After a two-year sabbatical, Octavio Campos is back, and he is excited about the future. Right now Campos is in the theatrical midst and mist of creating the initial raw choreographic sketches for a new set of solo (socio-political) sketches—“PLEASE DON’T HATE ME!!!” and “Mermaids, Porn Stars and Pigs”—that he will present during the Florida […]
Article · January 4, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
SpeakOUT, Tigertail’s Gay & Lesbian Teen Spoken Word Project, welcomes Lenelle Moïse for a week of workshops and performance. Moise is a lesbian and award-winning Haitian-American poet laureate, playwright, essayist, composer and nationally touring artist who creates intimate, fiery politicized texts about the intersection of race, class, gender, sexuality, spirituality, culture and resistance. She will […]
Article · January 4, 2011 by Neil de la Flor
The new downtown Miami Jewish cultural center, Next@19th, partners with The CAJE Miami Jewish Film Festival to present JewView—a new three-part miniseries aimed at tying Jewish films into community building and dialogue. There will also be a game of schtickball, movie discussion Groups and a klezmer jam session with Frank London to kick-off the mini-series. […]
Article · December 31, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
This year Emma Trelles won the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize for her forthcoming collection of poems Tropicalia (University of Notre Dame Press, 2011) and I can’t wait to get my copy. Silvia Curbelo, 2010 Andres Montoya Poetry Prize judge, wrote that Tropicalia’s “vast creative energy drew from many different sources to shape a new hybrid most […]
Article · December 22, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
The holidays are here and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (love it!) is playing at the Arsht Center however I decided to do something different Saturday night. I attended Sweat Records’ Vegan Potluck Dinner for delicious vegan food and live storytelling by Matt Gajewski’s Pure Imagination. The all-vegan menu featured Lolo Reskin’s Sheperd’s Pie and Sara […]
Article · December 20, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
Tigertail’s 2010-2011 season has kept poetry alive and fire-breathing all around South Florida. Coming up next: WordSpeak. Tigertail’s teen spoken word project will celebrate a book launch and reading at Books & Books on Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. And I hope to see all of you there! This spoken word teen project is […]
Article · December 16, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
Tis’ the season for satire! This December 14th, the long-running uber-popular Off-Broadway Tony award-winning musical comedy Forbidden Broadway opens at the Arsht Center for a limited two-week run. Forbidden Broadway lovingly roasts and skewers Broadway’s biggest and most popular shows and stars. This witty and rambuncous show promises to deliver big laughs in rapid-fire delivery […]
Article · December 13, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
It’s short notice but this Saturday, Dec. 11, the innovative and awe-inspiring Hubbard Street Dance Company will take your breath away at the Arsht Center. Their imaginative international repertory includes works by the world’s greatest choreographers with repertory pieces by Ohad Naharin, Jirí Kylián and Alejandro Cerrudo with music by Mason Bates. I’ve never seen Hubbard Street […]
Article · December 8, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
Dance Now! Ensemble (DNE) launches its 11th season Dec. 17 at its new home in the fabulous Little Haiti Cultural Center. With its wide open spaces and illuminating layout, the Little Haiti Cultural Center is the perfect location for this evocative, thought provoking performance that is set to music from Radiohead, Philip Glass, Uakti and […]
Article · December 6, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
It’s time. It’s here. It’s Art Basel 2010. And, if you’re not overwhelmed yet by all of the uber-fabulous art, it’s time to hop on your bike and cycle down to Wynwood for a ‘performing’ arts event that’s good for the environment and your body! Street.Art.Cycles and Primary Flight are running curated, three-mile tours of […]
Article · December 2, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
Zoetic Stage, a newly formed company founded by Michael McKeever and Stuart Meltzer, kicks off its inaugural season with South Beach Babylon this Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 at the Carnival Studio Theater at the Arsht Center. Written by the three time Carbonell Award winner for Best New Work Michael McKeever, South Beach Babylon explores the […]
Article · November 30, 2010 by Neil de la Flor