On Display

Spamalot, Jan 9-21^st 

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is proud to host the 2005 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical— Monty Python’s Spamalot.  Tickets are available at www.browardcenter.org or through their Box Office at 954*462-0222. 

Forbidden Broadway:  SVU,  Dec 26^th thru Dec 31^st  

Starting Tuesday December 26^th, and running until Sunday December 31^st, Forbidden Broadway:  Special Victim Unit will be at The Kravis Center for Performing Arts.  Fans of current Broadway and those familiar with the movie series Scary Movie will find this hysterical.  This contains musical parodies of Broadway’s most revered songs and performers and is Wickedly good fun.  This latest edition targets such hits as:  Avenue Q, Wicked, and Movin’ Out and poke fun at such celebrities as:  Julie Andrews, Many Patinkin, Robert Goulet, and several more.  For tickets and more information, go to www.kravis.org or call 561*832-7469. 

Man of La Mancha, Dec 27-28^th   

Fans of the fable by Cervantes will love this musical that tracks the life of the one and only Don Quixote and his confidant, Sancho Panza.  Those of you who happen to have seen Erica Norel’s Continental Winning Performance of the title song will want to see it as well.  The Man of La Mancha should not be missed, and will be at The Coral Springs Center for the Performing Arts and tickets are available online at www.coralspringscenerforthearts.com or by calling their Box Office at 954*344-590. 

Marilyn in Boca 

Right now, in the Boca Raton Museum of Art you can catch their current exhibit, Life as Legend:  Marilyn Monroe.  This show contains more than 300 works by 80 different artists all centered on the film icon.  There are works by Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Yasumasa Morimura, and the incorporable Andy Warhol.   The Boca Raton Museum of Art can be found at www.bocamuseum.org or at 501 Plaza Real in Mizner Park , Boca Raton, Florida or by phone at 561.392.2500.

Jeremiah Jenner is at Storks 

This month, in conjunction with ArtsUnited, Stork’s Bakery is featuring film photographer Jeremiah Jenner.  He received his first camera at a young age and fell in love with the process and capturing things at that exact moment in time. In the past year Jeremiah has had solo exhibitions at Starbucks on Lincoln Road, OneTea Lounge, Art Expressions Gallery and other fine venues in the South Florida area. He will display work on December 6th at the “Masters Mystery Show” at the Ritz Carlton in Miami Beach benefiting FIU’s Fine Arts Program.  He also has a solo exhibition at the Loft Gallery in The Vine Shop (7657 Biscayne Blvd in Miami).  For more information about Jeremiah, you can go to www.sixxdragons.com.  Storks Bakery is located at 2505 NE 15^th Avenue in Wilton Manors. 

Morikami Museum, Thru Dec 31^st 

Right now, through New Years Eve, you can go and see the Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden’s latest exhibit, World Heritage Sites of Wakayama Prefecture:  Photographs of Koyasan and Kumano.  This exhibit contains 31 photo-panels depicting the Shingon Buddhist monastery of Kongobu-jo on Mt. Koya, rugged coastlines, ancient cedars, as well as shrines.  The Morikami garden is one of the largest Japanese gardens outside of the country of Japan.  The museum is located at 4000 Morikami Park Road in Delray Beach.  You can reach them at www.morikami.org or at 561-495-0233—but expect a computer recording for any question. 

ArtCenter We’ll Make a Lover Out of You, Thru Jan 21^st  

On December 8^th, from 7pm to 10pm, the ArtCenter of South Florida will be having an Opening Reception for We’ll Make a Lover Out of You, which is curated by Francesco Locastro.  The ArtCenter/South Florida Gallery is located at 800 Lincoln Road Mall in Miami Beach. 305*538-7887.   

Cradle of Christianity 

This week marked the opening of The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale’s latest exhibit, Cradle of Christianity:  Jewish and Christian Treasures from the Holy Land.  This exhibit provides us with an unprecedented opportunity to learn about aspects of early Jewish life, the concurrent birth of Christianity, and how the two faiths influence each other by presenting archeological treasures excavated in Israel during the last century.  This exhibition will travel two only two other venues in the US has extraordinary biblical artifacts from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.  You can go to www.moafl.com for more information and to purchase tickets, and the museum is located at One East Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.  For any questions, you can call them at 954*525-5500

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. 

Bass Museum Shows Variety

Currently, at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, they are featuring three exhibits: Constructing New Berlin, Austrian Art, and Five Fridas.  Contructing is the first major survey of contemporary art made in Europe’s emerging art capital and features about 18 Berlin-based artists working in painting, sculpture, photography, and performance art.  Five Fridas is an intimate showing of five works by famed Mexican artist and icon Frida Kahlo and are small-scale works that range from 1928 to 1951 and offer a glimpse into the various stages of her life.  Austrian Art: The Golden Age of Emperor Franz Joseph contains: paintings, sculptures, textiles, and decorative arts from their permanent collection of Austrian art.  The Bass Museum is located at 2121 Park Avenue in Miami Beach and can be found at www.bassmuseum.org or by calling them at 305*673-7530.     

Native America Thru Dec 31^st

Right now, at the Seminole Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum you can see the exhibit titled, A Photographic Journey Through Native America until December 31^st.  This features Ben Marra as he became an insider among the Sioux, Lemhi Shoshone, and Nez Perce and their mystical ceremonies called Pow Wows.  With his amazing photos are detailed descriptions so you can feel like you were there with them and see the things that average people do not see.  The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is located at 6300 Stirling Road in Hollywood, FL.  If you would like more information, you can go to www.seminoletribe.com/museum or call them at 863*902-1113.  You can also check out Ben’s website which is www.benmarra.com. 

Art Expressions Has Small Wonders through Dec 26^th 

Currently, at the Art Expressions gallery, they are featuring an exhibit entitled, Small Wonders, which is a special open-theme exhibit of small works created by established and emerging artists and are on 16 X 16inch canvases or smaller.  Art Expressions Gallery is located at 1212 NE 4^th Ave in Fort Lauderdale and can be found at www.artexpressions.tk or at 954*523-7700. 

Chicano Visions:  American Painters on the Verge is a nationally touring collection of more than 80 works, mostly oils and acrylics that date from 1963 to 2003 that depict life from the Mexican-American artists viewpoint.  Cheech Marin, known from the Cheech and Chong movies, donates most of his personal collection that illustrate urban life and the Latino culture.  The collection, which has been traveling for the past five years, can be found at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale at 1 East Las Olas Blvd or for further information and gallery times, go to www.moafl.org or call them at 954*525-5500. 

Blemish 

Imagine nine international artists who embrace the beauty of human imperfections and individuality.  Blemish does just that at the Luis Adelantado Miami which is located at 98 NW 29^th Street in Miami.  You can contact them at www.luisadelantadomiami.com or at 305*438-0069. 

Graphic Noise at Atlantic University through Jan 27^th  

Atlantic University is proud to host, Graphic Noise:  Art at 1,000 Decibels.  Graphic Noise is a big and bountiful exhibition of contemporary concert posters that is currently touring the country.  With nearly 500 posters by over 100 artists representing eight countries, this exhibition provides an exhilarating visual culmination of work from skilled screen printers, illustrators, and graphic designers. Graphic Noise is organized by the Museum of Design in Atlanta and will be at the Schmidt Center Gallery at Atlantic University located at 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton, FL.  .  There will be an Opening Reception Thursday, November 9^th at 7pm and the show will run through January 27^th, 2007.    

Bodies Found in South Miami

The controversial and gruesome exhibit displaying the human body from the perspective of the bones and muscle tissue titled Bodies…The Exhibition, which I reported was in Tampa and then New York City, is now in the area at the Shops at Sunset Place.  Bodies will be on display until March 25^th and tickets cost between $16-$22.50.  The Shops at Sunset Place is located at 5701 Sunset Drive Suite 105 in South Miami.

For further information call 866*866-8265, 305*663-0873 or see them on the web at www.bodiestheexhibition.com. 

Funney / Strange

Through January 28^th, the Norton Museum of Art is featuring William Wegman’s collection of photographs that are, for a lack of a better word, Funney/Strange (yes, I spelled funney, the way they spelled funney).  Within the collection are more than 200 works, among them the signature 24 X 20 Polaroids, early black and white altered photographs, paintings, drawings, collages, art books, videos, and film. 

They also have Before The Camera: Remaking Reality and the Make-Believe until January 7^th.   This is a collection comprising works from local and national collections that looks at the distinction between “taking” and “making” photographs.  Historically, photographers “took” them while artists “make” an artwork.  Within the past couple of decades, creativity has merged.  See what they have found.    

The Norton Museum of Art is located at 1451 South Olive Avenue in West Palm Beach.  You can find them at www.norton.org or at 561*832-5198. 

In Remembrance

This past week marked the passing of a great screen and television legend, Peter Boyle.  Recently finishing a nine year stint at Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond and receiving five Emmy nominations, Peter has done everything. Being in stage and theatre, he went from gangster movies to Frankenstein in Mel Brook’s Young Frankenstein who sang Putting on the Ritz in 1974.  He was always tough, or at least wanted to appear tough in his characters.  Playing the bigoted dark side retired prison guard opposite Billy Bob Thornton in 2001’s Monster’s Ball that created a lot of controversy.  He was 71 years old and passed due to heart disease. 

Los Angeles’ J. Paul Getty Museum is going to return a rare and ancient gold funerary wreath to Greece.  The wreath, which dates back to the 4^th century BC, was apparently removed illegally from Greek soil and later sold to the museum back in 1993. The Greek government has documentation that the wreath was dug up by a farmer in 1990 nar Serres, in northern Greece and then passed on the Black Market through Germany and Switzerland before getting to the Getty in 1993.  http://www.getty.edu/

Local Theatre Buzz

Forbidden Broadway:  SVU, Dec 26^th thru Dec 31^st  

Starting Tuesday December 26^th, and running until Sunday December 31^st, Forbidden Broadway:  Special Victim Unit will be at The Kravis Center for Performing Arts.  Fans of current Broadway and those familiar with the movie series Scary Movie will find this hysterical.  This contains musical parodies of Broadway’s most revered songs and performers and is Wickedly good fun.  This latest edition targets such hits as:  Avenue Q, Wicked, and Movin’ Out and poke fun at such celebrities as:  Julie Andrews, Many Patinkin, Robert Goulet, and several more.  For tickets and more information, go to www.kravis.org or call 561*832-7469. 

Sir Elton John & Tim Rice’s AIDA 

Tickets are on sale now for the timeless love story converted from the opera AÏDA.  The musical, will be at The Sinatra Theatre January 2^nd, and tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com or you can charge by phone at 954*523-3309.  The Sinatra Theatre is presented by the Bank Atlantic Center and, for further information you can go to www.theaidatour.com.   

Rabbit Hole, Thru Dec 23^rd 

Right now, through December 23^rd, the Mosaic Theatre is proud to announce their performances of Rabbit Hole.  This is the tale of a family that has everything it could want until a life-shattering accident turns everything upside down.  The Mosaic Theatre is located at 12200 West Broward Boulevard in Plantation and tickets can be found at www.mosaictheatre.com or by calling 954*577-8243. 

I Want My Tee Shirt! Dec 30^th thru Feb 11^th 

The Caldwell Theatre Company is proud to announce that they will be performing Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias!  Yes, I want to find a way of getting printed up, I Smacked Ouiser Boudreaux! (Yes, I checked with IMDB.com).  The Caldwell Theatre Company is located at 7873 North Federal Highway in Boca Raton and you can call them at 877*245-7432 or at www.caldwelltheatre.com. 

Burning Blue thru Dec 23^rd 

The Rising Action Theatre Company, the ones that have brought us Southern Baptist Sissies and The Last Hairdresser will be performing Burning Blue at Cinema Paradiso from November 18^th through December 23^rd.  Burning Blue is the Award Winning play about a witch-hunt for gays in the military that has sold out houses in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London.  As the story goes, two servicemen go into a gay disco in Hong Kong and it gets reported back and triggers an investigation into their personal lives.   

Cinema Paradiso is located at 503 SE 6^th Street in Downtown Fort Lauderdale.  Tickets are $30 and are available at 954*567-8550.  Tickets are also available, cash only, at GayMart in Alibi Plaza in Wilton Manors.  Warning (or Incentive):  The show contains nudity. 

BINGO Comes to Stage Door Theatre

Held over thru Jan 28^th!

The Stage Door Theatre is presenting their latest musical, BINGO.  This is a splashy, zippy, outrageously funny new musical about three pals that have driven through a terrible storm in the name of their weekly obsession.  In between the number calling, strange rituals, and fierce competitions—love blossoms and long lost friends reunite!  If you would like more information or to purchase tickets online, go to www.stagedoortheatre.com or call them at 954*344-7765.  The Stage Door Theatre is located in 26^th Street Theatre in Wilton Manors.  Check out my last review of Hairspray.  

Unidentified Human Remains Thru Dec 30^th

Read Stephen's review of Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love

Are You an Otter?

An Otter is a small woodland creature characterized by a slender body and short, sleek fur.  Did you know they were very social creatures?  A Bear, as we have all come to realize, is not only a force in nature, but a large economic powerhouse with Bear Busts, their own flags, and circuit parties as seen at  www.wooffest.com.  Well, now Otters, the slender boy Bears, have their turn!  At www.otterfashion.com, Otters can get tee-shirts and items centered around them.  

Ani DiFranco is Reprieved 

The perfect gift for this holiday season would be Ani DiFranco’s 18^th album, Reprieve.  Having been around since 1990, Ani has been a fighting force within the disenfranchised and loveless generation of the 90’s.  Not a mainstream musician, DiFranco has become the cult icon of many Gays and Lesbians who are constantly questioning things like:  life, love, politics, and especially—themselves.  The songs on Reprieve are quiet and relatively sparse, often carried by lightly finger-picked guitar solos.  She is experimenting with ambience using subtle sounds, acoustic instruments, environmental noises, and distorted echoes.  Now, the atmosphere is as important as the words.  As this album unfolds, it creates space for questions as well as answers.  For more Ani info, go to her official website, www.righteousbabe.com. 

Ron Perkov is Here 

Tuesday, December 14^th was the debut of local singer Ron Perkov’s latest album Intimate Chill-Out at Wilton Manors own The Naked Grape Wine Co.  Ron was onhand signing albums and greeting with everyone and actually lives locally.  Some of the attendees included:  Matthew Rush, Ethan Cage, as well as featured local artist and illustrator Carlos Marrero—who did Wake Up Romeo.  Many attended throughout the night and was a success.  The album contains ten tracks and some were mixed by Tony Moran.  Ron told me that there is a meeting going on with European mixers to see what they would like to do to his track and of course, I will be give you that news as soon as I get it.  If you missed this event or would like to pick up a copy of his CD Intimate Chill-Out, stop by The Naked Grape Wine Co at 2039 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors.

Currently, in Arizona, the Hualapai (WALL-uh-pie) Tribe is working with architects to create a skywalk for their section of the Grand Canyon.  This glass-bottom observation deck will be 4,000 feet above the Colorado River and will be on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.  Called The Skywalk, it will be a horseshoe-shaped walkway that will go out and jut out from the lip of the canyon and offer the kind of straight-down, vertigo-inducing view that was previously only available through a helicopter.  It will be cantilevered 70 feet out past the canyon’s limestone walls and will be open to the sky with glass walls and floor and will be able to hold a few hundred people and withstand 100 mph winds.  Planning to open in March, the $30M Skywalk is creating a dispute with Elders over disturbing sacred ground, yet others say they need to do something to help out their 2,200 members; more than a third are on or below the poverty line.  For $25, you will be higher than any building on Earth, and the Colorado River will be a thin brown ribbon below. 

http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp 

Ocean Dance. Dec 30^th & 31^st

St. Petersburg Classic Ballet, Dec 23^rd

On Saturday, December 23^rd, the infamous St. Petersburg Classic Ballet will take the stage at the Jackie Gleason Theater.  Direct from Russia, the Company will consist of 50 dancers performing The Nutcracker and is one of St. Petersburg's most well-respected ballet companies.  Since its founding in 1996, they have performed to acclaim throughout Russia, the states of the former Soviet Union, England and Scandinavia. There are two performances only, one at 2:30pm and at 8pm.  For tickets go to www.ticketmaster.com or call their Box Office at 305*643-9821. 

Get your Tickets for Riverdance

Tickets are currently on sale for the Celtic sensation Riverdance.  This amazing cultural phenomenon will be at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts February 23-25.  As anyone who knows me can attest, I personally grew up on Celtic folk music, with my Ma being a bagpiper in her own bagpipe band and my Dad being their Drum Major, things were a little different for me.  As the years have passed, I have embraced it and love it, and especially after seeing this March’s performance of Celtic Women, I will be there opening night.  Riverdance will be at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and I located at 501 SW 2^nd Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.  You can go to www.browardcenter.org for tickets, www.broadwayacrossamerica.com or www.riverdance.com for additional information, or call their Box Office at 954*523-3309.

Holiday Festival of Lights, Thru Jan 1^st

Right now, through January 1^st, you can travel by car through a winter wonderland of more than two miles of illuminated lights and animated displays.  This takes place nightly, from 6-10pm at Tradewinds Park, which is located at 3600 West Sample Road in Coconut Creek.  You can call 954*968-3885 for more information.  The cost is $7-$10 for vehicles with 19 passengers or less. 

The Dancer’s Life Jan 2-7^th 

Tickets are on sale now for Chita Rivera’s The Dancer’s Life: A Musical and will be at The Carnival Center for the Performing Arts.  This charts Chita’s amazing journey from aspiring ballerina to Broadway legend through story and song as she relives fascinating moments from the years she spent working with such greats as Bernstein, Fosse and Sondheim. She will perform knockout numbers from some of her biggest hits, including West Side Story, Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie and Kiss of the Spider Woman.  For tickets and times, go to www.carnivalcenter.org, www.broadwayacrossamerica.com or call their Box Office at 305*358-5885. 

Wine Time

Right now, at Wilton Manor’s own Naked Grape Wine Co they want you to remember that you should be creative when this season comes along.  With the myriad of parties, functions, and presents you have to give this season, why not stop by and check out some their great gift ideas.  They have jewel-toned stemware for $24 (set of 4), personally autographed Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Noir by Winemaker Jeff Wilkes for $55, or how about a wooden wine tube for $14 and a bottle of wine for those Secret Santa gifts at work?   The Naked Grape Wine Co at 2039 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors so stop in and wish them a Happy Holidays. 

The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston 

This December 10^th marked the opening of Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art that overlooks Boston Harbor.  With four inaugural shows, one of which being Beetle Manifesto XIII by Tam Van Tran, this is sure to be the architectural showcase of the harbor.  It was designed by Diller Scofidio & Renfro of New York and has taut glass-and-steel forms at the edge of Boston and is a startling expression of public spiritedness.   Right now, on display they have Super Vision that examines how contemporary artists have responded to and interpreted this changing nature of vision, presenting work by 27 international artists through painting, sculpture, video, and photography.  Check them out at www.icaboston.org

On Friday, December 15^th, the merchants of WilMa hosted their first ever Art Walk.  The Walk went all along Wilton Drive/NE 4^th Avenue, and there were Rosellos and Nestor Pazes at Items 2 Envy, Alibi featured photographer Carlos Eduardo, What’s The Scoop had Susana Casique Coleman, Hair Brainz showed Christina De Musée, New Moon had Mary Diddle Raku Pottery, SoBe Art featured Rosie’s own Charlie Garrett, One Tea Lounge was a little Deconstructed, and Main Street Gym had their own photographer Mike Smarro at their new spa.  Click here to see the Who’s Who of WilMa Art and artists and their creations. 

There'll be another Art walk in WilMa in January. For further information, contact Art Expressions at 954-527-7700 or at www.artexpressions.tk. 

Kahn Gallery at Yale

The Kahn Gallery of Art at Yale University has been completed and is ready to show its contents and puts Louis I. Kahn back on the pedestal he so richly deserves.  This was the first of his great masterpieces and the building foreshadows the atavistic landmarks of his late career.  The project includes Paul Rudolph’s 1963 Art and Architecture building and the construction of an art history building across the street.  What should be remembered?  History is constantly changing, being challenged, and revised.  Years of senseless alterations have been stripped away and the basic structures are restored, all elements of their glory is reclaimed.  The west façade has been rebuilt so that its glass and steel frame regains its original lightness and a sunken exterior court that was previously covered over to make room for more gallery space has been taken away—allowing light to spill down once more into the lower galleries. 

Kitty Kelly Back At It…Again

Famed Tell-All Biographer Kitty Kelly, has slung the celebrity mud with such books about the Royals, laying to waste Frank Sinatra and the House of Bush, she has now set her sights on the World Icon…The Oprah.  With enough dirt already circulating about her friendship with galpal Gail, rumors about keeping Stedman on an actual leash, we can only begin to wonder what actual dirt she will dig up.  We all know she’s rich, we all know she’s the most important Black Woman of the 20^th Century, but what Kitty has done to others…just watch your back!  And you thought ClayMates were fierce! 

During my trip down to Miami’s Art Basil last week, I was able to sit down and talk with the world-renown photographer Jocelyn Bain Hogg at the Avalon.  He has an All Access Pass to celebrities and shows how fame works, he has been everywhere and done everything.  Now, he is able to sit back and look at the machine that makes celebrity—the fans, and the adoration that promote ordinary individuals into icons.  His latest book, Idols + Believers shows us his world.  Check out my interview here! 

Brini Maxwell at VGL

Right now, Wilton Manor’s own VGL has Brini Maxwell’s Guide to Gracious Living.  Within the pages of this infamous female impersonator’s equivalent of Martha Stewart you will find ways to throw a party, clean messes, and live sensible.  Fans of her show reach every corner of the globe, and, with looks like she has, it is conceivable to give this book as a gift to your Mom without her ever questioning it.  She is very sensible, practical, and human—vice her biological counterpart.  VGL is located at 2223 Wilton Drive and can be reached at 954*564-7882.

Blue Days, Black Nights

At home with Ron Nyswaner, author of Blue Days, Black Nights and screenwriter of Philadelphia, A Soldier’s Girl and this month's, The Painted Veil.

Listen for Driade

Currently, the Italian design firm Driade is being sold worldwide.  They have a line of tabletop and accessories that are sold only in limited quantities.  Starting in January, you will be able to order directly from their website, www.driadekosmo.com and will feature such things as:  dinnerware, flatware, glassware, and accessories.  The line includes Mediterraneo stoneware plates and bowls as well as White Snow Blue porcelain dinnerware.  You can order them by calling 305*438-0513 and plans are underway to open a Driade store with the company’s full line (including furniture) in Miami in 2007.

Satyagraha

This week, the English National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera have announced plans to collaborate on a new production entitled, Satyagraha.  This Philip Glass production was written in 1980 and is based on Gandhi’s formative years in South Africa as he developed his philosophies concerning non-violent protests and their uses as a powerful force of change.  This is the second “portrait” trilogy by Mr. Glass, the others being Einstein on the Beach (1975) and Akhnaten (1983-1984).  The visionary British theater company Improbable, will open it in April 2007 at the English National Opera in 2008 at the Met. 

Coming to Town

Patti Lapone Jan 4^th 

On January 4^th, the legendary Broadway diva Patti Lapone will be live onstage at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.  As a Living Legend, Ms. Lapone has been the voice of such Broadway hits as Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Evita, Sunset Boulevard, Les Misérables, and Annie Get Your Gun.   For tickets and directions, go to www.kravis.org or call them at 561*832-7469.  For more information on her, her life, and fabulous career, go to www.pattilupone.net. 

Chris Botti, January 11^th 

Tickets are now on sale for Chris Botti, the amazing trumpeter will be live in concert at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts.  Tickets are available at the Box Office, at 305*949-6722 or at www.ticketmaster.com.  For additional information about Chris Botti, you can also go to his Official Website, www.chrisbotti.com. 

Do You Think I’m Sexy? 

Yes, the incomparable Rod Stewart will be in town on January 12^th at the Bank United Center and tickets are now on sale at www.ticketmaster.com.  Tickets start at $55. 

John Mayer, January 26^th 

On January 26, 2007, John Mayer will be live in concert at the UM BankUnited Center at 8pm.  John will be playing selections off his latest album, Continuum.  Tickets are now on sale through www.ticketmaster.com or you can charge by phone at 954*523-3309, 561*966-3309, or 305*358-5885.  This is a Fantasma Productions Concert Event and for further information, go to www.fantasma.com or www.johnmayer.com.

Red Hot Nights  

On Wednesday, January 31^st the Bank Atlantic Center will be hosting The Red Hot Chili Peppers and have special guest Gnarls Barkley.  For tickets you can go to www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 954*523-3309.  This is a Fantasma Production Concert event and can be found at www.fantasma.com and if you would like more information about the boys, go to www.redhotchilipeppers.com or www.gnarlesbarkley.com.  The Bank Atlantic Center is located at 1 Panther Parkway in Fort Lauderdale. 

Bring Us Hippie Chic 

Justin & Pink, Feb 24^th & 25^th 

As of Saturday, the Justin Timberlake and Pink In The Round Tour will be at the American Airlines Arena on Saturday, February 24^th and the Bank Atlantic Center on Sunday, February 25^th.  Tickets are available through www.ticketmaster.com or at www.aeglive.com.  For further information you can also call 954*523-3309 or 305*358-5885.  Don’t forget to also check out www.justintimberlakefanclub.com! 

Christine Baranski has Regrets Only

Famed funny-girl and gay icon of television and movies, Christine Baranski, is once again donning the role of a socialite who loves money, clothes, jewelry, and high life.  Her best friend is ostensibly a “Bill Blass-type” fashion designer.  She has played countless roles that we all want to play her best friend, from Cybil Shepherd’s confidant in Cybil to the biological mother in The Birdcage, she is the person we wish to be friends with.  Regrets Only has hilarious performance of a mostly super-fine cast, with Ms. Baranski being the star that she is.  Regrets Only is at the Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center-State I that is located at 131 W. 55^th Street.  You can contact them at www.mtc-nyc.org or call them at 212*399-3000.   

Ron Mueck is at The Brooklyn Museum

Through February 4^th, The Brooklyn Museum is proud to host a show of Ron Mueck’s sculptures.  These lifelike fiberglass and silicone human figures are so lifelike that the Australian sculptor made them that you might talk to them.  There is an 10 inch tall infant and a 21 foot woman in a bed all of whom embody the perils and challenges of the human condition.  Strangest being a 40 inch rendering of his deceased father’s naked body called Dead Dad as well as Man in a Boat that has a two feet tall man naked in a lifesize row boat.  The Brooklyn Musuem located at 200 Eastern Parkway at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY.  You can contact them at www.brooklynmuseum.org or by phone at 718*638-5000. 

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