MIAMI | April 30, 2009
The Weekend Guide
What to Do This Weekend
Yes, you May.
PLAY
Style Miami
What: Five bucks gets you into the Upper East Side Garden for a day of shopping (local designers like Krelwear and Gold Saturn), drinking (beer and tequila), BBQ eating, and minigolf.
Why: Putter around for the day.
When: Sat., noon-6 p.m.
Where: 7244 Biscayne Blvd., Upper East Side.
EAT
Sosta Pizzeria Enoteca
What: The folks behind Quattro on Lincoln Road open a low-key pizza joint across the street.
Why: Get a slice of the action.
When: Opens Fri. Daily, noon-midnight.
Where: 1025 Lincoln Rd., South Beach (305-722-5454).
SHOP
Amy Brecka Bags
What: The local designer launches a collection of clutches that playfully mix colorful patent leather and cowhide prints.
Why: Brecka new ground.
When: You want to liven up an outfit.
Where: Salon Vaso, 1500 Alton Rd., 2nd flr., South Beach (305-674-7470).
WATCH
South Beach Women’s Polo Cup
What: For the first time ever, the ladies do the mounting at the annual equestrian matches on the sand.
Why: They’ll be horsing around.
When: Thru Sun. Ladies, Thurs., 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Where: The beach behind The Setai, 2001 Collins Ave., South Beach. Tickets at ticketweb.com.
DRINK
Sunday Bloody Sunday
What: New burger joint 8 oz. has a $20 unlimited Bloody Mary bar with your choice of vodka, gin, or tequila and ingredients like V8, Tabasco, horseradishes, and olives.
Why: It’s the day of rest.
When: Sun., 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: 1080 Alton Rd., South Beach (305-397-8246).
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Meet DNC Chairman Tim Kaine in Fort Lauderdale on May 8th!
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC Vice Chair
And Our Host Committee
Mitchell Berger, Mitch Ceasar, Mark Gilbert, Alex Heckler
Bryan Miller, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter
Broward County Commissioner Debbie Wasserman-Rubin
Cordially invite you to join them in welcoming
Governor Tim Kaine
Chairman, Democratic National Committee
for a reception benefiting the
Democratic National Committee
Friday, May 8, 2009
Riverside Hotel
620 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Host Reception – 11:45 am
Raise or Write $5,000
General Reception – 12:30 pm
Suggested Contribution: $1,000
Minimum Contribution: $500
RSVP Required
R.S.V.P. information attached. For more information please contact Michael Hardaway at hardawaym at dnc.org or (202) 423-0555.
And Our Host Committee
Mitchell Berger, Mitch Ceasar, Mark Gilbert, Alex Heckler
Bryan Miller, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter
Broward County Commissioner Debbie Wasserman-Rubin
Cordially invite you to join them in welcoming
Governor Tim Kaine
Chairman, Democratic National Committee
for a reception benefiting the
Democratic National Committee
Friday, May 8, 2009
Riverside Hotel
620 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Host Reception – 11:45 am
Raise or Write $5,000
General Reception – 12:30 pm
Suggested Contribution: $1,000
Minimum Contribution: $500
RSVP Required
R.S.V.P. information attached. For more information please contact Michael Hardaway at hardawaym at dnc.org or (202) 423-0555.
Meet DNC Chairman Tim Kaine in Fort Lauderdale on May 8th!
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC Vice Chair
And Our Host Committee
Mitchell Berger, Mitch Ceasar, Mark Gilbert, Alex Heckler
Bryan Miller, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter
Broward County Commissioner Debbie Wasserman-Rubin
Cordially invite you to join them in welcoming
Governor Tim Kaine
Chairman, Democratic National Committee
for a reception benefiting the
Democratic National Committee
Friday, May 8, 2009
Riverside Hotel
620 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Host Reception – 11:45 am
Raise or Write $5,000
General Reception – 12:30 pm
Suggested Contribution: $1,000
Minimum Contribution: $500
RSVP Required
R.S.V.P. information attached. For more information please contact Michael Hardaway at hardawaym at dnc.org or (202) 423-0555.
And Our Host Committee
Mitchell Berger, Mitch Ceasar, Mark Gilbert, Alex Heckler
Bryan Miller, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter
Broward County Commissioner Debbie Wasserman-Rubin
Cordially invite you to join them in welcoming
Governor Tim Kaine
Chairman, Democratic National Committee
for a reception benefiting the
Democratic National Committee
Friday, May 8, 2009
Riverside Hotel
620 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Host Reception – 11:45 am
Raise or Write $5,000
General Reception – 12:30 pm
Suggested Contribution: $1,000
Minimum Contribution: $500
RSVP Required
R.S.V.P. information attached. For more information please contact Michael Hardaway at hardawaym at dnc.org or (202) 423-0555.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
sweet cat needs loving home (Miami Beach)
This sweet adorable cat showed up on my doorstep a few days ago needing food and a loving home. I travel too much to care for her. Can someone take her in? She's here in Miami Beach. email sandragrace@yahoo.com
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Green Room Society at the Arsht Center
MAY is MEMBERSHIP MONTH!!!
We got a lot in store for Green Room Society so keep your calendars open and your eyes peeled!
First things first – all of you will be receiving your very own GRS membership card in the mail by next week! So for all our many upcoming GRS events, no need to state your name at the door but just flash your green card! Easy, convenient … how did we do anything without it before?!?
Second – we got some great GRS events and discounted shows for May! Check out the calendar below:
Friday, May 1, 2009 at 8PM
Daniel Bernard Roumain with special guest Emeline Michel
Knight Concert Hall
Haitian-American composer/musician Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and his genre-jumping, multicultural, high-energy ensemble, DBR & THE MISSION, present an electrifying show described as "an evening of chamber music with the accessible feel of a rock concert" (Albany Times-Union). The group will perform from a diverse selection of DBR's most recent works including Sonata for Violin and Turntables, One Loss Plus and Darwin's Meditation for the People of Lincoln. The concert will also feature the queen of Haitian pop, Emeline Michel, as a special guest. Visit www.dbrmusic.com for more info.
Put in discount code IDOL to receive $10 off!!!*
Click link below:
http://www.arshtcenter.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=5097
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7PM
Simon Birch: “Raw and Loved”
AE District | Miami Design District
U.S. debut of Hong Kong based visual artist Simon Birch at AE District, gallery and event space in the Miami Design District. Exclusively to GRS Members, please RSVP to greenroom@arshtcenter.org. Visit www.aedistrict.com for more info.
See attached image
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 8PM
Opening Night of CHICAGO
Ziff Ballet Opera House
"Chicago has no peer on Broadway in matters of wit, style and sheer musical riches," says Variety. It's a razzle-dazzle tabloid tale that has won six Tony Awards®, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations throughout its record-breaking run in New York and around the world. See the show live on stage that sparked the Oscar-winning movie! And JUST ANNOUNCED: Sofia Vergara, one of the hottest Latina stars of stage, film and TV, will star in the Miami engagement of CHICAGO!
Save 20% off tickets in Orchestra Level and Tier 2 and 50% off tickets in Tier 3 and 4 for opening night of Chicago! Enter the promo code: TUESDAY.*
Click link below:
http://www.arshtcenter.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=3926
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 10PM
Members Only CHICAGO Cast Party
Ziff Ballet Opera House
Keep the party going! Come see the show and stick around for the Cast Party Meet & Greet! This event is MEMBERS ONLY. Space is limited. RSVP at greenroom at arshtcenter.org with subject: Chicago!
*This special offer is only available online for the show listed and is not available at the box office window or through the box office call center. If you have trouble accessing the online discount, please call Group Sales at 786-468-2326.
If you have any questions regarding these upcoming events and/or your membership, please call our Membership Dept. at (786) 468-2040 or email greenroom at arshtcenter.org.
We got a lot in store for Green Room Society so keep your calendars open and your eyes peeled!
First things first – all of you will be receiving your very own GRS membership card in the mail by next week! So for all our many upcoming GRS events, no need to state your name at the door but just flash your green card! Easy, convenient … how did we do anything without it before?!?
Second – we got some great GRS events and discounted shows for May! Check out the calendar below:
Friday, May 1, 2009 at 8PM
Daniel Bernard Roumain with special guest Emeline Michel
Knight Concert Hall
Haitian-American composer/musician Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and his genre-jumping, multicultural, high-energy ensemble, DBR & THE MISSION, present an electrifying show described as "an evening of chamber music with the accessible feel of a rock concert" (Albany Times-Union). The group will perform from a diverse selection of DBR's most recent works including Sonata for Violin and Turntables, One Loss Plus and Darwin's Meditation for the People of Lincoln. The concert will also feature the queen of Haitian pop, Emeline Michel, as a special guest. Visit www.dbrmusic.com for more info.
Put in discount code IDOL to receive $10 off!!!*
Click link below:
http://www.arshtcenter.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=5097
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7PM
Simon Birch: “Raw and Loved”
AE District | Miami Design District
U.S. debut of Hong Kong based visual artist Simon Birch at AE District, gallery and event space in the Miami Design District. Exclusively to GRS Members, please RSVP to greenroom@arshtcenter.org. Visit www.aedistrict.com for more info.
See attached image
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 8PM
Opening Night of CHICAGO
Ziff Ballet Opera House
"Chicago has no peer on Broadway in matters of wit, style and sheer musical riches," says Variety. It's a razzle-dazzle tabloid tale that has won six Tony Awards®, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations throughout its record-breaking run in New York and around the world. See the show live on stage that sparked the Oscar-winning movie! And JUST ANNOUNCED: Sofia Vergara, one of the hottest Latina stars of stage, film and TV, will star in the Miami engagement of CHICAGO!
Save 20% off tickets in Orchestra Level and Tier 2 and 50% off tickets in Tier 3 and 4 for opening night of Chicago! Enter the promo code: TUESDAY.*
Click link below:
http://www.arshtcenter.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=3926
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 10PM
Members Only CHICAGO Cast Party
Ziff Ballet Opera House
Keep the party going! Come see the show and stick around for the Cast Party Meet & Greet! This event is MEMBERS ONLY. Space is limited. RSVP at greenroom at arshtcenter.org with subject: Chicago!
*This special offer is only available online for the show listed and is not available at the box office window or through the box office call center. If you have trouble accessing the online discount, please call Group Sales at 786-468-2326.
If you have any questions regarding these upcoming events and/or your membership, please call our Membership Dept. at (786) 468-2040 or email greenroom at arshtcenter.org.
Wine tasting
WARM UP WINE SEMINARS
WINE 101: Tasting Skills
Impress your friends, clients and even your boss with your refined knowledge of wine tasting. This 15-minute session will cover the basics, and will provide "the novice" with a few very valuable tools to use for the evening tasting and for the rest of your life. Attend one or more sessions. See www.educatetomorrow.org/events or below for the full details.
Time: 6:00 - 6:15
Admission includes Wine Tasting (Buy Tickets, Click Here)
Special Guest Instructor:
Abraham Horowitz, Wine News Tasting Panel Member
INTERMEDIATE WINE: What's Your Wine IQ?
French, Spanish, or Italian tonight? White or red? Wine has legs? Do you have vino anxiety and defer to friends to order wine? Gain the confidence to take control of the wine menu at your next client meeting or on your next date. In this session, you will learn how to order the best wine and not go broke in the process! See below for more details.
Time: 6:20 - 6:35
Admission includes Wine Tasting (Buy Tickets-Click Here)
Special Guest Instructor:
Abraham Horowitz, Wine News Tasting Panel Member
ADVANCED WINE: The Rule Is, There Are No Rules!
So now you think you know everything? In this session, you will learn a few extremely valuable insider aspects of wine that will enable you to stump even the experts. Join the connoisseur ranks and take control of the wine list forever! See below for more details.
Time: 6:40 -6:55, (wine tastings will follow)
Admission includes Wine Tasting (Buy Tickets, Click Here)
Special Guest Instructor:
Abraham Horowitz Wine News Tasting Panel Member
WINE 101: Tasting Skills
Impress your friends, clients and even your boss with your refined knowledge of wine tasting. This 15-minute session will cover the basics, and will provide "the novice" with a few very valuable tools to use for the evening tasting and for the rest of your life. Attend one or more sessions. See www.educatetomorrow.org/events or below for the full details.
Time: 6:00 - 6:15
Admission includes Wine Tasting (Buy Tickets, Click Here)
Special Guest Instructor:
Abraham Horowitz, Wine News Tasting Panel Member
INTERMEDIATE WINE: What's Your Wine IQ?
French, Spanish, or Italian tonight? White or red? Wine has legs? Do you have vino anxiety and defer to friends to order wine? Gain the confidence to take control of the wine menu at your next client meeting or on your next date. In this session, you will learn how to order the best wine and not go broke in the process! See below for more details.
Time: 6:20 - 6:35
Admission includes Wine Tasting (Buy Tickets-Click Here)
Special Guest Instructor:
Abraham Horowitz, Wine News Tasting Panel Member
ADVANCED WINE: The Rule Is, There Are No Rules!
So now you think you know everything? In this session, you will learn a few extremely valuable insider aspects of wine that will enable you to stump even the experts. Join the connoisseur ranks and take control of the wine list forever! See below for more details.
Time: 6:40 -6:55, (wine tastings will follow)
Admission includes Wine Tasting (Buy Tickets, Click Here)
Special Guest Instructor:
Abraham Horowitz Wine News Tasting Panel Member
The Born To Salsa Social at the International Hustle & Salsa Competition
Karibe Dance Studio
10370 West Flagler Miami, Fl 33174 (305) 220-1505
IT'S TIME TO PARTY
We are back at the International Hustle and Salsa competition with the best Salsa Social of the Month.
THE BORN TO SALSA SOCIAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL HUSTLE AND SALSA COMPETITION
Saturday May 2nd, 2009
Born to Salsa and all of our friends are going to be partying with the best salsa music by DJ Henry Knowles. Recognize as the best DJ in the world, Henry Knowles promised us to keep you dancing all night long.
This is going to be an amazing party full of Salsa Showcases by the best local & International performers.
The Born To Salsa Social at The IHSC
Saturday May 2nd, 2009
Where: Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Ave
Time: 10:00p.m.-4:00a.m
Cost: 20/person
This is going to be a party to remember......
QUE VIVA LA SALSA"
10370 West Flagler Miami, Fl 33174 (305) 220-1505
IT'S TIME TO PARTY
We are back at the International Hustle and Salsa competition with the best Salsa Social of the Month.
THE BORN TO SALSA SOCIAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL HUSTLE AND SALSA COMPETITION
Saturday May 2nd, 2009
Born to Salsa and all of our friends are going to be partying with the best salsa music by DJ Henry Knowles. Recognize as the best DJ in the world, Henry Knowles promised us to keep you dancing all night long.
This is going to be an amazing party full of Salsa Showcases by the best local & International performers.
The Born To Salsa Social at The IHSC
Saturday May 2nd, 2009
Where: Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Ave
Time: 10:00p.m.-4:00a.m
Cost: 20/person
This is going to be a party to remember......
QUE VIVA LA SALSA"
Dining in Downtown Miami
Dining in Downtown Miami
April 28
Take a different look at
Downtown Miami's restaurants
Spice it Up!
First Spring Miami Spice
Fashionable Putt-Putt:
Style Miami at Upper Eastside Garden
Ponies Galore:
Polo Comes Back to the Beach
True Life: I'm In A
Street Gang!
The story behind the iconic Sesame Street series
Cinco de MiMo:
A street fiesta for all ages this Saturday!
Consider Downtown the Susan Boyle of the local dining scene: not as glamorous or young as some of her surrounding neighbors but full of hidden talent. This week, dream the dream of dining downtown, discovering some enticing new restaurants, and proving Miami's got talent, to spare.
Joseluis A took one step into Matahari and one giant leap into Indonesian food: "The moment I stepped in, I was pleased with the smell of spices... I think I was the only non-Indonesian customer. That's usually a good sign." When Singaporean native Florence Y wants to feel at home without leaving the 305, she checks into Bali Café: "Knowing that true authentic Indonesian food is in my new city is very comforting... each time I go I leave stuffed." Bonus: Both of these eateries serve sushi!
Adriana D's first time at Ceviche 105 proves you can never judge a book by its cover or a restaurant by its front door. "From the outside it looks like a tiny drab cafeteria on a kinda crappy street. Inside it is a bustling large space with a modern décor" and it's their "moderate pricing and yummy, unusual flavors and spices" that have her wanting more. Not one to be easily deterred by first impressions, self-proclaimed "lover of dives" Bradshaw L dove right into Peruvian at La Licuadora: "The atmosphere is horrendous. The service isn't much better. So now you can imagine how good and well priced the food must be, right? It was really simple but some of the best I've ever had (and I've had it a lot)."
Appearances can also be deceiving at Italian eatery Soya e Pomodoro."It's a fantastic bit of preserved architecture from another age," confides Esther G, "the food is great but my favorite part is really the live music on Thursday nights." Cynthia M has her own lunchtime treasure: "Fratelli Milano is a diamond in the rough. This little café offers tasty meals that are beautifully presented. This is my go-to place for when I want to treat myself (or colleagues/co-workers)." And Downtown keeps getting better – newcomer Ecco, a pizza joint with a daily 2-for-1 happy hour, opens this Thursday. With so much going on, all of a sudden Downtown's starting to sound more like Petula Clark!
April 28
Take a different look at
Downtown Miami's restaurants
Spice it Up!
First Spring Miami Spice
Fashionable Putt-Putt:
Style Miami at Upper Eastside Garden
Ponies Galore:
Polo Comes Back to the Beach
True Life: I'm In A
Street Gang!
The story behind the iconic Sesame Street series
Cinco de MiMo:
A street fiesta for all ages this Saturday!
Consider Downtown the Susan Boyle of the local dining scene: not as glamorous or young as some of her surrounding neighbors but full of hidden talent. This week, dream the dream of dining downtown, discovering some enticing new restaurants, and proving Miami's got talent, to spare.
Joseluis A took one step into Matahari and one giant leap into Indonesian food: "The moment I stepped in, I was pleased with the smell of spices... I think I was the only non-Indonesian customer. That's usually a good sign." When Singaporean native Florence Y wants to feel at home without leaving the 305, she checks into Bali Café: "Knowing that true authentic Indonesian food is in my new city is very comforting... each time I go I leave stuffed." Bonus: Both of these eateries serve sushi!
Adriana D's first time at Ceviche 105 proves you can never judge a book by its cover or a restaurant by its front door. "From the outside it looks like a tiny drab cafeteria on a kinda crappy street. Inside it is a bustling large space with a modern décor" and it's their "moderate pricing and yummy, unusual flavors and spices" that have her wanting more. Not one to be easily deterred by first impressions, self-proclaimed "lover of dives" Bradshaw L dove right into Peruvian at La Licuadora: "The atmosphere is horrendous. The service isn't much better. So now you can imagine how good and well priced the food must be, right? It was really simple but some of the best I've ever had (and I've had it a lot)."
Appearances can also be deceiving at Italian eatery Soya e Pomodoro."It's a fantastic bit of preserved architecture from another age," confides Esther G, "the food is great but my favorite part is really the live music on Thursday nights." Cynthia M has her own lunchtime treasure: "Fratelli Milano is a diamond in the rough. This little café offers tasty meals that are beautifully presented. This is my go-to place for when I want to treat myself (or colleagues/co-workers)." And Downtown keeps getting better – newcomer Ecco, a pizza joint with a daily 2-for-1 happy hour, opens this Thursday. With so much going on, all of a sudden Downtown's starting to sound more like Petula Clark!
Monday, April 27, 2009
YoPros Upcoming Events This Week
YoPros - Active Lifestyle for Young Professionals
THIS WEEKS EVENTS - Get Involved!
PLEASE GO TO WWW.YOPROS.COM/MEMBERS TO SIGN UP
Bellydancing Lessons with Nathalie
Date: Wednesday, April 29th
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30pm
Location: The Studio in the Grove, 4th Floor. 2964 Aviation Ave, Coconut Grove, FL
The Event:Women-Only: If you've ever been curious to try a bellydancing class, or want to improve your skills, here is your chance to learn from a world renowned bellydancer. Bellydancing is a great way to combine exercise and fun. Learn flexibility, grace, and muscle control with beautiful rhythms in a fun, supportive environment. Open to all skill levels. Go to www.yopros.com/members to sign up.
Learn How to DJ
Date: Thursday, April 30
Time: 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Scratch, 642 6th St, Miami Beach.
The Event: Two turntables, you, and your fellow YoPros members. Learn how to rock the party from the 1's and 2's from professional DJ's. Learn the basics, drop some beats, and then at the end of the class, we will "battle" for best DJ honors. Go to www.yopros.com/members to sign up.
Daniel Bernard Roumain
Date: Friday, May 1
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: The Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL
The Event: Haitian-American composer/musician Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) appears with his genre-jumping, multicultural, high-energy ensemble, DBR & THE MISSION. Together, they present an electrifying show described as "an evening of chamber music with the accessible feel of a rock concert." The group will perform from a diverse selection of DBR's most recent works including Sonata for Violin and Turntables, One Loss Plus and Darwin's Meditation for the People of Lincoln. Please go to www.yopros.com/members to sign up.
YoPros Co-Ed Tennis Tournament
Date: Saturday, May 2
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Flamingo Park, 1245 Michigan Ave, Miami Beach, FL
The Event: Come out and see how your game stacks up against other YoPros members. You will play against people of your same skill level so don't worry if you haven't picked up your racket for a long time (or if you have to borrow a friend's racket). The format: Singles. We have five courts reserved. Each person gets to play 4, half-hour matches (winner moves up a court, non-winner goes down a court). The winner of the tournament gets bragging rights over all other YoPros members, and will be given the nickname "Ace." Please go to www.yopros.com/members to sign up.
Who We Are:We’re a recently-launched activities group for young professionals. We charge NO membership fees and offer great discounted group rates for each activity. We participate in a wide range of activities related to sports/fitness, culture, food and drink, self-help/wellness, how to and social. We attract members who like to continually try, learn, and experience new and enjoyable activities. Our goal is to be out-and-about as much as possible, doing fun, interesting, and meaningful activities with like-minded people, taking advantage of all that Miami (and life) has to offer.
What We Offer:We strive to offer daily activities where member input and feedback will shape our offering. Our staff is aiming to be as creative as possible in designing our events for our members, and this includes events for men-only, women-only, couples-only, and some strictly social events like boat cruises or mystery trips. YoPros is also partnering with other various groups in Miami that we believe have great events, so that our members may participate in their events without having to pay additional membership to those groups. We’re always looking into new activities that Miami has to offer, as well as having events tied to upcoming festivals, shows, and parties.
A small sample of the events we are planning include:Skydiving, bellydancing, events at the Adrienne Arsht Center, capoeira lessons, cooking classes, members-only tennis tournaments, surfing classes, learning to speak Chinese, learning how to start a business, wellness courses, couples massage lessons, discussion groups, guest speakers, learning how to DJ and more.
Where:In and around greater Miami - on land, in the air, and in the water.
When:The events will be held daily, weekday nights (~7-9pm) and weekend afternoons.
Why You Should Join Us:We're going to do activities you've always wanted to do, or love doing, with like-minded young professionals.
You can find out more about YoPros on our website, www.YoPros.com, or contact us by phone at 305-878-4444 or email us at info@yopros.com.
More casting
Casting Call: LOGO seeks artists and talent to appear on season three of The Big Gay Sketch Show, executive produced by Rosie O'Donnell. The 30m show is a LGBT-themed sketch comedy series taped before a live studio audience in New York City and features a cast of eight emerging comedic actors who present traditional and music sketches based on timely pop culture. Last season, several celebrities from Elaine Stritch to Rose O'Donnell herself made special appearances throughout the season. The show's new season will be taping in New York now through May 6. If you are interested in making an appearance in a sketch, contact Raquel Bruno, president of Drive Entertainment Group at 212-219-2370 or raquel at driveentertainmentgroup.com.
Fatal Attraction Geisha Style... Madama Butterfly Opens April 25 - MiamiHerald.com Partner Offer
Finally...the event you have been waiting for all season...
The gripping true story of a young geisha, seduced and abandoned by a U.S. Navy Lieutenant.
For him, it was a passing pleasure. For her, it meant a lifetime of love and devotion. Family, fortune and honor--poor Butterfly forsakes them all, for the officer who was no gentleman. Watch Michael Douglas tell Glen Close about the impact Madama Butterfly made on his life in the movie Fatal Attraction, and then close that window and click here to purchase your seats because TICKETS ARE GOING FAST. And if that is not enough to convince you click here and experience Butterfly's moving and unforgettable aria, Un bel di (One Fine Day) . Remember, there are projected titles in English and Spanish at every performance, so you can enjoy and understand every emotionally charged moment.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
April 25 at 7 PM
April 29, May 1, 2, 5, 8 & 9 at 8 PM
May 3 at 2 PM
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
May 14 & 16 at 8 PM
ORDER TODAY for best seats. Select your own seat on line at fgo.org, or call the box office, M-F 10 AM - 4 PM, 1-800-741-1010.
The gripping true story of a young geisha, seduced and abandoned by a U.S. Navy Lieutenant.
For him, it was a passing pleasure. For her, it meant a lifetime of love and devotion. Family, fortune and honor--poor Butterfly forsakes them all, for the officer who was no gentleman. Watch Michael Douglas tell Glen Close about the impact Madama Butterfly made on his life in the movie Fatal Attraction, and then close that window and click here to purchase your seats because TICKETS ARE GOING FAST. And if that is not enough to convince you click here and experience Butterfly's moving and unforgettable aria, Un bel di (One Fine Day) . Remember, there are projected titles in English and Spanish at every performance, so you can enjoy and understand every emotionally charged moment.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
April 25 at 7 PM
April 29, May 1, 2, 5, 8 & 9 at 8 PM
May 3 at 2 PM
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
May 14 & 16 at 8 PM
ORDER TODAY for best seats. Select your own seat on line at fgo.org, or call the box office, M-F 10 AM - 4 PM, 1-800-741-1010.
Next All Ivy +
Join All Ivy +
for Complimentary 42 Below Vodka Cocktails,
Red & White Wine, Soda,
Catered Nibbles
and Sweeping Views
at the Brand New 900 Biscayne Bay
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
6:30 to 9pm
RSVP: allivyplus at yahoo.com
Complimentary Valet
$20 Admission
900 Biscayne Bay
15th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
www.900biscaynebay.com
Turn onto NE 10th Street from Biscayne Boulevard to find the building.
for Complimentary 42 Below Vodka Cocktails,
Red & White Wine, Soda,
Catered Nibbles
and Sweeping Views
at the Brand New 900 Biscayne Bay
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
6:30 to 9pm
RSVP: allivyplus at yahoo.com
Complimentary Valet
$20 Admission
900 Biscayne Bay
15th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
www.900biscaynebay.com
Turn onto NE 10th Street from Biscayne Boulevard to find the building.
Casting Calls
Casting Call: Travel Channel seeks bad drivers in the Los Angeles area to appear on its first reality competition show. If you or someone you know needs help with driving skills, contact Gina Gonzalez at ginag.tv at gmail.com for more information.
Casting Call: A major TV show is looking for families with lots of pets of any type or have an animal related business or enjoy rescuing animals. Interested families with some children living at home should send an email to Twinsworld1 at aol.com and include your name, contact info, how many children and their ages, where you live (city/state), types of pets you have and how many, a description of your animal-related business or involvement in a pet organization. Also describe your family's passion for animals or your animal business.
Casting Call: A major TV show is looking for families with lots of pets of any type or have an animal related business or enjoy rescuing animals. Interested families with some children living at home should send an email to Twinsworld1 at aol.com and include your name, contact info, how many children and their ages, where you live (city/state), types of pets you have and how many, a description of your animal-related business or involvement in a pet organization. Also describe your family's passion for animals or your animal business.
Spring Has Sprung--Time to Start Living Fearlessly: Introduction to Fearless Living Teleclass
Introduction to Fearless Living--Spring 2009
You’re invited to join a special 5-week teleclass led by Licensed Psychologist and Certified Fearless Living Coach, Sasha Carr, Ph.D.
This class is for anyone interested in making positive changes in their relationships, career, health, or any important area of their life. Fear can be difficult to recognize. It often shows up in the form of stress, anxiety, disappointment, or frustration. It can also be what keeps you stuck and feeling confused, lost, or hopeless. Fearless Living is about freedom: freedom from fear-based expectations, excuses, and self-limitations that hold you back from having the life you want. In this class, you will learn basic Fearless Living principles and get started on a path toward being the person you're meant to be.
If you are new to Fearless Living, or have some familiarity with the philosophy but would like to learn more and benefit from the support of a group, this is the class for you. The class will run for 5 consecutive weeks; each week we'll cover one of 5 key chapters from Fearless Living by best-selling author, Rhonda Britten.
Ready to start living Fearlessly?
If the answer is YES, sign up today. Space is limited to allow all group members the chance to participate.
Time: Wednesday 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Time (10 pst, 11 mst, 12 cst)
Dates: Spring 2009: May 6th,13th, 20th, 27th, and June 3rd
Tuition: $95
Required Reading: Fearless Living by Rhonda Britten
To register or for more information, contact Sasha Carr:
SashaCarr at FearlessLiving.org
You’re invited to join a special 5-week teleclass led by Licensed Psychologist and Certified Fearless Living Coach, Sasha Carr, Ph.D.
This class is for anyone interested in making positive changes in their relationships, career, health, or any important area of their life. Fear can be difficult to recognize. It often shows up in the form of stress, anxiety, disappointment, or frustration. It can also be what keeps you stuck and feeling confused, lost, or hopeless. Fearless Living is about freedom: freedom from fear-based expectations, excuses, and self-limitations that hold you back from having the life you want. In this class, you will learn basic Fearless Living principles and get started on a path toward being the person you're meant to be.
If you are new to Fearless Living, or have some familiarity with the philosophy but would like to learn more and benefit from the support of a group, this is the class for you. The class will run for 5 consecutive weeks; each week we'll cover one of 5 key chapters from Fearless Living by best-selling author, Rhonda Britten.
Ready to start living Fearlessly?
If the answer is YES, sign up today. Space is limited to allow all group members the chance to participate.
Time: Wednesday 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Time (10 pst, 11 mst, 12 cst)
Dates: Spring 2009: May 6th,13th, 20th, 27th, and June 3rd
Tuition: $95
Required Reading: Fearless Living by Rhonda Britten
To register or for more information, contact Sasha Carr:
SashaCarr at FearlessLiving.org
DailyCandy Miami Dedicated E-mail - Speed Dating
MIAMI | April 24, 2009
Speed Dating
You’d never marry a guy without taking him for a test-drive. So why shop for cars that way?
At the Audi Q5 driving experience, you’ll go way beyond kicking the tires. You’re invited (nay, encouraged) to put the new, unmistakable Audi Q5 through its paces at this complimentary event.
There’ll be a closed course and street test zones, providing the perfect opportunity to get better acquainted with the innovative crossover vehicle. Some things to note: the best in class fuel economy and towing capacity, 27 different driving modes, and a multimedia interface with 3-D graphics that keeps you aware of real-time traffic alerts.
Participants can also experience the 360-degree interactive dome theater, lounge at the Audi cafe, and compete against friends to win prizes.
But don’t forget your driving shoes.
Because there’s no substitute for experience.
Audi Q5 Driving Experience, Friday, May 1-Sunday, May 3, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Gulfstream Park, 901 South Federal Highway, Hallandale Beach. R.S.V.P. at audidrivingexperience.com.
Speed Dating
You’d never marry a guy without taking him for a test-drive. So why shop for cars that way?
At the Audi Q5 driving experience, you’ll go way beyond kicking the tires. You’re invited (nay, encouraged) to put the new, unmistakable Audi Q5 through its paces at this complimentary event.
There’ll be a closed course and street test zones, providing the perfect opportunity to get better acquainted with the innovative crossover vehicle. Some things to note: the best in class fuel economy and towing capacity, 27 different driving modes, and a multimedia interface with 3-D graphics that keeps you aware of real-time traffic alerts.
Participants can also experience the 360-degree interactive dome theater, lounge at the Audi cafe, and compete against friends to win prizes.
But don’t forget your driving shoes.
Because there’s no substitute for experience.
Audi Q5 Driving Experience, Friday, May 1-Sunday, May 3, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Gulfstream Park, 901 South Federal Highway, Hallandale Beach. R.S.V.P. at audidrivingexperience.com.
Daily Candy
We Nailed It
DailyCandy’s Polish & Prosecco Event Debuts
Miami has it all. Sun, sand, ocean.
We’re missing only two things: employed straight men and cheap manicures.
Tackling one thing at a time, DailyCandy. And so may we present the first ever Polish & Prosecco: Thursday, 6-8 p.m., DailyCandy Miami subscribers can get a top-notch manicure at RikRak for only $7. Not just a polish swap, this is the whole shebang — cuticles and all.
Along with manis, there will be free bubbly (the best kind) and 50 percent off blowouts (just $20!), lashes ($10!), eyebrow waxing ($15!), and threading ($20!). Revelers also get gift bags of beauty products, including samples of RikRak’s new haircare line.
To nail your spot (hehe), R.S.V.P. to miamievents at dailycandy.com from the address where you get your DailyCandy e-mails. Want to take a pal? Tell her to subscribe.
It’s a cheap trick.
RikRak Salon, 1428 Brickell Avenue (305-371-5577 or rikraksalon.com).
DailyCandy’s Polish & Prosecco Event Debuts
Miami has it all. Sun, sand, ocean.
We’re missing only two things: employed straight men and cheap manicures.
Tackling one thing at a time, DailyCandy. And so may we present the first ever Polish & Prosecco: Thursday, 6-8 p.m., DailyCandy Miami subscribers can get a top-notch manicure at RikRak for only $7. Not just a polish swap, this is the whole shebang — cuticles and all.
Along with manis, there will be free bubbly (the best kind) and 50 percent off blowouts (just $20!), lashes ($10!), eyebrow waxing ($15!), and threading ($20!). Revelers also get gift bags of beauty products, including samples of RikRak’s new haircare line.
To nail your spot (hehe), R.S.V.P. to miamievents at dailycandy.com from the address where you get your DailyCandy e-mails. Want to take a pal? Tell her to subscribe.
It’s a cheap trick.
RikRak Salon, 1428 Brickell Avenue (305-371-5577 or rikraksalon.com).
Symphony & Mystery...Saturday, May 9th...
I wanted to invite you all to the New World Symphony exciting Season Finale event. I have included exciting highlights of the evening. I hope you will consider joining us. Tickets are $50 and include the AMAZING musical show, an open bar and dinner.
Here are two cool pieces that ran on PLUM TV. These show the vibe of the events and the innovative music. The first clip is from the Season Finale last year and the second is from Late Night at the Lincoln.
http://miamibeach.plumtv.com/videos/symphony_city
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uV0yTn32AM
Please help spread the word!
Get ready for the Friends of NWS Season Finale on Saturday, May 9, 2009!
2 hours of live music…
Prepare to be wowed once again by the extraordinary talents of NWS Fellows, who will play original compositions to debut on this night. Trumpet Fellow Sam Hyken is busy writing these new arrangements and will be accompanied with New World Fellows. Next on the line-up is The Mysterytones – a 7 piece explosion of funk, rhythm and blues. This evening is “All about the Music!”
In addition to the fantastic musical program, guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, complimentary Chopin vodka cocktails and beer.
Titled “Symphony & Mystery”, this full-evening soiree will mark the end of another successful season for Friends; you won’t want to miss it!
Tickets for guests are available for $50 and can be purchased by calling Stacey Glassman at 305-673-3330 ext. 230 or via e-mail at Stacey.glassman at nws.edu. Please help us spread the word and introduce your friends to this musical experience.
Here are two cool pieces that ran on PLUM TV. These show the vibe of the events and the innovative music. The first clip is from the Season Finale last year and the second is from Late Night at the Lincoln.
http://miamibeach.plumtv.com/videos/symphony_city
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uV0yTn32AM
Please help spread the word!
Get ready for the Friends of NWS Season Finale on Saturday, May 9, 2009!
2 hours of live music…
Prepare to be wowed once again by the extraordinary talents of NWS Fellows, who will play original compositions to debut on this night. Trumpet Fellow Sam Hyken is busy writing these new arrangements and will be accompanied with New World Fellows. Next on the line-up is The Mysterytones – a 7 piece explosion of funk, rhythm and blues. This evening is “All about the Music!”
In addition to the fantastic musical program, guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, complimentary Chopin vodka cocktails and beer.
Titled “Symphony & Mystery”, this full-evening soiree will mark the end of another successful season for Friends; you won’t want to miss it!
Tickets for guests are available for $50 and can be purchased by calling Stacey Glassman at 305-673-3330 ext. 230 or via e-mail at Stacey.glassman at nws.edu. Please help us spread the word and introduce your friends to this musical experience.
Brazilian Storyteller @ Miami Beach Library
Brazilian storyteller and mime Antonio Rocha will give a free performance at the Miami Beach Regional Library on Thursday, April 30 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Antonio’s unique solo shows of stories and mime have been performed from Singapore to Hawaii and many places in between and they are a delight not only for children but also for adults.
Check out one of his original mime stories on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep1qhhseBiw
This program is part of the Miami-Dade Public Library System's 9th Annual Art of Storytelling Festival. To see when and where else Antonio and all the other storytellers will be performing, check out the library's website: http://www.mdpls.org/aos/aosHome.asp
Check out one of his original mime stories on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep1qhhseBiw
This program is part of the Miami-Dade Public Library System's 9th Annual Art of Storytelling Festival. To see when and where else Antonio and all the other storytellers will be performing, check out the library's website: http://www.mdpls.org/aos/aosHome.asp
Sabido & Basteris/ Fashion Art Ball
Fabulous fine line of jewelry, Sabido & Basteris whom will be officially launching in the Untied States May 7th and we will be in Miami next week for the "Fashion Art Ball" on May 2nd 2009. We are the featured collection of the show, and I would love to invite you to dinner/lunch/drinks to give you a private viewing of this very exquisite line, the weekend surrounding the ball as well as meet with creator and president Victor Sabido Bateris. We will be available in Miami on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday and will be staying at the Fountain Blue Hotel, you can either come to us or we will come to you.
Below is some information on the collection, please let me know when you are available!
Below is some information on the collection, please let me know when you are available!
Casting Calls
Casting Call: Fox College Sports seeks a new male co-host for its FCS Tailgate Tour Series starting this fall. The series travels cross-country to college football tailgates, tours campus's, talks to fans and experiences the local nightlife. The ideal candidate must be passionate and knowledgeable about college football, be outgoing, funny and be able to host in front of fans of all types and backgrounds. The selected candidate must be available the entire college football season. Clips from last season's show can be found on the FCS Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Fox-College-Sports/74295466223. Send resume and reel to Fox College Sports Tailgate Tour Casting, 10201 West Pico Blvd, Building 103, Ste 2192 B, Los Angeles, CA 90035. More information on the paid position can be found by emailing FCSTailgateTour at FoxCollegeSports.net.
Casting Call: HGTV is looking for couples, families and expatriates who are currently buying (or recently have purchased) a home outside of North America and their real estate agents to appear on a new season of House Hunters International produced by Leopard Films USA. If interested, send an email to developmentcasting ar leopardfilms.com and include full names of family members and identify their role (i.e. mom, dad, etc.), photos, contact information, where the family lives now (city/state) and where you are relocating to (city/country) and finally why you would be great on the show.
Casting Call: HGTV is looking for couples, families and expatriates who are currently buying (or recently have purchased) a home outside of North America and their real estate agents to appear on a new season of House Hunters International produced by Leopard Films USA. If interested, send an email to developmentcasting ar leopardfilms.com and include full names of family members and identify their role (i.e. mom, dad, etc.), photos, contact information, where the family lives now (city/state) and where you are relocating to (city/country) and finally why you would be great on the show.
Monday, April 20, 2009
YoPros - Lifestyle for Active Young Professionals
We are pleased to announce the start of great experiences and exciting events here in Miami…
YoPros - Lifestyle For Active Young Professionals.
Who We Are:
“YoPros” is short for young professionals. We’re planning on participating in a wide range of activities and will be attracting members who like to continually try, learn, and experience new and enjoyable activities. Our goal is to be out-and-about as much as possible, doing fun, interesting, and meaningful activities with like-minded people. We didn’t design YoPros with the intention of it being a business-networking place or a dating service- we want people to be agenda-free, relaxed, and simply experience our great events and all that Miami has to offer.
What We Offer:
We offer our members the chance to participate in a lifestyle that features a wide range of activities and events related to sports/fitness, culture, food and drink, self-help/wellness, how to and social. A small sample of the events we are planning include:
· Skydiving
· Events at the Adrienne Arsht Center
· Capoeira lessons,
· Cooking classes,
· Surfing classes
· Learning to speak Chinese
· Learning how to start a business
· Wellness courses
· Couples massage lessons
· Discussion groups, guest speakers,
· Learning how to DJ
YoPros is planning on offering as many as 50 events a month where member input and feedback will shape the events offered. Our staff is aiming to be as creative as possible in designing our events for our members, and this includes events for men-only, women-only, couples-only, and some strictly social events like boat cruises or mystery trips, where the destination is unknown. YoPros is also partnering with other various groups in Miami that we believe have great events, so that our members may participate in their events without having to pay additional membership to those groups. We’re always looking into new activities that Miami has to offer, as well as having events tied to upcoming festivals, shows, and parties. Additionally, guest passes will be available for many events.
Where:
In and around greater Miami - on land, in the air, and in the water.
When:
The events will be held daily, weekday nights (~7-9pm) and weekend afternoons.
Why:
We're going to do activities you've always wanted to do, or love doing, with like-minded young professionals.
You can find out more about YoPros on our website, www.YoPros.com, or call 305-878-4444.
SIGNING UP FOR EVENTS:
Right now we’re offering new members a free 2-month trial membership to YoPros, giving you access to sign up for events. Please go to www.YoPros.com/members to join, view our activities calendar, and learn more about what we’re doing in Miami.
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SIGNING UP FOR MEMBERSHIP
YoPros is providing all interested participants a free 2-month trial to our group. Simply input the trial promotional code, which is located on the website on the Members page, when you sign up.
We invite those interested in learning more about YoPros to join us at Smith & Wollensky's for Happy Hour on Friday, April 24 from 5:30pm on to meet the staff and YoPros members and learn more about the group.
YoPros - Lifestyle For Active Young Professionals.
Who We Are:
“YoPros” is short for young professionals. We’re planning on participating in a wide range of activities and will be attracting members who like to continually try, learn, and experience new and enjoyable activities. Our goal is to be out-and-about as much as possible, doing fun, interesting, and meaningful activities with like-minded people. We didn’t design YoPros with the intention of it being a business-networking place or a dating service- we want people to be agenda-free, relaxed, and simply experience our great events and all that Miami has to offer.
What We Offer:
We offer our members the chance to participate in a lifestyle that features a wide range of activities and events related to sports/fitness, culture, food and drink, self-help/wellness, how to and social. A small sample of the events we are planning include:
· Skydiving
· Events at the Adrienne Arsht Center
· Capoeira lessons,
· Cooking classes,
· Surfing classes
· Learning to speak Chinese
· Learning how to start a business
· Wellness courses
· Couples massage lessons
· Discussion groups, guest speakers,
· Learning how to DJ
YoPros is planning on offering as many as 50 events a month where member input and feedback will shape the events offered. Our staff is aiming to be as creative as possible in designing our events for our members, and this includes events for men-only, women-only, couples-only, and some strictly social events like boat cruises or mystery trips, where the destination is unknown. YoPros is also partnering with other various groups in Miami that we believe have great events, so that our members may participate in their events without having to pay additional membership to those groups. We’re always looking into new activities that Miami has to offer, as well as having events tied to upcoming festivals, shows, and parties. Additionally, guest passes will be available for many events.
Where:
In and around greater Miami - on land, in the air, and in the water.
When:
The events will be held daily, weekday nights (~7-9pm) and weekend afternoons.
Why:
We're going to do activities you've always wanted to do, or love doing, with like-minded young professionals.
You can find out more about YoPros on our website, www.YoPros.com, or call 305-878-4444.
SIGNING UP FOR EVENTS:
Right now we’re offering new members a free 2-month trial membership to YoPros, giving you access to sign up for events. Please go to www.YoPros.com/members to join, view our activities calendar, and learn more about what we’re doing in Miami.
·
SIGNING UP FOR MEMBERSHIP
YoPros is providing all interested participants a free 2-month trial to our group. Simply input the trial promotional code, which is located on the website on the Members page, when you sign up.
We invite those interested in learning more about YoPros to join us at Smith & Wollensky's for Happy Hour on Friday, April 24 from 5:30pm on to meet the staff and YoPros members and learn more about the group.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Need a Spanish language copy writer for radio spots...Let
If you have these skills or you have any friends with these skills, please let me know. Thanks!
This Week at The Wolfsonian-FIU
Thursday, April 16, 7pm
HOMO BABY BOOM (2008, Spain, Anna Boluda, 27 min, Catalan with English subtitles, color, DVD)—What are the effects of the legal changes in Spain allowing same-sex marriage and adoption? Follow six families with lesbian or gay parents in Catalonia and Valencia to find out. A colloquium of experts on GLBT studies and culture follows the documentary. Co-presented by Centro Cultural Español. Free.
Think, Shop, and Eat at The Dynamo Museum Shop and Café!
Stop by The Dynamo Museum Shop and Café for some unusual gifts and creative food this week. The Dynamo Museum Shop offers a selection of carefully selected, unconventional gifts, books, and films, much of it inspired by The Wolfsonian's collection of modern objects from 1885-1945. The Dynamo Café features a sophisticated menu in a casual and artfully designed setting, also inspired by the themes of the museum's collection. For questions contact 305.535.2680 or paola at thewolf.fiu.edu.
DON'T FORGET...FREE GALLERY ADMISSION ON FRIDAYS FROM 6-9PM
Free admission begins at 6pm. Join us for a guided tour at 6pm, and innovative programming at 7pm. Galleries remain open until 9pm.
HOMO BABY BOOM (2008, Spain, Anna Boluda, 27 min, Catalan with English subtitles, color, DVD)—What are the effects of the legal changes in Spain allowing same-sex marriage and adoption? Follow six families with lesbian or gay parents in Catalonia and Valencia to find out. A colloquium of experts on GLBT studies and culture follows the documentary. Co-presented by Centro Cultural Español. Free.
Think, Shop, and Eat at The Dynamo Museum Shop and Café!
Stop by The Dynamo Museum Shop and Café for some unusual gifts and creative food this week. The Dynamo Museum Shop offers a selection of carefully selected, unconventional gifts, books, and films, much of it inspired by The Wolfsonian's collection of modern objects from 1885-1945. The Dynamo Café features a sophisticated menu in a casual and artfully designed setting, also inspired by the themes of the museum's collection. For questions contact 305.535.2680 or paola at thewolf.fiu.edu.
DON'T FORGET...FREE GALLERY ADMISSION ON FRIDAYS FROM 6-9PM
Free admission begins at 6pm. Join us for a guided tour at 6pm, and innovative programming at 7pm. Galleries remain open until 9pm.
Cell Minute Tracker
Check out this application: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=311637771
Casting Call
Casting Call: Producers at Discovery Studios and TLC are in the midst of casting for a series called Home Made Simple in the NC Triangle area. The show is looking for deserving families who need help with home projects. In its sixth season, the show utilizes a chef, carpenter and designer who come to the home to find simple solutions to ordinary problems. Interested homeowners who are between the ages of 25-40 and who own a single family home may send an email to homemadesimple at hotmail.com . No apartments or condos will be considered.
Experience Beer Fest 2009 and win tickets to Warped Tour
WEEKLY PROMOTIONS }
{CHECK OUT MORE} Heineken TransAtlantic Festival
The Heineken TransAtlantic Festival returns to North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach this weekend. “Best Concert Series” New Times 2008 – this year features Aterciopelados, Curumin, CuCu Diamantes from Yerba Buena, Tinariwen from Mali, DJ Da Lua from Bossacucanova, Budos Band, and more. Info at 305 672 5202 or TransAtlanticFestival.com
FASHIONISTA FRIDAY at Moonchine
FASHIONISTA FRIDAY launches a new shopping twist to Happy Hour and dollar drink specials on April, 17th, ONE NIGHT ONLY for all you true FASHIONISTA’S. Sip a TYKU Sake Mojito and shop at the Miami debut of King of Retro Couture, Keni Valenti’s, Spring/Summer sale in the Garden Lounge from 5pm- 8pm, www.kenivalenti.com., with DJ BEN SHAUL on the decks from 6 till… B&B, Sunday’s Brunch and Beats, is standing room only with ...
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{CHECK OUT MORE} The Best Bead Show – April 24-26
Fri 12-7, Sat. 10-6, Sun 11-5. DoubleTree Merchandise Mart, 711 NW 72nd Ave, Miami. $8/$11/$13 for 1/2/3-day pass. (Admission fee is cash only and waived with class enrollment; children 16/younger free; $3 coupon available.) Open to public. Over 70 booths for shopping, and classes for beginner through experienced. www.bestbeadshow.com
2 Absolute Auctions (2 Days) Open to the Public
Saturday, April 18th at 11am An Amazing Multi – Estate Auction Rare Authentic Museum Quality Artifacts, Fine Art, Antiques & Furniture Location: 18502 NE 5th Ave, Miami, FL 33179 Sunday, April 19th at 11am Exclusive Miami Beach Estate Amazing Religious Artifacts, Art, Antiques, & Quality Furniture Location: 4320 Royal Palm Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140 Visit www.JaySugarman.com to view pictures and for more information or Call 954-946-9951.
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{CHECK OUT MORE} UFC live at NORMAN'S AMERICAN BAR & GRILL
Come check out the best of the UFC live at NORMAN'S AMERICAN BAR & GRILL in Miami Beach when UFC 97: REDEMPTION goes down live on Pay-Per-View on April 18th at 6:30pm. Come watch Anderson "the Spider" Silva take on Thales Leites, Chuck "the Iceman" Liddell battle against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua plus 10 MORE HIGH INTENSITY MATCHES!! $10 cover. Great drink specials and full menu available. www.normans.biz | 6770 Collins Avenue | Miami ...
City of Miami- Mother's Day!
Mother's Day GROOVE IN THE GROVE- Jazz on the Bay series! May 9th, 4pm. This is ultimate musical serenade to mothers, with food, art exhibits, fashion show and live entertainment with Jon Secada & Maxi Priest and more. Pampering never felt as good as moms will receive complimentary make-up, manicures and massages. Its a day to remember, bring the entire family, but don't forget its mom's day!!! FREE ADMISSION !! Check out the website ...
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{CHECK OUT MORE} UFC 97 redemption at Lucky Strike Lanes
UFC 97 redemption. Live Event. PAY PER VIEW. SILVA vs. LEITES; LIDDELL vs. SHOGUN. Saturday April 18 @ 10PM. Lucky Strike Lanes 1691 Michigan Ave, South Beach. 305.532.0307
Doral Billiards Sports Bar!
Come check out Doral's hottest after work and night spot, Doral Billiards Sports Bar. Catch your favorite games on one of our 15 flat screen televisions, or challenge your friends to a game of pool on one of our 23 top notch billiards tables. Wednesdays-LADIES NIGHT!Thursdays-COLLEGE NIGHT! Sundays -KARAOKE NIGHT. Full menu available. DoralBilliards.com | 7800 NW 25th Street | 305.592.8486
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{CHECK OUT MORE} UFC 97 at Sandbar Grill
UFC 97: Redemption goes live on PPV from Centre Bell, Canada on April 18th at 6:30pm. Catch all the action live at Sandbar Grill in Coconut Grove. Come see the best of the best face off in this ultimate fighting MMA showdown! Come watch your favorite hard hitters as Chuck Liddell faces off with Mauricio Rua & Anderson Silva takes on Thales Leites in the octagon. Plus you'll see plenty of more action! ...
Miami's Oldest Bar!
TOBACCO ROAD, THIS WEEK: Apr.14: Graham Drout & Albert Castiglia, $12.49 1 ¼ Main Lobster. Apr.15: Real Jazz Jam with Renee Fiallos, $10.99 All-U-Can-Eat BBQ Ribs. Apr.16: The Rock Thursdays- Joce, Nakedown, Concrete Skiffle, Jenas Boneyard, also JoAnna Conner, The Rememdy, Big Bang Radio, $10.99 16oz. T-Bone Steak. Apr.17: Tilt, also The Spam Allstars and DJ Oski, & 96 cents Drinks! Apr.18: Henry Turner Jr and Flavor. Apr.19: 10th Annual Crawfish Boil- Day Concert ...
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Sponsored Content
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Sat 04/18: PROUD-Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade @ Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade
Sun 04/19: Miami Beach for the 21st Annual AIDS Walk Miami @ Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Fri 04/24: Viernes Cultural (Cultural Fridays) @ SW 8th St. and 15th Ave
Sat 04/25: Florida Marlins Super Saturday 4/25/09 @ Miami Dolphins Stadium
More Street Team Events
{CHECK OUT MORE} Heineken TransAtlantic Festival
The Heineken TransAtlantic Festival returns to North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach this weekend. “Best Concert Series” New Times 2008 – this year features Aterciopelados, Curumin, CuCu Diamantes from Yerba Buena, Tinariwen from Mali, DJ Da Lua from Bossacucanova, Budos Band, and more. Info at 305 672 5202 or TransAtlanticFestival.com
FASHIONISTA FRIDAY at Moonchine
FASHIONISTA FRIDAY launches a new shopping twist to Happy Hour and dollar drink specials on April, 17th, ONE NIGHT ONLY for all you true FASHIONISTA’S. Sip a TYKU Sake Mojito and shop at the Miami debut of King of Retro Couture, Keni Valenti’s, Spring/Summer sale in the Garden Lounge from 5pm- 8pm, www.kenivalenti.com., with DJ BEN SHAUL on the decks from 6 till… B&B, Sunday’s Brunch and Beats, is standing room only with ...
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Fri 12-7, Sat. 10-6, Sun 11-5. DoubleTree Merchandise Mart, 711 NW 72nd Ave, Miami. $8/$11/$13 for 1/2/3-day pass. (Admission fee is cash only and waived with class enrollment; children 16/younger free; $3 coupon available.) Open to public. Over 70 booths for shopping, and classes for beginner through experienced. www.bestbeadshow.com
2 Absolute Auctions (2 Days) Open to the Public
Saturday, April 18th at 11am An Amazing Multi – Estate Auction Rare Authentic Museum Quality Artifacts, Fine Art, Antiques & Furniture Location: 18502 NE 5th Ave, Miami, FL 33179 Sunday, April 19th at 11am Exclusive Miami Beach Estate Amazing Religious Artifacts, Art, Antiques, & Quality Furniture Location: 4320 Royal Palm Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140 Visit www.JaySugarman.com to view pictures and for more information or Call 954-946-9951.
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Come check out the best of the UFC live at NORMAN'S AMERICAN BAR & GRILL in Miami Beach when UFC 97: REDEMPTION goes down live on Pay-Per-View on April 18th at 6:30pm. Come watch Anderson "the Spider" Silva take on Thales Leites, Chuck "the Iceman" Liddell battle against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua plus 10 MORE HIGH INTENSITY MATCHES!! $10 cover. Great drink specials and full menu available. www.normans.biz | 6770 Collins Avenue | Miami ...
City of Miami- Mother's Day!
Mother's Day GROOVE IN THE GROVE- Jazz on the Bay series! May 9th, 4pm. This is ultimate musical serenade to mothers, with food, art exhibits, fashion show and live entertainment with Jon Secada & Maxi Priest and more. Pampering never felt as good as moms will receive complimentary make-up, manicures and massages. Its a day to remember, bring the entire family, but don't forget its mom's day!!! FREE ADMISSION !! Check out the website ...
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UFC 97 redemption. Live Event. PAY PER VIEW. SILVA vs. LEITES; LIDDELL vs. SHOGUN. Saturday April 18 @ 10PM. Lucky Strike Lanes 1691 Michigan Ave, South Beach. 305.532.0307
Doral Billiards Sports Bar!
Come check out Doral's hottest after work and night spot, Doral Billiards Sports Bar. Catch your favorite games on one of our 15 flat screen televisions, or challenge your friends to a game of pool on one of our 23 top notch billiards tables. Wednesdays-LADIES NIGHT!Thursdays-COLLEGE NIGHT! Sundays -KARAOKE NIGHT. Full menu available. DoralBilliards.com | 7800 NW 25th Street | 305.592.8486
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UFC 97: Redemption goes live on PPV from Centre Bell, Canada on April 18th at 6:30pm. Catch all the action live at Sandbar Grill in Coconut Grove. Come see the best of the best face off in this ultimate fighting MMA showdown! Come watch your favorite hard hitters as Chuck Liddell faces off with Mauricio Rua & Anderson Silva takes on Thales Leites in the octagon. Plus you'll see plenty of more action! ...
Miami's Oldest Bar!
TOBACCO ROAD, THIS WEEK: Apr.14: Graham Drout & Albert Castiglia, $12.49 1 ¼ Main Lobster. Apr.15: Real Jazz Jam with Renee Fiallos, $10.99 All-U-Can-Eat BBQ Ribs. Apr.16: The Rock Thursdays- Joce, Nakedown, Concrete Skiffle, Jenas Boneyard, also JoAnna Conner, The Rememdy, Big Bang Radio, $10.99 16oz. T-Bone Steak. Apr.17: Tilt, also The Spam Allstars and DJ Oski, & 96 cents Drinks! Apr.18: Henry Turner Jr and Flavor. Apr.19: 10th Annual Crawfish Boil- Day Concert ...
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Sat 04/18: PROUD-Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade @ Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade
Sun 04/19: Miami Beach for the 21st Annual AIDS Walk Miami @ Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Fri 04/24: Viernes Cultural (Cultural Fridays) @ SW 8th St. and 15th Ave
Sat 04/25: Florida Marlins Super Saturday 4/25/09 @ Miami Dolphins Stadium
More Street Team Events
YPBO-Young Professionals Branching Out event - TONIGHT April 16th from 7:30 pm-9:00 pm, @ John Martins Irish Pub & Restaurant
You are welcomed to join us on our next networking event which will be held on April 16th from 7:30 pm-9:00 pm, @ John Martins Irish Pub & Restaurant in Coral Gables. Complimentary Drinks & Hors d'œuvre . We hope to see you there!
YPBO is established to support the vital work of C itizens for a Better South Florida in Miami, FL.
WHO WE ARE?
A dynamic group of enthusiastic professionals with a passion for the environment, volunteerism, networking, & people.
We are a Bunch of Movers & Shakers!!!
A Brief History:
Citizens for a Better South Florida was founded in 1988 as one of the first multi-lingual environmental education organizations in the United States.
Our mission is to improve our quality of life through instilling environmental awareness within South Florida’s diverse multi-lingual communities.
Over the past nineteen years, Citizens has designed experiential, multi-lingual education and outreach programs for students, teachers and community organizations, including activities such as community festivals, environmental field trips, curriculum development and trainings, tree plantings, workshops, in-class visits, and habitat restoration.
How We Work
Citizens is a non-profit, non-advocacy, environmental education organization. Our work and accomplishments in the South Florida community are a direct reflection of all the partners and donors and funders who share their resources with us. Without them our work would not be possible.
Citizens currently has three core projects: the Community Science Workshop, the Biscayne Bay Volunteer Program, and an Urban Greening Program.
YPBO is established to support the vital work of C itizens for a Better South Florida in Miami, FL.
WHO WE ARE?
A dynamic group of enthusiastic professionals with a passion for the environment, volunteerism, networking, & people.
We are a Bunch of Movers & Shakers!!!
A Brief History:
Citizens for a Better South Florida was founded in 1988 as one of the first multi-lingual environmental education organizations in the United States.
Our mission is to improve our quality of life through instilling environmental awareness within South Florida’s diverse multi-lingual communities.
Over the past nineteen years, Citizens has designed experiential, multi-lingual education and outreach programs for students, teachers and community organizations, including activities such as community festivals, environmental field trips, curriculum development and trainings, tree plantings, workshops, in-class visits, and habitat restoration.
How We Work
Citizens is a non-profit, non-advocacy, environmental education organization. Our work and accomplishments in the South Florida community are a direct reflection of all the partners and donors and funders who share their resources with us. Without them our work would not be possible.
Citizens currently has three core projects: the Community Science Workshop, the Biscayne Bay Volunteer Program, and an Urban Greening Program.
EPIC FRIDAYS
Fabiola invited you to "EPIC FRIDAYS" on Friday, April 24 at 7:00pm.
Event: EPIC FRIDAYS
"RIVER LOUNGE"
What: Cocktail Party
Host: FABIOLA CASTRO
Start Time: Friday, April 24 at 7:00pm
End Time: Friday, April 24 at 9:00pm
Where: Epic
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=73821581098&mid=512292G1e7b946cG46065c7G7
Event: EPIC FRIDAYS
"RIVER LOUNGE"
What: Cocktail Party
Host: FABIOLA CASTRO
Start Time: Friday, April 24 at 7:00pm
End Time: Friday, April 24 at 9:00pm
Where: Epic
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=73821581098&mid=512292G1e7b946cG46065c7G7
miArte Gallery & Bigelow Tea host A Divas Cocktail Party
miArte Gallery & Bigelow Tea invite you to a special cocktail party and a last look at
the exhibit everyone has been talking about,"Some Are Divas".
Guests can expect an art-filled evening, mar-TEA-ni signature cocktails, tea-time savory bites, special guests artists: Edward Berounsky, MANO, George Rodez,and Brazilian recording artist Marta Rhaulin.
Save the date, Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 - 9:30 pm at miArte Gallery.
Open Bar courtesy of Bigelow.
RSVP suggested 305.445.2783
Directions:
miArte Gallery is located one block north of Miracle Mile and west of Douglas Road. Click here for map
Parking:
Off-street metered marking available.
Multi-storied Municipal Parking Garage located directly in front of miArte Gallery - use entrance on Aragon Avenue.
the exhibit everyone has been talking about,"Some Are Divas".
Guests can expect an art-filled evening, mar-TEA-ni signature cocktails, tea-time savory bites, special guests artists: Edward Berounsky, MANO, George Rodez,and Brazilian recording artist Marta Rhaulin.
Save the date, Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 - 9:30 pm at miArte Gallery.
Open Bar courtesy of Bigelow.
RSVP suggested 305.445.2783
Directions:
miArte Gallery is located one block north of Miracle Mile and west of Douglas Road. Click here for map
Parking:
Off-street metered marking available.
Multi-storied Municipal Parking Garage located directly in front of miArte Gallery - use entrance on Aragon Avenue.
Frost Spring Openings: Exhibits that Challenge the Concept of Art
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From: Frost Art Museum [mailto:frostartmuseum@frostartmuseum.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of Frost Art Museum
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:07 PM
Subject: Frost Spring Openings: Exhibits that Challenge the Concept of Art
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Join us for the opening reception April 17 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Because I Say So Sculpture from The Scholl Collection April 17, 2009 - August 16, 2009
Major collectors Debra and Dennis Scholl present the often unseen sculpture that is central to their significant contemporary art collection. As collectors, the Scholls describe their process20as looking for "work that succeeds both on and below the surface, evoking a strong response, and not necessarily a positive one. For example, works by Zhang Huan or Catherine Opie invariably generate a reaction, but it is seldom one of pleasure." This exhibit will showcase larger scale sculptural works that compliment The Museum setting.
Genetic Portraits by Nela Ochoa April 17, 2009 - September 6, 2009
Nela Ochoa is a multi-media artist working simultaneously in the realms of video art, sculpture and performance to explore the genetic codes of human bodies. Ochoa will create a site specific installation which investigates DNA in the body. Ochoa's work uses medical images such as X-rays to explore the complex relationships between DNA and body. She often uses her own DNA printed in latex as a starting point for her sculptural endeavors.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Spring 2009, Wake April 17, 2009 - May 10, 2009
The BFA students at FIUs School of Art & Art History present a series of works produced during their tenure at FIU. Curated by Professor Pip Brant.
The Kenan-Flagler Family Discovery Gallery- Opening April 17, 2009
The Kenan-Flagler Family Discovery Gallery allows visitors to experience interactive acti vities designed to educate and entertain. This state-of-the-art Discovery Gallery consists of 13 stations including the computer-based display, Picture Yourself, where a camera takes an image of a person's face and reproduces it on a touch screen. Participants can then trace the contours of the face with their fingers and print the finished product. The Kenan-Flagler Discovery Gallery is possible due to the support of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust was established in 1965 from the estate of William Rand Kenan, Jr., who was born in Wilmington in 1872 and graduated from UNC in 1894. Kenan was a scientist, chemical and mechanical engineer, business executive, dairy farmer and philanthropist.
Make sure to join us for the next...
Target Wednesday After Hours
April 22nd, 2009
6-9 pm
Frost Art Museum
From: Frost Art Museum [mailto:frostartmuseum@frostartmuseum.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of Frost Art Museum
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:07 PM
Subject: Frost Spring Openings: Exhibits that Challenge the Concept of Art
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Join us for the opening reception April 17 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Because I Say So Sculpture from The Scholl Collection April 17, 2009 - August 16, 2009
Major collectors Debra and Dennis Scholl present the often unseen sculpture that is central to their significant contemporary art collection. As collectors, the Scholls describe their process20as looking for "work that succeeds both on and below the surface, evoking a strong response, and not necessarily a positive one. For example, works by Zhang Huan or Catherine Opie invariably generate a reaction, but it is seldom one of pleasure." This exhibit will showcase larger scale sculptural works that compliment The Museum setting.
Genetic Portraits by Nela Ochoa April 17, 2009 - September 6, 2009
Nela Ochoa is a multi-media artist working simultaneously in the realms of video art, sculpture and performance to explore the genetic codes of human bodies. Ochoa will create a site specific installation which investigates DNA in the body. Ochoa's work uses medical images such as X-rays to explore the complex relationships between DNA and body. She often uses her own DNA printed in latex as a starting point for her sculptural endeavors.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Spring 2009, Wake April 17, 2009 - May 10, 2009
The BFA students at FIUs School of Art & Art History present a series of works produced during their tenure at FIU. Curated by Professor Pip Brant.
The Kenan-Flagler Family Discovery Gallery- Opening April 17, 2009
The Kenan-Flagler Family Discovery Gallery allows visitors to experience interactive acti vities designed to educate and entertain. This state-of-the-art Discovery Gallery consists of 13 stations including the computer-based display, Picture Yourself, where a camera takes an image of a person's face and reproduces it on a touch screen. Participants can then trace the contours of the face with their fingers and print the finished product. The Kenan-Flagler Discovery Gallery is possible due to the support of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust was established in 1965 from the estate of William Rand Kenan, Jr., who was born in Wilmington in 1872 and graduated from UNC in 1894. Kenan was a scientist, chemical and mechanical engineer, business executive, dairy farmer and philanthropist.
Make sure to join us for the next...
Target Wednesday After Hours
April 22nd, 2009
6-9 pm
Frost Art Museum
Solé On The Ocean launches ALBA: A beachside happy hour & pool party series - Fri., Apr. 17 at 4 PM
Fax (305) 269-9573
rmercado@olecom.com
www.eonlinelatino.com
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Solé On The Ocean is one of the newest oceanfront properties to open in Sunny Isles Beach. The highly anticipated condo-tel is launching their poolside happy hour and pool party series overlooking the Atlantic beginning Friday, April 17.
Solé On The Ocean, along with some of Miami’s top promoters, is hosting “ALBA,” their weekly sunset happy hour on Fridays from 4:00-7:00 p.m. where guests will enjoy two-for-one cocktails to toast the end of the week. Saturdays and Sundays are for basking in the sun on Solé’s beautiful pool deck literally steps away from the sandy beach. Live beats will be provided by DJ Baby Dré and a summer “lunch box” menu featuring club sandwiches, vegetable and fruit platters, healthy wraps and an assortment of chips options courtesy of neighboring gourmet staple, Epicure Market make the perfect afternoon. For the ultimate in VIP treatment, private cabanas and tables for bottle service can also be reserved upon request.
Guests are invited to enjoy the serene surroundings of Solé’s pool bar and sample signature libations including the South Beach Lemonade, Three Olives orange and raspberry vodkas, sweet & sours mix, lemonade, grenadine with a Blue Curacao floater; Watermelon Quencher, Grey Goose Vodka, fresh watermelon juice and sweet & sour mix; and the Lifesaver, Bacardi Coco, Melon liqueur and fresh pineapple juice.
The newly decorated pool area features plush lounge beds and chairs, additional canopy umbrellas for extra shading from the hot Florida sun. Relax throughout the evening and enjoy all of the hotel amenities and services while taking in the breathtaking ocean views.
rmercado@olecom.com
www.eonlinelatino.com
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Solé On The Ocean is one of the newest oceanfront properties to open in Sunny Isles Beach. The highly anticipated condo-tel is launching their poolside happy hour and pool party series overlooking the Atlantic beginning Friday, April 17.
Solé On The Ocean, along with some of Miami’s top promoters, is hosting “ALBA,” their weekly sunset happy hour on Fridays from 4:00-7:00 p.m. where guests will enjoy two-for-one cocktails to toast the end of the week. Saturdays and Sundays are for basking in the sun on Solé’s beautiful pool deck literally steps away from the sandy beach. Live beats will be provided by DJ Baby Dré and a summer “lunch box” menu featuring club sandwiches, vegetable and fruit platters, healthy wraps and an assortment of chips options courtesy of neighboring gourmet staple, Epicure Market make the perfect afternoon. For the ultimate in VIP treatment, private cabanas and tables for bottle service can also be reserved upon request.
Guests are invited to enjoy the serene surroundings of Solé’s pool bar and sample signature libations including the South Beach Lemonade, Three Olives orange and raspberry vodkas, sweet & sours mix, lemonade, grenadine with a Blue Curacao floater; Watermelon Quencher, Grey Goose Vodka, fresh watermelon juice and sweet & sour mix; and the Lifesaver, Bacardi Coco, Melon liqueur and fresh pineapple juice.
The newly decorated pool area features plush lounge beds and chairs, additional canopy umbrellas for extra shading from the hot Florida sun. Relax throughout the evening and enjoy all of the hotel amenities and services while taking in the breathtaking ocean views.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Opens Tomorrow! Tickets Are Selling Fast.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
OPENS TOMORROW
April 16 - 19
Ziff Ballet Opera House
Only five performances and tickets are selling fast!
Best availability on Thursday and Friday nights.
Join the celebration as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America's cultural ambassador to the world, marks its 50th anniversary tour while debuting on Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center stage!
View the complete performance schedule and Alvin Ailey video here.
All performances include Alvin Ailey's masterpiece Revelations.
Miami audiences can also enjoy the South Florida premiere of Mauro Bigonzetti's Festa Barocca, one of this season's most celebrated new works. It's "a major addition to the Company's repertoire that offers a perfect vehicle for its many-faceted talents to gleam anew." - Los Angeles Times
Otis Redding's soulful music sets the stage for George Faison's playful battle of the sexes in Suite Otis. The yearning sensuality of such timeless songs as "Satisfaction," "Try a Little Tenderness," "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and other favorites bursts through this sexy, charming and witty suite.
BUY TICKETS NOW
or call our box office at 305.949.6722.
OPENS TOMORROW
April 16 - 19
Ziff Ballet Opera House
Only five performances and tickets are selling fast!
Best availability on Thursday and Friday nights.
Join the celebration as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America's cultural ambassador to the world, marks its 50th anniversary tour while debuting on Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center stage!
View the complete performance schedule and Alvin Ailey video here.
All performances include Alvin Ailey's masterpiece Revelations.
Miami audiences can also enjoy the South Florida premiere of Mauro Bigonzetti's Festa Barocca, one of this season's most celebrated new works. It's "a major addition to the Company's repertoire that offers a perfect vehicle for its many-faceted talents to gleam anew." - Los Angeles Times
Otis Redding's soulful music sets the stage for George Faison's playful battle of the sexes in Suite Otis. The yearning sensuality of such timeless songs as "Satisfaction," "Try a Little Tenderness," "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and other favorites bursts through this sexy, charming and witty suite.
BUY TICKETS NOW
or call our box office at 305.949.6722.
Miami.com Happy Hour - Thursday, April 16 - 8 Oz. Burger Bar
Take a break from a long week with a Miami.com Happy Hour at 8 Oz. Burger Bar.
There will be complimentary drinks by Atlantico Rum (featuring the Perfect Storm), draft beer 2 -for-1 specials, and stick around and buy a burger.
Goes from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. - on the corner of 11th and Alton Rd. on Miami Beach. Details on the invite.
There will be complimentary drinks by Atlantico Rum (featuring the Perfect Storm), draft beer 2 -for-1 specials, and stick around and buy a burger.
Goes from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. - on the corner of 11th and Alton Rd. on Miami Beach. Details on the invite.
DailyCandy Miami - The Weekend Guide
The Weekend Guide
What to Do This Weekend
Have a gay old time.
CELEBRATE
The Black & White Circus Ball
What: Campy performances — hypnotists, a depressed clown, a retired fire-eater — followed by a boozy postshow bash to kick off Miami’s first gay pride fest.
Why: The ball’s in your court.
When: Fri., 8 p.m.
Where: Miami Science Museum, 3280 S. Miami Ave. (305-646-4200).
TRY
Zushi Flirt Opens
What: The come-hither sushi bar in the revamped Z Ocean Hotel (formerly De Soleil) offers sexily named food like the Climax roll: lobster, avocado, cucumber, and caviar.
Why: Get some (yellow)tail.
When: Opens Sat. Daily, noon-11 p.m.
Where: 1437 Collins Ave., South Beach (305-672-4554).
WATCH
Alvin Ailey 50th Anniversary
What: The iconic dance troupe pirouettes its way through a dozen pieces in the stunning, weekend-long retrospective.
Why: Look before they leap.
When: Thurs. & Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 & 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m.
Where: Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. (305-949-6722).
EAT
Taste Bakery Cafe Opens
What: The South Beach staple opens a second, larger location for its delish sandwiches, pastries, coffee, and free Wi-Fi.
Why: Tastes great, more filling.
When: Daily, 7 a.m.-8 p.m.
Where: 1683 Jefferson Ave., South Beach (305-672-8077).
PONDER
The Nature of Things
What: Photography from local artist Antonia Wright, who captures people’s reaction to the absurd, and her former mentor, Clyde Butcher, whose black and white shots make nature look surreal.
Why: It’s a natural resource.
When: Fri.-May 29. Opening reception, Fri., 7-10 p.m.
Where: Renee Gallery, 1331 SW 8th St., Little Havana (305-856-6789).
DRINK
Happy Hour and Pool Party
What: Sunny Isles’s Solé on the Ocean launches two-for-one cocktails on Fridays and a poolside weekend fiesta with music by DJ Baby Dre and snacks by Epicure.
Why: A little bit of heart and Solé.
When: Happy hour, Fri., 4-7 p.m.; pool party, Sat. & Sun., noon-6 p.m.
Where: 17315 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach.
What to Do This Weekend
Have a gay old time.
CELEBRATE
The Black & White Circus Ball
What: Campy performances — hypnotists, a depressed clown, a retired fire-eater — followed by a boozy postshow bash to kick off Miami’s first gay pride fest.
Why: The ball’s in your court.
When: Fri., 8 p.m.
Where: Miami Science Museum, 3280 S. Miami Ave. (305-646-4200).
TRY
Zushi Flirt Opens
What: The come-hither sushi bar in the revamped Z Ocean Hotel (formerly De Soleil) offers sexily named food like the Climax roll: lobster, avocado, cucumber, and caviar.
Why: Get some (yellow)tail.
When: Opens Sat. Daily, noon-11 p.m.
Where: 1437 Collins Ave., South Beach (305-672-4554).
WATCH
Alvin Ailey 50th Anniversary
What: The iconic dance troupe pirouettes its way through a dozen pieces in the stunning, weekend-long retrospective.
Why: Look before they leap.
When: Thurs. & Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 & 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m.
Where: Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. (305-949-6722).
EAT
Taste Bakery Cafe Opens
What: The South Beach staple opens a second, larger location for its delish sandwiches, pastries, coffee, and free Wi-Fi.
Why: Tastes great, more filling.
When: Daily, 7 a.m.-8 p.m.
Where: 1683 Jefferson Ave., South Beach (305-672-8077).
PONDER
The Nature of Things
What: Photography from local artist Antonia Wright, who captures people’s reaction to the absurd, and her former mentor, Clyde Butcher, whose black and white shots make nature look surreal.
Why: It’s a natural resource.
When: Fri.-May 29. Opening reception, Fri., 7-10 p.m.
Where: Renee Gallery, 1331 SW 8th St., Little Havana (305-856-6789).
DRINK
Happy Hour and Pool Party
What: Sunny Isles’s Solé on the Ocean launches two-for-one cocktails on Fridays and a poolside weekend fiesta with music by DJ Baby Dre and snacks by Epicure.
Why: A little bit of heart and Solé.
When: Happy hour, Fri., 4-7 p.m.; pool party, Sat. & Sun., noon-6 p.m.
Where: 17315 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Boogie at Bougies
So the gig at The Bar can be officially classified as a huge success - dancing, screaming, new friends, even a maraccas guy! So now we do like "Groundhog Day" and relive the madness that are The Bushmen, this time at Bougie's (yes, Bougies), aka Bouganvillea's Old Florida Tavern, Friday night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. This will be our debut at this new hangout, and hopefully one of many stops this year, so bring friends and family - management is always impressed when we bring people, especially people who drink (I brought my mom one night but she's a light-weight like me; my mother-in-law's another story!). Definitely hope you can make it. Bougainvillea's Old Florida Tavern7221 SW 58th Ave, South Miami, FL 33143 Phone: (305) 669-8577
The 5th Annual Work-Life Balance Educational Conference
Monica invited you to "The 5th Annual Work-Life Balance Educational Conference
for Businesswomen" on Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00am.
Event: The 5th Annual Work-Life Balance Educational Conference for Businesswomen
"Latinbiz is proud to sponsor this great event"
What: Lecture
Host: The Work-Life Balance Institute for Women
Start Time: Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00am
End Time: Wednesday, April 22 at 4:00pm
Where: Signature Grand
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=91785291489&mid=4d89b3G1e7b946cG456984fG7
Thanks,
for Businesswomen" on Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00am.
Event: The 5th Annual Work-Life Balance Educational Conference for Businesswomen
"Latinbiz is proud to sponsor this great event"
What: Lecture
Host: The Work-Life Balance Institute for Women
Start Time: Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00am
End Time: Wednesday, April 22 at 4:00pm
Where: Signature Grand
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=91785291489&mid=4d89b3G1e7b946cG456984fG7
Thanks,
CS Gallery announces the opening of Stabbing Hate by R. E. SANCHEZ
CS Gallery
787 NE 125 St, North Miami, FL 33161
Monday March 30, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT PERSON: Jorge Chirinos, Gallery Director
(305) 308-6561, 10 AM—5 PM, M—F
Images of the exhibition artworks are available upon request.
Exhibition Dates: April 24—May 24, 2009
Opening Reception: April 24—7-11 PM
CS Gallery is proud to announce the opening of “STABBING HATE,” their new SOLO exhibition by visual artist R. E. SANCHEZ. This exhibition focuses on two series of work created between 2005 and 2007. The first series titled Stabbed In The Back: “Has Never Been In Love” Series details works created on paper and mixed media based on ideas of first introductions, loss of love, façades, the unknown and the presented vs. reality. These artworks in many aspects are very general statements about contemporary society.
The second series titled Terrorism Is A Friendly Reminder Of How20Much We All Love Each Other: is created using the maps of some of the countries that have been victims to contemporary terrorist attacks. Black wax and blood red acrylic are very significant for they represent chaos, turmoil and the bloodshed caused by these attacks. These works call to question the ability of humans to interact and understand each other on multiple levels.
R. E. SANCHEZ is a Miami-based artist whose work has been exhibited regularly in non-profit organizations and gallery venues. He is a Salvadoran expatriate who in 1989 relocated to the U.S. to pursue his passion for art. He received his Bachelor of Art (BFA) from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2000. He is the current Art Director for Life Is Art, a non-profit organization dedicated to promote and support the artistic and creative communities in Miami and beyond.
Since 1994 he has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. In 2000 he was part of a very prestigious show for Artlink@Sothebys that traveled through Chicago Illinois, Vienna Austria and Tel Aviv Israel.
Most recently his work has been exhibited as part of juried shows which have included The Hibiscus 1st Juried Art Exhibition at The Lighthouse Center for the Arts in Tequesta Florida, 20 x 20 x 20 A National Compact Competition at Louisiana State University’s Union Art Gallery in Baton Rouge Louisiana, The Blanche Ames National Juried Exhibition at The Ames Mansion at Bord erland State Park in North Easton Massachusetts and Field of Vision: Beijing at the Beijing New Art Projects in Beijing China. His work can be found in many private collections.
This exhibit is free and open to the public. CS Gallery hours are Monday—Thursday by appointment.
Friday 8—11 pm. Last Fridays of the month: 7—11 pm as part of NoMi Art walk.
For more information about this exhibit or CS Gallery, website at
www.chirinossanchez.com
R. E. SANCHEZ can be reached through his website at www.resanchez.com
787 NE 125 St, North Miami, FL 33161
Monday March 30, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT PERSON: Jorge Chirinos, Gallery Director
(305) 308-6561, 10 AM—5 PM, M—F
Images of the exhibition artworks are available upon request.
Exhibition Dates: April 24—May 24, 2009
Opening Reception: April 24—7-11 PM
CS Gallery is proud to announce the opening of “STABBING HATE,” their new SOLO exhibition by visual artist R. E. SANCHEZ. This exhibition focuses on two series of work created between 2005 and 2007. The first series titled Stabbed In The Back: “Has Never Been In Love” Series details works created on paper and mixed media based on ideas of first introductions, loss of love, façades, the unknown and the presented vs. reality. These artworks in many aspects are very general statements about contemporary society.
The second series titled Terrorism Is A Friendly Reminder Of How20Much We All Love Each Other: is created using the maps of some of the countries that have been victims to contemporary terrorist attacks. Black wax and blood red acrylic are very significant for they represent chaos, turmoil and the bloodshed caused by these attacks. These works call to question the ability of humans to interact and understand each other on multiple levels.
R. E. SANCHEZ is a Miami-based artist whose work has been exhibited regularly in non-profit organizations and gallery venues. He is a Salvadoran expatriate who in 1989 relocated to the U.S. to pursue his passion for art. He received his Bachelor of Art (BFA) from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2000. He is the current Art Director for Life Is Art, a non-profit organization dedicated to promote and support the artistic and creative communities in Miami and beyond.
Since 1994 he has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. In 2000 he was part of a very prestigious show for Artlink@Sothebys that traveled through Chicago Illinois, Vienna Austria and Tel Aviv Israel.
Most recently his work has been exhibited as part of juried shows which have included The Hibiscus 1st Juried Art Exhibition at The Lighthouse Center for the Arts in Tequesta Florida, 20 x 20 x 20 A National Compact Competition at Louisiana State University’s Union Art Gallery in Baton Rouge Louisiana, The Blanche Ames National Juried Exhibition at The Ames Mansion at Bord erland State Park in North Easton Massachusetts and Field of Vision: Beijing at the Beijing New Art Projects in Beijing China. His work can be found in many private collections.
This exhibit is free and open to the public. CS Gallery hours are Monday—Thursday by appointment.
Friday 8—11 pm. Last Fridays of the month: 7—11 pm as part of NoMi Art walk.
For more information about this exhibit or CS Gallery, website at
www.chirinossanchez.com
R. E. SANCHEZ can be reached through his website at www.resanchez.com
Hands in Action Walkathon 4-2009
Friends,
I am the Secretary for Hands in Action/Manos en Accion a great non-profit
that helps at-risk children in our community. Proceeds from this event will
be used to support the programs providing special services focused on child
abuse prevention and early intervention. Proceeds will help a needy child
attend a educational enriching summer camp this year.
I need your help, THE KIDS and these NEEDY FAMILIES need your help
1st Annual Walkathon.
Hands In Action-Manos en Acción
Walkathon!
Date: April 26th, 2009
Time: 8:00 a.m. to Noon
Location : Hialeah Middle School Sports Complex
6027 East 7th Avenue, Hialeah
Join us for a day of fun and exercise and help at-risk children in our
community by participating in our 1st Annual Walkathon.
For information
Please contact:
Migdalia Morales
(305) 820-8659
I am the Secretary for Hands in Action/Manos en Accion a great non-profit
that helps at-risk children in our community. Proceeds from this event will
be used to support the programs providing special services focused on child
abuse prevention and early intervention. Proceeds will help a needy child
attend a educational enriching summer camp this year.
I need your help, THE KIDS and these NEEDY FAMILIES need your help
1st Annual Walkathon.
Hands In Action-Manos en Acción
Walkathon!
Date: April 26th, 2009
Time: 8:00 a.m. to Noon
Location : Hialeah Middle School Sports Complex
6027 East 7th Avenue, Hialeah
Join us for a day of fun and exercise and help at-risk children in our
community by participating in our 1st Annual Walkathon.
For information
Please contact:
Migdalia Morales
(305) 820-8659
Festival Miami Rock en Español
Subject: Festival Miami Rock en Español en Miami con los conciertos de Cultura Profética, Los Amigos Invisibles, Diva Gash, Locos Por Juana, Minimal y Local 34
Festival Miami Rock en Español en Miami con los conciertos de Cultura Profética, Los Amigos Invisibles, Diva Gash, Locos Por Juana, Minimal y Local 34
El primer festival de Latin Alternative Music en Miami. Celebrando el 20 Aniversario de LA COVACHA
QUIEN: Presentación especial de Cultural Profética, Los Amigos Invisibles, Diva Gash, Locos por Juana, Minimal, Local 34 y tributo a los 20 años de carrera de Kike Posada, DJ pionero de la difusión radial del rock latino en Miami.
CUANDO: Sábado 18 de abril, 8:00 pm
DONDE: La Covacha. 10730 NW 25th St. Doral, FL 33172
CONTACTO: Michelle M. González
New Image Live, Inc. gonzalez.michelle at live.com
Festival Miami Rock en Español en Miami con los conciertos de Cultura Profética, Los Amigos Invisibles, Diva Gash, Locos Por Juana, Minimal y Local 34
El primer festival de Latin Alternative Music en Miami. Celebrando el 20 Aniversario de LA COVACHA
QUIEN: Presentación especial de Cultural Profética, Los Amigos Invisibles, Diva Gash, Locos por Juana, Minimal, Local 34 y tributo a los 20 años de carrera de Kike Posada, DJ pionero de la difusión radial del rock latino en Miami.
CUANDO: Sábado 18 de abril, 8:00 pm
DONDE: La Covacha. 10730 NW 25th St. Doral, FL 33172
CONTACTO: Michelle M. González
New Image Live, Inc. gonzalez.michelle at live.com
Danny Santiago - Fashion Event 4/16/09
join us this Thursday for an evening of fashion and networking in association with our local chamber of commerce.
Danny Santiago is the fashion stylist responsible for movies "Sex & the City: The Movie" and "Confessions of a Shopaholic". He is a respectable alumnus of Miami International University of Art & Design.
1501 Biscayne Blvd
Danny Santiago is the fashion stylist responsible for movies "Sex & the City: The Movie" and "Confessions of a Shopaholic". He is a respectable alumnus of Miami International University of Art & Design.
1501 Biscayne Blvd
Yelp's Parkin' it!
Yelp's Parkin' it!
April 14
This Weekly Yelp brought to you by Sweat Records & Record Store Day 2009!
California Dreamin'? Guess they'd
never been to Florida!
Happy Birthday:
Party For Jimbo's 82nd!
The Nature of Photography:
Clyde Butcher and Antonia Wright
Forever Young:
YoPros Cocktail Hour
Wrap It Up:
Sushi Eating Contest For Charity Tonight!
¡Yo Quiero Mi Rock!
Miami Rock En Español
With the long, breezy spring days upon us, we've got nothing but clear skies and happy faces in Miami. The sun is shining; the birds chirping – what reason do you have not to be outdoors?! Grab that pic-a-nic basket Yogi, 'cause this week we're heading to the park!
First, follow this sage advice from Ginger H: "God gave us beautiful weather here in Miami, so get outside and enjoy it at Kennedy Park." While you're soaking up all those golden rays, refresh with some of the best frozen lemonade the city has to offer from institution AC's Icees. Maria T gives props to AC's three decades of business: "Homeboy keeps his prices real. A meager $2.50 gets you a cup of the most delicious Icee your taste buds have ever encountered."
Looking for a park with more to do and less to wear? Haulover Park offers a tennis center, golf course, marina and a clothing-optional section of the beach where you can bare it all. Jordan N dons his birthday best and assures us it's "much more comfortable." Not down to get naked? Go fly a kite! Haulover has prime gliding space and is home to Skyward Kites, where Joseluis A flew his very first, an experience he recalls as "so peaceful and relaxing."
Yelpers agree Deering Estate at Cutler is one of Miami's most beautiful and historic gems. Nydia G zens out here on her "lazy Saturday afternoons." Or check out Yelp Events for classes and tours galore at this happening Estate park. Still want a little more umph? How about renting hydro-bikes at Crandon Park, where Liana S and her crew come for an outdoor "day trip away from the usual haunts."
Attention joggers, dog-walkers and romantics – this next park's for you! On the southernmost tip of Miami Beach, wave goodbye to the pastel-wearing cruise-shipping masses of the Port of Miami alongside South Pointe Park. Alice S approves of its latest improvements: "Long, winding paths line the park with a mini waterpark and benches abound. The views of Fisher Island and the ocean are to die for," and it's an idyllic spot to gather for a picnic. Especially one packed by Joe, as in Joe's Take Away, right across the street -- but be warned that this is no average boxed lunch -- Franky A likens it to "taking home a piece of heaven."
Where do you park it? Tell us about it on Talk!
(A Word from Our Sponsor) Sweat Records Four Year Anniversary and Record Store Day 2009
The little record store that could and does turns four!
Four years ago Sweat Records was born and nothing has stopped it from becoming a cultural juggernaut. Surviving hurricanes and break-ins, Sweat still keeps breaking it down at the Vagabond every Friday. From music movie nights to Casa de Ha-Ha, a monthly open-mic stand-up comedy night, and selling the best vegan cupcakes in town this shop has something for every music lover/ intellectual/ pop-culturalist in town. Happy Birthday! and here's to many more! ¡Felicidades!
Come out and say Happy Anniversary to Miami's musical institution, Sweat Records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Top Yelpers
See who's been mouthing off this week!
Sarah R.
Cathy F.
Siobhan V.
my cat can open doors.
Maria F.
Kevin P.
Gleaner of the Unknown, Unallowed,…
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Picks of the Week
Reviews we liked this week.
George M. on Maximo Gomez Park / Domino Park
"Came here after breakfast so it was about 9:30 on a Saturday morning and even at that time of the day the games are INTENSE
I sat down on one of the benches watching some of the games and reading the paper looking interested but playing a bit hard to get I was able to start a conversation with…"
Gita R. on The Barnacle
"The Barnacle is one of the hidden gems of Coconut Grove...if you're a nature lover like me, or a history buff. After you enter the gates, there is a nice walkway of mostly native plants. The house itself - the home of Commodore Munro - is very cool to visit (once) and I definitely recommend the…"
fatima f. on Fuchs Park
"Awesome little park...a nice pond with a beautiful fountain. Lots of ducks. Very nice playground area for toddlers and older children. Picnic tables and grills available. Only one shelter for parties at a small rental fee, even cheaper if you are a South Miami resident. The beauty of it is that…"
Fresh Lists
The newest of our users' favorites. Come out and play!
"Parks, not just for the kids!"
MIA: Parks
"Free green places to be seen in our tropical scene!"
Take it to the Outdoors!
"When you just need to take break and breathe in some fresh air..."
April 14
This Weekly Yelp brought to you by Sweat Records & Record Store Day 2009!
California Dreamin'? Guess they'd
never been to Florida!
Happy Birthday:
Party For Jimbo's 82nd!
The Nature of Photography:
Clyde Butcher and Antonia Wright
Forever Young:
YoPros Cocktail Hour
Wrap It Up:
Sushi Eating Contest For Charity Tonight!
¡Yo Quiero Mi Rock!
Miami Rock En Español
With the long, breezy spring days upon us, we've got nothing but clear skies and happy faces in Miami. The sun is shining; the birds chirping – what reason do you have not to be outdoors?! Grab that pic-a-nic basket Yogi, 'cause this week we're heading to the park!
First, follow this sage advice from Ginger H: "God gave us beautiful weather here in Miami, so get outside and enjoy it at Kennedy Park." While you're soaking up all those golden rays, refresh with some of the best frozen lemonade the city has to offer from institution AC's Icees. Maria T gives props to AC's three decades of business: "Homeboy keeps his prices real. A meager $2.50 gets you a cup of the most delicious Icee your taste buds have ever encountered."
Looking for a park with more to do and less to wear? Haulover Park offers a tennis center, golf course, marina and a clothing-optional section of the beach where you can bare it all. Jordan N dons his birthday best and assures us it's "much more comfortable." Not down to get naked? Go fly a kite! Haulover has prime gliding space and is home to Skyward Kites, where Joseluis A flew his very first, an experience he recalls as "so peaceful and relaxing."
Yelpers agree Deering Estate at Cutler is one of Miami's most beautiful and historic gems. Nydia G zens out here on her "lazy Saturday afternoons." Or check out Yelp Events for classes and tours galore at this happening Estate park. Still want a little more umph? How about renting hydro-bikes at Crandon Park, where Liana S and her crew come for an outdoor "day trip away from the usual haunts."
Attention joggers, dog-walkers and romantics – this next park's for you! On the southernmost tip of Miami Beach, wave goodbye to the pastel-wearing cruise-shipping masses of the Port of Miami alongside South Pointe Park. Alice S approves of its latest improvements: "Long, winding paths line the park with a mini waterpark and benches abound. The views of Fisher Island and the ocean are to die for," and it's an idyllic spot to gather for a picnic. Especially one packed by Joe, as in Joe's Take Away, right across the street -- but be warned that this is no average boxed lunch -- Franky A likens it to "taking home a piece of heaven."
Where do you park it? Tell us about it on Talk!
(A Word from Our Sponsor) Sweat Records Four Year Anniversary and Record Store Day 2009
The little record store that could and does turns four!
Four years ago Sweat Records was born and nothing has stopped it from becoming a cultural juggernaut. Surviving hurricanes and break-ins, Sweat still keeps breaking it down at the Vagabond every Friday. From music movie nights to Casa de Ha-Ha, a monthly open-mic stand-up comedy night, and selling the best vegan cupcakes in town this shop has something for every music lover/ intellectual/ pop-culturalist in town. Happy Birthday! and here's to many more! ¡Felicidades!
Come out and say Happy Anniversary to Miami's musical institution, Sweat Records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Top Yelpers
See who's been mouthing off this week!
Sarah R.
Cathy F.
Siobhan V.
my cat can open doors.
Maria F.
Kevin P.
Gleaner of the Unknown, Unallowed,…
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Picks of the Week
Reviews we liked this week.
George M. on Maximo Gomez Park / Domino Park
"Came here after breakfast so it was about 9:30 on a Saturday morning and even at that time of the day the games are INTENSE
I sat down on one of the benches watching some of the games and reading the paper looking interested but playing a bit hard to get I was able to start a conversation with…"
Gita R. on The Barnacle
"The Barnacle is one of the hidden gems of Coconut Grove...if you're a nature lover like me, or a history buff. After you enter the gates, there is a nice walkway of mostly native plants. The house itself - the home of Commodore Munro - is very cool to visit (once) and I definitely recommend the…"
fatima f. on Fuchs Park
"Awesome little park...a nice pond with a beautiful fountain. Lots of ducks. Very nice playground area for toddlers and older children. Picnic tables and grills available. Only one shelter for parties at a small rental fee, even cheaper if you are a South Miami resident. The beauty of it is that…"
Fresh Lists
The newest of our users' favorites. Come out and play!
"Parks, not just for the kids!"
MIA: Parks
"Free green places to be seen in our tropical scene!"
Take it to the Outdoors!
"When you just need to take break and breathe in some fresh air..."
Monday, April 13, 2009
Account Executive Opportunity for upscale travel PR company in NY
Account Executive for PR firm specializing in the world’s premier hotels and resorts.
Meg Connolly Communications, a small luxury PR firm specializing in leading hotels, resorts and restaurants, is seeking applicants for an exciting opportunity to join a growing agency representing some of the most celebrated properties worldwide. Applicants should be polished, enthusiastic, service oriented and eager to learn and grow. Strong writing and verbal skills are imperative, along with an appreciation and understanding of the luxury marketplace. The position will be responsible for overseeing photo shoots, securing press coverage on behalf of clients, involved in developing strategic press plans, launching products and partnerships, and developing and maintaining relationships with national, regional and trade media. In addition, the position will be responsible for overseeing various administrative tasks including maintaining databases, monthly updates and clip reports.
Salary: Competitive
Qualifications:
- College degree and 1 year relevant work experience
- Understanding of business protocol
- Detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated and focused on success
- Excellent computer skills
Please email resumes to meg at mcc-pr.com
Meg Connolly Communications, a small luxury PR firm specializing in leading hotels, resorts and restaurants, is seeking applicants for an exciting opportunity to join a growing agency representing some of the most celebrated properties worldwide. Applicants should be polished, enthusiastic, service oriented and eager to learn and grow. Strong writing and verbal skills are imperative, along with an appreciation and understanding of the luxury marketplace. The position will be responsible for overseeing photo shoots, securing press coverage on behalf of clients, involved in developing strategic press plans, launching products and partnerships, and developing and maintaining relationships with national, regional and trade media. In addition, the position will be responsible for overseeing various administrative tasks including maintaining databases, monthly updates and clip reports.
Salary: Competitive
Qualifications:
- College degree and 1 year relevant work experience
- Understanding of business protocol
- Detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated and focused on success
- Excellent computer skills
Please email resumes to meg at mcc-pr.com
Spa Week is this week
SPA WEEK IS APRIL 13TH THROUGH 19TH!
$50 TREATMENTS DURING THIS WEEK ONLY. NOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT....
DE-STRESS MASSAGE – 50min
CAIPIRINHA PEPPERMINT OR BULGARIAN ROSE BODY SCRUB + DE-STRESS MASSAGE – 50min
CAIPIRINHA PEPPERMINT OR BULGARIAN ROSE BODY SCRUB + JURLIQUE EXPRESS ORGANIC FACIAL – 50min
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO CATCH UP, SPLURGE, OR FOR SPA GIFTS!
TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL 305-695-0996
$50 TREATMENTS DURING THIS WEEK ONLY. NOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT....
DE-STRESS MASSAGE – 50min
CAIPIRINHA PEPPERMINT OR BULGARIAN ROSE BODY SCRUB + DE-STRESS MASSAGE – 50min
CAIPIRINHA PEPPERMINT OR BULGARIAN ROSE BODY SCRUB + JURLIQUE EXPRESS ORGANIC FACIAL – 50min
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO CATCH UP, SPLURGE, OR FOR SPA GIFTS!
TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL 305-695-0996
Hiring VP Marketing in NYC
We are conducting an executive search for the Vice President / Director Marketing for an online, consumer-facing company that drives ad revenues from its subscriber database. Client is especially interested in candidates from companies in the online travel, hospitality, music, publishing, and entertainment spaces. Position is headquartered in New York City. Working remotely is not an option. Client will consider candidates that are willing to relocate. This is a key hire. Client is willing and able to put together the right package for the right candidate. Prefer someone to start in the position as soon as possible. Candidates must have significant experience growing and monetizing a database of email subscribers. The company is very well funded by key players and does not need to raise additional capital at this time. Company is established and already generating significant revenues. This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful, fast growing, entrepreneurial company and help grow a new division while still having the ability to make significant money on a competitive compensation and stock option package.
Please let me know if you know someone that would be a good match for this opportunity. Whenever you refer someone to us that we place, we will send you a check for $1000 as a Referral Bonus. Please make sure the person you refer mentions your name so you can get credit for the referral. Or send me the person's contact info and we will contact the person directly. (Phone number and email address preferred.) We also have several other executive positions open with other clients, so please check out the list on our website: www.matchstar.com. Listed below my signature is additional information about this opportunity. Also, the complete job description is listed on our website, along with all of our other open positions.
TO APPLY FOR A POSITION, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE: http://www.matchstar.com/job_listings_open.html
****** CLICK ON THE POSITION: VP/Director Marketing - New York City
Please let me know if you know someone that would be a good match for this opportunity. Whenever you refer someone to us that we place, we will send you a check for $1000 as a Referral Bonus. Please make sure the person you refer mentions your name so you can get credit for the referral. Or send me the person's contact info and we will contact the person directly. (Phone number and email address preferred.) We also have several other executive positions open with other clients, so please check out the list on our website: www.matchstar.com. Listed below my signature is additional information about this opportunity. Also, the complete job description is listed on our website, along with all of our other open positions.
TO APPLY FOR A POSITION, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE: http://www.matchstar.com/job_listings_open.html
****** CLICK ON THE POSITION: VP/Director Marketing - New York City
New World Symphony - It's a Family Affair!
It’s a Family Affair! is a wonderful new event we are launching on April 25th and we would love you to join us at the Lincoln Theatre for it.
This fundraising celebration is for both the young and young at heart, so bring your children, nieces, nephews, godchildren and friends for a fun filled day of music.
Little ones will get to try their hand at conducting, percussion, composing and more! Lunch will be had by all, with mimosas and a family focused silent auction to occupy the grownups.
An hour long interactive performance by all 87 of New World Symphony’s fellows takes guests on a musical journey with pieces by Stravinsky, Bartok, Cage and Copland.
How You Can Help Us:
1. By purchasing tickets. Tix are $75 for children, $125 for adults, and $325 for a Family 4 Pack (any combo of kids and adults). These include a donation to New World Symphony (a portion of each ticket is tax deductible), lunch, all activities and the performance. Tickets can be purchased at www.nws.edu/familyfun or by contacting me at 305-673-3330, ext 264 or at Rebecca.mandelman@nws.edu.
2. By sponsoring It’s a Family Affair. Sponsorship opportunities range from $500 - $10,000. This event is the perfect outlet through which to access affluent, culture-savvy, young South Florida parents and relatives.
3. By spreading the word about both! If you know of anyone who you feel would enjoy this event, I am more than happy to follow up with them on your behalf.
This event will New World Symphony continue its mission of educating young musicians and providing world class orchestral music for the South Florida community and we thank you in advance for your help.
This fundraising celebration is for both the young and young at heart, so bring your children, nieces, nephews, godchildren and friends for a fun filled day of music.
Little ones will get to try their hand at conducting, percussion, composing and more! Lunch will be had by all, with mimosas and a family focused silent auction to occupy the grownups.
An hour long interactive performance by all 87 of New World Symphony’s fellows takes guests on a musical journey with pieces by Stravinsky, Bartok, Cage and Copland.
How You Can Help Us:
1. By purchasing tickets. Tix are $75 for children, $125 for adults, and $325 for a Family 4 Pack (any combo of kids and adults). These include a donation to New World Symphony (a portion of each ticket is tax deductible), lunch, all activities and the performance. Tickets can be purchased at www.nws.edu/familyfun or by contacting me at 305-673-3330, ext 264 or at Rebecca.mandelman@nws.edu.
2. By sponsoring It’s a Family Affair. Sponsorship opportunities range from $500 - $10,000. This event is the perfect outlet through which to access affluent, culture-savvy, young South Florida parents and relatives.
3. By spreading the word about both! If you know of anyone who you feel would enjoy this event, I am more than happy to follow up with them on your behalf.
This event will New World Symphony continue its mission of educating young musicians and providing world class orchestral music for the South Florida community and we thank you in advance for your help.
This Week at MBC: (April 13-19) The SICILIAN Film Festival!
M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España, (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)
BECOME A MEMBER HERE: www.MBCINEMA.com
APRIL 2009 at a Glance:
13-19: Sicilian Film Festival
19: Miami Latin Gay Film Festival: MARISOL in Tombola!
21: High-Def HITCH: Topaz
22: "Cine-IMPROV"
23, 24: Examined Life
25, 26: Wendy and Lucy
30: High-Def HITCH: Frenzy
May 02-03 MGLFF: Annul Victory, "Dark, Twisted, and Experimental",
and "UNDERWATERS" (Three Films by John Waters)
Sicilian Film Festival (April 13-19)
13 MON 6pm: SFF Opening Ceremony with wines of Sicily
followed by 7pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
$20 opening ceremony and film
8:45pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
14 TUE 7pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
8:45pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
10:30pm: If You Close Your Eyes (Se chiudi gli occhi) by Lisa Romano
15 WED 6pm: The Island Inside: A Journey With Vincenzo Consolo (L'isola in me: in viaggio con Vincenzo Consolo) by Ludovica Tortora De Falco
7:15pm: Taormina Shorts in cooperation with Taormina Film Festival
Our Sea (Mare nostro) by Andrea D'Asaro 20', Maradona Baby by Nino Sabella 10', Sgangsters by Mario Cosentino, 17', The Door of Forgiveness (Bab al Samah – La porta del perdono) by Francesco Sperandeo 15', The Nude Life (La vita nuda) by Dino Santoro 21', The Hallway (Il corridoio) by Gaia Bonsignore 6'
9pm: Homage to the Sicilian Producer George Litto
Dressed to Kill by Brian Di Palma
16 THU 6pm: Documentaries From Sulfur To Coal (Dallo zolfo al carbone)
by Luca Vullo 30', The Magic of Acitrezza (La malia di Acitrezza) by Paolo Brunatto 29'
7pm: Conference: Being a Sicilian Producer by Augusto Allegra
with Cover Boy by Carmine Amoroso
$15 (conference and films)
9:00pm: A Gide's Love (Un amore di Gide) by Diego Ronsisvalle
17 FRI 6:30pm: Short films: Party Night (Amiche) by Massimo Natale 14', Original Talents (Originali talenti) by Manolo Cristian Abbondati 20', A Scrooge Meets Cinderella Story (Cenerentola e lo sfruttatore) by Andria Litto 17', Faida 2 - The return (Faida 2 - Il ritorno) by Giorgio Galieti 10', A Heart Inside The Sea (Un cuore dentro al mare) by Claudia Labianca 20', The Fishing Light (La Lampara) by Giovanni Sinopoli 13', Being Handy (Mi chiamo Handy) by Vincenzo Cosentino 7'
8:45pm: The Sicilian Girl (La siciliana ribelle) by Marco Amenta
18 SAT 7pm: Documentaries Black Vessel (Il mare come il vino) by Luigi Valente 22'; Vara by Joseph Gardella 35'; Easter in Sicily (Pasqua in Sicilia) by Sigal Bujman 50'
8:40pm: Detective Montalbano: Paper Moon (Il Commissario Montalbano:
la luna di carta) by Alberto Sironi TV Series
10:30pm: SFF Afterparty at The Forge, 432 41st Street, Miami Beach
with host Juan Carlos Perez Complimentary Champagne until 12.
RSVP for guest list to jcpwonder@yahoo.com
19 SUN 6pm: Documentaries: Street Food Palermo by Laura Ravaioli 22'; Prince Alliata's Sweet Life (Il tonno, il corvo, la granita, Francesco Alliata, una vita dolce)
by Alfredo Antonaros 29'
7pm: Helen (Elena) by Salvo Bitonti 15'
and A Breath Of Life (Diceria dell'untore) by Beppe Cino 97'
With special guest Franco Nero
$30
9pm: SFF Fundraising Party
with concert by Kelly J. Roberts, and the official SFF Awards
and Italian Buffet Dinner with Wines of Sicily
Villa Viscuso, 8300 Hawthorne Ave, Miami Beach
Call (305) 710-4593 for reservations and info.
benefiting the not-for-profit “Sicilian Cultural and Film Festival”
$50
For SFF Tickets and details on films visit www.MBCinema.com
(Events are $10 each, or $7 MBC Members, unless otherwise noted).
Miami Latin Gay Film Festival
19 SUN 2pm:
A Sing-Along matinee with. . .
¡MARISOL in Tómbola!
Hosted by ADORA!
PRESENTED WITH CENTRO CULTURAL ESPANOL
(Directed by Luis Lucia/1962)
Just in time for Gay Pride Weekend and the Miami Latin Gay Film Festival!
Who do you get when you cross Julie Andrews, Haley Mills, and Shirley Temple with Charo, and Jennifer Lopez? MARISOL. . .that's who! Marisol was Spain's colorful answer to wholesome entertainment during the grey General Franco dictatorship. Her young and flamboyant vitality was also a secret symbol of leftie liberation, and that includes, of course, being a gay icon for all the colorful boys (and girls) yearning to be just like her, or yearning to, at least, sing just like her, which brings us to YOU. If you speak or sing or, at least, read Spanish, now is your single rare chance to relive or live for the first time your Spanish heritage and childhood, singing your heart out with MARISOL (on screen) in her classic film Tómbola (which is about. . .um, Marisol being fabulous!).
“Her figure and her grace fill the screen from the beginning till the last sequence, and the feature's festive and sentimental rhythm never declines.” Olé! Olé! Olé!
-La Vanguardia 1962
In Spanish with Spanish lyrics provided for singing along!
Join us afterwards for Sangria and home-made Spanish omelette,
included in your price! $12 or $10 MBC Members
For advance tickets visit www.MBCinema.com
21 TUE 8pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Topaz
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1969)
With Frederick Stafford, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying castro--and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon).
"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
22 WED 8:30pm: “Cine-IMPROV!”
A LIVE Comedic Jam presented by “the Model Citizens”
Miami's hottest improv actors perform unscripted theater based on your suggestions, in the art of “long form improv," rather than the typical comedy you see at the clubs and on TV. Including film dubbing, the "Armando Diaz Experience," and a live improvised "movie" based on the life experiences of one of our audience members, with stylistic parody, edits, comedic characters, and other scenic devices.
This month's theme: Let's DANCE!
“The Cine-Improv troupe works at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that's the Miami Beach Cinematheque).”--Greg Baker New Times
For tickets click HERE
23 THU & 24 FRI
7pm and 8:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Examined Life
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms,
and puts it back on the streets...
Directed by Astra Taylor/Canada/2009
Featuring Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America's best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
For tickets click HERE
25 SAT & 26 SUN
7pm and 8:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt/USA/2009
With Michelle Williams
Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people's duty to each other in tough time.
“A PITCH PERFECT TRIUMPH!—Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What may emerge as THE BEST PERFORMANCE of the YEAR!”—Film Comment
"What will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy -- and to Lucy -- matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too."--A.O. Scott New York Times
For tickets click HERE
30 THU 8:30pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Frenzy
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1972)
With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey
Frenzy marked Hitchcock's return not only to England for the first time in twenty years but also to the subject matter with which he'd started his career in thrillers back in 1926 - murder, and a hunt for a serial killer in London. As the latest female victim of the "Necktie Murderer" is found in the Thames, raped and strangled, we meet Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a bitter, belligerent ex-Royal Air Force officer who can't seem to find his way in life. We also meet his girlfriend, a barmaid (Anna Massey); his ex-wife, a professional matchmaker (Barbara Leigh-Hunt); and his best friend. Their connection to the necktie murders will be clear to us in the first thirty minutes, as Chief Inspector Oxford (Alec McCowan) and his men tighten a circle around the wrong man, who rapidly runs out of options and allies.
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at MBC
(May 02-03)
02 SAT 1pm: Annul Victory
The World Premiere of the doc on Prop 8
Directed by Cheryl Riley, US, 67min, video, 2009
If when you woke up the day after elections and your elation about Barak Obama's groundbreaking victory was tinged with sadness because of the passing of Proposition 8 in California, then ‘Annul Victory, is a film for you. Through the use of stunning news footage and eloquent and articulate interviews, the movie brings us up to the present day as we now await the California Courts ruling on whether Proposition 8 is against the State's constituent or not. This is unquestionably the singular most important issue facing our community today. This is fight for our basic civil rights, and to quote one of the movie's participants, “we should no longer just ask for them, but demand them and settle for nothing less”.–Roger Walker-Dack
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
3pm: “Dark, Twisted, and Experimental”
An MGLFF shorts compilation
For the first time at the MGLFF, we've decided to push the envelope by providing to audiences a fresh and different shorts program. These films are not for the faint at heart, but if you like Tarantino and can stand the sight of a little blood, you'll love the sick and sticky stories in here. They are chock full of meaning, intellect and (albeit bizarre) beauty.
Toybox, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2007, video, 10 min. U.S. PREMIERE. Simultaneously creepy and playful, this animated short is a no holds bar articulation of the role of the penis in men's sexual lives.
Boy, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2009, video, 3 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Invisibility, the inner vs. outer world, truth as opposed to necessary fictions: this short is a quietly constructed meditation on the consequences of being yourself.
Marti & I, Dir. Juan Carlos Zaldivar, US, 2008, video, 3 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. Tearing the symbolism and power of the iconic figure away from the intractable reality of machismo in Latin culture.
3 Stories About Evil, Dir. Michael Frost, US, 2008, video, 22 min. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Shot almost entirely with still photographs and starring cult favorite Mink Stole, this film tells three macabre stories about family, media and the horror of children's beauty pageants.
Weak Species, Dir. Dan Faltz, US, 2009, video, 35 min. WORLD PREMIERE. Two high school boys have vastly different experiences at home and at school, but an important tie binds them. -Kade Crockford
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
02 SAT
“UNDER WATERS”
Three early films directed by JOHN WATERS!
7pm: Female Trouble
(Directed by John Waters/1974)
With Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pierce, Mink Stole
John Waters' outrageous fascination with womanhood follows the life and times of Dawn Davenport (Divine, just after her illustrious debut in Pink Flamingos), showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother and a criminal as well as a glamorous model, before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair...
For Waters tickets click HERE
9pm: Desperate Living
(Directed by John Waters/1977)
With Liz Reney, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey
In John Waters' follow-up to the outrageously tacky Female Trouble, he continues the insanity of his take on Baltimore inspired women with an even more outrageously tacky story of a rich housewife who murders her husband. With the assistance of her maid, she sets out on the run, ending up in a refuge for criminals-Mortville, where she eventually comes face to face with the ruler of town-Queen Carlotta. . .
For Waters tickets click HERE
03 SUN 8pm: Polyester
in “ODORAMA”
(Directed by John Waters/1981)
“Smelling is Believing”
With Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole
The favorite John Waters leading lady, Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housewife who is looking for a little lovin', surrounded by a pitiful life with problematic children, to say the least, and various other (stinky) issues. Finally salvation arrives in the form of Prince Charming (with an agenda), Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), who somehow finds a way to ‘fall in love” with Francine, when he really, obviously, has his mind on other things. Filmed in the miracle of “Odorama”, MBC has resurrected collector scratch n' sniff cards for the screening. Experience this John Waters classic the way it was meant to be seen (and smelled!).
“John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure.” -Cinematical
(with “scratch and sniff cards” available!)
$12 or $10 MBC or MGLFF members
($16 or $14 Members with collector's Scratch ‘n Sniff card. *Limited quantity).
Order in advance at www.MBCinema.com
TICKETS:
FILMS: $10 or $7 MBC Members / Students / Seniors
Sicilian Film Festival opening Night $20
SFF Conference Being a Sicilian Producer $15
SFF Evening with Franco Nero $30
Polyester $12 or $10 Members, or $16 and $14 with Scratch n' Sniff card
(Doors open fifteen minutes before screenings)
PARKING:
16th Street between Collins and Washington (covered lot),
or 16th Street and Drexel Avenue (open lot),
or Valet Parking on weekends at Plaza de España (Drexel and Española Way)
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
Ordinary
movies?
NEVER!
Original Scratch n' Sniff cards available for your ODORAMA experience!
(Purchase Polyester tics and cards in advance at www.MBCinema.com)
The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España, (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)
BECOME A MEMBER HERE: www.MBCINEMA.com
APRIL 2009 at a Glance:
13-19: Sicilian Film Festival
19: Miami Latin Gay Film Festival: MARISOL in Tombola!
21: High-Def HITCH: Topaz
22: "Cine-IMPROV"
23, 24: Examined Life
25, 26: Wendy and Lucy
30: High-Def HITCH: Frenzy
May 02-03 MGLFF: Annul Victory, "Dark, Twisted, and Experimental",
and "UNDERWATERS" (Three Films by John Waters)
Sicilian Film Festival (April 13-19)
13 MON 6pm: SFF Opening Ceremony with wines of Sicily
followed by 7pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
$20 opening ceremony and film
8:45pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
14 TUE 7pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
8:45pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
10:30pm: If You Close Your Eyes (Se chiudi gli occhi) by Lisa Romano
15 WED 6pm: The Island Inside: A Journey With Vincenzo Consolo (L'isola in me: in viaggio con Vincenzo Consolo) by Ludovica Tortora De Falco
7:15pm: Taormina Shorts in cooperation with Taormina Film Festival
Our Sea (Mare nostro) by Andrea D'Asaro 20', Maradona Baby by Nino Sabella 10', Sgangsters by Mario Cosentino, 17', The Door of Forgiveness (Bab al Samah – La porta del perdono) by Francesco Sperandeo 15', The Nude Life (La vita nuda) by Dino Santoro 21', The Hallway (Il corridoio) by Gaia Bonsignore 6'
9pm: Homage to the Sicilian Producer George Litto
Dressed to Kill by Brian Di Palma
16 THU 6pm: Documentaries From Sulfur To Coal (Dallo zolfo al carbone)
by Luca Vullo 30', The Magic of Acitrezza (La malia di Acitrezza) by Paolo Brunatto 29'
7pm: Conference: Being a Sicilian Producer by Augusto Allegra
with Cover Boy by Carmine Amoroso
$15 (conference and films)
9:00pm: A Gide's Love (Un amore di Gide) by Diego Ronsisvalle
17 FRI 6:30pm: Short films: Party Night (Amiche) by Massimo Natale 14', Original Talents (Originali talenti) by Manolo Cristian Abbondati 20', A Scrooge Meets Cinderella Story (Cenerentola e lo sfruttatore) by Andria Litto 17', Faida 2 - The return (Faida 2 - Il ritorno) by Giorgio Galieti 10', A Heart Inside The Sea (Un cuore dentro al mare) by Claudia Labianca 20', The Fishing Light (La Lampara) by Giovanni Sinopoli 13', Being Handy (Mi chiamo Handy) by Vincenzo Cosentino 7'
8:45pm: The Sicilian Girl (La siciliana ribelle) by Marco Amenta
18 SAT 7pm: Documentaries Black Vessel (Il mare come il vino) by Luigi Valente 22'; Vara by Joseph Gardella 35'; Easter in Sicily (Pasqua in Sicilia) by Sigal Bujman 50'
8:40pm: Detective Montalbano: Paper Moon (Il Commissario Montalbano:
la luna di carta) by Alberto Sironi TV Series
10:30pm: SFF Afterparty at The Forge, 432 41st Street, Miami Beach
with host Juan Carlos Perez Complimentary Champagne until 12.
RSVP for guest list to jcpwonder@yahoo.com
19 SUN 6pm: Documentaries: Street Food Palermo by Laura Ravaioli 22'; Prince Alliata's Sweet Life (Il tonno, il corvo, la granita, Francesco Alliata, una vita dolce)
by Alfredo Antonaros 29'
7pm: Helen (Elena) by Salvo Bitonti 15'
and A Breath Of Life (Diceria dell'untore) by Beppe Cino 97'
With special guest Franco Nero
$30
9pm: SFF Fundraising Party
with concert by Kelly J. Roberts, and the official SFF Awards
and Italian Buffet Dinner with Wines of Sicily
Villa Viscuso, 8300 Hawthorne Ave, Miami Beach
Call (305) 710-4593 for reservations and info.
benefiting the not-for-profit “Sicilian Cultural and Film Festival”
$50
For SFF Tickets and details on films visit www.MBCinema.com
(Events are $10 each, or $7 MBC Members, unless otherwise noted).
Miami Latin Gay Film Festival
19 SUN 2pm:
A Sing-Along matinee with. . .
¡MARISOL in Tómbola!
Hosted by ADORA!
PRESENTED WITH CENTRO CULTURAL ESPANOL
(Directed by Luis Lucia/1962)
Just in time for Gay Pride Weekend and the Miami Latin Gay Film Festival!
Who do you get when you cross Julie Andrews, Haley Mills, and Shirley Temple with Charo, and Jennifer Lopez? MARISOL. . .that's who! Marisol was Spain's colorful answer to wholesome entertainment during the grey General Franco dictatorship. Her young and flamboyant vitality was also a secret symbol of leftie liberation, and that includes, of course, being a gay icon for all the colorful boys (and girls) yearning to be just like her, or yearning to, at least, sing just like her, which brings us to YOU. If you speak or sing or, at least, read Spanish, now is your single rare chance to relive or live for the first time your Spanish heritage and childhood, singing your heart out with MARISOL (on screen) in her classic film Tómbola (which is about. . .um, Marisol being fabulous!).
“Her figure and her grace fill the screen from the beginning till the last sequence, and the feature's festive and sentimental rhythm never declines.” Olé! Olé! Olé!
-La Vanguardia 1962
In Spanish with Spanish lyrics provided for singing along!
Join us afterwards for Sangria and home-made Spanish omelette,
included in your price! $12 or $10 MBC Members
For advance tickets visit www.MBCinema.com
21 TUE 8pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Topaz
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1969)
With Frederick Stafford, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying castro--and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon).
"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
22 WED 8:30pm: “Cine-IMPROV!”
A LIVE Comedic Jam presented by “the Model Citizens”
Miami's hottest improv actors perform unscripted theater based on your suggestions, in the art of “long form improv," rather than the typical comedy you see at the clubs and on TV. Including film dubbing, the "Armando Diaz Experience," and a live improvised "movie" based on the life experiences of one of our audience members, with stylistic parody, edits, comedic characters, and other scenic devices.
This month's theme: Let's DANCE!
“The Cine-Improv troupe works at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that's the Miami Beach Cinematheque).”--Greg Baker New Times
For tickets click HERE
23 THU & 24 FRI
7pm and 8:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Examined Life
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms,
and puts it back on the streets...
Directed by Astra Taylor/Canada/2009
Featuring Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America's best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
For tickets click HERE
25 SAT & 26 SUN
7pm and 8:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt/USA/2009
With Michelle Williams
Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people's duty to each other in tough time.
“A PITCH PERFECT TRIUMPH!—Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What may emerge as THE BEST PERFORMANCE of the YEAR!”—Film Comment
"What will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy -- and to Lucy -- matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too."--A.O. Scott New York Times
For tickets click HERE
30 THU 8:30pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Frenzy
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1972)
With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey
Frenzy marked Hitchcock's return not only to England for the first time in twenty years but also to the subject matter with which he'd started his career in thrillers back in 1926 - murder, and a hunt for a serial killer in London. As the latest female victim of the "Necktie Murderer" is found in the Thames, raped and strangled, we meet Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a bitter, belligerent ex-Royal Air Force officer who can't seem to find his way in life. We also meet his girlfriend, a barmaid (Anna Massey); his ex-wife, a professional matchmaker (Barbara Leigh-Hunt); and his best friend. Their connection to the necktie murders will be clear to us in the first thirty minutes, as Chief Inspector Oxford (Alec McCowan) and his men tighten a circle around the wrong man, who rapidly runs out of options and allies.
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at MBC
(May 02-03)
02 SAT 1pm: Annul Victory
The World Premiere of the doc on Prop 8
Directed by Cheryl Riley, US, 67min, video, 2009
If when you woke up the day after elections and your elation about Barak Obama's groundbreaking victory was tinged with sadness because of the passing of Proposition 8 in California, then ‘Annul Victory, is a film for you. Through the use of stunning news footage and eloquent and articulate interviews, the movie brings us up to the present day as we now await the California Courts ruling on whether Proposition 8 is against the State's constituent or not. This is unquestionably the singular most important issue facing our community today. This is fight for our basic civil rights, and to quote one of the movie's participants, “we should no longer just ask for them, but demand them and settle for nothing less”.–Roger Walker-Dack
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
3pm: “Dark, Twisted, and Experimental”
An MGLFF shorts compilation
For the first time at the MGLFF, we've decided to push the envelope by providing to audiences a fresh and different shorts program. These films are not for the faint at heart, but if you like Tarantino and can stand the sight of a little blood, you'll love the sick and sticky stories in here. They are chock full of meaning, intellect and (albeit bizarre) beauty.
Toybox, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2007, video, 10 min. U.S. PREMIERE. Simultaneously creepy and playful, this animated short is a no holds bar articulation of the role of the penis in men's sexual lives.
Boy, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2009, video, 3 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Invisibility, the inner vs. outer world, truth as opposed to necessary fictions: this short is a quietly constructed meditation on the consequences of being yourself.
Marti & I, Dir. Juan Carlos Zaldivar, US, 2008, video, 3 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. Tearing the symbolism and power of the iconic figure away from the intractable reality of machismo in Latin culture.
3 Stories About Evil, Dir. Michael Frost, US, 2008, video, 22 min. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Shot almost entirely with still photographs and starring cult favorite Mink Stole, this film tells three macabre stories about family, media and the horror of children's beauty pageants.
Weak Species, Dir. Dan Faltz, US, 2009, video, 35 min. WORLD PREMIERE. Two high school boys have vastly different experiences at home and at school, but an important tie binds them. -Kade Crockford
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
02 SAT
“UNDER WATERS”
Three early films directed by JOHN WATERS!
7pm: Female Trouble
(Directed by John Waters/1974)
With Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pierce, Mink Stole
John Waters' outrageous fascination with womanhood follows the life and times of Dawn Davenport (Divine, just after her illustrious debut in Pink Flamingos), showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother and a criminal as well as a glamorous model, before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair...
For Waters tickets click HERE
9pm: Desperate Living
(Directed by John Waters/1977)
With Liz Reney, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey
In John Waters' follow-up to the outrageously tacky Female Trouble, he continues the insanity of his take on Baltimore inspired women with an even more outrageously tacky story of a rich housewife who murders her husband. With the assistance of her maid, she sets out on the run, ending up in a refuge for criminals-Mortville, where she eventually comes face to face with the ruler of town-Queen Carlotta. . .
For Waters tickets click HERE
03 SUN 8pm: Polyester
in “ODORAMA”
(Directed by John Waters/1981)
“Smelling is Believing”
With Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole
The favorite John Waters leading lady, Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housewife who is looking for a little lovin', surrounded by a pitiful life with problematic children, to say the least, and various other (stinky) issues. Finally salvation arrives in the form of Prince Charming (with an agenda), Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), who somehow finds a way to ‘fall in love” with Francine, when he really, obviously, has his mind on other things. Filmed in the miracle of “Odorama”, MBC has resurrected collector scratch n' sniff cards for the screening. Experience this John Waters classic the way it was meant to be seen (and smelled!).
“John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure.” -Cinematical
(with “scratch and sniff cards” available!)
$12 or $10 MBC or MGLFF members
($16 or $14 Members with collector's Scratch ‘n Sniff card. *Limited quantity).
Order in advance at www.MBCinema.com
TICKETS:
FILMS: $10 or $7 MBC Members / Students / Seniors
Sicilian Film Festival opening Night $20
SFF Conference Being a Sicilian Producer $15
SFF Evening with Franco Nero $30
Polyester $12 or $10 Members, or $16 and $14 with Scratch n' Sniff card
(Doors open fifteen minutes before screenings)
PARKING:
16th Street between Collins and Washington (covered lot),
or 16th Street and Drexel Avenue (open lot),
or Valet Parking on weekends at Plaza de España (Drexel and Española Way)
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
Ordinary
movies?
NEVER!
Original Scratch n' Sniff cards available for your ODORAMA experience!
(Purchase Polyester tics and cards in advance at www.MBCinema.com)
This Week at MBC: (April 13-19) The SICILIAN Film Festival!
M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España, (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)
BECOME A MEMBER HERE: www.MBCINEMA.com
APRIL 2009 at a Glance:
13-19: Sicilian Film Festival
19: Miami Latin Gay Film Festival: MARISOL in Tombola!
21: High-Def HITCH: Topaz
22: "Cine-IMPROV"
23, 24: Examined Life
25, 26: Wendy and Lucy
30: High-Def HITCH: Frenzy
May 02-03 MGLFF: Annul Victory, "Dark, Twisted, and Experimental",
and "UNDERWATERS" (Three Films by John Waters)
Sicilian Film Festival (April 13-19)
13 MON 6pm: SFF Opening Ceremony with wines of Sicily
followed by 7pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
$20 opening ceremony and film
8:45pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
14 TUE 7pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
8:45pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
10:30pm: If You Close Your Eyes (Se chiudi gli occhi) by Lisa Romano
15 WED 6pm: The Island Inside: A Journey With Vincenzo Consolo (L'isola in me: in viaggio con Vincenzo Consolo) by Ludovica Tortora De Falco
7:15pm: Taormina Shorts in cooperation with Taormina Film Festival
Our Sea (Mare nostro) by Andrea D'Asaro 20', Maradona Baby by Nino Sabella 10', Sgangsters by Mario Cosentino, 17', The Door of Forgiveness (Bab al Samah – La porta del perdono) by Francesco Sperandeo 15', The Nude Life (La vita nuda) by Dino Santoro 21', The Hallway (Il corridoio) by Gaia Bonsignore 6'
9pm: Homage to the Sicilian Producer George Litto
Dressed to Kill by Brian Di Palma
16 THU 6pm: Documentaries From Sulfur To Coal (Dallo zolfo al carbone)
by Luca Vullo 30', The Magic of Acitrezza (La malia di Acitrezza) by Paolo Brunatto 29'
7pm: Conference: Being a Sicilian Producer by Augusto Allegra
with Cover Boy by Carmine Amoroso
$15 (conference and films)
9:00pm: A Gide's Love (Un amore di Gide) by Diego Ronsisvalle
17 FRI 6:30pm: Short films: Party Night (Amiche) by Massimo Natale 14', Original Talents (Originali talenti) by Manolo Cristian Abbondati 20', A Scrooge Meets Cinderella Story (Cenerentola e lo sfruttatore) by Andria Litto 17', Faida 2 - The return (Faida 2 - Il ritorno) by Giorgio Galieti 10', A Heart Inside The Sea (Un cuore dentro al mare) by Claudia Labianca 20', The Fishing Light (La Lampara) by Giovanni Sinopoli 13', Being Handy (Mi chiamo Handy) by Vincenzo Cosentino 7'
8:45pm: The Sicilian Girl (La siciliana ribelle) by Marco Amenta
18 SAT 7pm: Documentaries Black Vessel (Il mare come il vino) by Luigi Valente 22'; Vara by Joseph Gardella 35'; Easter in Sicily (Pasqua in Sicilia) by Sigal Bujman 50'
8:40pm: Detective Montalbano: Paper Moon (Il Commissario Montalbano:
la luna di carta) by Alberto Sironi TV Series
10:30pm: SFF Afterparty at The Forge, 432 41st Street, Miami Beach
with host Juan Carlos Perez Complimentary Champagne until 12.
RSVP for guest list to jcpwonder@yahoo.com
19 SUN 6pm: Documentaries: Street Food Palermo by Laura Ravaioli 22'; Prince Alliata's Sweet Life (Il tonno, il corvo, la granita, Francesco Alliata, una vita dolce)
by Alfredo Antonaros 29'
7pm: Helen (Elena) by Salvo Bitonti 15'
and A Breath Of Life (Diceria dell'untore) by Beppe Cino 97'
With special guest Franco Nero
$30
9pm: SFF Fundraising Party
with concert by Kelly J. Roberts, and the official SFF Awards
and Italian Buffet Dinner with Wines of Sicily
Villa Viscuso, 8300 Hawthorne Ave, Miami Beach
Call (305) 710-4593 for reservations and info.
benefiting the not-for-profit “Sicilian Cultural and Film Festival”
$50
For SFF Tickets and details on films visit www.MBCinema.com
(Events are $10 each, or $7 MBC Members, unless otherwise noted).
Miami Latin Gay Film Festival
19 SUN 2pm:
A Sing-Along matinee with. . .
¡MARISOL in Tómbola!
Hosted by ADORA!
PRESENTED WITH CENTRO CULTURAL ESPANOL
(Directed by Luis Lucia/1962)
Just in time for Gay Pride Weekend and the Miami Latin Gay Film Festival!
Who do you get when you cross Julie Andrews, Haley Mills, and Shirley Temple with Charo, and Jennifer Lopez? MARISOL. . .that's who! Marisol was Spain's colorful answer to wholesome entertainment during the grey General Franco dictatorship. Her young and flamboyant vitality was also a secret symbol of leftie liberation, and that includes, of course, being a gay icon for all the colorful boys (and girls) yearning to be just like her, or yearning to, at least, sing just like her, which brings us to YOU. If you speak or sing or, at least, read Spanish, now is your single rare chance to relive or live for the first time your Spanish heritage and childhood, singing your heart out with MARISOL (on screen) in her classic film Tómbola (which is about. . .um, Marisol being fabulous!).
“Her figure and her grace fill the screen from the beginning till the last sequence, and the feature's festive and sentimental rhythm never declines.” Olé! Olé! Olé!
-La Vanguardia 1962
In Spanish with Spanish lyrics provided for singing along!
Join us afterwards for Sangria and home-made Spanish omelette,
included in your price! $12 or $10 MBC Members
For advance tickets visit www.MBCinema.com
21 TUE 8pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Topaz
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1969)
With Frederick Stafford, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying castro--and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon).
"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
22 WED 8:30pm: “Cine-IMPROV!”
A LIVE Comedic Jam presented by “the Model Citizens”
Miami's hottest improv actors perform unscripted theater based on your suggestions, in the art of “long form improv," rather than the typical comedy you see at the clubs and on TV. Including film dubbing, the "Armando Diaz Experience," and a live improvised "movie" based on the life experiences of one of our audience members, with stylistic parody, edits, comedic characters, and other scenic devices.
This month's theme: Let's DANCE!
“The Cine-Improv troupe works at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that's the Miami Beach Cinematheque).”--Greg Baker New Times
For tickets click HERE
23 THU & 24 FRI
7pm and 8:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Examined Life
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms,
and puts it back on the streets...
Directed by Astra Taylor/Canada/2009
Featuring Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America's best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
For tickets click HERE
25 SAT & 26 SUN
7pm and 8:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt/USA/2009
With Michelle Williams
Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people's duty to each other in tough time.
“A PITCH PERFECT TRIUMPH!—Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What may emerge as THE BEST PERFORMANCE of the YEAR!”—Film Comment
"What will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy -- and to Lucy -- matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too."--A.O. Scott New York Times
For tickets click HERE
30 THU 8:30pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Frenzy
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1972)
With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey
Frenzy marked Hitchcock's return not only to England for the first time in twenty years but also to the subject matter with which he'd started his career in thrillers back in 1926 - murder, and a hunt for a serial killer in London. As the latest female victim of the "Necktie Murderer" is found in the Thames, raped and strangled, we meet Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a bitter, belligerent ex-Royal Air Force officer who can't seem to find his way in life. We also meet his girlfriend, a barmaid (Anna Massey); his ex-wife, a professional matchmaker (Barbara Leigh-Hunt); and his best friend. Their connection to the necktie murders will be clear to us in the first thirty minutes, as Chief Inspector Oxford (Alec McCowan) and his men tighten a circle around the wrong man, who rapidly runs out of options and allies.
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at MBC
(May 02-03)
02 SAT 1pm: Annul Victory
The World Premiere of the doc on Prop 8
Directed by Cheryl Riley, US, 67min, video, 2009
If when you woke up the day after elections and your elation about Barak Obama's groundbreaking victory was tinged with sadness because of the passing of Proposition 8 in California, then ‘Annul Victory, is a film for you. Through the use of stunning news footage and eloquent and articulate interviews, the movie brings us up to the present day as we now await the California Courts ruling on whether Proposition 8 is against the State's constituent or not. This is unquestionably the singular most important issue facing our community today. This is fight for our basic civil rights, and to quote one of the movie's participants, “we should no longer just ask for them, but demand them and settle for nothing less”.–Roger Walker-Dack
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
3pm: “Dark, Twisted, and Experimental”
An MGLFF shorts compilation
For the first time at the MGLFF, we've decided to push the envelope by providing to audiences a fresh and different shorts program. These films are not for the faint at heart, but if you like Tarantino and can stand the sight of a little blood, you'll love the sick and sticky stories in here. They are chock full of meaning, intellect and (albeit bizarre) beauty.
Toybox, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2007, video, 10 min. U.S. PREMIERE. Simultaneously creepy and playful, this animated short is a no holds bar articulation of the role of the penis in men's sexual lives.
Boy, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2009, video, 3 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Invisibility, the inner vs. outer world, truth as opposed to necessary fictions: this short is a quietly constructed meditation on the consequences of being yourself.
Marti & I, Dir. Juan Carlos Zaldivar, US, 2008, video, 3 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. Tearing the symbolism and power of the iconic figure away from the intractable reality of machismo in Latin culture.
3 Stories About Evil, Dir. Michael Frost, US, 2008, video, 22 min. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Shot almost entirely with still photographs and starring cult favorite Mink Stole, this film tells three macabre stories about family, media and the horror of children's beauty pageants.
Weak Species, Dir. Dan Faltz, US, 2009, video, 35 min. WORLD PREMIERE. Two high school boys have vastly different experiences at home and at school, but an important tie binds them. -Kade Crockford
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
02 SAT
“UNDER WATERS”
Three early films directed by JOHN WATERS!
7pm: Female Trouble
(Directed by John Waters/1974)
With Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pierce, Mink Stole
John Waters' outrageous fascination with womanhood follows the life and times of Dawn Davenport (Divine, just after her illustrious debut in Pink Flamingos), showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother and a criminal as well as a glamorous model, before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair...
For Waters tickets click HERE
9pm: Desperate Living
(Directed by John Waters/1977)
With Liz Reney, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey
In John Waters' follow-up to the outrageously tacky Female Trouble, he continues the insanity of his take on Baltimore inspired women with an even more outrageously tacky story of a rich housewife who murders her husband. With the assistance of her maid, she sets out on the run, ending up in a refuge for criminals-Mortville, where she eventually comes face to face with the ruler of town-Queen Carlotta. . .
For Waters tickets click HERE
03 SUN 8pm: Polyester
in “ODORAMA”
(Directed by John Waters/1981)
“Smelling is Believing”
With Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole
The favorite John Waters leading lady, Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housewife who is looking for a little lovin', surrounded by a pitiful life with problematic children, to say the least, and various other (stinky) issues. Finally salvation arrives in the form of Prince Charming (with an agenda), Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), who somehow finds a way to ‘fall in love” with Francine, when he really, obviously, has his mind on other things. Filmed in the miracle of “Odorama”, MBC has resurrected collector scratch n' sniff cards for the screening. Experience this John Waters classic the way it was meant to be seen (and smelled!).
“John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure.” -Cinematical
(with “scratch and sniff cards” available!)
$12 or $10 MBC or MGLFF members
($16 or $14 Members with collector's Scratch ‘n Sniff card. *Limited quantity).
Order in advance at www.MBCinema.com
TICKETS:
FILMS: $10 or $7 MBC Members / Students / Seniors
Sicilian Film Festival opening Night $20
SFF Conference Being a Sicilian Producer $15
SFF Evening with Franco Nero $30
Polyester $12 or $10 Members, or $16 and $14 with Scratch n' Sniff card
(Doors open fifteen minutes before screenings)
PARKING:
16th Street between Collins and Washington (covered lot),
or 16th Street and Drexel Avenue (open lot),
or Valet Parking on weekends at Plaza de España (Drexel and Española Way)
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
Ordinary
movies?
NEVER!
Original Scratch n' Sniff cards available for your ODORAMA experience!
(Purchase Polyester tics and cards in advance at www.MBCinema.com)
The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España, (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)
BECOME A MEMBER HERE: www.MBCINEMA.com
APRIL 2009 at a Glance:
13-19: Sicilian Film Festival
19: Miami Latin Gay Film Festival: MARISOL in Tombola!
21: High-Def HITCH: Topaz
22: "Cine-IMPROV"
23, 24: Examined Life
25, 26: Wendy and Lucy
30: High-Def HITCH: Frenzy
May 02-03 MGLFF: Annul Victory, "Dark, Twisted, and Experimental",
and "UNDERWATERS" (Three Films by John Waters)
Sicilian Film Festival (April 13-19)
13 MON 6pm: SFF Opening Ceremony with wines of Sicily
followed by 7pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
$20 opening ceremony and film
8:45pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
14 TUE 7pm: La baronessa di Carini by Umberto Marino
8:45pm: The Viceroys (I Vicere') by Roberto Faenza
10:30pm: If You Close Your Eyes (Se chiudi gli occhi) by Lisa Romano
15 WED 6pm: The Island Inside: A Journey With Vincenzo Consolo (L'isola in me: in viaggio con Vincenzo Consolo) by Ludovica Tortora De Falco
7:15pm: Taormina Shorts in cooperation with Taormina Film Festival
Our Sea (Mare nostro) by Andrea D'Asaro 20', Maradona Baby by Nino Sabella 10', Sgangsters by Mario Cosentino, 17', The Door of Forgiveness (Bab al Samah – La porta del perdono) by Francesco Sperandeo 15', The Nude Life (La vita nuda) by Dino Santoro 21', The Hallway (Il corridoio) by Gaia Bonsignore 6'
9pm: Homage to the Sicilian Producer George Litto
Dressed to Kill by Brian Di Palma
16 THU 6pm: Documentaries From Sulfur To Coal (Dallo zolfo al carbone)
by Luca Vullo 30', The Magic of Acitrezza (La malia di Acitrezza) by Paolo Brunatto 29'
7pm: Conference: Being a Sicilian Producer by Augusto Allegra
with Cover Boy by Carmine Amoroso
$15 (conference and films)
9:00pm: A Gide's Love (Un amore di Gide) by Diego Ronsisvalle
17 FRI 6:30pm: Short films: Party Night (Amiche) by Massimo Natale 14', Original Talents (Originali talenti) by Manolo Cristian Abbondati 20', A Scrooge Meets Cinderella Story (Cenerentola e lo sfruttatore) by Andria Litto 17', Faida 2 - The return (Faida 2 - Il ritorno) by Giorgio Galieti 10', A Heart Inside The Sea (Un cuore dentro al mare) by Claudia Labianca 20', The Fishing Light (La Lampara) by Giovanni Sinopoli 13', Being Handy (Mi chiamo Handy) by Vincenzo Cosentino 7'
8:45pm: The Sicilian Girl (La siciliana ribelle) by Marco Amenta
18 SAT 7pm: Documentaries Black Vessel (Il mare come il vino) by Luigi Valente 22'; Vara by Joseph Gardella 35'; Easter in Sicily (Pasqua in Sicilia) by Sigal Bujman 50'
8:40pm: Detective Montalbano: Paper Moon (Il Commissario Montalbano:
la luna di carta) by Alberto Sironi TV Series
10:30pm: SFF Afterparty at The Forge, 432 41st Street, Miami Beach
with host Juan Carlos Perez Complimentary Champagne until 12.
RSVP for guest list to jcpwonder@yahoo.com
19 SUN 6pm: Documentaries: Street Food Palermo by Laura Ravaioli 22'; Prince Alliata's Sweet Life (Il tonno, il corvo, la granita, Francesco Alliata, una vita dolce)
by Alfredo Antonaros 29'
7pm: Helen (Elena) by Salvo Bitonti 15'
and A Breath Of Life (Diceria dell'untore) by Beppe Cino 97'
With special guest Franco Nero
$30
9pm: SFF Fundraising Party
with concert by Kelly J. Roberts, and the official SFF Awards
and Italian Buffet Dinner with Wines of Sicily
Villa Viscuso, 8300 Hawthorne Ave, Miami Beach
Call (305) 710-4593 for reservations and info.
benefiting the not-for-profit “Sicilian Cultural and Film Festival”
$50
For SFF Tickets and details on films visit www.MBCinema.com
(Events are $10 each, or $7 MBC Members, unless otherwise noted).
Miami Latin Gay Film Festival
19 SUN 2pm:
A Sing-Along matinee with. . .
¡MARISOL in Tómbola!
Hosted by ADORA!
PRESENTED WITH CENTRO CULTURAL ESPANOL
(Directed by Luis Lucia/1962)
Just in time for Gay Pride Weekend and the Miami Latin Gay Film Festival!
Who do you get when you cross Julie Andrews, Haley Mills, and Shirley Temple with Charo, and Jennifer Lopez? MARISOL. . .that's who! Marisol was Spain's colorful answer to wholesome entertainment during the grey General Franco dictatorship. Her young and flamboyant vitality was also a secret symbol of leftie liberation, and that includes, of course, being a gay icon for all the colorful boys (and girls) yearning to be just like her, or yearning to, at least, sing just like her, which brings us to YOU. If you speak or sing or, at least, read Spanish, now is your single rare chance to relive or live for the first time your Spanish heritage and childhood, singing your heart out with MARISOL (on screen) in her classic film Tómbola (which is about. . .um, Marisol being fabulous!).
“Her figure and her grace fill the screen from the beginning till the last sequence, and the feature's festive and sentimental rhythm never declines.” Olé! Olé! Olé!
-La Vanguardia 1962
In Spanish with Spanish lyrics provided for singing along!
Join us afterwards for Sangria and home-made Spanish omelette,
included in your price! $12 or $10 MBC Members
For advance tickets visit www.MBCinema.com
21 TUE 8pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Topaz
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1969)
With Frederick Stafford, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying castro--and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon).
"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
22 WED 8:30pm: “Cine-IMPROV!”
A LIVE Comedic Jam presented by “the Model Citizens”
Miami's hottest improv actors perform unscripted theater based on your suggestions, in the art of “long form improv," rather than the typical comedy you see at the clubs and on TV. Including film dubbing, the "Armando Diaz Experience," and a live improvised "movie" based on the life experiences of one of our audience members, with stylistic parody, edits, comedic characters, and other scenic devices.
This month's theme: Let's DANCE!
“The Cine-Improv troupe works at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that's the Miami Beach Cinematheque).”--Greg Baker New Times
For tickets click HERE
23 THU & 24 FRI
7pm and 8:45pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Examined Life
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms,
and puts it back on the streets...
Directed by Astra Taylor/Canada/2009
Featuring Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America's best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates
For tickets click HERE
25 SAT & 26 SUN
7pm and 8:35pm:
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Theatrical Premiere!
Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt/USA/2009
With Michelle Williams
Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people's duty to each other in tough time.
“A PITCH PERFECT TRIUMPH!—Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What may emerge as THE BEST PERFORMANCE of the YEAR!”—Film Comment
"What will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy -- and to Lucy -- matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too."--A.O. Scott New York Times
For tickets click HERE
30 THU 8:30pm:
“High-Def HITCH!”
An MBC Premiere HD DIGITAL presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami HD Theatrical Premiere!
Frenzy
(Directed by Alfred Hitchcock/1972)
With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey
Frenzy marked Hitchcock's return not only to England for the first time in twenty years but also to the subject matter with which he'd started his career in thrillers back in 1926 - murder, and a hunt for a serial killer in London. As the latest female victim of the "Necktie Murderer" is found in the Thames, raped and strangled, we meet Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a bitter, belligerent ex-Royal Air Force officer who can't seem to find his way in life. We also meet his girlfriend, a barmaid (Anna Massey); his ex-wife, a professional matchmaker (Barbara Leigh-Hunt); and his best friend. Their connection to the necktie murders will be clear to us in the first thirty minutes, as Chief Inspector Oxford (Alec McCowan) and his men tighten a circle around the wrong man, who rapidly runs out of options and allies.
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table."-Alfred Hitchcock
For tickets click HERE
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at MBC
(May 02-03)
02 SAT 1pm: Annul Victory
The World Premiere of the doc on Prop 8
Directed by Cheryl Riley, US, 67min, video, 2009
If when you woke up the day after elections and your elation about Barak Obama's groundbreaking victory was tinged with sadness because of the passing of Proposition 8 in California, then ‘Annul Victory, is a film for you. Through the use of stunning news footage and eloquent and articulate interviews, the movie brings us up to the present day as we now await the California Courts ruling on whether Proposition 8 is against the State's constituent or not. This is unquestionably the singular most important issue facing our community today. This is fight for our basic civil rights, and to quote one of the movie's participants, “we should no longer just ask for them, but demand them and settle for nothing less”.–Roger Walker-Dack
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
3pm: “Dark, Twisted, and Experimental”
An MGLFF shorts compilation
For the first time at the MGLFF, we've decided to push the envelope by providing to audiences a fresh and different shorts program. These films are not for the faint at heart, but if you like Tarantino and can stand the sight of a little blood, you'll love the sick and sticky stories in here. They are chock full of meaning, intellect and (albeit bizarre) beauty.
Toybox, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2007, video, 10 min. U.S. PREMIERE. Simultaneously creepy and playful, this animated short is a no holds bar articulation of the role of the penis in men's sexual lives.
Boy, Dir. Wrik Mead, Canada, 2009, video, 3 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Invisibility, the inner vs. outer world, truth as opposed to necessary fictions: this short is a quietly constructed meditation on the consequences of being yourself.
Marti & I, Dir. Juan Carlos Zaldivar, US, 2008, video, 3 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. Tearing the symbolism and power of the iconic figure away from the intractable reality of machismo in Latin culture.
3 Stories About Evil, Dir. Michael Frost, US, 2008, video, 22 min. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Shot almost entirely with still photographs and starring cult favorite Mink Stole, this film tells three macabre stories about family, media and the horror of children's beauty pageants.
Weak Species, Dir. Dan Faltz, US, 2009, video, 35 min. WORLD PREMIERE. Two high school boys have vastly different experiences at home and at school, but an important tie binds them. -Kade Crockford
For tickets for the 1pm or 3pm screenings visit www.MGLFF.com
02 SAT
“UNDER WATERS”
Three early films directed by JOHN WATERS!
7pm: Female Trouble
(Directed by John Waters/1974)
With Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pierce, Mink Stole
John Waters' outrageous fascination with womanhood follows the life and times of Dawn Davenport (Divine, just after her illustrious debut in Pink Flamingos), showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother and a criminal as well as a glamorous model, before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair...
For Waters tickets click HERE
9pm: Desperate Living
(Directed by John Waters/1977)
With Liz Reney, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey
In John Waters' follow-up to the outrageously tacky Female Trouble, he continues the insanity of his take on Baltimore inspired women with an even more outrageously tacky story of a rich housewife who murders her husband. With the assistance of her maid, she sets out on the run, ending up in a refuge for criminals-Mortville, where she eventually comes face to face with the ruler of town-Queen Carlotta. . .
For Waters tickets click HERE
03 SUN 8pm: Polyester
in “ODORAMA”
(Directed by John Waters/1981)
“Smelling is Believing”
With Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole
The favorite John Waters leading lady, Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housewife who is looking for a little lovin', surrounded by a pitiful life with problematic children, to say the least, and various other (stinky) issues. Finally salvation arrives in the form of Prince Charming (with an agenda), Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), who somehow finds a way to ‘fall in love” with Francine, when he really, obviously, has his mind on other things. Filmed in the miracle of “Odorama”, MBC has resurrected collector scratch n' sniff cards for the screening. Experience this John Waters classic the way it was meant to be seen (and smelled!).
“John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure.” -Cinematical
(with “scratch and sniff cards” available!)
$12 or $10 MBC or MGLFF members
($16 or $14 Members with collector's Scratch ‘n Sniff card. *Limited quantity).
Order in advance at www.MBCinema.com
TICKETS:
FILMS: $10 or $7 MBC Members / Students / Seniors
Sicilian Film Festival opening Night $20
SFF Conference Being a Sicilian Producer $15
SFF Evening with Franco Nero $30
Polyester $12 or $10 Members, or $16 and $14 with Scratch n' Sniff card
(Doors open fifteen minutes before screenings)
PARKING:
16th Street between Collins and Washington (covered lot),
or 16th Street and Drexel Avenue (open lot),
or Valet Parking on weekends at Plaza de España (Drexel and Española Way)
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E The ongoing HD film festival where you don't just watch, you experience!
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Ordinary
movies?
NEVER!
Original Scratch n' Sniff cards available for your ODORAMA experience!
(Purchase Polyester tics and cards in advance at www.MBCinema.com)
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