2021-01-27 MiamiFreetime.com - Miami's largest event promoter

Miami Beach Visual Memoirs Project Michel Hausmann, Artistic Director of Miami New Drama at the Colony Theater was featured on the PBS News Hour last night. Here's an excerpt from his powerful interview in 2018 for the Miami Beach Visual Memoirs project.
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Photos from Miami Design Preservation League's post #tuesdaytrivia The first Miami Beach Aquarium opened in the same year & on the same day as the Flamingo Hotel. What was the date & where was it located?
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It was at the site of the current Bentley Bay condo.Opened January 1, 1921 and think it was located at Alton and Fifth.http://miami-history.com/the-aquarium-an-early-miami-beach-tourist-attraction/

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Photos from Robert Williams's post I have the largest selection of Vintage Bathroom Supplies in Florida! Come see me in Spring Hill, FL. 34609

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The Wolfsonian-FIU From subtleties to the grand vision, exhibition #design can make or break a #museum display's "wow" factor. Chief designer Richard Miltner joins former Wolfsonian associate director and chief curator Marianne Lamonaca this Wednesday on Zoom to walk #members through a ... 5 Likes

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Morris Lapidus Exhibition: Fundraiser We're raising funds for our upcoming exhibition "Morris Lapidus: I Did it My Way"! Help us reach our fundraising goal by making a contribution at the link below!
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New on the blog: The opening of the Miami Beach Aquarium happened 100 years ago. Read the guest post by David McKinney about the history of the aquarium and Miami Beach's first ecotourism initiative! https://t.co/D1Dfpa0iIV

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A Hundred Years of Ecotourism: The Opening of the Miami Beach Aquarium New on the blog: The opening of the Miami Beach Aquarium happened 100 years ago. Read the guest post by David McKinney about the history of the aquarium and Miami Beach's first ecotourism initiative! http://ow.ly/4hFr50DhrcV
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City of Miami Beach Government Sunday events on two of our beautiful historic streets!
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Public Interest Law | Shepard Broad College of Law We are so thankful to our Board Member Stuart Reed for this generous gift, which will help advance public interest law in the area of Historic Preservation! The fellowship is in honor of his parents, Allen and Joyce Reed. Stuart ... 10 Likes

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Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives South Beach's "Spanish Village" was conceived of as a bohemian artist's colony; in its time it has been many things. Blogger Ursa Gil explores Espanola Way in her latest post on "Learning From Miami:" http://learningfrommiami.org/?p=4125
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What is that dark mass on the right? Looks like some cars but it also looks like a roof. Sadly boring nowadays.

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Photos from Miami Design Preservation League's post #flashbackfriday The Kenmore is a Streamline Moderne hotel located at 1050 Washington Avenue that opened in 1936. It was designed by Anton Skislewicz, the same designer of the Breakwater and the Plymouth Hotel. Originally the hotel was built to have ... 3 Comments

Thank you so much for what you folks do in highlighting and "letting the walls speak" regarding so many of ...Love the stairs!This was the first hotel I stayed in, when I first visited South Beach in April 1994. I immediately started ...

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1988 Art Deco Festival #fromthearchives Last weekend was our virtual Art Deco Weekend, so we wanted to bring you a flashback to 1988 when the festival was also not held on Ocean Drive. Check out our Archives post below to find out why!
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Timeline Photos Streaming now: "The Real Houses of Miami Beach" presented by Arthur Marcus - now online on our Youtube playlist for Art Deco Weekend 2021 - "There's No Place Like Home" http://ow.ly/gkDE50Ddsrg 2 Comments

Wonderful & informative presentation!!Enjoyed it very much. We have one of the “hidden” Carlos Schoeppl houses in the Pinetree neighborhood

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Streaming now: "The Real Houses of Miami Beach" presented by Arthur Marcus - now online on our Youtube playlist for Art Deco Weekend 2021 - "There's No Place Like Home" https://t.co/YXmNAJ1leM https://t.co/2wEOiVkytP

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Timeline Photos Exploring Bombay's Art Deco along with its history - now online at our Youtube playlist for Art Deco Weekend 2021, "There's No Place Like Home" http://ow.ly/10zY50DcQUJ 8 Likes

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Photos from Miami Design Preservation League's post #tuesdaytrivia Which American architect designed these Art Deco hotels...the Abbey, Chesterfield, Bancroft and the Berkeley Shore? These were just a few of the buildings he designed among many in the 1930s through the 1940s in the Art Deco District!
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absolutely love these postcardsAlbert AnisBeautiful Architecture 🎉🎊🎉🎊

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Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives It would be still be a few years before Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a federal holiday, but that didn't stop Miamians from parading in honor of the civil rights leader. 4 Likes

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Art Deco Weekend Does it have to end? #artdecoweekend
That's a wrap, folks! We hope you enjoyed this year's virtual Art Deco Weekend 2021, "There's No Place Like Home!" Special thanks to our major sponsors. Enjoy these fireworks from a past New Year's ... 1 Comments

Thank you so much for a wonderful accessible festival. Thanks to all presenters and volunteers....you all did a fabulous job!

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Our final program of the weekend! Join us at 4pm EST and travel to Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, CA - organized by The Wolfsonian-FIU! Led by Hollyhock House curator Abbey Chamberlain Brach . Register here: https://t.co/UNnRJ6Wb9v https://t.co/aabewWjiH1

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Timeline Photos Our final program of the weekend! Join us at 4pm EST and travel to Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, CA - organized by The Wolfsonian-FIU! Led by Hollyhock House curator Abbey Chamberlain Brach . Register here: http://ow.ly/HJUt50Daejk 1 Likes

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Movie Lover's Guide to South Beach Join us live now!
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Wonderful presentation Joel Levine! I learned some new things today thank you!Fabulous presentation! Thank you, Joel! Next time we visit Miami Beach, I hope that we can book a tour with ...I just loved this

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Join us at 11am EST for Movie Lover's Guide to Miami Beach, presented by Joel Levine. Part of VIRTUAL Art Deco Weekend 2021! Register here: https://t.co/bpTxUo67br https://t.co/t7GKIzJa2A

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Timeline Photos Join us at 11am EST for Movie Lover's Guide to Miami Beach, presented by Joel Levine. Part of VIRTUAL Art Deco Weekend 2021! Register here: http://ow.ly/zLB650Daehx

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Thank you to our Leonard Horowitz Premier Sponsor, The Original Miami Beach Antique Show, for their very generous support of this year's virtual Art Deco Weekend 2021. Don't miss the show, coming up March 12-16, 2021 at the Miami Beach...

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Timeline Photos Thank you to our Leonard Horowitz Premier Sponsor, The Original Miami Beach Antique Show, for their very generous support of this year's virtual Art Deco Weekend 2021. Don't miss the show, coming up March 12-16, 2021 at the Miami Beach ... 10 Likes

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Miami Beach's Art Deco Weekend will be all-online this year, @MDPL1976 says.
"This year's festival will take place over January 14th - 17th 2021, and it will be our first all virtual event."
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The design of this jewel-box house on @cranbrookart's campus in #Detroit was a true "family affair." Explore the #SaarinenHouse in an #ArtDecoWeekend virtual tour, Sat, Jan 16 @ 4pm EST → https://t.co/WJ5FevNdyh @MDPL1976 https://t.co/yyeOhNOkfH Miami Design Preservation League Retweeted

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#ArtDecoWeekend is here! Today thru Jan 17, catch 3 engaging virtual lectures presented with @MDPL1976, a lineup that concludes with #HollyhockHouse curator Abbey Chamberlain Brach's Sun 4pm EST virtual tour: Art, House, and Home → https://t.co/hU3tgpbSVp https://t.co/bG6q8ehJ4I Miami Design Preservation League Retweeted

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