Out in the Tropics, a different kind of performing arts festival produced by FUNDarte, will turn South Florida upside down with a diverse group of award-winning, contemporary gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer artists and arts events June 9 through 19, 2011. This year’s Out in the Tropics will include a diverse range of performance [...]
Tonight at the Knight Concert Hall, pianists, poets, dancers and a DJ will get together for Piano Slam 3, an intriguing mix of literary talent show and music that will also feature the work of piano duo Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia. I don’t know exactly how this will turn out (though there is good [...]
The O, Miami Poetry Festival and National Poetry Month are over, but poetry lives on in South Florida. From haikus in Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden to a fierce Literary Death Match battle at Purdy Lounge, O, Miami and the Knight Foundation exposed Miami-Dade County residents
Visceral spoken wordplay is in the heart and soul of any poetry slam. Slams are a competitive and fierce battle between fellow poets who rely on their voice and verses to communicate their message to the audience. On Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. the students at TERRA
Welcome to the final week of O, Miami – time to get poetic with James Franco. Also on tap this week? Painting poetry on public buildings, a literary death match at Purdy Lounge, the Anthology of Rap, DJ Le Spam and US Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin. Read on for all the details… When: April 25 – [...]
Last night during the Abe’s Penny Live exhibition at the New World School of the Arts ArtSeen Gallery, three local poets rocked the house. Maureen Seaton, Emma Trelles and I read poems from our latest books that centered on various themes including Miami’s nightlife, The Queen of South Beach,
Every spring is exciting around Charlotte’s McColl Center for Visual Art: New shows and events with new affiliate artists. They have increased their number of artists this spring, and well, more is more … inspiring. In addition to the Summer 2011 and 11-month Affiliate Artists (who are local artists), there are Visiting Artists, [...]
The O, Miami! poetry festival begins week three with a reading by local poets, a talk and reading with leading figures of the of Argentinian Avant-Garde scene, a poetry reading at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, plus an fascinating array of cinematic events scheduled at the Miami Beach Cinematheque and O, Cinema. It’s nearly impossible to [...]
As the second full week of O, Miami! comes to a close, I’m overwhelmed with all of the amazing events still scheduled to take place in the coming weeks. If you are looking for something to do this weekend and beyond that includes a little poetry
This past weekend, poet and classics scholar Anne Carson and artist Robert Currie brought Stacks to life at the Moore Building during the O, Miami Poetry Festival. The performance, based on artist Peter Cole’s sculptures of stacked boxes and other objects, was choreographed by Jonah Bokaer
