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As you may have noticed, Flavorpill Miami didn't hit your inbox last week, as we're taking a break for the rest of the summer. We'll be in touch soon with info on what's next, but until then, check the site for all the happenings that are still happening.
All events on Saturday December 29
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- Mellowdrone
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10pm) @ White Room
- Modular's newest pickup, LA's Mellowdrone swing through Poplife this Saturday. The trio caught the Aussie powerhouse label's attention with its offbeat sound, combining seasoned rock... View details »
- Music: Jazz/Blues
- Cyrus Chestnut
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club
- Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut takes a seat behind the Bösendorfer tonight at Arturo's. Chestnut has done everything from popular outings with Isaac Hayes and Bette... View details »
- Film
- Of Love and Eggs
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (7pm) @ Cinema Paradiso
- Indonesian director Garin Nugroho's Of Love and Eggs might feel like a made-for-Muslim-TV movie, but that's only because its rendering of the everyday is... View details »
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- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Pablo Cano
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami More times »
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- A Dadaist sensibility and a refined knowledge of bricolage inform Pablo Cano's inventive, found-object marionettes. For his new production — the tenth commissioned by MOCA... View details »
- Art
- Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Miami Art Museum More times »
- The Miami Art Museum's MAC@MAM program launches its first much-anticipated exhibit: 11 installations by husband-and-wife team Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. The title piece... View details »
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- Haitian Dining at Tap Tap
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (5pm) @ Tap Tap More times »
- Those who've passed a lazy evening in the rocking chairs on Tap Tap's front porch, sipping Miami's best mojitos while listening to Haitian compas music,... View details »
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- Garden of Eatin'
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (7am–9pm) @ Garden of Eatin' More times »
- With all the tropical flora found in Florida, you'd think the natives would be a bit more appreciative of fruits and veggies. Not so in... View details »
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- Spyro
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (6pm–midnight) @ Spyro More times »
- Biscayne Boulevard, the main thoroughfare through the northern end of this fair city, is a complete and utter mess thanks to recent construction projects. Thankfully,... View details »
- Art
- Agitated Images
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum More times »
- An iconoclast ahead of his time, Berlin Dadaist John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld) helped revolutionize modern photomontage, subversively using the medium to denounce the fascist... View details »
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- Sushi Square
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (6:30pm–midnight) @ Sushi Square More times »
- Sushi Square is more like a cube — a block of Biscayne Boulevard restaurant so tiny that you might miss it even when you're looking... View details »
- Art
- The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ Damien B. Contemporary Art Center More times »
- Free
- Despite the rather turgid genre title used to refer to his work ("modern urban expressionism"), Marcus Antonius Jansen's paintings are beautifully rendered, meticulous tableaux of... View details »
- Art
- Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (9:30am–4:30pm) @ Vizcaya Museum and Gardens More times »
- Visiting the opulent Vizcaya estate is an experience in itself, so hitting it up for the unveiling of a new art piece is really the... View details »
- Art
- L/B
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ Locust Projects More times »
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- Switzerland-based artist couple Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann (aka L/B) are best known for their fantastic Hotel Everland — a mobile, ultra-modern, one-room crash/entertainment pad.... View details »
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- Christine's Roti Shop
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (9am–9pm) @ Christine's Roti Shop More times »
- Christine's Roti Shop is a North Miami Beach institution. Just after Hurricane Wilma, when the power was out across the city for three weeks in... View details »
- Art
- Jorge Pardo
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ MOCA North Miami More times »
- Jorge Pardo subverts traditional definitions of sculpture, design, and architecture. For instance, his 1998 solo exhibition at MOCA in Los Angeles didn't even take place... View details »
- Art
- Enoc Perez
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ MOCA at Goldman Warehouse More times »
- Although primarily a painter, Enoc Perez engages in an assiduous, multi-leveled process involving photographs, color separation, drawing, and pigment transfers to achieve his final, richly... View details »
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- Captain Crab's
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (11am–11pm) @ Captain Crab's Take-Away More times »
- You'd think there'd be more crab shacks like this one all over Miami, but it seems as if California's the only place for that. That's... View details »
- Art
- Enrique Martínez Celaya: Nomad
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ Miami Art Museum More times »
- Giveaway
- A quiet, spiritual solitude inhabits Enrique Martínez Celaya's work, especially in his dark, ethereal oil-and-tar paintings. The Cuban-born artist makes effective use of texture and... View details »
- Art
- The Brush That Never Rests
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Art Rouge Gallery More times »
- Free
- Having recently relocated from Coral Gables to the ever-expanding Wynwood Art District, Art Rouge presents a four-person group show of contemporary artists from Mexico, Spain,... View details »
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- Moonchine
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (11:30am–11pm) @ Moonchine More times »
- Miami's Upper Eastside isn't lacking in cozy restaurants that feature both Japanese and Thai cuisine, but new eatery Moonchine trumps them all, adding Vietnamese fare... View details »
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- W Wine Bistro
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (11:30am–10:30pm) @ W Wine Bistro More times »
- Hidden away under an overpass on the outskirts of the Design District, this tiny wine bistro has shown a lot of resiliency over the past... View details »
- Art
- Creating a Scene
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Various locations More times »
- Free
- A hefty, eye-popping 256-page hardcover volume, Miami Contemporary Artists is a testament to the international relevance (and interest in) the Miami art scene. Just released,... View details »
- Art
- Yui Kugimiya
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ Ingalls & Associates More times »
- Free
- Yui Kugimiya has a keen sense of nature's splendor and chaos. For her second solo show at Ingalls, the young, Tokyo-born artist creates texture-rich paintings... View details »
- Art
- Sandro Chia
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ Boca Raton Museum of Art More times »
- A medley of influences and art-historical references appear in Sandro Chia's oeuvre, but most important is his affinity for mythic symbolism and figuration, expressed in... View details »
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- Abbey Brewing Company
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (1pm–5am) @ Abbey Brewing Company More times »
- Free
- There are a few watering holes on South Beach that feature an endless selection of excellent international beers, and, of this small group, there's only... View details »
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- The Room
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (6pm–2am) @ The Room More times »
- Free
- Miami might be one of the only places in America where you recover from a weekend of partying and drinking by partying and drinking on... View details »
- Art
- Hernan Bas
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Rubell Family Collection More times »
- Free
- Hernan Bas is Miami's biggest art star, creating darkly poetic, romanticized works read as chapters in an epic, sometimes mythical, and often decadent literary novel... View details »
- Art
- French Kissin' in the U.S.A.
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ The Moore Space More times »
- Free
- Taking its title from the 1986 Debbie Harry hit, the Moore Space's new exhibition gathers 18 contemporary French artists, including Adel Abdessemed, Philippe Perrot, and... View details »
- Art
- Maurizio Pellegrin
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–4pm) @ Sacco Gallery More times »
- Free
- Italian artist Maurizio Pellegrin has a distinct vision and a highly poetic sensibility. His last big show in Miami was more than a decade ago... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- The Jewish Princesses of Comedy
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (2 & 6pm) @ Collins Park More times »
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This bunch must be having a ball. Defying and toying with stereotypes every time they hit the stage, the Jewish Princesses of Comedy... View details »
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- Casa Toscana
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (6–11pm) @ Casa Toscana More times »
- Go somewhere to deflate after the crush of Art Basel, eat a good meal, and connect with either yourself or your sweetie. Casa Toscana is... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Work in Progress
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ Miami Art Museum More times »
- Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron have envisioned an ambitious future for the Miami Art Museum's new bay-front home. The recently unveiled plan for... View details »
- Art
- Promises of Paradise
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ Bass Museum of Art More times »
- Curated by Allan Shulman, one of Miami's most prominent architects, Promises of Paradise: Staging Mid-Century Miami delineates the potential of this city as a tropical... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Fashioning the Modern French Interior
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum More times »
- Giveaway
- The little pochoirs on view at the Wolfsonian are delightful, precious, and enticing. More commonly referred to as stencils in the States, pochoirs were the... View details »
- Performing Arts
- Spiegelworld
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Collins Park More times »
- Part Cirque du Soleil and part bawdy burlesque show, Spiegelworld creates a surreal and wicked wonderland where strength and sexuality rule the big top. The... View details »
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- Canela Café
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–11:30pm) @ Canela Cafe More times »
- There are tons of Latin-American restaurants to be found around greater Miami, but Canela has this stretch of Biscayne Boulevard on lock. Diners can enjoy... View details »
- Art
- Jason Middlebrook
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ Kevin Bruk Gallery More times »
- Free
- The vast difference between urban and country life is essential to Jason Middlebrook's work, as is the world's supposed tendency towards disorder. Of his paintings,... View details »
- Art
- José Bedia
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ Fredric Snitzer Gallery More times »
- Free
- José Bedia's new show at Snitzer has a decidedly African bent, its large-scale acrylics on canvas inspired by the artifacts Bedia collected during his visits... View details »
- Art
- Peter Coffin
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin More times »
- Free
- Although some suspect Peter Coffin's work of hokey mysticism, the New York-based artist's sculptures and installations are actually clever deconstructions of commonly held notions. Case... View details »
- Art
- Peter Sarkisian
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Bernice Steinbaum Gallery More times »
- Free
- Santa Fe-based artist Peter Sarkisian liberates video from the traditional frame. One of the most salient features of his recent work is the use of... View details »
- Art
- Breaking the Waves
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (1–5pm) @ Dorsch Gallery More times »
- Free
- Curator Nikki Beem brings together more than 20 artists whose works express a desire for change. Most impressive here are Arnold Mesches' chaotic, black-and-white drawings,... View details »
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- Lighthouse Tour
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–1pm) @ Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park More times »
- Nestled on the far end of Key Biscayne — a world away from the razzle dazzle of South Beach — is Bill Baggs Cape Florida... View details »
- Art
- Martin Z. Margulies Collection
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (11am–4pm) @ The Warehouse More times »
- Free
- The Margulies Collection is one of the foremost private contemporary art repositories in Miami (and the United States, for that matter), showcasing significant works from... View details »
- Film: Documentary
- My Kid Could Paint That
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Cinema Paradiso More times »
- Ever since the birth of abstract art, naysayers have claimed that a child could create its equivalent — that is, until 2005, when a child... View details »
- Film: Documentary
- Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Cinema Paradiso More times »
- Most folks know Pete Seeger from classic tunes like "Turn! Turn! Turn!," "If I Had a Hammer," and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" but... View details »
- Art
- Lichtenstein at Fairchild
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (9:30am–4:30pm) @ Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden More times »
- Drawing from popular advertisements, mainstream comic books, and industrial production techniques, Roy Lichtenstein's primary-colored works are now iconic deconstructions of Americana. His sculptures, which are... View details »
- Art
- Milk Crown and Mushroom Cloud
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ David Castillo Gallery More times »
- Free
- In this three-person group show, curated by Berlin-based Manabi Murata, restraint is key, even as the artists — all of whom are Japanese — create... View details »
- Art
- Art Students League of New York
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Lowe Art Museum - University of Miami More times »
- One of the country's oldest art schools, the Art Students League of New York has been around since 1875, is still run by artists, and... View details »
- Art
- Chimneys and Towers
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ Norton Museum of Art More times »
- A pioneer of American precisionism and modernism, Charles Demuth was also involved in Paris' early 20th-century avant-garde scene, where he hung out with American ex-pats... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Inspired by China
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (11am–7pm) @ Museum of Art - Fort Lauderdale More times »
- For centuries now, European and American artisans have used Chinese art and culture as a source of inspiration. Back in June 2005, the Peabody Essex... View details »
- Art
- Georges LeBar
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ Art and Culture Center of Hollywood More times »
- Postmodern mishmashes of consumer society, Georges LeBar's paintings are vivid metaphors lambasting a culture of wantonness, image obsession, and gluttonous gratification. The artist's newest works... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Gary Owen
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 @ Miami Improv More times »
- It's a long way from being named "Funniest Serviceman in America" to hosting BET's Comic View, especially for a white guy, but Gary Owen is... View details »
- Art
- Fortunate Objects
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–4pm) @ Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation More times »
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- The CIFO flexes its conceptual muscle with this wide-ranging multimedia exhibition culled from its permanent collection. These Fortunate Objects aren't always what they seem; the... View details »
- Art: Photography
- The Hunter Gifts
- Saturday Dec 29, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ Norton Museum of Art More times »
- Adding to its already-expansive collection of more than 2,200 photographs (including works by Man Ray, Walker Evans, and Henri Cartier-Bresson), the Norton has just received... View details »
