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| June 30, 2008 |
Portlandia 2008 Chapbook Winner: Jen Karetnick of Florida for BUD BREAK AT MANGO HOUSE
The winner of our 2008 national chapbook contest is Jen Karetnick of Miami Shores, Florida. Her chapbook entitled “Bud Break at Mango House” will be published in the fall. She has received $200, a publication contract, and will be awarded 30 free copies.... more |
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| Yam I Am |
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| June 26, 2008 |
You know potatoes are comfort food, and according to your mom, a good source of nutrition (especially if you eat the skins). But did you know these roots and their relatives, such as yams, are a source of metaphysical power as well?
Find out just how much beginning July 8, when the Harn Museum of Art on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville will exhibit the artwork of Papua New Guinea in an exhibition entitled Cultivating Spirits: The Art of Sepik River Yam Displays.... more |
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| Calling All Local Artists |
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| June 25, 2008 |
CALLING ALL LOCAL ARTISTS from Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee and Broward counties
Would you like to see your work on a magazine cover?
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is accepting submissions from artists whose work is unique, creative and worthy of being published on a magazine cover.... more |
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| The Building Blocks in Boca |
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| June 12, 2008 |
The confounding thing about art museum exhibits is that sometimes, you have to be at least slightly acquainted with the artist in order to understand and appreciate--or politely decline to admire--what you’re looking at. But not everybody’s an aficionado, and even those who are in the know can’t possibly be on familiar terms with every artist.
That’s why “Looking at Art: A Primer,” which is presented by the Boca Raton Museum of Art's Education Department through June 22, 2008, is not only a good idea, but something of a relief.... more |
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| Artists and the Olympics |
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| June 05, 2008 |
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Have you wondered about the large-scale artist who constructed the group of sculptures, called “The Runners,” that is located on the median of US 41, North Tamiami Trail, between downtown Sarasota and the airport? Well, here’s a clue—he’s the same one who constructed the site-specific work, commissioned by Alberta & Edwin Sherman for the Longboat Key Center for the Arts.... more |
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| Singing in the Off-Season |
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| May 28, 2008 |
July is typically off-season for Florida arts, but that doesn’t mean musical theatre isn't humming. Look to the smaller venues such as Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale, which is affiliated with the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.... more |
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| Playin' with Fiber |
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| May 23, 2008 |
Usually in Florida, summer time is when you don’t want to talk about fabric. Or if you do, it’s the swimsuit or wetsuit kind of material you want to be discussing. Well, ... more |
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| Britto Gets Bent-o |
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| May 22, 2008 |
Neither visual arts nor the culinary arts should neglect the littlest minds and palates. That’s just a simple matter of education. But the corporate world too often doesn’t pay attention.... more |
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| Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together |
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| May 15, 2008 |
Forget chocolate and peanut butter. To me, it’s obvious that food and art are two great tastes that taste great together. And if you head to The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville (MOCA) on Friday, May 16 from 8 p.... more |
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| Symphony and the City |
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| May 09, 2008 |
I know you’re preoccupied with the upcoming release of Sex and the City movie right about now, but let’s drag our minds out of the Manhattan gutter and onto Miami Beach for a sec, okay? Because here we’ve got the Symphony and the City event, an awesome musical evening that promises to be just as funky and fabulous as anything our northeastern neighbors could dish up. Oh, okay, and it’s going to be just a wee bit sensual, too.
Hosted by Friends of New World Symphony, the award-winning, hip patron-support group of the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS), and arts supporters Beau Beasley and Elliot Monter along with Miami Modern Luxury and Chopin Vodka, Symphony and the City takes place on Saturday, May 10, at chic new venue, The Vagabond, from 8-11 p.... more |
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| MySpace Musician Goes Live |
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| May 09, 2008 |
Does MySpace a musician make? In the case of Carlos Bertonatti, the answer is a resounding yes. The Venezuelan-born and Miami resident singer-songwriter began releasing and promoting his songs through his MySpace page while putting together his first album. And now, you can not only check them out on his ... more |
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| May Day |
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| May 01, 2008 |
Of course, we know that Florida ranks among the world’s top vacation destinations. But now, thanks to the new book LIFE: Dream Destinations: 100 of the World’s Best Vacations, which launches today, the rest of the globe can see that our bragging rights have been validated.
In fact, we’ve been proven four times over.... more |
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| Credit This Impression |
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| April 28, 2008 |
I don’t know what your impression of the Bank of America is, but here’s mine: There’s a whole lot more to this organization than credit cards and interest rates. There’s, well, impressionism.
That’s right, as in the artistic term.... more |
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| It's Not Over 'Til the Brazilians Recite |
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| April 24, 2008 |
Yup, there’s some life left in National Poetry Month yet. Make that International Poetry Month: Tigertail Productions launches its latest publication, Tigertail, A South Florida Poetry Annual, Volume VI, Brazil Edition, edited by Horácio Costa and Charles Perrone. This bilingual Brazilian poetry journal will be presented free at a reading at Books & Books in Coral Gables tonight, beginning at 7:30 p.... more |
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| Through Rose-Colored Lenses |
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| April 22, 2008 |
You’ve always admired that gorgeous Florida sunset, and thus have taken countless pix of it. To no avail—you just can’t seem to do the colors justice with your itty-bitty digital and amateur skills.
No need to bother any longer.... more |
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| Swan Dive Right In |
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| April 18, 2008 |
Feeling moved by all the events of April, National Poetry Month? Continue to exercise your muse in May at the historic Bonnet House Museum & Gardens in Fort Lauderdale.
On Saturday, May 3rd and 10th from 10 a.... more |
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| Asian Art Is In... 2010, 2011 |
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| April 16, 2008 |
| Aficionados of Asian art--of which I am one--will have two very big reasons to visit parts of Florida within the next couple of years: the University of Florida's Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville and The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in ... more |
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| Bringing on the Baristas |
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| April 07, 2008 |
| The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale is going full-steam ahead on its latest promotion: offering free illy coffee to go, in order to celebrate the expansion of the Museum’s Café and Wine Bar.
Really, no April Fool's joke: There is such a thing as a free cuppa joe in the world. At least, in the art world.... more |
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| The End of Spring Break--A True Vacation |
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| March 23, 2008 |
| Having just suffered through Spring Break traffic on South Beach--thanks to bathing suit-clad jaywalkers, it took me 45 minutes to go six blocks on Collins Avenue--I can't say I'll be disappointed when the college crowds depart. In fact, I just might celebrate by taking up the Park Central Hotel and The Hotel on their Cultural/Preservation Visitors' Packages.
Beginning May 1 (the start of National Preservation Month) and continuing throughout December 18, 2008, the packages offer complimentary room upgrades; free self-parking in a nearby covered garage; a guided tour of the Art Deco Historic District via the Miami Design Preservation League (see ... more |
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| A Piece of Cake...Or Three |
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| March 17, 2008 |
| Now this is inspired: To celebrate their new home, the Count de Hoernle Thetre on Federal Highway in Boca Raton, and their production of Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh, the Caldwell Theatre Company is having a "Let Them Eat Cake" party.
On March 24, from 6:30-8:30 p.... more |
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| Film Festivals Shine On |
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| March 13, 2008 |
| Those suffering from cinematic withdrawal after the close of the Miami International Film Festival this March 9 can get a fairly immediate fix at the third annual Sunscreen Film Festival running March 19-22, presented by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Film Society.
Showcasing works by local and national filmmakers, the fest also presents lots of hobnobbing and networking opportunities with peers and industry professionals.... more |
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| South Beach: The Way It Was |
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| March 07, 2008 |
| I remember South Beach. I remember the dilapidated Art Deco buildings, fallen into disrepair (to put it kindly). I remember a pitted and stained Lincoln Road that housed the homeless and drunk as soon as darkness fell; adult clubs and dive bars that outnumbered the few burgeoning high-end restaurants and nightclubs; and a population that was one-third elderly, one-third criminal, and one-third young and dumb.... more |
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| Now This Is Fusion--Or Is It Diversity? |
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| February 28, 2008 |
| I have to admit, I have yet to experience Purim as a rock opera, Eastern European folk-punk, or bat-mitzvahed beauties performing cabaret skits. But I'm willing, as usual, to be a guinea pig for the inaugural season of Open Tent, a new Jewish outreach initiative in Miami that will present three cultural programs this spring.
Up first, The Esther Show, presented by San Francisco artist Amy Tobin and her band, rocks the The Pawn Shop (1222 NE 2nd Ave.... more |
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| Saturday Ethnicities |
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| February 22, 2008 |
| Looking for last-minute cultural plans this Saturday? Here’re two ideas that celebrate ethnicity:
1. Hit up the The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry ON TOUR at the ... more |
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| How to be a Friend |
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| February 21, 2008 |
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| If you ever thought classical music was staid or dull, you’ll change your mind once you’ve been introduced to the New World Symphony and its cool, fusion-designed Friends program (which is in addition to the NWS regular concert and chamber music series). The Friends' newly released calendar is a lot to sum up, and really too neat to skimp on the details. So here’s the scoop, straight from the organization itself, along with a bit about the New World Symphony itself:
The New World Symphony is dedicated to the artistic, professional and personal development of outstanding young musicians.... more |
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| Mix It Up With Momix |
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| February 21, 2008 |
| Florida, are you ready for this? Momix, one of the dance world’s most revered troupes, is taking the state’s stages in March with “Momix: The Best of Momix.” If you like Cirque du Soleil, you’ll love this company of dancer-illusionists, who perform stunning routines and vignettes that fool you optically—yet at the same time demand you never take your eyes away.
The musical score, too, is something you can’t stop listening to.... more |
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| All You Need Is Love--for the Beatles AND the Ballet |
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| February 12, 2008 |
If you watched the Grammy Awards the other night, you might have been made aware of something: the music of the Beatles is still inspiring movement. But in this millennium, it's more about choreographed, scripted musical theater, modern dance and awe-inspiring gymnastics than it is about frenzied bobbing, weaving and yes, fainting. And this was aptly demonstrated that evening, when at the ceremony a Cirque du Soleil “Love” troupe and the cast from Across the Universe performed from their respective homages to the Beatles.... more |
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| Tender Are the Nights |
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| February 07, 2008 |
| “Recapture that moment when you first looked into her eyes.”
Nope, this isn’t a Valentine’s Day card. If you’ve given birth to a daughter, you know exactly what that means.... more |
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| Not the Same Ol' V-Day |
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| February 05, 2008 |
| Ya know, come to think of it, I’m tired of going out to dinner all the time, eating great food and drinking fabulous wine. So since you asked, for Valentine’s Day this year, I believe I need a change of pace. One like, say, being serenaded under the Fort Lauderdale stars by a brass quintet.... more |
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| Arts and Culture Hearts February |
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| February 03, 2008 |
| I have a love-hate relationship with February in Miami. This is the time of year I seasonally get a whopping case of bronchitis that threatens to land me in the hospital (thus explaining my absence from the blog this week). It’s also the month of my birthday (send gifts care of VISIT FLORIDA!), the celebration of which used to be great but now is getting somewhat, ahem, old.... more |
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| Zora Mania |
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| January 25, 2008 |
| If Their Eyes Are Watching God still lives in your memory as the best of your required reading days—or, more simply, you’re a fan of Zora Neale Hurston’s celebratory, folkloric writing—note that Zora! Festival ’08 events begin tomorrow in Hurston’s Eatonville birthplace and continue through Sunday, February 3.
Many of the tribute lectures and performances, such as the evening with poet Sonia Sanchez on Wednesday, January 30, are free. But in keeping with how Thurston lived her life (at times, desperately poor enough to take a maid’s job in Miami despite the fact that she was a working, published author), even the events that cost money are no more than a ten-spot.... more |
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| Meet and Greet Lucy, Be the Dino |
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| January 23, 2008 |
| You've always loved prehistory. Now you can spend a full day in Fort Myers indulging youself--at not one but two different awesome museums!
First, at the Southwest Florida Museum of History, meet the most famous fossil of our time, Lucy, and absorb 50 million years of skeletons, skulls, tools and other artifacts from the dawn on mankind. The "Lucy: Story of Human Origins" exhibit runs from February 15-June 12, so you can return to these fascinating remnants of our beginnings again and again.... more |
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| Dig the Arts at Delray Beach |
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| January 17, 2008 |
| Don't worry--there's no excavation involved. In fact, this weekend, the arts are going to be above ground and readily available via two great programs, the new ART FEAST and the 19th Annual Downtown Delray Beach Festival of the Arts.
The first, which takes place on Friday, January 18 from 6 to 10 pm, is a joint effort between participating local Pineapple Grove art galleries, such as the Joanne Coia Gallery, the Avalon Gallery and Spotted on 2nd Craft Arts Gallery, where I recently purchased a Natalie Salminen original (can't talk the talk if you don't walk the walk!), and restaurants including City Oyster, 32 East and the new Blue Fish.... more |
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| Teach Your Children Well |
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| January 11, 2008 |
| If you think Nickelodeon brainwashes your kids, get a load of the exhibit at The Wolfsonian-Florida International University, on display in the Green Library at the Park Campus. Called "Child's Play: Propaganda Puzzles, War Games and Children's Books," it's a collection of puppets, board games and other seemingly innocuous toys that were used to gain a nation's support for a war effort from its youngest citizens.
Creepy, right? But don't think such propogandizement only happens in other countries.... more |
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| Do the Degas |
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| January 07, 2008 |
| Fans of Edgar Degas and his move-ing work--he spent his entire career painting and casting life forms that were in motion, such as ballet dancers and horses--have a unique opportunity at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. From January 26 - April 27, the exhibition Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures will be available for viewing by the public.
Degas only ever exhibited one completed sculpture in his life, limiting himself to showing paintings; these 73 sculptures were posthumously cast in bronze from Degas's original composite and wax models in the 1920s by a combined effort of caster Albino Palazzolo and Degas's close friend Albert Bartholome.... more |
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| Any Way You Want To Look At It |
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| January 03, 2008 |
| Are photography calendars art? Are they eye-candy? Do you really care to differentiate?
Not when there are firemen at stake, and on hand. Which there will be on January 26 from noon til 3 pm at GBS, The Beauty Store in Fort Lauderdale (31 N. Federal Hwy.... more |
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| Putting the Class in Classical |
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| December 27, 2007 |
Feeling the need for a refresher course in music history but don't have the time for a lengthy commitment? Tired of attending dry talks that tell but don't show? Ever wonder what really goes on at the Historic Asolo Theater (at the John and Mable Ringling Estate in Sarasota) on select Tuesdays at 11 am?
Here's your chance to address those woes and answer any outstanding q's. Starting January 22, pianist and lecturer Dr. Judith Alstadter will be conducting a four-part series, Women Composers: Romantic to Ragtime.... more |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Collecting |
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| December 21, 2007 |
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You can't even get your holiday cards written on time. So how in the world does Florida author Seth H. Bramson publish five regional, pictorial history books in the space of 12 months?
It helps to be a little bit obsessive.... more |
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| Waiting for a Rock Lobster Like You |
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| December 19, 2007 |
The last time I saw the B-52's in concert was in Livermore, California. I was at Wente Vineyards--this family-run winery presents a fantastic small venue concert series every summer--and the stage was set in the middle of fully loaded sauvignon blanc grape vines that were trembling with the front girls' liquid trills and the back bass beats. It was an awesome experience, one I never thought I could top.... more |
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| Voila: The Charles Dickens Christmas Village |
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| December 14, 2007 |
Sure, we're used to seeing all sorts of Nativity scenes and Christmas villages around our towns and cities this time of year--even here in not-so-snowy Florida But guaranteed you'll enjoy this take on one a bit more.
For one thing, it's a really cool scene, done in cleverly detailed miniature by artist Yohanna Meylemans. For another, it's positioned inside Lisa and Philippe Boet's Bamboo Cafe, a classic French bistro located in Naples.... more
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| Skin Is In |
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| December 13, 2007 |
Whether you consider it art, culture or subculture, at some point you have to admit that tattooing can get pretty complicated, and takes a special skill. Okay, maybe I'm biased because I have a few of my own. But drawing on someone's skin is a bit harder than merely sketching and shading on a piece of paper, don't you think?
If you're not convinced, head over to Skin City: The Art of the Tattoo exhibit at The Arts Center in St.... more |
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| The Art of Wine Tasting |
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| December 07, 2007 |
Now this is the kind of art that's easy to appreciate! The Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale has announced a brand new program called The Art of Wine Tasting. Hosted by the Museum Store Cafe and Wine Bar, it's a continuous event that features samplings of boutique vintages sourced from wine regions around the globe, a smattering of hors d'oeuvres, and a spotlight tour of a primary work of art. So now you can sip and swirl while you gaze at lines and swirls.... more |
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| Arts and Eats |
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| November 30, 2007 |
It was bound to happen sooner or later--the combining of the worlds of fine art and culinary arts. This year's Art Basel offers three opps to get your eat--or drink--on:
Art Appetit, a 3-night event created by Paradise Farms owner Gabriele Marewski, debuts at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach (1 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach) on December 6 from 7-9 p.... more |
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| La Galerie Bertin-Toublanc |
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| November 29, 2007 |
Art Basel Miami Beach events are ephemeral by nature. But the Tuesday, December 4, Basel-eve opening of La Galerie Bertin-Toublanc in the Design District is mere titillation, just a taste of the avant-garde dishes to come, and stay.
The Miami arm of the renowned Parisian gallery, the 17,000 square foot space is devoted to collections that Armelle Bertin-Toublanc finds "profoundly human, but never cynical.... more |
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| Art Basel Goes Haute Couture |
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| November 18, 2007 |
This year's Art Basel Miami Beach is inching closer, and new exhibitors are being added every day, it seems. One of these is none other than Thierry Mugler, who will participate in the inaugural In Fashion '07 exhibition, presented by Miami Beach Art Photo Expo, the region's newest org for contemporary photography. The French fashion icon's images, which will be seen for the first time in the US, reflect the period of his life following a long sabbatical.... more |
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