Week of February 6, 2003    
Missing auditors could delay spending of Miami-Dade's new transit tax
Miami-Dade's plans to create independent aviation authority on early collision course
Broward wants to play role in hemispheric business forum, trade ministers' meeting
Deal for downtown Miami's first market-rate condo in jeopardy
Arquitectonica creates 36-story glass tower for Miami's Design District
CEOs grow Annenberg Challenge into partnership helping schools statewide
Economy sends business school students back to basics

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ART

Thursday 2/6

TRAVELING EXHIBIT
   Work by Ildefons Cerd·, visionary urban planner and architect of the Barcelona Extension will be on display through Feb. 7, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the University of Miami School of Architecture, Bldg. 48E-Gallery, 1223 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables. Details: (305) 284-8122.
ART FROM WINNIPEG
    "Paradise City: Art from Winnipeg," on display through Feb. 14. At the Frances Wolfson Gallery, fifth floor, Wolfson Campus-Building 1, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami. Details: (305) 237-3696.
ART EXHIBIT
   American Art Today "Faces & Figures", on display through March 9 at The Art Museum at Florida International University, Southwest 107th Avenue & Eighth Street, Miami. Details: (305) 348-2890.
ART AWARDS EXHIBITION
   Miami-Dade County Public School scholarship participants will exhibit their artwork through Feb. 16 at the Miami Art Museum, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami. Details: (305) 375-3000.
STUDENT EXHIBIT
   "League for Innovation: Student Exhibition", on display through Feb. 21 at The Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. Details: (305) 237-6180.
ART EXHIBIT
   "Tinte y Textura" by Rene Barge will be on display through March 8 at the Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24 St., Miami. Details: (305) 576-1278.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
   This exhibition, based on the Museum of Art's permanent collection, will feature a plethora of Cuban photographers in exile as well as some who still reside on the island. The show, composed of more than 50 works, will spotlight our newest acquisitions. Among them are: oversized and one-of-a-kind prints by Carlos Betancourt and Mar̀a Mart̀nez-Cảas, a diptych by Whitney Biennial participant Luis Gispert, as well as historical shots by the legendary Ra™l Corrales. Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Museum of Art, 1 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Details: (954) 525-5500.
BRAZILIAN EXHIBIT
    "A Far Away Place", works by Brazilian painter Charles Falarara will be on display at La Loggia Ristorante & Lounge through Feb. 28. La Loggia, 68 W. Flagler St., Miami. Details: (305) 373-4800.
ART EXHIBIT
   "Time Trial," Julian LaVerdiere's first solo museum exhibition will be on view through Feb. 23. Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Museum of Contemporary Art, 770 NE 125 St., North Miami. Admission is free for MOCA members, North Miami residents, City of North Miami employees, children under 12; $5 for adults; $3 for seniors and students with I.D. Details: (305) 893-6211.
KUSAMA EXHIBIT
   Florida's first exhibition devoted to the work of Yayoi Kusama - Japan's best-known artist. Kusama's work ranges from painted canvasses to painted bodies. Exhibit on view through May 2003. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach. Details: (305) 673-7530.
ONGOING EXHIBIT
   "Treasures from the Collection of the Bass Museum of Art," an overview of European paintings, sculpture and textiles from the Renaissance to the present. Signature works from the collections include paintings by Botticelli, Peter Paul Rubens, Ferdinand Bol and Jacob Jordaens. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach. Details: (305) 673-7530.
EXHIBIT OPENING
   "Dreamland," series 2 Polaroid's by David Levinthal will be on display through Feb. 8. Opening reception from 7 p.m.-11 p.m. at Daniel Azoulay Gallery, 3900 NE 1 Ave., Miami. Details: (305) 576-1977.
ART EXHIBIT
   The Cultural Resource Center will display works by Carol K. Brown, "Portraits from the Album 1995-96," through March 5. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mon.-Fri. The Cultural Resource Center, 111 NW First St., Miami. Details: visit www.tropiculture.com.
SOLO EXHIBIT
   "Presence", recent works by Franklin Einspruch will be on display through March 8. The Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24 St., Miami. Free. Details: (305) 576-1278.
ARTIST SERIES
   Coral Gables International Art Center hosts "Rhapsody in Art" by American artist, Jenny Floravita. 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Downtown Coral Gables, 70 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. Exhibit on display through Feb. 19. RSVP: (305) 567-1750.
ART EXHIBIT
    "Presence" by Franklin Einspruch will be on display through March 8 at the Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24 St., Miami. Details: (305) 576-1278.
POETRY READING
   Sekou Sundiata's "Blessing the Boats" uses a sequence of poems, prose and monologues, music and visual arts to share his experiences with illness as a recovering organ transplant recipient. Through Feb. 8 at 8 p.m., Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. New Theatre, 401 Laguna St., Coral Gables. Tickets $15. Details: (305) 237-3010.

Friday 2/7

ART EXHIBIT
   "Pop N' Art", paintings, sculptures and graphics by Clemens Briels. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. at The Village of Merrick Park, Veranda, 358 San Lorenzo Ave., Coral Gables. Details: (305) 448-5578.
GALLERY OPENING
   Aguilera & Weiss host the grand opening of Art Lovers Fine Art, exhibiting "Diversity and Expressions". 7 p.m.-10 p.m. at 161 Aragon Ave., 2nd floor, Coral Gables. Details: (305) 305-4179.

Saturday 2/8

ART ADVENTURES
   Lowe Art Museum hosts tours designed to introduce families to their permanent and temporary exhibits. Feb. 15, 22 and 23 from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables. Tour free with museum admission. Details: (305) 284-3603.

Sunday 2/9

ARTIST TALK
   In conjunction with Miami Currents: Linking Collection and Community, the Miami Art Museum presents an artist talk Naomi Fisher, 3 p.m. at the Miami Art Museum, 101 W Flagler St., Miami. Details: (305) 375-3000.
SECOND SUNDAYS
   "Kids Day" provides special programs for children 7-12, highlighting their permanent collections and traveling exhibitions. 2 p.m.-4 p.m. at the Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables. Free for members; $5 for non-members. Details: (305) 284-3603.
LECTURE SERIES
    "Frankenthaler's Landscape: Her Art in Context," lecture series taught by Roni Feinstein Feb. 16 and 23. Topics will explore the emergence of Frankenthaler's style in Abstract Expressionism at 2 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), 770 NE 125 St., North Miami. $5 for MOCA members; $20 for non-members; $5 with student ID. Details: (305) 893-6211.

Monday 2/10

POETRY READING
   Nikki Giovanni: Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, poetry reading with Professor Renee Kilpatrick. 9 a.m. at M-DCC InterAmerican Campus, 627 SW 27 Ave. Room 1390, Miami. Details: (305) 237-6070.

Saturday 2/15

SCULPTURE EXHIBIT
   Marc Petrovic, glass sculpture artist from Centerbrook, Connecticut will be hosting a lecture at 7 p.m. at Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Standford Drive, Coral Gables. Details: (305) 284-3603.


   

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