Amy Arbus is On the Street 

Photographer Amy Arbus spent a good part of the 1980’s documenting the individuals that made up fashion anarchy in New York City.  She has now collected those photographs and created both a show and a book On the Street 1980-1990 and is at the Cohen Amador Gallery and available through Welcome Books.  Amy assembled 70 images for the book and 25 photos for the exhibit from more than 500 she took over her ten-year career at The Village Voice.  They capture the fun of the 80’s in a straightforward documentary style.  Most famously is the picture of Madonna called Madonna, St. Marks Place 1983 and was taken before her fame started.  Even though she’s flattered being compared to her mother Diane, there was no intention to do a documentary and was clear to the subjects that she adored how they looked.  The Gallery can be found at 41 East 57^th Street on the 6^th Floor in Manhattan.  You can go to www.cohenamador.com or call them at 212*759-6740.  The exhibit will run through October 14^th. 

Local Theatre Buzz

Please note: we have organized this by the date of the final performance. New additions this week are highlighted in Bold Red.

Unidentified Human Remains, Starts October 27^th 

Miss Vanilla & The Hustler, Through Sept 24^th 

The Hollywood Regional Center for the Arts (formerly the Hollywood Blvd Theatre) is proud to present Miss Vanilla & The Hustler by Bill Spring.  This is a hilarious personal journey through time that cannot be missed!  Catch it at Art Serve at 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd in Fort Lauderdale, tickets are $20 so call 954*927-1778 for Showtimes, reservations, and group discounts. 

On Display

Masters of Latin Art 

At the Boca Raton Museum of Art, now through November 26^th, they are featuring a collection called Masters of Latin America:  From the Joan and Milton Bagley Collection that contains more than 60 paintings and sculptures never before exhibited by many of the most important Latin American artists of the last century.  The Boca Raton Museum of Art is located at 501 Plaza Real in Mizner Park.  You can go to www.bocamuseum.org or call them at 561*392-2500 for further information. 

Karen Lee Myers is at Storks Wilton Manors!

Editors note: last week we linked to an incorrect website, Karen's correct URL is www.artnabox.com.

Karen Lee Myers, local artist and photographer, is now on display at Storks Wilton Manors in conjunction with ArtsUnited featured artist.  Now through September 30^th, come in and check out her works featuring Buddhas, flowers, and nature.  As a self-practicing Buddhist, she enjoys crating prints with mindful moments in time of images that are natural and some that are digitally enhanced.  I first saw a piece of hers, Silent Thoughts, I said, When I looked at it I heard Buddhist bells chime.  If I owned it I would probably smile and take a second and relax, before continuing with my hectic life.  I want to see what other pieces she has, if they are all spiritual in nature, Eastern Philosophy based, shadowboxes, whatever have you.  I want to see more.  Well, I did.  You can check out more of her work at her website www.artnabox.com which gives examples of her work as well as ways to purchase them.  If you yourself are an artist and have enough pieces to cover some walls, contact Chuck at www.artsunitedonline.com or at 954*530-2723 and tell him I sent you. 

Bank Atlantic Loves the Arts 

As I have reported earlier this summer, Bank Atlantic has teamed up with the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale to give free admission all summer long.  Well, they have decided to extend it until November 1^st!    Currently on display, they have William Glackens who was one of the most influential American painters of the first decades of the 20^th Century. 

Titanic:  The Artifact Exhibit, Until October

This exhibit chronicles the journey of RMS Titanic from its design and construction through its fateful maiden voyage and sinking, to the scientific recovery efforts.   

The Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium is located on 3280 South Miami Avenue, Miami.  You can contact them at 305*646-4200 or www.miamisci.org. 

Sunday, September 24^th, the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens will offer free admission from 9:30am to 4:30pm.  This European inspired estate and National Historic Landmark is the former winter home of industrialist James Deering.  While you are there, you will experience Time and Again which features historic films and photos of the home, things for children to do, poetry reading, orchid potting demonstrations, a display of historic cars, and displays of silent films.  The museum is located at 3251 S Miami Avenue in Miami.  You can visit them on the web at www.vizcayamuseum.org or call them at 305*250-9133. 

Target Globalbeat 

On Sunday, October 8^th, the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts will conclude their  Grand Opening Celebration by having a Target Globalbeat.  This will be a free concert and there will be both indoor and outdoor performances all day long throughout the entire complex, including the spectacular Miami Carnival Parade.  Festivities begin at noon and will conclude at 10pm.  Target Globalbeat is presented by Target and will feature more than 40 performances by hundreds of local artists and represent more than 20 countries and feature international acclaimed touring bands, Grammy nominees, traditional folk performers, and homegrown favorites.  This will be a huge celebration of Miami’s cultural diversity and talent as well as an opportunity for all South Floridians to be among the first to visit Miami’s new home for the performing arts—FOR FREE!    

For more information about these events or any future ones, you can go to www.carnivalcenter.org.   

Please Feed the Starving Artists! 

Are you a Starving Artist or one that’s just a little hungry?  Well, on Saturday, September 30^th there will be a Starving Artist Sale at the GLCC from 1pm to 4pm.  Artists interested in participating can obtain an application at the Stonewall Library or Broward Arts Guild or download it from www.artsunitedonline.org .  ENTRIES MUST HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15^TH!!!!!!  This Sale is an opportunity for the public to buy original artwork at bargain prices.  Dozens of local artists will be selling their paintings, prints, and photographs at this one-day event!  Everything will be $100 or less!  This is a perfect opportunity to meet and purchase such items from local artists that you may have seen around town at your favorite places.  Also, Bibliophiles—there will also be a Used Book Sale going on at the same time, and everyone accepts both cash and credit cards, and every purchase made must leave the premises that day. 

Coming to Town

Please note: we have organized this by date of appearance. New additions this week are highlighted in Bold Red.

Natacha Atlas, Thurs 8pm 

Natacha Atlas is a Belgian-born singer with North African roots, looks like a Shakira, and sings with such passionate intensity that now she is a star within the Middle Eastern music scene.  She can use traditional beats and rhythms and change them around to make them into hip-hop and rap ones instead.  One of her songs, Feen off her Mish Maoul album, mixes it up between the Golden Sound Studio Orchestra and rap.  Hybrid is the word to best describe her style of music and to miss her would be a shame.  She will be at The Rhythm Foundation’s Artime Theater this Thursday night—September 21^st at 8pm.  For more information go to www.rhythmfoundation.com, www.grovetickts.com or to hear one of her songs, go to www.myspace.com/rhythmfoundation. 

Real Men of Comedy, October 1^st 

On Sunday, October 1^st, the Jackie Gleason Theatre and Maxim are proud to present The Real Men of Comedy Tour, which will feature NBC’s Joe Rogan, Charlie Murphy, and John Heffron.  The Jackie Gleason Theatre is located at 1901 Convention Center Drive in Miami Beach, FL.  Tickets are available through www.ticketmaster.com.

The Chicks Will be in Town, Saturday, October 7^th 

John Mayer & Sheryl Crow, Wednesday, October 11^th 

Tickets are now on sale for John Mayer and Sheryl Crow who will be live in concert October 11^th at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre.  Go to www.livenation.com, www.ticketmaster.com , or you can call 561*966-3309 for more information.  If you are truly a fan, you can also go to www.johnmayer.com and/or www.sherylcrow.com as well.

Danke Schoen October 15th and 16th

The legendary Wayne Newton will be performing at the Hard Rock Live Seminole Hotel & Casino October 15^th & 16^th and tickets are now on sale.  You can get tickets through the Hard Rock Live Box Office from noon to 7pm daily or at www.ticketmaster.com. 

Where is the Jungle? Oct 24^th 

On Tuesday, October 24^th, Guns N’ Roses will be performing at the BankAtlantic Center.  I wonder if they will be doing all their old hits, and if they can do this without fighting.  This will be the concert of history if they can pull it off.  Tickets are available through www.ticketmaster.com and there is a limit of 8 tickets per person. 

I’m Verklemnpt, Saturday, October 28^th

Yes, the legendary Barbara Streisand will be performing Saturday, October 28^th at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sawgrass and will be having special guest Il Divo perform with her. Tickets are priced starting at $100 to $750 and VIP packages up to $1,800.  Much of the proceeds go to charities, one of which being The Streisand Foundation, which expects to raise millions from this tour.  Tickets are available through www.ticketmaster.com.    

Richard Cortez is Live At The GLCC 

The Richard Cortez, local folk singer, will be hosting a benefit concert at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center (GLCC) at 8pm on Friday, September 22^nd.  This concert will coincide with his CD release party for Richard Cortez:  Live at the Red Room which, with the $10 admission, you will receive a copy of his album from which he will be playing the songs.  These songs are pre-Wollenberg songs that are from his seedy back room bar days playing for prostitutes, stoners, and college students.  You will also get a sneak peak at some of the tracks from his upcoming album He Loves Me Not which contains even more of his pre-recording days.  For more information, go to www.wollenbergrecords.com or at www.myspace.com/richardcortez.  The GLCC is located at 1717 North Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale and all proceeds go to benefit the Youth Group of the GLCC. 

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There is a show at the Milwaukee Art Museum called Biedermeier:  The Invention of Simplicity and will showcase more than 400 works, which include furniture, paintings, silver, porcelain, textiles, and wallpaper made in the areas of Germany, Austria, and Denmark between 1815 and 1830 and will be the first major exhibit in North America.  Little known fact: Biedermeier wasn’t a person—it’s a style.  It is actually German for Unpretentious Man—and produced an imaginary character—sort of an “everyman.”  It came to represent the artistic and decorative aesthetic of the period and place and rejected the over-ornate and froufrouness of the time and a precursor to modernism.  So, if you feel that you are simplistic in design features and need some inspiration, check out www.mam.org. 

Iraq Wants Their Stuff Back 

Most of Iraq’s National Museum is missing their artifacts and with everyone’s help, would like it back.  Priceless memorabilia and antiquities are missing.  The Museum was founded in 1923 and is among the region’s best collections of items from the Middle East from before the Romans.  After the US led invasion of the Iraq, a looting spree followed devastating their collections and leading directly to the Black Market.  After the invasion 5,400 items have been found and/or returned but still more than 13,840 items are missing and unaccounted for.  There is no prediction of when the museum will reopen and the area surrounding the museum is still very dangerous.  One of the most important pieces lost was a Sumerian bronze sculpture of a bull dating to 2600 B.C. yet police have returned another Sumerian piece, a mask, dating to 3,100 B.C. so there is hope.  What is sad is the fact that there is a record of their existence and it will be difficult to sell, even on the Black Market. 

America’s Least Wanted, Steven Kasher Gallery 

One Singular Sensation! 

Napoleon on the Nile 

Even though Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt was a military disaster, there were a squadron of scholars and scientists that went and ended up forming the foundation of Egyptology and Egytomania, later gave Orientalism a boost, and is commemorated by the 1,000 engravings of the 23-volume book called Description de l’Egypte.  When Napoleon went to Egypt, he brought along 167 physicians, engineers, economists, mathematicians, zoologists, botanists, archeologists, translators, journalists, and artists to accompany the army.  Their task was to catalogue all of Egypt’s wonders which resulted in a body of work that took roughly 20 years and 2,000 skilled draftsmen and typographers to complete and became a renown image bank consulted by artists seeking authenticity in their own pictures.  The collection, entitled Napoleon on the Nile:  Soldiers, Artists, and The Rediscovery of Egypt includes Orientalist paintings and a cache of fascinating ephemera and is on display at the Dahesh Museum of Art that is at 580 Madison Avenue at 56^th Street.  You can call them at 212*759-0606 or visit them on the web at www.daheshmuseum.org. This exhibit will be on display until December 31^st.   

Lisa Marie At B.B. King 

On October 9^th, Lisa Marie Presley will take the stage at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill at 8pm.  As the only child of rock & roll legend Elvis, Lisa Marie has to work twice as hard to succeed, as a separate identity from her father.  She will be performing some of the songs off her 2003 debut album To Whom It May Concern which is deeply personal, furious, and edgy as well as her 2005 Now What which was certified gold in November 2005.  The B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 W 42^nd Street and can be found at www.bbkingblues.com or by calling 212*997-4144.  

Madama Butterfly 

This 2006-2007 Opera Season for the New York Metropolitan Opera premiers with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.  This opens on Monday, September 25^th and will run through Saturday, November 18^th with tickets starting at $42, it will be in Italian with English Subtitles.  For more information or see what the rest of the season has to offer, go to www.metoperafamily.org for more information.

Madonna Won’t See Stars Upclose & Personal 

Microbrew Beer Tasting 

Designer Becomes Art 

Be on the lookout for Donna Karan soon!  The infamous designer who gives us DKNY will be in October’s Harper’s Bazaar and will be entirely covered in 24-karat gold and has been nicknamed The Golden Girl. 

This past week, Gwen Stefani’s label L.A.M.B. (Love Angel Music Baby) made it to the prestigious New York Fashion Week even though she just gave birth to Kingston only three months ago!  Her new pieces are inspired by the 1983 gangster movie Scarface and Michelle Pfeiffer’s look in the movie.  The collection also has Japanese prints, Rasta colors, and military looks—including shoes and handbags.  The collection was designed while she was pregnant, and reflects her “weird state of mind.” 

Spain Doesn’t Want Waifs 

This past week, five fashion models were rejected; get this, on being too thin!  In Madrid, the organizers of Spain’s top fashion show Pasarela Cibeles, tossed them out because they were below a predetermined body mass index.  The five failed their appraisal test and were over 5’7” and weighed less than 121.25 lbs.

Fashion File/Project Runway

Guess Who’s Coming to Design? 

Ok, nails are almost gone, ripped off soo many times throughout this season.  I have screamed, cried, laughed, and thrown up a little in my mouth—just kidding.  Well, this episode made me nauseous to say the least.  While at a party at The Pink Elephant, they were informed about their latest challenge, a cocktail dress.  Like every time they turn around, here’s their first surprise:  Angela and Vincent were allowed back!  Since they had won challenges, they were given one last try and when I say last—if they do not win the challenge, they will go home.  Three people were to be slated for departure.  Do I have any cuticles left? 

Why sit home alone?