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welcome A wealth of creative talent continues to foster Miami Beach’s artistic and cultural community. We have a great deal to offer as

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MIAMIBEACH Mayor Matti Herrera Bower

a global cultural center. And, nothing illustrates Miami Beach’s

Commissioners

ability to celebrate arts and culture better than the tremendously

Victor M. Diaz, Jr.

successful Audi Sleepless Night.

Saul Gross

Comcast is

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SLEEPLESS NIGHT PHOTOMARATHON NOV 7+8, 2009

Audi, as well as all of our other sponsors, demonstrates how

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powerful and beneficial our partnerships with the artistic and

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corporate communities can truly be. By working collaboratively

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and bringing together a broad range of sectors and hundreds of talented artists, we can enrich lives. The real success, though, is when thousands of people discover, interact with and respond to the event. Sleepless Night is an incredible celebration of creativity, culture and art that is accessible to the entire community. Matti Herrera Bower Miami Beach Mayor

I am extremely proud to once again present Sleepless Night to Miami Beach residents and visitors. This event is truly a labor of love on the part of our city staffers. On top of their regular full-time workloads, they have managed to identify and secure funding from public and private sources to create a world-class, totally free, spectacular arts and entertainment event.

City Manager

Jorge M. Gonzalez City Attorney Jose Smith

CuLtural Arts Council Chair

Comcast is

Vice-chair Solomon B. Genet MEMBERS Zoila Datorre

sights and sounds on Sleepless Night. The end result is a

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tremendous amount of pride: pride in our beautiful city, pride

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in our cultural richness, and pride in the shared experience of

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being a part of a wonderfully diverse – and appreciative –

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cultural community.

Lidia Resnick

Miami Beach City Manager

the community.

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People of all ages and backgrounds will discover unforgettable

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Investing in our local community is part of the Comcast culture, one that began over 40 years ago with our founder, Ralph Roberts. Built on a foundation of community and entrepreneurial spirit, Comcast is proactive in using our resources to benefit our communities. We recognize that the vibrancy of our communities is absolutely essential to the success of our business. Each community we serve is our home. It’s where our customers, employees and their families live, work, raise children, play, shop, relax, worship and retire. Thus, we’re naturally committed to being an active partner to our home communities!

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Comcast is

innovating. investing. involved.

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George Neary (Honorary Member)

Comcast is

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thank you

credits

We would like to extend sincere thanks to the visionary sponsors who made AUDI SLEEPLESS NIGHT possible: our Title Sponsor,

Project Director

Audi of America, Inc.; our Presenting Sponsor, the John S. and

Max Sklar

James L. Knight Foundation, and the Knight Foundation Miami Arts Initiative Fund at Dade Community Foundation; our Host

Artistic Director

Sponsor, the City of Miami Beach and Cultural Arts Council;

Gary Farmer

State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Arts Council; the Miami Beach Visitors and Convention Authority; the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; the Ocean Drive Association; Classical South Florida; our Community Sponsor, Comcast Cable Communications; Red Bull; Whole Foods Market South Beach; and Café Bustelo.

in sonic blooms. Your pulse quickens.

Randi Freedman, Logistics

Your spirits soar. It’s classical music.

Management Group

It’s alive.

DESIGN

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Matthew Tumbleson Design Assistant

New Times, Atlantic Broadband, Y100, and Clear Channel.

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Special thanks to the Mayor and Commission of the City of

Public Relations

Miami Beach, City Manager Jorge Gonzalez, Assistant City

Nannette Rodriguez

Manager Hilda Fernandez, and the countless others who Berry, Josh Blaize, Martine Buissart, Isabel Chattas, Alethea Cole-Smith, Marlo Courtney, Silvia Cubiñá, Brittany Custin, Maria Dominguez, Norbert Duffort, Brian Feit, Al Feola, Randi Freedman, John Hall, Linsey Harris, Barbara Hawayek, Ivan Hernandez, Jeannie Hernandez, Bridget Hobart, Anja Kaehny,

Sponsorship/ Media Planning Mariu Emmons Media Planning

Wendy Kallergis, Erin Kozlowski, Lorenzo Lebrija, Oscar Levin

Alex Schreer,

of Greenberg Traurig P.A., Gary Lund, Rebecca Mandelman,

ASAP Direct, Inc.

Keith Mizell, Lee Oglesby, Chendo Perez, Laura Quinlan, Frankie Ruiz, Alex Schreer, Dennis Scholl, Susan Slocum, JP

Video

Souto, Nicki Street, Jennifer Sybers, Betty Tejera, Mayte de la

Jeffrey Singer

Torre, Maria del Valle and Agatha Wara. We have undoubtedly

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omitted some important names; please forgive us.

Alicia Zaitsu

And finally, thanks to the hundreds of artists, collaborators and participants who shared their talents, time, spaces and collections to create a truly magical night.

You’ll find their

names in the program that follows.

Coordination Natasha Diaz Mary Heaton Graham Winick Silvia Royer

Max Sklar Director, Tourism and Cultural Development

Gary Farmer Cultural Affairs Program Manager

Classical South Florida has burst

Technical Director

Thanks to our wonderful media sponsors: The Miami Herald, Miami

helped make Audi Sleepless Night a reality, including Brandon

All-classical public radio station onto the airwaves. Its music explodes

our host hotel, the Catalina Hotel and Beach Club; the National Endowment for the Arts; the State of Florida, Department of

it’s alive

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museum admissions, indoor and outdoor art installations and performances, architectural tours, Kennedy Causeway

dance (and dancing,) theater, music, slam poetry, film, video, fashion, acrobatics, comedy and

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Felipe Lamoglia Sextet “New Dimensions in Afro-Cuban Beats”

NORMANDY FOUNTAIN STAGE

Rue Vendome btwn Normandy Drive + 71 Street

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10:00 p.m.

NORTH BEACH BAND SHELL

Grammy-winning saxophonist Felipe Lamoglia has

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led a music career in Cuba, Brazil, and the United

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States, performing with the likes of Arturo Sandoval

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and Celia Cruz. His style reflects the musical traditions of each country and, with his sextet, he’ll present a concert that shows what American Jazz and Brazilian

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Samba can do to traditional Afro-Cuban beats.

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Silvano Monasterios and the Fourth World Ensemble 84 Street

Biscayne Bay

11:00 p.m. This year, the Miami New Times voted Caracas-

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born pianist Silvano Monasterios the “Best Jazz Musician in Miami.” He has performed with some

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BYRON CARLYLE THEATER

(Limited seating – first come, first served)

Teatro en Miami “AsI es si asi os parece” 7:00 p.m. Teatro en Miami fills the niche for Spanish-language theater in Miami. From their black-box studio in Little Havana, they perform plays in Spanish with English subtitles. The group will perform “Asi es si asi os parece” (Right you are, If you think you are), the story of an unconventional family thrown into a small town of nosy and judgmental neighbors.

Ground Up & Rising “The Pillowman” 9:00 p.m.

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Ben Neill and LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots) 6:00 p.m. Ben Neill is a composer, performer, producer and inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. He has recorded seven CDs and has performed at every

Dance Now! Ensemble “Dances at the Fountain”

Ground Up and Rising has been called “Miami’s youngest, scrappiest and, potentially, most thought

Mina Miami Beach Fashion Show with singer Janelle Suarez 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Watch the models arrive in a 1967 Cadillac convertible and ooh and aah at the latest in chic fashion from Mina Miami Beach, the new boutique

provoking theater company.” (Brett O’Bourke, The Miami Herald) They’ll perform Martin McDonagh’s Tony award winner, The Pillowman. The excitement continues outside the theater with elaborately costumed stilt-performances and fire dancing exhibitions.

perform, and there will be coupons and giveaways throughout the evening.

11:30 p.m. – 4:30 a.m.



Romance in a Can presents new prize-winning live

the intersection of several kinds of international

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action and animated shorts from France, Canary Islands,

dance. With every show, they promise to present the

9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Germany and Belgium (all with English subtitles.)

audience with something creative and compelling.

Scintillating live saxophone music from versatile and

FROM FRANCE:

The Miami-based Dance Now! Ensemble is just as exciting and energetic as their name might suggest. The company focuses on diversity to South Beach and performs at

at 960 Normandy Drive. Singer Janelle Suarez will

talented multi-instrumentalist Anthony Corrado.

creation of musician and computer programmer Eric

• “Bye Peter” (11 minutes) A remake of the fairy tale • “The Man with the Gordini” (16 minutes) Nudity

Singer, showcases cutting-edge technology – not as

seen through modernity

a gimmick, but to create a new kind of performance experience and a new means of musical expression. robotic technology and play themselves.

receive a free drink at the Opening.

Next Generation 2010 Short Film Festival

8:00 p.m.

important new music festival in the world. LEMUR, the

LEMUR’s exotic, sculptural musical instruments integrate

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• “As Long As You Can Breathe” (18 minutes) Love “Tibet Bot” from LEMUR’s arsenal of robot instruments

in the Metro (more)

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ZONE 1

NORTH SHORE PARK YOUTH CENTER

Two shows: 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

• “The Mishap” (10 minutes) Trying to finalize a contract

The Spanglish Wrangler

Tony Award-winning musical.

• “Ona” (10 minutes) Anonymous love

As the Spanglish Wrangler, guitarist Will Thomas

FROM CANARY ISLANDS: • “Before Your Eyes” (25 minutes) What happens when you die?

• “Border Line” (20 minutes) A sleeping man dreaming? • “Tell me” (14 minutes) Strangers discuss relationships • “Negritude” (6 minutes) Life on another continent

FROM GERMANY: • “Amoklove” (9 minutes) Magic in the subway • “Between” (5 minutes) The human psyche

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Musical Miracles “In the Heights” 4

6:00 p.m.

27 young performers from the Miracle Theatre’s musical theater program perform selections from the

brings a fun new twist to language class. His first CD, Spanglish Sing-Along was released last year. Kids and

6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

combines English and Spanish. Favorites include “Broccoli,” “Desayuno Boogie,” and “Cucaracha” set to the tune of Earth Wind & Fire’s “September.”

Artists from Miami’s artists collaborative Artformz Alternative bring their 30-foot tall inflatable sculptures

AMTonio Guitarist AMTonio entertains with live Cuban music on Sazon’s patio. 7

OCEAN TERRACE

Miami Beach week will feature pieces by South

Edouard Duval-CarriÉ’s UNDER THE CONGO MOON moving sculptures and Ra Ra Parade preview

Florida artists Anja Marais, John Martini and Alette

11:00 p.m.

to North Beach for the first time. This special return appearance of the popular sculptures that premiered last December at Bayfront Park during Art Basel

Pablo Cano’s Musical Marionettes

SAZON CUBAN CUISINE

10:00 p.m. – Midnight

Artformz Alternative’s GIANTS IN THE CITY

parents alike enjoy his playful bluesy style that effortlessly

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Simmons-Jimenez.

Internationally renowned Haitian artist Edouard

• “Clean Up” (2 minutes) At the state prison

7:00 p.m. (Limited seating)

• “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing” (7 minutes)

like one-man show inspired by 1920s New York

Titanic Slide

the performance he is calling “Under the Congo

vaudeville.

6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Moon.” Duval-Carrié explores the theme of migration

Somewhere in the war zone • “No Special Incidents” Middle of nowhere checkpoint • “Lebensader” (6 minutes) The whole world in a leaf • “Rosarot” (1 minute) Aberrations and confusions of love • “Samsa” (4 minutes) Homage to Kafka

Miami-based artist Pablo Cano creates a dreamHis seven marionette “stars,” created

Duval-Carrié promises to create quite a show with

from a bizarre array of discarded objects like broken

Kids will love the inflatable Titanic Slide. The slide

clocks and teacups, sing and dance to famous

stands at nearly 30 feet tall, and looks like the iconic

American popular songs played on a vintage 1950s

ship sinking into the ground.

record player. Audiences of all ages will be amazed and amused by Pablo, Fred Ascare, Lady Telephone, Matilda Hippo and the rest of the troupe.

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Miami Lyric Opera brings the opera to the public

• “Sunrise Dacapo” (5 minutes) Nature from an

“La Traviata” with full cast and orchestra. The show

motorized parade begins with a preview at Ocean Terrace and proceeds to Ocean Drive.

will be performed outdoors at the North Beach Band Shell. The young company, established in 2004, has Eukelele Lady from Pablo Cano’s Musical Marrionettes

a lot to offer and is excited to build an audience of new opera lovers.

FROM BELGIUM: • “Good Night” (18 minutes) Man picks up his children

Sculpture from artist Duval-Carrié “Anja” from Artformz Alternative’s “Giants in the City”

• “Nature Classes” (18 minutes) Mama doesn’t want son to go • “So Close” (12 minutes) Grandfather dreaming • “Legend of the Inverted” (18 minutes) Born with feet backward • “A Life that Fits In” (13 minutes) Woman wants a fresh start • “Milovan Circus” (9 minutes) Mime recalls his past • “Minitrip” (15 minutes) A comical odyssey

• “Vanquished” (15 minutes) Boy looks for father’s grave

an exciting parade with music from a live band. The

with their production of the Giuseppe Verdi opera,

assembly line

• “Orgesticulanismus” (9 minutes) Recreating an inner space

them “migrate” down the streets of Miami Beach in

7:00 p.m.

• “Sparrows” (10 minutes) Man meets woman in bar

take his sword

several large sculptures of voodoo gods and have

Miami Lyric Opera “La Traviata”

• “Snowtime” (15 minutes) The essence of time

• “You Are My Hero” (4 minutes) Knight forgets to

in his artwork; for Sleepless Night, he will create

AMtonio performs on Sazon’s patio

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RHYTHM FOUNDATION STAGE AT 21 STREET BEACH

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Grupo Embalo

SHORE CLUB SKYBAR 1901 Collins Avenue

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MIAMI CITY BALLET STUDIOS

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THE FLORIDA ROOM AT THE DELANO 1685 Collins Avenue

THE PALMS HOTEL & SPA

and artistic director of the Flamenco Puro Dance

The Grupo Embalo Brazilian Samba Band and

Company, has been named the “Keeper of Flamenco”

Dancers started out as a group of friends who liked to

for her works with the dance. She is dedicated to

play at parties for fun. Since they went professional

maintaining the authenticity of Flamenco while

in 2000, they have become one of South Florida’s

making it modern for new young dancers.

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BASS MUSEUM OF ART

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Jacob Jeffries Band

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PALM COURT

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CATALINA HOTEL AND BEACH CLUB 1720 - 1756 Collins Avenue

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CANAL WALK

Convention Center Drive South of the Dade Boulevard Canal

MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Dade Boulevard + Washington Avenue

2000 Liberty Avenue

6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Ben Folds, Billy Joel, and John Lennon. His band has

Fun for the whole family as the library joins Sleepless

recently played at the Sundance Film Festival in Park

Night for the second time! From 6:30 – 10 p.m. Join

City, Utah and the SXSW Festival in Austin.

the all-ages “Read-A-Thon” or participate in hands-on Arts & Crafts, including a Dinosaur Workshop with

Lanzallamas Monofonica The eight-piece ensemble of Lanzallamas brings the beat to world music. Their mission is “to create

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program. Teens and adults can unleash their inner zombies at the Zombie Makeover Station from 8:30 – 9, and then compete in SoBe’s Next Top Zombie Supermodel Catwalk Competition at 9 p.m., followed

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Funk, and Hip-Hop for what they call “electronica for a Latin Grammy, and the DJ and All Stars routinely

for professional careers in ballet companies around the world. Their performance at Sleepless Night is

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artist Edwin Vilasmil at 6:30. Silly fun in the great

by the Zombie Olympics at 9:30!

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Sleepless @ The Library

Band has already been compared to such artists as

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most exciting samba bands.

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10:00 p.m. Clarita Filgueiras, Flamenco dancer, choreographer,

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Clarita Filgueiras Flamenco Puro

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a special opportunity to see these talented young dancers at the beginnings of what promise to be stunning careers. NIGHT SHIFT will be nine installations in Collins Park

On view: Kent Henrickson “Wayward We Hunt,” and Dzine, along with selections from the permanent collection.

Miami International Piano Festival Concerts 7:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. Visitors to the Bass Museum can browse the galleries while listening to music provided by the Miami International Piano Festival. The festival routinely presents the best up-and-coming piano artists in South Florida. Half-hour concerts will be presented every hour from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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COLLINS PARK

NIGHT SHIFT: 9 Installations curated by Jerome Sans

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Front Terrace and Library: Featured Art from Shake-A-Leg Miami 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. Shake-A-Leg Miami helps children and adults with

Meet the artists 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.,

physical, developmental and economic challenges,

DJ 10:00 p.m. - Midnight

liberating them from the realm of imagination to the

Jerome Sans will act as both a curator and DJ for the Night Shift exhibition commissioned by the Bass Museum of Art and the Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council. Nine prominent South Florida artists present site-specific installations on the Collins Park lawn around the museum and east of Collins Avenue. Pieces range from the giant Earth sphere that visitors can view from the inside-out to a live, outdoor soap opera. Artists

realm of experience.

It provides an inspirational

haven where people of all backgrounds and abilities find a common ground to build friendships, instill confidence, teach skills and provide new hope and opportunities. Come fall in love with imaginative artwork from the 2009 summer camp program: a 10foot teepee and a 15-foot mural on the terrace, and decorated paintings and coconuts in the library.

include Robert Chambers, Jim Drain, Christy Gast, Julie Kahn, Nic Lobo, Ernesto Oroza and Gean Moreno, Tom Scicluna, Frances Trombly, and Viking Funeral. 6

PALM COURT

Maxine’s Bistro: CATALINA UNPLUGGED! 10 Hours of Live Music Caribbean Calypso

The CANDO Art Gallery

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. - Midnight

Groove to tropical steel drum sounds.

The Collins Park Neighborhood Association, Miami

Gustavo Fidelis

Beach Arts Trust, MiamiArtZine, and Ron Bloomberg and Christine Tobin (Palm Court owners) invite you to watch artists create, experience interactive art, view art created from upcycled materials, and enjoy refreshments at this unique one-night-only gallery opening event.

Meet artists Sid Daniels, Janet M.

Mueller and Lucinda Linderman, and, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., enjoy the live sounds of SONIDO BATIDO, the Latin Jazz trio with an experimental edge. 7

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7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Amazing acoustic guitarist and vocalist, Gustavo is a wonderful mix of Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, Maroon 5, and Michael Buble…added with Brazilian style!



ArtOfficial 9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. One of the best local bands in town, fusing hip-hop, jazz and funk.



Geneiva Allen 11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Main Building: Stephen Gamson Exhibition

An extremely talented jazz vocalist, her musical style

Meet the artist 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.;

Rose Max and Ramatis

exhibition open all night

1:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m.

Stephen Gamson is an artist from the communication

Playing the best Brazilian jazz in South Beach!

is a fusion of classic and neo-soul and urban/pop.



age, with a unique Pop Art style that is recognizable for bold colors, iconic symbols and mass appeal.

Kung Fu Kitchen and Sushi: Helena Garcia Exhibition Meet the artist 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.;

Maxine Lounge: John Kissee Exhibition Meet the artist 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.; exhibition open all night John Kissee is an artist whose work is a marriage

exhibition open all night

of pop culture and fine art: the hard graphic line of

Helena Garcia brings her creative paintings and designs

cartoons and comics, as well as the lush textures and

of adorable, whimsical characters to South Beach for

light of traditional painting.

one night only. She is inspired by Japanese aesthetics, cartoons from the 1960s and vintage design.

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Ed King Exhibition

Sleepless Night – Rated R

Meet the artist 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.;

10:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m.

exhibition open all night

Stay up with complimentary Dirty Bustelos & Patron, get

Neo-pop artist Ed King’s combination of vibrant colors, black outlines and signature stitching has

your inner artist on with Pablo Ricatti of Congregation Miami, and get grooved by DJ Danny Stern.

won over the hearts and minds of South Florida. Beyond the upbeat look and feel of the work is an undercurrent of positive messages of prosperity and

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SoBe INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS

happiness. Miami’s his home, but his work definitely

“Bohemian Pentameter” Preview

speaks to the global community, and may be found

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

in collections throughout the U.S., Canada, England,

SocialMiami.com and WLRN present a preview of their

France, Germany and Australia.

upcoming “Bohemian Pentameter” event, featuring the professional ensembles and staff of the SoBe Institute of the Arts. Art and fashion lovers will be transported

Juanita Marie Franklin

back to the days of Elizabethan England as the sounds

9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Soulful sounds from this classically-trained jazz singer with global credits, including NY and Paris performances of Hair and Jacques Brel is Alive and Well. 9

SHORE CLUB SKYBAR

of violins, flutes and lutes fill the air. 14 CANAL WALK BETWEEN CARL FISHER CLUBHOUSE AND CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE

DJ Gunars

Frozen Music’s “Canal”

9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. Frozen Music’s premiere performance will captivate

THE FLORIDA ROOM AT THE DELANO

audiences with a site-specific sound installation

Anatural – Angela Laino live funk and soul

an often unnoticed pathway into a unique and

10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

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called “Canal.” Recorded sounds from the site are reimagined into invisible architecture, transforming fascinating passage.

THE PALMS HOTEL & SPA

NeoGrafik

THIS IS IT!

8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m. to close THIS IS IT! is an exclusive photo exhibit by acclaimed Miami celebrity photographer, Manny Hernandez, which celebrates the last decade of the 20th Century and the celebrities that made the era iconic.

The

exhibit captures the popular culture of 1990s Miami, featuring some of Hollywood’s brightest stars shining on the streets of The Magic City.

Direct from Montreal’s Nuit Blanche, the artists of NeoGrafik use large, wired interactive canvases and custom built “pens” and “spray cans” to create their designs, then instantly digitize and project them onto a building’s surface. Watch as they transform the new façade of Beach High into a thrilling, non-destructive graffiti mural.

NEOGRAFIK will draw graffiti on Miami Beach Senior High

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city center, lincoln road, española way CONVENTION CENTER HALL “D”

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MIAMI BEACH BOTANICAL GARDEN

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FILLMORE MIAMI BEACH AT THE JACKIE GLEASON THEATER

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1700 Washington Avenue

TEMPLE BETH SHMUEL, THE CUBAN HEBREW CONGREGATION

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CASCELLA ITALIAN CONCEPT STORE

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COLONY THEATRE

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HALO LOUNGE MIAMI

Four shows: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.,

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works with electro-magnetic radiation to build large

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45-minute

11:00 p.m., 1:00 a.m.

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scale sound installations. Siren is a fascinating

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combining

theater,

sculpture,

experience. Audience members move around the

EUCLID OVAL STAGE

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PETER LIK GALLERY

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LINCOLN THEATRE

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MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY CHURCH Lincoln Road at Drexel

Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez ”O Amor” and “Ephemera”

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THE RITZ-CARLTON, SOUTH BEACH

9:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m.

room, sit or stand, and lose themselves to their

Lincoln Road at Euclid Avenue

changing visual and aural perceptions.

701 Lincoln Road

2 MIAMI BEACH BOTANICAL GARDEN

541 Lincoln Road

1 Lincoln Road

Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez wants to play with your

SCORE BAR

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DA LEO TRATTORIA

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PLAZA ESPAÑA STAGE

819 Lincoln Road

show

light and sound into a suspenseful, one-of-a-kind

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Ray Lee is an artist, performer, and composer who

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1625 Michigan Avenue

Ray Lee’s “Siren” performance/ installation

ARTCENTER/SOUTH FLORIDA

1040 Lincoln Road

SEGAFREDO L’ORIGINALE

dance rhythms with two extraordinary orchestras:

LUCKY STRIKE

1106 Lincoln Road

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the best of contemporary and time-honored Cuban

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BOOKS & BOOKS, DESIGN WITHIN REACH AND THE CAFÉ AT BOOKS & BOOKS

CONVENTION CENTER HALL “D” 1

subconscious and sense of memory. Working with

1601 Collins Avenue

hand-crafted found and recycled film footage, she orchestrates transparent realities from fragments. “Ephemera” consists of miniscule transparent images

Española Way + Drexel Avenue

suspended from the branches of the Grand Poinciana tree at the Garden’s entrance. “O Amor” is an

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Start the evening off right with Boston-based jazz

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Carlos Averhoff Jr and the IRESI Quartet 7:00 p.m. Br@ily 8:30 p.m. DJ Duni 9:00 p.m. – Midnight Jose “Pepito” Gomez 10:00 p.m. 4 TEMPLE BETH SHMUEL, THE CUBAN HEBREW CONGREGATION

“The Journey of the Cuban Jews” On the hour from 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Catch this 20-minute documentary film that tells the story of the Jewish migration from Europe, Turkey and Spain to Cuba, and then tour the architecturally striking Temple.

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saxophonist Carlos Averhoff Jr. and his Quartet. Then it’s Miami vs. New York in this battle of the dance bands! FUNDarte, Miami Light Project and Global Cuba Fest showcase

The store will be animated by the fashions of the great collections of the Cascella world, the music with the dreamy and unique rhythm of La Dolce Vita, the arts with an exhibition of paintings and photographs by international artists, and the cinema with screenings of Italian masterpieces and new tendencies – with a touch of purple everywhere!

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The Tweaksters 6:00 p.m.

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DJ Snowhite 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

acrobats, athletes, jugglers, and dancers and they delight audiences of all ages.

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when the bands aren’t playing.

Regan Patno and Julia Snyder, The Tweaksters, are

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provide guest emcees, and DJs keep your feet moving

6:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

6:00 p.m. – Midnight

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order of performer…excellent!” MEGA TV will

Italian Purple Night

Global Cuba Fest and Cuban Quarter Dance Party

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Gomez, hailed by the New York Times as “another

of the Garden itself.

FILLMORE MIAMI BEACH AT THE JACKIE GLEASON THEATER

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singer, and from New York, vocalist Jose “Pepito”

illusory video journey into the subconscious secrets

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Atlantic Ocean

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Convention Center Drive

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Br@ily, the Miami-based timba and salsa trombonist/

Cuban Quarter Dance Party

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Miami Light Project presents Compagnie Julie Dossavi 8:00 p.m. Miami Light Project is excited to introduce South Florida

to

dancer/choreographer/musician

Julie

Dossavi. The French performer’s style is a unique blend of contemporary African dance and street culture. In a series of solos and duets, Dossavi plays with dance and music in an abstract yet seamless way.

Tropical Wave Productions, FUNDarte and Miami ARTzine present “A Taste of ‘Out in the Tropics’” featuring BETTY, Miami Gay Men’s Chorus, and surprise guests 10:00 p.m. Gender-bending, great music, lots of laughs and some

DJ Paolo Albertoni and DJ Aladdin 8:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m.

The Miami Contemporary Dance Company dancers

Two top DJs spinning the best groovy and soulful

are sleepless tonight! If you’re lucky you’ll catch them

house, soul and rock.

jamming in their pajamas or dance-celebrating in their

performing arts showcase, starring famed womenled pop-rock group BETTY. Also on hand: Adora as emcee, Juan Carlos Zaldivar’s mixed-media “Marti and I,” and Drag It Out’s drag kings. For mature audiences only.

A Pair of Nuts

8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

evening gowns on Lincoln Road or Ocean Drive. The jam could be anywhere and last 2 minutes or 15 –

Shopbar

who knows? You’ll see the crowd stop, the radio drop

8:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.

and the take-off into a fantastic Dream Jam.

Carolina Benitez and Mariana Loumiet’s

Red Bull Art of Can Installation

vintage fashion show.

(between Drexel + Pennsylvania Avenues)

8:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m.

Michele Palmisano

DJ Paolo

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DA LEO TRATTORIA

Disco Alfresco 10:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m. Da Leo welcomes back DJ Miguel’s Disco Alfresco, which made its debut at Sleepless Night 2007. Come and shake it to your favorite dance hits from the 70s and 80s.

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Sounds of Sleepless Night 7:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Miami Beach’s independent, locally-owned bookshop teams up with neighbor DWR and Bernie Matz’s Café

8:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m.

to host a full schedule of stand-up stories, spoken

Palmisano’s colorful abstract photographs projected

word poetry and live music.

onto the exterior of the Colony Theatre.

powerful takes on history and sexual identity are all part of this Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender

SEGAFREDO L’ORIGINALE

Dream Jam Dancing: Random Acts of Art by Miami Contemporary Dance Company

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Tigertail’s WORDSPEAK Teen Poetry Team

LINCOLN ROAD

7:00 p.m. – 7:45.p.m at DWR

Playground Theatre for Young Audiences

Students from Miami International University of Art

LIPSHTICK

and Design will construct the iconic Vince Lombardi

7:00 p.m.

Super Bowl Trophy as a larger-than-life piece made

8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

The member actors of the Playground Theater for

from Red Bull cans. The completed piece will travel

Young Audiences perform with the hope of giving

through Art Basel Miami Beach and Super Bowl XLIV

South Florida’s youth an appreciation for the arts.

before it returns to Miami Beach for the Bull Art Red Red Bull’s Art of Can

1:00 a.m.

The troupe will perform “Playground Theater’s

Why spend a sleepless night alone when you could

Greatest Hits,” starting with a parade from the

spend it with A Pair of Nuts? Yamil Piedra and Johnny

Colony Theater to the Euclid Oval Stage. There will

Trabanco bring you their multimedia comedy show

be live drumming and kids can march along with

featuring hilarious sketches & off the wall videos.

their favorite characters.

of Can Exhibition in March 2010. 9

HALO LOUNGE MIAMI

An Art Installation

The Open Tent and Lip Service present “Lipshtick: Jewish Stories from some of Miami’s most loud-mouthed Jews”. Monkey Rum

9:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Live music in the Breezeway. Culture in the City Presents the Presenters:

Their work has garnered them critical acclaim and

1:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m.

they’ve been featured on Last Call with Carson

Projections, live painting, art and spoken word,

Daly, BET, MegaTV, Deco Drive and the Discovery

featuring artists Yvonne Cordoba, Marc Tousignant,

10:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

Channel. They’re all over the internet with viral videos

Arturo Rovirosa, and Erin-Marie Wallace. Live DJ

Will DaRealOne Bell, Shamele Jenkins, Deborah

music playing all night long.

Magdalena, Diego Quiros and Jonathan Rose are

like “Gayo,” “The Law Offices of Facmee and Diaz,” “Duel” and “Chonga Chat.” DO NOT miss

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Art Installation, Music and Fashion 9:00 p.m. - Midnight Video projections, ECO fashion designs by Alexis Carballosa, and Live DJs playing all night long.

Poetry Hosts and Spoken Word Poetry at DWR

poets who are hosts for poetry throughout MiamiDade County. It’s not your grandparents’ poetry. 13

LUCKY STRIKE

“ilovemiami365” 6:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. You’ll love Miami as much as artist Alissa Christine does when you get caught up in indoor and outdoor projections of her photographic diary of a year in the life of our favorite place.

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ARTCENTER/SOUTH FLORIDA

First Saturday Arts Walk 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Visit the studios in both buildings and join us for a reception in the gallery from 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

EUCLID OVAL STAGE

Beach High Rock Ensemble 6:00 p.m. Director Doug Burris has led the ensemble since its creation in 1972 and has taken the group to perform across the country and around the world.

Antonia Wright: “The Nature of Things” performance

JETSTREAM

8:00 p.m. (in front of the 800 building)

This is what happens to Rock Ensemble members

6:45 p.m. when they grow up! JETSTREAM is a Miami Beach-

Der Unbekannte Musiker (The Unknown Musician) 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (924 building) Meet artist Stephanie Rodriguez, see her bold, whimsical paintings which explore how music inspires our popular culture, and enjoy classical guitarist Maikel Rodriguez and rock band Frontline.

based alternative rock group whose members are all alumni of the Rock Ensemble. They have played at the legendary Rock-n-roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, and presently perform throughout the state of Florida.

Playground Theatre’s Greatest Hits 7:30 p.m. The parade ends here with participatory dance

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VAN DYKE CAFÉ

numbers for all!

The South Beach Comedy Festival presents “Laughin’ on Lincoln” 12:30 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. Festival favorites Ricky Cruz, Lisa Corrao, Adrian Mesa, Ken Miller and Forrest Shaw join host Al Jackson for stand-out stand-up on Lincoln Road as they warm up for the fifth annual South Beach Comedy Festival January 21 – 23, 2010. 17

PETER LIK GALLERY

Landscape Photography Exhibition 6:00 p.m. – Midnight View the stunning color photographs of Peter Lik, “inspired by the awesome power and Pure beauty of Mother Earth.” 18

LINCOLN THEATRE (Limited

seating – tickets required)



New World Symphony

Under the Covers with Sleepless Night

Dr. Michael White Quartet

7:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

Jeffrey Milarsky conducts “New York State of Mind: Sounds

10:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.

Dr. Michael White and his Quartet bring the styles of

of the Times,” showcasing the musical artistry featured

Featuring the R’n’B, Soul and Pop sounds of the Ike and

New Orleans Jazz to Miami. White is a classically trained

so prominently at New York’s Bang on a Can Festival.

Valerie Woods Band, the Van Dyke will be the place to

clarinetist who was discovered in the French Quarter as a

Tickets are available on a “first come, first served” basis

hear your favorite songs you know by heart. Come and

teenager. Since then, he has dedicated his musical career

at the Sleepless Night information tent on Lincoln Road at

sing, dance and reminisce as these fabulous cover songs

to preserving the essence of New Orleans jazz.

Washington Avenue beginning at 6:00 p.m.

South Florida Jazz Orchestra

MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY CHURCH (Limited seating – first come, first served)

bring back your finest memories and experiences.

Van Dyke Café

10:00 p.m. Chuck Bergeron’s South Florida Jazz Orchestra is bringing back big band jazz. The sixteen members

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Seraphic Fire

of the band first got together in 2006 and have been

10:00 p.m.

playing the jazz scene in Miami ever since.

Experience this acclaimed chamber choir’s annual American gospel and folk music event, “I’ll Fly Away.”

New World Symphony

Gramophone Magazine has called Seraphic Fire “one of the most exciting and unexpected developments on the local scene.” The choir emerged on the classical music scene in 2002 to critical acclaim and had amazing successes in the following eight seasons. 20

THE RITZ-CARLTON, SOUTH BEACH

Art Tours Two tours: 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Enjoy a rare opportunity to learn the history and significance of the multi-million dollar art collection featured at The Ritz-Carlton South Beach, one of only two “art hotels” in Miami Beach. Noel Lanzas, the exclusive Art Basel Ambassador, will lead guests on guided tours of the hotel’s renowned art by emerging and established Latin American and European artists. 21

LOEWS MIAMI BEACH HOTEL

Rhythm & Blues 9:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m. Get your groove on in the Hemisphere Lounge with live R&B music and martini specials.

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“Remnants and Umbrellas 8-12” 9:00 p.m – 1:00 a.m. Miami Beach Cinematheque and Thought Loom present Remnants and Umbrellas 8-12, a film event that features the work of Jacques Demy and Agnes Varda. Films will be played on the Plaza de España – on strategically placed canvases, on large umbrellas throughout the space, even on palm trees outfitted with mirrors. The event honors two filmmakers who saw cinema in new ways by allowing the audience to see their films in new ways.

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TEQUILA CHICAS

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JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA

Chipotle Pajama Run, a one mile “run in what you sleep in” race through Lummus Park alongside Ocean

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Drive.

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ANGLERS BOUTIQUE RESORT

giveaways. Free registration at www.runmiami.com.

660 Washington Avenue

KEIRIN CYCLES

Show off your sleepwear at 6:00 p.m. in

the park at 8 Street and Ocean Drive. Prizes and

Dream Jam Dancing: Random Acts of Art by Miami Contemporary Dance Company

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electronic and live music with dance and videosculptures. This premier performance is sponsored by the Ocean Foundation and the Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.

presenting “beautiful music in beautiful spaces,” enters drum machines by Name Brand, African drummer/ dancer Etagweyo Vincent Onokurte and Indian percussionist Shri. Carlos Pintado is the 2006 winner of the International Prize for Poetry Sant Jordi.

24” takes us behind the scenes and onto the track as

Toni Dove’s “Spectropia”

we see the engineers and drivers push themselves to

Midnight New York-based video artist Toni Dove’s stunning and acclaimed experiment in cinematic spectacle, making

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OCEAN DRIVE MAIN STAGE

Oy-Lé!

its Florida premiere. An interactive, feature-film hybrid of sci-fi and film noir, shown on three screens and manipulated and altered in real time by two artists at a console of laptops, cameras and laser harp.

6:30 p.m.

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Arts Inside the Open Tent presents this convergence of klezmer and flamenco, featuring Siempre Flamenco and the Heavy Shtetl Klezmer Trio.

8:00 p.m. Animate Objects Physical Theater’s new show “Bounce

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Animate Objects Physical Theater “Bounce Theory”

rive

to the sea” with a multimedia concert that combines

The South Beach Chamber Ensemble, best known for

the limits for glory. Can it be theirs?

Atlantic Ocean

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Composer Gabriel E. Pulido presents his “homage

and the take-off into a fantastic Dream Jam.

Hours of Le Mans and out-racing the odds. “Truth in

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9:00 p.m.

10:00 p.m.

continuous showings of a documentary about the 24

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Deep Surface

knows? You’ll see the crowd stop, the radio drop,

A “drive-in movie” screen near 12 Street offers

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equally entertaining show this year.

anywhere and can last two minutes or 15 – who

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Drive. Don’t snooze on this one…the jam could be

7:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.

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Animate Objects Physical Theater stopped traffic at the

a new kind of space with Hip Hop artist La Guardia,

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gravity in an oversized physical laboratory/playground.

South Beach Chamber Ensemble with La Guardia, Name Brand, Etagweyo Vincent Onokurte, Shri and Carlos Pintado

“Truth in 24”

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Española Way

scientists conduct gutsy experiments with disregard to



in their evening gowns on Lincoln Road or Ocean

16 Street

truly mesmerizing spectacle. Bounce Theory’s cast of

The Miami Contemporary Dance Company dancers them jamming in their pajamas or dance-celebrating

Lincoln Road

ZONE 4

8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. are sleepless tonight! If you’re lucky you’ll catch

1320 Ocean Drive

Watson Island Shuttle

The First Ever PAJAMA RUN presented by Chipotle Sleepless Night gets off to a running start with the

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CAVALIER HOTEL

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animation performance.

Soar with him through

bizarre landscapes created on the spot to a score of free-form electronic music.

Theory” combines aerial dance and athletic aerobics

Tomas Loewy: A Loewy Year

with Ocean Drive as the backdrop. With an electrifying

4:00 a.m.

pulse, Bounce Theory takes dancers to the sky in aerial

A multimedia presentation of thousands of images –

hoops, trampolines, pulleys and stretchy elastic bungee

photographs taken every single day since February

cords forty feet above the sands of South Beach for a

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SoBe Arts “Tunes & Toons” 5:30 a.m. Do not miss this quasi-qwazy pre-dawn extravaganza of classic cartoons and live music, featuring the SoBe Arts Chamber Ensemble and the SoBe Arts Jazz Ensemble. Cartoons at dawn is a ritual American experience. SoBe Arts brings Sleepless Night to a colorful close by celebrating a visual art form that has long embraced both jazz and classical music. A blend of film projections and live performances with a late-late cabaret set – one that does not cater to children, veering from comic to provocative and hallucinatory. Welcome the Technicolor dawn skies with hues of the postmodern, orchestral standards twisted and re-imagined into the loony tunes, merry melodies and irreverent reveries of a golden age of

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Rainbow Circus presents “Dreamicus” 8:45 p.m. Producer Laurie Allen of South Florida Circus Arts School presents the debut of Rainbow Circus, featuring Judge David Young as Ringmaster and Special Guest Star Aerialist Elaine Lancaster! David Kingerly, Lori Lynch, Paul Anderson, Benjamin Antipuna and TNT, and Kriston Arrow have donated their time to create a spectacular vision of dreams and nightmares expressed through classic circus arts, including aerial tissu, corde lisse, trapeze and lyra. Elvis, Michael Jackson, hula hoop routines, drag burlesque, Spiderman, contortionists and human animals are all part of a show you’ll never forget.

animation. It’s the perfect way to start the day – or

“Acts of Purpose”

end the night! For mature audiences only.

10:30 p.m. Analisa Velez, 2008 YoungArts winner in theater/

OCEAN DRIVE MASS ENSEMBLE STAGE

spoken word, presents her original dramatic piece

MASS Ensemble

Thompson.

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Four shows:

7:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,

2:30 a.m., 6:00 a.m. This world-renowned group has literally created its own performance genre – an elegant and high-impact blend of amazing lights, music, sculpture, dance and visual art. Unique, fantastic instruments include the Earth Harp, whose strings will cross Ocean Drive to the very top of the Park Central Hotel. The full group

about women who have been sexually assaulted, featuring Ms. Velez, Jasmine Cuesta, and Fiona

Amy Alvarado 11:30 p.m. Amy Alvarado, 2008 YoungArts winner in Voice/ Popular, performs an array of jazz standards and songs by contemporary artists in cabaret style, with piano accompaniment.

performs the first three shows; the 6:00 a.m. show is

The Dream Engine “Heliosphere”

a yoga class led by MASS member Andrea Brook

7:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.

and featuring the Earth Harp. Presented by Classical

Spiraling and spinning and seemingly weightless, an

South Florida 89.7 FM.

acrobat suspended beneath a giant color-changing

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Industrial Teatrera “Rojo” 6:30 p.m. Riotous physical street theater from Barcelona presented by Centro Cultural Español. “Rojo” is an intimate clown show for all audiences, based on a poem by Palau I Fabre and on “The Red Tree” by Shau Tan. “Rojo” creates an imaginary refuge in the midst of the city.

helium balloon explores the uncharted space between the beach and the sky.

Edouard Duval-CarriÉ’s “Under the Congo Moon” moving sculptures and Ra Ra Parade Midnight – 3:00 a.m. Edouard Duval-Carrié promises to create quite a show with the performance he is calling “Under the Congo Moon.” Duval-Carrié explores the theme of migration in his artwork; for Sleepless Night, he will create several large sculptures of voodoo gods and have them “migrate” down the streets of Miami Beach in an exciting parade with music from a live band. The parade ends on Ocean Drive, where Duval-Carrié,

Dream Engine “Heliosphere”

the band, and the voodoo gods stop to interact with people on the street.

The Ocean Drive Association welcomes you to

Ocean Drive and thanks its fellow sponsors for making Sleepless Night 2009 a reality.

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Whole Foods South Beach Breakfast

CAVALIER HOTEL

Belly Dance 6:00 p.m. – Midnight

6:00 a.m.

Residence DJs

Sleepless Night’s been feeding your brain for the

Midnight – 6:00 a.m.

past twelve hours – now South Beach’s Whole Foods Market (1020 Alton Road) treats your body to a

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Art Deco Walking Tours

TEQUILA CHICAS

7:00 p.m. – Midnight The Miami Design Preservation League believes the

Deaf Poets

Art Deco District is a “Living Hands-On Museum” full

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Deaf Poets (Nicolas Espinosa and Sean Wouters) restore your faith in the future of rock’n’roll. 7

ART DECO WELCOME CENTER

THE BETSY SOUTH BEACH

of architectural and cultural history. They’ll provide 30-minute Art Deco Walking Tours to share histories of some of the area’s most interesting Art Deco landmarks.

Erté: Designs of the Debonair 7:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus

Gabriole Van Bryce, designer and artist, recounts her years working with the international Art Deco

6:00 p.m. – Midnight

icon and Russian aristocrat Erte. On exhibit will be

The Lennon Bus, a state-of-the-art recording studio

sketches, photos, and a small collection of the Erte

on wheels, will be parked on the beach in front

couture clothing line.

of the Betsy hotel at 14 Street and Ocean Drive. People of all ages are encouraged to bring images, letters, songs and stories onto the bus, to reflect on the timeless service and sacrifice made by soldiers and their families, to record memories and archive personal photos using the multi-media recording equipment on the bus. Video of the Lennon Bus “live from the beach” will be streamed for viewers on the Betsy terrace.

Bienal Miami + Beach 7:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. The 16th Annual International Architectural Conference and the International Photography Competition of Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape Architecture begins here tonight.Photography winners will exhibit and present their work at the AIA convention coming to Miami Beach in 2010.

ROCKARCHIVE EXHIBIT

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6:00 p.m. – Midnight Come and meet Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Jill

Furmanowski,

founder

of

London-based

ROCKARCHIVE, and view over 50 compelling images from the world’s finest print archive specializing in rare and iconic rock’n’roll imagery. The Lennon Bus

JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA

Free admission 6:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. On view: Judy Chicago: “Jewish Identity” and “48 Jews: What It Means To Be Jewish,” Paintings by Abshalom Jac Lahav, along with selections from the permanent collection.



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WOLFSONIAN-FIU

Free admission

Afin-k-o 11:00 p.m. Colombian Vallenato band Afin-k-o performs live.

6:00 p.m. – Midnight. On view: “Styled for the Road: The Art of Automobile

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Design, 1908 – 1948,” along with “Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from the Wolfsonian Collection.”

KEIRIN CYCLES

Macaframa Screening 8:00 p.m.

FLEA Ensemble

San Francisco’s best fixed-gear riders attack the S.F.

6:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

streets!

Florida International University’s Laptop & Electronic Arts (FLEA) Ensemble presents exciting new work and

80’s Joe’s Home Movies

reinterprets classics of the avant-garde by combining

11:00 p.m.

hi-fi and lo-fi technologies. Each piece offers innovative ways of interacting and performing with technology. 12

ANGLERS BOUTIQUE RESORT

Miami Jazz Project featuring Arthur Barron, with Felix Gomez, Marcel Salas and Oscar Salas 8:00 p.m. – Midnight

Joe Staley’s acoustic band playing live in front of the store.

“Tron” Screening Midnight

DJ Ryan Evans 1:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. Screening of “Tron” at Keirin Cycles at Midnight

Sleepless Night and the Anglers! Arthur Barron leads this all-star ensemble of South Florida musicians, performing compositions penned by Barron and a repertoire of mainstream jazz and blues. 15

SOUTH BEACH LANGUAGES

NIKKI BEACH

What Women Want

Multicultural Talent Contest

6:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m.

10:00 p.m. – Midnight

Meet SNK swimwear designer Mirla Sabino from 6:00

Show off the best of your culture, be it dance, poetry music (vocal or instrumental) magic, etc. Amateurs and professionals from all countries are welcome, and are encouraged to perform in their native languages. Grand prize is a $500 certificate for group classes!

Want to know what’s up in the South Florida arts scene?

Disney’s 1980s classic projected on a 20 x 20 screen.

It’s the second time around for Miami Jazz Project,

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WITNESSING THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF THE ARTS ON SOUTH FLORIDA.

p.m. to 8:00 p.m. while indulging in free champagne, cupcakes and chocolates. At 10:00 p.m., crowd the catwalk for two full-scale runways shows. Models from ANK by Mirla Sabino and Salinas Swimwear will strut in the latest swimsuit fashions. Stay for the after party with special performances ‘til 3:00 a.m.

SLEEPLESS NIGHT PHOTOMARATHON ONLY 200 SPOTS AVAILABLE Participants will be assigned three topics to photograph during Sleepless Night. In addition to “Best of Show”, First, Second and Third place prizes will be awarded for each of the four zones of activity (North Beach, Collins Park, City Center and Ocean Drive). $1,000.00 in cash, hotel stays, framed exhibition prints and more are among the many prizes. The top entries will be exhibited in Miami Beach City Hall’s 4th Floor Gallery during Art Basel/Miami Beach 2009. Sign-up at these following information booths:

Normandy Fountain • Collins Park • Lincoln Road @ Washington Avenue • Ocean Drive @ 7 Street

Check out KnightArts. org, our community’s new blog about the visual and performing arts. n Reviews by Miami’s best critics n RegulAR posts on the latest art exhibits and performances n ContRibutions by a diverse selection of community cultural groups Join us on

www.KnightArts.org An initiative of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

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