Gblt Event At Sleepless Night

City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS, Nannette Rodriguez

PRESS RELEASE

Tel: 305.673.7010, Fax: 305.673.7229, E-mail: [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 2009

The Rainbow Drags Over Sleepless Night -- GLBT Events at the Colorful Cultural All-Nighter -Miami Beach, FL – This year’s event includes programming specifically for the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Transgender (GLBT) community. From a Rainbow Circus to drag queens to the Gay Men’s Chorus, they will be some of the many unforgettable arts and entertainment experiences presented for all tastes and all ages, all night long, all for free, the Audi Sleepless Night. Miami Beach’s free, 13-hour, dusk-til-dawn, citywide celebration of the arts, begins at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 7. OCEAN DRIVE SHOWGROUND (between 11th + 12th Streets) 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. www.Sfcas.com COLONY THEATRE (Limited seating – first come, first served) 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 powerful takes on history and sexual identity are all part of this Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender performing arts showcase, starring famed women-led 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. www.fundarte.us HALO LOUNGE MIAMI (1625 Michigan) An Art Installation 1:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m.

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Projections, live painting, art and spoken word, featuring artists Yvonne Cordoba, Marc Tousignant, Arturo Rovirosa, and Erin-Marie Wallace. Live DJ music playing all night long. www.Haloloungemiami.com | www.OAGproductions.com Sleepless Night is a sundown-to-sunrise, free arts celebration. It is produced by the City of Miami Beach Department of Tourism and Cultural Development and Cultural Arts Council in collaboration with every cultural organization in the city, together with private businesses and individuals. It offers free museum admissions, indoor and outdoor art installations and performances, architectural tours, dance (and dancing,) theater, music, film, slam poetry, fashion shows, acrobatics, comedy and other cultural offerings, all presented without admission charge at over 80 different venues spread throughout the city and the 13-hour night. Free shuttle buses with onboard arts programming connect the various zones of activity and remote parking for the duration of the event. The last Sleepless Night (2007) presented more than 130 arts and entertainment events to over 100,000 residents and visitors of all ages. “It was the best multi-genre arts event I’ve ever enjoyed here in South Florida – in over three decades!” said Ed Bell, producer and host of WLRN 91.3FM’s “South Florida Arts Beat.” “Sleepless Night will prove to be South Florida’s premiere annual arts extravaganza.” The full program is available online at www.sleeplessnight.org and will be available in printed form at locations throughout the Greater Miami area on October 26. ### To request this material in accessible format, sign language interpreters, information on access for persons with disabilities, and/or any accommodation to review any document or participate in any city-sponsored proceeding, please contact 305-604-2489 (voice) or 305-673-7218 (TTY) five days in advance to initiate your request.

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