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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 08
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- Aida
- Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (2 & 8pm) @ Bill Cosford Cinema - University of Miami More times »
- For modern audiences, opera tends to be a bit inaccessible as a form and expensive to attend. La Scala, Italy's famed opera house is taking... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Spam Allstars
- Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (11pm–2am) @ Transit Lounge
- Free
- The Spam Allstars still pack them in wherever they go, be it at the weekly Little Havana residency or in parts farther flung, like San... View details »
- Film
- Lou Reed's Berlin
- Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (8:30pm) @ Colony Theater
- As the singer/songwriter for the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed was instrumental in creating a visceral, avant-garde sound that many indie bands still emulate today. During... View details »
- More Flavor: Discussion
- Design Matters
- Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (3:30pm) @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum
- Free
- Leave it to sharp Design Matters host Debbie Millman to assemble some of the best and the brightest design minds in celebration of Publikum's infamous... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Flavorpill Anniversary Series
- Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (9pm–5am) @ Pawn Shop Lounge
- Celebrating one year in Miami, Flavorpill jumps aboard Aquabooty's infamous F*ck Art Let's Dance party. And Flavorpill's enlisted two venerable house-music vets to show us... View details »
- Music: DJ
- Moby
- Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (11pm) @ Studio A
- Admit it — try as you might to dislike Moby for all his super-green, achingly sweet, tea-peddling cuddlyness, you haven't been able to bring youself... View details »
- Art
- Lichtenstein at Fairchild
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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 »
The following events are ongoing.
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Pablo Cano
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Haitian Dining at Tap Tap
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Garden of Eatin'
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Spyro
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 »
- Performing Arts: Opera
- Così fan tutte
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (noon–4pm) @ 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Sushi Square
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Christine's Roti Shop
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Captain Crab's
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Moonchine
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- W Wine Bistro
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Abbey Brewing Company
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 »
- Music: Jazz/Blues
- Wallace Roney
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Hernan Bas
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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: Architecture/Design
- Design Miami
- Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (11am–7pm) @ The Moore Building More times »
- Giveaway
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Design
- Art
- Maurizio Pellegrin
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Perpetual Groove
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Pablo Francisco
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (10am–8pm) @ Roberto Clemente Park More times »
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- Art
- Heist
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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
- Saturday Dec 8, 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 »
