This Tuesday, October 19th, is the deadline for the 2010 YoungArts national programs, which include YoungArts Week, In the Studio and Presidential Scholars in the Arts. But, if you miss the deadline, don’t worry. YoungArts will be around next year and the year after providing support and enrichment activities for the advancement of our nation’s […]
Article · October 18, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus presents the “One Soul, One Community” benefit concert for Haiti this Sunday, October 17th, starting at 2PM at the Cathedral of St. Mary. The performance will benefit the hundreds of Haitians displaced by the earthquake who are now living in Miami. The centerpiece of the program will feature a soul-stirring […]
Article · October 14, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
Lucas Leyva, playwright, filmmaker, founder and self-proclaimed Minister of the Interior of the Borsht Film Festival, wants to organize a petting zoo for Art Basel, which is a seriously cool idea. In this interview, Leyva discusses the subtle differences in his writing and directing style and comments on Miami’s evolving art and music scene. Leyva […]
Article · October 11, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
The second season of the raucous and quirky USpeak: Open Verse and Performance Series continues on Friday, Oct. 8, when University of Miami Creative Writing alumni return for a special Parents’ Weekend Reading. Among these distinguished alumni, teacher and journalist Mia Leonin (1995), author of Braid: Poems, Unraveling the Bed and Havana and Other Missing […]
Article · October 7, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
“Inkūb8 is on the edge of the district,” Heather Maloney says of her studio lab in Wynwood. “And, I want to make it a center.” Maloney has guts and a vision for the future of Miami’s emerging performance art scene. In my interview with Maloney, she elaborates on this vision and gives me a preview […]
Article · October 4, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
On Saturday, October 9th, The Oscar Fuentes Combo will perform original beat poetry during October’s Second Saturdays, Wynwood Art Walk. They’ll perform Fuentes’ latest beat-poem: “I Am A Crystal And Your Lips Are of Honey”. I first met Oscar Fuentes, before The Combo, in a creative writing workshop about ten years ago when we were […]
Article · September 30, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
Are you ready for Buika? On Saturday, November 20th, 2010 Buika–one of Spain’s most sensational and sensual voices–will perform at the Knight Concert Hall. When I first heard Buika’s “Mi Niña Lola“, I immediately thought of Volver, the acclaimed film from Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. I jumped out of my seat, ran to the TV […]
Article · September 27, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
This Friday night at Barry University’s Andreas center, check out the debut of the Maroon Chronicles—a heart-thumping featurette produced by the creative forces at Carnival Arts and written by teens from the Miami Bridge youth crisis shelter. According to the program notes, the Maroon Chronicles is about two teenagers in love who are abducted from a […]
Article · September 23, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
Vanessa Garcia, nominated for the Miami Herald’s “20 under 40” up-and-coming artists, has helped transform Miami’s theatre and writing community over the last few years. Her presence has added a new voice to the growing chorus. In fact, her theatre company, The Krane, has just returned from a successful showing of Two Islands: Island Blogospheres […]
Article · September 20, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
When I think about the question “what brings a poem to life”, Tigertail and the Miami Poetry Collective (MPC) have answered it with their new poetry annual. On Thursday, October 14th, Tigertail and the MPC will celebrate the launch of their 8th… poetry book, Tigertail, A South Florida Poetry Annual: Selected Collective, Poetry, Prose and […]
Article · September 16, 2010 by Neil de la Flor
Big smiles and high fives dominated the Fall for the Arts Festival on Sunday. Despite scorching heat, parents and kids swarmed Arsht Center grounds and were treated to a host of performances, acting and dancing workshops, seminars and arts & crafts tables. “This is awesome,” said Lani Lue when asked about the Breakdancing Workshop where […]
Article · September 13, 2010 by Neil de la Flor