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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 Friday December 07
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- Wallace Roney
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (9 & 11pm) @ Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club More times »
- We're not sure why trumpeter Wallace Roney doesn't get more mainstream attention. He's got the pedigree: he was a child prodigy with perfect pitch, who... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Design Miami
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (11am–7pm) @ The Moore Building More times »
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- Music
- Ariel Pink
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (9pm) @ Studio A
- Glass Candy singer Ida No and producer Johnny Jewel spin lovelorn techno tales with operatic tendencies on Mike Simonetti's cosmic-disco imprint Italians Do It Better;... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Perpetual Groove
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (9pm) @ Culture Room More times »
- This year makes it a decade since Perpetual Groove first ventured out of Savannah, Georgia, toting run-on jams and off-the-wall rhythms mixed with country rock,... View details »
- Reading
- Achy Obejas
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (8pm) @ Books & Books - Coral Gables
- Free
- Need may have replaced greed as Havana's driving force, but that hasn't diminished the Cuban capital's mystique — or its darkness. And whether or not... View details »
- Art
- Vanguard
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (8pm–midnight) @ Palm Court
- Both a party and a quirky, kaleidoscopic art show, Vanguard brings together national arts organization Gen Art with Francesco LoCastro, Miami's foremost purveyor of urban... View details »
- Music: Electronic
- MSTRKRFT
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10pm) @ Pawn Shop Lounge
- Canada's MSTRKRFT administer punishing, pulsing dance music the world over by keeping up a relentless touring schedule, issuing sick, sick singles, and remixing monster tracks.... View details »
- Music: DJ
- Mike Simonetti
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10pm) @ PS14
- Italians Do It Better label founder Mike Simonetti schools PS14 in the ways of New Jersey disco. Getting love everywhere from Pitchfork to Bumrocks, the... View details »
- Music: Electronic
- Rapture Festival
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (8pm–10am) @ 66 Nightclub
- Featuring four stages — each offering a dozen electronic artists spanning experimental, drum 'n bass, electro, and house — the Euphoria Project fills 14 hours... View details »
- Art
- José Bedia
- Friday Dec 7, 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 »
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- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Pablo Cano
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 @ Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami More times »
- Free
- 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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'
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- California as Muse
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ Norton Museum of Art More times »
- For many, California embodies a particular Arcadian ideal. The state's rural splendor was the main source of inspiration for early 20th-century artist couple Arthur and... View details »
- Art
- Agitated Images
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (noon–9pm) @ 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 »
- Performing Arts: Opera
- Così fan tutte
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts More times »
- Grammy-winning soprano Ana María Martínez stars in the Florida Grand Opera's staging of Mozart's comedic battle of the sexes. When a wager is made against... View details »
- Art
- Pip Brant
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ The Frost Art Museum - FIU More times »
- Free
- Pip Brant, a local, internationally recognized artist and professor at FIU, works in sundry mediums, but one common thread in all her pieces is their... View details »
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- Sushi Square
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Particulars
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ Gallery Diet More times »
- Free
- Following her stint as a curator at the esteemed Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Nina Johnson is now opening Gallery Diet, her very own space in Wynwood,... View details »
- Art
- Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ Locust Projects More times »
- Free
- 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10am–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
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10am–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
- Friday Dec 7, 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 »
- Art
- Hernan Bas
- Friday Dec 7, 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.
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Art Basel
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (noon–8pm) @ Miami Beach Convention Center More times »
- The big show, Art Basel Miami Beach hosts 200 of the world's best galleries under one roof in the ultimate fusion of the culture industry,... View details »
- Art
- Maurizio Pellegrin
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ 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 »
- Art
- Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries More times »
- Free
- Asian neo-pop art (encompassing South Korea, Japan, and China) is one of the hottest new trends on the contemporary market — and deservedly so. Just... View details »
- Art
- Leonel Matheu
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (noon–7pm) @ Dot Fiftyone More times »
- Free
- Leonel Matheu's work seems deceptively simple and naïve upon first glance, but each piece is ultimately underlain with a deeper, philosophical view of the world.... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Pablo Francisco
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 @ Miami Improv More times »
- Impressionist and sound-effects comedian Pablo Francisco has been making the rounds on the US comedy circuit, hitting up every mic from The Tonight Show to... View details »
- Art
- SCOPE Miami
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10am–8pm) @ Roberto Clemente Park More times »
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- Art
- Heist
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Charcoal Studios More times »
- Sponsored in part by progressive culture publications BlackBook and Miami's own MAP magazine, Heist provides a free five-day multimedia experience in a combined art gallery,... View details »
- Art
- NADA Art Fair
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (11am–7pm) @ The Ice Palace More times »
- Free
- Granted, there's a surplus of satellite fairs this year, but NADA is one of the originals — a free, welcoming event boasting collections from a... View details »
- Film
- Sleuth
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 @ Cinema Paradiso More times »
- Kenneth Branagh's remake of Sleuth may not get nominated for the same four Oscars as Joseph Mankiewicz's 1972 original; hell, it might not receive any... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Work in Progress
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10am–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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- M*A*S*H
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (11am–7pm) @ 3800 N Miami Ave More times »
- Free
- NYC's Cottelston Advisors comes strong with its second edition of the M*A*S*H art fair. This year's installment is dubbed the "Expanded Painting Show," curated by... View details »
- Art
- Jason Middlebrook
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ 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
- Peter Coffin
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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 »
- Art
- Martin Z. Margulies Collection
- Friday Dec 7, 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 »
- Art
- Chimneys and Towers
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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 »
- Art
- Fortunate Objects
- Friday Dec 7, 2007 (10am–4pm) @ Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation More times »
- Free
- 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
- Friday Dec 7, 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 »
