The Story Matters
Mayhem p.4 Miami’s Killer Views, London’s Vivienne Westwood and MOCA’s Bohemian Bash
Vol. XXV No. 07
February 18, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI Historical Museum of South Florida Investigates Miami’s Criminal History M AY H E M P. 4
P O L I T I C S P. 6
H I S T O R Y P. 7
B O U N D P. 8
C A L E N D A R P. 1 2
4 1 1 P. 1 4
M U S I C P. 1 7
A R T P. 2 1
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F A S H I O N P. 2 2
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Tropical Mayhem BITS AND PIECES OF MIAMI LIFE
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WAKE UP TO THIS VIEW by Ines Hegedus-Garcia - miamism.com - ines@miamism.com This panorama was taken from a seventh floor balcony of one of our condo listings at Carbonell in Brickell Key. Imagine waking up to this view every day! You have views of Biscayne Bay and the Port of Miami on one side, The Miami River on the other, and you can even see the Miami Airlines Arena and The Performing Arts Center if you look straight North to Downtown Miami. Water, water and more water, with views and luxury...that's what Miami is all about.
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.” - Yves Saint Laurent
Bohemian Bash Celebrate the spirit of creativity February 20th, at the Bohemian Bash, chaired by Barbara Herzberg and Diane and Alan Lieberman, with Belkys Nerey serving as Honorary Chair. Cutting edge music, performances, and surreal décor conjured up by Miami artists, will create a dream-like atmosphere. A silent auction will feature trips, designer fashions, jewelry, and more. Some of the auction highlights: Autumn in Paris with tickets to the Givenchy Show during Fashion Week; Introduction to the treasure of Florence, Italy with private tours and visits arranged by The Friends of Florence and deluxe accommodations at the Four Seasons; a stay at Villa d'Este in the Lake District of Northern Italy; a shopping spree at Saks Fifth Avenue in Bal Harbour and a customized designed rose garden. The cocktail dance party will raise funds for MOCA’s education programs, exhibitions and permanent collection. $175. 8pm. Museum of Contemporary Art, 770 NE 125th St. North Miami, mocanomi.org/bohemian-bash Page 4 • Thursday, February 18, 2010 • The SunPost • www.miamisunpost.com
Vivienne Westwood’s nearly four-decade-long (and still going) design career is a testament to the power that shock, rebellion, sheer eccentricity—and a little thing called talent—can wield in the world of fashion. The flame-haired designer began her sartorial rabble-rousing in 1970, joining forces with partner and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren to craft the seminal look of London's burgeoning punk movement through various incarnations of their shop on King's Road. Westwood carried on the subversive and satirical spirit of those early years—bondage trousers, massive platform shoes, slogan T-shirts—even as she hit the runways of Paris. Over the years she expanded her design vocabulary to weave that world of safety pins and Union Jacks with the historical romance of tartan kilts, pinstriped tailoring, corsets, and Watteau gowns. Westwood has shown herself to be a shrewd businesswoman. And she still sells out of the old King's Road shop, now called World's End.
Vivienne Westwood Yellow OchreOpera coat with matching cocktail dress. Viviennewestwood.com
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Politics COLUMN
Park It Elsewhere By Jeffrey Bradley
Yes, the old “sinking ship” analogy… finally we’re hearing about parking on Miami Beach, or at least the costs. And while we agree that it is irritating to pony up 15 bucks to park, that is about the going “market” rate. (For a crash course on the economies of “the going market rate,” try parking at the Fontainebleau sometime.) Essentially, we subsidize parking on Miami Beach. And what do we get for our investment? (Besides ever-increasing noisy, congested, polluting gridlock, we mean.) That’s right; not much. So, we’re all for charging the market rate because that will cause an immediate shift toward public transit with all its benefits. Parking is a very challenging issue. $35,000 will get you a place to hold a car awhile, true, but that’s a whole lot of money for wasted space — especially considering you could park some 20 bicycles there instead. It’s these very costs that are forcing developers and politicians to reconsider viable alternative transit. Parking can be free, but it’s never cheap. We’re not big on statistics but here’s one for you anyway: Offstreet parking is subsidized on about the same par as Medicare or national defense! It also encourages additional driving, with its accidents, lost time elements and mayhem. And, it means importing more oil and paying for it with borrowed money — thanks, China! Let’s not fall into that bear trap, either, of blaming the cost and problems of parking on missing or unenforced development regulations; for sure, we have enough. No, it goes deeper, leading to the ribby, rocky problems of a near-total lack of transit infrastructure. There is no “parking crisis” but what we create. Forget regulating (weren’t rules made to be broken?); let’s reexamine the People’s Transportation Plan, hijacked by the County Commission as another source of funds to be spent on pet projects, financial schemes, or shoring up fiefdoms. It’s almost too easy to blame these neo-robber barons for failing to mandate any new agenda for PTP expansion (which directly affects the Beach) and forfeiting one of the biggest federal urban mass transit handouts in two decades. But there it is. Here’s the real question: Whatever happened to Baylink, and are we ever going to have a transit system that works? Most of our mobility problems are caused by zero transit options. All transportation is interconnected — parking, roads, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, highways, Metrorail — and it can’t just be tweaked for results. Like a Law of Thermodynamics on wheels, you can’t adjust anything without affecting everything. Look, mobility infrastructure, especially parking, is expensive. Somebody’s gotta pay for it, Gertrude, and if not you, who? A cash-strapped town like ours isn’t likely to fund transit expansions without changing up the way we pay for services. Let’s try this: Set the value of transit the same way we should do with parking, in a way reflecting its cost. You may not like what you’re paying for parking (doesn’t really seem fair, does it?), but you get charged for it anyway (and believe it — you will be paying more). So, let’s set the value of transit closer to what it’s really worth, and provide a better experience, and a more successful system… obviating everyone’s personal parking crisis. C’mon, do you really dig getting trapped in massive delays, then huffing and puffing your way into parking? You actually like that round-and-round-the-mulberry-bush aspect of getting a spot, or pulling into a mausoleum-like garage that’ll own your firstborn if you lose your ticket? Or, you can try your luck in one of those immensely wasteful parking lots — que hasslemente, amigo! We can’t blame you if you don’t want to take the bus, either. Who wants to wheezingly toil from stop to stop — or have their outdoor dining experience marred by stinky diesel spew? “Care for an espresso with your exhaust, sir?” Good Ford! It all begs the question: Why would anyone choose to live in the densest, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood outside New York City and still want to drive? Here’s a plan — call it Guerilla Tactics Mobility — that’ll work. Cars approaching the Beach must first pass through a transition zone. Unless they possess a decal proving residency, they’ll have to park and board a Beach-bound streetcar. (Commercial vehicles crossing the causeway will be restricted to Alton Road, the eastern extension of I-95.) Visitors can get off the streetcars at various points to use bicycles, pedicabs, rollerblades, Segways, skateboards or, Heavens to Betsy!, walk. And BTW — Ocean Drive will become pedestrian only. (If taxis, buses and delivery trucks insist on access, we’ll tax the poop out of ‘em.) Ain’t it great? Picture most of the Beach looking like Washington Avenue south of Fifth: plenty of leafy green shade trees, wide accessible sidewalks, plazas that encourage congregating — all minus the Kendallesque horrors of night that rowdily roll through the streets till the wee hours of dawn. Friendlier, cleaner and more relaxed, you betcha. Or, we can keep on with the outdated, outmoded autocentric madness that’s driving us crazy. After all, what’s one more torpedo to a sinking ship? Page 6 • Thursday, February 18, 2009 • The SunPost • www.miamisunpost.com
A Special Moment in Time COLUMN
1896: Miami’s Most Crucial Year By Seth H. Bramson mrfec@yahoo.com
There are certain years in certain cities that can be defined as “crucible” years, meaning that those years were either the single most important in and to the history of that particular town or city, or one of several fitting that definition. Chicago, for example, will always be defined by the great world’s fairs of 1893 and 1933-34 as well as the Chicago Railroad Fair of 1948-49. For New York it is the great blizzard year of 1888, the world’s fairs of 1939-40 and 1964-65 and, of course, 2001. Miami is another city that has had several crucible years — 1896, 1912, 1926, 1941 and 1960 — but unquestionably, the single most important year for what would become one of the world’s greatest cities was 1896. Why 1896? The answer is simple: because in that year five significant events would prove to be the most important in the formation and shaping of what would, just a few years after its founding, be called “The Magic City.” The railroad construction crews of Henry Flagler’s renamed in September 1895 Florida East Coast Railway were pushing steadily toward Biscayne THE INTERSECTION OF Bay as ’95 came to an end, the result of an agreement 12TH STREET AND THE reached by Flagler, Julia Tuttle and William Brickell. Tut- BOULEVARD, SHORTLY AFTER BEING SURFACED tle and Brickell had agreed to donate half of their hold- WITH LIMESTONE ROCK, 1899. THIS INTERings (the former’s north of the river, the latter’s to the CIRCA SECTION WOULD LATER south, plus 50 acres given by Tuttle for the railroads shops BECOME FLAGLER STREET BISCAYNE BOULEand yards) to Flagler in exchange for his extending the AND VARD.
FLORIDA EAST COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S "MIAMI" AT THE THEN (1898) NEW FLAGLER SYSTEM DOCK. FEC TRAINS WOULD STOP AT THE DEPOT AT SIXTH STREET (NOW SITE OF THE MIAMI NEWS/FREEDOM TOWER BUILDING, THEN ROLL ACROSS THE BOULEVARD TO THE DOCK FOR THE ACCOMODATION OF STEAMSHIP PASSENGERS.
railroad to the north bank of the Miami River and building one of his great hotels there. The hotel’s construction was also underway in late ’95. The year 1896 began quietly enough but on Feb. 6 a fellow by the name of Isidor Cohen would, for the first time, set foot in what would become Miami, a story told in four parts in this column some weeks ago. Cohen’s arrival would prove to be a major asset to the yet-unborn city. In addition to his business acumen and his desire to see the city come to life, he was the first permanent Jewish settler. (Cohen’s story is told in detail in L’Chaim! The History of the Jewish Community of Greater Miami, published by The History Press of Charleston and available in local bookstores, at amazon.com or from sethbramsonbooks.com.) The second major occurrence of 1896 was the arrival of the Florida East Coast Railway on April 15. Interestingly, while there were well-wishers on hand, the crowd was surprisingly small. Among those in atten-
THE FOUNDER OF MIAMI'S JEWISH COMMUNITY, ISIDOR COHEN, ARRIVED ON THE SHORES OF BISCAYNE BAY ON FEBRUARY 6, 1896. HE WAS A SIGNER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S CHARTER.
dance were Flagler; his now famous in Florida history lieutenants, James E. Ingraham (for whom Miami’s Ingraham Building is named) and Joseph R. Parrott, Flagler’s railroad vice president; and Cohen, who, in his 1923 self-published Memoirs and History of Miami, Florida described Flagler, Ingraham and Parrott as “an odd lot.” For a very short time, the station, a wooden building of very small proportions that looked somewhat like a shack, was opened on what would become Avenue E at what would become 12th Street. (The street names were changed in 1921 to a quadrant system of street numbering, in which Avenue D would become Miami Avenue, Avenue E Northwest First Avenue and 12th Street would be named Flagler Street.) After only a few months, the railroad moved the passenger and express operation to Sixth Street (the only street not renamed in 1921) just west of The Boulevard, as what would become Biscayne Boulevard was named at the time. The FEC’s trains would stop at the beautiful new depot, then pull across the Boulevard and unload or load passengers, baggage and express at the Florida East Coast Steamship Company’s dock, approximately where the American Airlines Arena is today. That station served as Miami’s terminal until the opening of the Key West Extension in 1912 enabled trains to load and unload at the new station on the mainline (en route to and from South Dade and Key West) at what would become 200 Northwest First Ave. Next week: Three additional events add to the importance of 1896 as Miami’s crucible year.
Seth H. Bramson is Adjunct Professor of History at both Florida International University and Barry University, where he serves as Historian in Residence. The Company Historian of the Florida East Coast Railway, he is America’s single most published Greater Miami history book author, with 12 of his 17 books dealing directly with the villages, towns, cities and people of Miami-Dade County. www.miamisunpost.com • The SunPost • February 18, 2009 • Page 7
Bound COLUMN
Heroine Addiction Between the Covers with Patti Smith and Lydia Lunch By John Hood
Of all the glorious racket to have come outta the Big Bad Apple during the ‘70s, no one made as much of it as either Patti Smith or Lydia Lunch; certainly no chicks did anyway. Smith, as everyone well knows, epitomized punk rock when there were few others around to do so. Lunch did likewise with No Wave, that post-punk prototype that came hot on the heels of its big sister. Both Smith and Lunch are poets of the school who know damn well that words tend to have a greater impact when they come backed by some kinda volume. And the words these great dames put to music remain some of the most influential soundings in history. They being of a literary bent, both Smith and Lunch have released a slew of books. In fact, Smith’s bibliography dates back to ’72, with a selection of poetry entitled Seventh Heaven. While Lunch’s printed matter goes back to 1990 and includes Adulterers Anonymous (with Exene Cervenka) and a confessional of sorts called Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary. Last summer Lunch followed-up her depth-defying first solo work with a nifty little skirmish she’s charmingly pegged Will Work for Drugs
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(Akashic $15.95). Like Lunch’s other work – hell, like her life – it’s vile and honest and consumed with an unending need to speak out with as much violence as she can experience. “The inside of my head has been punching the shit out of itself since I was a child,” writes Lunch in the Introduction. And from the looks of things; it hasn’t stopped. Good for us that it hasn’t though. Because the pummeling that Lunch has endured lo these many full moons is what gives her words the venom required to infect the page. Here her stabs at death and exes and – yes – even herself – reach a deep end few can even fathom let alone swim through. But to Lunch it’s all in a day’s rage. Smith, on the other hand, looks back on life with a bit more fondness. Then again, when you’re recalling some of the most cherished moments you’ve ever lived, why not wrap ‘em with a warm embrace? In Just Kids (HarperCollins $27) those halcyon days revolve around the time Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe had yet to conquer the world, yet still seemed to have it all at their fingertips. The two were best friends and lovers, despite Mapplethorpe’s predilection for men. And the early period the two spent together in the Chelsea Hotel reads almost like a boho fairy tale.
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But the mother of punk and the bad boy of photography were side-by-side, in some form or another, for some dozen years, and it surely must’ve been the belief they had in each other which pulled them outta their initial squalor and into the history books. In an end note, Smith said she’d promised Mapplethorpe to one day write their story. And here she’s done so in a clear and ever present voice that has none of the artifice many a memoirist has fallen prey to. Just Kids is enough to make you long for some kinda higher love. It’s also enough to make you envy the unwavering commitment the pair had to each other. Mostly though, it’s like seeing how the other half lives, when the other half occupies just that much of your soul. Taken together Smith and Lunch is a bit of yin and yang. Which one is which, I couldn’t tell you. But both of these women are heroines, and both of these women wiped the floor with most men. And that begs the question of whether or not we should even still be considering their gender, and instead giving them credit simply for being two of the boldest souls ever to bare themselves to a cold, hard world. And then for not only getting the best of it, but for giving some of the best that it has ever seen.
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CRIME
IN MIAMI Historical Museum of South Florida Investigates Miami’s Criminal History Written by John Hood
LIBERTY CITY RIOTS IN 1980.
COVER STORY
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ace it. Miami is a dangerous place. In ’06, 26,219 crimes were committed in the city. That’s 6,672 crimes for every 100,000 residents – triple the national average. And though much of that average is on account of murders (77; or 20 per 100K), our high ranking compared to other cities is due mostly to the yearly amount of robberies and aggravated assaults. Seems some folks just don’t wanna work for their money. And a whole lotta others like to fight. But no damn criminal is gonna keep us off the streets. Hell, if anything, what the crooks do is only gonna end up being redone on screen. Better yet, we may even put those criminals in a museum, and let them experience another kinda institutional life. That surely must be part of the master plan behind the Historical Museum of Southern Florida’s latest exhibition, “Crime in Miami.” How else to explain the dedication to the form? Then again, it’s not as if they don’t have ample data to work with. “Crime in Miami” (which opens Feb. 18 and runs through August) “explores the dual impact of crime and law enforcement in FAR ABOVE: MIAMI POLICE DETECTIVES PABLO CAMACHO the city of Miami for the past century.” (LEFT) AND ARMANDO ARQUILAR (RIGHT) POSE WITH CONFISHere you’ll find rumrunners and drug CATED WEAPONS AND SIX TAdealers alongside would-be assassins, BLES FULL OF CONTRABAND AT THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT ROLL CALL ROOM. ABOVE: MUGSHOT OF AL CAPONE. HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Please see Crime on page 18
Calendar WHAT TO DO IN MIAMI THIS WEEK
A CORVETTE AT THE CLASSIC CAR SHOW
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SAVE THE DATE:
February 19
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
MUSIC Living Artist Concert Series Part of the Living Artist Concert Series is the Piano Series Emergination featuring emerging pianists from the FIU School of Music Piano Department in a thematic concert reflecting works inspired by nature. Meet the Artist Reception at 6:30 pm. Concert at 7pm. $25. Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave., Palmetto Bay. For info: 305-235-1668, ext. 233 or deeringestate.org
February 19
DANCE Flamenco Festival
ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU As part of the ongoing Distinguished Speakers Series at Nova University is a talk by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate and human rights activist. Tutu will present Good vs. Evil: Human Rights or Humans Wronged, corresponding to the college’s 2009-2010 academic theme of Good and Evil. The academic theme brings together the college's students and faculty to explore the relationship of good and evil within social, scientific, legal, religious, and political contexts. 7pm. Don Taft University Center Arena, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Ave. Hollywood. For info: nova.edu/arena.
Winner of the National Dance Award, Spain's highest honor for dance, María Pagés has lead the way in the development of modern flamenco. With an ensemble of outstanding dancers and musicians, Compañía María Pagés is today among the most highly sought-after flamenco companies in Europe. $35-$95. 8pm. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. For info: 305-949-6722 or arshtcenter.org.
February 19-21
February 20
MUSIC David “Honeyboy” Edwards Catch a performance by Mississippi blues maven, David "Honeyboy" Edwards as he hits town for a one-night blues spectacle on the beach. The Delta blues legend plays 100 concerts a year and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1996 and won the Life Achievement Award at this year's Grammys. $35-$50. Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach. For info: 305-
FESTIVAL St Sophia’s Greek Festival Greek Food, Greek Music, Folk Dance & Music Shows, Cooking Demonstrations by local restaurants Stoupsy's, Mykonos, and Taverna Opa. New to this year's festival is a Greek Taverna open all evenings of the festival. kids' area with rides, games and activities. Booths offer arts and crafts, clothing, jewelry, religious art and devotional items. Guided tours of the Byzantine cathedral offered each day. 11am. $5. Free for kids. St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 2401 SW Third Ave. Miami. For info: 305-854-2922 or stsophiamiami.com.
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February 20
BOOKS Millionaire Matchmaker
February 20
SOCIAL Bohemian Bash Celebrate the spirit of creativity at the Bohemian Bash, chaired by Barbara Herzberg and Diane and Alan Lieberman, with Belkys Nerey serving as Honorary Chair. Cutting edge music, performances, and surreal décor conjured up by Miami artists, will create a dream-like atmosphere. A silent auction will feature trips, designer fashions, jewelry, and more. The cocktail dance party will raise funds for MOCA’s education programs, exhibitions and permanent collection. $175. 8pm. Museum of Contemporary Art, 770 NE 125th St. North Miami, mocanomi.org/bohemianbash RIGHT: JAY-Z. BELOW: THE DALAI LAMA.
Meet Patti Stanger, the star and executive producer of tv show, Millionaire Matchmaker on Bravo. She’ll be meeting fans and signing copies of Become Your Own Matchmaker: 8 Easy Steps for Attracting Your Perfect Mate. As a third-generation matchmaker and the president of one of the world's most elite dating services -- the Millionaire's Club – Stanger has put herself in the enviable position of being friend, confidante, and relationship counselor to men and women the world over. If you follow her formula, she assures you that the man of your dreams will appear in your life, and you can be in a committed, monogamous relationship with him in less than a year. 5pm. Free. Books & Books, 927 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. For info: 305.532.3222 or booksandbooks.com.
February 20
MUSIC Jay-Z
To promote his new album, The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z is kicking off a 21 city tour that concludes in LA. The Blueprint 3 is Jay-Z's 11th studio album and final installment in his "Blueprint" trilogy, which began with 2001's The Blueprint and continued with 2002's Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse. Taking the stage as opening support is Grammy-nominated rapper Young Jeezy and R&B singer Trey Songz. $39.50$129.50. 8pm. BankAtlantic, 3401 N. Pine Island Rd. Sunrise. For info: liveNation.com
February 20
FITNESS Free Yoga Classes Held outdoors by the bay in Bayfront Park, these classes offer a unique atmosphere to relax and invigorate at the same time. In addition, participants can enjoy the stunning view. Registration is on a first come, bring their own yoga mat, water, and towel. All classes taught by a certified yoga teacher. 6pm. Free. Tina Hills Pavilion (south end of the park). 301 Biscayne Blvd. Miami. For info: 305358-7550 or bayfrontparkmiami.com
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The 411
Icon Brickell/Neiman Marcus Men's Night Out Event with Stephen Brunelle with the event Hosts. PHOTO CREDIT: MANNY HERNANDEZ
Sarah Arison and Lin Arison at the NWS Vivace Party
COLUMN
Drink, Boogie, Gamble, and Eat For Great Causes By Mary Jo Almeida-Shore maryjoshore@miamisocialholic.com Photos by Mary Jo Almeida-Shore
Master of Ceremonies Academy Award-winning director David Frankel and NWS President and CEO Howard Herring
Crisp, Indian summer days and tons of fun events crowding social calendars of all kinds make February THE month to be in Miami. Best of all: The South Beach Wine and Food Festival starts next week (tune in for a full lineup). As we’ve said in the past: “Foodies, prepare your appetites.” In the meantime, as you beef up your exercise routine and bank 10 million calories in preparation, consider getting involved in some great events for good causes.
NWS VIVACE
Martin Rozenblum with Claudia Cisneros at NWS Party
Rita Cabasés and Gordon Myers dancing at Vivace
The New World Symphony took over the Gusman Center on Valentine’s eve presenting Vivace: “Great Loves of the Silver Screen” better known as “catnip for romantics.” Brilliant musical performances by the orchestra accompanied some of Hollywood’s most memorable movie love scenes, starting with the Titanic anthem “My Heart Will Go On.” The handsome and charming, Academy Award-winning director David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me) served as emcee and made snarky and funny comments before and after each performance. For instance, Frankel proclaimed he was “King of the World” after the Titanic number and described Madame Bovary as “a film about a frustrated peasant woman who slept around and then committed suicide — perfect for Valentine’s Day.” Other favorite music and film clips included Dr. Zhivago and A Time for Us. Following the performances, guests, many of whom channeled their inner Golden-Era film legend, crossed the street on a red carpet to the Alfred I. DuPont Building, which had been transformed into a 21st century speakeasy. A jubilant, energetic vibe permeated the entire evening. Attendees included Martin Rozenblum, Claudia Cisneros, Rita Cabasés, Gordon Myers, Lourdes & Timothy Collett, Lin and Sarah Arison, Neisen & Ana Kasdin, Howard & Mary Frank, Gerald & Jane Katcher, Mario & Lourdes de Armas, Woody and Judy Weiser, Matthew & Jennifer Buttrick, Stanley & Gala Cohen, Edward Shumsky & Sue Kronick, Adam & Chanin Carlin, Bob & Diane Moss, Jody Wolfe, Diane Sepler, Sheldon & Florence Anderson, Sari & Dr. Arthur Agatston, Beau Beasley, Anne Owen & Alan Roth, Vanessa & Gary Ressler, Lisa Schejola Kin & Jeffrey Akin and Irene & Rod Sintow, David Restainer & Sandra Hernandez, Florencia Ximenez-Marcos & Xavier Gonzalez, Orlando Gonzales, Marcia Martinez & Michael Laas,
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Aaron Resnick, Chad Turner and Alia Dia.
THE ROOF WAS ON ICE Earlier in the week, the official opening of the Webster rooftop attracted a chic crowd of more than 700, most of whom weren’t even aware that a football game had been played in Miami a few days before. Guests clamored into the stairwell to access the minuscule (1,100 square feet, do the math — it was a tight squeeze), chilly rooftop of the boutique. Upstairs, patient attendees enjoyed Grey Goose cocktails, small bites from Kaspia and music by DJ Jeffrey Tonneson. The VIP list included Barbara Becker, Sam Robin, Jonathan and Criselda Breene, Merle Weiss, Iran Issa Khan, Susie and Walid Wahab, Markus Ketty, Tui Pranich, Jeffrey Koffman, Glenn Albin, Juan Carlos Arcille-Duque, Ambra Medda, Jamie Jo Harris, Jillian Jacobson-Altit, Susan Birbragher, James and Samantha Wall, Lolo Sudarsky, and Webster owners Laure Hériard Dubreuil and Frederic Dechnik. The Webster rooftop is open six days a week, Tuesday through Sunday, serving lunch and dinner from Kaspia and full bar service. Bottle service is also available.
COMING UP DRINK FOR A CAUSE On Friday, Feb. 19, the Gansevoort South Hotel will host Cocktails for a Cause at the rooftop lounge Plunge to benefit The Melanie Finley Ovarian Cancer Foundation, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. The party includes an open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, DJ music and a silent auction. Items up for bid include a four-day/three-night all-inclusive trip to Cancun, Mexico; two roundtrip airline tickets on Spirit Airlines; luxury jewelry; Romero Britto artwork; and various hotel, spa and restaurant gift certificates. For more information, call 954.336.6733. Advance tickets cost $65 and are available at mfocf.com, or $75 at the door.
MOCA’S BOHO BASH MOCA, short for the Museum of Contemporary Art, is just about the hippest art museum in town. On Feb. 20, from 8 p.m. to midnight, MOCA
Dan & Tina Carlon with Stephanie & Morten Aagaard
presents the Bohemian Bash, the season’s most imaginative fundraiser celebrating the spirit of creativity — pretty appropriate for a modern art museum, don’t ya think? Past years’ galas have included themes such as 007 and Bollywood. Guests will be surprised as they enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music and performances throughout the museum’s galleries, which will be transformed by Miami artists into a series of surreal environments. The Bohemian Bash takes its inspiration from the Dadaist art movement of the early 20th century, which embraced the sense of the absurd and the role of the unconventional in artistic creation. Among the unexpected elements planned by Miami artists Kevin Arrow, Bhakti Baxter, Beatriz Monteavaro and Wendy Wischer are an upside-down lounge complete with furniture dangling from the ceiling, an indoor garden café populated by phantasmagoric flora and fauna, an Op Art room and Madness night club. Even the music will be unconventional, as DJ Faux Real will spin and dueling quartets, opera arias and other performers including burlesque shadow dancers and avant-garde fortunetellers will entertain. Guests will enjoy cocktails by Grey Goose Vodka and dine on delectable Spanish cuisine from Solea at the W South Beach, Shiraz Catering, Kung Fu Kitchen & Sushi, Maxine’s Bar & Bistro, LeBasque and Adriana Restaurant. An after party will be held at SET nightclub on Lincoln Road from midnight until 2 a.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit MOCA’s education programs and collection. Tickets to the Bohemian Bash are $150 in advance, $175 after Feb. 5 with packages of 10 tickets for $1,250. For more information, call 305.893.6211 or visit mocanomi.org. For Bohemian Bash sponsorship opportunities, contact Erin Malone, fundraising manager at emalone@mocanomi.org or 305.893.6211. To get a leg-up on the auction items, online bidding is already available at mocanomi.cmarket.com.
GAMBLING FOR GOOD On Saturday, Feb. 20, Michael Capponi is co-hosting a party at La Gorce Country Club to benefit C Different Foundation. Guests will enjoy an evening in the casino, complete with roulette, black jack, craps and a high-stakes poker tournament, and have a chance to win $20,000 in cash and prizes while supporting a good cause. The Texas Hold' em poker tournament starts at 7 p.m., followed by regular casino play, dinner and dancing starting at 8 p.m. A limited number of tickets are still available priced at $500 for Texas Hold 'em poker tournament and dinner; $250 for dinner and regular casino play; and $100 for late-night cocktails and casino play, starting at 10 p.m. For more information, contact Lena at lena@capponigroup.com or call 305-695-4410.
CONCERT FOR KIDS On Saturday, Feb. 20, at 6 pm, Magic City Casino will host the "Saving Haiti’s Children" Benefit Concert featuring singing powerhouse Stephanie Carcache, The 7th Link, Liset Alea, Haitian entertainers like Farah Juste, Yonie Marcel, Mecca a/k/a Grimo, Kiki Wainwright, Sunlove and Jean Michel Daudier. Tickets are $10, with proceeds benefiting Miami Children's Hospital Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund to cover the cost of world-class pe-
Caressa Lanier & Marc Shachtman The Cosmic Coupling book launch at W South Beach
Mabel Gonzalez & Marlem Pugol
diatric health care provided to Haitian children in Port-au-Prince and right here at Miami Children’s Hospital. Magic City Casino is located at 450 NW 37th Ave. in Miami.
PURINA WALK FOR THE ANIMALS The Purina Walk for the Animals, scheduled for Feb. 20 at Bayfront Park, promises fun for the whole family, including four-legged members. The Walk is the Humane Society of Greater Miami’s largest annual community event, attracting more than 3,000 people, and the only fundraising walk-a-thon for dogs and their owners in Miami-Dade County. This year’s grand marshal is Miami-Dade County Commissioner Dennis C. Moss, and University of Miami President Donna Shalala is the Leader of the Pack. Enjoy fun-filled activities including a bounce house, an inflatable basketball court, face painting, arts and crafts, games and more for the kiddies and the dogs. Of course, sponsors will be offering music, games, prizes, product samples and great food, along with a special Bakery Tent filled with mouthwatering pastries to be enjoyed with a fabulous cup of Coffee Break coffee. The event starts at 8:30 a.m., with the actual one-mile stroll around the park (with or without a dog) beginning at 10 a.m. Following the Walk, various awards will be presented. The cost is $50 per walker, $100 per family (up to four people), adult pack $1,000 and kid pack $500 (kid packs are for children under age 18. For more information email Laurie Hoffman at laurie@humanesocietymiami.org. To register go to humanesocietymiami.org/walk08
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The Mandarin Oriental will host its annual Chinese New Year bash on Monday, Feb. 22, from 7 to 10 p.m., featuring scrumptious Chinese fare, lion performances, fortunetellers and loads of fun. It is the Year of the Tiger, after all (even though Tiger hasn’t been having such a great year!). All guests will receive a red packet filled with wishes of good health and good fortune. The cost for the event is $65 per person plus tax and gratuity. For more information or to make reservations, contact 305-913-8358.
LUNCH IN THE GARDEN The Second Annual Vizcaya Preservation Luncheon at the historical gardens at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (3251 S. Miami Ave.) will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The event begins at 11 a.m. with cocktails and garden tours on The Casino Mound and continues with an alfresco luncheon in the Formal Gardens from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Women are encouraged to wear hats and men to dress “dapperly.” Neiman Marcus will be providing an informal fashion presentation showcasing spring 2010 collections from luxury brands and Atlantico Rum will provide the cocktails. The goal of the Vizcaya Preservation Luncheon is to introduce guests to the splendor of Vizcaya’s gardens as originally intended, and to raise funds to further the mission of The Vizcayans: to protect, preserve and restore the estate including the gardens. Ticket prices are $250 for individuals. For more information, contact 305-856-4866 or vizcayans.org.
Stella Starsky, Liz Newman, & Quinn Cox at The Cosmic Coupling book launch at W South Beach
FISH + WINE Miami’s Area 31 at Kimpton’s EPIC Hotel is hosting its inaugural “Fish + Wine” dinner on Thursday, Feb. 25, hosted by Executive Chef John Critchley and Master Sommelier Emily Wines. The four-course dinner will feature fresh-caught, sustainable seafood paired with boutique wines and will benefit the Marine Mammal Conservancy. The MMC is a local nonprofit whose mission is to protect marine mammals and their habitats through research, rescue, rehabilitation, release and education. Visit marinemammalconservancy.org for more information. The price is $175 per person, limited to 150 people. For guests interested in the dinner menu’s fish selection, a VIP experience is available for a maximum of 16 people that includes a boat excursion and lunch aboard a private charter with Chef Critchley, which includes a tour of Miami’s finest fishing markets as well as tips on picking premium fish to be featured in the pairing dinner. The VIP experience costs $275 per person including dinner. For more information and reservations, call 305.424.5234 or visit area31restaurant.com.
BLACKS ARE BACK FOR THE FIFTEENTH YEAR The Blacks’ Annual Gala benefiting at-risk kids in need through The Consequences Charity & Project Medishare for Haitian relief efforts will take place on Feb. 27 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. This is one star-studded gala you won’t want to miss. This year’s celebrity performers include Grammy winner Natalie Cole, Latin pop sensation Paulina Rubio, platinum recording artist Rick Ross, TV/Latin music sensation Jencarlos Canela, saxophonist Alto Reed, and music by well-known DJs Entice, Irie and DJ Tracy Young. In addition to appearances by Real Housewives from Bravo Network, there will be an exhibition boxing match featuring top heavyweight boxer Fres “Fast Fres” Oquendo and Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski, presented by David Goldberg and Oquendoberg Productions. And the list goes on… Past years have seen the likes of Patti LaBelle, Lil Wayne, Pamela Anderson and Barry Gibb, to name a few. For a recap of last year’s gala, go to miamisocialholic.com/2009/04/back-in-black. This year 100 percent of the ticket sales and auction proceeds go directly to Educate Tomorrow, I Have a Dream and Project Medishare founded by Dr. Barth Green. Individual tickets go for $500 per person/$1,000 for preferred seating and VIP packages range from $2,500 - $25,000. For more information visit theblacksannualgala.org. For tickets please email jasonfclarke@hotmail.com.
CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS: Celine Dion attended the release of her new movie, Celine: Through the Eyes of the World, at the Regal Cinemas on Lincoln Road on Tuesday. On Thursday, Lauren Conrad was seen at The Spa at Shore Club getting an aromatic mani/pedi. Later that night, at the launch of Lamborghini Energy Drink at Club 50 at The Viceroy: Vince Shlomi, the “Sham Wow” guy, was seen fraternizing with the models in skintight bodysuits.
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They Might Be Giants By Alan Sculley John Flansburgh and John Linnell see a certain irony in the fact that as the duo behind They Might Be Giants, they have begun doing kids’ CDs — like the recently released Here Comes the Science — that have a certain educational element within the music. “It’s a very weird situation for us because we are partly just atoning for the fact now that we were not model students and not always completely on top of the material,” said Flansburgh, with just a hint of humor. “But I think since leaving school we’ve felt very pro-education. We think it’s certainly not unimportant for kids to be informed and for adults to be informed about everything that affects our lives.” Flansburgh and Linnell spoke about Here Comes the Science and various other aspects of what is now a career spanning more than two decades to a half-dozen writers in a recent teleconference interview. The new CD follows a trio of previous children’s albums (No, Here Come the ABCs and Here Come the 123s) as well as a book/CD (Bed Bed Bed) that They Might Be Giants has released over the past decade in between their usual albums aimed at an adult rock audience. The children’s projects have given Flansburgh and Linnell a new niche they never anticipated, and have garnered them attention they don’t always receive when releasing their adult records. “It has a man-bites-dog-quality, [the idea that] a band that has a reputation for doing adult material would actually venture into the world of kids’ stuff,” Flansburgh said, offering his theory on why the children’s CDs draw considerable attention. But if the novelty of doing kids’ records has recently brought They Might Be Giants a new wave of attention, perhaps it’s also a sign of how well the group has come to be accepted as part of the overall rock scene. When Flansburgh and Linnell were starting out in the late 1980s, they certainly were seen as something fresh, new — and yes, novel — on the then-emerging modern rock scene.
On early records like their 1986 self-titled debut, Lincoln (1988) and Flood (1990), They Might Be Giants was known best for its lyrics — at various turns brainy, clever, kitschy and downright funny — and its quirky and catchy pop songs. As time went on, Flansburgh and Linnell grew considerably as songwriters, so much so that the biggest selling point for their most recent adult release, 2007’s CD The Else, may actually have been the music. The effort Flansburgh and Linnell put into writing and recording is as apparent on their kids’ albums as on their regular releases. This might also help explain their success in this arena of music. “Our gimmick with the kids’ stuff is that we spend as much time on it as we do our adult stuff,” Linnell said. “That’s expensive, just from a production point of view. But it seems to have a big payoff in the way people react to it. If there was a way to do it faster, I’m not sure it would be as good. We’ve actually been told by our management that we spend too much time making our kids’ albums, that it doesn’t matter that much, that it doesn’t have to be that good.” In fact, They Might Be Giants’ kids’ albums aren’t that different stylistically from their adult-oriented releases. The pop sense that has always defined the group is a major asset on Here Comes the Science. Songs like “My Brother the Ape” and “Science Is Real” are filled with perky pop melodies and a bouncy energy that will be familiar to fans of such well-known They Might Be Giants tunes as “I Palindrome I” and “Birdhouse in Your Soul.” The group isn’t afraid to rock for the kids, either, especially on “How Many Planets?” and “I Am a Paleontologist,” which are both quite brisk. If the music sounds familiar on Here Comes the Science, Flansburgh and Linnell are very much moving forward with the They Might Be Giants live show. For starters, they are expanding the live band beyond its longtime members, Dan Solder Miller (guitar), Danny Weinkauf (bass) and Marty Beller (drums). “We are going out with actually some major changes to our live show that we’re really just wheeling out for the very first time for this tour,” Linnell said. “We’re being joined onstage by a multi-instrumentalist — he’s a sax player. His name is Ralph Carney. He actually played with Tom Waits for many years… We’ve got a lot of plans of sort of how to utilize his rather vast bag of tricks. “Also, our drummer, Marty Beller, has constructed this really kind of singular electronic drum kit setup,” Linnell added. “The electronic drums, they’re basically all like samples that we’ve created of very unorthodox sounds… It’s hard to even describe, but when you hear how it works, it’s very different. I think it might actually be a really big new kind of wrinkle in the show.” They Might be Giants will be performing on Saturday, February 27 at 2pm. Tickets are $19.50 to $29.50. The Knight Concert Hall, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. For info: 305-949-6722 or arshtcenter.org.
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Immerse Yourself in Crime The Historical Museum of Southern Florida (HMSF) presents a variety of public programs in conjunction with the newest exhibition to be unveiled on Feb. 18, . Programs throughout Crime in Miami include panel discussions, lectures and films, and special events that are free and open to the public. PANEL DISCUSSION: CRIME STORIES OF THE MAGIC CITY
Thursday, March 18 at 6:30pm South Florida is home to grisly murders, complex mysteries, and ruinous mayhem–in novels and on television. Come hear local crime and mystery writers talk about their works, why they set their stories in Miami and how they conduct their research. Panelists include: Les Standiford (moderator), Director, Creative Writing Program, Florida International University, editor of Miami Noir and author of the John Deal novels; Edna Buchanan, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, author of The Corpse Had a Familiar Face and the Britt Montero series; Jeff Lindsay, author of the Dexter novels that inspired the award-winning television show of the same name; Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, author of the Lupe Solano mystery novels and a contributor to Miami Noir; James Grippando, former trial lawyer and author of legal thrillers featuring criminal defender Jack Swyteck. FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: COCAINE COWBOYS
Thursday, April 15 at 6:30pm The film Cocaine Cowboys, released in 2006, documents the rise of the illicit drug trade of the 1970s and ‘80s. See film excerpts and hear the real story from the movie’s producer and research subjects, as well as those involved in combating Miami’s drug underworld. Panelists include: Billy Corben, producer and director of Cocaine Cowboys, The U and the upcoming Square Grouper; Captain Nelson Andreu, former Miami Police Department homicide detective; Louis Casuso, Miami criminal defense attorney; Abe Laesar, former prosecutor, Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney; Mickey Munday, featured in Cocaine Cowboys; Robert Plasthorn, featured in Square Grouper and author of Black Tuna Diaries, the true story of the Black Tuna Gang; David Ward, former Miami-Dade Police Department detective
as well as a cornucopia of unsolved murders fit for America’s Most Wanted. But the gangster glam of the ‘50s and the drug wars of the ‘80s are only the most noted elements of this widespread exhibit. You’ll hear the story of one Franklin Pierce McCall, who in 1938 kidnapped 5-year-old James “Skeegie” Cash in South MiamiDade and accidentally killed the kid before the ransom could be ABOVE: A paid. And you’ll hear about the disappearance of FAR WANTED POSTER 1934. ABOVE: A 6-year-old Judith Ann Roberts, who in ’54 was FROM SUITCASE FILLED WITH DRUG MONEY. snatched from her grandparents’ home and found RIGHT: A DRUG BUST, dumped along a Coconut Grove street. That case COCAINE COWBOYS. remains unsolved to this day. And should you wanna feel what it’s like to be on either end of the crime, HMSF is also offering an interactive element. Here you can have your mug shot taken like the bad guys or perform forensics like the
PANEL DISCUSSION: CSI & FORENSICS Thursday, May 20 at 6:30pm Ever watch CSI, Bones, or Law & Order and wonder how realistically they portray crime scene investigators and forensic analysts? Hear local forensic photographers, homicide detectives and forensic artists discuss the methods they use to help solve crimes and identify victims and suspects. See examples of their work, including composite drawings and facial reconstructions. Panelists include: Jorge Molina and Samantha Steinberg, forensic artists, Miami-Dade Police Department; Brian Tannebaum, criminal defense attorney and legal consultant for the CBS show CSI; Heidi Nichols, forensic photographer for the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s office LECTURE: THE ART OF COURTROOM ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SHIRLEY HENDERSON Thursday, June 17 at 6:30pm Renowned courtroom artist Shirley Henderson discusses the art of courtroom drawings and some of the famous cases she has worked on. Hear her perspective and insights on the cases of Manuel Noriega, Willy Falcon and Sal Magluta, Elian Gonzalez, Jose Padilla, the Liberty City Six and more. FILM SCREENING: SCENE OF THE CRIME Sunday, Aug. 29 at 2pm Museum resident historian Dr. Paul George and Rene Ramos of the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives screen and discuss television news coverage of crime in Miami. Film clips include footage from the Archives' local television news collections not seen for decades. Presented in conjunction with the Miami Dade College’s Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives' Rewind Fast Forward Film and Video Festival 2010.
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good guys on CSI. And if that’s not enough you can be thrown into a holding cell and feel firsthand what it means to be “on ice,” or peep through a two-way mirror and pick out a perp or two. According to the Museum’s site, “[o]n display will be artifacts, p h o t o graphs, and documents from the MANUEL Historical Museum of Southern ABOVE: NORIEGA BELOW: PADILLA IN Florida’s collection along with ma- JOSE CUSTODY. terial from other institutions, including the Miami-Dade County Clerks Office and the City of Miami Black Precinct Museum. [And] firsthand accounts from victims, witnesses, and police investigators captured on video will be displayed on monitors throughout the exhibition.” That’s not all you’ll get over the six-month run of criminality. There will be lectures and workshops and, of course, tours, which will hit some of our town’s most notorious crime scenes (conducted by resident historian Paul George). And there will even be “a panel discussion of criminologists and historians about the criminal past, current trends, and future predictions.” In addition, an adjacent show entitled “Illustrating Justice: The Courtroom Art of Shirley Henderson” (through June) will take you into the jury box behind some landmark trials, including Manuel Noriega, the Miami River Cops, Jose Padilla, Elian Gonzalez and the Liberty City Six. Henderson’s been capturing federal trials for 28 years, and she’s got the bona fides to prove it. And unless you were among those being prosecuted over the past three decades, this will be the next best thing to having been there. There’s a damn good reason why everyone from Al Capone to the Cocaine Cowboys chose Miami as a base of operations; this exhibit will remind you what it was, is and will be, for some crime time to come!
Miami Crime – In Fiction By John Hood With all the wild crime we’ve got it only makes sense that we’d also have a slew of wild crime fiction, and most of it is even wilder than even the criminals have devised. The granddaddy of it all has gotta be John D. MacDonald, whose Travis McGee berthed up in Bahia Mar and saved the day for every dame that came his rugged way. From 1964’s The Deep Blue Good-by to ‘85’s The Lonely Silver Rain, McGee’s 21-book run maintained an integrity few on either side of the law ever managed. A walk-alone who stayed true to himself and his friends, McGee set the standard for innumerable characters to come, and he remains the man to live up to. Even before MacDonald though Brett Halliday (aka Davis Dresser) wrote 50 Miami-set crime novels starring the private eye Mike Shayne (another 27 would be written by ghost writers after he bowed out). The first dose, Dividend on Death, hit the racks in 1939, and it was nonstop from then on. A dozen films starring Lloyd Nolan and a 32-episode NBC series starring Richard Denning accompanied the run, which makes it safe to say that Halliday (and Shayne) put Miami on the crime fiction map. The true father of Miami crime fiction though, no doubt is Charles Willeford, who wrote a quartet of Magic City-soaked novels featuring the blunder-headed dogooder Hoke Mosely. Yeah, that’s right, I mean the very same cluck Fred Ward played in George Armitage’s Miami Blues. But there are three more to that tall grouping of story, and they are Sideswipe, New Hope for the Dead and The Way We Die Now, and no fan of Miami crime fiction would be true to our town without having read all of ‘em. Willeford also wrote Kiss Your Ass Goodbye, which is one of the best-titled books ever. And for that alone he ranks high on any list – good guy or bad guy. More recently of course there’s longtime Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen, who, through novels such as Skin Tight, Strip Tease and Sick Puppy, has taken our inherent craziness and pushed it way past even an insane person’s idea of limits. And James W. Hall, a cat who finds an unending inspiration in what makes our town tick to its own timetable. Hall’s got 16 crime novels under his belt, either set in Miami or somehow staged from here. And his most recent – The Silencer – though traveling up the coast, is undoubtedly his best yet. If we’ve got an equivalent to Cormac McCarthy, Hall’s that man. There’s more, of course, from Jeff Lindsay's Dexter novels to Tim Dorsey’s Sunshine Statewide sprees, which usually find time for our town. And though it is long been said that truth is stranger than fiction; it was said long before there were fiction writers like the ones coming outta Miami. Book it, baby!
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Calendar WHAT TO DO IN MIAMI THIS WEEK
February 20
Missionary Baptist Church Choir and the Free Gospel Sunday's Mass Choir. 4pm. Free. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. For info: 305-949-6722 or arshtcenter.org.
ART Space as Medium Space as Medium is a group exhibition focusing on the development of artistic practices that directly address the walls, floors and ceilings of the physical spaces in which they are installed. Space as Medium combines extant objects with commissioned, site-specific installations and includes works by William Anastasi, Lynda Benglis, Tom Burr, Ryan Gander, Katharina Grosse, Wade Guyton, Nicolas Lobo and Rachel Whiteread. Last few days to see this amazing exhibit, through February 28. $8. Miami Art Museum, 101 W Flagler St., Miami. For info: 305-375-3000 or miamiartmuseum.org
February 20
MUSIC New World Symphony Put on your dancing shoes as New World Symphony transports you to the streets of Paris. Absorb the City of Lights through the eyes of a young Gershwin, with vivid imagery from French taxi horns to jazzy homesickness. Highly acclaimed recording artist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg romantically reflects with Barber’s lyrical Violin Concerto, where you get a glimpse of the composer’s surprising sense of humor in the final movement. Rachmaninoff will wow you with his tantalizing, yet sentimental Third Symphony. $54.25-154.25. Knight Concert Hall, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. For info: 305-949-6722 or arshtcenter.org.
February 20
SPORT Kayak Fishing Join expert fishermen on the guided fishing excursion along the shoreline of the bay in search of barracuda, permit, snook, seatrout, redfish and other shallow-water fish. Fishing kayak, paddle, life vest and safety equipment provided. Participants must have a valid Florida saltwater fishing license. 7:30am. $85. Castellow Hammock Park and Nature Center, 22301 SW 162nd Ave., Southwest Miami-Dade. For info: 305-365-3018 or miamidade.gov/parks
February 20
OPERA The Barber of Seville Figaro, Figaro, Figaro! Rossini's The Barber of Seville is the delicious unfolding of comic opera at its best: energetic young lovers foiling a bafoon's schemes; mistaken identities; a plot that turns and twists - all wrapped up in Rossini's timeless music and performed by the Florida Grand Opera. 7pm. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. For info: 305-949-6722 or arshtcenter.org.
February 21
MUSIC Gospel Sundays Grammy-nominated pioneers of traditional gospel music, The Canton Spirituals will be singing this Sunday. For their performance at the Adrienne Arsht Center's Free Gospel Sunday, they will be joined by the Mt. Tabor
PATTI STANGER
ABOVE: DAVID HONEYBOY EDWARDS. MIDDLE: WILLIAM ANASTASI, ONE GALLON POURED. RIGHT: CARY GRANT AND MARLENE DIETRICH IN BLONDE VENUS
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February 21
FESTIVAL Chinese New Year Exotic Asian food, art and crafts, games and prizes and a cultural show featuring the Magic Dragon acrobats, Matsuriza Taiko Drums of Disney, violinist Jessica Yap, lion and dragon dance, soprano Jinglu Cao, Harriet Young dance ensemble and Sinoelite group of performers. Activities include kids' playground, rock climbing, bounce house and chute slide. 11am. $10. Miami Dade College-Kendall Campus, 11011 SW 104th St., Kendall. For info: 305-696-0651.
February 21
SPORT Classic Car Show A multitude of fabulous antique and classic cars on show at Classic By The Bay. Live music by Travler, sand castle-building contest, a kids' zone featuring activities such as a bounce house and face painting, food, arts and crafts by local artists. $6 per car. Free for exhibitors. 10am. Homestead Bayfront Park, 9698 SW 328th St., Homestead. For info: 786-344-4228 or booksandbooks.com.
February 22
FILM Blonde Venus Blonde Venus marks the fifth collaboration of Austrian director Josef von Sternberg with screen legend Marlene Dietrich. The charismatic Dietrich is, as ever, resplendent and attention-grabbing, whether she is playing the devoted mother and housewife, the seductive mistress or the glamorous cabaret singer. Here, she gets to sing three numbers, one of which, Hot Voodoo, provides the film’s artistic highpoint, with Dietrich emerging kinkily from a monkey suit to the sound of jungle drums in an atmosphere that is charged with wild eroticism. 8:30pm. Free. Poolside at W South Beach, 2201 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. For info: 305-938-3000
February 23 LECTURE Dalai Lama His Holiness, the Dalai Lama will give a talk on Global Compassion at the arena at D. Taft University Center, 1:30pm. $15. D. Taft University Arena, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Ave. Hollywood. For info: nova.edu/arena.
Art COLUMN
Celebrating Volunteerism at Disney World By Marguerite Gil megs@gate.net
Walt Disney World in Central Florida and Disneyland in California have come up with a fantastic idea that rewards volunteerism. The theme: “What Will You Celebrate?” this year. The first-of-a-kind program hopes to inspire 1 million people to volunteer service in 2010. Entitled “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day,” the promotion is the theme park’s way of thanking folks who volunteer. In return for their time, Disney will give volunteers a free one-day, one-park admission to Walt Disney World Resort or Disneyland Resort. Recently, volunteers and their families came from every state in America as well as Puerto Rico and Canada to meet some of the Disney characters waiting for them at the Orlando resort. Guests were treated to musical performances, hamburgers, hot dogs and soft drinks and introduced to a mammoth wall of canned goods formed into a huge sculpture. Tens of thousands of cans plus assorted boxes and bags of food items were used to create larger-than-life heads of Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto. Mickey’s famous head was shaped from cans of black olives, while cans of sliced pineapple made up Pluto’s eyes. Containers of Atlantic salmon were used to construct a portion of Goofy’s face and cans of tuna made up Donald’s hat. The sculpture contained approximately 44 tons of food destined to become more than 70,000 meals for the needy. Guinness World Records, the universally recognized authority on record-breaking achievements, authenticated the structure as the Largest Canned Food Structure ever created. After the event, volunteers dismantled the sculpture and sent food for the homeless to various cities in Florida, including Miami.
ABOVE: SOME OF THE LARGER CANS THAT FORMED THE BASE OF THE SCULPTURE CONTAINED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS TOO. LEFT: KERMIT THE FROG WITH FRIEND TY WELCOME EVERYONE TO "GIVE A DAY, GET A DISNEY DAY." BELOW: MICKEY MOUSE PEEKS OUT OF THE GIGANTIC SCULPTURE. - PHOTO CREDIT M. GIL
ABOVE: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS AUTHENTICATED THIS SCULPTURE AS THE LARGEST CANNED FOOD STRUCTURE EVER CREATED.
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Style COLUMN
RockStar Moms Give Peace a Chance By Jennifer Fragoso (fragosofashion@aim.com) Rockstarmoms is a line of fun, edgy, rock ‘n’ roll inspired maternity wear designed for hip moms-to-be who want something a little different. South Florida residents Andrea Zarchin and Marlene Perez purchased the fouryear-old company in September 2009. “We decided to buy the company because we loved the concept,” says the pair. “When I was pregnant, I could never find clothing that was RIGHT: ANDREA ZARCHIN AND stylish, looked good on me and was an accurate expression of who I was,” says Marlene. MARLENE PEREZ. BELOW: DAISY PEACE “So, when we found this company, I knew it would meet a need for moms like me.” TUBE. BELOW RIGHT: FIGHTER. Since taking over the company, Andrea and Marlene have incorporated eco-friendly FREEDOM BELOW LEFT: MAKE fabrics into the line, changed existing designs based on customer feedback and eliminated LOVE NOT WAR. designs they felt did not reflect the brand. Their Spring 2010 collection, appropriately titled “Peace Rocks,” is inspired by the concept of peace. As the duo puts it, “Who better to carry the message of peace than women carrying our future?” That statement typifies the rock ‘n’ roll spirit Andrea and Marlene are cultivating within their new line, which includes items like The Freedom Fighter Tube Top, featuring an image of Bob Marley, and the Make Love Not War Top emblazoned with the 1960s anthem. The tops can be worn with either a flirty skirt or a pair of Rockstarmoms leggings during and after pregnancy. The true testament to the style and quality of the line comes from customers who tell Marlene and Andrea, “Your clothes make me want to get pregnant again.” Whether you are pregnant or know someone who is expecting her own little rocker, go to rockstarmoms.com to shop the collection and “give peace a chance.”
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