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1 "New Work Miami 2010"Miami Art Museum : Sat., July 17, 6:00pm; Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Tue., July 20 until Sun., October 17, 10:00am; Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sun., July 18 until Sun., October 17, 12:00pm |
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Think of the new Miami Art Museum (101 W. Flagler St., Miami) exhibit, "New Work Miami 2010", as CliffsNotes to the local contemporary art scene. Curator Ren calls it a complex show that represents a complex art community; if pressed to summarize, he says that a lot of the pieces deal with... More >> |
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| Central Dade | Art |
10 Happy Together 25th Anniversary TourHard Rock Live : Thu., July 29, 7:30pm |
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At first glance, its easy to mistake the Happy Together tour for that other annual oldies trek known as Hippie Fest. It boasts one of the same headliners in the Turtles, whose onstage antics under the aegis of its original frontmen Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (AKA Flo and Eddie) always... More >> |
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| Davie/West Hollywood | Music |
3 Crowded HouseThe Fillmore Miami Beach : Thu., July 29, 8:00pm |
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Thanks to their rebirth in 2007, its nice to find Crowded House fully occupied once again. Formed from the ashes of a quirky combo from New Zealand that cleverly dubbed itself Split Enz, Crowded House was Neil Finns attempt to strip away the theatrics and further the Enz more... More >> |
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| South Beach | Music, Nightlife |
9th Annual Perrier French Film FestivalCinema Paradiso : Thu., July 29, 6:30pm; Daily from Fri., July 30 until Sun., August 1 |
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Times are tough: Many people, who in a better economy might have impressed a new love with a getaway to France (pronounced Frahnce), are now stuck to working their charm at the same old South Florida spots and clenching their teeth as the bills arrive. For these poor souls, heres a free... More >> |
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| Fort Lauderdale | Film |
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Weird MiamiBas Fisher Invitational : Daily from Sat., July 24 until Sun., September 19 |
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Surrounded by steaming swampland rife with 20-foot pythons, man-eating gators, and marauding skunk apes, our little burg at the end of the continent is a certified hot spot for the dangerous, deranged, and bizarre. Weve already had sex offenders under a bridge, cat killers in our midst,... More >> |
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| Central Dade | Art |
Advertising for HealthWolfsonian-Florida International University : Daily |
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Snake oil salesmen used to peddle their magic cure-alls in town squares, but now they hawk their tonics through print ads. (Flip to this publications back page and count how many times you see the word pain.) The Wolfsonian Museum examines the evolution of such messages in its recently... More >> |
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| South Beach | Art |
2 Nathan Sawaya: "Replay"Art and Culture Center of Hollywood : Fri., June 4, 6:00pm; Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., June 5 until Sun., August 15, 10:00am; Every week Sunday from Sun., June 6 until Sun., August 15, 12:00pm |
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We know what youre thinking: Legos as art. Yeah, right. If by art you mean sweet-ass minihelicopters or little Death Stars or any of the other bazillion structures or machines that Legos have built over the past 60 years, then, yes, Legos can be art. But aside from badass dinosaurs and... More >> |
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| Hollywood | Art |
3 59th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition"Boca Raton Museum of Art : Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Wed., July 14 until Sun., August 1, 10:00am; Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., July 17 until Sun., August 1, 12:00pm |
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To artist Kerry Phillips, a pack rats personal effects are the ultimate expression of art. As cataloged in her Sun-Sentinel profile last year, these include netted fruit bags and buttons. Phillips is the winner of Best in Show for Chairs Found and Fixed at the 59th Annual All... More >> |
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| Boca Raton | Art |
Cabaret Mechanical TheatreMiami Museum of Science : Daily from Mon., February 15 until Mon., September 6, 10:00am |
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If you were a slightly disturbed kid with a hyperactive imagination, then youve had that nightmare about a toy chest full of suddenly evil playthings that rise at midnight under a full moon on Friday the 13th to play with, meaning murder, their owner, meaning you. Now, youre an... More >> |
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| Central Dade | Museum Exhibits & Events |
Parthenon Photography by Peter YalanisCoral Springs Museum of Art : Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Wed., May 26 until Sat., August 21, 10:00am |
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Between 1901 and 1912, an earl from England took it upon himself to move priceless sculptures from the Parthenon to Londons British Museum. Nowadays, that would probably be considered plunder back then, it was called imperialism. The Greek government is still working 200... More >> |
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| Coral Springs | Art |
Inspired by Nature: Beyond FunctionCoral Springs Museum of Art : Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Wed., June 2 until Sat., August 21, 10:00am |
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Inspired by Nature: Beyond Function is a sculptural exhibit of two local artists. Bob Bagley of Parkland has spent 20 years building and restoring pipe organs a highly specialized pursuit thats led him to create whimsical wood sculptures that look like warped trees... More >> |
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| Coral Springs | Art |
Salvador Dali's Down the Rabbit HoleMiramar Cultural Center : Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from Mon., April 5 until Tue., August 31, 10:00am |
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Theres a renewed interest in Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland, and as a result, the rightful tea partiers are back: the Mad Hatter ones. The Miramar Cultural Center took notice, and on display until September at Ansin Family Art Gallery is a travelling Salvador Dali exhibit called... More >> |
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| Miramar | Art |
Kaiju! Monster InvasionMorikami Museum & Japanese Gardens : Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., June 8 until Sun., October 17, 10:00am |
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Japan is indisputably quirky. To celebrate its culture in all its gorgeous kinks, the Morikami Museum, disappointingly, is currently not displaying room-sized canvases of manga tentacle porn. But it has unveiled the next best thing: a collection of kaiju. That word refers to the oversized... More >> |
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| Delray Beach | Art, Museum Exhibits & Events |
Kyoto: A Place in ArtMorikami Museum & Japanese Gardens : Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., June 29 until Sun., October 17, 10:00am |
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All right, lets do a little word association, shall we? Heres a couple to visualize: Japan and art. And your answers are Dragon Ball? Pokémon? Legend of the Overfiend? OK, so clearly Japanese art history wasnt your major in college. Then again, whose was? Perhaps... More >> |
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| Delray Beach | Art |
Its Not a Doll, Its an Action FigureBear and Bird Boutique + Gallery : Fri., June 18, 7:00pm; Every week Sunday from Sun., June 20 until Sat., July 31, 12:00pm; Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., June 19 until Sat., July 31, 11:00am |
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Sure, everyone always assumed that Barbie liked Ken best they had that dream house together, and Ken always was a spiffy dresser not to mention that hair. But while Ken was upstairs perfecting his John Edwards coif and probably fantasizing about Skipper Babs was out... More >> |
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| Sunrise/Plantation | Art |
9 The Pearl and Stanley Goodman Latin American Collection and Recent Acquisitions from the Museums Latin American CollectionMuseum of Art : Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 8 until Sun., December 5, 11:00am |
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The 2010 Census questionnaire pointed out an unnerving observation on how we see ourselves: a mass of checked and unchecked boxes. For those of us with familial roots in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guatemala, the qualifier is Hispanic but contrary to the questionnaire, the Latin American... More >> |
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| Fort Lauderdale | Art |
Instruments of Torture Through the AgesThe Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College : Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Fri., April 2 until Sun., August 29, 12:00pm; Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 3 until Sun., August 29, 11:00am |
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Youre a popular dominatrix with ten years of experience in torture play. Youve got an extensive collection of rubber cudgels and leather whips. Youre a very, very naughty girl. Well, not really. Compared to European freaks of the 16th and 17th centuries, you are a total... More >> |
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| Central Dade | Art |
"Set to Manual"Girls' Club Collection : Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Wed., November 18 until Thu., September 30, 1:00pm |
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Our days are infiltrated with machines: assembly lines, bulldozers, the corporate machine. Technology has also influenced the pop and conceptual art movements. These days, plenty of art is made by machines. In some cases, machines are art! But the new exhibit, Set to Manual, at the... More >> |
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| Fort Lauderdale | Art |
2 WeMerge ThursdaysKevro's Art Bar : Every week Thursday from Thu., June 24 until Thu., February 3, 7:00pm |
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Arts not merely defined by its final product fine, performance, and literary art is art in the doing - and thats what youre going to find at WeMerge Thursdays at Kevros Art Bar (166 SE Second Ave., Delray Beach). WeMerge is a local indie literary/art... More >> |
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| Delray Beach | Art, Open Mic |
2-4-1 Frozen DrinksBahia Cabana : Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday |
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Need a reason to love Wednesdays aside from the weekend being so close you can smell it? Well Bahia Cabana will give you a few, and they're all frozen. Show up during either of their happy hours (7-11 a.m. and 4-7 p.m.) to hear live music while sipping on Rum Runners or Pina Coladas, or show up... More >> |
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| Fort Lauderdale | Food & Drink, Music |
5 Spam AllstarsHoy Como Ayer : Thu., March 4, 9:00pm; Thu., March 11, 9:00pm; Every week Thursday, 9:00pm |
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The New York Times may have raved about the Spam Allstars to no end. S.O.B.'s (also in New York) may have become the band members' second home. MTV might feature them with a page of their own, and the festival circuit might have latched on to their patented brand of groove thang. But for all... More >> |
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| Central Dade | Music |
(((Shake)))The Vagabond : Every week Thursday, 10:00pm |
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Local music impresario José El Rey declares, "I'll be there, and I'm more than enough for all the ladies to come. There will be woofers installed in special devices." What's he talkin' 'bout? It's (((Shake))), a party that'll have you fiending like a junkie every Thursday night. Thank... More >> |
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| Central Dade | Music |
Science in ToylandSouth Florida Science Museum : Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Mon., June 7 until Sun., September 12, 10:00am; Every week Sunday from Sun., June 6 until Sun., September 12, 12:00pm |
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OK, so those Pixar Toy Story films teach your little rug rats how to buy another action figure, but not much else. So, instead of paying the new $40 family-of-four ticket prices at your local 3-D Imax, maybe its time for the kids to spend the afternoon with toys they can actually learn... More >> |
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| West Palm Beach | Museum Exhibits & Events |
5 Water Works: Soak Up the ScienceMuseum of Discovery and Science : Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Wed., June 2 until Mon., September 6, 10:00am; Every week Sunday from Sun., June 6 until Mon., September 6, 12:00pm |
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While it remains to be seen if the BP oil spill will make our pristine waters forever look like the contents of a bottle of Kraft Zesty Italian dressing, the importance of its recovery is undeniable. If you feel helpless in the process, turn off the TV and come out and examine the current... More >> |
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| Fort Lauderdale | Museum Exhibits & Events |
Low Down Dirty BluesRinker Playhouse, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts : Every week Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., July 24 until Sun., September 5, 1:30pm; Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., July 22 until Sun., September 5, 7:30pm |
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Long before Lil John and his sweaty balls were skeeting all over our earholes, the 20th-century blues musician Lil Johnson was singing about his hot nuts. Meet the dirty blues: a raucous and comical style of blues music that first gained popularity in the 1920s that dealt with taboo... More >> |
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| West Palm Beach | Theater |