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LANVIN YOUNG ARTS

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http://www.youngarts.org/

The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and the YoungArts program were founded in 1981 by the late Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, and his wife, Lin. Mr. Arison, who had been an aspiring pianist in his youth, felt there was a desperate need in the United States for an organization that would encourage and validate young artists.

He also wanted to do something for Miami that would enhance its reputation and place it on the map culturally and perpetually.

“I think that the arts are the soul of our nation,” Mr. Arison said years later, explaining his motivation in establishing YoungArts. “I felt that the arts had almost become an endangered species. I realized, especially with young people, that [YoungArts will] insure the future of our soul.”

Since its founding in 1981, YoungArts has helped to support and nurture the careers of thousands of young artists. “This is beyond anything that Ted and I ever dreamed of,” Lin Arison said, reflecting back on YoungArts’ first 25 years. “It’s amazing. His dreams have definitely come true.”

The Young Arts & OCEAN DRIVE Magazine Present Live Performances by YoungArts Alumni

Kate Davis & Emmet Cohen

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*Photo credits- Left:Kate Davis and Emmet Cohen   Right: Pink Lanvin 

Lanvin Paris with  Lukas Klessig and Adriana Sassoon

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Kate Davis

Growing up as a classical violinist, Kate  experienced a variety of musical styles from age 5. When relocated to the  Pacific Northwest in middle school, she developed a new passion for jazz and  other contemporary styles. From then on, the upright bass and voice became her  primary musical outlets.

Kate was nurtured by the supportive music  community in Portland Oregon, where she was able to satisfy her hunger to learn  and perform. Late in high school Kate achieved national recognition for her jazz  bass and vocals. She was named an NFAA “youngARTS” Silver winner, accumulated  four Downbeat Magazine Student Awards, was twice invited to the Brubeck Summer  Jazz Colony, and was bassist in the Grammy Jazz Ensemble. She was also selected  as a Presidential Scholar of the Arts, including a White House visit and a  performance at the Kennedy Center.

http://www.katedavismusic.com

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Emmet Cohen

At 21, jazz pianist Emmet Cohen, a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, plays with the maturity and  confidence of a seasoned veteran. With astonishing technique and an  innovative harmonic palate, Emmet engenders a deep musical bond with his  audience. Cohen has shared the bandstand with a plethora of musical  luminaries, including Christian McBride, Benny Golson, Joshua Redman, Dave Holland, Patti Austin,  Maceo Parker, Carmen Bradford, Billy Hart, and many others. he is completing a music degree at the University of Miami where he studies with Brian Lynch, Terence Blanchard, Shelly Berg, and Martin Bejerano. Emmet regularly appears as a sideman and leader on both piano and Hammond B3 Organ in New York and Miami.

http://www.emmetcohen.com/

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WYNWOOD ART FAIR

Benefiting the Lotus House Women’s Shelter, Oct. 21-23

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3 first Photos by Adriana Sassoon

The Wynwood Art Fair is an opportunity to see and experience art first hand like never before. Don’t just see art – be it – at the Wynwood Art Fair!

Virtually every form of artistic medium – visual, sound, movement, video, sculpture, installation, conceptual, music and performance – will invite participation by fair goers to create a spontaneous  “happening” of “live” works of art, shaped as much by the audience as the artists.

The Wynwood Art Fair will feature street art performances and working “artist studios,” along side a diverse array of contemporary art galleries, art exhibitions, live music, and a taste of the area’s distinctive flavors and urban culture

www.wynwoodartfair.org

Tatiana Suarez

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Photos by Adriana Sassoon

Tatiana Suarez (b. 1983) is a Brooklyn-based Miami native. Her charming style is distinctive — first, the trademark eyes that draw the viewer into a beautiful and surreal world. Suarez takes full advantage of the oil paint’s ability to create creamy, soft images on canvas. Rich with symbols that stem from her Brazilian and El Salvadorian heritage, subjects appear as if they are under water, frozen in lovely stillness. The doe-eyed figures look childlike, but also exude sexual overtones, ornamented with plants, insects and other unsettling accompaniments. Beauty is presented concurrently with exotic — even creepy — creatures to create enchanted narratives
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*Tatiana is also the daughter of my friend Fatima Suarez .

http://www.tatisuarez.com/

 

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MIAMI BEACH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau

People protect what they love.
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MY FATHER THE CAPTAIN

Jacques Cousteau directs a diving craft’s launch in the late 1950s.

Who was Jacques?

 Born on June 11, 1910, in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, Jacques Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer who became one of the world’s greatest explorers, ecologists, filmmakers and scientists.

His passion was the oceans of the world and the sea life in them, and he co-developed the  modern “aqualung”  – the SCUBA tank and regulator – making underwater exploration accessible to scientists and the masses alike. He died on June 25, 1997.

CALYPSO

Cousteau meets Calypso

In Malta, Jacques-Yves Cousteau discovered a former Royal Navy mine-sweeper that had been converted to a ferry and named Calypso. The ship was christened in 1942 but her first prosaic name, J-826, belied the exceptional life she would lead. To Cousteau, she was the ideal ship for his plan to explore the seas. Thanks to the financial help of Loël Guinness, the sale contract was signed on July 19, 1950. Calypso left immediately for the shipyard in Antibes, France, where she was transformed into an oceanographic ship and a new Calypso was born. One of her many innovations was the ” false nose “, or underwater observation chamber built around the prow and equipped with eight portholes for viewing.

Much of the equipment was donated by the private sector, including many companies, and the French Navy. Jacques Cousteau and his wife Simone also devoted a major part of their personal resources to the ship.

Jean Michel Cousteau

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Cousteau is the son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Simone Melchior. Cousteau first dived with an aqua-lung in 1945 when he was 7 years old. Although he went to school to study architecture, he became part of his father’s Cousteau Society, serving for twenty years as executive vice president before striking out on his own in 1993 to produce environmental films. Cousteau and his father had disagreed about the management and policies of the Society. Ocean Futures Society, a non-profit marine conservation and education organization, serves as a voice for the ocean by communicating in all media the critical bond between people and the sea and the importance of wise environmental policy. As Ocean Futures’ leader, Jean-Michel serves as an impassioned diplomat for the environment, reaching out to the public through a variety of media.

 The Miami & The Beaches Environmental Film Festival presented last Friday  The World Premiere of My Father, the Captain: My Life with Jacques Cousteau, presented by his son, Jean-Michel Cousteau.

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Fabien Cousteau & Adriana Sassoon at the Miami Beach Premiere My Father the Captain.

Eldest grandson of Jacques Yves Cousteau, Fabien continues the legacy and mission of exploration, media production, environmental advocacy and plantafish.org

Read this article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fabien-cousteau/people-protect-what-they_b_520906.html

http://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/xteam/

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MY FATHER THE CAPTAIN

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My Father, The Captain:
My Life with Jacques Cousteau
by: Jean-Michel Cousteau
with Daniel Paisner

The more I look back on my father, Jacques Cousteau, and his legacy, the more I realize how much he is a part of our times and how, had we listened more carefully, things might be different.

He was a pioneer who broke barriers with his inventions, like the Aqualung and underwater cameras, but he was also a visionary in the sense that he understood the consequences of the trends he witnessed.  He foresaw the risks of nuclear technology and waste; he projected the devastating results of overfishing, overexploitation of habitat, and climate change; and he spoke consistently about population growth and the strain on the natural system.

Jacques Cousteau, along with my brother and I, founded one of the earliest environmental organizations to communicate the issues we were encountering and to educate an international audience.  He wrote the draft of “The Rights of Future Generations” for the United Nations as a vehicle to embody the principle of sustainability and responsible resource management.  He constantly exercised his brilliant intellect in the service of global solutions.  He never stopped until, in his words, he was “unplugged.”

He wielded another power that is rare—he poetically made sense of the incomprehensible and gave us each a way of looking at the world that made action possible. For example, on an isolated riverbank in the Amazon, just as we had released a rescued sea otter named Cacha, my father turned to me, full of emotion, and said, “Jean-Michel, people protect what they love.”  That became for me a motto of my father’s work and an emblem of the commitment we all must make to the world that surrounds us.

– Jean-Michel Cousteau

by Ocean Futures Society

Jean Michel, Fabien & Celine Cousteau

http://www.oceanfutures.org/about/cousteau-family

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MIAMI CORAL REEFS

The proposed project will take 10 times longer and require more than 600 days of  blasting. Remember, there is no “undo” button, once we initiate the deep dredge  project.

We have learned that global climate change is pushing oceanic  ecosystems beyond their tipping point. Ocean acidification is killing corals and  phytoplankton on a world-wide scale, while sea level rise is affecting mangroves  and grass flats in our near shore areas.

Biscayne Bay is much smaller and more fragile than the world’s oceans. Under  these new conditions, large-scale development projects the bay could once  recover from would push it over the brink today. How much will it take to do  that? by Dan Kipnis

www.captaindankipnis.com

Read this article from the Miami Herald:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/02/2433107/why-the-rush-on-port-of-miami.html

How to grow a floating Forest

One of the most innovative, practical, and functional coral nurseries on the planet can be found just a few miles off the shores of Key Largo. The nursery consists of thousands of neatly organized colonies of the critically important staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) grown by the Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) for the purpose of transplantation back to the reef. Staghorn corals have been decimated by disease and extreme weather here in Florida over the past 30 years, resulting in a seriously degraded reef ecosystem. Fortunately the CRF has developed methods that maximize the growth potential of these corals in their nursery, demonstrating that coral aquaculture is a realistic and effective way to restore beleaguered wild populations.

Miami Environmental Groups Sound Alarm on Impacts of Port of Miami Projects Please sign this petition:

http://bit.ly/miamiportletter

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RUBEN & ISABEL TOLEDO

RUBEN & ISABEL TOLEDO  AT FUNKSHION MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT

The Moore Building.

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A love affair

Ruben Toledo was born in Havana, Cuba in 1961 and is at once a painter, sculptor, illustrator, fashion chronicler and critic, and surrealist.Isabel Toledo was born in Cuba. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (NY) and Parsons School of Design (NY).

Yesterday was the FGI Lifetime Achievement Award to Isabel And Ruben Toledo presented by Vanidades Fashion Show.

Isabel and Ruben Toledo’s  surreal view of life brings humor and unconventionality to her industrial world. Two highly talented individuals working in synergy. Muse to her husband’s sculpture, painting and illustration, Isabel Toledo conceives of shapes and structures to clothe the human body.

Below: The Moore Architectural columns and one of their handbags.

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Above:One of their pattern designs blending with The Moore curves.Isabel & Ruben Toledo attention to detail and perfect grooming such great dresses, accessories and shoes!I’m Speechless……….

Ruben Toledo, Adriana Sassoon and Isabel Toledo

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Photo by Asa Garvin III- Adriana Sassoon and “Haute Living” Nick Betancourt

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MIAMI THE BEACHES ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

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“Our goal is to create a highly recognized annual event in South Florida that will educate, motivate, and inspire attendees through films dealing with contemporary environmental issues.”

FILM SCHEDULE:

http://mbenvironmentalfilmfestival.org/mbeff-films-schedule

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SUSAN G KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE MIAMI

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About Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is a type of cancer where cells in the breast tissue divide and grow without normal control. It is a widespread and random disease, striking women and men of all ages and races. It is the most prevalent cancer in the world today, with about 1.3 million people diagnosed annually. The exact cause of the disease is unknown, and at this time, there is no cure.

But there is hope. Thanks to heightened awareness, early detection through screening, improved treatment methods and increased access to breast health services, people have a greater chance of survival than ever before.

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure national website, komen.org, offers comprehensive information about breast cancer risk factors, early detection and screening, diagnosis and treatment. Developed in conjunction with the Harvard School of Public Health, the site offers a one-stop resource for all the latest information on the disease.

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Bayfront Park in Miami and Brickell Avenue .

Education and Early Detection Increase Survival

  • There is no known cure for advanced breast cancer.
  • Detection of breast cancer at an early stage provides a greater chance for a cure and more treatment options.
  • When the disease is confined to the breast, the 5-year survival rate is more than 95%.
  • More Caucasian women than African American women develop breast cancer. However, more African American women die of breast cancer.
  • Approximately 80% of breast cancers occur in women 50 years and older. The mortality rate would decrease by 30% if every woman over 50 was informed and followed the early screening guidelines.
  • National Statistics (2010 estimated)

Breast Cancer in African American Women

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among African American women. It is also the second leading cause of cancer death among African American women, exceeded only by lung cancer. In 2011, an estimated 26,840 new cases of breast cancer and 6,040 deaths are expected to occur among African American women.

Breast cancer incidence in African American women is lower than in Caucasian women. Breast cancer mortality, however, is 39 percent higher. Although breast cancer survival in African American women has increased in recent decades, survival rates remain lower than among Caucasian women. From 1999-2006, the five-year relative survival rate for breast cancer among African American women was 78 percent compared to 90 percent among Caucasian women. There are many possible reasons for this difference in survival. Factors that may all play a role include:

  • Biologic and genetic differences in tumors
  • Presence of risk factors
  • Barriers to health care access
  • Health behaviors
  • Later stage of breast cancer at diagnosis

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Channel 4 CBS News Crew.

Breast cancer screening rates among African American women are similar to those among white women. Learn more breast cancer screening among African American women.

  • Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for women between the ages of 40 and 59.
  • The majority of all breast cancers occur in women with no known risk factors.
  • All women are at risk; risk increases with advancing age.

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Joan Murray & Brian Chanahan from CBS 4

Education and Early Detection Increase Survival

  • There is no known cure for advanced breast cancer.
  • Detection of breast cancer at an early stage provides a greater chance for a cure and more treatment options.
  • When the disease is confined to the breast, the 5-year survival rate is more than 95%.
  • More Caucasian women than African American women develop breast cancer. However, more African American women die of breast cancer.
  • Approximately 80% of breast cancers occur in women 50 years and older. The mortality rate would decrease by 30% if every woman over 50 was informed and followed the early screening guidelines.

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Facts about breast cancer in men

http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/BreastCancerinMen/DetailedGuide/breast-cancer-in-men-what-is-breast-cancer-in-men

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VERSAILLES

THE ESPLENDOR OF VERSAILLES

When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.

From the seat of power to the Museum of the History of France

The Château de Versailles, which has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage List for 30 years, is one of the most beautiful achievements of 18th-century French art. The site began as Louis XIII’s hunting lodge before his son Louis XIV transformed and expanded it, moving the court and government of France to Versailles in 1682. Each of the three French kings who lived there until the French Revolution added improvements to make it more beautiful.

The Hall of Mirrors, the King’s Grand Apartments, the Museum of the History of France. The Château de Versailles, the seat of power until 1789, has continued to unfurl its splendour over the course of centuries. At first it was just a humble hunting lodge built by Louis XIII. But Louis XIV chose the site to build the palace we know today, the symbol of royal absolutism and embodiment of classical French art.

In the 1670s Louis XIV built the Grand Apartments of the King and Queen, whose most emblematic achievement is the Hall of Mirrors designed by Mansart, where the king put on his most ostentatious display of royal power in order to impress visitors. The Chapel and Opera were built in the next century under Louis XV.

The château lost its standing as the official seat of power in 1789 but acquired a new role in the 19th century as the Museum of the History of France, which was founded at the behest of Louis-Philippe, who ascended to the throne in 1830. That is when many of the château’s rooms were taken over to house the new collections, which were added to until the early 20th century, tracing milestones in French history.

King Louis XIV Beloved Versailles

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Louis XIV of France ranks as one of the most remarkable  monarchs in history. He reigned for 72 years, 54 of them he personally  controlled French government. The 17th century is labeled as the age of Louis  XIV. Since then his rule has been hailed as the supreme example of a type of  government – absolutism. He epitomized the ideal of kingship. During his reign  France stabilized and became one of the strongest powers in Europe.

During his reign France became the ideal culture since he put  great care into its enhancement so he could boast it to the world. The country  changed drastically from savage mediaeval ways to a more refined, exquisite  living – evident from his palace in Versailles. Within 54 years he did what  several kings worked on for centuries. French culture became one of the most  appealing in the world, and the name Louis XIV has been associated with  greatness and glory.

Louis XIV was a great monarch, and he was capable of  maintaining strong kingdom because he never, in his entire life, doubted his  right to be king.

His autocracy was indeed amazing, and truly an example of the  kind. He lived and ruled as a king should have. Louis XIV became the ideal king,  and many have tried unsuccessfully to live up to his glory.

About that site

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THE HALL OF MIRRORS

The Grande Galerie (La Grande Galerie in French), as it was called in the 17th century, served daily as a passageway and a waiting and meeting place, frequented by courtiers and the visiting public.

The Economic prosperity is demonstrated by the dimensions and quantity of the three hundred and fifty-seven mirrors that decorate the seventeen arches opposite the windows, attesting that the new French production of mirrors, which at the time were luxury objects, is capable of stealing the monopoly away from Venice.

The Hall of Mirrors was restored in 2007 thanks to the sponsorship of skills of the company Vinci, great sponsor of the Ministry of Culture and Communication.

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PARAMOUNT BAY

Lenny Kravitz to Create Look for Miami’s Paramount Bay Condos

Kravitz’s team will deliver a fresh take on their modern, sexy style and infuse the 47-story bay front tower with elements reminiscent of Kravitz’s own eclectic global lifestyle, complete with detailed touches “evocative of his personal passion for Miami” where he’s had an estate for many years.

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THE VISION

A perfect blend of refined city apartment and casual beach home, life at Paramount Bay is comfortable luxury.

Envisioned by Lenny Kravitz for Kravitz Design Inc., Paramount Bay’s distinctive residential living experience represents the epitome of refined cool, sophistication,pleasure and peace.

The grand 47-story architectural wonder, designed by Arquitectonica, offers spacious waterfront residences in a fresh, richly landscaped environment and is conveniently located close to the eclectic delights of Miami’s popular Design District, Wynwood
Arts District, Miami Beach and Downtown.

Paramount Bay is your personal sanctuary, an ode to thoughtful design, distinguished by a lifestyle that is as much global as it is local.

Upon arrival, journey through an urban oasis of dramatically landscaped tropical gardens. Organized in tiers, the gardens create a gradual public to private transition, where intimate spaces enveloped in exotic foliage open to the iconic porte-cochère at the building’s main entrance.

Paramount Bay redefines Miami living by blending resort-life with urban cool. A destination within a destination – located within the city’s hottest neighborhood. Enjoy Miami like it has never been enjoyed before

http://www.paramountbay.com/

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PARAMOUNT BAY PENTHOUSE 3906

 KRAVITZ DESIGN INC

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Lenny Kravitz’s Interiors (PARIS,FRANCE )

Kravitz Design Inc was founded by Renaissance man and legendary music icon Lenny Kravitz in 2003. Focusing on residential, commercial and product design, the team encompasses a diverse group of creative professionals that have executed a variety of projects throughout the world. Kravitz Design Inc touts a portfolio of noteworthy ventures, with a range that includes chandeliers for Swarovski Crystal Palace Collection, the Florida Room lounge at the Delano for Morgan’s Hotel Group and the two-story penthouse recording studio at the Setai Hotel and Residences, among others.

www.kravitzdesign.com