From Under The Sea To Art

Are you fascinated by Disney’s The Little Mermaid or Pirates of the Caribbean?  Well, if you have some creativity, and some money, you too can get a one-of-a-kind Octopus Chandelier!  You may think that it is kind of creepy, but if you did not know it could be just an ornate light fixture.  Creator Adam Wallacavage created this idea from the jellyfish and decided to work with octopuses through hand-blown glass, affixing anything from pearls to Swartsky crystals to make them ornate and unique.  Adam is a photographer, sculptor, mold maker, silk screener, carpenter, as well as an Interior Designer.  He currently has a show at Space1026 dot com and at The Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York City. http://www.space1026.com/space.php?action=portfolio&t=493&uID=22

On Display

World Day of Design, Friday, April 27^th 

The American Institute of Graphic Artists Miami had a call out for all artists, designers, students, and the public in creating a display for The World Day of Design.  This, in conjunction with The New World School of the Arts joined together in celebrating an international event for creations that represented the creative spirit that underlies all facets of humanity through design.  The goal was to make a statement through art, that celebrates preserving our magnificent planet.  This international holiday, celebrated on April 27^th, is also celebrated in such countries as:  Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Italy, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, and Turkey.  There will be an Opening Reception at 6pm that night at The New World Gallery, which is located at 25 NE 2^nd Street in Miami.  All of the artwork exhibited will be donated to NWSA and become part of a fund raising effort to support the Visual Arts Division.  For more information you can go to www.miami.aiga.org or call them at 305-237-3375. 

Susan Q. Wood at ArtExpressions, Friday, April 20^th 

On Friday, April 20^th, in conjunction with this month’s Island City ArtWalk, ArtExpressions Gallery will be featuring the talents of Susan Q. Wood.  A naturalist at hear, Susan’s recent collection of acrylics on linen was created to reflect the rising awareness of the imporantance of the global climate and that harmony is needed and most important, our role.  She drew from her passions of nature and the wilderness and love of traveling the globe to bring us an impressionistic, vibrant, and colorful collection reminiscent of Van Gogh.  ArtExpressions Gallery is located at 1212 NE 4^th Avenue (Wilton Drive) in Fort Lauderdale and is one of the stops on the trolley.  For further information about the gallery or collection, call them at 954-527-7770. 

Dance Sets as Art 

Have you ever considered the sets at Dance shows art?  Well, there is a show going on right now at The Museum of Contemporary Art that features sets and costumes created by contemporary artists for productions by The Merce Cunningham Dance Company entitled Dancing on the Cutting Edge Part I.  This will be on view until April 28^th, and is located at 770 NE 125^th Street in North Miami.  For more information go to www.mocanomi.org or call them at 305-893-6211. 

Richard Serra 

Currently, at The Rosenbaum Contemporary Gallery Center in Boca Raton, they are featuring Richard Serra’s collection The Art of the Curve. This show contains etchings by the noted 20^th century sculptor.  The gallery is located at 608 Banyan Trail in Boca Raton and can be found at http://www.gallerycenter.org/rosenbaum.shtml  or by calling 561-994-9180. 

Chutes and Ladders, Until April 24^th 

Students of the Broward Community College Campuses have gotten together and put on an art show entitled Chutes and Ladders.  This yearly juried exhibition hosts contestants from late teens through retirement with expertise and novices all alike, feature works that use such things as potters wheels and kilns and silk screens.  The gallery is located at the Fine Arts Gallery at BCC’s Central Campus at 3501 SW Davie Road in Davie.  For information and gallery times, call them at 954*201-6984. 

Karen Myers At Stonewall  

On Monday, April 2^nd, The Stonewall Library and Archives proudly had the Opening Reception for Karen Myers and her solo exhibition.  Many people attended and enjoyed her artwork.  Her work will be featured until April 28^th and the Stonewall Library is located at 1717 North Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.  For more information, you can go to her site, www.artnabox.com, at www.myspace.com/photosbykarenartnabox, or at www.cafepress.com/artnabox. 

Wolfsonian Goes Free on Fridays 

I don’t know if you know, but South Beach’s very own Wolfsonian is FREE on Fridays!  Located at 1001 Washington Avenue, they will not be charging admission between 6 & 9pm.  For further information and a listing of current exhibits, go to www.wolfsonian.org or call them at 305*535-2622. 

Georgia O'Keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction through May 6, 2007

Organized by the Norton Museum of Art, Georgia O'Keeffe:  Circling Around Abstraction is the first exhibition to highlight this renowned American painter's individual approach to the issue of abstraction, a stylistic strategy which in many ways preoccupied artists throughout the 20th century.

The exhibition brings together fifty-one of O'Keeffe's works to illuminate the various and evolving ways she used circular forms and motifs as the means whereby she organized, simplified, and even energized her compositions.

Both the exhibition and its catalogue, with every work illustrated in color, will enhance both popular appreciation and scholarly understanding of the artist's significant contribution to the development of American modernism.
 

Eden 

Artist Jean Hilary brings us Eden—a new media project that features large-format documentary photographs and videos that offer mysterious scenes from small towns across America.  This show runs through June 3^rd and is at The Boca Raton Museum of Art at 501 Plaza Real in Boca Raton.  For more information, go to www.bocamuseum.org or call them at 561*392-2500. 

Bass Goes Vietnamese 

At the Bass Museum of Art in Miami, they are featuring The Private Jade Collection of Her Imperial Highness Princess Thi-Nga of Vietnam.  Well, this contains approximately 80 sculptures from the 19^th and early 20^th Centuries made from Jade—considered the most precious stone during Imperial Times.  Did you know that it symbolized the link between human beings and the spiritual world?  The Princess collection will be on display until April 29^th.  The Bass Museum of Art is located at 2121 Park Avenue in Miami Beach and can be found at www.bassmuseum.org or reached at 305*673-7530.  

Chihuly is Back! Until May 31^st 

Right now, at the Fairchild Gardens, you can get a second chance this year to see the amazing blown-glass objects mixed in with the natural flowers and botanicals in Chihuly at Fairchild Part II.  On Sunday, December 10^th, Dale Chihuly will be visiting the garden from 11am to noon for a book signing.  The Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden is located at 10901 Old Cutler Road in Coral Gables and you can go to www.fairchildgarden.org or call them at305*667-1651. 

Fight HIV Your Way Winners 

As I had reported earlier this year, Reyataz, a leader in HIV pharmaceuticals, was hosting a photo contest entitled, Fight HIV Your Way.  Well, the contest is over and they are now featuring a traveling show of more than 50 winning essays and images.  The Grand Prize was selected from hundreds of entries and each one is a stunning example of what inspires real people to fight HIV day in and day out.  The show just finished up in New York’s Grand Central Terminal and is moving to Washington DC at Union Station for an May 1^st opening.  The best news is that it will be in South Beach on Lincoln Road May 11^th through May 13^th at Euclid Oval at Euclid and Lincoln.  After Florida it will move on to Venice Beach for the beginning of June and then on to it’s final stop, San Francisco for mid June and will be a the Mission Cultural Center.  For more information about this show go to www.reyataz.com/photo. 

Local Theatre Buzz

Sister Ignatius Explains It All April 26^th 

The Sol Theatre Project is proud to announce the opening of their latest production, Sister Ignatius Explains It All which David Tarryn-Grae will star as the tired yet insatiable Sister May, along with other Sol regulars will be holding court like you have never seen before!  Expect camels, Bethlehem attire, Samuel Beckett, Noel Coward gone wild, and executioner with as sharp axe to grind, guns, queers, castrati, and the Little Baby Jesus.  This play is a satire on religion, faith, education, and the human animal penchant for masochism.   Previews for Sister Ignatius begin on Thursday, April 26^th and will run through June 2^nd.  The Sol Theatre Project is located at 1140 North Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale and can be reached at sol_theatre@comcast.com or www.soltheatre.com or by phone at 954-801-9207. 

Melt 

Opening Saturday, April 14^th, the Coral Gables New Theatre is proud to host Melt, a new play by Michael McKeever about three different South Florida families.  For tickets or further information go to www.new-theatre.org or call them at 305-443-5909. 

The Clean House 

Previewing Sunday, April 15^th, The Caldwell Theatre Company will have its spring show entitled, The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl which comically tells the story of a successful couple who hire a Brazilian Maid who does not like to clean and tells jokes in Portuguese. This runs through May 20^th and you can get more information at www.caldwelltheatre.com or by calling 561-241-7432.  

Nine Parts of Desire. Until May 5^th 

The Mosaic Theatre in Plantation is proud to announce their latest show entitled Nine Parts Desire which depicts the realities of life in Iraq both under Saddam Hussein and after told through the lives of several unique women whose individual worlds have been frayed and fractured—sometimes beyond repair, all by their country’s history.  The Mosaic Theatre is located at 12200 West Broward Blvd in Plantation and for tickets you can go to www.mosaictheatre.com or call them at 954-577-8243.  Tickets are $29 and the show run until May 5^th. 

Animals and Plants 

The Mad Cat Theatre Company will resume their performances of Animals and Plants on Saturday, April 14^th, which will run through April 20^th at The Light Box studio theatre near downtown Miami at 3000 Biscayne Blvd.  Plot:  Two low-level New York drug dealers are stranded in a motel room in Boone, NC during a blizzard.  For tickets and more information go to http://www.miamilightproject.com/index.php?page_id=16 or call them at 305-576-6377 or visit them at their MySpace at:  http://www.myspace.com/madcatcompany. 

Nijinsky’s Last Dance, Until April 22^nd 

Currently, at Miami’s own Edge Gallery, local actor and dancer Frank Rodriguez will take you inside a tortured mind with Nijinsky’s Last Dance.  This is a story about a world famous bisexual dancer who goes insane.  This is the third play inspired by the life of the dancer and when Nijinsky starts going mad, he decides to keep a diary.  Sadly, his wife Romola edited out a lot of his writing about sexuality and schizophrenic ramblings, but 20 years after her death their children have released the full version of his diary.  This one man play takes place in a sanitarium in Sweden in 1919 and tells the story of how his mentor and lover of many years dropped the young dancer after discovering his later marriage to Romola—sending him mad.  The Edge Gallery is located at 210 NE 39^th Street in Miami and is only running on the weekends.  For tickets call 786*355-0976. 

Burn This, Until Sunday, April 22^nd 

A powerful, electrifying work by the playwright whom many regard as our theatre's finest living writer. Presented both in Los Angeles and on Broadway to critical and popular acclaim, the play probes deeply and with great dramatic and comic effect into the lives of its singular characters. "Quite simply, Lanford Wilson's BURN THIS is superb writing transformed into brilliant theatre…" —Drama-Logue. "BURN THIS is Lanford Wilson's masterpiece." —LA Herald Examiner. "Broadway has finally gotten masterfully into its stride with a new American play—BURN THIS…" —NY Post. "John Malkovich's entrance in Lanford Wilson's BURN THIS is probably the most sensational since the young Brando's in "A Streetcar Named Desire." —Newsweek. 

Tickets can be purchased at www.thealliancetheatrelab.com or by phone at 305*567-2721.  The Alliance Theatre Lab is located at the Main Street Playhouse at 6766 Main Street in Miami Lakes.   

Idalina through Saturday, April 21^st

Come out to The Carnival Center for the Performing Arts and check out choreographer Giovanni Luquini’s Brazilian-flavored work entitled Idalina which explores the ideas of resistance and freedom through modern dance and capoeira.  This will run through Saturday, April 21^st.  The Carnival Center is located at 1300 Biscayne Blvd and can be found at www.carnivalcenter.org or by calling 305-949-6722. 

The Lord Is Coming 

Just kidding, I know it’s the week before Easter and all…but famed showman Michael Flatley will be at The Jackie Gleason Theater on Sunday, April 29^th at 3pm as The Lord of the Dance.  They will also be at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on April 26^th through April 28^th.  The Jackie Gleason Theater is located at 1901 Convention Center Drive in Miami Beach and The Kravis Center is located at 701 Okechobee Blvd in West Palm Beach.  Tickets are available through www.ticketmaster.com or at www.kravis.org.    

Kala’s Wine Bar Tasting, Saturday, April 20^th

On Saturday, April 20^th, Fort Lauderdale’s own Kala’s Wine Bar will be having a tasting starting at 7pm.  Don’t you know that Spring is here?  Wake up your taste buds and come and cheer with a glass of wine, taste of cheese, and make some new friends.  The tasting costs $10 and they will be tasting light, refreshing wines to suite the Spring season, including a light, bubbly Prosecco from Italy.  This is their first tasting of the season and will be having more in the near future.   Kala’s Wine Bar is located at 3337 NE 33^rd Street in Fort Lauderdale and can be reached at www.kalaswinebar.com or at 954-270-8399

Prickly Pear at Canyon, Wednesday, April 25^th

On Wednesday, April 25^th, Canyon Restaurant will have a Prickly Pear Network Party at 5:30pm.  This event runs $10 and will include two Prickly Pear Margaritas, wine or cocktails and a special appetizer—all at an upscale restaurant!  This is a young professionals meeting, ages range from 20’s to 40’s and must be RSVP’d and only RSVP’d guests can attend.  For more information about this event, go to www.livingfla.com/rsvp or to pay go to www.livingfla.com/payment or call the sponsor at 561-637-4441.  Canyon is located at 1818 East Sunrise Blvd by The Gateway Movie Theatre. 

Island City Art Walk, Friday, April 20^th

Over 32 Art galleries and businesses in Wilton Manors/Fort Lauderdale will host their last Island City Art Walk of the Season on Friday, April 20^th beginning at 7pm.  Galleries and various businesses feature fine artists and photographers all along Wilton Drive between 26^th and 12^th Streets.  Wine and cheese will be served at the various establishments.  There will be a free trolley service provided for the evening.  For more information call 954*568-2567.  Be sure to check out local artist and featured artist Harmony Jones at To The Moon Marketplace!  Click here to see last month’s Art Walk pictures. 

Hollywood ArtWalk, Saturday, April 21^st 

Beginning at 8pm on Saturday, April 21^st,  The City of Hollywood will have their monthly ArtWalk.  This is a free tour of all the galleries and shops of downtown Hollywood that will be open for you to drop in on between Hollywood Blvd and Harrison Street.  Enjoy some art, visit some galleries, enjoy some music, refreshments, and more!  If you have any questions, please feel free to call 954-923-2030 and be sure to stop in The Gallery of the Unknown Artist and tell Ceci I sent you! 

Dan Marino Wine & Food Festival, Sunday, April 22^nd

On Sunday, April 22^nd, the city of Weston will hold their first ever Dan Marino Wine & Food Festival.  This event will feature local acclaimed restaurants and wine distributors for an incredible day with everything from tastings through seminars, cooking demonstrations and much more.  You will indulge in a full menu of culinary entertainment, exploring emerging wine and food trends from all around South Florida.  This event, presented by Libation, The Joy of Wine, and Southern Wine & Spirits of South Florida costs $40 but 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the Dan Marino Foundation and will be held at The Waterway II Shoppes located at 2334 Weston Road in Weston.  For more information, go to www. www.danmarinowineandfoodfestival.com. 

Las Olas Wine and Food Festival, May 10^th

The annual Las Olas Wine and Food Festival 2007 is now approaching and will take place on May 10^th.  Get ready to stroll the streets of one of Fort Lauderdale’s most famous and unique streets sampling both hundreds of wines and cuisine from all over the world.  This event is presented by Premier Beverage and will benefit The American Lung Association of Florida, Inc.  For tickets and further information, go to www.lasolaswineandfood.com or call 800*LUNG-USA.  Tickets are advance purchase only and there is a limited quantity so buy now to avoid disappointment!

Dine Out, Fight AIDS,  Thursday, April 26^th

In conjunction with the AIDS Walk Miami—Dining Out for Life will be taking place at a variety of different restaurants and establishments throughout Southern Florida.  Did you know that by just having a meal at one of the participating restaurants on Thursday, April 26^th a percentage of your check will go to help will go to help those living in Southern Florida with HIV/AIDS?  In the Fort Lauderdale area stop by What’s the Scoop in Wilton Manors, Herban Kitchen, and Jimmie’s Garden Café in Dania, and Primavera Restaurant in Oakland Park—but for a complete listing of all the participating restaurants, go to www.diningoutforlifesouthflorida.com.  To sign up your restaurant call 305*576-1234 Ext. 236. 

Live Music with Edie Carey, Sunday April 22^nd  

On Sunday, April 22^nd, New Moon and Alison Burgos will proudly present an evening of live music with Edie Carey.  For those of you that have not been around the Moon for a while, you might remember Edie as the FIRST live performance ever, over two years ago and are thrilled to have her back! She’ll be performing some of her older staples yet will also showcase songs off her recently released fourth studio album, Another Kind of Fire.  This Boston-based Folk-Pop singer/songwriter will explore the myriad kinds of “fire”—be it romantic, below the surface with old resentments, creativity, anger, lost friendships, lust, and of course, love.  For more information about Edie go to her official website www.ediecarey.com  and The New Moon is located at 2440 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. 

MoriKami Spring Concert, Sunday, April 22^nd

The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens, in cooperation with the Consulate General of Japan in Miami, will present a musical recital featuring classical and jazz music by renowned violinist Junko Ohtsu at 2:00 p. m. Sunday, April 22, 2007, in The Morikami Theater. Also featured on the same bill are three musicians from the University of Miami, Ryoji Yamaguchi on guitar, Geneva Harrison on percussion, and Joseph Rehmer on double bass, performing as a jazz trio.   This concert is available to visitors at no additional charge with paid admission to the museum and is FREE for museum members. Tickets for the performance will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 10:00 a. m. on the day of the recital, Sunday, April 22. Absolutely no tickets will be distributed ahead of time. For more information, please call 561-495-0233.  The Morikami is located at 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach and at www.morikami.org. 

DelRay String Quartet Concert, Sunday, April 22^nd

On Sunday, April 22^nd, The DelRay String Quartet will be holding at concert at The Colony Hotel’s Cabana Club.  The concert will begin at 4pm and will feature String Quartet #7 in E – Felix Mendelssohn as well as Piano Quintet – Dvorak and feature Tao Lin.  The Colony Hotel is located at 525 East Atlantic Avenue in DelRay Beach.  For information, call 561-213-4138.  Tickets are $35. 

Ari Gold’s New Album

Anyone that enjoyed the performance of R&B and Hip Hop Gay Icon Ari Gold last month at Pridefest will be happy to learn that he has a new album due out early this summer.  Titled Transport Systems it will feature some of the songs that he performed live for us!  This album is all about movement and progression; transportation and transformation. It’s smooth—it’s funky, its retro—it’s futuristic, it’s deep—it’s soulful and very well may be his best work to date.  For more information and upcoming tour dates go to www.arigold.com. 

When Art Meets Fashion—Literally! 

There is a new store down in Miami’s Design District that is taking over.  Culture Kings is a Design District boutique that carries unique, hard-to-find sneakers and tee shirts who invite local artists to take over the store each month with their work, be it on canvas, shoes, or whatever they want.  Last month Art Basel and Mos Def album cover designer Arnold Steiner (a.k.a. AS1) had his black & white, urban vibe work there through Vans and Adidas' that were decorated with a paint marker, high-gloss digital prints, and a variety of other styles.  Culture Kings is located at 4300 NE 2^nd Avenue in the Design District and can also be found at MySpace under “CultureKings” or by phone at 305-573-2399. 

Samson et Dalila, April 21st

Beginning Saturday, April 21^th, The Florida Grand Opera will present Saint – Saens’ Samson et Dalila.  As the story goes, Samson succumbs and gives up the secret of his great strength and is “trimmed”.  Later, he is taken captive by the Philistines and blinded, but when he is brought into a celebration where the Philistines and Dalila mock him, he prays for strength one last time. This timeless opera of betrayal will be at The Carnival Center for the Performing Arts on April 21^st, 24^th, 27^th, and May 6^th.  For tickets go to www.fgo.org or call the Box Office at 800*741-1010. 

The South Beach Party Girl 

Have you heard the reviews?  The biggest sensation since Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls is Gwen Cooper’s Diary of a South Beach Party Girl.  This book is so hot right now Amazon has raised the price to slow down the overwhelming sales of this book.  Within the pages you will find out:  the dirty little secrets people are keeping, the near escapes of drug raids in dive bars, who friends really are, and that bumps of coke can be like little rays of sunshine.  Gwen will be making a South Florida appearance at The South Beach Social Club’s Martini Tuesday on April 24^th and another at Books & Books on Lincoln Road on Wednesday, April 25^th at 8pm.  To read the interview our own Mark did, use this link with interview with Author Gwen Cooper.

Kanguru Bio Slider II with Fingerprint Device

Are you worried that people are going to steal your work saved on your Flash Drive?  Well, the people at Kanguru have the product for you—Kanguru Bio Slider II.  This device is the most up-to-date biometric fingerprint technology device on the market today.  This will secure confidential information and uses high-quality 500 DPI fingerprint sensor to secure your data.  This is no ordinary Flash Drive—it can resist up to 1,000 G’s of shock and can store anywhere from 256MB to 4GB worth of information.  The best part, it can also store up to 10 fingerprints and only weighs 19grams.  For more information, go to www.kanguru.com.  Prices range around $79.95. 

Mr. Heidi Klum (Seal), Thursday, May 24^th 

Supermodel and host of Bravo’s Project Runway Heidi Klum’s husband, singing sensation Seal will be onstage at The Jackie Gleason Theater on Thursday, May 24^th.   Tickets are now on sale and are available at www.ticketmaster.com.  The Theater is located on Convention Center Drive in Miami Beach  www.gleasontheater.com  or 786-276-2633.

Clay Aiken, August 18^th 

On August 18^th American Idol runner up and amazing showman Clay Aiken will take the stage at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts at 8pm.  He will take the stage with a full Orchestra and will perform hits from his debut album Measure of a Man—which went Number One on Billboard’s 200 Chart and then Triple Platinum as well as This is the Night/Bridge Over Troubled Water that won the 2003 Billboard Music Award for Best Single.  For tickets, which go on sale Saturday, April 14th go to www.kravis.org.

Joss Stone, Saturday, June 16^th 

Recently featured British singer Joss Stone will be at Fort Lauderdale’s own Revolution on Saturday, June 16^th at 8pm. At only 19 years old, she will perform songs from her first album XXX as well as her recently released Introducing Joss Stone.  Revolution is located at 200 West Broward Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale.  For tickets, go to www.ticketmaster.com.  Tickets are only $33.50. 

Shake Your Bon Bon, Saturday, May 19^th 

Grab your Cup of Life and get ready to shake your Bon Bon to the one and only Ricky Martin as he takes the stage at the American Airlines Arena on Saturday, May 19^th.  Tickets are available online at www.ticketmaster.com or any TicketMaster locations.  Tickets start at $46. 

SunFest, May 4^th through May 6^th 

Three new names have been added to the lineup of entertainers to take the stage at this year’s SunFest:  Rihanna will be on May 4^th,  Ne-Yo on May 5^th,  and Robin Thicke on May 6^th.  The festival site is along Flagler Drive near the Intracoastal Waterway in downtown West Palm Beach.  Tickets range from $23 to $45 and can be purchased either at the event or at www.sunfest.com or by calling either 561*659-5980 or 800*786-3378.  

The 5 Browns, Tuesday, April 10^th, Friday, April 13^th  

The Carnival Center for the Performing Arts is proud to host the hottest youth musicians The 5 Browns.  This Quintet of siblings—each a virtuoso pianist, have been on such shows as:  Oprah, 60 Minutes, and Good Morning America, but also have landed at the top of the weekly Billboard charts with their first album and become of the Top Classical Artists of the year.  Imagine not only one—but all five siblings getting into Julliard at the same time?!?  Tickets are available through www.carnivalcenter.org or by phone at 305*949-6722.  Later, they will move to The Kravis Center for Performing Arts and be performing there on Friday, April 13^th at 8pm in Deyfoos Hall.  Tickets range from $15-$45 and can be purchased at www.kravis.org or by phone at 561*572-8471. 

Earth Wind & Fire, April 27^th 

On Friday, April 27^th, famed 70’s grove group Earth Wind & Fire will take center stage at The Mizner Park Amphitheater at 8pm sharp.  The Amphitheater is located at 590 Plaza Real in Boca Raton and tickets can be purchased through www.ticketmaster.com. 

The Police, Tuesday July 10^th 

On Tuesday, July 10^th famed singer and songwriter Sting will team up with bandmates and tour as The Police Live in Concert at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.  They will feature Fiction Plane and tickets are available through www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at 305*358-5885. 

Call Her Miss Ross, April 30th 

On Monday, April 30^th, legendary songbird Diana Ross will take center stage at The Seminole Hard Rock & Casino in Hollywood.  For tickets go to www.ticketmaster.com, call them at 954*523-3309, or drop by their Box Office at One Seminole Way in Hollywood. 

Gwen, May 9^th 

On May 9^th famed pop singer and L.A.M.B. designer Gwen Stefani will take the stage at 7:30pm at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre.  The Amphitheatre is located at 601-7 Sansbury’s Way in West Palm Beach.  Tickets range from $10 to $69.50 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at 561*966-3309. 

The Pirate Queen

Currently, on Broadway, is the swashbuckling adventure story of Grace O’Malley—otherwise known as The Pirate Queen.  This exciting Irish historical figure is the only woman to raise through the ranks to Clan Chieftain during the 16^th century.  As the story goes, when Grace was young she sailed with pirates and then later raised to power and warred with Queen Elizabeth.  This musical, written by Alan Boubu and Claude Schonberg are known for composing Les Miserable and Miss Saigon.  For more information about this musical, go to www.thepiratequeen.com and to see her actual castle you can go to www.clareisland.info/getting.htm. 

Boys Just Wanna Have Fun

On Broadway right now is Boys Just Wanna Have Fun by the creators of My Big Gay Italian Wedding which is the story, set in the late 1980’s and two people go undercover to infiltrate an alleged drug ring.  During their investigation at a local Staten Island gay bar populated by a mix of zany club regulars.  One falls in love with the local heartthrob which becomes the relationship is soon tarnished as disturbing truths are revealed by both men.  The show is recently extended until June 9^th and is located at The Actors Playhouse at 100 7^th Avenue South in Manhattan.  Tickets available through www.telecharge.com or 212-239-6200 and for more information about the play go to:  www.boysjustwanna.com. 

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Some Men

Imagine a play set in a gay bathhouse in the mid 1970’s and contains four actors but fifteen different characters?  Got your attention now!  This Terrence McNally play opened last week at the Second Stage Theater and was in a setting where men were known to ask men to do all sorts of things—but marriage definitely was not one of them.  Taking place during eight decades, Some Men is a series of breezy sketches about gay American life from The Hamptons to a Harlem nightclub in 1932 to a preppy piano bar in Greenwich Village during the Stonewall uprising in 1969 and also a waiting room in an AIDS ward in 1989.  The Second Stage Theater is located at 307 West 43^rd Street in Clinton and for tickets and further information, call them at 212*246-4422.  Catch it if you can, it only runs until April 15^th.  For further information go to http://www.secondstagetheatre.com/somemen/index.html