Pioneer Winter is a funny, talented and brilliant dancer and choreographer. Plus, he has a great name! Winter graduated from Krop Senior High in 2006 and holds a B.A. in Psychology and a Masters degree in Public Health and Epidemiology from FIU. In 2007, Winter choreographed an adaptation of the musical Godspell, which was performed […]
Article · March 24, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
O, Miami is a county-wide poetry festival that will run during the month of April. Produced by the University of Wynwood and funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, O, Miami is a month-long series of events and traditional readings mixed with innovative poetry-in-public-places projects. The not so simple goal of the […]
Article · March 22, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Ever Chavez, founder and executive director of FUNDarte, wants you to support Miami’s diverse performing arts community during Miami On Stage, a multidisciplinary performing arts series featuring work by South Florida’s most talented performing artists. Now in its second year, Miami On Stage is an innovative collaboration with the FUNDarte and Miami-Dade County Auditorium and […]
Article · March 17, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Even though we only live 10 miles apart, I first met teacher, poet and The Rumpus poetry editor Brian Spears on Facebook. Where else would two poets meet? Brian Spears, like many of us, has lived an interesting life. He is a former forklift driver, Wal-Mart floor waxer and insurance, furniture, home electronics and automobile […]
Article · March 15, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Here & Now Festival 2011/Miami Made Weekend, a festival of new work by South Florida artists such as Octavio Campos, Ana Mendez, Letty Bassart, Liony Garcia and more, proved to be an overwhelming and reinvigorating experience for Miami theater goers craving Miami made work. Presented by the Miami Light Project and the Adrienne Arsht Center, […]
Article · March 8, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Catch the stars in Miami as they dazzle the audience to the intelligent music of Cole Porter. For one night only, on March 19, 2011, at 8:00 PM, the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, under the magical spell of conductor Keith Lockhart, comes to town and will feature three-time Tony award nominee Kelli O’Hara and Jason […]
Article · March 8, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
What brings a jewelry box, gas mask, cheese grater, pencil sharper, coffee grinder, fire extinguisher and other sonically inclined everyday objects to life? The FLEA (FIU Laptop & Electronic Arts) Ensemble does, and did, last Friday at the Wolfsonian-FIU. In their interpretation of David Tudor’s original Rainforest IV, the FLEA Ensemble selected objects in the […]
Article · March 8, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Elizabeth Doud, artistic director of Miami Dade College’s Cultura del Lobo series, is excited about Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People’s upcoming performance of Last Meadow, and you should be excited too. On Friday and Saturday, March 25 – 26, Gutierrez and company will invade The Colony Theater on Miami Beach with what is sure […]
Article · March 1, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Barry University’s Department of Fine Arts presents “What Do You Make?” the Taylor Mali Project, for three days of free public performances for the South Florida Community and one “special performance” (free of charge) for Dade County public, private and parochial schools. “What Do You Make?” brings award-winning director, actor, and educator Elena Garciato the […]
Article · February 24, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
Miami Light Project’s Here & Now: 2011 presents Si Vas a Sacar un Cuchillo, USAlo — If you are going to pull a knife, USAlo (USE it) — you’d better watch out because Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud are not afraid to use it. In this work of theater about the petroleum industry, unemployment and […]
Article · February 22, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
The Coral Gables Art Cinema celebrates the South Florida Premiere of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune, this Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune is a musical documentary portrait of the tumultuous 1960s and the unlikely folk hero and protest singer, Phil Ochs, who embodied the era. Over the course of […]
Article · February 16, 2011 by Neil de la Flor