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thirtieth season events calendar
Tigertail 30th Season of Art and Soul Kickoff Party
Party and Celebration
Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, free admission
River Lounge/Epic Hotel
270 Biscayne Boulevard Way, Downtown Miami
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Tigertail, A South Florida Poetry Annual
presents Three by Three
Book Launch and Reading
Thursday, October 15, 2009, 7:30 pm, free admission
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables
This seventh edition of Tigertail's annual poetry publication, edited by poets Denise Duhamel, Michael Hettich and Campbell McGrath with a cover by visual artist Susan Lee-Chun, showcases three poets selected by each of the editors. For complete event information, click here
Third Man Trio
Jazz from Han Bennink's Internationally Recognized Dutch Trio
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 8:30 pm
Byron Carlyle Theater
500 71st Street, Miami Beach
Perhaps Europe's most coveted drummer, Han Bennink is the 2008 European Jazz Prize winner. Pyrotechnic improvisational journeys, whimsical tangents and blissful culminations come fast and furious. For complete event information, click here
Axis Dance Company
Florida Premiere of a New Work by David Dorfman
Sunday, January 3, 2010, 7:00 pm
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
10th Annual danceAble event presented by Tigertail and Florida Dance Association as part of WinterFest. Axis returns to Miami in a new work for stage, Light Shelter by sensational New York-based choreographer David Dorfman, which includes segments performed by community members.
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SpeakOut – Tigertail's Gay & Lesbian Teen Spoken Word Project
Regie Cabico Workshops and Performance
Friday, January 29, 2010, 8:00 pm, Free
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue, Courtyard, Coral Gables
Queer poet, playwright and spoken word pioneer, Mr. Cabico won a Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam. His work appears in over 30 anthologies. His plays have been produced at the Humana Theater Festival, Kennedy Center Play Lab and Joe's Pub, among others.
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David "Honeyboy" Edwards
An Evening with a Legendary Delta Blues Great
Saturday, February 20, 2010, 8:30 pm
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
An evening of Mississippi Delta blues by with a living legend. The 94-year-old Grammy-award-winning blues guitarist is one of the last links to Robert Johnson, and one of the last original acoustic Delta blues players.
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Leo Kottke
Solo Virtuoso Acoustic Guitar
Saturday, March 20, 2010, 8:30 pm
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
Leo Kottke is considered by many to be one of the greatest and most influential acoustic guitar players of the past forty years. Widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, Kottke has the ability to embrace folk and pop melodies as readily as he assimilates jazz, blues, and classical influences into his music.
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Ölelés
Presented by Centro Cultural Español (CCE) and Tigertail
Friday & Saturday, April 9-10, 2010, 8:30 pm
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
This award-winning extended evening-length duet for two men, Ölelés marks the first collaboration between acclaimed Catalán choreographers and performers Jordi Cortés and Damián Muñoz – two of Spain's most innovative young dance artists. Ölelés is a production of Barcelona's Alta Realitat and La Intrusa Danza.
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WordSpeak – Tigertail's Teen Spoken Word Project
Iyeoka Okoawo, Workshops and Performance
Friday, April 16, 2010, 8:00 pm, Free
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue, Courtyard, Coral Gables
Iyeoka Okoawo is a Boston-based Nigerian-American singer and award-winning spoken word poet who brings a warm spirit, stirring lyrics and passionate performances to her work. Iyeoka was featured in the 2009 Brave New Voices International Festival in Chicago.
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Tigertail Annual Special Event
"Art and Soul"
Saturday, May 15, 2010, 8:00 - 11:00 pm
Fundraiser for Tigertail and the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance
At the Little Haiti Cultural Center, 212 NE 59th Terrace, Miami
What Tigertail presents and produces throughout our season is simultaneously of-the-minute, authentically Miami, on the leading edge artistically, and at the same time lots of fun. Tigertail fundraising parties themselves are legendary events that can transport you to another space and time. So mark the date in your calendars for this year's special bash and don't miss the event of the season! Watch your mail for more details, save the date.
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