2012 Miami Book Fair International: Tom Wolfe, "Back to Blood" - Tom Wolfe speaks about his latest novel, "Back to Blood," during the opening night of the 2012 Miami Book Fair International. The novel presents Mr. Wolfe's take on the city of Miami. Mr. Wolfe will be interviewed by former Miami mayor, Manny Diaz, and take questions from the book fair audience. The Miami Book Fair International is held annually in November on the campus of Miami Dade College. Tom Wolfe is the author of several nonfiction titles, including "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," "The Pump House Gang," and "The Right Stuff," which was a recipient of the National Book Award for General Nonfiction. He has also the author of the novels, The Bonfire of the Vanities," "A Man in Full," and "I Am Charlotte Simmons." For more, visit: tomwolfe.com.
Bruce Helander: A Wolfe in White Clothing: " as the traffic starts to thin out between Ft. Lauderdale and North Miami, the ride can become quite exhilarating and oddly beautiful, especially with a light rain rolling in from the Everglades spattering the windshield that wipers sweep clear for a split second at a time, offering a temporary color field post-surrealist experience under glass. At twilight, the road ahead morphs into a collection of meandering, mile-long neon streaks accented by pairs of evenly spaced brake lights, like flashing red eyes in a forest filled with predatory creatures, which warn of an impending slowdown and dangerous curves ahead. The skinny river of twisted lights takes off across the six lane bridge to Miami Beach, or one can veer off to the right and fade into the distance as the byway finally narrows to a two lane highway all the way to Key West, or a driver can continue straight downtown, which is the choice I make, as it is where we are headed to attend a screening of Tom Wolfe Gets Back to Blood, Oscar Corral's documentary about the author researching his latest novel..."
Miami Beach: Don't Pull the Plug on Hollywood
Huffington Post (blog)
Make no mistake, there are many on the Miami Beach City Commission who recognize how important the film, TV, advertising and modeling businesses are to the city, and how South Florida as a whole has to stop shooting itself in the foot when it comes to ...
Best and Worst Movies Shot in Miami Beach, From Scarface to Sly Stallone's The ...
Miami New Times (blog)
By now, everyone in Miami knows by heart the story of Tony Montana, a murderous Marielito who snorts and shoots his way to the top of the city's crime scene. Mostly filmed south of Fifth Street on the Beach, the movie is much more than Pacino's icon snarl.
Your Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach: Part V
Papermag
Welcome to the fifth edition of our ongoing guide to Art Basel Miami Beach (check out editions I, II, III, and IV HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, respectively). Let's get started: In honor of the late Tony Goldman -- the visionary real estate developer and ...
Papermag
Pasty Jeff Gordon, Topless on The Beach
Gossip Extra
Jeff Gordon is often considered one of the pretty ones in NASCAR, but he can't compete with South Beach's regulars! Gordon, 41, materialized in Miami Beach yesterday with his wife, ex-model Ingrid Vandebosch. And the least that can be said is that ...
Zaha Designs a Juicebar; Ricky Martin Sells at a Discount
Curbed NY (blog)
1) South Beach: Miami institution Alchemist is opening a new clothing store on the ground floor of the Herzog & de Meuron-designed 1111 parking garage on Lincoln Road. The store itself will be designed by Rene Gonzalez, a well known hometown architect, ...
Ex-Philadelphia weatherman testifies in Miami federal court about his ...
MiamiHerald.com (registration)
A former TV weatherman who was fleeced by South Beach's B-girls testified in Miami federal court about the scam that shamed him. Upload and share your own. You can share related videos and photos. Submit: Video Pictures Stories ...
Friday Party Spotlight: DJ Abel Hits Up Miami Beach
FashionTV.com
Abel, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in Miami where he holds residencies at South Beach clubs such as Paragon and Salvation, as well as regularly spinning-it-up at events like Alegria, Salvation Saturdays, One Mighty Weekend, Atlantis ...
Tag Archives: Miami Beach - Edgewater South Beach
Traveling to South Beach? Why not, there is so much to do. Check out all the great shops on Lincoln Road or perhaps you are in the mood to eat out.
Bro Miami Expands to South Beach - KCTV5
KCTV5Bro Miami Expands to South Beach ... Like in Midtown Miami, Büro South Beachmembers will benefit from state-of-the-art amenities, stylish communal ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
The show returns to South Florida's Miami Beach Convention Center, marking an incredible milestone: this will be the twenty fifth year Centerplate has provided world-class hospitality services to the International Auto Show. As with every year ...
Who Motor-Boated Alex Rodriguez? Slugger's Speedboat Stripped of $30000 ...
Miami New Times (blog)
In this week's feature, a 69-year-old Holocaust survivor accuses Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez of ruining their Miami Beach neighborhood by turning his mansion into a de facto movie studio. But the All Star slugger is not simply a celebrity ...
Dionne Warwick To Perform In Support Of Sandy Recovery
Look To The Stars
Music sensation Dionne Warwick and the iconic Fontainebleau Miami Beach have partnered with Damon Elliot Music Group and its Media Division to support the recovery efforts for Hurricane Sandy through a December 15th benefit event, as part of the ...
John Bolaries Testifies: "I Don't Like Champagne"
Philadelphia Magazine (blog)
Today, former Philadelphia weatherman John Bolaris took the stand in Miami to testify about his woeful weekend in South Beach in 2010, when he was allegedly drugged and bilked out of more than $43,000 in champagne and caviar Amex charges by a pair ...
American Black Film Festival Announces 2013 Dates, Omari Hardwick as ...
Atlanta Black Star
Film Life Inc. announced that the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) will be returning to South Beach for the 17th annual event and has named actor Omari Hardwick (Sparkle, Middle of Nowhere and For Colored Girls) as the 2013 Festival Ambassador.
Acqualina Resort's Exclusive Miami Beach Holiday Getaway Package Includes ...
PR Leap (press release)
(PRLEAP.COM) SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL. (Nov 16, 2012) Enjoy an exclusive Miami Beachgetaway package just in time for the holidays at Acqualina Resort and Spa on the Beach . In celebration of the Andrew Harper 2012 Reader Survey Awards as Top ...
Prime 112 owner lists penthouse for $18.5 million
South Florida Business Journal
In a market of high-rise condominium towers dotting the South Beach luxury landscape sits a high-end, low-rise luxury property. Ocean House, at 125 Ocean Drive in the South of Fifth (SoFi) neighborhood, is unique for various reasons. Its 18 units are ...
The Ten Best Things to Do in Miami this Weekend
Miami New Times (blog)
We go from South Beach Hot to Wynwood Chic -- and we haven't even begun yet. This weekend we've got loads more artsy things to do, and expect to see a flood's worth more as the days go on. Miami Book Fair International is in town, so, not only can you ...
Sagamore Hotel's foreclosure issues may not harm business
South Florida Business Journal
Miami Beach-based lender LNR Partners has spent years pursuing a $35 million foreclosure on developer Martin Taplin's ownership company, Sagamore Partners. But the Sagamore is poised to take advantage of improving values on the beach, Brush said.
Bunny Yeager: "Sexy In a Nice Way"
WLRN
Photos from this series are on display at Miami Beach Cinematheque. Whether we like it or not, South Florida is known for sun, beaches…and skin. Back in the 1950s, pin-up model Bettie Page posed for some of her most classic photos here. Her black ...
The Real Housewives of Miami, Episode 11: Elaine Lancaster, Thomas Kramer ...
Miami New Times (blog)
We have ultra-fab drag queen Elaine Lancaster, notorious South Beach developer Thomas Kramer, shining star of the series Mama Elsa -- and even a new face, former Vogue model Lauren Foster. We've spent many a night with Foster, and can tell you from ...
Miami New Times (blog)
Sea levelled: Miami's Ivanhoe Hotel
Building Design
In the 1950s, Bal Harbour and Miami Beach were considered to be America's Riviera, a magnet for the era's top musicians and entertainers. The Ivanhoe was one of a number of beachfront hotels built during the decade, its Pump Room Lounge fast becoming ...
Building Design
Potomac Conservancy's 'State of the Nation's River' 2012 Report: Group Urges ...
Huffington Post
... good reason to believe southern Florida will eventually have to be evacuated." The city of Miami Beach is currently "vetting a $200 million storm water concept that is one of the first in the nation to respond to sea level rise resulting from ...
Thurston Moore Headlining KURT During Basel Week
Miami New Times (blog)
And next month during Art Basel Miami Beach week, the forever-young Nirvana leader will serve as the inspiration for KURT, "a multi-discipline exhibition and study of the late Kurt Cobain," headlined by Thurston Moore. See also: -Art Basel Miami Beach ...
Seriously Unserious About Fashion
New York Times
... DIS crew an emerging presence on the international art-world circuit. Its work was featured in an exhibition at the New Museum in 2010, and the editors staged a hit Kim Kardashian look-alike competition with MoMA P.S. 1 at Art Basel Miami Beach ...
New York Times
David Lynch's club comes to Art Basel Miami Beach | Art | Agenda ...
Film director and painter brings his Parisian Mullholland Drive-themed boîte de nuit to Miami Beachnext month.
Film director and painter brings his Parisian Mullholland Drive-themed boîte de nuit to Miami Beachnext month.
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