Miami Beach has always been about sex, sun, sand and stars but this week they play second fiddle to our other obsession : art. This is Miami Art Week which is the world’s leading contemporary art show with the central focus being on the Art Basel Fair which serves as the ‘serious art for grown-ups‘ part. … Continue reading
Last year the prestigious Miami International Film Festival celebrating its 31st edition launched “GEMS” a second festival to its annual activities, a 4-day event to present the “jewels” of the fall season. The Event was such a success that is now a permanent fixture in MIFF’s calendar. Held at the iconic Tower Theater on 8th Street in … Continue reading
Reading Queer a rather unique Miami based organization that was formed to preserve & promote queer literary culture in South Florida, has a new Event in their calendar that caught queerguru’s eye. “Queer (Dis)Pleasure” is a writing workshop with with E. Parker Phillips, a teacher, writer and performer and will be using equipment from the BDSM … Continue reading
The 18th Annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival …..known as MiFo kicks off later this week with an extraordinary and eclectic program of great new LGBT movies. Because of its very diverse local population, the joy of MiFo is that it always has one of the most comprehensive selection of Latino cinematic treats, and this year … Continue reading
Calle Ocho in the heart of Miami’s vibrant Little Havana district is going gay. Well if truth be told, they are actually mounting a one day Festival to celebrate the area’s growing diversity which is starting to include a significant LGBT community. The first ever Gay8 Festival will celebrate LGBT art, … Continue reading