April @ The Wolfsonian-FIU‏

THE WOLF PACK GIVES BACK: WE WANT YOU!

PUBLIC TALK
Thursday, April 23, 7pm
Calling all socially conscious individuals to kick off The Wolfsonian's community service networking group, Wolf Pack Gives Back. Make friends and help Miami. The launch begins with a talk about community action by Ted Baker, a landscape architect and retired FIU professor, followed by a screening of the documentary Eden's Lost and Found—Philadelphia (2006, USA, Harry Wiland, 57 min, English, color, DVD). Learn how community-based volunteer groups in Philadelphia bettered their community despite budget cuts. For more information and service dates, see upcoming events below. Free.

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.



OPPOSITE:
Poster, Hold Up Your End!, 1918
Designed by William B. King (American, 1880–1927)
Published by the American Red Cross, New York
The Wolfsonian–FIU, Miami Beach, Florida,
Gift of Elizabeth Loomis Norton and Richard M. Norton
2001.13.4

CONTENTS

CALENDAR ON VIEW DYNAMO HIGHLIGHT UPCOMING EVENT




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MUSEUM HOURS & DYNAMO MUSEUM STORE • CAFE
Mon., Tues.: Noon-6pm
Thurs., Fri.: Noon-9pm
Sat., Sun.: Noon-6pm
Wed.: Closed

Free admission after 6pm on Fridays

THINKISM THURSDAYS
Join us for a tour at 6pm, and most nights include a program.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection

American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow


CONTACT US

RSVP: 305.535.2645
rsvp@thewolf.fiu.edu

MEMBERSHIP: 305.535.2631 membership@thewolf.fiu.edu

PROGRAMS: 305.535.2644
programs@thewolf.fiu.edu


INFO: 305.531.1001
information@thewolf.fiu.edu


MUSEUM SHOP: 305.535.2680
museumshop@thewolf.fiu.edu

DYNAMO CAFE: 305.535.1457
dynamo@lyonandlyon.com





CALENDAR

WOLF BOOK CLUB
Be a part of our book club! Participants must be Wolfsonian members and will receive a twenty percent discount on book club selections purchased in The Dynamo Museum Shop. To join or to RSVP: 305.535.2644 or education@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free.

Friday, April 3, 7pm
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington (1918)—This Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about life in the American Midwest contrasts the declining fortunes of an American dynasty over three generations with the country's industrial growth and the ascendance of the "new money" class. The novel, second in a trilogy, depicts the descent of George Amberson Minafer from aristocracy to the working class.


PERFORMANCE
Saturday, April 4, 2:30pm
CONCERT V OF THE 2009 NEW MUSIC MIAMI ISCM FESTIVAL—Join guest composer Ana Laura for a pre-performance talk, followed by a concert of new music from the Americas featuring the Amernet String Quartet with guest guitarist Jaime Marques from Mexico. Works by Ana Laura (Mexico), Steve Gerber (USA), and Orlando Jacinto García (Cuba/USA) are featured. For more information: contact the FIU Box office at 305.348.0496 or visit the festival's website at http://music.fiu.edu. Free.

SPECIAL EVENT
Thursday, April 9, 7pm
WOLF PACK DEN NIGHT PUB QUIZ—Join the Wolf Pack for a night of trivia, pub food, and Grolsch beer. We'll battle wits over esoterica large and small, past and present. RSVP requested: 305.535.2631 or rsvp@thewolf.fiu.edu.

FILM
Thursday, April 16, 7pm
HOMO BABY BOOM (2008, Spain, Anna Boluda, 27 min, Catalan with English subtitles, color, DVD)—What are the effects of legal changes in Spain that allow same-sex marriage and adoption? This documentary follows six families with lesbian or gay parents in Catalonia and Valencia. A discussion featuring local experts of GLBT Studies and Cultural Studies takes place after the screening. Co-presented by Centro Cultural Español. Free.

CINEMA 2 AT THE WOLF
is an ongoing documentary film series presented in collaboration with WPBT-Channel 2.

Thursday, April 30, 7pm
INHERITANCE (2008, USA, James Moll, 75 min, English, color, DVD)—Monika Hertwig is the daughter of the sadistic Nazi commander of the Plaszow concentration camp, Amon Goeth (portrayed in Schindler's List). This documentary details the meeting between Hertwig, who has spent her life haunted by her father's actions, and Helen Jonas, a Holocaust survivor who was enslaved in Goeth's household and later rescued by Schindler. Jonas and Hertwig meet at the Plaszow camp memorial and visit the still-standing villa where Goeth (and Jonas) lived. The idea for the film grew out of a conversation Hertwig had with director Moll when he contacted her about an unrelated project. "I am not my father," Hertwig said. Moll later recalled, "That statement became the genesis of Inheritance." Presented in collaboration with P.O.V., PBS' award-winning nonfiction film series. Free.

TOURS
Each Thursday and Friday, 6pm
Consider how an array of historical, cultural, and political trends inspired design of the machine age with a guided exhibition tour each Thursday and Friday night at 6pm. Friday tours are free.



ON VIEW

MOUTON ROTHSCHILD-PAINTINGS FOR THE LABELS
Organized by The Wolfsonian–FIU in cooperation with Baron Philippe de Rothschild S.A.
ON VIEW THROUGH APRIL 19, 2009

Since 1924 and beginning with the famous poster designer Jean Carlu, Château Mouton-Rothschild has commissioned works from some of the most distinguished international artists of their times to illustrate their wine labels. See a selection of the original artwork created over the past 85 years by Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Robert Motherwell, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Francis Bacon, Rufino Tamayo, among others, and discover which artist adorns the 2006 vintage.

AMERICAN STREAMLINED DESIGN: THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
Organized and circulated by the Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design, Montreal
ON VIEW THROUGH MAY 17, 2009


Surveying a particularly American version of Modernism, American Streamlined Design presents over 185 works in diverse materials, from Bakelite to stainless steel, organized thematically around the spheres of American life in the 1930s‒50s: the kitchen and bath, the living room, the office and workroom, manual labor, and recreation. The exhibition is drawn from the Eric Brill Collection, the largest known on this subject, and supplemented by works from the Stewart Collection of 20th-Century Design and The Wolfsonian.

ART AND DESIGN IN THE MODERN AGE: SELECTIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
ONGOING

The Wolfsonian-FIU holds an astounding collection of modern objects—both the rare and the overlooked — from the 1885 to 1945 era, demonstrating the active role design plays in motivating actions, expressing ideas, creating desires, and shaping identities. Exhibition themes underscore designers' responses to new materials and technologies, the role of graphic design as an instrument of political and commercial persuasion, and the nature of state-sponsored public art and architecture programs.


DYNAMO HIGHLIGHT

The Dynamo Café's eclectic menu features a delicious array of soups, sandwiches, and salads, as well as a coffee bar and special dessert and tea menus. The museum shop is the destination for unique toys, jewelry, books, fashion, accessories and housewares.


DAZZLING DAILY LUNCH SPECIAL
Shop till you drop, then lunch at The Dynamo for $10 pp, plus tax and tip. Lunch special menu includes a Chef's entrée of the day and iced tea.

THINKISM THURSDAYS
Energy Hours at The Dynamo take place from 6-9pm and include two-for-one drink specials, a tapas menu, and all your favorite board games.

FREE FRIDAYS, 6-9 PM
Free admission to galleries from 6-9pm. Energy Hours at The Dynamo take place from 6-9pm and include two-for-one drink specials, a tapas menu, and all your favorite board games. Exhibition tour at 6pm. Recharge your batteries for the weekend.

For more information on menus or to reserve your table at The Dynamo, please call 305.535.1457 or email dynamo@lyonandlyon.com.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturdays, May 9, June 6, July 11
WOLF PACK GIVES BACK—Would you like to help others in the community by contributing your time and skills? The Wolfsonian wants you! Join Wolf Pack Gives Back to learn, network, and give back to the community. As an added bonus, you can even earn discounted museum membership. Projects may include Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami, Shake-A-Leg-Miami, Lotus House, and others. Times to be determined. For more information: 305.535.2644 or lydia@thewolf.fiu.edu.

The Wolfsonian receives ongoing support from the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation; William J. and Tina Rosenberg Foundation; Continental Airlines, the Official Airline of The Wolfsonian-FIU; The Miami Herald; Miami.com; Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.; Robert Mondavi Winery; and Pistils & Petals.