In-Depth Coverage By Miami's Top Arts Journalists
By Lisa Palley, Palley Promotes I’ve always loved the idea of poems and poetry; how cool did I feel in my solipsistic 20s holding a book of poems by W.S. Merwin on the train from Washington, D.C. for a weekend of New York Cities in the 80s. I loved when people looked at me, thinking how smart I must be.
The worlds of technology and the arts converged under one roof at Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus during the Breakfast with the Arts &
Back in 2007 Steven Krams, president and executive director of Coral Gables Art Cinema, had a vision to bring independent cinema to Coral Gables. It was that year he entered into
By Lisa Palley, Palley Promotes Lovers of books: be it memoir or biography, suspense, thrillers or romance, fiction or nonfiction, graphic novels or comic books, know that the year culminates with Miami Book Fair. Over 600 authors will come from
By Lisa Palley, Palley Promotes Listening to an author talk about their process is an honor, as well as listening to them talk about why they do what they do, and what it means to them. “We’re interested in why they wanted to be a writer, their writing life, what they are interested in,” said Brickell Avenue Literary Society Board member Leila Kight, “You can hear authors read from their books elsewhere. What we’re doing is special, and it’s done in an intimate setting, a true opportunity for the author to open up and talk about what is important to them.” The literary scene in Miami has come a long away. Years ago Books & Books had a couple of stores, and the Miami Book Fair was a lot smaller. Inviting an author to talk about their process was something new, and there was nothing like it in Miami when
By Lisa Palley, Palley Promotes Sucking a poetry pop, munching down on a poetry sandwich, encountering a poem in thevEverglades, looking up to the sky and seeing a poem, listening to a poem from the dais of the Miami City Commission, Miami-Dade County School Board or from the federal court bench…these are just some of the ways O, Miami engages our community with a poem. The O, Miami Poetry Festival, sponsored by Knight Foundation, has as its mission to distribute
The inspiration to become involved in theater came early for Stephanie Ansin, founder and artistic director of Miami Theater Center in Miami Shores. As a graduate student at Columbia University working toward her MFA in Theater Directing, one of her assignments was to design a theater company The class was taught by Barry Grove, executive producer of the Manhattan Theatre Club and for the assignment she was paired with a theater management student. They were
O Cinema co-founder Kareem Tabsch let the audience at a recent Creative Mornings event into his quirky world of film and filmmaking. Attendees sat transfixed as he presented a talk on the MAGIC of cinema and film. A Miami native, Tabsch was raised in Carol City (now known as the City of Miami Gardens) and
By Lisa Palley, Palley Promotes Brad Meltzer is pretty great. This is not to regale and bore you with quotes from both colleagues and media about how terrific a writer Brad Meltzer is. What I do want to tell you is treat yourself, and take advantage of seeing Brad live, in person for the upcoming