Palm Beach Premium: July 2008

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

CALLE FLAMENCA

Broward County's Bailes Ferrer Flamenco Dance Company along with invited guests Jose Luis Rodriguez, Carlos Puig-Hatem and Nelida Tirado will take the audience to the Flamenco Streets of Spain, New York and South Florida with traditional and contemporary works in Flamenco music and dance.

July 26th at 8:00 p.m.
July 27th at 5:00 p.m.

Amaturo Theater
Broward Center
201 SW Fifth Avenue
Fort Lauderdale
(954) 462-0222
Directions

Tickets: $22 - $35
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW

A cross between Cirque du Soleil and Blue Man Group, created by Slava, the original Cirque's clown.

July 24th - August 31th

Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami
305-949-6722

Directions

Tickets $55
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A review by SF Station
Curtain Up review
Off Broadway review

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MIAMI LIBRE

A world premiere event, Miami Libre is the story of a musician’s search for love and liberty, a tale of two cities united by the spirit of one people, and a passionate celebration of Cuban music and the millions who carry it in their hearts. So they say. Features singer and actor Jencarlos Canela, recently seen in Telemundo’s hit telenovela “Pecados Ajenos”; Cuban-born actress and model Everlayn Borges; and Miami’s own sizzling Grammy-nominated timba band, Tiempo Libre. The Knight Concert Hall is transformed into a night club complete with cabaret-style seating and drink service during the performance. The show culminates with the audience invited to dance, on stage, with Tiempo Libre and the cast. On Fridays and Saturdays, late shows starting at 11 PM. No idea if it's any good, but any chance to hear Tiempo Libre ...

July 24th - August 17th

Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami
305-949-6722

Directions

Tickets $40-$87.50
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About the show

Hear Tiempo Libre

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

CAFE CANTANTE

An evening of Flamenco with your coffee, featuring local Florida Flamenco Artists.

July 20th

Parker Playhouse
707 NE 8th Street
Fort Lauderdale
954.462.0222
Directions

Tickets: $25.00
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Saturday, July 19, 2008

MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS

One of the great white blues singers works along with Kansas and the Marshall Tucker Band and an international array of arts and crafts, music and food celebrating the many ethnic cultures in the Miami area

July 19th, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Miccosukee Everglades Music/Crafts Festival
Miccosukee Indian Village
MM 70 US Highway 41
Miami
305-223-8380

Tickets $25

Mitch Ryder on Wikipedia

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JOHN WILKES BOOTH - FOR FREE!

The common wisdom is that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, was a madman and a failure as an actor.

But the truth is that Wilkes was the matinee idol of his time – and the attack on Lincoln was not the act of a maniac, but a part of a plan developed at the highest levels of the Confederacy.

In “Consider the Elephant,” the story of Wilkes’ life and death is told by his brother, Edwin, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his age. Soaked in the ambiance of life in the American theater in the mid nineteenth century, the novel by Aram Schefrin lays out in detail the path Wilkes took to the top of the celebrity heap, his rivalry with his brother and the development in Richmond of the plot to kidnap – later assassinate – the Union President.

You can read the entire novel, or listen to it, for free - at ConsiderTheElephant.com. This is one of the first novels with hyperlinks built in - if you're reading along and are puzzled or curious, click on the links to fund much more information on the facts on which the book is based.

If you prefer not to read the book on your computer screen, copy and print out the chapters. Or get it for your PDA or cell phone at mobipocket.com. Or for your Amazon Kindle. Or you can download the audio at iTunes, Amazon.com or Audible.com.

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Aram Schefrin is the author of four novels. A student of Stephen Sondheim and Carlos Montoya, he co-founded and was the lyricist and guitarist for the jazz/rock group Ten Wheel Drive, which had its standing ovations in the late '60's and early seventies. After five years on the road, he retired to the studio where he produced several early disco hits. A graduate of Columbia College and Harvard Law School, he returned to the practice of law in 1977. He now practices in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Florida, and lives in Wellington, Florida with his wife, two dogs, four cats and three polo ponies. You can learn about him at aramschefrin.com and reach him at arslaw@comcast.net. Right now, he's writing an opera.

Aram has exquisite taste, if he does say so himself. He trusts his choices, and so should you.

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

CALLE FLAMENCA

Thursday, July 24, 2008

SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW

MIAMI LIBRE

Sunday, July 20, 2008

CAFE CANTANTE

Saturday, July 19, 2008

MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS

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