Above: Ommi Pipit-Suksun in Giselle, courtesy Silicon Valley Ballet by Chris Hardy. Cuban dancer José Manuel Carreño, artistic director of the Silicon Valley Ballet, has spoken of his dream of taking the company to Cuba. For now, he is bringing Cuba to San José. On Oct. 16-18, the Silicon Valley Ballet will be performing the classic […]
Article · October 12, 2015 by Fernando González
Photo credit: World Red Eye. The first floor gallery at the headquarters of the National YoungArts Foundation in Miami suggested an archeological site Thursday. There were mounds of seemingly freshly unearthed artifacts, ghostly white chalk replicas of objects that, not that long ago, were the symbols of modernity: Walkmans, Polaroid cameras, BlackBerrys, boom boxes, the […]
Article · September 29, 2015 by Fernando González
Photo by Sara McCranie/The Center for Writing and Literature at Miami Dade College It was only fitting that a reading by author Salman Rushdie of his latest book, “Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights,” a novel whose central character is a genie named Lightning Princess, was preceded by a sudden South Florida tropical storm […]
Article · September 25, 2015 by Fernando González
Nu Deco Ensemble Debut Concert Highlights via YouTube This post has been updated. The attention received and the impact achieved, in such short time, by the Nu Deco Ensemble, a Miami-based collective billed as a 21st century chamber orchestra, suggests not only great musical quality but smart thinking and auspicious timing. The group’s debut on […]
Article · September 25, 2015 by Fernando González
Two and half years after its inception, “ANDY: A Popera,” a daring cabaret-opera mash-up developed by the Bearded Ladies, a cabaret company, in collaboration with Opera Philadelphia, has its world premiere at a warehouse in North Philadelphia tonight, Sept. 10. The new work, part of the Fringe Festival, was funded in part by a Knight […]
Article · September 10, 2015 by Fernando González
Tomorrow’s Audience Today. Rick Horrow, CEO of Horrow Sports Ventures and a pioneer in the business of sports, teed up the SportsManias Digital Media Summit, a daylong forum in Miami last Friday, with just a couple strokes. He spoke of how Super Bowl I, played in 1967, was broadcast simultaneously by CBS and NBC, something […]
Article · August 28, 2015 by Fernando González
Oren Simanian, founder of StarTAU. The Idea Center at Miami Dade College and Star TAU, Tel Aviv University’s entrepreneurship center, signed a knowledge-sharing agreement Friday, linking the vibrant entrepreneurial and high-tech communities in South Florida and Israel. “This collaboration is testament to the type of synergy we want to see in Miami—with one initiative, in […]
Article · August 26, 2015 by Fernando González
At Miami Culinary Institute, Aug. 14 lunch (picadillo with rice and beans and meatloaf with mashed potatoes) l to r: Tomas Bilbao, Cuba Study Group; Luis Alberto Alfonso Pérez, Michael Alejandro Calvo Oviedo, Gilberto Smith Álvarez and Yamilet Magariño Andux. Photo by Fernando González. Four Cuban chefs and their South Florida hosts intently watched big screens at Miami Dade College’s Miami Culinary Institute last Friday as the American flag rose over the United States embassy in Havana. The import of the symbolic moment was inescapable. The once improbable event also served as an exclamation point […]
Article · August 18, 2015 by Fernando González
Tech.Co’s Startup of the Year Competition and Mixer, celebrated in Miami Beach Thursday, showcased an intriguing, wide-ranging mix of ideas and products. There were apps to connect users through sports (SportsBuddy); offering face-to-face video messaging (Tracks) and helping people donate to their favorite charity (Traca); sites connecting patients and dentists (123 Patient Portal) and to […]
Article · August 5, 2015 by Fernando González
Call it a sign of the times for South Florida, but an event titled “How to Fund a Startup” had a full house of hackers, entrepreneurs and investors in Miami Beach, on a Wednesday evening. Organized by LatAm Tech Miami under the auspices of eMerge Americas, the gathering at the newly opened WeWork space featured […]
Article · August 5, 2015 by Fernando González
An entrepreneurial ecosystem is more than the serendipitous sum of its parts. For South Florida, having a good number of enterprising bright minds, low labor costs, strong universities and a privileged location is a good start. But somewhere between skepticism and hype, funding and educated investors remain essential in developing an entrepreneurial community — especially […]
Article · July 30, 2015 by Fernando González