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The Miami Design Preservation League presents the 44th annual Art Deco Weekend January 14 to 17, 2021.

In an Art Deco Weekend first, The Wolfsonian and Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) bring you an experience held entirely online, exploring the idea of home through the lens of the Art Deco period in educational lectures, a Jazz Deco Speakeasy, and dance classes that can all be enjoyed from the comfort of home. Programming highlights domestic spaces and how we shape them—a timely theme in the wake of 2020—with lectures on Deco objects and two architectural jewels, Detroit's Saarinen House and Los Angeles's Hollyhock House.

This year's theme is "There's No Place Like Home" and it will be the first all-virtual festival!

Sessions include:
January 14 | 7 PM | Modern for the Masses 
January 16 | 4 PM | A Family Affair 
January 17 | 4 PM | Art, House, and Home 



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Comics, Zines, and Self-Publishing in the Digital Age



January 13
5 PM - 6:30 PM



The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

Modern for the Masses



January 14
7 PM - 8 PM



The Wolfsonian-FIU

Micro Budget Film:
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets


January 13
6 PM



Oolite Arts & O Cinema
Face Off: A Battle of the Instruments




January 15
7:30 PM



New World Symphony
Cinematic Arts Residency: Info Session #1




January 13
5 PM - 5:45 PM



Oolite Arts
ScreenDance Miami:
Projected at SoundScape Park




January 15
7 PM



Miami Light Project
Bring a blanket, pack a picnic basket and arrive early to get a front row lawn seat as you enjoy cinema on the beautifully manicured grounds of SoundScape Park. Entering its eleventh season, the Cinema Series at SoundScape Park features free weekly movies curated by the City of Miami Beach Department of Tourism and Culture. The films are projected onto the 7,000 square foot projection wall of the New World Center through a striking use of visual and audio technology. 

Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South, discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very difficult for blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated in President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The City of Miami Beach Department of Tourism and Culture, Division of Cultural Affairs, is pleased to announce that the FY 2021/2022 Intent to Apply application for the Cultural Arts Grant Program is now available online until January 29, 2021. Please visit our GoSmart website to complete your application.

The Cultural Arts Grant Program provides grants for operating funds to organizations with major and smaller arts institutions physically based in the City of Miami Beach, as well as, presenters who produce and present cultural and artistic productions that contributes significantly to the cultural life of the City of Miami Beach.

Earth Speakr is an interactive, augmented reality, artwork by artist Olafur Eliasson that amplifies kids’ views on the future well-being of the planet. The artwork invites adults and today’s decision-makers, change-makers, and global leaders to listen up to what kids have to say.

Everyone can download the Earth Speakr app and animate their environment using playful interactive technology. Kids and young people below the voting age can choose to take part by giving their voice and speak up for their local surroundings and for the planet.

Earth Speakr is created by Olafur Eliasson with his studio, kids, creative partners, and a group of researchers and experts, and is funded by the Federal Foreign Office on the occasion of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2020 and realized in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut.

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