November Carnival Center Events

RENT
November 2, 3 @ 8 p.m.November 3, 4 @ 2 p.m.November 4 @ 7:30 p.m.
Broadway's Smash-Hit Musical! Now in its 10th Season of Love!Set in the East Village of New York City, RENT is about being young and learning to survive in NYC. It's about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award® for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize, RENT has made a lasting mark on Broadway with songs that rock and a story that really resonates. Whether it's your 1st time or your 100th time, the time is now for RENT!
Ziff Ballet Opera House

Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow
Sponsored by Your South Florida Lexus Dealers
November 8 @ 8 p.m.
An ensemble of 12 male voices provides a richly majestic, eerie and transcendental musical experience. The group's concerts encompass two styles of immense creativity in Russian music: chants and prayers from the early 16th-century orthodox church and authentic closeharmony arrangements of Russian folk songs. Founded in the last decade of the Soviet government, the choir spent years decoding manuscripts of then-forbidden religious music. Since 1989, they have given the first performances of many works buried in obscurity for centuries. Their great musicological achievements have earned them a glorious place in the history of choral music, but it is the sheer beauty and intensity of the choir's singing that has won them great acclaim and devoted fans throughout the world.
Knight Concert Hall


Cesar Millan 2007 Seminar
November 11 @ 2 p.m.
The star of the Emmy-nominated hit series "Dog Whisperer" brings his magic and wisdom about dogs and dog psychology to this unique live special event. Fans of the show and dog lovers alike will be immersed in Cesar's world for three compelling hours, as the best-selling author of Cesar's Way reveals his secrets to happier, healthier relationships between humans and their canine companions. Participants will come to understand how people can inadvertently play a role in their dog's behavioral "issues"; but also, how to change this dynamic by learning how to see the world through a dog's eyes. Using his gift as an educator and entertainer plus state-of-the-art multimedia to illustrate his unique concepts and ideas - and most importantly, his famous "calm-assertive energy" - Cesar keeps audiences spellbound as he opens them up to amazing new insights about man's best friend - and also, about themselves. See how Cesar's "fulfillment formula" changes lives as he works to make the world a better place....one dog at a time. *VIP ticket holders will have an opportunity to meet Cesar after the seminar. No dogs, other than service dogs, are permitted at the seminar
Knight Concert Hall


Cosi fan tutte
November 17 @ 7 p.m.November 21, 24, 27 30 @ 8 p.m.December 2 @ 2 p.m.December 6, 8 @ 8 p.m.
It's the classic battle of the sexes! Let the games begin as this favorite among Mozart comedic masterworks opens the 67th season of Florida Grand Opera. Do you think women are fickle? Mozart leads us to the conclusion "They're all like that!" in this deliciously decadent comedy. Follow the path of romantic twists and turns as two young men are challenged to test the limits of their sweethearts' "fidelity," or perhaps we should say, "infidelity".
Ziff Ballet Opera House

Miami Book Fair International

Recognized as the nation’s finest literary event of its kind, the Miami Book Fair International features 200 exhibitors and 350 author presentations.

Thousands of book lovers attend readings and discussions featuring prize-winning, best-selling and emerging authors from the U.S. and around the world.

The Evenings With series presents prominent author presentations during six weeknights. During the Street Fair weekend, around 200 national and international exhibitors sell and promote books and literature in a festival atmosphere.

More than 350 authors will present as part of the Festival of Authors including local writers in the Write Out Loud Café, Haitian and Caribbean authors, and those who present their works in Spanish as part of the IberoAmerican Authors Program. At the International Village, fairgoers will be able to explore many countries’ folklore, literature and culture.

Storytelling and book-inspired arts will fascinate kids at Children’s Alley, and rare book aficionados will find a home at the Antiquarian Annex.

Author Presentations: November 4 -11, 2007
Street Fair: November 9 -11, 2007
Miami-Dade College
Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33132

Enjoy this and many other cultural events from your luxury hotel and residence at Epic Miami.

Upcoming Miami Events of Note...

Film/Film Festival
Bill Cosford Cinema
(from 11/2/2006 to 11/2/2007)
http://www.miami.edu/
Enjoy a smorgasbord of foreign and independent films at this theater located on the University of Miami campus. Call for this weekend's schedule of films.

Museum/Art Exhibit
MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida
(from 5/2/2007 to 5/2/2008)
http://www.jewishmuseum.com/
This ongoing exhibit, MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida, Includes over 500 photos and artifacts that depict the Jewish experience in Florida since 1763.

Power of Ten: Gifts in Honor of MAMs 10th Anniversary
(from 5/4/2007 to 10/28/2007)
http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/
Donors, instrumental in developing MAM's permanent collection with gifts of art, will be honored with an exhibition that culminates a year-long drive to solicit gifts from collectors in Miami and beyond.

Facades: Expression and Architecture in American Society
(from 8/21/2007 to 1/6/2008)
http://www.bassmuseum.org/
In 1981 the Bass Museum of Art acquired several photographic works from Berenice Abbott's New York III portfolio, and over the course of 26 years the museum's collection has expanded to include more than 1,100 photographs. These include works by artists such as Mitch Epstein, Lewis Hine, Annie Leibovitz, Jerome Liebling, Mary Ellen Mark, Jewel Stern, Andy Sweet and Marcia Walkenstein, who are all represented in this exhibition. Bringing together formalist, abstract cityscapes and touching portraits, the exhibition documents the diverse faces of our nation in the twentieth century.

South Florida Leads the Way in Technology

As further proof of the explosive growth and endless appeal of South Florida, an article on technology has just reported that the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area is Florida's largest technology hub, with 75,300 technology industry workers in 2005.

The Florida Cybercities 2007 report showed that the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area, which includes Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, had a high-tech payroll of $4.6 billion in 2005, the highest in the state, and high-tech firms employed 38 of every 1,000 private sector workers that year, the latest for which data was available.

Now, in addition to its position as a cultural, travel and financial center, South Florida can boast a new place as Florida’s largest technology hub.

Miami Art Museum Celebrates 10th Anniversary

The nearby Miami Art Museum is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a special exhibition called "Power of 10: Gifts in Honor of Miami Art Museum's 10th Anniversary". The exhibition runs through October 28, 2007. Here is the description from the museum's website:

MAM’s collection has grown almost exponentially over the past year with several major gifts of art from collectors in Miami and beyond. This exhibition will showcase an exciting array of major works donated to MAM on the occasion of its 10th anniversary as a museum and collecting institution. The Plaza Level Gallery will be filled with major pieces by artists who range from Fernand Léger to Vik Muniz and Susan Rothenberg – whose works have been featured in solo exhibitions at MAM and other major contemporary art museums worldwide. Power of Ten, in tandem with the Collectors Council Acquisitions in the New Work Gallery, highlights MAM’s commitment to growing its collection and honoring donors who have been instrumental in its development.

Downtown Miami Hosts Film and Video Festival

The Rewind/Fast Forward Film and Video Festival, which kicks off its sixth edition today and runs through Sunday at the Miami-Dade Public Library Main Branch in downtown Miami, has never been like other film festivals. For one thing, all of the screenings are free. That's right: Gratis.

And although ''free'' often translates into ''We couldn't get anyone to pay for this, so we're giving it away,'' the Rewind/Fast Forward Film and Video Festival is actually one of Miami's best and most enjoyable celebrations of the cinematic arts, cramming an amazing amount of diversity, breadth and quality into three days.

Curated by Barron Sherer (who also programs Cinema Vortex, the excellent periodic festival of cult and rare movies), Rewind/ Fast Forward aims to celebrate Florida's cinematic heritage both in front of and behind the screen. Saturday afternoon's Miami Movie Makers Club is a celebration of the 40-year history of the rotating members of the organization, amateur filmmakers who turned their home and vacation movies into ambitious works of art.

For more information on the festival, including a complete schedule, visit http://www.fmia.org/.

EPIC Rises High in Downtown Miami

EPIC Residences & Hotel continues to take shape and rise high into the downtown Miami skyline. Construction on the 54 story tower Florida luxury condo is complete through the 26 floor with blocking complete through the 24 floor.

Glass and glazing for the Miami luxury condo tower is complete through the 25 floor and frames for EPIC’s townhomes are secured with hotel floor framing complete through the 22 floor. Also underway are the construction of EPIC’s exquisite pool decks, water features, ballrooms and elevators.

“As the seasons go by, it is exciting to watch this fantastic luxury South Florida condo concept become a reality,” said Veronica Cervera, president of Cervera Real Estate, the exclusive sales agent for the Miami condo. “We are thrilled with the rapid progress of construction and are looking forward to the immanent debut of what will surely be the epitome of downtown, waterfront, luxury Miami living.”

Stay tuned for more updates from EPIC Residences & Hotel.