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Miami Beach Native Michele Oka Doner Leaves Footprint on ‘Aspen Ideas: Climate’ Conference
By Elisa Turner
The May conference in Miami is the first time the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Aspen Institute has addressed climate change, where it is bringing together local and international policy makers, scientific experts, corporate leaders, and other stakeholders.
read moreCulture, Politics, and Romance in Miami New Drama’s “The Cuban Vote”
By Christine Dolen
“The Cuban Vote” – written by and starring Carmen Pelaez – embroils her character in a race for Miami mayor, with a distinct romantic undercurrent loosely inspired by William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” Miami New Drama’s production at The Colony Theatre is directed by Loretta Greco and co-stars Kristian Bikic, Marcela Paguaga, Evelyn Perez, Jonathan Nichols-Navarro, and Andhy Mendez.
read more“Opera . . . From a Sistah’s Point of View”
Angela Brown’s “The biggest misconception about opera is that it is only for an elitist audience,” Brown says. “Anyone can enjoy opera if they choose. Anyone can see themselves in the stories.” Along with the Florida Grand Opera, Brown will present two performances, at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28, at Miami’s HISTORIC HAMPTON HOUSE Strict COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions will be in place, including mandatory face coverings.
read moreLong Distance Affair
The new joint production from Miami’s Juggerknot Theatre Co. and New York’s PopUP Theatrics – available at longdistanceaffair.info from May 23-30 – just happens to be a trailblazing example of a form that theater may utilize more frequently in the future.
read more“Miami Motel Stories” Comes to North Beach
Beginning with “Miami Motel Stories: Little Havana” in 2017, Juggerknot Theatre Co. has continued to create immersive theater in an idiosyncratic, widely embraced way.
read more‘Kilombo’ at IPC ArtSpace
“Kilombo” at IPC ArtSpace Pays Homage to African Culture in Brazil.
read moreCity Theatre Presents “The Cake”
America’s culture wars get an illuminating skirmish in “The Cake,” Bekah Brunstetter’s play about a North Carolina woman named Jen, who returns to her hometown from Brooklyn to plan the traditional wedding of her dreams.
read moreSTUPID MODEL
a Timely Story of Sexism in the Seventies
It’s 1973, and top model Janice Dickinson says to Bee Berger, “I’m Super Model, and you’re Stupid Model.” Just two weeks out of high school, Bee leaves home and puts herself on the doorstep of Christa’s modeling agency in Paris. Climbing the stairs, big photographs of famous models intimidate her. Christa looks her up and down, flips through her portfolio and says, “too tall for us.” Bee says she works all the time in Holland. “Do you do nude?” Christa asks. “I came for the couture shows,” Bee says, “and I don’t do topless.” Bee...
read moreMeeting Thrity Umrigar
Thrity Umrigar spent the first portion of her breakfast salon at The Betsy-South Beach, touting her good friend and fellow novelist Debra Dean, who was there to introduce her. Anyone not familiar with Umrigar might have taken her for a doting aunt — spelling Dean’s name for the audience so they can look up her books—but they became friends ten years before when Dean’s first novel, The Madonnas of Leningrad, and Umrigar’s breakout novel, The Space Between Us, came out within days of each other, from the same publishing company, the same...
read moreBetween Worlds
Henthorne is an international award-winning artist who works in the medium of high contrast black-and-white photography. He currently resides in Florida, but spends many months abroad, capturing the intersection of ocean and earth. ”Between Worlds” is his latest series of images and is a visual journey where earth, sea and sky unite. For this body of work, Henthorne collaborated with Andres Amador. Amador is an EarthScape artist who uses natural materials in wild settings to create breathtaking works of art. His canvas, a wide expanse...
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