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    • Greater Fort Lauderdale 2010 Addy Awards

    • The AAF Greater Fort Lauderdale held their 2010 Addy Awards Gala showcasing the best of the best in advertising and the vision for the future of the local advertising industry in Fort Lauderdale, on March 5 at Cinema Paradiso.The Advertising Federation of Greater Fort Lauderdale was established in 1957 as the local arm of the American Advertising Federation (AAF), to serve the interests of the advertising community in the Greater Fort Lauderdale area.Through the years they've found that what the ad community is really interested in is meeting other creative professionals, networking with all the various industries that service the ad industry, and generally having a good time communicating with their peers.AAF is a national organization with a presence in Washington, that represents over 50,000 advertising professionals to promote and defend advertising interests and protect their ability to do business. AAF also makes education, scholarships and diversity a priority in the industry.Ad Fed of Fort Lauderdale is a member of the 4th District AAF, which includes all AAF clubs throughout Florida and the CaribbeanHolding monthly programs for members and guests designed to inform, educate and entertain. Topics are chosen to represent the current interests of the membership.The highlight of each year is the annual American Advertising Awards which is an opportunity to showcase the creativity of the Greater Ft. Lauderdale creative community.At the 2010 we had a chance to hear from Andrew Martineau, President (AAF Greater Fort Lauderdale) and Creative Director for XL1 Media Inc.(www.xl1media.com); Elyse Taylor, Trustee / Past President (AAF Greater Fort Lauderdale) and Vice-President, mad 4 Marketing(www.mad4marketing.com); Mike Pardo, Trustee / Past President (AAF Greater Fort Lauderdale) and President, TheDubHouse (www.thedubhouse.net) and John Greene, Legislative Chair (AAF Greater Fort Lauderdale) President, J Group Creative.

    • Innovation in the Arts (4/4): Taking Risks

    • From the Funding Arts Network Luncheon on March 2, 2010.Innovation in the Arts: Taking RisksModerator, Helen Aguirre Ferré, Opinion Page Editor and Columnist, Diario Las Americas and Host of WPBT2’s Issues spoke with Idea Gurus from the South Florida Cultural world.In this clip:Shirley Richardson, Executive Director, The M EnsembleSubject: The risk of hiring actors who can make or break a show based on their attitude—with results clear by March 2nd.Augusto Soledade, Artistic Director/Choreographer, Brazz Dance Theatre Subject: The challenge to expand one own's artistic vision from culturally specific to universally concerned.

    • Innovation in the Arts (2/4): Taking Risks

    • From the Funding Arts Network Luncheon on March 2, 2010.Innovation in the Arts: Taking RisksModerator, Helen Aguirre Ferré, Opinion Page Editor and Columnist, Diario Las Americas and Host of WPBT2’s Issues spoke with Idea Gurus from the South Florida Cultural world.In this clip:Andrew Goldberg, Vice President, Marketing, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-DadeSubject: In summer 2009, the Adrienne Arsht Center took a big risk by scheduling and investing in Fuerza Bruta: a relatively unknown show where the audience stands throughout the performance and there is no spoken word, not knowing if a successful 2008 summer season was a discovery or fluke. Joanne Schulte, Chairman, Seraphic FireSubject: How do we identify opportunity, measure the risk involved and determine our correct path.Mary Luft, Executive Director, Tigertail ProductionsSubject: In 1991 Tigertail was invited to do a series of projects for the São Paulo Bienal: what was promised and what we were able to do were very different. We created a room and produced a Listening Room in the actual Bienal, commissioned a new dance work for a concert at a theater, created a sound piece in an escalator in the Bienal, presented a new music tango project at the Museum of Image and Sound, a radio series on their public radio station, but . . . the John Cage Opera never happened and .

    • Innovation in the Arts (3/4): Taking Risks

    • From the Funding Arts Network Luncheon on March 2, 2010.Innovation in the Arts: Taking RisksModerator, Helen Aguirre Ferré, Opinion Page Editor and Columnist, Diario Las Americas and Host of WPBT2’s Issues spoke with Idea Gurus from the South Florida Cultural world.In this clip:Douglas Merliatt, Senior Vice President, Artistic Planning and Programs, New World SymphonySubject: New World Symphony’s most recent In-Context™ Festival, Charles Ives: Pioneer Modernist ,  presented last season with support from FAN and the risks and challenges associated with creating and presenting what was one of the most complex and multi-dimensional artistic and study projects ever undertaken by NWS.Arlys Raymond, Executive Director, Bakehouse Art ComplexSubject: The Silo Project, an idea conceived three years ago and finally implemented during Art Basel 2009 to transform the two historical flour silos into a community-led  landmark of significance.

    • Innovation in the Arts (1/4): Taking Risks

    • From the Funding Arts Network Luncheon on March 2, 2010.Innovation in the Arts: Taking RisksModerator, Helen Aguirre Ferré, Opinion Page Editor and Columnist, Diario Las Americas and Host of WPBT2’s Issues spoke with Idea Gurus from the South Florida Cultural world.In this clip:Carol Damian, Director and Chief Curator, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University Subject: I will speak about the Taiwan Exhibition opening February 19th that is a challenge from every angle!  But it will open – the artists will arrive – and the work will make it through customs! 

    • Edward Steichen: In High Fashion the Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937 opening

    • Hosted by Irvin Lippman, Executive Director of the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Edward Steichen exhibition Curator William Ewing and fashion designer Ivonne de la Vega.The internationally renowned exhibition Edward Steichen: In High Fashion the Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937 will make its debut in Florida at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University on February 26 through April 11, 2010. The exhibition features over two hundred of Steichen’s celebrity and fashion portraiture made while he served as chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines between 1923 and 1937.  His influence is felt in the field to this day. Steichen’s portraits of icons include Joan Crawford, Winston Churchill, Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Amelia Earhart, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Loretta Young, Martha Graham, Gloria Swanson, Dorothy Parker.“Edward Steichen produced a body of work of unequalled brilliance.  He revolutionized fashion photography, and pioneered a new visual language of glamour, profoundly shaping the look of celebrity and fashion to this day” said Irvin Lippman, Executive Director of the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.  The exhibition is organized by the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, and the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis, in conjunction with the International Center of Photography (ICP). It opened in New York City at ICP in early 2009, and has since been shown throughout Europe.Fashion designer Ivonne de la Vega has created a gown inspired by Steichen's photographs of high fashion.  It will be on view during the exhibition and sold as a benefit for the Museum of Art.

    • The Old Man and The Sea - Caldwell Theatre

    • The Caldwell Theatre Company's latest production is based on the Hemingway short novel, The Old Man and The Sea. This is the South Florida premiere for the play and only the second time it is being presented anywhere.  Adapting the introspective work of Hemingway for the stage is a difficult task especially when one of the main "characters" in the production is the sea itself.  Lighting and sound design play an integral role as Artistic Director Clive Cholerton and Lighting designer Tom Salzman explain.

    • Alex Daoud - Ft. Lauderdale Cultural Club pt.2

    • Alex Daoud is the former mayor of Miami Beach, Florida who served from 1985 to 1991. Daoud was indicted for 41 counts of bribery and served eighteen months in a federal prison and retired from politics.He is the author of the book "Sins of South Beach," and spoke about his book and his life during the first Ft. Lauderdale Cultural Club meeting, a combined effort fo the Broward County Public Library Foundation, Cinema Paradiso, Bonnet House and the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.Alex Daoud has lived his entire life in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Florida. Boxing was one of his favorite childhood hobbies. Working out at the famous Fifth Street Gym during its heyday, Alex trained under the legendary Angelo Dundee and did roadwork with the likes of Muhammad Ali and other world champions. Alex attended the University of Tampa, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, then received his Juris Doctor degree from Northern Illinois University before returning to his home of Miami Beach to begin practicing law. The blight that plagued South Beach at this time was shocking, and before long Alex found himself caught up in the tumultuous world of city government in an effort to rejuvenate the city of his birth. Still living in Miami Beach, Daoud manages luxury rental properties in South Beach. Aside from his professional duties, Daoud desperately wants to help those who may be experiencing similar problems that plagued the former mayor for so many years."I publish my phone number and email address in the book,” Daoud said. “My number was always listed when I was mayor. I still want to be able to help, to give people someone that can talk to about problems they are having. That federal trial I went through was a nightmare, and I don't want to see anyone else go through that."

    • Alex Daoud - Ft. Lauderdale Cultural Club pt.3

    • Alex Daoud is the former mayor of Miami Beach, Florida who served from 1985 to 1991. Daoud was indicted for 41 counts of bribery and served eighteen months in a federal prison and retired from politics.He is the author of the book "Sins of South Beach," and spoke about his book and his life during the first Ft. Lauderdale Cultural Club meeting, a combined effort fo the Broward County Public Library Foundation, Cinema Paradiso, Bonnet House and the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.Alex Daoud has lived his entire life in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Florida. Boxing was one of his favorite childhood hobbies. Working out at the famous Fifth Street Gym during its heyday, Alex trained under the legendary Angelo Dundee and did roadwork with the likes of Muhammad Ali and other world champions. Alex attended the University of Tampa, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, then received his Juris Doctor degree from Northern Illinois University before returning to his home of Miami Beach to begin practicing law. The blight that plagued South Beach at this time was shocking, and before long Alex found himself caught up in the tumultuous world of city government in an effort to rejuvenate the city of his birth. Still living in Miami Beach, Daoud manages luxury rental properties in South Beach. Aside from his professional duties, Daoud desperately wants to help those who may be experiencing similar problems that plagued the former mayor for so many years."I publish my phone number and email address in the book,” Daoud said. “My number was always listed when I was mayor. I still want to be able to help, to give people someone that can talk to about problems they are having. That federal trial I went through was a nightmare, and I don't want to see anyone else go through that."

    • Alex Daoud - Ft. Lauderdale Cultural Club pt.1

    • Alex Daoud is the former mayor of Miami Beach, Florida who served from 1985 to 1991. Daoud was indicted for 41 counts of bribery and served eighteen months in a federal prison and retired from politics.He is the author of the book "Sins of South Beach," and spoke about his book and his life during the first Ft. Lauderdale Cultural Club meeting, a combined effort fo the Broward County Public Library Foundation, Cinema Paradiso, Bonnet House and the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.Alex Daoud has lived his entire life in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Florida. Boxing was one of his favorite childhood hobbies. Working out at the famous Fifth Street Gym during its heyday, Alex trained under the legendary Angelo Dundee and did roadwork with the likes of Muhammad Ali and other world champions. Alex attended the University of Tampa, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, then received his Juris Doctor degree from Northern Illinois University before returning to his home of Miami Beach to begin practicing law. The blight that plagued South Beach at this time was shocking, and before long Alex found himself caught up in the tumultuous world of city government in an effort to rejuvenate the city of his birth. Still living in Miami Beach, Daoud manages luxury rental properties in South Beach. Aside from his professional duties, Daoud desperately wants to help those who may be experiencing similar problems that plagued the former mayor for so many years."I publish my phone number and email address in the book,” Daoud said. “My number was always listed when I was mayor. I still want to be able to help, to give people someone that can talk to about problems they are having. That federal trial I went through was a nightmare, and I don't want to see anyone else go through that."

    • Eduardo Montes-Bradley

    • Eduardo Montes-Bradley is the director of "Calzada" and the Heritage Film Project, which produces documentaries with particular emphasis on the Human Experience and the Arts. At the premiere of his film at the Tower Theatre, Montes-Bradley sat with Solange Reyner, Things to Do reporter for Miami.com to talk about his work and inspirations.

    • Humberto Calzada

    • Prior to the premiere screening of the film "Calzada," at the Tower Theatre, Solange Reyner, Things to Do reporter for Miami.com had a chance to talk with the artist himself, Humberto Calzada, about his experience making this film and his recent trip back to Cuba for the first time since leaving in the 1960's. You can find more about the film here.

    • Tattoo Artist Jose Carrera

    • uVu met with tattoo artist Jose Carrera in 2009 as he was the owner of one of Miami’s renowned tattoo parlor Ocho Placas in Calle Ocho, Miami. Carrera explained his passion for the art of tattoos, his inspirations and his way of life.As uVu started editing this profile, we received the news that Carrera has passed away. This profile is in memory of Jose Carrera and his passion for his profession as a tattoo artist.

    • Funding Arts Network: Backstage Basics pt.2

    • The Funding Arts Network (FAN) Roundtable was held at Barton G's new Prelude Restaurant at the Arsht Center on December 8, 2009. Welcoming the attendees was FAN Vice-President for Programming,  Jo Anne Bander and moderator Mercedes Quiroga, PhD, President of the Wolfson Campus of Miami-Dade College. The subject was Backstage Basics: Presenting Performances that Stimulate And the panelsists included Ricky J. Martinez, Artistic Director, New Theatre,  Eduardo Marturet, Music Director & Conductor, The Miami Symphony Orchestra and Ray Sullivan, Founding Artistic Director & Resident Choreographer, Miami Contemporary Dance Company.

    • Funding Arts Network: Backstage Basics pt.3

    • The Funding Arts Network (FAN) Roundtable was held at Barton G's new Prelude Restaurant at the Arsht Center on December 8, 2009. Welcoming the attendees was FAN Vice-President for Programming,  Jo Anne Bander and moderator Mercedes Quiroga, PhD, President of the Wolfson Campus of Miami-Dade College. The subject was Backstage Basics: Presenting Performances that Stimulate And the panelsists included Ricky J. Martinez, Artistic Director, New Theatre,  Eduardo Marturet, Music Director & Conductor, The Miami Symphony Orchestra and Ray Sullivan, Founding Artistic Director & Resident Choreographer, Miami Contemporary Dance Company.

    • Funding Arts Network: Backstage Basics pt.1

    • The Funding Arts Network (FAN) Roundtable was held at Barton G's new Prelude Restaurant at the Arsht Center on December 8, 2009. Welcoming the attendees was FAN Vice-President for Programming,  Jo Anne Bander and moderator Mercedes Quiroga, PhD, President of the Wolfson Campus of Miami-Dade College. The subject was Backstage Basics: Presenting Performances that Stimulate And the panelsists included Ricky J. Martinez, Artistic Director, New Theatre,  Eduardo Marturet, Music Director & Conductor, The Miami Symphony Orchestra and Ray Sullivan, Founding Artistic Director & Resident Choreographer, Miami Contemporary Dance Company.

    • Lifetime Achievement Award in Cinematography - Mario Tosi

    • Cinematographer Mario Tosi received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Cinematography at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival on Wednesday evening prior to the screening of ITALIANS by writer/director Giovanni Veronesi.  Honoring Mr. Tosi were Leonard Wong from Cinema Paradiso and Sid Meyer. Mr. Tosi has shot over 35 films including HEARTS OF THE WEST (Jeff Bridges, Blythe Danner, Andy Griffith), CARRIE (Sissy Spacek, John Travolta, Piper Laurie), MACARTHUR (Gregory Peck), THE BETSY (Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones), THE MAIN EVENT (Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal), THE STUNT MAN (Peter O'Toole), RESURECTION (Ellen Burstyn), WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY (Richard Dreyfus, John Cassavettes), SYBIL (Sally Field), among others. Over the past month and a half, FLIFF has paid homage to Mr. Tosi with a retrospective.

    • Artist Profile: Jessica Shoemaker

    • Matthew Broderick- FLIFF Career Achievement

    • On the Red Carpet at the 24th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF), Matthew Broderick arrives before the premiere of his new film, “Wonderful World.” Once inside Cinema Paradiso, Broderick is awarded the FLIFF 2009 Career Achievement Award by FLIFF’s Executive Director Gregory Von Hausch

    • Matthew Broderick and Josh Goldin at the FLIFF Premiere of Wonderful World

    • At the 24th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF), Matthew Broderick and director Josh Goldin discuss the premiere of their new film, “Wonderful World.” The actor and director take questions from the audience and Goldin is also presented the FLIFF 2009 Spirit of Independence Award by FLIFF’s Executive Director Gregory Von Hausch

    • Cinema A la Mode - Whole Foods and Garlic

    • The fourth Cinema a la Mode was held at Cinema Paradiso and this time there was a special guest chef.  The Whole Foods Market in Fort Lauderdale sent along Chef Lynn and a ton of garlic.  The movie, of course, was Fearless Vampire Slayers.  Chef Lynn did some cooking and had the audience eating out of her hands. Whole Foods Market is an official sponsor of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, which kicks off later this month at Cinema Paradiso.

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