal of works by musical artists embodied by peace, love and unity. In This consciousness evolution we must be ready. As Gandhi so humbly said: “be the change you want to see in the world” so on Saturday November 19th, Bayfront Park Miami will be a day on which all Florida residents dedicate themselves to helping better the environment. It will be a day to get back in touch with the environment that sustains and enriches the lives of everyone who lives, works, visits and plays in the South Florida. Together, we can make a difference. It’s Our Earth. Our Responsibility.

Beck’s Emerging Artist Exhibition 11/12/11

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Beck’s Emerging Artist Exhibition
11.12.11, 9pm
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 NW 23rd Street
Miami
www.cafeinamiami.com

Miami Magazine and Beck’s Beer invite you to celebrate the 2nd Saturday showing of Beck’s Emerging Artist Exhibition!

Join the judges including Luis Tigual – Editor in Chief of Miami Magazine, Norelkys Blazekovic – Irreversible: An International Art Project, Nick Cindric – Curator and Private Art Consultant of NC Contemporary, and Giselle Devera – Curator as they crown a “Best in Show” artist and two runners up!

LIVE music on the terrace by Artofficial with sounds by Supercede. RSVP early for table reservations and 1 bottle of Kettle One for $150. $7 Chivas 18 all night long.

Juernes at Cafeina 11/10/11

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Juernes at Cafeina
11.10.11, 9pm
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 Nw 23rd Street
Miami, Florida
www.cafeinamiami.com

The weekly happening, named after the Spanish language fusion of “Jueves” and “Viernes,” is devoted to celebrating the unofficial beginning of the weekend with an international twist. Guests will enjoy a variety of drink specials, DJs and live performances, each designed to fuel the festivities into the early hours of the morning.

Celebrate Veterans Day at Cafeina 11/11/11

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Celebrate Veterans Day at Cafeina!
11.11.11, 9pm
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL
www.cafeinamiami.com

Honor those who have served with a special salute to Veterans Day at Cafeina!

Start the weekend off with a 2-4-1 Toast at Happy Hour, then stay into the night as we celebrate our Military heroes with one Bottle of Grey Goose and one Bottle of Jose Cuervo for $275 and $4 Tequila shots poured all night long!

Sounds by Pirate Stereo and Santiago Caballero.

Miami Beach Foundation to Honor Renowned Stem Cell Scientist 11/12/11

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MacArthur “Genius” Award Recipient to accept research grant at Havana Casino Night
Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 8 PM to 12 AM
Artrageous Gallery
Village of Merrick Park
330 San Lorenzo Avenue #2305
Coral Gables, FL 33146

RSVP (required): The reception is open to the public. RSVP to (305) 968-8024 or email Sabrina@sabrinacohenfoundation.org

Dr. Sally Temple to receive a $25,000 grant from the Sabrina Cohen Foundation

On Saturday, November 12, Dr. Sally Temple, a pioneer in neural stem cell research, will accept a grant and speak about her work at the Havana Casino Night Fundraiser. The hosts of the evening include DMR, Artrageous Gallery, Thierry’s Catering and the Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research, who will award their third grant of $25,000 to Dr. Temple.

“My foundation is elated to support such promising work and eager to award our third research grant to Dr. Temple to further her research and ensure our commitment to this field” said Sabrina Cohen, who founded her nonprofit to raise awareness and funds for stem cell research.

Dr. Temple, Scientific Director of The Neural Stem Cell Institute, who first discovered that the Central Nervous System contains stem cells, will be the Keynote Speaker and Award Recipient of the night.

The event will include a cocktail reception and delicious dining from Miami’s finest, Thierry’s Catering, followed by a poker tournament and other gaming activities such as blackjack, craps and roulette. Artrageous Gallery, a contemporary art gallery full of cutting-edge local and international artists, will be the venue of this special evening.

Based in Miami Beach, the Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research, a 501c3 non-profit organization, was founded in 2006 by advocate and quadriplegic, Sabrina Cohen, who has been living with a spinal cord injury since 1992. The foundation is dedicated to becoming a leader in the fight against disease and recognized as an “Organization for Cures.”

Event sponsors: DMR, Artrageous Gallery, Thierry’s Catering and Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP

For more information about the fundraiser, please visit Havana Casino Night.

Netwining Event 11/17/11

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Netwining Event
November 17th, 6 pm – 8 pm
The Wine Cellar
1500 Gateway Blvd. #140
Boynton Beach, FL 33426

www.justaskpriscilla.com

Free to attend! Come one, Come all–to a fun Netwining Event, Nov. 17. Yep–that’s Networking combined with Wine Tasting. Being held by the Business Professionals Leads Group–the members of the Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Complimentary Munchies plus try several wines, both white and red varieties. Come with plenty of business cards! Free Door Prize Drawing at 7:30 PM.

Questions? Contact Priscilla Speicher at mktg@marketingbyp.com

CD Album Release Of Sweet Voice Soul Singer Omilani 12/17/11

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CD Album Release Of Sweet Voice Soul Singer Omilani
Saturday December 17th, 2011, 10pm – 3am
Cafe Monet/Jazz cafe
134-88 Biscayne blvd
Miami, Fl 33181
www.1tvm.com

It’s The CD Album Release Of Sweet Voice Soul Singer “Omilani” First Album
Birthday Bash Celebrations
Dance Performance
Dj Fresh Kid And Guests
Selective Cuisine & Cocktails
Black & White Chic Attire
Admission $20
Contact # 754 4234-6465
www.1tvm.com

Flavorpill Happy Hour with free beer 11/9/11

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Flavorpill Happy Hour, 11/9, with free beer!
11/9/11, 6pm – 8pm
The News Lounge
5580 NE 4th Court, Suite 4b & 5a
RSVP here

From drink specials to free eats, Flavorpill has teamed up with Amstel to explore the best your neighborhood has to offer. Join them for a special happy hour to celebrate the collaboration’s launch on Wednesday, November 9. RSVP now for your spot at the event at The News Lounge, where you can enjoy FREE Amstel Light from 6-8pm and bliss out to tunes from Miami’s own DJ Haitian Hillbilly. RSVP here: http://flavorpill.com/thehookup/happyhour/mia/rsvp.html

The Women’s Success Summit IV 11/10-11/11

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The Women’s Success Summit IV
November 10 & 11, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Gulfstream Village
901 S. Federal Highway (US-1)
Sport of Kings Hall (2nd Floor)
Free Parking
Register Here

General Admission Passes:
Thursday General Admission: $35
Friday General Admission: $35
Both days, General Admission: $55

The Women’s Success Summit IV is Miami’s largest 2-day business conference for women.
The Summit features speakers, panels, workshops and activities designed to help entrepreneurs, business owners and high-level executives succeed at a whole new level.

Miami’s largest 2-day business conference for women is heading up to Gulfstream! Over 700 women – Miami’s smartest, coolest, most impressive professional women – gathered at the last sold-out, standing-room-only Summit. On November 10th & 11th, THIS is where you should be.

The Media Duo is a boutique communications firm dedicated to offer public relations, marketing, image development, and premiere creative services with a personal touch.

Yo Miami and The Black Key Group ask: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? 11/17/11

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Yo Miami and The Black Key Group ask: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
November 17th 2011, 9pm-12am
Found
2328 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, Florida
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Yo Miami and The Black Key Group are excited to ask:

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

A team of locals brings you a showcase of local talent in an environment tailor-made to make you feel at home.

Providing the musical entertainment for the night will be:
-The Edan Archer Band
-Sirens and Sealions
-Arboles Libres
-Deaf Poets

To make you feel right at home, Ms. Cheezious and Coolhaus food trucks will be on site serving up scrumptious grilled cheeses and custom ice cream sandwiches!

Local artists’ work will be on display including folk you may know like:
-Kazilla
-Kelo
-Vince “Bad Panda” Herrera
-Torek
-GG
-and more!

There will also be live painting and 1 or 2 surprises for you

Please join us in celebrating our ‘hood and all it has to offer

The awesome people making this event possible:

Yo Miami
The Black Key Group
Found
Jolt Radio
Ms. Cheezious
Coolhaus
Deaf Poets
Arboles Libres
Sirens & Sealions

Application for the Golden Transit Passport Easy Pass 11/9/11

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Goodlet Adult Center
900 West 44th Place
Hialeah, FL.

Mayor Carlos Hernandez in conjunction with Miami-Dade Transit, will be hosting an event in which the public will be able to apply for the Easy Card – Golden Transit Passport.

Senior Citizens 65 years of age and older or Social Security beneficiaries who are permanent residents of Miami-Dade are eligible to receive a free Golden Passport. Those 65 years of age or older will receive a permanent card. Applicants under age 65 will receive a card which expires annually.

When applying for the Golden Passport, you must submit a current government issued picture identification, such as a United States passport, alien registration card, Florida driver’s license, or a Florida identification card as proof of age, as well as a utility bill as proof of Miami-Dade County residency. Applicants under 65 years of age must submit a current printout from the Social Security Administration verifying eligibility, and proof of continued eligibility must be provided annually.

For additional information please contact 786-469-5028.

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

Crossing the Boundaries Art and Music with Dr. Ted Kahn 11/16/11

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Crossing the Boundaries Art and Music with Dr. Ted Kahn
November 16, 2011 6 pm – 8 pm
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th St.
Miami FL 33199

Join us for the next installment of Crossing the Boundaries : Art & Music with Dr. Ted Kahn. His lecture, entitled “The Art & Science of Mindseums: From The Magic Theater to the Creation of Globally Connected Museum of the Future,” will illustrate his innovative technology. Dr. Kahn is the co-founder, President and CEO of DesignWorlds for Learning, Inc. and Chief Learning Officer for DesignWords for College and Careers. He has been actively involved in developing interactive technologies for creative lifelong learning for over 36 years.

The Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’ Lecture Series 11/10/11

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The Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’ Lecture Series
November 10, 2011 at 4pm
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th St.
Miami FL 33199

Claude Viallat studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier from 1955 to 1959. As a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he discovered abstraction. In the 1970s, he used abstraction to found one of themost influential artist groups in France, support-surface, and began producing the repeated pattern works using mainly primary colors which form the basis of all his later works. He lives and works in Nimes, where he was Director of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1979 to 1985 and is one of the most highly respected artists and teachers.
Claude Viallat will be participating in the exhibition Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s Private Collections opening on November 9, 2011 at The Frost Art Museum.

How To Navigate Art Basel Miami Beach With Carol Damian 11/8/11

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Get a preview on Art Basel Miami Beach and how to navigate these illustrious fairs with The Frost Art Museum Director Carol Damian
November 8, 2011 at 7pm
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th St.
Miami FL 33199

Frost Art Museum Room 107

Art Basel Miami Beach has become the phenomenon of the art world each December. Miami rises to the occasion, with numerous venues and satellite fairs surrounding the main event on Miami Beach. It can be difficult to know where to start. Every gallery, storefront, and vacant space, indoors and outdoors, is filled with art. All of which takes place in only one week. How can one possibly maneuver the scene? FIU’s Carol Damian, long familiar with the fair and its events, will try to make sense of it.

Featuring Carol Damian Director and Chief Curator, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum.Co-sponsored by WPBT2 and the FIU Alumni Association.
The event is free and open to the public.

Duets Domingo Castillo at DV 11/12/11

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Duets- Domingo Castillo at DV
Dimensions Variable
171 NE 38th Street
Design District, Miami, Florida 33137
www.dimensionsvariable.net

November 12 – December 31, 2011
Dimensions Variable is pleased to present Duets—a project by Miami-based artist Domingo Castillo. The exhibition will run from November 12 through December 31, 2011.

There is no further information or imagery availble regarding this exhibition.

Born Domingo Castillo on October 31st, 1967 in Dallas, Texas. His father left him when he was 4 years old and since then, has had many stepfathers. In his teenage years, he was a poor student who got dismal grades and skipped school often. He was 18 when he was in the 10th grade, and dropped out of school. During the late 80s Domingo made a living by washing cars. He observed the culture and dancing of some of his peers, and later signed up at a local nightclub as a performer. He was natural at rapping and dancing and needless to say, the audience loved him.

Closing of Oxenberg’s Group Show 11/12/11

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Closing of Oxenberg’s Group Show
Saturday, November 12, 7-10PM.
155 NE 38th Street, Suite 100
Miami Design District
Miami, FL 33137
www.oxenbergart.com

You are cordially invited to attend the closing of Oxenberg’s Group Show in the Design District on Saturday, November 12, 7-10PM.

We will have a business card drawing entitling the winner to a $1000 additional discount on any artwork of the winner’s choice.

The drawing is at 8:45PM during the Closing Reception, winner must be present.

Image: Roberto Edwards Radhames Mejia (Dominican Rep.) #2, 51 x 39.5 inches, Archival Lambda Color Photograph

Captiva Hurricane Show and Party With Miami Habitat 11/10/11

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Thursday, November 10, 6pm
Carnival Studio Theatre
1300 Biscayne Blvd
Miami FL 33132

To purchase general admission tickets contact Anysia Welsh at Miami Habitat at (305) 634-3628 x231 or purchase online.
Tickets will be held at Will Call at the box office.

Bring your leftover canned good hurricane supplies to get your Hurricane Party Wristband* at check in! All food donations to benefit Feeding South Florida.

One Year anniversary of Fem City Ft. Lauderdale 11/8/11

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Femfessionals of Ft. Lauderdale Kick-Off & Celebratory Event
Tuesday November 8, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
VIBE Las Olas
333 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Register Here

Event Price: Free

FemCity Ft. Lauderdale’s Kick-Off Event to the upcoming Century of Excellence Luncheon {in celebration of Ft. Lauderdale turning 100 & FemCity Ft. Lauderdale’s 1 year anniversary}

1 complimentary drink & complimentary appetizers

Cristina Lei Rodriguez Exhibition Opening at Fredric Snitzer Gallery 11/10/11

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Cristina Lei Rodriguez Exhibition Opening at Fredric Snitzer Gallery
Thursday November 10, 6-9pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127

Cristina Lei Rodriguez
Change
November 10 – December 17, 2011

Fredric Snitzer Gallery is pleased to announce Change, a solo exhibition of new sculptures by Cristina Lei Rodriguez. The exhibition will run from November 10 to December 17, 2011, and an opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, November 10th, from 6-9 p.m. Cristina Lei Rodriguez’s exhibition will be on view through Art Basel Miami Beach.

Change expresses the artist’s transformative and evolving motivation to excavate new territories in sculptural rhetoric, materials, and minimalist-inspired abstraction. Stripping away and manipulating elements, destroying and then reconstructing complete pieces are among the methods catalyzing the development of Rodriguez’s dynamic new series. Now, Rodriguez’s sculptures are directed by the formal principles of sculpture; form, color, material, and scale. This results in a new body of abstract sculptures that are organic, minimalist, and continue to maintain the landscape element that is signature to her aesthetic.

By twisting, crushing, bending, and painting materials including epoxy, gold wire mesh, fashion accessories, tree branches, faux fur, and various metal objects, Rodriguez entices the viewer with pieces that are both familiar and surprisingly incongruous. Forms are often adorned with precious objects along side forgettable everyday objects, like black shrink wrap with Swarovski crystals. Complementing these sculptures with aluminum, Plexiglas, and raw wood, the artist balances the natural and industrial, the feminine and masculine.

Rodriguez’s work has been exhibited in many museums and galleries including the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; the Hessel Museum at Bard College, New York; the Serpentine Gallery, London; North Miami Art Museum, Miami; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; De la Cruz Collection, Miami; The Rubell Family Collection, Miami; Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland; and the 2nd Athens Biennale, Greece.

Fredric Snitzer Gallery is open from Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm. For more information and images regarding this exhibition, please contact 305.448.8976 or info@snitzer.com.

The Frost Art Museum presents Two Exhibitions Opening on Target Wednesday After Hours 11/9/11

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The Frost Art Museum presents Two Exhibitions Opening on Target Wednesday After Hours
November 9, 2011. 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Admission: Free

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum will host the opening reception of two new exhibitions, Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s Private Collection and color on color. These new exhibitions focus on contemporary artists from France, some of which have never been seen by the public before. Visitors will have the opportunity to view paintings by prominent and well-known contemporary French artists from the private collections in Florida and celebrated Geometric Abstraction artists from the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires (MACBA). Join us for the opening reception during Target Wednesday After Hours on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. which is free and open to the public.

This exhibition of Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s Private Collections, presented by The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU and in collaboration with the Consulate General of France and the France-Florida Foundation for the Arts, is born from a desire to measure the presence of French art, diffused yet significant, in private collections of the region. The elaboration phase of the exhibition demonstrated the abundance of collections in Florida and the generosity of the collectors. Together these artists demonstrate a number of interesting perspectives as it showcases artists of international renown, like Christian Boltanski and Sophie Calle; artists not well recognized in Florida, outside of the circle of well-versed collectors, like Jean-Pierre Khazem and Denise A. Aubertin, and young artists like Gyan Panchal. Also lending to the exhibitions perspective are works from The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, which relies on the articulation between visual arts and writing.

color on color marks the inaugural exhibition of the collaboration of The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami and Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires (MACBA). This exhibition includes works by Ilya Bolotwosky, Alexander Liberman, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and Joel Stein among many others. Curated by Constanza Cerullo, this will be the first of an on-going series of programs and exhibitions between the two institutions.

This event is free and open to the public.
Also on view:
Florida Artist Series: Humberto Calzada: The Fire Next Time through January 8, 2011
Magdalena Fernandez: 2iPM009 through January 8, 2011
Modern Meals: Remaking American Foods from Farm to Kitchen through January 8, 2011
Tirzo Martha: Afro-Victimize through December 4

Grand Opening of the Bank 11/11/11

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Grand Opening of the Bank
Friday November 11th at 9:00 pm
139 NE 1st Street
Downtown Miami, FL

You are cordially invited to the Grand Opening of The Bank Vault Lounge & Gallery

Must RSVP, please select the number of members for your party. RSVP@fabulousmiami.com

Gold Coast Jazz Society’s 20th Anniversary Jazz Concert Series Opens 11/11/11

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Gold Coast Jazz Society’s 20th Anniversary Season of Jazz Opens Next Week with Tenor Titan & Piano Perfectionist
November 11, 7:00pm
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Amaturo Theater
201 SW 5th Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale FL 33312

Shows at 7:45pm
Pre-concert Jazz Riff with Stu Grant – 7:00pm

Tickets by season subscription or by show.
Purchase tickets at www.goldcoastjazz.org

It all began when local jazz enthusiast and philanthropist, Fred Ruffner and a group of local jazz fans decided that Fort Lauderdale needed more jazz. There were a few jazz clubs around South Florida, but no one presented a consistent jazz series. From that initial meeting, the Gold Coast Jazz Society was born. Incorporated in 1992, Gold Coast Jazz began presenting a series of jazz concerts in the main dining room of the Riverside Hotel. From those humble beginnings, the organization grew, added educational and outreach activities as well as an annual fund raiser. The jazz concert series moved to the Amaturo Theater of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts where it is presented today. The presentation of a jazz series featuring renowned jazz artists has always been a part of the mission of the organization and that tradition continues for the 20th Anniversary Jazz Season.

The 2011-2012 jazz series includes seven jazz concerts featuring international jazz stars as well as outstanding local jazz talent. All concerts begin at 7:45pm and occur at the intimate Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. A lively and entertaining jazz talk takes place at 7:00pm prior to each jazz show, hosted by local jazz personality Stu Grant. Full subscriptions and Jazz Sampler subscriptions are now available by calling the Gold Coast Jazz Society at 954-524-0805. Single tickets will be available after August 15 at the Broward Center Box Office at 954-462-0222 or online at http://www.browardcenter.org.

The opening concert of the series will occur on November 11 featuring the Shelly Berg Trio and Houston Person with A Natural Groove…88 Keys and a Sax. Dizzy Gillespie said that sax man Houston Person, is “one of the best! He’s got bull chops.” Sporting a soulful sound in the tradition of Gene Ammons, Person often worked with the legendary singer Etta Jones. Shelly Berg, jazz pianist and Dean of the UM Frost School of Music is considered to be one of today’s top jazz pianists and has several critically acclaimed recordings to his credit.

On December 14, vocal jazz enthusiasts will enjoy the stylings of the vocal jazz quartet, Mad Romance as they perform Singing the Great American Songbook. This hip vocal group performs an eclectic assortment of songs from the Great American Songbook in a surprising variety of styles that incorporate classic jazz, mambo, soul, a cappella, and madcap swing. In the tradition of groups such as the Modernaires, Manhattan Transfer and New York Voices, Mad Romance features Miami-based jazz vocalists Greg Diaz, Rick Harris, Lisanne Lyons and Wendy Pedersen. Jim Gaisor, pianist, Jamie Ousley, bassist and Carlomagno Araya on drums round out the group for an evening of great vocal and instrumental jazz.

Duke Ellington, one of the most famous jazz musicians in history, will be remembered on January 11 when Gold Coast Jazz presents the Duke Ellington Legacy Band in The Music of Duke Ellington. The Duke Ellington Legacy Band sounds “as classic as the day Duke Ellington gave his music birth, while still sounding like a contemporary jazz band….” says Susan Frances of Jazzreview.com. Initiated in 2003 by Ellington’s grandchildren Edward Kennedy II, and his sister, Gaye Ellington, the Duke Ellington Legacy is dedicated to keeping Ellington’s music alive and growing in the 21st century.

With Valentine’s Day just a few days away, Gold Coast Jazz tips their hat to jazz lovers on February 8 by presenting jazz vocalist Sophie Milman in Taking Love Easy. Milman is a hot rising star on today’s jazz scene and this will be her Fort Lauderdale debut. The Canadian singer is an “exceptional young talent… she is one of a kind,” says the LA Times and she is blessed with a “warm, tasty sound, outstanding playing and inventive arrangements.” New York Magazine calls her the “Norah Jones of the actual jazz world.”

The University of Miami’s Frost Concert Jazz Band is a rockin’ jazz machine and they will be the featured artists on March 7 in Swinging with the Big Bands. ASCAP award-winning, singer, producer, songwriter Kathy Kosins, joins the band for this evening of great swinging big band music. Led by Dante Luciani, the UM Concert Jazz Band has continually won numerous Downbeat Magazine awards in the prestigious Large Jazz Ensemble category at the annual Student Music Awards. They will knock your socks off as they perform some of the best of the big band music.

On April 13 Gold Coast Jazz presents the Harry Allen Quartet and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli as they perform Harry Allen Quartet and Bucky Pizzarelli Play the Great American Songbook. Sax man Harry Allen has over thirty recordings to his name, has performed at jazz festivals and clubs worldwide and with other renowned artists such as Rosemary Clooney, Ray Brown, Hank Jones, Kenny Burrell, John Pizzarelli, Terry Gibbs, Warren Vache. He has recorded with Tony Bennett, Johnny Mandel, Ray Brown, Tommy Flanagan, James Taylor, and Sheryl Crow among others. Legendary jazz guitarist, Bucky Pizzarelli, joins Harry as his special guest for an outstanding night of music from the Great American Songbook.

The vibraphone is one of the most versatile of all the mallet percussion instruments and is used widely in Jazz and Popular music. The legendary jazz musician, Lionel Hampton, brought the vibraphone to greater prominence in the jazz world. On May 9, vibraphonist, Christian Tamburr celebrates Hampton and other outstanding vibes players in a concert, Celebrating Hampton. Tamburr is a multi-faceted instrumentalist, accomplished on the vibraphone, piano, trapset, world and orchestral percussion instruments. Downbeat Magazine awarded him the “Outstanding Solo Jazz Performer.” Tamburr leads a critically acclaimed jazz quartet, has toured around the world as pianist and musical director for Latin vocal legend Julio Iglesias, was the music director for Cirque du Soleil and is the resident Principle Pianist at the Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas NV. Joining Tamburr will be musicians from the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band directed by Eric Allison.

For more information about the 20th Anniversary Jazz Concert Season, go to www.goldcoastjazz.org. The Gold Coast Jazz Society is a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of jazz music through a mainstage concert series, free community concerts, educational programs, a jazz scholarship program and the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band, under the direction of Eric Allison, Music Director.

Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council, the Annenberg Foundation and Funding Arts Broward. Season sponsors include DeMeo Young McGrath; HI Foundation; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; the Broward Center; the PaperMill, WLRN FM, and South Florida Consulting.

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SCOPE Art Show 11/29/11 – 12/4/11

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SCOPE Art Show
November 29-December 4, 2011
NE 1st Ave (Midtown Blvd) @ NE 30th St
Miami, FL 33127
www.scope-art.com

SCOPE Art Show celebrates eleventh year with return to 2010 Midtown Miami location

First View For VIP’s and Press
Tuesday| November 29 | 4pm-8pm
Free for VIPs (or $100 donation to benefit The SCOPE Foundation)

General Admission Fair Hours
Wednesday-Saturday | Nov 30 – Dec 3 | 11am-7pm
Sunday | Dec 4 | 11am – 6pm
The art show that has established its name by curating cutting-edge contemporary art from around the world proudly returns to Miami for its eleventh year. Cementing its future with an 80,000 square foot pavilion SCOPE Miami’s high-profile venue is centrally located in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District. Running concurrently with Art Basel Miami, SCOPE’s Midtown Miami home is just steps from The Rubell family collection, Margulies Collection at the Warehouse and the Goldman Collection. The fair opens to Press and VIPs on Tuesday, November 29 with the FirstView benefit from 4-8pm

This year’s edition of SCOPE Miami, November 29th-December 4th, 2011, presents 80 international galleries upholding a unique tradition of solo and thematic group shows presented alongside museum-quality programming, collector tours, screenings, and special events. Returning galleries include: SPINELLO Projects(Miami), Jacob Karpio Galeria (San Jose), New Image Art (Los Angeles), Katharine Mulherin (Toronto | New York), PROGRAM (Warsaw), Christopher Henry Gallery (New York), Contemporary by Angela Li (Hong Kong), Civilian Art Projects (Washington DC) newcomers: Meulensteen (New York), Mallick Williams (New York), Plataforma de Arte Contemporaneo (Guadalajara), NOMAD Gallery (Brussels), Heiner Contemporary (Washington DC). Additionally, SCOPE is proud to announce The Argentine Section featuring 6 galleries, including returnee Pabellón 4 Contemporary Art.

Complementing this year’s international galleries, SCOPE Miami will feature a selection of special artist projects, including: a performance by United Emirates artist, CHOKRA; the installation, HELLO WORLD courtesy of artist Christopher Baker; and DB Burkman’s installation, STUCK UP, which features one of a kind stickers from artists like Matthew Barney, and Marilyn Minter to Kaws, and Skullphone. All three museum quality projects exemplify the thematic nature of history brought to life through art practice today.

SCOPE Miami is also proud to present New York’s Aperture Foundation, which will feature artists including Richard Mosse, Penelope Umbrico, Brian Ulrich and Hank Willis Thomas. Additionally, Miami-based Kiwi Arts Group presents a special exhibition of photographer William John Kennedy, featuring images of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana from their emerging days prior to their fame as historical and celebrated artists.

The unique SCOPE Miami experience expands this year in partnership with cultural organizations, featuring: film, music, theatre and performance. “This season we want to highlight SCOPE’s lead role as creative R+D for a wider audience of taste makers who make art their business” says SCOPE President & Founder Alexis Hubshman. “Introducing artists, curators, and cutting-edge galleries to new international audiences has made SCOPE the most comprehensive destination for the emerging art world.”

Fernando Mastrangelo Black Sculpture 11/29/11 – 12/4/11

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Black Sculpture
November 29 – December 4 / 10am – 6pm
Charest-Weinberg
250 NW 23rd Street, #408
Miami FL, 33127

Charest-Weinberg is pleased to present “Black Sculpture,” an exhibition of new work by New York-based artist Fernando Mastrangelo. The exhibition will open to the public on Tuesday, November 29th and will be on view through February 29th, 2012. There will be an opening reception on November 29th from 6-8pm.

Mastrangelo approaches sculpture as a communion of concept, form and materials. Over the years, he has become known for using unexpected materials that heighten his work’s critical effect. Avarice, 2008, is based on the Aztec calendar, made entirely from white Mexican corn, and critiques NAFTA and the U.S. corn farming institution. Felix, 2009, is a life-size statue of a Colombian coca farmer cast from pure cocaine. Following that, he spent a year in Los Angeles, documenting the El Salvadorian gang MS-13 and casting relief sculptures based on their tattoos from human ash. This oeuvre is much more than a laundry list of Hispanic social problems; it represents art at once socially responsible and aesthetically formidable. It comes as no surprise that Mastrangelo was an assistant for Matthew Barney from 2004-2005. But whereas the older artist used materials metaphorically in order to create an esoteric cosmology of meaning, Mastrangelo remains conceptually and materialistically literal.

For “Black Sculpture,” Mastrangelo focuses on art history for the first time. After creating exact molds based on the work of Frank Stella and Ad Reinhardt, Mastrangelo casts his reliefs out of compacted gunpowder. The pieces teeter on the precipice of annihilation; by forging the work of canonical artists in gunpowder, Mastrangelo simultaneously pays homage to the work of earlier iconoclasts and seeks to destroy them for himself. “Black Sculpture” takes on previous Oedipal crises, such as Rauschenberg’s Erased De Kooning, 1953, and adds an element of contemporary spectacle. Yet the pieces are not simply bombastic; they are firmly embedded in recent narratives-both the modernist quest for reduction and a knowing appreciation for appropriation and found imagery. Furthermore, submerged beneath the tense potential for destruction is an elegiac calm. They give form to the Existential angst that inspired their Cold War-era predecessors. Ad Reinhardt once said, “I am sure external agony does not enter very importantly into the agony of our painting.” The black gunpowder, coupled with the Reinhardt’s cruciform and Stella’s teleological line work, firmly suggests an end of something.

Fernando Mastrangelo received an MFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004. He has exhibited internationally, and is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum. “Black Sculpture” is his first solo exhibition with Charest-Weinberg.

Christopher Janney New Permanent Art Installation at Miami International Airport Dedication During Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 11/28/11 – 12/4/11

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Christopher Janney New Permanent Art Installation at Miami International Airport Dedication During Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
November 28 – December 4
The Moore Space
Miami Design District
4040 NE 2nd Avenue

Nov 29 – Dec 4, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – Architecture of the Air, a traveling exhibition about Janney’s work will be on view.

Friday, Dec 2, 9:00 PM – Concert featuring Janney’s studio music entitled “Disembodied Instruments (Dance Version)” with The Persuasions and other musicians from Boston and New York.

Saturday, Dec 3, 3:00 PM – Panel discussion related to contemporary issues in art, design and music, moderated by art/architecture critic Beth Dunlop with Janney, Gustavo Metamoros and Vito Acconci.

9:00 PM – Screening Janney’s recent film “What is a Heart?” with performance clips by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Sara Rudner (Twyla Tharp Dance). The evening will open with a live set by The Persuasions and close with live music by L.A.-based, Indie rock band Y LUV, featuring Freddy Janney.

For more information please visit: http://janneysound.com/ and facebook.com/janneysound

New, Interactive Art Installation At Miami International Airport By Artist Christoper Janney To Be Dedicated During Art Basel Miami Beach

– Also, Janney’s Architecture of the Air Exhibition to be on View in The Miami Design District from November 29-December 4, 2011

Harmonic Convergence, the newest, large-scale art installation by artist, architect and composer Christopher Janney, is nearing completion at the Miami International Airport. Janney terms Harmonic Convergence “an abstraction of South Florida in color and sound.” The official dedication of Harmonic Convergence, hosted by Miami-Dade County’s Art in Public Places, will take place in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach and Design Miami 2011, December 1-4.

Harmonic Convergence features a 72-foot-long window wall with diamond-shaped panes of colored glass in front of a white structural steel “X-Bracing” frame. With a palette of over 150 transparent colors, Janney has created a gradually changing pattern ranging from deep reds to bright violets, similar to a rainbow.

The project is part of Miami-Dade County’s Art in Public Places program and is located in the passenger connector walkway that is the entrance into the airport from the new the “MIA Mover” automated transit system. As travelers enter the space, they will hear a complex set of sounds Janney recorded during trips to the Florida Everglades, scuba dives in the ocean, and other natural environments of South Florida. In addition, two video cameras installed in the ceiling feed information to the computer regarding the pedestrian activity within the space, influencing the density of the sound-score. At the top of each hour, a short composition with percussion instruments plays, marking the time of day.

“This is my fifth project in South Florida,” Janney states. “It is one of my favorite places in the world. I love the sounds of the subtropics most particularly the Everglades, the ocean shore and underwater sounds, especially sounds both real, as in whales and porpoises, and imagined, i.e. mermaids and Atlantis.

Harmonic Convergence is a replacement for Janney’s 1997 airport commission Harmonic Runway, which was removed from Concourse A after changes to the airport occurred due to 9/11 security. That former artwork had become an icon of South Florida, featured in numerous magazines and on film including the Harrison Ford feature, “Random Hearts” and the Nicholas Cage film, “8MM.”

In addition, Architecture of the Air, a traveling exhibition about Janney’s work will be on view in the Miami Design District at 4040 NE 2nd Avenue from November 29-December 4, 2011. The exhibit highlights projects from Janney’s three principal areas of focus: “Urban Musical Instruments”, “Physical Music”, and “Performance Architecture.” It explores his concept of total immersion through models, photographs, drawings, video, and a site-specific piece “Touch My Building: Miami.”

In conjunction with the exhibition, three exciting events will be held at the exhibition space. On Friday, December 2 at 9 pm, Janney will present a concert of studio music entitled “Disembodied Instruments (Dance Version).” Performers include members of the A cappella group The Persuasions along with a group of special musicians from Boston and New York. On Saturday, December 3 at 3 pm, a panel discussion moderated by renowned Miami art/architecture critic Beth Dunlop with Janney, and fellow artists Vito Acconci and Gustavo Metamoros, will discuss contemporary issues related to art, architecture and sound. On Saturday night there will be a screening of Janney’s recent film “What is a Heart?” which has been called a “meditation on creativity and mortality” with performance clips by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Sara Rudner (Twyla Tharp Dance). The evening will open with a live set by The Persuasions, who also perform in the movie, singing music specially arranged for the occasion by Janney. The evening will close with music by L.A.-based band Y LUV, which features Janney’s son, Freddy, who also appears in the film.

Trained as an architect and jazz musician, Janney is an American artist whose work explores the relationships between sound and architecture, often-transforming otherwise ordinary spaces into “hyper-reality” environments.
Educated at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Janney has explored the intersection of architecture and music for over thirty years, creating temporary and permanent installations throughout the United States and Europe. Sometimes he tries making architecture more like music as in his Soundstair on the Spanish Steps in Rome and Sonic Forest at the Bonnaroo and Glastonbury Music Festivals. At other times, he has attempted to make music more like architecture as in his HeartBeat performances. He is well known to Miami sports fans for his Turn Up the Heat interactive “anemone” scoreboard created for the Miami Heat’s American Airlines Arena.

Miami Arts Charter School and Gallery 212 Art Basel Opening Night Gala Fundraiser 11/30/11

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Miami Arts Charter School and Gallery212 Art Basel Opening Night Gala Fundraiser
November 30th, 8:00 PM-Midnight
Art Basel at Gallery212 Miami
2407 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33137
Website
Price: $50.00
Tickets

Exhibition Running December 1, 2, 3 & 4 – January, 2012

Meet the Artist Gala
Miami Arts Charter School is pleased to announce a collaborative effort with Gallery212 Miami in the Wynwood arts district during Art Basel Miami 2011.

All tickets are VIP-
There will be light food and beverage provided by Catch Grill & Bar Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay. Surprise Art Installations, Musical, Vocal and Instrumental Performances by the Miami Arts Charter School Students.

Arts enthusiasts and supporters won’t want to miss this great opportunity to review and purchase the works of our MAC art and photo students alongside Miami’s finest visual artists, international artists and photographers.

Featured Resident Artists:
Michael Perez
John Pate
John Pate N.
Featured Art Basel Artists:
Jose Yossi (Brazil)
Mariella Sosa; “Through the Lens”
Matt Stock Photography; “Hidden Groves”, “Stiltsville Iluminated”
Featured Resident Emerging Artists:
Sean Murdock
Jonathan Dvoretz
Henry Souto (Sculptor)

These exciting events will feature student art and photography works by Miami Arts Charter School’s top visual artists. Guests will also enjoy featured musical performances by the Miami Arts Charter School Jazz Collective and string chamber music ensembles.

This is a great opportunity for art collectors to support Miami Arts Charter School as 10% of all sales proceeds from the following two events will be donated to our school. MAC students will also be presenting original works for sale.

Miami Arts Charter School and Gallery212 Very Special Pre-Art Basel Artwalk Fundraiser 11/12/11

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Art Walk – Art Basel Special Preview
November 12th, 6:00 PM-11:00 PM
Gallery212 Miami
2407 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33137
www.Gallery212miami.com

Catch Grill & Bar Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay in association with Miami Arts Charter School present the Gallery 212 Miami November Art Walk “A Very Special Art Basel Sneak Preview”. Open to the public, the exhibition kicks off with the opening next Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 6pm to 11pm during Art Walk in Wynwood Art District’s most cutting-edge Gallery 212 Miami. Art enthusiasts will not want to miss this Art Basel Preview event, including surprise art installations and pop-up music, vocal and instrumental performances by the students of Miami Arts Charter School (MACS).

Gallery 212 Miami – “Join the Miami Art Movement!” Resident Artists: NY Pop Artist Michael Perez, John Pate, new sculpture painting and design by Johnny Pate, and two emerging artists Sean Murdock and Jonathan Dvoretz, who are already professionals in photography and videogrraphy and are coming into their own in Miami with Gallery 212 as they are as much a part of the foundation of the Miami Art Movement. Sculptor Henry Souto has been with Gallery 212 Miami and Michael Perez for almost two years and is happy to present his colorful sculpture interior designs this year for the first time during Wynwood Art Basel.

Gallery 212 Miami – I am only as good as the artists who make me. Featured Artists:

“Crossroads” – Preview Select Masterpieces from the Celebrated Brazilian Painter Jose Yossi. With works showcasing currently at Sao Paolo’s most important gallery, ‘A Galeria’, Gallery 212 Miami is proud to host Yossi’s United States debut. On November 12 see the preview piece ‘Blue Tower’ of his ‘Crossroads’ series – Meet the artist himself on November 30, 2011 when he arrives from Brazil to celebrate with his fans and family in Miami [see additional event details and ticketing for the “Meet the Artists” event below***].

– Mariella Sosa, Through the Lens® “Celebrities & Sitios” ~ Portraits of Latin Icons and Captivating Landscapes all Mastered by this “Magician of the Lens”. Mareilla’s work will thrill us all as we enjoy an inside look at her work – She is well-known in the local and Latin community and is said to capture the true spirit of her subjects.

– Matt Stock Photography, Painting with Light in the Dark® “Hidden Groves” & “Stiltsville Illuminated” -The result of the process created and developed by this award-winning photographer’s nighttime photography. November 12 will showcase a very special preview piece from his upcoming event called ‘Stiltsville Illuminated” in Miami. Matt Stock and his crew risk their lives to get their shots – standing in the tides surrounded by jellyfish and bull sharks to get the shots that sometimes take up to 4 hours to create! Gallery 212 Miami is thrilled to have the opportunity to help introduce Matt Stock Photography to the art world.

[Please Note: Mark your calendars for November 12, November 30 AND December 1-4 at Gallery 212 Miami! This show is a Preview of the Gallery 212 Miami Art Basel Artists’ Exhibition – There will be an entire new series of Artwork on Exhibition starting November 30th, 2011 and it can be seen for the first time at our Opening Night Gala, where you can Meet the Artists (One Night Only/Tickets***) on November 30th, 2011. The art will be on exhibit throughout Art Basel Miami until January, 2012.]

Catch Grill & Bar ~ Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay pledges continued dedication to building local business and community through the Arts by presenting several beautiful events in collaboration with Gallery 212 Miami during Wynwood Art Walks and now for the months of November and December into Art Basel – making an amazing team with the gallery group for these events. Catch Grill & Bar Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay will provide light food and beverage during art walk alongside invitations handed out for guests to dine at the Catch Grill & Bar Miami Patio overlooking the beautiful Biscayne Bay Marina. [Editor’s Choice – Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy the Live Music Series at the Catch / Marriott Patio every Thursday evening from 6-11 with entertainment produced by Rodd Pratt Presents.]

Since opening their doors in Wynwood in February it has been the dream of Gallery 212 Miami, Pop Artist Michael Perez, Miami Publicist and all of the gallery team to find creative ways to give back to Arts Education in the immediate neighborhood as they had before on state levels (NY, FL) to local and international levels (Food for the Poor, Pink Heals with the Miami Fire Department in October 2010, for example). It is just this that they intend to do with the months of November and December (Art Basel) and beyond, by dedicating a series of special events to the exposure and to raising funds for the Miami Arts Charter School.

MOCA Shakers Mystery Dates 2011 11/12/11

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MOCA Shakers Mystery Dates 2011
Saturday, November 12, 6:00 pm – 1:00 am
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
MOCA & Various Locations & After Party at The Setai, South Beach

The MOCA Shakers, young international members of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), will host the first MYSTERY DATES dinner of the season. MYSTERY DATES, taking place on Saturday, November 12th , features a series of glamorous dinner parties at the private homes of Miami art patrons and legendary hosts. The mystery is that guests learn which dinner they will attend on the night of the event. The excitement will begin with cocktails courtesy of GREY GOOSE Vodka at MOCA, in North Miami, followed by concurrent dinner parties in private homes from Golden Beach to Coral Gables. After dinner, guests will reconvene for a late-night dance party at The Setai, in Miami Beach. To purchase tickets to Mystery Dates 2011, contact MOCA at 305 893 6211 or visit www.mocanomi.org. $175 with a discount of $50 for MOCA Shaker. A limited number of packages of ten tickets will be for sale for $1,250.

Dinner Hosts: Jason Atkins, Tania and Robert Bassan, Olympia de Castro and Gustavo Hernandez, Gloria and Sergio Leyva, Kathryn and Dan Mikesell, Dale and Richard Newberg, Hal Philipps, Adriana and Michael Stein, and Billy Weisman among others.

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.

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

Nonprofit Leadership and Training Institute 11/7/11

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Nonprofit Leadership & Training Institute
Monday, November 7 · 11:00am – 2:00pm
Temple Israel
137 NE 19th St. 33132-1095, Wolfson Auditorium
Miami, FL

Catalyst Miami, in partnership with Citi Community Development and Allegany Franciscan Ministries, invites the South Florida nonprofit community to strengthen organizational capacity through our new Nonprofit Leadership & Training Institute (NLTI).

We also thank the Kresge Foundation for their generosity in helping make our work possible thanks to a grant awarded to focus on area nonprofits’ anti-poverty advocacy.

RSVP: Please confirm by November 3 that you will be joining us by sending an e-mail to StrongOrgs@catalystmiami.org.

A Celebration for Prosperity 11/19/11

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A Celebration for Prosperity
Saturday, November 19 · 6:00pm – 11:00pm
860 Jeronimo Dr
Coral Gables

Join Catalyst Miami as we celebrate 10 years of helping the community become prosperous.

Honoring: Don and Jeanett Slesnick, Lifetime Achievement Award
Barbara Romani, Prosperity Builder Award

Live Music by the Grammy Nominated Spam AllStars!

Live and Silent Auction prizes!

Success Stories from community members!

Tickets are $125 or $150 at the door.

For more information, visit: www.catalystmiami.org or www.prosperitycampaign.org

The Foundry presents I Heart Art 11/10/11

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Do you HEART art?
Thursday, 7 – 10 pm
1035 North Miami Avenue

The kickoff event of The Foundry! www.legalartmiami.org/iheartart.

LegalArt is pleased to announce the launch of its new patrons’ society, The Foundry, at its kickoff event “I Heart Art.” The Foundry is being sponsored by Media8, a premier digital advertising firm, during its Winter 2011 season. The launch event will take place at the LegalArt lofts from 7pm to 10pm. The event is expected to draw a crowd of over 300 young professionals and arts supporters for an evening of amazing artwork, performances, music, cocktails and food.

“I Heart Art” will feature an exhibition by LegalArt artists-in-residence and local artists including: Pachi Giustinian, Jiae Hwang, Manny Prieres, TM Sisters, Viking Funeral, Brookhart Jonquil, Justin Broadbent, Agustina Woodgate, Typoe, Santiago Rubino, Farley Aguilar, Karelle Levy, and Friends With You. The event will also feature an open bar with complimentary cocktails provided by Corzo tequila and premium beer provided by Peroni, as well as passed hors d’oeuvres provided by The Local Craft Food & Drink. The celebration will include music, performances, interactive art activities and a few other surprises. An after party with drink specials will be hosted down the block at the neighborhood’s newest bar, The Corner.

The Foundry is membership based and consists of an elite group of Miami professionals from all industries who are dedicated to supporting the development of local artists and their businesses. The group will host a variety of events and benefits throughout the year to support LegalArt and its mission: to empower artists by providing professional education, legal referral assistance, and a live/work residency incubator. Membership includes complimentary entry to The Foundry’s events, discount tickets for members’ guests to events, discount tickets to LegalArt events, and exclusive VIP opportunities. Memberships can be purchased at the “I Heart Art” event for a discounted rate of $60 for a single membership, and $100 two memberships purchased together. The first 50 members and their guests will be invited to an exclusive rooftop cocktail party on December 2, 2011 during Art Basel, Miami Beach.

Tickets for “I Heart Art” can be purchased in advance for $10 online at www.legalartmiami.org/iheartart and will also be sold at the door for $15. The amount of the ticket price will be taken off of the purchase price of membership. For additional information, please contact Dominique Breard at Dominique@legalartmiami.org or 786.347.2360.

Transmitting Divinity Tibetan Art at Dharma Studio 11/26/11

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Transmitting Divinity Tibetan Art
Saturday November 26, 7 – 10
Dharma Studio
3170 Commodore Plaza
Coconut Grove, Fl 33133

Karma Phuntsok. Transmitting Divinity Tibetan Art

Dharma Studio cordially invites you to the artist reception for Karma Phuntsok. Transmitting Divinity Tibetan Art

November 26 – December 11, 2011
Karma Phuntsok’s unique and dynamic expression of contemporary Buddhist art is at once steeped in ancient Tibetan culture and at the same time completely breaks free from strict cultural norms and rules. His art and life are reflections of each other. His paintings ooze compassion, humor, confidence, deep thought, peace and strength. Stare long enough at any piece and you will continue to see something new and thought provoking. Karma often beautifully, intelligently shines a spotlight on political and philosophical ideas.

Karma was still a child in Tibet when in 1959 he along with 80,000 other refugees that year followed His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile. As a refugee in India he excelled at art and eventually was an apprentice to master Tibetan Thangka painter in Nepal. There Karma learned the ancient techniques such as mixing the pigments tempering them with herbs, and how to hem the canvases and string them in a wood frame. He became thoroughly immersed in not just the particular disciplines of painting but also the rich symbolism and allegory that underlie the Thangka technique

Karma now lives with his wife and son in a charming cottage in the rolling bushlands north of Kyogle, Australia. The dense forest visible from the clearing surrounding their home, lays the fertile ground for what springs to life on his canvas. The art of Karma Phunstok is a modern expression of an ancient craft, a time-honored tradition interwoven with 21st century inspiration. His wealth of imagery and allegory flow from the richness of his life experience: from a childhood in Chinese-occupied Tibet, coming of age as a refugee in India, an apprenticeship in Nepal, and his love of the Australian outback. His work is internationally acclaimed, and his paintings hang in private and public collections and galleries worldwide.

Karma travels the world exhibiting his art. Most recently he was featured in a one-man show, “Sacred Painting”, in honor of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Sidney, Australia, and a well received individual exhibition “Magie du Tibet” at Galerie Métanoia in Paris, France. His exhibitions have included the Queen’s Hall at Parliament House in Melbourne, and his exhibition at “Tibet Art Now” for the Dalai Lama’s visit to Amsterdam. Throughout the years Karma has done many paintings for the Dalai Lama including one that hangs in his Holiness’ temple in Dharamsala India.

Program:
November 26 to December 11, 2011
Show on view at Dharma Studio. Hours: weekdays 2-5pm, weekends 3pm-10pm
SATURDAY November 26, 7-10 pm
Opening Reception
Monday November 28, 7 – 10 pm
Art Starts in the Grove
Friday December 9, 7pm
Artist Talk at Dharma Studio
Tibetan Buddhist practices and art
Saturday December 10 & Sunday December 11
Traditional Tibetan Art Class
at Blu Moon Art Studioa
in Coconut Grove
3444 Main Hwy. Top Floor.
Call 305 794 0329

Fourth Annual Hot Hollywood Glam 3011 An Art Odyssey 11/12/11

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Fourth Annual Hot Hollywood Glam 3011 An Art Odyssey
Saturday, Nov. 12, 7 – 10:30 pm
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
1650 Harrison Street
Hollywood, Florida

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets
Join us in the year 3011 for a cosmic art journey! Enjoy a fun-filled evening in the Center’s galleries featuring:
• Three contemporary art exhibitions
• Celestial foods
• Flowing libations
• Stellar music by Party Train
• Dancing
• Live art performance by Giannina Coppiano Dwin.
• Out-of-this-world silent auction
• and much more!
Dress – Cosmic Chic

The Center will be recognizing The Galleria at Ft. Lauderdale and Sawgrass Mills for their support of arts and culture in South Florida.

Online Auction
Bid online in our Online Auction now!
Tickets
$85 per person (before Nov. 7)
$140 per person – Platinum Level (before Nov. 7)
$95 per person or $150 per person for Platinum Level after Nov. 7 and at the door. Sponsorships opportunities available.

RSVP on Facebook.

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

Brazz Dance Theater Performs at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center 11/11-30/11

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Join Us As We Kick Off Our Inaugural Season! South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center Presents Brazz Dance Theater
November 11/12/18/19 8:30pm
November 13/20, 3pm
South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center
10950 SW 211 ST, Cutler Bay

For information call 786.573.5300
$15
For ticket information visit smdcac.org or call 786.573.5300.

New Perspectives Unfolding.
Brazz Dance Theater is an Afro-Brazilian contemporary dance company under the direction of acclaimed choreographer Augusto Soledade. The company presents an exciting new work Cordel performed in the intimate setting of the SMDCAC Lab Theater.

Annual Art Basel Champagne Brunch And Curator Lecture 12/4/11

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Annual Art Basel Champagne Brunch And Curator Lecture
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Brunch: 10 am – 12 pm
Lowe Art Museum
1301 Stanford Drive

Sponsored by Philip and Denise Gerson
Beverages provided by Southern Wine & Spirits and Vitamin Water Zero

Curator Lecture: 12 PM
Storer Auditorium, UM School of Business
5250 University Drive

China: Insights Presented by A.D. Coleman
Sponsored by Stella M. Holmes

$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members, Art Fair VIP card holders, and exhibitors.

Art Basel Launch Party at Hotel Urbano on Brickell 11/10/11

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Art Basel Launch Party!
Thursday, November 10th 2011 7-10 p.m.
Hotel Urbano
2500 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Florida 33129
Valet Parking on premises.
www.hotelurbano.com

Hotel Urbano & Art Fusion Galleries Proudly Presents: The 2011 Art Basel Launch & Reception of “Fusion VIII – Synesthesia”

Hotel Urbano & Art Fusion Galleries have once again joined creative forces to showcase and host our 2011 Art Basel Launch Reception featuring a collection of spectacular works of art! The new art exhibition titled, “Fusion VIII – Synesthesia”

Live Music by “Amereida”
Full-Service Bar
Specialty pool-side cocktails
Light Hors-d’oeuvres

will run from October through December 2011 at the Hotel Urbano, displaying a variety of contemporary art work which is sure to feature something to appeal to everyone.

Hotel Urbano also features the Dali, Picasso and Van Gogh Conference Rooms which provide a warm, art filled back drop for private or corporate functions. Or for your perfect weekend getaway, join us poolside with your favorite specialty drink, unwind in the hot tropical sun and enjoy all the flavors of Miami and Hotel Urbano!

Flamenco Guitar Ensemble Intimate Spaces by Jose L. Rodriguez 11/18-19/11

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José Luis Rodríguez Flamenco Guitar Ensemble Intimate Spaces Contemporary Flamenco Concert
Friday-Saturday, November 18-19, 2011 @ 8:00 PM
On.Stage Black.Box Theater at Miami Dade County Auditorium
2901 W. Flagler St.
Miami

How Much: $20 per performance / $5 discount for Students (18 and under) & Seniors (65 and over) with ID.
Tickets: (800) 745-3000 // www.ticketmaster.com or www.fundarte.us
Box Office Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
General Information: 305. 547. 5414

+ INFO: www.fundarte.us / info@fundarte.us or (305) 316-6165

The Miami On Stage series will feature the following performance at the new On.Stage Black.Box Theater at Miami-Dade County Auditorium: “INTIMATE SPACES. Contemporary flamenco concert”, with José Luis Rodríguez (soloist), Niurca Márquez (dance), Alex Jordan (flamenco guitar) and Rómulo Bernal (percussion).

“Intimate Spaces,” is a concert in which Rodriguez’s compositions transport the audience into an internal world, where experiences and emotions are evoked through flamenco music.

We have tried to recreate the “Intimate Spaces” of our mind, from the simplicity and clarity of the lighting and scenery, simple and raw, without concessions.

This concert is an invitation to encounter the silences, to walk with the music and move with the dance. And it is born of the constant search for a space where words are not necessary, and where only a breath can be the voice, where the music stops, where the dance show us the image of the melodies, or takes us by the hand to that empty or full space where the memories, the emotions…all that is intangible lives.

All of this, without loosing the deepest flamenco essence, in a new and contemporary aesthetic, that is merely a reflection of our time.

Since his recent arrival in the US, José Luís Rodríguez has presented two new concerts, Intimate Spaces and io:flamenco abstranctions and was chosen as a featured artist for the innauguration of the new Spanish Cultural Center in the presence of Her Majesty, Queen Doña Sofía of Spain.

José Luís Rodríguez is considered one of the most important guitarists of his generation, not only because of his virtuosity, but also for his ability to fuse elements of diverse cultures to create a very personal style based on the most fundamental essence of flamenco. His elegant style has made him into one of the most reconized and internationally respected artists of the current flamenco scene.
The concert is presented in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Auditorium, and as part of FUNDarte’s Miami On Stage series.

FUNDarte is a multidisciplinary non-profit organization dedicated to producing, presenting, and promoting music, theater, dance, film and visual arts that speak to Miami’s diverse cultures.

Build A Brand Workshop 11/8/11

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Nov 9, 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Jungle Island-TreeTop Ballroom
1111 Parrot Jungle Trail
Miami Florida
More Info and RSVP

This sixth and final business empowerment networking interactive event will teach the cores of building a brand from the ground up. Join the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce for an interactive Marketing Branding Session to help you grow your personal and business brand. Guests speakers such as Tom Burrell, Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Burrell Communications and Local Miami Herald Columnist, Tasha Cunningham will help you obtain branding strategies for your company to grow.

*If you purchase an exhibition table/booth for your company for this event, the admission fee is waived. Please call 305.751.8648 for more information.

Connie James at Aventura Arts and Cultural Center 11/19/11

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Connie James
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 8:00 pm
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
3385 NE 188th Street
Aventura, FL 33180

For tickets call 877.311.7469 or visit AventuraCenter.org

Experience the Great American Songbook… only a little GREATER and a whole lot
more AMERICAN! Connie James, along with the most wonderful group of musicians
she could amass from around the country, brings you a magical evening featuring
the music you know and love. From Cole Porter to the Gershwins to Irving Berlin, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald and Rogers & Hammerstsein.

Connie also introduces “the newbies” as she calls them to this great body of musical work including Elton John, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Al Green, Carol King, Chaka Khan, Cindy Lauper and even Sly Stone. These artists have crafted songs are here to stay and Connie James bring them to you in a performance that garnered rave reviews when it debuted at New York’s premier nightclub, Feinstein’s.

Tuareg Rockers Tinariwen In Concert at Grand Central 11/10/11

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Tinariwen in concert
Thursday, November 10th, 8PM
Grand Central
697 North Miami Avenue
Downtown Miami

Opening set Sophie Hunger
Tinariwen online
BeachedMiami.com Tinariwen feature

Tickets are on sale now: $25 advance. Order online or call (305) 672-5202. You can also purchase them in person at BASE (Lincoln Road), Books & Books (Coral Gables), Sweat Records (Miami) or Radio Active Records (Ft Lauderdale)
Additional information: RhythmFoundation.com

“Let’s get one thing straight: Tinariwen is just about the best guitar-based rock band of the 21st century.” – NPR

“The Clash of the desert,” Tinariwen are nomadic Tuareg guitar-poets from Mali’s southern Sahara. They made waves throughout the Saraha playing what became the soundtrack for Tuareg independence. Now they are making waves in the international rock scene. The group have won countless awards for Best CD of the Year in polls around the world and a prestigious BBC Award for World Music. Their glorious new CD Tassili was recorded with participation from friends/ fans like members of Wilco, TV on the Radio, and New Orleans’ Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Tinariwen’s edgy, bluesy sound has earned them fans like Robert Plant and Carlos Santana, whose music inspired Tinariwen’s members when they first picked up guitars. While Plant has dedicated his career to exploring and exploiting the bent blues note he recognizes as African, Tinariwen listened to Led Zeppelin while in military training camps in Algeria. The group co-founded Festival in the Desert, an international annual musical gathering based on a Tuareg tradition where desert dwellers gather for camel races, sword-fighting displays, and campfire music.

The group returns to Miami after their unforgettable Florida debut in 2009 at the
Heineken TransAtlantic Festival.

Tinariwen in concert is presented with support from Pasha’s and Heineken USA.

Latin Business Club of America Eleventh Anniversary Event 11/15/11

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Latin Business Club of America Eleventh Anniversary Event
Tuesday, November 15, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Grove Isle Hotel and Spa
Four Grove Isle Drive
Miami, FL. 33133

Enjoy:
Free Admission
Complimentary Drink
Complimentary Appetizers
$5 Valet Parking
Amazing Energy
A Welcoming Group Of Professionals
Great Prizes
Cash Raffle
Latin Music
Surprises

Come Celebrate With Us, As We All Continue To Build Relationships In A Relaxed Setting

In the spirit of sharing, Miami Rescue Mission and Broward Outreach Centers will be on site to accept donations for the hungry and homeless such as: clothing, food, toiletries, toys, and other items, as well as monetary donations. If you are not able to attend but have items to donate, please call 305.572.2001 or email Bianca Perez of Miami Rescue Mission. Click here to make a donation on line.

Miami’s Independent Thinkers and LegalArt SeminArt Create a Winning Artist Application 11/14/11

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Miami’s Independent Thinkers and LegalArt SeminArt Create a Winning Artist Application
Monday, November 14th, 2011 6:00pm – 8:00pm
LegalArt
1035 N Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33136
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Create a Winning Artist Application!
Whether you are in the midst of a proposal or application and want input or you want to improve your writing skills, this workshop will provide a detailed approach to the process.

This SeminArt on how to prepare an effective and persuasive application, will take you through the different situations that an application can be used for: exhibitions, artist calls, awards, grants, art fairs, residencies, etc.

Workshop will be held by LegalArt and Miami’s Independent Thinkers

Limited capacity
$10 Registration Fee

To Register:
Go to legalartmiami.org
Call Dominique Breard at 786.347.2360
or email info@legalartmiami.org

Miami’s Independent Thinkers Art Basel 2011 call-to-artists: (deadline November 20th)

Refinery29 Miami edition at Cafeina Wynwood Lounge 12/1/11

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Refinery29 launches Miami edition at Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
Thursday, December 1, 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 Northwest 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127

RSVP: Refinery29@taraink.com or 305.864.3434 ext. 199

Refinery29, the global style hub for shopping, exclusive deals, trends, beauty news, local hot-spots, and at-home sneak-peeks of fashion’s finest.

Refinery29, the go-to place for inspiring, empowering and celebrating personal style will launch its Miami edition website and weekly newsletter during Art Basel 2011 for an exclusive evening presented by GUESS? and Motorola.

Renowned  DJ Mya Kwok.

A surprise exhibition from Not a Gallery artist Justin Belmont has created an Andy Warhol-inspired art garden, a new series of work developed specifically for Refinery29 entitled “Factory Fun House.” The installation will feature 10 large-scale circular art pieces throughout the lush landscaped courtyard. “Art Basel Miami is the apotheosis of what Andy was trying to accomplish – the meeting of art and commerce in the most fabulous, camera-ready setting,” says Belmont. Unlike the Warhol silkscreens, where bright pop color and optimism ruled, Belmont’s work is a little darker, as if the icons featured have grown wise with age.

The evening will be hosted by Refinery29’s Senior Editor Kristian Laliberte, Miami Editor Nikki Novo and Creative Director Piera Gelardi, DJ May Kwok, Founder of Not a Gallery, Justin Belmont, DJ Chelsea Leyland, Designer and Founder of Miansa Jewelry, Michael Saiger, President of Del Toro Shoes, Matthew Chevallard and fashion journalist Johnny Misheff invites Miami influencers to a jam-packed night of dancing, incredible fashion, photography and art including a Refinery29-flavored photo-booth to capture every style moment; beauty applications by Violent Lips for personalized, temporary lip tattoos; Miami-inspired photo studio with GUESS and the latest in Bluetooth technology with a unique product experience celebrating the launch of Motorola ELITE SLIVER. Guests will dance and mingle to the awesome tunes of renowned DJ May Kwok while savoring complimentary cocktails courtesy of SVEDKA vodka.

Refinery29 (www.refinery29.com) is the cornerstone of fashion, beauty, and shopping for a new generation. Combining daily local newsletter editions and a website that serves as a global style hub, Refinery29 offers the only 360-degree source for shopping, exclusive deals, trends, beauty news, local hot-spots, and at-home sneak-peeks of fashion’s finest. At Refinery29, great style isn’t just a one-way obsession—it’s a fast-changing world where readers talk, designers, brands, and shop-keepers engage, and great fashion influences everything.

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

Holiday Pet Nights at Dolphin Mall 12/7-21/11

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December 7th, 14th and 21st, from 7:30 pm to 9 pm
Ice Palace at Dolphin Mall

For the fifth year in a row, Dolphin Mall is bringing back its popular Pet Nights with Santa. Pet owners are invited to bring their dogs and cats to visit Santa from 7:30 pm to 9 pm on December 7th, 14th and 21st at the Ice Palace located on 2nd floor of the Ramblas area.

Visitors can select from an array of state-of-the art digital photographs offered during the traditional photos with Santa. Dolphin Mall’s holiday partnership with Snapfish offers customers a unique and user-friendly digital photo experience. The site allows shoppers to quickly share, organize and design photo gifts including holiday cards, calendars, ornaments and photo books. Shoppers can use their photos with Santa and the Ice Throne to create photo gifts.

Pet owners will receive a free bowl with the purchase of a photo package on the dates/times indicated, while supplies last. Pets must be up-to-date on their vaccinations and must either be on a leash or carried in a lightweight, portable pet carrier with harness.

$11 before 11:00 a.m. at Miami Seaquarium on 11/11/11

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$11 before 11:00 a.m. on 11/11/11 at Miami Seaquarium, Veterans and First Responders will receive complimentary admission all day.

Savings also include $11 off admission with coupon after 11:00 a.m. until park closes

Mark your calendars for the bargain deal of the century. Miami Seaquarium has announced its 11/11/11 promotion, which offers guests who are in line for park admission before 11:00 a.m. on Veteran’s Day, Friday, November 11, 2011, $11 on admission. During the promotion, first responders and members of the military will receive complimentary entrance to the park all day. In addition, guests who arrive after 11:00 a.m. may enjoy $11 off admission throughout the rest of the day. The $11 off admission is only available with a coupon that can be found at www.miamiseaquarium.com/coupon. First responders, members of the military, large company and county employees will need to provide proper identification.

“Dates such as these are quite memorable,” commented Andrew Hertz, General Manager at Miami Seaquarium. “We’re happy to collaborate with the calendar and bring this exciting offer to our guests. Nowhere else in Miami will they be able to experience this level of marine life for just $11.”

Park guests must be in the admission line before 11:00 a.m. on 11/11/11 to benefit from the $11 admission. All others will receive $11 off admission on 11/11/11 when they present the coupon available at www.miamiseaquarium.com/coupon at the ticket counter.

Miami Seaquarium, South Florida’s most popular tourist attraction, is a family-oriented marine-life park open to the public 365 days a year. The park provides visitors with a greater understanding and appreciation for marine life through shows, presentations and marine-life exhibits. General admission to Miami Seaquarium is $38.95 and $28.95 for children (ages 3-9). More information on Miami Seaquarium is available at www.miamiseaquarium.com. Become a fan on facebook at www.facebook.com/miamiseaquarium.

Miami Seaquarium is an accredited member of the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums, an international organization committed to the care and conservation of marine mammals. Accreditation by the Alliance means this facility meets or exceeds all the standards of excellence for marine mammal care, husbandry, conservation and education.

Carlos Cabeza New Works at O. Ascanio Gallery Miami 11/12/11

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Carlos Cabeza New Works at November’s Second Saturday Gallery Walk
November 12 from 7-10p.m.
O. Ascanio Gallery
2600 NW Second Avenue
Wynwood Arts District
www.oascaniogallery.com

Carlos Cabeza Returns To Miami To Debut New Works At O. Ascanio Gallery

A year after his successful Miami show, contemporary Venezuelan artist Carlos Cabeza prepares to wow local art lovers with his latest creation, “Conscious Painting” – a series of stream- of–conscious paintings, drawings and decoupages.

The solo-exhibition, made up of 28 works, will be on display from November 3 to November 20 with an opening reception on November 3, and presented during November’s Second Saturday Gallery Walk on November 12.

“Conscious Painting” made its European debut in Paris in the Cappelini showroom and Atelier 7 (Picasso’s workroom in 1912) with rave reviews. His Rhythmic Paintings exhibit in Miami last year, which was well-received by art critics, helped catapult O. Ascanio Gallery to be among the more respected galleries in Wynwood.

Cabeza, who is Paris-based and whose works were featured in Capellini’s retrospective catalog titled: “This is Not a Catalog, This is History”, said that this collection is much more “intimate” than past works.

“I insisted on working with less complicated dimensions and a much slower conscious creative process that spanned a year,” said Cabeza. “I was working in a dimension of realization that lies between the mind and the interactive world.”

Precious a 32” x 42” black and white painting made up of ebbless sequential patterns, depicts a woman’s bust wrapped in a fur. Similar to other pieces in this collection, the feminine form is provocative and her look is piercing. In the aptly named Kaleidescope, Cabeza uses a kaleidoscopic burst of vivid colors and angles to frame symmetrical female silhouettes reminiscent of 60s style.

Miami NewTimes art critic Carlos Suarez de Jesus said Cabeza’s work is “hallucinatory.” “Using a stream-of-conscious approach to the subject matter, the artist creates canvases that vibrate with an inherent energy that seems to send out shock waves,” said Suarez de Jesus.

O. Ascanio Gallery is located at 2600 NW Second Avenue in the Wynwood Arts District and has featured works by arts giants that include Jesus Soto, Carlos Cruz Diez, Alejandro Otero, Edgar Negret, Lina Sinisterra, Victor Lucena, Francisco Salazar, Bernar Venet, Bernard Aubertin, Agostino Bonalumi and Fernando Mignoni. For more information visit www.oascaniogallery.com.

Image: Kaledoscope, 2011, 107 x 81 cm, Acrylic On Canvas

The Florida East Coast Railway Free Lecture 11/10/11

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The Florida East Coast Railway For More Than 110 Years America’s Speedway To Sunshine
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Deering Estate at Cutler
16701 SW 72 Avenue
Miami, FL 33157
More Info

Presenter: Seth Bramson
Visitor Center Auditorium
Free & Open to the public.

Seth Bramson has lived in the Miami area since 1946 and is nationally known as the foremost authority on the history of transportation to, from, and within Florida. He is Company Historian of the Florida East Coast Railway and the author of Speedway to Sunshine: the Story of the Florida East Coast Railway, as well as other books all relating to South Florida and Florida transportation history.

Seth Bramson is Adjunct Professor of History and Historian in Residence at Barry University and Adjunct Professor of History at Florida International University where he teaches all of the University’s South Florida and Florida history courses. In addition, he is Historian in Residence at FIU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

In partnership with the Archaeological Society of Southern Florida, the Deering Estate at Cutler presents a free lecture on the 2nd Thursday of each month in the Visitor Center Auditorium. The lectures are free and open to the public.

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.

Roger Waters Extraordinary Aural And Visual Masterpiece The Wall 6/15/12

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Roger Waters Extraordinary Aural And Visual Masterpiece The Wall
Friday, June 15, 2012
Bankatlantic Center
Sunrise, FL 33323

Tickets On Sale Monday, November 14th / 10am

Roger Waters, the co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, has announced the return of the historic production of “The Wall” to North America in 2012. His aural and visual masterpiece of alienation and transformation will be performed in-its-entirety featuring a full band and state-of-the-art production. “The Wall” live has played more than 120 shows around the world for more than 1.6 million fans making it one of the most successful tours of 2010 and 2011.

Roger Waters’ “The Wall” returns to BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL on Friday, June 15, 2012. Reserved Seat tickets are $202.75, $133.75. $88.75 and $48.75 and go on sale Monday, November 14th / 10AM at livenation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone (800) 745-3000. Tickets will be available at the BankAtlantic Center Box Office beginning at 9AM, Tuesday November 15th. For more information, visit www.livenation.com.

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

The 2012 tour will begin on May 1st in Houston, Texas at the Toyota Center making a 36 show trek throughout North America, including several outdoor stadium performances with state of the art modifications transforming the arena production into magnificent outdoor events. The tour, promoted by Live Nation, includes stadium stops in San Francisco at AT&T Park on May 11th, Vancouver at BC Place on May 26th, Chicago’s Wrigley Field on June 8th, Toronto at Rogers Centre on June 23rd and Philadelphia at the Citizens Bank Park on July 14th.

“Thirty years ago when I wrote ‘The Wall,’ I was a frightened young man,” Waters recalls. “In the intervening years it occurred to me that maybe the story of my fear and loss with its concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns: Nationalism, racism, sexism, religion, whatever! All these issues and ‘isms are driven by the same fears that drove my young life.”

In addition to Roger Waters (lead vocals, bass), “The Wall” live touring ensemble includes: Snowy White (Guitar), Dave Kilminster (Guitar), GE Smith (Guitar & Bass), Jon Carin (Keyboards), Harry Waters (Hammond Organ), Graham Broad (Drums), Robbie Wyckoff (Vocals), Jon Joyce, Pat Lennon, Mark Lennon and Kipp Lennon (Backing Vocals).

For complete ticket and tour information, please visit RogerWaters.com, Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

Symphony in Lights Kickoff Spectacle at The Village at Gulfstream Park 11/12/11

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Kick-Off to Symphony in Lights
November 12th 6PM-11PM
The Village at Gulfstream Park
501 S Federal Highway
Hallandale Beach, FL 33009

Symphony in Lights runs from November 12th – December 31st, 2011

The Village at Gulfstream Park, South Florida’s premier outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment destination, is illuminating the holidays with their second-annual Symphony in Lights show. The spectacular dancing light display, featuring over 250,000 lights and choreographed to the holiday music of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, invites you to celebrate the return of this joyous season. Beginning November 12th, the computer-animated treat for the eyes and ears will run nightly through December 31st.

On November 12th, The Village will host a Symphony in Lights Kick-Off Event with special activities for families including face painting, balloon artists, carolers, holiday characters, and, of course, Santa Claus! Symphony in Lights is a must-see spectacle for the young and old, alike, this holiday season.

Symphony in Lights takes place hourly from 6pm to 11pm and is free to The Village at Gulfstream Park visitors.

Anchored by Florida’s premier thoroughbred racetrack and casino, The Village at Gulfstream Park is South Florida’s ultimate shopping, dining and entertainment destination. Utilizing the outdoor, lifestyle streetscape concept, The Village at Gulfstream Park is home to designer boutiques, specialty stores, restaurants and cafes. For a complete directory of shops and restaurants, visit www.thevillageatgulfstreampark.com.

MiMo Art in the Park 12/4/11

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MiMo Art in the Park
Sunday, December 4 · 12:00pm – 6:00pm
Legion Park
North East 66 Street and Biscayne Blvd
www.mimoartinthepark.com

Celebrate Miami Art Week and the Art Basel festivities in the MiMo Historic District

Participate by registering to be or sponsor one of the MiMo Chalk Mural Artists add the website address here

Enjoy art in the making, exhibiting artists, live entertainment on stage, tours, and great street theater

Sample the tastes of fine MiMo cuisine

Admission: The festival is free. Donations are welcome

Get your inner artist ready… On December 4th the MiMo districts Legion Park will house a massive canvas composed of hundreds of masterpieces.
Thousands of pieces of chalk will be in the hands of Miami artists from all walks of life.
Independent artists as well as sponsored teams, art students, or just plain ol’ folks out to have a good time, will create a spectacular chalk mural on Sunday, December 4 on the newly paved walkway of Legion Park beginning at High Noon

This 1000 linear foot concrete canvas will be adorned in every style imaginable, from contemporary to classical, to whimsical, and maybe even with a dash of MiMo Design.

But the Great MiMo Chalk- In is not just an extraordinary mural, it’s also an opportunity for visitors to enjoy a complete day of festivities MiMo style. MiMo Art in the park is designed for every artistic taste. In addition to watching artists at work, guests can also enjoy live music, street performers, mimes jugglers, and surreal characters on parade.

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.

West Boca Chili’s Fundraiser 11/8/11

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West Boca Chili’s Fundraiser
November 8, 2011, 11:00am – 11:00pm
West Boca Chili’s
21769 State Road 7
Boca Raton, FL 33428
More Info

Come have fun, a great meal, and support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. West Boca Chili’s will donate 10% of your meal to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Please print and bring attached Flyer and 10% of the sales will be donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Event Location:
West Boca Chili’s (561) 451-3771

For additional information please call Myriam Ochart, (954) 425-2656 or m_ochart@bellsouth.net
I will also be outside of the West Boca Chili’s to distribute flyer.

Raising funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Team In Training to help find cures and more effective treatments for cancer.
I’m running marathon in memory of Lisa Marie Velázquez of Coral Springs, FL. Lisa, 44 year old mother of two. She is survived by her husband John and two sons – 15 year old Matthew and 7 year old Christian. Lisa is missed by family and friends.
You can also help with a $5.00 donation http://pages.teamintraining.org/vtnt/honolulu11/mochart

Speed Dating and Wine Tasting 12/3/11

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Speed Dating and Wine Tasting
12/3/2011, 6pm
Cavas
900 South Miami Ave. Suite 180
Miami, FL 33130
Register Online

Get your chic on and enjoy an evening mingling with other singles amidst a sparkling wine starter and fabulous hors d’ oeuvres. Loosen that tie or kick off your heels as the evening progresses into a premium wine tasting featuring wines from around the globe, perfect for that conversation starter sure to win a smile.

If you love discovering and tasting new wines, then you will be spoiled for choice at Cavas, with an extensive range of wine tasting tours and tastings events which allows customers to choose from an average of over 80 different self-service wine selections. Cavas has something for everyone to enjoy.

Wine tasting and social hour begins at 6pm. Speed Dating event starts at 7pm.

Registeration required at: http://www.hearttango.com/sdating.php

Scorpios Bash 11/10/11

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Scorpios Bash
11/10/2011, 11:00P – 04:00A
Gryphon @ Hard Rock Casino
5707 Seminole Way
Hollywood, Fl. 33014
www.majesticgroupevents.com

Scorpio Red Party Ring in 11.11.11 at Midnight

Wear your sexiest Red attire – Scorpios free entry all night
Music by DJ Entice – Mummy – DJ Amazin
Complimentary drinks for ladies until 12a | $150 BOTTLES | Complimentary admission b4 1230a w/RSVP

Little Haiti Love Thy Neighbor 11/12/11

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Little Haiti: Love Thy Neighbor
11/12/2011, 08:00p
Joseph Caleb Center
5400 N.W. 22nd Avenue
Miami, FL.

80 Minute is proud to present “Lil Haiti: Love Thy Neighbor,” the sequel to the critically acclaimed stage play “Lil Haiti: The Untold Story.” “Lil Haiti: Love Thy Neighbor,” written by Damien McKnight and directed by Yonel Aris will be a one day performance, debuting Saturday, November 12th, 2011, at the Joseph Caleb Center 5400 N.W. 22nd Avenue, Miami, Fl. Showtime at 8pm.

Downtown Full Moon Party 11/10/11

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Downtown Full Moon Party
Thursday November 10, 9pm – 3am
Villa 221
221 17th Street
Miami, FL 33132
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168701579889678

We Are Back At The Place Where It All Started…

Join us for our next Full Moon party at Villa 221… The “downtown FULL MOON party will host its biggest event to date. Get ready for a spiritual Celebration of Life through meditation, music, dancing, entertainment, sharing, loving, and accepting…

Free Admission – No Cover – Donate if you can!

Free Parking (Come early and park for free in the two adjacent lots)
Also, plenty of street metered parking are also available…

Featuring:
Live Music: Cleaveland Jones and his band
Sacred Performances: The Goddess Dancers (www.goddessdancers.com)
Eclectic Sounds: DJ Umber Bandi-Ville
Master Drummer: Esteban Camacho aka MR. Bongoman
Sax Soloist: Leon Morley
Sitarist: RAJI
Poi / Fire Performances: Lucy Galant & Kikimora
Free Intro Capoeira Class: Professor Gigante (Capoeira Abolicao)

Plus: AcroYoga :: Fire Performers :: Hoola Hoop :: Double Dutch :: Belly Dancers :: Henna Tattoo :: Tarot Readers :: Drum Circle (Bring your drums if you have any; Drumming starts at Midnight) :: Tasty and healthy Food :: Cocktails :: Massage :: and Much more…

Benefiting: La Luchi Foundation
A portion of the event proceeds will be donated to La Luchi Foundation, utilizing holistic health resources to enrich the lives of urban youth…

Dresscode: We strongly encourage everyone to dress Creatively and Outrageous! (Creative Costumes are very welcomed & admired… Think “Burning Man”)

Drummers / Performers: We have an Open House policy for performers and drummers… If you want to bring your props to perform and show your talents, you are invited to do so. We also invite all drummers to bring their drums to join in our Drumming Sessions and Let Your Beats Be Heard!

Hosted By: Fritz “e”, Gary James Fitzsimmons; Tracie Samara; Sol Amor, Oscar Vidal
Invite Your Friends!

Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale Sommelier Don Derocher Presents Hall Wines 11/16/11

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The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale
One North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale
Florida 33304
www.ritzcarlton.com/fortlaucherdale

$99 per person, plus tax and gratuity, $7 valet parking
Please RSVP by Monday, November 14 by contacting (954)302-6460.

It’s every wine-loving environmentalist’s dream as Via Luna Sommelier Don Derocher and HALL Wines present varietals from California’s First Gold Certified LEED® winery. Merging history and innovation, winemakers Kathryn Hall, former US Ambassador, and Craig Hall, once part owner of the Dallas Cowboys, create a state-of-the-art winery dedicated to making single vineyard and limited-production wines. Sommelier Don Derocher combines some of the winery’s best 2010 Sauvignon Blanc, 2006 Merlot, 2005 Kathryn Hall Cabernet Sauvignon, and the exclusive 2007 “Darwin” 100% Syrah and 2005 late harvest Sauvignon Blanc with Via Luna Chef de Cuisine Jason Coperine’s gourmet culinary light bites for a special, casual gathering.

The DWNTWN Miami Concert Series presents Kaki King and Million Young 11/11/11

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The DWNTWN Miami Concert Series presents Kaki King and Million Young
Friday, November 11 @ 6:00pm
Bayfront Park – Tina Hills Pavilion
301 North Biscayne Boulevard
(across from the Bayfront metro mover station)
Downtown Miami

Kaki King and Million Young
Join the Miami Downtown Development Authority this Friday for the best happy hour in town, for the second concert in the DWNTWN Concert Series with Kaki King and Million Young. Food Trucks will be on-site and food and drinks will be available. Concert-goers are also welcome to bring their own blankets, food and drinks.

Kaki King along with her stringed friends which include the Oviation and a harp guitar are bringing their acoustic roots sound to Bayfront Park. She received a Golden Globe Best Original Score nomination for Sean Penn’s Into the Wild and was featured on the Grammy nominated soundtrack for August Rush. Spin magazine gave her last album 8 out of 10 stars and USA Today called it “bracing and fascinating.”

Million Young and his chillwave sound will warm up the crowd with a mix of electronic beats, sampled elements and cool vocals.

Presented by the Miami DDA, additional sponsors include the Intercontinental Hotel Miami, Miami Children’s Museum and Miami New Times others involved include Embrace Events and Big Brothers Big Sisters. This season the Miami DDA has partnered up with Big Brothers Big Sisters for the Just Volunteer Miami initiative – a campaign to encourage volunteerism in Miami. The DWNTWN Concert Series is free to the public and held on the second Friday of every month during sunset happy hour. Food and drinks are available. For information on this show and the rest of the season, please go to www.dwntwn.com. You can also become a fan of the DWNTWN Miami Concert Series on Facebook or text DWNTWNR to 878787 for up-to-the-minute updates.

The Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is committed to improving the quality of life for businesses, employees, residents, and visitors in downtown Miami. As an independent agency of the City of Miami, the Miami DDA supports business growth, infrastructure improvements, and services for Downtown Miami residents and stakeholders. In addition to its programs and initiatives, the Miami DDA is partnering with the City and other government entities to strengthen Downtown Miami’s position as an international center for commerce, culture, and tourism. Through its DWNTWN campaign, which sponsors programs such as free outdoor concerts and special networking events, the Miami DDA drives consumers young and old to the region with the goal of supporting existing businesses and transforming Downtown Miami into a thriving, 24-7 urban epicenter. The organization is governed by a 15-member board comprised of three public appointees and 12 downtown property owners, residents and/or workers. For more information about the Miami DDA and Downtown Miami, please visit www.MiamiDDA.com.

Multiversal Miami 2011 12/1-4/11

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Multiversal Miami 2011

Thursday, December 1 – Sunday, December 5
During Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
Multiversal Miami Event Space
193 NW 24th Street
Wynwood Arts District
Miami, FL 33137
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2011 Multiversal Is More Than Art Gallery Featured Artists: A Squid Called Sebastian, Alex Spitia, Alicia Casillas, Aliett Kramer, Buddy Nestor, Chelsea Greene Lewyta, Cristina Rivera, Crystal Barbe, Customz, Danelly Liz, Dekal, Diana Henao, Dianaya, Dubelyoo, Ed King, Elizabelth Virginaia Levesque, Erasmo Garcia, Eric Bonhomme, Fifty Three, Floyd, Frankie Curran, Freddy Jimenez, Glenn Arthur, Italia Rubio, Jason Page, Jean Paul Mallozi, Johannah O’Donnell, Joshua Rhodes, Kat Gun, Kazilla, Kelly McKernan, Luzalma Gonzales, Marc Paper Scissor, Marcello Ibanez, Megan Frauenhoffer, Richard Alan Haugh, Ruben Ubiera, Serafima Sokolov, Stuntkid, Teepop, Vaghe, Victor Hugo Vaca Jr

Multiversal Gallery Artists: Aleloop, Denise Diaz, Artmima, Bahapta, C.S. McNeil, Pop Art by Misha, Amberwind, Kris Starry, Vionette Torres, Jason Page, Erin Jay, Diana Pantgola, Pay Aponte, Andrew Ackerman, Gina Panzarella, Pop Mortem, Zophia Bogusz, Sean Murdock, Evoca1, Dani + The Arts, Pachucho Madrid, Brandy Rumiez, Prudence Groube, Tobi Salver, Eric Torriente, Rocksoup Studios, MLK, FDC Crew, and more TBA

Partners: More Than Art Group, Life is Art, deviantART
Sponsors: Indie Film Club, Joy Taylor Studios, Pioneer, A Girl’s Best Friend, by1982, Control Salon, Bare Minerals, Hi-Tech Paul Mitchel School, A.G.E., I Make Dope Beats, WeMerge Magazine, Methodus

Scheduled Events (Click Here for the Full Schedule)
Thu / Dec 1:
11am-12pm: VIP Screening and Champagne Brunch / $20 entry
12pm-5pm: Gallery Open to public / free
2pm-3pm: Film Festival & Promotional drinks / free
6pm-12am: Opening show, Special events, Fashion show, Promotional drinks, Live performances, music and DJ’s / $5

Fri / Dec 2:
12pm-5pm: Gallery Open to public / free
2pm-3pm: Film Festival & Promotional drinks / free
6pm-12am: Special events, Fashion show, Promotional drinks, Live performances, music and DJ’s until / $5

Sat / Dec 3:
12pm-5pm: Gallery Open to public / free
2pm-3pm: Film Festival & Promotional drinks / free
6pm-12am: Special events, Fashion show, Promotional drinks, Live performances, music and DJ’s / $5

Sun / Dec 4:
12pm-5pm: Gallery Open to public / free
2pm-3pm: Film Festival & Promotional drinks / free
6pm-12am: Closing show, Special events, Fashion show, Promotional drinks, Live performances, music and DJ’s / $5

Miami: prepare to be wow-ed this December with a new and unique one-of-a-kind arts experience! From December 1-4, in the heart of the Wynwood Art District, you will be introduced to more than 120 of South Florida’s best as well as artists from all around the world. By encompassing almost 5,000 square feet, Multiversal will showcase their best visual and performance works under tented and open-air space in this can’t miss event.

Among our artists, you will find both established and emerging names from around the world. Their media will span fine arts, live art, sculpture, urban art, installations, photography, body painting, fashion and film festivals.

Around the artwork will swirl a vortex of belly dancers, BBOY’s, fire dancers, acrobats, exhibitionists, and extemporaneous theater — all to the rhythm of live and recorded music. Open to the public from Thursday-Sunday for an estimated 49 hours — more than any other scheduled Art Basel production — this will truly be a multiversal human experience.

The show will have a tented space and outdoor exhibit, conveniently located in the heart of Miami’s Wynwood Art District next to the Dorsch Gallery.

Photographs of Multifaceted The Multiversal Pre-Party & Mixer at Cafeina on 11/3/11

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Multifaceted The Multiversal Pre-Party at Cafeina on Thursday, November 3, 2011.

Artists showcasing their artwork was:   BMD art, Cristina Isabel Rivera, Customz, Tatiana Enriquez, Gus Colors, Sean Glenn, Jennifer Maria Cordoba, Peter Fasi, Diana Contreras, Celia Reigle, Chris Riggs, Teepop, James Brutus, Ralph Ventura, Music by BOXWOOD &  TAMBOKA.  Fashion Shows with Fox House, Trash Fashions by Aidana Baldassarre, 41 Vintage Row by Nori Lance, CherryRootz by AnaMaria Fals, Ai Mei by Amy Rubi andDJ Music by George the Infinite. Special Fire Dancing Performance by The Cleric and get your Feather Extensions onsite by Control Salon.

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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
More Info

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

Photographs from Meet Your Neighbors Flagler Street Block Party Hosted by Electric Avenue on 11/3/11

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Meet Your Neighbors Flagler Street Block Party hosted by Electric Avenue on Thursday, November 3, 2011. What a great event, as always,  and so many people to meet.  Free food, drink and entertainment all in Downtown Miami, just awesome.

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Black Pearl Fashion and Film Gala 11/11/11

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Black Pearl Fashion & Film Gala
Nov 11, 2011, 5:00pm – 8:00pm
American InterContinental University
2250 North Commerce Parkway
Weston, FL 33326
More Info

American InterContinental University’s resident fashion and film students present Black Pearl, a fashion & film gala taking place at AIU’s South Florida campus in Weston from 5-8pm on Friday, November 11th. Students from both the fashion and film departments will showcase their creative journey in their struggle to attain that elusive treasure.

This show is FREE and open to the public.

John Offerdahl’s Gridiron GrillOff 11/18/11

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John Offerdahl’s Gridiron GrillOff
11/18/11, 4pm-11pm
Pompano Amphitheater
1806 Northeast 6th Street
Pompano Beach, FL 33060
www.GridironGrillOff.com

The Gridiron Grill-Off features Miami Dolphins Legends like Dan Marino and Broward’s best chefs like Jason Smith from Steak 954. Each athlete has been paired with a chef and have created their own signature “Gridiron Grill-Off recipe. Attendees will eat and vote on their favorites and a pair will be voted the Gridiron Grill-Off Champion!

There will also be a cornhole tournament. Fans will compete in a bean-bag tailgate game that teams-up Celebrity Pros with Community Joes (fans)!

Last year, Louis Oliver and Jason Smith from Steak 954 won. Proceeds are supporting 4Kids of South Florida, the Miami Dolphins Foundation and Here’s Help Culinary Program.

This event is where Celebrity, Competition & Charity collide! Tickets for the event can be purchased at www.GridironGrilloff.com.

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
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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.

Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band 1/28/12

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Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band
1/28/2012, 8 p.m.
American Airlines Arena
601 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33130

Welcome To Fin Land Tour 2012
Miami, the wait is over. Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will perform at American Airlines Arena for one night only on Saturday January 28 at 8pm, as part of Jimmy Buffett’s “Welcome To Fin Land” Tour 2012.

Local Parrotheads won’t want to miss their chance to soak in the full Margaritaville experience.

Encores, Jimmy’s newest release, is a live acoustic double CD, featuring 22 of Jimmy’s intimate final encore songs recorded in different U. S. cities as well as Paris during the 2009 tour. This unique collection showcases Jimmy solo acoustic (12 songs), includes some special guests and is unlike anything he’s released before.

Tickets on sale Friday November 4th at 10am. Eight-ticket limit per customer.

Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, Charge by phone at (800) 745-3000. Ticket prices subject to applicable fees.

Michael Jackson The Immortal Tour by Cirque Du Soleil 3/3/12

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Michael Jackson The Immortal Tour by Cirque Du Soleil
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8 p.m.
American Airlines Arena
601 Biscayne Bld
Miami, FL 33130

Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 8 PM ONLY
AmericanAirlines Arena
Click Here to See Prices, Locations and To Order

The Estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil are proud to present Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour™ in Miami on March 2 – 3, 2012 at American Airlines Arena. This once-in-a-lifetime electrifying production combines Michael Jackson music and choreography with Cirque du Soleil creativity to give fans worldwide a unique view into the spirit, passion and heart of the artistic genius who forever transformed global pop culture. Proudly sponsored by Sun Life Financial, the show is written and directed by Jamie King, the leading concert director in pop music today, and features more than 60 international dancers, musicians and acrobats.

Tickets are on sale now for Miami performances of Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour on March 2 – 3, 2012 at the American Airlines Arena. Tickets are $50 to $250 each and are available at www.ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000. For additional information, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com/MichaelJackson.

A riveting fusion of visuals, dance, music and fantasy that immerses audiences in Michael’s creative world, Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour unfolds Michael Jackson’s artistry before the eyes of the audience. Aimed at lifelong fans as well as those experiencing Michael’s creative genius for the first time, the show captures the essence, soul and inspiration of the King of Pop, celebrating a legacy that continues to transcend generations.

The Immortal World Tour takes place in a fantastical realm where we discover Michael’s inspirational Giving Tree—the wellspring of his creativity. The secrets of Michael’s inner world are unlocked—his love of music and dance, fairy tale and magic, and the fragile beauty of nature.

The underpinnings of The Immortal World Tour are Michael Jackson’s powerful, inspirational music and lyrics—the driving force behind the show—brought to life with extraordinary power and breathless intensity. Through unforgettable performances Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour underscores Michael’s global messages of love, peace and unity.

Writer and Director Jamie King has been called one of the most influential “movers and shakers” in the music industry, and the “Jerry Bruckheimer of tent-pole concert tours” by Variety. A multiple Emmy Award® and MTV Video Music Award® nominee, he has choreographed some of the most popular music videos and directed some of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. For the past 12 years, he has served as Madonna’s creative director, and most recently directed world tours for Rihanna, Celine Dion, Spice Girls, Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne. King has worked with an array of superstars including Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Shakira, George Michael, Elton John, Diana Ross, Jennifer Lopez and even Ellen DeGeneres. This is Jamie’s first show with Cirque du Soleil.

Preview video
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Allianz Championship Second Round Tournament Play and Family Day 2/11/12

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Allianz Championship – Second Round Tournament Play and Family Day
2/11/12, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Old Course at Broken Sound
1401 NW 51st Street
Boca Raton, FL
allianzchampionship.com

PGA Champions Tour legends vie for a $1.8 million purse in second round championship play during “Family Day” at the Allianz Championship with all net proceeds “chipping in” to benefit Boca Raton Regional Hospital. “Family Day” features a full schedule of free interactive family activities for all generations, including face painting, a bounce house, putting contests, Don Law golf clinic, children painting their own art on a Lexus, appearances by South Florida sports teams’ mascots and much more.

Ticket Price: General admission free; skybox tickets available for purchase

Event Contact Phone: 561-241-GOLF (4653)
Contact Name: Anthony Greco

3rd Annual Allianz Championship Golf and Wine Experience 2/11/12

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3rd Annual Allianz Championship Golf & Wine Experience
2/11/12, 3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
The Old Course at Broken Sound
1401 NW 51st Street
Boca Raton, FL
allianzchampionship.com

Wine connoisseurs and golf enthusiasts will get the chance to sample “reds and whites on the green” in this “event within the event” featuring tastings from the private wine collections of PGA Champions Tour pros’ own vineyards. In addition to indulging in the varietals from international vineyards and labels owned by Arnold Palmer, Fred Couples and more, attendees will enjoy gourmet food from top local restaurants, appearances by golf legends and live entertainment.

Ticket Price: $85 per person

Event Contact Phone: 561-241-GOLF (4653)
Contact Name: Anthony Greco

Allianz Championship First Round Tournament Play 2/10/12

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Allianz Championship – First Round Tournament Play
2/10/12, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Old Courst at Broken Sound
1401 NW 51st Street
Boca Raton, FL
allianzchampionship.com

An impressive roster of PGA Champions Tour legends tee off to compete for a $1.8 million purse during first round championship play at the Allianz Championship, with all net proceeds “chipping in” to benefit Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Boca Raton will host defending Champion Tom Lehman and other PGA Champions Tour pros at the Champions Tour’s first tournament of the early-season Florida swing, with The Golf Channel televising all three rounds live from The Old Course at Broken Sound Club.

Ticket Price: General admission free; skybox tickets available for purchase

Event Contact Phone: 561-241-GOLF (4653)
Contact Name: Anthony Greco

Allianz Championship Pro-Am 2/9/12

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Allianz Championship Pro-Am
2/9/12, 7:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
The Old Courst at Broken Sound
1401 NW 51st Street
Boca Raton, FL
allianzchampionship.com

Whether you’re looking for a round of golf with your buddies, client entertainment or employee recognition, a memorable day of corporate camaraderie and golf ensues when foursomes are paired with a PGA Champions Tour pro. Lunch and an invitation to the VIP draw party with Champions Tour legends on Feb. 7th are included. Each player also to receive a premium gift package including a $300 Callaway gift card and a Peter Millar apparel shopping spree valued at $250.

Ticket Price: $3,500 per participant

Event Contact Phone: 561-241-GOLF (4653)
Contact Name: Anthony Greco

Allianz Championship Konica Minolta Pro-Am 2/8/12

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Allianz Championship Konica Minolta Pro-Am
2/8/12, 7:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
The Old Course at Broken Sound
1401 NW 51st Street
Boca Raton, FL
allianzchampionship.com

Whether you’re looking for a round of golf with your buddies, client entertainment or employee recognition, a memorable day of corporate camaraderie and golf ensues when foursomes are paired with a PGA Champions Tour pro. Lunch and an invitation to the VIP draw party with Champions Tour legends on Feb. 7th are included. Each player also to receive a premium gift package including a $300 Callaway gift card and a Peter Millar apparel shopping spree valued at $250.

Ticket Price: $3,000 per participant

Event Contact Phone: 561-241-GOLF (4653)
Contact Name: Anthony Greco

Second-Annual Allianz Championship Women’s Executive Pro-Am 2/7/12

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Second-Annual Allianz Championship Women’s Executive Pro-Am
2/7/12, 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Old Course at Broken Sound
1401 NW 51st Street
Boca Raton, FL
allianzchampionship.com

This second-annual event with a private group clinic by LPGA legend and eight-time “player of the year” Annika Sorenstam gives women of all skill sets a chance to play nine holes with a PGA Champions Tour pro during the Allianz Championship. This fun-filled day also includes a continental breakfast, Q & A session with Annika prior to her clinic, a fabulous gift package and an invitation to the VIP draw party that night.

Tickets: $750 per participant

Event Contact Phone: 561-241-GOLF (4653)

Contact Name: Anthony Greco

Holiday Lights on the Plaza 12/3/11

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Holiday Lights on the Plaza
Dec. 3, 2011, 6-10 p.m.
Brickell World Plaza
600 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
brickellworldplaza.com

Hundreds will gather at 600 Brickell Avenue for the first-ever lighting ceremony of Brickell World Plaza, featuring a 40-foot wreath, music and refreshments. Students from area schools will exhibit original artwork and sing holiday classics. The event will kick off the season in what will become an annual event on the first Saturday of every December.

All proceeds from the ticketed event will benefit three Miami-Dade non-profit organizations: The Education Fund, the Humane Society of Greater Miami and Ronald McDonald House.

Oscar de la Renta Fashion Show to Benefit Project New Born 11/19/11

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Oscar de la Renta Fashion Show to Benefit Project: New Born
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 7:00 Pm
Intercontinental Hotel
Grand Ballroom
100 Chopin Plaza
Miami, Fl, 33131

Project: New Born And Bal Harbour Shops Cordially Invites You To An Elegant Evening Of Fashion And Entertainment Featuring Oscar De La Renta Resort 2012 Runway Show

For Ticket Information Please Contact Sam Blank At 954.843.9700 Or Email sam@blankmiami.com

The Miami Circle Brickell Lunch Break Music Series 11/10/11

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The Miami Circle Brickell Lunch Break Music Series
Thursday, November 10th 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
The Miami Circle
401 Brickell Ave.
Miami, FL 33131

Lunch with your friends and co-workers ‘Where the River Meets the Bay’

Join us at the famous archaeological landmark The Miami Circle for the Brickell Lunch Break Music Series on Thursday, November 10th from 11:30am-2:30pm.

The event will feature music by the Cezar Santana Brazilian Jazz Trio.

Bring your own lunch, or enjoy cuisine from Five of Miami’s top Food Trucks!

No Charge-Open To The Public

To book your next event at the Miami Circle or for questions please contact: MiamiCircle@24-group.com

The Auction Project launches at Tomorrowland 11/6/11

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The Auction Project launches at Tomorrowland
Sunday, November 6th, 8:00pm – 12:00am
1368 North Miami Ave
Miami, Florida 33136

Join us Sunday for a cocktail reception sponsored by CORZO tequila.

The Auction Project is a published catalogue dedicated to representing single artworks made by young and emerging artists. The catalogue is produced in a traditional auction catalogue format, documenting the artwork and artists with short essays and providing market values. However, with the intention of creating a new platform for appreciating and purchasing artwork, The Auction Project catalogue itself is the vehicle for appreciating and purchasing the artwork.

That’s right, there is no auction. The “The Auction Project” name relates only to the format of the publication and not to how the artworks are sold. The catalogue’s essays as well its images allow art enthusiasts and prospective buyers to learn about the artist and context of the artwork in a familiar, but different setting.

The Auction Project’s founder and Editor-in-Chief, Lina Hargrett, has been involved in the art business, focusing on contemporary art and emerging artists, since graduating from University of Costa Rica with a degree in Art History in 2004. A Miami native, Hargrett realized that there is a strong disconnect between contemporary art and a general public interested in purchasing art. Reacting to this, she developed the auction catalogue concept of The Auction Project. The Auction Project’s goal is to promote artists commercially and in an educational way. Auction catalogues are a fundamental tool for documenting artworks and the market, and they are the perfect format for introducing emerging artists.

Participating artists have been selected based on the quality and contemporary relevance of their artwork. The catalogue does not perform as a curated art exhibition. Each artist has unique qualities and are not necessarily in dialogue with each other. Featured artists include: Brian Gefen (New York); Christopher Manning (New York); Jessica Laino (New York); Madeleine Davis (New York); Louise Erhard (Palm Beach); sleeper (Miami); Daniel Fishel (New York); Paula Searing (Philadelphia); Richard Vergez (Ft. Lauderdale); Joseriberto Perez (Miami); Shelter Serra (New York); and George Sanchez-Calderon (Miami).

The catalogue launch for Issue 1 will take place at TOMORROWLAND, a project space created by artist George Sanchez-Calderon. TOMORROWLAND, located on the edge of historic Overtown, was built in the 1940s and is experiencing a rebirth in this neighborhood that has suffered hardship for decades in Miami, FL. This gallery space allows for curators, artists and dealers to create discourse through art, design, urbanism and creativity.

About The Auction Project and Lina Hargrett
Lina Hargrett received a Master in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London and a Bachelor in Art History from University of Costa Rica in San Jose. She has worked as Assistant Director at both I-20 Gallery in New York, NY and Fredric Snitzer Gallery in Miami, FL; internships include Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, and NY Arts Magazine. The Auction Project represents emerging artists in an auction catalogue format. Founded in 2011 by Lina Hargrett, each issue focuses on a distinct group of artists and artworks.

For more information please email: info@theauctionproject.com / tomorrowlandmiami@gmail.com
www.theauctionproject.com (coming soon)

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

WrestleMania XXVIII On Sale Celebration at Bayfront Park 11/4/11

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WrestleMania XXVIII On Sale Celebration
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 7pm
Bayfront Park, Miami

Free and Open to the Public!

Don’t miss out on one of the most exciting parties of the year!

Join the kick off to the grand event of 2012, WrestleMania XXVIII in Miami!
The Miami-Dade Sports Commission will be hosting the WrestleMania XXVIII On Sale Ticket Launch Party, a special, one-night event featuring:

All Star Band
Family fan zone
VIP Party at Mia Biscayne
Chance to win WWE Fan Packages, WrestleMania XXVIII Tickets & WrestleMania Axxess Tickets
Special appearances from Rey Mysterio, The Bella Twins, Rosa Mendez, Kelly Kelly, SGT Slaughter and Jimmy Hart

VIP Experience at Mia Biscayne
6-7pm VIP Reception with WWE Talent
7-10 VIP Lounge at Bayfront Park
10-5am VIP Party at Mia Biscayne
$100 VIP Passes – All access and open bar at Mia Biscayne
$40 Passes – VIP Party Admission

To Buy Tickets for the VIP Experience: www.miabiscayne.com/WrestleMania

Come out to the party and buy your tickets to
WrestleMania XXVIII before they go on sale to the general public!

For questions please contact the Miami-Dade Sports Commission at 305-818-7188 or wrestlemania28@miamisports.org

Connect with Miami-Dade Sports Commission
Connecting the community through sports. The Miami – Dade Sports Commission promotes youth, amateur and professional sports in Miami-Dade County, and works to secure sports events that will generate economic impact for the community.

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.

Champions for Children Awards Ceremony at Jungle Island 11/4/11

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The Children’s Trust to Host Seventh Annual Champions for Children Awards Ceremony
Friday, November 4th, from noon – 2 p.m.
Jungle Island Treetop Ballroom

This year’s event to help promote new county-wide reading initiative

The Children’s Trust will host its seventh annual Champions for Children Awards Ceremony to honor individuals and programs that have made extraordinary efforts on behalf of our children and families on Friday, November 4th at the Jungle Island Treetop Ballroom, from noon – 2 p.m. In addition, this year’s signature event will promote literacy and Read to Learn/Leer para aprender/Li pou apran, a multi-year collaborative campaign spearheaded by The Children’s Trust. The awards ceremony also will feature a book signing with Laura Duksta and Karen Keesler, author and illustrator, respectively, of The New York Times bestseller, I Love You More.

Champions for Children is among the most coveted events within the Miami-Dade County community of child advocates and serves to inspire others to follow in the footsteps of our award recipients. Tickets to the event may be purchased online at www.thechildrenstrust.org.

The award categories and recipients are as follows:

David Lawrence Jr. Champion for Children Award: Robert D. Nolan, Ph.D. for Lifetime of Achievement and Dedication to Children. Dr. Nolan has served as the executive director of the Institute for Child & Family Health, formerly known as Children’s Psychiatric Center, for 35 years. A nationally and internationally recognized expert on Play Therapy and renowned advocate for children’s mental health services, he has played a prominent role in helping to shape policies pertaining to children’s mental health in Florida. Dr. Nolan has taught, supervised and mentored countless child therapists now providing services in South Florida.

Excellence in Direct Service for Children and Families: Jill Little, BSSW, coordinator of Florida State University’s Young Parents Project of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court. Jill Little is a social worker who operates a pioneering home-visitation program that helps to interrupt the intergeneration cycle of teen mothers in the dependency and delinquency courts.

Excellence in School Readiness Programming: Children’s Forum, Quality Counts Career Center. A key partner in The Children’s Trust Quality Counts childcare rating and improvement initiative, Children’s Forum utilizes specially trained career advisors of the Quality Counts Career Center who meet with teachers and directors to assess their strengths, review their educational backgrounds, set education and career goals, provide scholarships and encourage them to achieve their dreams of becoming better qualified early childhood education professionals.

Excellence in Youth Programming for School and Life Success: Greater Miami Youth Symphony (GMYS) is the longest-standing youth symphony in South Florida. GMYS offers free beginning instrument instruction annually to more than 350 youth in five distinct neighborhoods. Over the past six seasons, 100 percent of GMYS graduating seniors have gone on to college, and a majority of students are accepted into the county’s top music magnet programs.

Excellence in Health, Family or Community Services: New Horizon Community Mental Health Center convenes numerous community partners, including law enforcement, to provide a broad range of supports and services to families in crisis who reside within some of our county’s most at-risk communities.

“It is paramount that we continue to celebrate and recognize people who dedicate their lives to the children and families of this community and who do so with excellence, despite challenging economic times,” said Modesto E. Abety-Gutierrez, president and CEO of The Children’s Trust. “Furthermore, we will take this opportunity to rally community-wide support for our new literacy initiative aimed at reducing by half the number of third graders not reading at grade level by 2020. Currently, one-third of our third-graders fail to reach this critical benchmark, a leading indicator of school success.”

In addition to the honorees listed above, The Children’s Trust will recognize its employee of the year at the Champions for Children 2011 Award Ceremony. Bios of each award recipient are available upon request. To learn more about The Children’s Trust, please call 211 or visit www.thechildrenstrust.org

The Children’s Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County.