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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.

Free on Saturday February 23

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Reading
Lip Service 
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (7pm) @ Books & Books - Coral Gables
Free
The concept is simple: Submit a story according to three guidelines. The story must be true; it must involve you, the writer; and it can... View details »
Lip Service 
Music: Rock/Pop
The Fred Thomas Band
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (2pm) @ North Shore Park
Free
Not to be confused with the same-named Christian pop group, this Fred Thomas Band derives its power from a far funkier place. Back in the... View details »
The Fred Thomas Band

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Abbey Brewing Company
Saturday Feb 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 »
Abbey Brewing Company
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The Room
Saturday Feb 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 »
The Room
Art
Hernan Bas
Saturday Feb 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 »
Hernan Bas
Art
French Kissin' in the U.S.A.
Saturday Feb 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 »
French Kissin' in the U.S.A.
Art
Martin Z. Margulies Collection
Saturday Feb 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 »
Martin Z. Margulies Collection
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Mac's Club Deuce
Saturday Feb 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 »
Mac's Club Deuce
Art
Graham Hudson and Aili Schmeltz
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (noon–5pm) @ Locust Projects More times »
Free
Locust Projects opens the New Year with two installations — work that's, yet again, neither easily digestible nor readily sellable, but continues to push the... View details »
Graham Hudson and Aili Schmeltz
Art
Xu Yongkang and Kim Joon
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ Galerie Bertin-Toublanc More times »
Free
As gallery shows pop up all over the country and a new slate of stars makes its way to Miami, there's no question: contemporary Asian... View details »
Xu Yongkang and Kim Joon
Art
Mark Mothersbaugh
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (11am–9pm) @ Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery More times »
Free
Highly regarded for his scores — most notably for Wes Anderson's films — Mark Mothersbaugh is also an eccentric visual artist. Bear and Bird Gallery... View details »
Mark Mothersbaugh
Art
Fortunate Objects
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (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 »
Fortunate Objects
Art: Photography
Phil Stein
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (10am–5pm) @ Damien B. Contemporary Art Center More times »
Free
Evincing a cubist's predilection for deconstruction, Pennsylvania-based photographer Phil Stein also possesses a keen sense for detail. After printing several digital shots of a particular... View details »
Phil Stein
Art
John Westmark
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (noon–5pm) @ Chelsea Galleria More times »
Free
Early in his career, Florida's John Westmark found inspiration in the abstracted landscape paintings of Richard Diebenkorn. But in the past few years, Westmark has... View details »
John Westmark
Art
Gina Ruggeri
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (noon–5pm) @ Kevin Bruk Gallery More times »
Free
New York-based artist Gina Ruggeri displays an obsessive interest in accumulated masses, from cloud buildups, rockpiles, and leaves to otherwordly heaps of fabric. She slightly... View details »
Gina Ruggeri
Art
Jill Cannady
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ Bernice Steinbaum Gallery More times »
Free
In addition to Luis Cruz Azaceta's solo show, Bernice Steinbaum is exhibiting Jill Cannady's dramatic and stirring works. Titled Women of the Storm, the series... View details »
Jill Cannady
Art
Charley Friedman
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ Gallery Diet More times »
Free
Once, Charley Friedman walked into New York's Jack Tilton Gallery as one of his alter egos, "art dealer" Betsey Geffen, and tried to coax the... View details »
Charley Friedman
Art
Blackbooks
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (noon–5pm) @ Spinello Gallery More times »
Free
Blackbooks is the the Fort Lauderdale-based artist duo Andy Black and Books IIII. They've already made a name for themselves by designing and building custom... View details »
Blackbooks
Art
Vintage Pulp Illustration
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 @ Harold Golen Gallery More times »
Free
Pulp-novel and magazine covers were crucial marketing tools of the '60s and '70s, sending the careers of small-time artists and illustrators skyrocketing. The images' sensational... View details »
Vintage Pulp Illustration
Art
Luis Garcia-Nerey
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (1–5pm) @ Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art More times »
Free
Sadly, what begins as a utopia often ends in one hot mess. Such was the case with ancient Mesopotamia's capital city of Babylon — its... View details »
Luis Garcia-Nerey
Art
Alejandro Contreras
Saturday Feb 23, 2008 (10am–5pm) @ Fredric Snitzer Gallery More times »
Free
If you swing by Snitzer's, you'll notice two peculiar, orange-hued figures, standing tall in the grassy area adjacent to the gallery; the closer you get,... View details »
Alejandro Contreras