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1. Night&Day

   Laugh Me a River

   By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

   Published: November 5, 2009

   Few people can boast the success Joan Rivers has achieved during her half-century on the stage. Since reaching stardom on The Tonight Show in the ’60s, the raspy-voiced...

2. Night&Day

   Up All Night

   By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

   Published: November 5, 2009

   Jason Shawn Alexander's striking solo show, "Insomnious," features ominous, psychologically charged canvases and drawings. One painting of a two-headed, panty-clad Asian woman...

3. Art

   World leaders should see the Frost Art Museum's latest exhibits

   By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

   Published: November 5, 2009

   October was a strange month. It began with Barack Obama shunning the Dalai Lama in order to keep hardliners in Communist China mollified. Just a few days later, the president...

4. Current Art Shows

   Art Capsules

   By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

   Published: November 5, 2009

   Devil's Disciple Through November 21. O.H.W.O.W., 3100 NW Seventh Ave., Miami; 305-633-9345; oh-wow.com. Monday through Friday noon to 5 p.m. NeckFace, the graffiti ghoul who...

5. Night&Day

   Private Stock

   By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

   Published: October 29, 2009

   Don’t expect to find voodoo flags, glittery spirit bottles, or primitive folkloric paintings at Windisch-Hunt Fine Arts, chirps the gallery’s director. Instead,...

6. Art

   NeckFace's "Devil's Disciple" at O.H.W.O.W. turns heads and stomachs

   By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

   Published: October 29, 2009

   NeckFace, the graffiti ghoul who has earned international street cred as the budding Rembrandt of the repulsive and ribald, has brought his nightmarish vision to the Big Mango...

7. Art

   Newbies flock to Second Saturday Art Walk in Wynwood

   By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

   Published: October 22, 2009

   On the sultry evening of October 10, Wynwood's Dorsch Gallery (151 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-576-1278) was as clotted as a heart attack victim's arteries. There were scores of...

8. Current Art Shows

   Art capsules

   By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

   Published: October 22, 2009

   Girls with Guns Through October 30. Dot Fiftyone Gallery, 51 NW 36th St., Miami; 305-573-9994; dotfiftyone.com. Monday through Friday noon to 7 p.m. Natalie Silva's solo show...

9. Night&Day

   Flower Power

   By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

   Published: October 15, 2009

   In the Magic City’s version of Pandora’s tale, hope isn’t the only thing left in the box. Peek inside and you’ll find enough art, poetry, and performance...

10. Art

    "Imperfect Archives" at 801 Projects poignantly portrays the past

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: October 15, 2009

    Sitting at a work table, Nereida Garcia Ferraz hands out recipes for boniatillo con queso to a throng of strangers cramping her installation at Little Havana's 801...

11. Night&Day

    Video Killed the Soccer Star

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Paul Pfeiffer is the master of the head fake. He creates video installations that juke spectators right out of their shoes. The award-winning New York-based artist’s...

12. Art

    "Pivot Points Part 3" shines at MOCA in North Miami

    The museum kicks off the season with fascinating videos, high technology, and light shows.

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Inside North Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), a flashy, truck-size work by Paris-based collective Claire Fontaine beckons visitors to discover more high-wattage...

13. Current Art Shows

    Art Capsules

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: October 8, 2009

    IV = 369 (Luna) Earnest Corpse Through October 17. Kevin Bruk Gallery, 2249 NW First Pl., Miami; 305-576-2000; kevinbrukgallery.com. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m....

14. Night&Day

    Good Vibrations

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: October 1, 2009

    Old-school salsa crooner Oscar D’Leon will parachute into town this Saturday, and he’s ready to turn the Big Mango into his personal rumbarrio. Beginning at 8 p.m....

15. Art

    Arts & Eats Guide 2009

    A year-round feast of food and culture in the Magic City.

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: October 1, 2009

    This fall and winter, the recession and immense cuts to arts funding threaten to short-circuit Miami's recent extraordinary progress in art, theater, and music. But the city is...

16. Art

    Jesse Bransford moons Miami at Kevin Bruk Gallery

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: October 1, 2009

    Jesse Bransford's stellar solo show at the Kevin Bruk Gallery will likely leave spectators howling like loons at the Earth's closest celestial orb. "IV = 369 (Luna)" marks the...

17. Current Art Shows

    Art Capsules

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: October 1, 2009

    Dolos Steam Through October 3. Gallery Diet, 174 NW 23rd St., Miami; 305-571-2288; gallerydiet.com. Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nina Johnson opened her season...

18. Art

    Two Cuban artists fly high in Wynwood

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: September 24, 2009

    At Wynwood's Pan American Art Projects, turbo-charged solo shows by contemporary Cuban artists Gustavo Acosta and Carlos González offer intriguing, disparate takes on...

19. Current Art Shows

    Art Capsules

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: September 24, 2009

    Girls with Guns Through October 30. Dot Fiftyone Gallery, 51 NW 36th St., Miami; 305-573-9994; dotfiftyone.com. Monday through Friday noon to 7 p.m. Natalie Silva's solo show...

20. Night&Day

    Snap, Crackle, Rock!

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: September 17, 2009

    Many of you have probably heard Jimi Ruccolo’s ditties rattling around your brainpans without ever knowing it. When the homegrown warbler isn’t tearing up local...