Above: Evening 9:10, 461 Lenox Avenue, 1964; Art © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Since its inception the Pérez Art Museum Miami has sought to establish itself as a showcase for the best in contemporary art while also reflecting the cultural diversity of South Florida. One approach has been to program shows such as “Sun Splashed,” a survey of works by Jamaican-born, New York-based artist Nari Ward, or […]
Article · February 16, 2016 by Fernando González
Skateboarders perform in a half-pipe on the National YoungArts Foundation campus in Miami as jazz pianist Jason Moran and his band perform. Photo: Michael D. Bolden on Flickr. Jazz is an art form informed by paradoxes: Improvisation is shaped by meticulous planning; freedom is built off respect from an ever-present canon; individuality, encouraged and […]
Article · February 9, 2016 by Fernando González
February has long been a month of remembrance and celebration of African-American culture. But with Black Tech Week, an event focusing on technology, entrepreneurship and people of color, author and entrepreneur Felecia Hatcher, wants to change the narrative. As co-founder of Black Tech Week, she wants a Black History Month 2.0. “Since I was a […]
Article · February 8, 2016 by Fernando González
Photos: Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibarguen and Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron followed a screening of the movie “Spotlight.” Credit: Rosemary D’Amour. “Spotlight” is a film with no car chases, explosions or intergalactic battles. An action scene here might be someone with a pen and a ruler checking names in a book or running to the courthouse to get, just before closing, some previously sealed documents. Victory here […]
Article · January 27, 2016 by Fernando González
Gabe Klein talks about building better cities and his new book during an appearance on Jan. 13, 2016 at The Idea Center at Miami Dade College. Photo by George Abbott. Nothing like a tortuous, stop-and-go, 50-minute drive to travel just 9.9 miles from Miami Beach to downtown Miami to be reminded of the importance, and impact, of streets and modes of transportation in our daily lives. Managing the often competing needs of city transportation while bringing private entrepreneurship to the public realm was, […]
Article · January 17, 2016 by Fernando González
Above: Firelei Báez work at Pérez Art Museum Miami. Photo via PAMM. Identity and racial politics in the United States and the Caribbean are central themes in the work of Brooklyn-based, Dominican-born artist Firelei Báez, whose smart, powerful exhibit “Bloodlines” is at the Pérez Art Museum Miami through March. Báez´s work, and her concerns, served as […]
Article · January 14, 2016 by Fernando González
Photo above: Sime MIA host Oka Ahlvarsson at New World Center in 2014. Photo courtesy Sime MIA. The idea of Sime MIA, a two-day conference in South Florida about technology, media, business and the arts, is simple and effective: Bring together some of the brightest minds in the digital world in a creative setting to facilitate the exchange of ideas, business deals and networking. Not many tech business gatherings […]
Article · November 19, 2015 by Fernando González
Miami Book Fair International photos by Michael D. Bolden on Flickr. Even in the sprawling, something-for-everybody diversity of the Miami Book Fair, a pop-up lounge and outdoor space that offers not only books but also bocce, poetry accompanied by Miami-made “booty” tracks, a taste of a local brewery, and music performances, gets an “only-in-Miami” shrug […]
Article · November 12, 2015 by Fernando González
2014 National Book Awards panel at Miami Book Fair. Photo courtesy Miami Book Fair. The Miami Book Fair, which takes place throughout the downtown campus of Miami Dade College Nov. 15-22, is as much a literary and cultural event as a community celebration. There are readings and panels and bookselling booths, but also a street fair atmosphere and places such as The Swamp where the stories might be told […]
Article · November 12, 2015 by Fernando González
Photo credit: Michael D. Bolden on Flickr. “I know it’s a cliché, but we are back by popular demand,” said Nico Berardi, managing director of Accelerated Growth Partners, opening the second Angel Education Series at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management campus in Coral Gables, Wednesday. “We had six sessions at the beginning of the year […]
Article · November 4, 2015 by Fernando González
Miami City Ballet dancers in Viscera. Photo © Kyle Froman. Miami City Ballet opens its 30th anniversary season with a program that celebrates its history while embracing its future. It includes company premieres (such as Peter Martin’s “Barber Violin Concerto” and Justin Peck’s “Year of the Rabbit”) as well as revivals, such as British choreographer Liam […]
Article · October 23, 2015 by Fernando González