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  • David LaChapelle comes to Town

    David LaChapelle comes to Town

    The fine-art  photographer David LaChapelle is making a stop on his World Tour in Miami to promote a two-volume project to complete his five-book, career-spanning anthology. In Lost + Found, Part I, LaChapelle unveils a visual record of the times we live in.     Together with Good News, Part II, it represents a sublime concluding chapter to…

  • Trans girl  Zoey dedicates her quinceañera to her trans godmothers.

    Trans girl Zoey dedicates her quinceañera to her trans godmothers.

      A quinceañera is a Latin American tradition celebrating a girl’s coming of age on her 15th birthday. Zoey a Mexican/American living in Los Angeles however is a little difference as she is a transgender girl.  She is dedicating her quinceañera to her trans godmothers who helped her through her transitioning but who never got…

  • Wynwood can bring out the artist in you

    Wynwood can bring out the artist in you

      Don’t want to cope with all the crowds in  Miami’s Wynwood Art District next week when Art Basel moves into town, then why don’t you stay at home and let the art come to you? Not only can you create the same art (well almost the same) as in the colorful murals that hug…

  • BONE ISLAND : Bare It All

    BONE ISLAND : Bare It All

      If ‘clothing optional’ resorts are a tad tame for you, the  perhaps you should make tracks this weekend  down to Key West for the biannual BONE ISLAND BARE IT ALL EVENT where clothing is banned. Started 11 years ago by Canadian expat Dean Townsend (known locally as The Naked Realtor ) as a way…