“Anna in the Tropics” Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Anna in the Tropics,” comes to the Colony Theatre on Miami Beach Nov. 22-24. The play is presented by FUNDarte and Teatro El Público, in collaboration with the Cuban Theater Digital Archive and University of Miami’s Departments of Theatre Arts and Modern Languages and Literatures and […]
Article · November 18, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
Whether or not Adrian Matejka wins the National Book Award in Poetry on November 21st, he will be in town on November 22nd celebrating with O, Miami and District 44 at The Big Book Party, an event honoring Matejka’s book, The Big Smoke. Adrian Matejka. The Big Smoke is about legendary boxer Jack Johnson, who became the […]
Article · November 14, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
I’m coming out. My name is Neil de la Flor, and I’m the Executive Director of Reading Queer and a writer for Knight Arts. Reading Queer, which won a 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Grant, seeks to establish Miami as a diverse and vibrant center for queer literature. Our mission is to transform the lives of the […]
Article · November 11, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
Belaxis Buil is a keen, acute and intuitive artist. She is also a woman and mother. Through years of a seemingly fantasized life by others, Corbusier’s own self, Buil has been hit on the head by the weight and realities of life—making her a hybrid humane human in constant evaluation of herself and human behavior. […]
Article · November 7, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
Mad King Thomas is simply trying to make things more awesome—and this is awesome! Through November 9th, the choreographic collaborators of Mad King Thomas—Tara King, Theresa Madaus and Monica Thomas—will be the carefree creative triad of Artists in Residence at Inkub8. Mad King Thomas. Mad King Thomas, founded in 2004, has evolved to create small […]
Article · November 4, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
Politics and poetry don’t always mix even though the art of politics depends upon the keen oratory skills of the poet. Under threat of death from the Mugabe government, Zimbabwean author Chenjerai Hove is coming to Miami Beach to speak at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 6th at ArtCenter/SouthFlorida on Lincoln Road. Chenjerai Hove. Hove […]
Article · November 2, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
Marissa Alma Nick’s “Cask” is a visually orgasmic, exquisitely lit, yet awkwardly chaotic and exhaustive retelling of Edgar Allen Poe’s macabre classic short story, “The Cask of Amontillado.” Although Nick sticks to Poe’s story of revenge, her production and script radically U-turns away from Poe’s fundamental gift as a writer—that is his ability to psychologically […]
Article · October 29, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
The most astonishing thing about the avant-garde dance company Pilobolus is that their performance at the Arsht reminded me of one universal truth—that life is constant motion. Even when we are asleep and are at our stillest moments, invisible electrons simultaneously spin and orbit around the nuclei of every atom in us and in the […]
Article · October 26, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
“We are bringing a whole new program for the Miami audience this year, including the brand new Houdini-esque collaboration with Penn& Teller and another raucous romp with frequent collaborator Trish Sie.” – Renee Jaworski, associate artistic director of Pilobolus “Transformation.” Photo by John Kane We all need a little magic in our lives, and Pilobolus […]
Article · October 24, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
Marissa Alma Nick takes on Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of of Amontillado” in “Cask,” a risky surrealist performance piece set to open next Thursday and Friday (October 24-25) at 9 p.m. at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium. Taking on iconic works by iconic writers, such as Poe, can prove fatal when adapting them for live theater, […]
Article · October 17, 2013 by Neil de la Flor
No one remembers Juana; almost everything’s forgotten in time, and if I tell her story, it’s only when guessing what she loved, what she dreamed about, the lost details of a life that barely survives history. —Erin Belieu from “For Catherine: Juana, Infanta of Navarre” Erin Belieu. Photo by Neil de la Flor This is […]
Article · October 14, 2013 by Neil de la Flor