National Arts Program encourages city employees to find their inner artists Regular visitors to Miami Beach City Hall are accustomed to fourth floor art exhibits as standard practice – and as routinely forgettable. “It seems to be that as a rule, public art is pretty lame,” said one frequent city hall guest who did not [...]
People in the Community You Should Know – The Man Behind the Piano Bar Who are you? I am the person who people think I am. A son – Restaurant Owner
What do you do in real life? I try to do good things.
Imagine our surprise when we found 41st Street all but deserted one recent mid-afternoon and could actually stroll across it absent the usual honking cacophony that’s so helpful in making us sprint (remember, the light changes about 7 seconds in, so step lively and don’t mind the snarls of the drivers as they rush past on their way to the next traffic light).
There IS Miami Art beyond Romero Britto, I promise! The Four Seasons Hotel on Brickell has two amazing and ginormous bronze sculptures by Colombian artist Fernando Botero. Of course these happen to be located “inside” the lobby which leaves a question about art in public places in Miami. Hmmm, could it be a vandalism issue?
For the past 75 years, Miami Beach High School football team plays all their games at the football stadium in Flamingo Park, Miami Beach. NOT Maurice Gibb Memorial Park.
The football stadium has already been funded and a master plan approved to undergo a $1.2M renovation. This renovation includes an $800,000 artificial turf field. So where the hell do you get off saying the football team is “forgotten”.
Head to the opening reception of Bubble Raft, a new group exhibit at the Dorsch Gallery focusing on the bubble in sculpture and paintings. Live music by Boise Bob and His Backyard Band, Dino Felipe, Pocket of Lollipops, Viking Funeral and Otto von Schirach. Featuring works by: Bhakti Baxter, Christopher Bradley, Bruce Conkle, Robin Griffiths, [...]
Ladies aaaaand gentlemen! Welcome to our end-of-summer smackdown, where highbrow and lowbrow duke it out for your movie dollar. In the red state corner, coming in at $65.4 million and counting, are the testosterone-fueled escapades of the Botox Patrol, those monosyllabic freedom fighters, give it up for Sylvester Stallone and The ExPEEEENNdables! And in the [...]
What makes you happier: sex or money? Of course we all want both, but which is more influential to long-term happiness: luscious lovemaking or copious cash? Since the lobster roll at Smith and Wollensky’s is pretty important to my happiness, that’s where I began studying the issue last Friday. I arrived just as the sunset [...]
September 10, 2010 marks Fashion’s Night Out. The after hours shopping event organized in 2009 by American Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, NYC & Company, and the City of New York to boost sales of full priced merchandise along with customer confidence while ultimately celebrating the art of fashion is back. Or [...]
Friday, September 3 Fabulous First Friday at the Miami Museum of Science is an evening of laser lights and stars. Free Planetarium Star Show at 7:30pm and rooftop observatory viewing 8:30pm – 10pm. Check out Miami Science Museum’s Famous Laser Shows in the Planetarium. Listen to the Best of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley [...]
FROM ED SULLIVAN TO ABBEY ROAD! – They look like them and they sound just like them. All the music and vocals are performed totally live. RAIN covers the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days.
Join the Easter Seals of South Florida for a free luncheon and fundraiser on August 26, at the Bank United Center at the University of Miami. The event starts promptly at 11:30 a.m. in the Hurricane 100 room and ends at 12:30 p.m. One of the main objectives is to inform and educate guests on all of the “miracles” the Easter Seals South Florida provides
