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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 Wednesday January 23
Previous day|Next day- Music: Jazz/Blues
- Arturo Sandoval
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (8pm) @ Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club
- Tonight, Arturo Sandoval takes the stage for his monthly gig at the jazz club bearing his name. As a youth in Cuba, Sandoval was one... View details »
- Music: Electronic
- Mausoleum Wednesdays
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (11pm) @ Studio A
- Free
- Tonight, Miami gets a much-deserved dose of postindustrial, minimal synth, mixed by DJs Dracula's Daughter and Carlos Saint Germain. Housed at Studio A, this low-key... View details »
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- Vizcaya Moonlight Garden Tour
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (6–8pm) @ Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
- The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens' turn-of-the-century European architecture and Jazz Age excess combine to create sumptuous elegance. The estate's rambling gardens express founder/creator James Deering's... View details »
- Music: Hip-Hop
- A Tribute to Native Tongues
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (10pm–2am) @ O'Malley's
- Free
- Underground hip-hop still bears the influence of the Native Tongues posse, even after a decade. Pay your respects to crew founders DJ Red Alert, A... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Wolf Pack Design Night
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (7–10pm) @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum
- Modish threads, debonair wit, and good poise are de rigueur at the much-anticipated Wolf Pack Design Night. Gather around with like-minded aesthetes, Wolfsonian founder Mitchell... View details »
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- Haitian Dining at Tap Tap
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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'
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
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- Sushi Square
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
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- Christine's Roti Shop
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Can You Rock a Little Softer?
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (9:30pm) @ Churchill's More times »
- In the few months since its inception, this night by homespun guitar duo Raffa and Rainer has become an offbeat hit all over town. The... View details »
- Art
- Jorge Pardo
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
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- Moonchine
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
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- Abbey Brewing Company
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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.
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
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- Casa Toscana
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
- Performing Arts
- Spiegelworld
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 @ 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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
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- Captain Jim's Seafood
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (10am–9pm) @ Captain Jim's Seafood More times »
- For years, Captain Jim's has been the fish market of choice for many North Miami residents, but not everyone takes the time to check out... View details »
- Art
- Peter Coffin
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
- Music: DJ
- Eclectíque
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (10pm) @ Darius Palace More times »
- Free
- Argue about limited-edition pressings and hi-fi sound quality all you want at this Broward weekly for vintage-vinyl freaks. In the back lounge, chill out (or... View details »
- Art
- Martin Z. Margulies Collection
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
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- Mac's Club Deuce
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (8–5am) @ Mac's Club Deuce More times »
- Free
- Freaks, geeks, drag queens, hipsters, club kids, and straight-up drunks commingle at South Beach's most notorious dive bar. The second-oldest watering hole in Dade County... View details »
- Art
- Lichtenstein at Fairchild
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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
- Art Students League of New York
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 @ 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: Architecture/Design
- Inspired by China
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
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- Tuna's Garden Grille
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (3pm–2am) @ Tuna's Garden Grille More times »
- The original Tuna's was a charming waterfront eatery where you could sit on a rickety-but-romantic patio with plates of lobsters and oysters, then watch moneyed... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Lawrence Murray Dixon
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (10am–5pm) @ Bass Museum of Art More times »
- Back in the '30s, well-heeled New Yorkers migrated to the Florida tropics as a getaway from the cold, often staying in the art-deco hotels designed... View details »
- Art
- Aramis Gutierrez
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (noon–5pm) @ David Castillo Gallery More times »
- Free
- Aramis Gutierrez, a Cooper Union graduate now based in Miami, is one of the city's most promising young painters. With a virtuoso's hand and a... View details »
- Art
- Christina Pettersson
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (noon–5pm) @ Spinello Gallery More times »
- Free
- Ft. Lauderdale-based artist Christina Pettersson creates meticulous graphite drawings that linger in your mind — one especially haunting piece, last seen at the Scope... View details »
- Art
- Diego Singh
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (10am–5pm) @ Fredric Snitzer Gallery More times »
- Free
- Diego Singh's new solo show at Snitzer is a departure from his early work, which was marked by a decidedly calm and subdued quality. This... View details »
- Art
- Beyond Picturopolis
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (11am–10pm) @ ArtCenter / South Florida More times »
- Free
- United by a vivid, surreal aesthetic, three artists — Neil Bender, Elisabeth Condon, and Michelle Weinberg (also the show's curator) — have transformed the ArtCenter's... View details »
- Art
- Fortunate Objects
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 @ 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
- Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 (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 »
