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Today's Art Live Fair Profile 131 Projects

 

 

Gustavo Oviedo founder of 131 Projects, his motion graphics company is the designer of the Art Live 2012 logo and also one of the artists particpating in the event.  For Art Live 2012, Gustavo discusses his project which is a four-sided, interactive collage that invites the veiwers to participate in the art of collage making by entering the exhibition.

Countdown to ART LIVE FAIR

Just one week to the Art Live Fair to benefit Lotus House so we want to count you down each day with a profile of one of the artists involved.  We start with Liz Ferrer:

 

Liz Ferrer is part performer, part musician, part artist.  She's recently helped create Southernmost Situations an artist collective and she will be participating in the Art Live 2012 "happening."  In this video she talks about her love of things southernmost, her piece for Art Live and other matters.

Knight Asks You To Decide

South Floridians can decide which of five up-and-coming organizations should receive $20,000 as part of the first Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award. To vote, watch the nominees’ videos at KnightArts.org/peopleschoice and then text to support your favorite. The nominees are: 6th Street Dance Studio, a nonprofit studio in Little Havana, Arts Garage, a cultural hub in Palm Beach, FUNDarte, producing multicultural exhibits and performances, LAB Miami, a co-working space at the intersection of art and business, and Urgent, Inc., working in part with the arts to revitalize urban communities. Now in its fifth year, the Knight Arts Challenge is a community-wide contest for the best ideas for the arts. Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the challenge has invested $17 million in projects that help bring South Florida together through culture.

Watch the videos and then vote for your choice:

6th Street Dance Studio:

Urgent Inc.

FUNDarte:

Arts Garage:

LAB Miami

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09/21/2012

Coming to the MBFI

Over the past few weeks we've met with some of the authors scheduled to appear at the 2012 Miami Book Fair International thanks to our friends at "Books and Books."

Take a look at some of the interviews and then make your plans to see the authors live at the book fair.

 

 

Irvine Welsh

Debra Dean

Michael Grunwald

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07/12/2012

A Midsummer Night's Disco?

The Donkey Show, which will open a limited run this summer at the Adrienne Arsht Center, is described as Shakespeare meets Saturday Night Fever.  (Imagine John Travolta as Bottom?)

 

Yeah, we were a little confused too.

 

Maybe this video will help straighten things out (maybe not).  Regardless, it looks like a lot of fun and the back story on the promotional videos is definitely a "Made In Miami" moment.  Take a look.

 

 

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06/25/2012

Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival

Some sights and sounds from the 2nd Annual Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival, June 23, 2012.

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06/20/2012

The Presidents Club

"Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs have taken us inside one of the most powerful and unusual families in American life – the brotherhood of former presidents of the United States.  Political junkies, historians, psychologists and main street citizens will find the tales of friendship, envy, conspiracy, competition and common cause irresistible."
-Tom Brokaw, bestselling author of The Greatest Generation

 The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches closed its season by taking you inside the  world's most exclusive fraternity.  TIME magazine editors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, authors of The New York Times bestseller The Presidents Club, talked about the secret society of presidents and what binds the Bushes and Obama in a bipartisan way – overriding both politics and party.


Nancy Gibbs is the deputy managing editor of TIME magazine and coauthor with Michael Duffy of The New York Times bestseller The Preacher and the Presidents:  Billy Graham in the White House.  Named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the 10 best magazine writers in the country, she is the author of more than 150 TIME cover stories.

Michael Duffy is a TIME executive editor and directs the coverage of presidents, politics and national affairs for the magazine.  He joined TIME in 1985 as a Pentagon correspondent and ever since has covered Congress, the White House, national politics and national security.  He has appeared regularly on PBS’s “Washington Week” for the past 15 years.

 

 

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06/18/2012

The Edge of Our Bodies

Adam Rapp's "The Edge of Our Bodies" is the final play of the season for the Mosaic Theatre in Plantation.  The play was a tremendous hit at this year's Humana Festival andpresents the story of Bernadette, sixteen, on the train from her New England private school to New York City to give her boyfriend some big news. Achingly articulate about all she can't know or control, this play captures a young woman at the threshold of vulnerability and experience.

Bernadette is played by Lexi Langs, herself not much older than the character, which makes th shocking moments all the more shocking.  The play is clearly as challenging for the young performer as it is for the audience, but it is a rie we all convincingly take together. And as with most of the Mosaic productions, it shouldn't be missed. 

We had a chance to sit with Lexi and talk about her role and the why this one woman show was a part she knew she wanted to play.

 

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The Art of Edward Gorey

The Norton Museum of Art opens it s summer exhibition schedule on the evening of June 7, 2012 with Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey. Gorey is among the rare breed of artist whose work is as much beloved by children as it is by adults.

The exhibition includes more than 150 drawings that Gorey, who died in 2000 at 75, created for many of his books, including The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Unstrung Harp, The Gilded Bat, among others. An illuminating array of sketchbooks, illustrated envelopes, book-cover ideas, and theatrical costume designs are also included in the exhibition. The exhibition, which is organized by the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust and Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA, runs through Sept. 2, 2012. Mention the name of the late artist and illustrator and adjectives such as ghoulish, gothic, and well, gory, often come to mind. But that’s not even half the story says noted art historian, curator, and author Karen Wilkin who was also a friend of the artist, and has worked diligently to set the Gorey story straight. She is the author, or co-author of three books about the artist, including Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey (2009), which also serves as the catalog for the exhibition.

 

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06/11/2012

Freeman by Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Freeman, a new novel from writer Leonard Pitts Jr. jolts you back to the chaos of post-Civil War America. At a time when families of slaves were freed — but not necessarily together.

We had a chance to speak with Mr. Pitts prior to a reading at Books and Books in Coral Gables.

 

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Over the past few weeks we've met with some of the authors scheduled to appear at the 2012 Miami Book Fair International thanks to our friends at "Books and Books."

Take a look at some of the interviews and then make your plans to see the authors live at the book fair.

 

 

Irvine Welsh

Debra Dean

Michael Grunwald

The Donkey Show, which will open a limited run this summer at the Adrienne Arsht Center, is described as Shakespeare meets Saturday Night Fever.  (Imagine John Travolta as Bottom?)

 

Yeah, we were a little confused too.

 

Maybe this video will help straighten things out (maybe not).  Regardless, it looks like a lot of fun and the back story on the promotional videos is definitely a "Made In Miami" moment.  Take a look.

 

 

Some sights and sounds from the 2nd Annual Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival, June 23, 2012.

"Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs have taken us inside one of the most powerful and unusual families in American life – the brotherhood of former presidents of the United States.  Political junkies, historians, psychologists and main street citizens will find the tales of friendship, envy, conspiracy, competition and common cause irresistible."
-Tom Brokaw, bestselling author of The Greatest Generation

 The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches closed its season by taking you inside the  world's most exclusive fraternity.  TIME magazine editors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, authors of The New York Times bestseller The Presidents Club, talked about the secret society of presidents and what binds the Bushes and Obama in a bipartisan way – overriding both politics and party.


Nancy Gibbs is the deputy managing editor of TIME magazine and coauthor with Michael Duffy of The New York Times bestseller The Preacher and the Presidents:  Billy Graham in the White House.  Named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the 10 best magazine writers in the country, she is the author of more than 150 TIME cover stories.

Michael Duffy is a TIME executive editor and directs the coverage of presidents, politics and national affairs for the magazine.  He joined TIME in 1985 as a Pentagon correspondent and ever since has covered Congress, the White House, national politics and national security.  He has appeared regularly on PBS’s “Washington Week” for the past 15 years.

 

 

Forum Club Presidents Club Pt.1 Forum Club Presidents Club Pt.2 Forum Club Presidents Club Pt.3

Adam Rapp's "The Edge of Our Bodies" is the final play of the season for the Mosaic Theatre in Plantation.  The play was a tremendous hit at this year's Humana Festival andpresents the story of Bernadette, sixteen, on the train from her New England private school to New York City to give her boyfriend some big news. Achingly articulate about all she can't know or control, this play captures a young woman at the threshold of vulnerability and experience.

Bernadette is played by Lexi Langs, herself not much older than the character, which makes th shocking moments all the more shocking.  The play is clearly as challenging for the young performer as it is for the audience, but it is a rie we all convincingly take together. And as with most of the Mosaic productions, it shouldn't be missed. 

We had a chance to sit with Lexi and talk about her role and the why this one woman show was a part she knew she wanted to play.

 

The Norton Museum of Art opens it s summer exhibition schedule on the evening of June 7, 2012 with Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey. Gorey is among the rare breed of artist whose work is as much beloved by children as it is by adults.

The exhibition includes more than 150 drawings that Gorey, who died in 2000 at 75, created for many of his books, including The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Unstrung Harp, The Gilded Bat, among others. An illuminating array of sketchbooks, illustrated envelopes, book-cover ideas, and theatrical costume designs are also included in the exhibition. The exhibition, which is organized by the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust and Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA, runs through Sept. 2, 2012. Mention the name of the late artist and illustrator and adjectives such as ghoulish, gothic, and well, gory, often come to mind. But that’s not even half the story says noted art historian, curator, and author Karen Wilkin who was also a friend of the artist, and has worked diligently to set the Gorey story straight. She is the author, or co-author of three books about the artist, including Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey (2009), which also serves as the catalog for the exhibition.

 

Freeman, a new novel from writer Leonard Pitts Jr. jolts you back to the chaos of post-Civil War America. At a time when families of slaves were freed — but not necessarily together.

We had a chance to speak with Mr. Pitts prior to a reading at Books and Books in Coral Gables.

 

Coming to the MBFI

Over the past few weeks we've met with some of the authors scheduled to appear at the 2012 Miami Book Fair International thanks to our friends at "Books and Books."

Take a look at some of the interviews and then make your plans to see the authors live at the book fair.

 

 

Irvine Welsh

Debra Dean

Michael Grunwald

A Midsummer Night's Disco?

The Donkey Show, which will open a limited run this summer at the Adrienne Arsht Center, is described as Shakespeare meets Saturday Night Fever.  (Imagine John Travolta as Bottom?)

 

Yeah, we were a little confused too.

 

Maybe this video will help straighten things out (maybe not).  Regardless, it looks like a lot of fun and the back story on the promotional videos is definitely a "Made In Miami" moment.  Take a look.

 

 

Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival

Some sights and sounds from the 2nd Annual Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival, June 23, 2012.

The Presidents Club

"Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs have taken us inside one of the most powerful and unusual families in American life – the brotherhood of former presidents of the United States.  Political junkies, historians, psychologists and main street citizens will find the tales of friendship, envy, conspiracy, competition and common cause irresistible."
-Tom Brokaw, bestselling author of The Greatest Generation

 The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches closed its season by taking you inside the  world's most exclusive fraternity.  TIME magazine editors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, authors of The New York Times bestseller The Presidents Club, talked about the secret society of presidents and what binds the Bushes and Obama in a bipartisan way – overriding both politics and party.


Nancy Gibbs is the deputy managing editor of TIME magazine and coauthor with Michael Duffy of The New York Times bestseller The Preacher and the Presidents:  Billy Graham in the White House.  Named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the 10 best magazine writers in the country, she is the author of more than 150 TIME cover stories.

Michael Duffy is a TIME executive editor and directs the coverage of presidents, politics and national affairs for the magazine.  He joined TIME in 1985 as a Pentagon correspondent and ever since has covered Congress, the White House, national politics and national security.  He has appeared regularly on PBS’s “Washington Week” for the past 15 years.

 

 

Forum Club Presidents Club Pt.1 Forum Club Presidents Club Pt.2 Forum Club Presidents Club Pt.3

The Edge of Our Bodies

Adam Rapp's "The Edge of Our Bodies" is the final play of the season for the Mosaic Theatre in Plantation.  The play was a tremendous hit at this year's Humana Festival andpresents the story of Bernadette, sixteen, on the train from her New England private school to New York City to give her boyfriend some big news. Achingly articulate about all she can't know or control, this play captures a young woman at the threshold of vulnerability and experience.

Bernadette is played by Lexi Langs, herself not much older than the character, which makes th shocking moments all the more shocking.  The play is clearly as challenging for the young performer as it is for the audience, but it is a rie we all convincingly take together. And as with most of the Mosaic productions, it shouldn't be missed. 

We had a chance to sit with Lexi and talk about her role and the why this one woman show was a part she knew she wanted to play.

 

The Art of Edward Gorey

The Norton Museum of Art opens it s summer exhibition schedule on the evening of June 7, 2012 with Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey. Gorey is among the rare breed of artist whose work is as much beloved by children as it is by adults.

The exhibition includes more than 150 drawings that Gorey, who died in 2000 at 75, created for many of his books, including The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Unstrung Harp, The Gilded Bat, among others. An illuminating array of sketchbooks, illustrated envelopes, book-cover ideas, and theatrical costume designs are also included in the exhibition. The exhibition, which is organized by the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust and Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA, runs through Sept. 2, 2012. Mention the name of the late artist and illustrator and adjectives such as ghoulish, gothic, and well, gory, often come to mind. But that’s not even half the story says noted art historian, curator, and author Karen Wilkin who was also a friend of the artist, and has worked diligently to set the Gorey story straight. She is the author, or co-author of three books about the artist, including Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey (2009), which also serves as the catalog for the exhibition.

 

Freeman by Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Freeman, a new novel from writer Leonard Pitts Jr. jolts you back to the chaos of post-Civil War America. At a time when families of slaves were freed — but not necessarily together.

We had a chance to speak with Mr. Pitts prior to a reading at Books and Books in Coral Gables.