A CUT ABOVE Anabel Ruiz Has Crafted a Beautiful Life

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022 • the ride of your life 036 • roller derby queens When South Florida’s most beautiful Far south in a part of Florida known season sets in, it’s time to don the cycling more for mini-malls and sprawling gear and join the SMART Ride. homes than fierce competitions, the Vice City Rollers add an exhilirating 028 • anabel ruiz dose of spice to suburban life. This inspired local artist discovered that on the cover: sometimes the quickest way to your truth 042 • new york minutes Anabel Ruiz photographed and your art is around the world and back. Whether you are one of the many former by Nick Garcia residents who now live here, a frequent at her art studio; 034 • enrique santos NYC traveler or completely uninitiated, hair and makeup Known for his bombastic style and playful there is something to see and do at all by JPenn Hair and antics, Enrique Santos takes a moment to times in the Big Apple, the LGBTQ city Makeup Artist discuss more serious matters. that still never sleeps. © Miki Studio / Shutterstock what’s your temptation? cruise aficionado | hopeless romantic shopaholic | sports & wellness enthusiast art lover | film connoisseur | spa maven foodie | kid at heart | performing arts fan history buff

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012 020 052 DEPARTMENTS 012 • reviews 048 • editorial column March to the beat of your own drum with Dating is not easy. Daniel Shoer-Roth selections that are sure to entice you. offers his experience while considering the many challenges and pitfalls. 014 • arts & culture The Miami Book Fair’s annual literary 050 • health & wellness fest treats us with readings, interviews With all the oral care products in the and other events, featuring contemporary market, it’s easier than ever to protect authors, including Armistead Maupin. those pearly whites — and your gums, too! 56 FRAMED 57 EYE FOR DESIGN 58 THE ART OF LIVING 59 HISTORIC 016 052 AND REFINED • home décor • local getaways 60 INSPIRED SPACES 62 SPOTLIGHT: Oskar Torres offers advice on how to make Head to St. Petersburg, famous for JESPER SOERENSEN 64 ECLECTIC FINDS your space pop with colorful accessories. housing a master’s works and much more.

018 • after hours 054 • q & a 055 • CLARITY Celebrate Orgullo is back with a tribute to Michael Legg, desk clerk and concierge at On the cover: the incomparable Sara Montiel. the legendary La Te Da hotel in Key West, Claire Lardner and Christine shares his recommendations. Sweeny, Certiﬁ ed Picture Framers 019 • tech & gadgets and owners of FrameWorks Get the kids a new kind of gadget — one 065 • social events (Corporate Partner Member of without a screen — or indulge in these Were you there? Find out who was at the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian

artistically playful devices yourself. SAVE’s Trans Justice Rally, Tropical Heat Chamber of Commerce), From left: Courtesy of OUTshine Film Festival; Kuenko in Wynwood Yard; VisitStPeteClearwater.com and Poverello’s bowling fundraiser. photographed by Marta Neira of 020 • dining Marta Neira Photography at their If you crave creativity on your plate, 068 • ﬁ nal thoughts store in Coconut Grove. in your glass and on the walls, look no Transgender Day of Remembrance is further than the Wynwood Arts District. about contributions as well as losses. CELEBRATING 10 YEARS

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NICK GARCIA LORRIE-ANN DIAZ DANIEL SHOER ROTH Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Lorrie-Ann Diaz is an 18-year veteran of An author, journalist, biographer and Steve Rothaus Nick began his photography training as an the NBA, 17 of them with the Miami HEAT. essayist, Daniel’s Sunday column in el covers LGBTQ apprentice under his father, Enrique Garcia, She is the senior director of business Nuevo Herald casts a spotlight on critical issues in South and later studied at the Fashion Institute communications for the HEAT and issues often neglected in South Florida’s Florida and is of Technology in New York. He now ﬁ elds AmericanAirlines Arena. A Miami native, she melting pot. His work has received also the Miami assignments for numerous international titles, enjoys the beach, the arts, traveling, reading, multiple honors from the Gay and Lesbian Herald’s assistant including Billboard Magazine, The Guardian writing and working out. Among her lesser Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), community news and Women’s Health, and also contributes known talents: riding a unicycle, juggling and the National Association of Hispanic editor. Don’t forget regularly on local publications like Miami juggling while riding a unicycle. Check her Journalists and the National Association to check out Steve Magazine, Ocean Drive, Indulge, Haute Living out online: LAthePerson.com or email her at of Hispanic Publications. Daniel has Rothaus’ LGBTQ and Weddings South Florida, among others. [email protected]. published three books. South Florida News in the Miami Herald and at miamiherald.com — and follow his Twitter account, @SteveRothaus — for the latest information about our community.

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Living with his sister Kaija (Jessica Grabowsky), who gets him a job as an illustrator at the ad agency where she works, he begins to secretly draw provocative pictures of muscled men — in an out of uniform. Besides DIFFERENT sharing an apartment, the siblings also share romantic interest in a gorgeous gay dancer they take in as a boarder DRUMMERS — Nipa (Lauri Tilkanen). Ultimately, the men fall in love (despite Kaija’s best efforts), and Nipa becomes an especially powerful influence, encouraging Laaksonen to continue creating while seeking out ways to share his art. Their romance is one of the most charming elements of the story, while it’s sense of history reflects the changing views regarding homosexuality throughout the 20th century. These selections will give you license to sing, • Clockwise from top: Tom of Finland is screening as Stephen Granville, part of the OUTshine Film Festival’s draw and hum along to your own beat. Ian Donaldson and Fort Lauderdale edition. For more Steve Bronski. information, visit outshinefilm.com. Below: Life Is Like a Musical: by GREGG SHAPIRO How to Live, Love, and Lead Like a Star by Tim Federle Keep Dancing mong witty observations, chance to break into song” and Featuring the soaring falsetto erotic visuals and “dance like everyone’s watching, vocals of Jimmy Somerville, along contagious dance tunes, soon they actually will.” with Steve Bronski and the late these selections have Federle extols the virtue of Larry Steinbachek on keyboards oneA message in common: find your unbroken eye contact and being a and percussion, Bronski Beat first own truth and follow it. “nodder, not a yawner,” as well as caught listeners’ attention with the having the “audacity to belong in groundbreaking dance single “Small Deep Thoughts the room.” Town Boy.” That track, one of the Award-winning gay writer Tim most powerful coming out songs ever Federle, returns with Life Is Like A Man’s Man recorded, was on the band’s seminal a Musical: How to Live, Love, and With a name as recognizable as his 1984 debut album The Age of Consent. Lead Like a Star (Running Press, homoerotic images, visual artist Tom Somerville departed shortly 2017), a self-help book/memoir that of Finland (aka Touko Laaksonen) thereafter, but Bronski kept his lives up to its titular claim. Federle, is an LGBTQ icon. The legendary namesake band going on and off for who describes himself as “perhaps artist’s life is the subject of Dome years. It’s been two decades now the most prototypical snarky gay Karukoski’s biopic Tom of Finland. since we last heard from them, but teen who ever lived,” incorporates The film revisits pivotal moments Bronski Beat is back with two new personal anecdotes from his theater of Laaksonen’s life — as members for the double disc re- career over 50 quick chapters. portrayed by Pekka Strang recording and expanding of The Age “Your dream role will likely — from his time as a World of Reason (SFE/Cherry Red). change a few times, but the fun War II soldier exploring his New lead vocalist Stephen happens on the way to creating attraction to men (and the Granville does an admirable job it,” he quips. Additional insights influence the military had on covering Somerville, and there are include, “confidence is overrated his artwork) to his worldwide also new tunes, such as a cover of and courage is underrated,” “being success as an artist. Sylvester’s “Stars” and the tribute gracious is an easier skill to master In doing so, it also traces track “Flower for Dandara,” written than being brilliant,” “never get so Laaksonen’s complex artistic for murdered trans-woman Dandara

self-serious that you turn down the development after the war. dos Santos.• Courtesy of Cherry Red Press Our State-of-the-Art programs: CARTA-Bauhaus Dessau Think Tank CARTA Miami Urban Futures Initiative CARTA Innovation Lab CARTA@Mana Wynwood Center for the Humanities in an Urban Environment College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU Mary Ann Wolfe Theater Miami Beach Urban Studios Ratcliffe Arts + Design Incubator School of Environment, Arts and Society The Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center The Arts are a major driver of the South Florida innovation, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum information, and cultural economy and are critical to the The Royal@FIU World Stage Collaborative life of the mind. They inform the way we think, create, The Wolfsonian-FIU discern, solve problems, and adapt to our rapidly changing Writers on the Bay world. The creative and academic activities of FIU’s faculty, curatorial staff, and students in our colleges, schools and three museums support our quest for excellence and enrich the regional arts scene in our community.

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in his new hometown of San and taste, and tiny details that draw Francisco, a veteran editor said to a larger picture.” him, “I’ve got my eye on you. People Some memories of the Old tell me you’re lazy and you talk too South were painful. He recalls his much and you waste too much time mother’s concern about his delicate polishing the stories.” appearance in his early teens. She Certain about not changing his once told him he shouldn’t hang distinctive style, he quit within the out with his friend Eddie because month. “I don’t put anything down he was “a little bit sissy,” thinking that I am not absolutely happy that if the two were seen together with,” he says. “people might get the ‘wrong idea’.” With such a deliberate Maupin eventually broke free. approach, it’s no surprise that “My life story reverberates with it took him a few years to write a lot of people, because they’ve Logical Family – A Memoir, a been through the same experience; moving and brutally honest portrait men and women who have been of his evolution from being a raised in a hyper-religious, hyper- confl icted youth brought up in a conservative atmosphere, and conservative Southern family to they’ve had to break away from it becoming a groundbreaking writer and form their own logical family.” and gay rights pioneer in 1980s Forming a new, nonjudgmental San Francisco. family creates the kinds of bonds “People always tell me that I that make sense to many in the am a good fast read, but a good fast LGBTQ community. It refl ects our read is a very slow write,” says the common experience and validates 73-year-old novelist, one of several our connections and aspirations. LGBTQ authors featured at the 2017 This message goes further than edition of the Miami Book Fair. just celebrating the connections we “In order for language to fl ow make. “Don’t think you are going to through the reader’s head at a fi nd total happiness on your iPhone. certain speed, the writer has to Meet people. Talk to them. Look be conscious of rhythm and make into other people’s eyes; look into every effort not to bore the reader,” their hearts. Be your true self; don’t TALES OF A says Maupin. “What you leave out try to be something you aren’t,” he is as important as what you put in.” says. “That’s the only way you’re Although he has extensively going to fi nd real love in life. Keep STORYTELLER drawn from real-life experiences your heart open in an honest way.”• to craft his fi ctional accounts and Armistead Maupin reveals his characters, as he’s grown older he’s felt the need to sort out aspects of own odyssey in Logical Family his own experience. – A Memoir , one of the works “It required me to be honest and showcased at this year’s edition that is especially challenging to a storyteller, because we always want of the Miami Book Fair. to make things better,” he admits. “There is a need for modesty.” by DANIEL SHOER ROTH There was also the ever- challenging task of reconstructing he legendary author of Bookish Types scenes from events that occurred the bestselling Tales of long ago. “No writer can claim the City series loves to Miami Book Fair 2017 — to remember conversations from 40 November 12–19 — features polish his work until it years ago, but you can recreate the some of America’s fi nest shines and then sprinkle it with spirit of the conversations,” T LGBTQ authors. rich details. he says. “My job is simply to Even in the early 1970s, when For information visit at bring the reader into my life,

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voice fueled a 30-year fi lm career, REMEMBERING complete with a trail of famous lovers and husbands. In her twilight years, she shared some of those THE SPANISH DIVA memories with Alberto Rivas, a multidisciplinary artist who became her personal photographer. Celebrate Orgullo pays homage to screen icon “Sara was my teacher, my artistic godmother and my confi dante. She Sara Montiel through a series of evening events. was a [selfl ess] woman who taught me that in this life one always has to by DANIEL SHOER ROTH be true to oneself,” says Rivas. His stunning images will be on display nity Coalition| Coalición organizer Herb Sosa. “Probably during the SARA GALA, the highlight Unida’s annual there isn’t a Hispanic drag queen of the festival’s programming which Celebrate Orgullo in any bar that hasn’t interpreted promises a celebration of art, music festival features Sarita Montiel.” and glamour at the Coral Gables thoughtfulU collaboration with local “She used her celebrity status Women’s Club. artists, musicians and activists to and international recognition to Javier Montilla, author of highlight the contributions of LGBTQ protect the gay community under Últimos días con Sara Montiel (The Latinas and Latinos during Hispanic the dictatorship of [Francisco] Last Days with Sara Montiel), a Heritage Month. Franco when no one was talking fi ctionalized account of the actress’ The festival’s seventh edition, about LGBT rights. She was very life, will read excerpts from his book which takes place October 1–15 outspoken and supportive.” at the gala, which will also feature this year revolves around legendary Long before Penelope Cruz, performances by the Miami Gay singer and actress, Sara Montiel. Montiel was the fi rst Spanish Men’s Chorus and local drag queens, “She was iconic to the gay actress to conquer Hollywood. Her Envee and Vinna Rouge. Hispanic world,” says festival sensuous beauty and magnifi cent Montilla is also scheduled to participate in the Rhythm, Rhymes and Writing workshop at Pridelines, along with Caridad Moro-Gronlier and other LGBTQ Latino authors. As part of its celebration, the festival highlights a number of local artists in exhibits throughout the month of October at venues throughout the city, including the HUB@LGBT Visitor Center, Pridelines and MMM Gallery. This year’s festival coincides with Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida’s 15th anniversary. Seven years ago, then Miami Beach mayor, Matti Herrera Bower, convened LGBTQ leaders to create an event to draw together Latin Pride and Hispanic Heritage Month. The party continues, but now it’s inside a bus. On Oct. 7, three buses hosted by drag performers Adora, TP Lords and Ann Anatomic-Lords will each take ticket-holders to an artist’s studio, all culminating in Spanish diva Sara Montiel • Little Haiti’s Fountainhead Studios is the inspiration for this year’s edition of the for a gathering of live pop-up music

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Philly Imports When you set foot inside Federal Donuts you’ll wonder how you ever lived so long without fried chicken and donuts. In June, Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook, the James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur duo, chose Miami as the ﬁ rst location outside of their native Philadelphia to open the casual eatery. A month later, they doubled down with Dizengoff, an Israeli hummusiya, next door. Both spots INSPIRED FLAVORS have swiftly become cult sensations. You can sample the ﬂ avors of both in a single visit. Start at Dizengoff Dizzying murals and contemporary art and order one of their creamy hummus bowls served with hearth- galleries may have put Wynwood on the map, baked pita, a chopped Israeli salad but the neighborhood is swiftly transforming and pickles. They come with a choice into one of Miami’s hottest foodie of toppings that change daily, ranging from merguez lamb sausage to fava destinations. beans and onion schug. Then head next door to Federal and share a by SHAYNE BENOWITZ fried chicken sandwich topped with American cheese, dill pickles and rom James Beard up restaurant concepts and food “spicy rooster” sauce on a squishy Award-winning chefs and trucks situated on a gravel lot with Martin’s Potato Roll. For dessert? omakase tasting menus overhead string lighting. Anchored A made-to-order hot fresh donut to made-to-order donuts by a central bar with picnic benches dusted with cinnamon and brown Fand breweries fueled by bao buns, throughout, diners can divide, sugar. Don’t forget to take home a the dining landscape is as vibrant and conquer and gather with their fare half-dozen fancy donuts for good colorful as the neighborhood itself. (everything from ice cream to mac measure (think, guava poppy, lemon ‘n cheese). A good place to start is meringue, black and white and Gathering Place Heiman’s own Della Test Kitchen blueberry mascarpone). The brainchild of Harvard Business serving a variety of vegan bowls 250 NW 24th St. School alum Della Heiman, with ingredients like black coconut 305.573.9393 | 305.573.9292 • This page: Korean Wynwood Yard is like a test sticky rice, adashah, marinated BBQ steak bao at federaldonuts.com

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Chef-Driven When Chef Bradley Kilgore opened Alter in 2015, he gave Wynwood its first serious, chef- driven restaurant. Fortunately, the dining experience is relaxed and convivial inside an intimate industrial space guided by an expert waitstaff. A Food & Wine Best New Chef and James Beard Award Best New Restaurant semifinalist, Kilgore and Alter have cemented their place in Miami’s gastronomic landscape with some of the most original and ambitious dishes in town. Experience Kilgore’s cuisine with a five or seven course tasting menu and wine pairing highlighting dishes like the fluke the hottest seats in town, serving • Top: whole branzino at stone pot, Korean fried chicken, red mosaic made with Indian spices, a diverse menu of beautifully Charcoal Garden snapper with brown butter-white Bar + Grill. tomato hollandaise and coconut executed pan-Asian cuisine inspired miso… We could keep going, but Below: Multiple and the lamb ribeye with koji salt by Chef Michael Lewis’ world Bao options at you get the idea, right? and hijiki buttered cabage. The travels. With a vertical garden Baja Bao Wynwood; 251 NW 25th St. charming outdoor bar is still the exterior wall and a minimalist, yet Chef Michael Lewis at Kyu 786.577.0150 best kept secret in Wynwood, chic industrial interior, the scene kyumiami.com serving creative craft cocktails is buzzy and sophisticated from and elevated bar bites like an lunch to happy hour and dinner. Brews & Bao Buns Iberico burger with chorizo mayo A James Beard Award Best New Adding to Wynwood’s ever- and fried brioche umami balls. Restaurant semifinalist and named growing brewery scene, Veza 223 NW 23rd St. best restaurant in Florida by Time, Sur Brewing Co. opened in 305.573.5996 it’s the kind of place where you August with some heavy-hitting altermiami.com want to order one of everything. A collaborators. Helmed by German- few recommendations: cauliflower born brewmaster Asborjn Gerlach, Asian Inspiration drenched in shishito-herb vinaigrette their signature beer is a Brazilian- Since opening last February, and goat cheese, hamachi with white style Chopp, an ice cold lager KYU has swiftly become one of ponzu and green chili, Thai fried rice poured with a creamy foam top designed to drink through. Start with a beer flight to sample their brewed-on-site creations, ranging from the crisp Latin Lager to the Blood Orange Gose, Guava Sour and Coffee Porter, then pick your pint from there. You can also opt for an original beer cocktail created by Bar Lab, including a refreshing michelada. The spacious front patio is anchored by Pubbelly’s Baja Bao food truck where steamy bao buns stuffed with crispy mahi-mahi, Korean BBQ steak or lechon asado will definitely soak up the alcohol. 55 NW 25th St. 786.362.6300

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SMART Ride volunteers help on the ground and also with the logistics of the event, including offering their expertise in sponsorship, fundraising, training, administration and more.

WE,as a community, are far from content with our current lot. In spite of achieving milestones, many of us are all too aware that as a group we continue to experience persistent struggles and stigmatization. And yet, more than 30 years after the AIDS epidemic obliterated a large swath of our patch- quilted family, it could be argued that in large part we have become quite complacent within our everyday lives. In our increasingly homogenized (if not harmonized) world, many of us have managed to live openly with our partners, exude a sense of comfort and even achieve success in our workplaces. We attend LGBTQ ﬁ lm festivals, sing in a gay chorus group or play on the queer softball team. But just beneath our seeming communal comfort, HIV lingers large, especially here in South Florida, where the rate of new HIV diagnosis is three times the national average. For many, it seems the disease has been shoved back palette•oct|nov 2017

“I FELT IT WAS MY DUTY AS A PERSON WHO DIDN’T CATCH IT TO DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO HELP AN ORGANIZATION SEEKING TO FIND A CURE AND DIRECTLY HELP.” – CARMINE MARTORILLI inside the closet. Some would even the only fundraiser of this magnitude to argue that our fight for the quality of our give 100 percent of its proceeds back to living rights has replaced the fights of direct support services for the disease. those infected with HIV. “I felt it was my duty as a person But Carmine Martorilli, one of the who didn’t catch it to do everything I founding members of SMART Ride could to help an organization seeking (Southernmost/HIV Ride) has not to find a cure and directly help people forgotten, and neither has his partner living with AIDS and HIV-infection,” Robert Poster. Both Martorilli and says Martorilli. “Same for Bob. I met Poster’s former partners died from him when he came onboard to give AIDS. Though both tested negative, they whatever help he could.” both felt the need to do something with The event takes place every year that experience. in South Florida, right around mid- Martorilli, who is now 83, joined November. Whether your donation is SMART Ride when there were just over financial, as a volunteer or both, you 100 participants. Today, there are more can manage your gifts so they can be than 400 who actively and annually put to use in the best way possible for participate in the second largest bicycle immediate use by the most marginalized ride for AIDS in this country. It is also and critically in need. 026

“Miami and Broward lead new back to AIDS service organizations cases of infection, and ages 15-24 are for direct-implementation services (as highest rate getting infected,” notes opposed to administrative costs and SMART Ride founder Glen Weinzimer. overhead). In its ﬁ rst year, the SMART “These folks never saw the worst of Ride organization raised $169,000 — and this disease, and it takes all of us to realized its goal of full return. stand up, educate, assist and make a Since the event’s inception, it has difference. Those living with HIV today exceeded annual goals, with more than may appear to look good in outward $8.5 million allocated for direct care, appearances when compared with social services, pharmaceutical care, the 1980s death sentence, and so it dental assistance and education at seven doesn’t get the same level of concern. Florida service organizations. But within our Florida communities, “We recently helped the client we need to speak up so as to avoid [of one our service organizations] another pandemic.” diagnosed with CMV retinitis, a rare eye disease. It causes blindness, and SHIFTING LIVES was more common with AIDS patients SMART Ride is a 165-mile community in the 1980s,” says Weinzimer. “Today, bike ride that takes place over two with treatment funding inaccessible days, starting at the University of to this agency, SMART Ride stepped Miami campus and ending in a massive in and was able to cover the cost of parade through Key West with a closing treatment as well as ancillary care, such ceremony at White Street Pier. as transportation.” The annual ride began in 2003 with The goals for this event have a vision of making a direct impact with been auspicious from the outset, the its fundraising mission. In order to outcomes are measurable and, more assist those living with and at risk for importantly, have a tangible impact: To HIV, the organization was committed date, the organization has raised more The opening Dedication Ceremony takes place at the Lakeside Patio Stage at the University of Miami to ensuring that 100 percent of the money than any other event of its kind the night before riders head out. proceeds it raised would be channeled has in the State of Florida — $7.3 million over 12 years.

GET MOVING If you’re feeling inspired to ride South Florida’s most famous route to the Keys, awesome! Understandably it may be more of a physical commitment than the average Sunday cycler may want to take on. The good news is that you are still a prime candidate for crew and fundraising, the kind of work Martorilli did for many years. Some 200+ crewmembers are responsible for caretaking during the two-day trek. Their primary responsibility is to help riders stay safe. It does, indeed, take a village to support this life-afﬁ rming journey. Duties include setting up camp at midway point, establishing and providing medical support, and pit stops. Over 50 percent of participants are SMART Ride virgins, who are nonetheless determined to bike the full distance the sheer gratitude of having the gift to be alive and be able palette•oct|nov 2017

The ride culminates in a parade through Key West, complete with police escort. Fittingly, the parade ends at the AIDS Memorial on White Street Pier.

to do. The SMART Ride website offers And, of course, SMART Ride Riders can register individually or as a team, with comprehensive suggestions for a depends on community sponsors and many teams representing various companies, bars and restaurants, nonprofits and other groups. training regimen. If you’re thinking individual donors as its lifeblood. That you’d like to but are afraid you’re not pretty much leaves no one immune up for the rigor, SMART Ride makes it from supporting in someway. Folks like a point to remind everyone that it is a Martorilli — who in his octogenarian ride, and not a race. You can develop years no longer volunteers for crew your stamina in training over time at — actively fundraise. He and his team a pace you’re comfortable with. Kurt work to help the Rosie’s team, which Arthur, who has individually raised over is sponsored by Rosie’s bar in Wilton $7,000 during his four-year riding stints, Manors. They also travel to Key West generally rides 30 miles twice a week. every year to greet the arriving cyclists. Closer to the ride he adds a few century However, if you have the means, rides and doubles his weekly ride. Martorilli gushes that participation Riders also commit to raising $1,250. is a life-changing experience. In the social media age, this has become “There is a fun factor when gays put much easier. things together,” adds Arthur. “It’s “Achieving something really hard bittersweet, memories of friends physically is really rewarding,” says who have passed, humor and [the] Arthur. “Fundraising gets easier as you get resilience of those of who have older; hopefully, your friends have more survived the epidemic. The gay money. I reward all my donors with a community survived an existential haiku about them (posted on Facebook). crisis and emerged stronger for it. It’s a lot of fun and can be really hard if Riding 100 miles in a day seems like a you don’t know the person well.” small tribute.”•

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n everyday speak, we refer to the easy, disposable or lacking thought as “cut and paste.” It simply refers to what we do so often to simplify our lives in a digitized world — when fi lling out documents, inserting images into presentations or trying to salvage work. It’s rote. Cookie cutter. Far from creative. Enter: the collage artist. Walking into Anabel Ruiz’s Hialeah studio, you enter a completely different kind of world. A quick scan of the scene provides a visual sampling of her process, in scattered bits and pieces. Beautifully crafted faces hang on white walls. Made of countless magazine clippings, arranged and superimposed to create the features, highlights and contours of several women’s faces. The canvases are layered, alive. “I make an initial pencil drawing on canvas, and I proceed to layer paper cuttings,” she explains. “The paper cuttings are usually from fashion or other types of magazines, depending on the subject matter. I use scissors or rip the paper with my own hands in some cases.” She rifl es through magazines, hunting for the perfect colors, textures and words, gathering pieces that have a connection with what she is trying to create. Sometimes the fl ow is seamless. “I don’t know whether I am making these choices or if I am just an added element in a process,” she admits. In painstakingly putting together just the right cuttings, Anabel Ruiz creates collage art pieces out Ruiz crafts not just faces, but mood and emotion. of her Hialeah studio. 032

From left: Florida Woman; Aida on Silver; relationship with art began. Her education included learning Aymée Nuviola the great masters, which she emulated, but her own art was mostly a self-taught affair. “I get inspired by what invokes an emotion within me,” she says. “I am not afraid to say I get inspired by beauty.” By the time Ruiz was 14, her parents moved once again, this time to Miami. “Everyday, without them knowing, I choose to work with “I have always been very intentional about having a the greatest publishers, the most superb designers, the most universal heart. Learning other languages, reading about diverse models,” says Ruiz. “[It’s] an infi nite world of pleasure.” different cultures, befriending people outside ‘my own tribe,’” she says. “South Florida is a place that provides a perfect First Cut setting for that intention to fl ourish. Diversity happens here. In the 1970s Cuba was a place in fl ux. There was still a We need to stay true to that.” lingering romance with the idea of the revolution, but the veneer had begun to crack, peel and fall throughout society The Order — piece by piece. The creative fl ame was lit, but the voices that insisted she think Ruiz was born in that wilting paradise populated by an practically won out. Ruiz graduated from Southwest Miami High impossibly resourceful population that remained upbeat School, went on to Miami Dade College and then fi nished her despite the many hardships they lived and the many more studies at the business school at Florida International University. they saw coming their way. By age 9, her parents packed up Following the sound, well-intended advice she got from loved and left Cuba. They moved their three daughters — Cristina, ones may have made fi nancial sense and, of course, it pleased Rita and Anabel — to Madrid, where the family would spend her loving family, but it also left her feeling rudderless. She knew the next fi ve years. she could “make a living,” but felt desperately lost and without While in Spain, her father was able to secure a scholarship purpose. She set off on a quest of self discovery immediately

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her of two collages she had made in college — one for a school project and the other at her mother’s request. “I decided to use the colors contained within the pages as my palette. I drew a carrousel horse and began to cut and glue colorful shapes on top of it on a canvas board,” she remembers. That piece sold at the shop where it was to be framed. Surprised and exhilarated, she took the experience as a sign that she was finally on the right track.

Sticking to It Ruiz has come to a place of acceptance, both of her calling and her own sexuality. “I ‘came out’ to my parents five years ago, a year after I left religious life, and I was single at the time,” she shares. “But I think the most important person to come out to is yourself.” She currently lives in Coconut Grove with her partner and their two dogs, Toby and Sammy. “I think ‘coming out’ is an ironic phrase,” she says. “What it really is, is being honest about a lie we have been trying to live, having mercy with ourselves in a life of constant judgment and shutting out the gossip with courage and pride in who we are.” Comfortable in her own skin, it’s fitting that she specializes in collage. The intricately designed pieces she makes are crafted, layer upon layer, to reveal beautiful women, super heroes and animals like flamingos and boldly colored fish. The women are the most striking. From a pale geisha with onyx-black hair to a mocha-skinned Havanera in a headdress, all the cuttings come together to create fully realized humans. “Although two-dimensional, don’t fool yourself… these Ruiz’s existential journey would lead her to two separate collages aren’t silent. They are immensely vocal,” she says. congregations — the first in Miami and the other in Fátima, “They express my personal freedom.” Portugal. Over eight years, she became consumed with the In the short time Ruiz has been creating art publicly, her creation of countless works of art, as well as essays on the work has been recognized and showcased at fairs from subject. Bound by vows of obedience, chastity and poverty, all SCOPE Miami Beach to Spectrum Miami. Blink Group this work was completely anonymous. Gallery showcased her work at the latter and she is going to “I cherish the time I spent in both orders,” says Ruiz about participate at that event again this year. her experience. “Religious life — aside from nurturing my own Her pieces have traveled beyond South Florida, too, spirituality — helped me find myself and accept who I am. I thanks to the ardent promotion of Elizabeth Reyes, curator am very happy that I left, but I don’t regret any of it either.” and president of Blink Group Gallery. Earlier this year, she It was a kind of sabbatical that ripped her away from the day- exhibited work at the 2017 LA Art Show. Through Art NXT to-day long enough to let her finally learn to channel her own Level she was also happy to be included in “Layered,” an artistic energy. Many of her pieces currently grace the walls of exhibit curated by Chicago artist and creative entrepreneur churches, convents and the homes of private church patrons. Sergio Gomez at 33 Contemporary Gallery. By 2011, she returned home, ready for a new future in which Locally, Ruiz participates in Art on Palm, the monthly art her art would be a reflection of the self-acceptance she had fair that takes place every third Friday in Hialeah. achieved. But in many ways she was back at square one, too. “Mayor Carlos Hernandez is strongly promoting the arts “I came back to my hometown, having to start from zero, and culture in his city, and I am honored to be included.” and my financial priorities did not leave much room for art Ongoing projects include an array of monthly artistic events supplies,” she says. “I remember going to a local art supply that she helps organize with friends — Ignacio Font and Jean store and leaving a bit disheartened. I couldn’t afford oil paints Blackwell at Warehouse 4726 in the Bird Road Art District. or other materials.” From spiritual to spirited, Anabel Ruiz has cut her own Determined not to let the reality of her situation get her path and crafted a beautiful life out of every piece of it. aruizart.com

Courtesy of Paulo Simeon down, she went home to think. A stack of magazines reminded PUMP THE TO ENGLISH-SPEAKING OVER-THE-TOP SATIRE, AND BRINGINGHISWIT TOWARD THELGBTQ SPANISH-LANGUAGE ENRIQUE SANTOSIS SHAPING ATTITUDES COMMUNITY INTHE RADIO LANDSCAPE KNOWN FORHIS AUDIENCES FOR THE FIRSTTIME. UP

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by DANIEL SHOER ROTH VOLUME panish-language radio fans so I am very careful to filter what I say, And when you are on the air? in South Florida know what I don’t say, how I say it, and to I am happy to say that on the radio it’s Enrique Santos all too well. make sure that I am leading by example, real; it’s live. And I’d say 99 percent is His outrageous on-air antics especially given the challenging times positive, and people get what we are doing: are the stuff of local legend that immigrant and LGBT communities empowering them. S— he and a colleague once successfully are facing. As a country, we progressed telephoned Fidel Castro pretending to greatly in domestic issues under the In addition to your weekday show be Hugo Chávez. His audience has also Obama administration. A lot of those “Tu Mañana,” you recently crossed over witnessed his very personal journey from steps forward are now being threatened. to English-language radio. shock jock — in a show that showcased A lot of Latinos my age and younger enjoy sexist and homophobic humor — to Coming out must have been difficult listening to Spanish music, but they feel proud member of the LGBT community. for a Spanish-language radio host more confortable speaking in English. My Since coming out, the beloved Cuban- speaking to conservative audiences. two-hour weekend program “On the Move American radio host has also become an It was definitely much more complicated with Enrique Santos” airs on more than 100 icon for the gay Latino community. because of the machismo that exists iHeartMedia stations. in the Latino community and its You’ve been labeled a shock jock. conservative values. Are people going Last year, you joined forces with How has that changed? to like me less? Are people going to stop iHeartMedia to launch iHeartLatino, I’ve had different phases; we live and we listening to me? But the day I introduced where you serve as chairman and chief learn. I ran for mayor of Miami in 2005, Obama at the Fillmore, I said to myself, “I creative officer. and some of the stuff that I have done need to explain why am I doing this.” For I am extremely excited about my growth may be considered controversial. But the first time, I identified myself publicly as a brand on the Spanish side and on I’ve always considered what I do real and as a member of the LGBT community. the English radio stations with this new with a purpose. I’m much more mature project, but I am much more excited about today. Radio has changed and evolved, Do you receive a lot of hate messages what we are doing for our language, our and I have a great sense of responsibility because you are out? music, our artists. when I am behind a microphone. Yes, in social media. Some people think that it is cool to call you with expletives Where do you see yourself in 10 years? How did you come to represent and titles; unfortunately that has become Anything that I put my mind [to] and say I Latino millennials, the undocumented acceptable. So if there is a topic dealing want to accomplish I end up accomplishing. and the LGBTQ community? with sexuality or politics, they just find In 10 years, I hope to have health, and I remember when I was a kid listening it easy to insult this guy because he is whatever I am doing, I hope that it’s helping to radio and the impact it had on me, homosexual. There is just no respect. others obtain their goals and their dreams.• Skaters IN A NONDESCRIPT PARKING LOT OUT IN THE ‘BURBS, A GROUP OF FIERCE WOMEN ARE WREAKING HAVOC, AND THAT’S ON A FRIENDLY NIGHT. by LORRIE-ANN “LAGGRESSIVE” DIAZ of Skaters 038

the 2009 fi lm Whip It, a young, small-town rebel, played by Ellen Page, falls madly Inin love with women’s roller derby after stumbling on her fi rst bout — that’s derby speak for a typical 5-on-5 match. It’s not hard to understand why: fearless women kicking ass on roller skates. Hell yeah! Page’s character is so inspired that after the bout, she approaches Hurl Scouts skater “Maggie Mayhem,” played by Kristen Wiig, and says, “I just want to tell you all that you’re my new heroes,” to which Mayhem replies “It’s your fi rst time here? Well put some skates on. Be your own hero.”

Call it instant sisterhood. It’s not entirely clear if art is imitating life or life is imitating art as it relates to the movie’s portrayal of this alternative Previous page: Pedro Rubio. Opposite page: Byron Maldonado. This page, from left: Pedro Rubio; Byron Maldonado resolve anddetermination. everything iswilting excepttheir it’s stillastifling 88degrees.Allaround, Magic City’s searing heat.At6:30p.m., their usualtwo-hourpractice inthe life —aresweatingtheirway through orientations, representingall walks of varying ages,sizes,nationalities and City Rollers—asquadofladies outdoor space,whichmeanstheVice south ofTheFalls. Hockey RinkonS.W. 152ndStreet,just were circlingtheSunilandRoller on arecentWednesday afternoon, one ofthe20orsofemaleskaterswho, hero accuratelydescribeseverysingle women’s rollerderbyteam—theword City Rollers—Miami’s first andonly sport. ButinthecaseofVice Swan City(2). This page:Boutagainst “Shakesfear” Giraldo. Opposite page:Jessica The rinkisreallyanaged, times per week, weather permitting. week, per times routine isrepeated, onaverage,four and alwayswelcome. Thisgrueling up. Water breaks arerelativelyfrequent without triggeringamultiplehuman pile in andoutaroundoneanother and areschooledonhowtodeftly weave their crossoverturns,stopsand starts, the ovaltrackcountlesstimesperfecting seven oreightskatersdeep.Theyround conga-esque linesoftheirteammatessix, women taketurnspushingandpulling leading aseriesofpracticedrills.The round theygowithavolunteercoach “fresh meat”—therookies.Roundand practice sessionisattendedmostlyby piercings aplenty. Thisparticular socks, elaboratetattoosandbody with theirpsychedelictights,patterned They’re a colorful bunch — what They’re acolorfulbunch—what the globe (more than 1,200 worldwide). the globe(more than1,200worldwide). only, women-owned leaguesthatspan experienced arenaissance ofwomen- 1880’s. Duringthe early2000’s, thesport American sportslandscapesince the figuratively andliterally. City Rollermustpayherdues— both proverbial punches.Yes, everyVice encourage thenewbiestorollwith Blink 1SK8E2andHarleyQuinn,who Kraken Skulls,PowerPuff,Velociraptor, group, withcheekypseudonymssuchas aggressive sport.It’s theveteransof hyper-competitive andphysically collaborative natureofthisfull-contact, sparks thefi erce camaraderieand struggling. Andironically, that’s what red facedandexhausted,areclearly Roller Derby has been part of the Roller Derbyhasbeenpartofthe A coupleofthenewrecruits, palette • oct|nov 2017 040 Jessica “Shakesfear” Giraldoand This page:TheViceCityRollers De LaRua,Nicole“Tear N clockwise fromtopleft: Kristen “DeLaRuthless” at theSwanCitybout Teaseher” Hermann, Keren “Velociraptor” Opposite page, Quinn’s beenskatingartistically since moves she’s donethousandsof times. is backatitwithout fearpracticing torn ACL/meniscus.Andyet,there she having hadsurgerytwicetorepair a mental toughness.Sheshould know copious amountsofphysicaland really notsorry. Thesportdemands sorry,” shedeadpansbecauseshe’s Huelsman admitsunabashedly. “Like, derby veteran,Rachele“HarleyQuinn” “You gettohitpeople,”38-year-old What’s nottolove? Hell onwheels—sotospeak. given, isnotforthefaint-hearted.It’s kisses andcollisionsfallsarea affectionately referredtoasderby tumble pastime,wherebruisesare halftime. To besure,thisroughand of 30minuteseachwitha15-minute A derbyboutisplayedintwoperiods trickier andmoreintenseonskates. name afew—allofwhicharemade jamming, wallingandwhippingto engage variousmaneuvers—blocking, passing theiropponents.Players a flat tracktryingtoearnpointsby Two teamsoffive skaterseachcircle referring tothe 10orsofreshmeatwho you earnyourspot,” Shakesfearsays team’s secretary. Miami lawfirm who alsodubsasthe an ITprofessionalatabigdowntown Shakesfear” Giraldo,apoetry lover and a lotofthem,”saysJessica“Wilma “We pushthem[freshmeat].We ask Nothing ifnotdedicated. alumni relationsforGulliver. Connecticut nativeisthedirectorof bouts since2007.Byday, theoutspoken age 10andcompetinginrollerderby “You earnyour[derby]name.And

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partake in a six-week, paid course to Tarantino. She expressed a deep is, “committed to inclusive and anti- learn the basics of roller derby. “The appreciation for an environment that discrimination practices in relation to more we see you out here putting forth encourages her to be who she is. all transgender women, intersex women the effort, the more welcoming and “My heart is full, for sure, being and gender expansive participants, accepting we’re going to be.” on this team. They’re so loving and and aims to ensure that all skaters’, In fact, social acceptance is one of accepting and they show nothing but love volunteers’, and employees’ rights are the Vice City Rollers, a 501 (c) 3 non- and compassion for all situations. They respected and protected.” profit, stated missions. So is female listen to you. They’re really a family.” Back at the Suniland Roller Hockey empowerment, providing a supportive Harley Quinn, who is straight, Rink, Shakesfear points out that that environment and repeating body shared a similar sentiment. “The great athletic ability, while appreciated, is positive mantras, all of which make the thing about derby is that you have an not a prerequisite to join the sport. sport attractive to women of all stripes automatic community when you play it,” “Skates are the great equalizer,” she including the LGBTQ community. she said. “People take you in. Everyone says. “There’s a learning curve.” There’s Founded in 2011 by Miami lesbian is super supportive of each other not also no substitute for dedication and and nine-year derby veteran, Kristen only in derby life but in personal life.” tenacity. And it’s the blood, sweat, “De La Ruthless” De La Rua, the Vice Shakesfear says the team is a “group tears and months worth of training City Rollers counts 12 openly gay of sisters,” and her “support network,” that makes the Vice City Rollers highly members of the LGBTQ community and keeps her coming back. Well that watchable. “It’s not some staged thing,” among its ranks of approximately 50 and the challenge of the sport. Harley Quinn insists. people — 30 skaters and 20 volunteers. On a macro level, the relationship Nicole Hermann Robleto, “Tear N with the LGBTQ community is What to expect. Teaseher” in the rink, is a 20-something reciprocal. The sport’s governing “The sportsmanship, sense of Miami-Dade College film student and body, the Women’s Flat Track Derby accomplishment, and general out lesbian whose derby name is Association, has issued an official excitement in the air when a bout based on her favorite director, Quentin gender statement, which reads that it is happening is totally contagious and makes every game an awesome time, every time,” says superfan and number one volunteer, Cristina “Critty” Mazarredo. “The thrills of slamming into each other and putting their skills to the test seeps into the fans in a way that I haven’t seen in other sports.” Fresh meat Jennifer “Red” Miguel, a redhead who easily tops six feet in her skates and says she’s pushing 50, doesn’t mince words. “You’re gonna see some sick women kicking ass. It’s exciting. There’s food trucks. There’s lady on lady action, which is extremely hot,” she says, producing a round of hoots from her teammates standing nearby. “It’s a great time. It gets a little rowdy sometimes but it’s family friendly.” And with a name like the Vice City Rollers, you’re sure to get hooked. The season runs from January through September, but Fresh Meat classes begin immediately after the last bout of the season and run throughout the year. With ticket prices setting you back $10-12, planning for a night of derby action is a no brainer. To sign up for Fresh Meat classes or find out more about the team, visit

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currently the gayest neighborhood of all. It’s chock-a-block with gay bars, the PA R ISclothing shop TAGG (think: LGBTQ IS BURNING Urban Outfi tters with poppers and lube) and famous queer faces. I spot Andersen Cooper at least twice (his boyfriend, Ben Maisani, owns the local gay bar Atlas Social Club), and it seems a couple of RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni perform TIMES on a weekly basis at some bar or other (ditto for the fabulous NYC/Brooklyn club kids that served fi erceness in Katy SQUARE Perry’s now legendary SNL “Swish Swish” performance). It’s late June, and a throng of bemused So, where should you begin when tourists look on from the now iconic taking a decidedly gay NYC vacay? red TKTS staircase as a tall, lanky For a Hell’s Kitchen-adjacent location, cappuccino-skinned queen — glistening, the W New York in Times Square, with toned arms exposed through a cobweb- its chic, renovated lobby in 2015; slick, pattern black tank, and donning a innovative and functional, the budget- straw hat along with several strands of friendly, Japan-inspired Yotel; and the beads and amulets — commences an equally wallet-appealing Pod Times impromptu ballroom-style kiki. He twirls, Square, are great places to set yourself waacks, and sasses, bellowing, “Don’t up. If you happen to be a last-minute ignore me!!!” It really is impossible. type, I strongly recommend using the Tourists heed his call, pausing their own Hotel Tonight app, for its sometimes selfi e frenzies to take photos and videos. shockingly good bargains during non- Miss Thang spots me taking pictures peak dates (we’re talking under $90 for with my zoom lens and struts forward, 4-star stays). striking poses, bumping into a visibly Theater fans take note: an Off- annoyed local businessmen who has the Broadway revival of Harvey Fierstein’s misfortune of passing through circa rush Torch Song Trilogy, directed by Moises hour. Legendary! Kaufman and starring Michael Urie, Queerness is truly everywhere in runs through November 19th at the Tony NYC, and Times Square serves as a Kiser Theater, while October 7th sees southern border for Hell’s Kitchen, the opening of director Julie Taymor’s Lawrence Ferber permanent collection andvisiting exactly that,with bothanimpressive Wynwood’s slickestspaces?Soho’s is exclusively toLGBTQworkon parwith contemporary artgallery, dedicated MButterfly,starringCliveOwen. Hwang’s gender-bent romance, Broadway revivalofDavidHenry How manycitiescanboasta (the FashionInstitute ofTechnology) are renowned, but TheMuseumatFIT exhibition and its legendaryMaygala Anna Wintour CostumeCenterannual Barbara Hammer. lesbian filmmaker/multimedia artist, themed retrospectivebygroundbreaking exhibits. OctoberthroughJanuaryseesa The MetropolitanMuseumof Art’s photogenic spaces. become oneof the city’s most ridiculously center andtrain station—hasquickly Santiago Calatrava’s $4-billionshopping the year-old Oculus —Spanisharchitect is powerfulandheartbreaking). Nearby, latter’s extensive undergroundexhibit must-see foranyonevisitingthe city(the emit prism-likerainbows. Park, itsglass-embeddedboulderswill Located atthewaterfrontHudsonRiver artist AnthonyGoicolea,isintheworks. Pulse nightclubmassacre,designedby LGBTQ communityandvictimsof2016’s A brandnewmonumentdedicatedtothe sized same-sexcouples,isanothermust. by GeorgeSegal,depictingapairoflife- Street’s 1992GayLiberationMonument place tositandreflectorchat.Christopher angular spot, ThinkCoffee. outstanding, sociallyconsciouscraftjava On thewayout,grabacoffeefrom publications, comicsandartcollectibles. books, obscurequeerzines,smallpress You’ll findanoutstandingselectionof started asaroving,crowd-fundedpop-up. 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— unsatisfi ed with their perceived THE BEAUTIFUL physical imperfections — become fi xated on drastic measures to meet these impossible standards, STRUGGLE IS REAL frequently resorting to performance- enhancing drugs, plastic surgery and all manner of less invasive Fear of intimacy is a major obstacle when cosmetic procedures. trying to make connections in South Florida’s Experts agree that this preocupation with looks can result body-obsessed gay culture. in lowered trust and intimacy within relationships, and, as it by DANIEL SHOER ROTH turns out, lack of intimacy is actually a common problem among ome days I wish I’d been gay couples. born a few centuries Beneath the surface, we often earlier. As far back as struggle with self-esteem and the Middle Ages — and doubts about being romantically Sthrough much of the 19th century lovable — no doubt a result of really — being doughy and pasty long-standing societal rejection, was considered beautiful and discrimination and stigmatization fashionable, a sure sign of health since childhood as well. And like and wealth. many people across the spectrum, It makes for fun small talk in there may very well be a part of us the steam room of the South Beach fearing long-term commitment, too. gym I frequent, while surrounded In my case, I had to stop by scores of gay men with chiseled blaming my single status on others. beach-ready bodies. I imagine that to I don’t control them. My own them, my pale Rubenesque fi gure is insecurities are what has really been fl at out unappealing. holding me back from experiences, As I swipe through the profi les including dating and building of local men on the various gay relationships. I have not been eager dating sites and apps, I can’t help or willing to drop my own defenses but think there is an obsession with and inhibitions, in short to become body image that shows a marked vulnerable. And yet, I long for preference for the gym-fi t, muscular intimacy, which demands that kind and “masc sexy” dudes. The apps of vulnerability. are too sexually focused for me; While I may not be outgoing in many users show off their tanned the dating scene, I do strive to be physiques in designer underwear. I admit, when I was younger and friendly, caring and grateful with Basic dialogue is not required in better shape, I had my fair share of those around me. This makes me before nude pictures are solicited one-night stands and no-strings-attached approachable, so I often attract guys or unlocked. sex. Even today, I too get easily caught who are lonely or searching for new The scene is similarly devoid up in aesthetics. I am attracted to men friends. I don’t mind. I just have to of what I consider substance at for their looks while being painfully see it for what it is: an opportunity. many bars and clubs, where bulky insecure about my own. Yet I know that, It recently happened at the muscles and plate-size pectorals at least for me, a fi xation on physical gym. A gay man who recently seem all too often to be the appearance is not as signifi cant as an moved from New York introduced defi ning and most coveted quality individual’s intellectual, emotional and himself, and ever since we greet about a person — though at the spiritual qualities. It’s what’s on the each other. very least people can’t be fi ltered inside that really counts. He came up to me one day out by their stats in this setting. Unfortunately, gay American while I was trudging along on the Who knew we’d get to a point culture has set and promotes treadmill. “Can I ask you a personal when the local bar would offer unrealistic standards of beauty, and question?” he said softly. “Could more opportunities to establish this is particularly true in South you recommend a place in Miami

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(Left): Ugo Rondinone, curse, detail: vocabulary of solitude, 2014. Milled foam and epoxy resin, fabric. Image courtesy of the artist. (Right): Pascale Marthine Tayou, Masque délavé, 2015. Wood, mixed media. Image courtesy of the artist and GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana. Photo by Rémi Lavalle.

The Bass Museum of Art is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The Bass is generously funded by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and The Bass membership. good evening beautiful blue is sponsored by Phillips. The exhibition is funded in part by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council. Additional support for good evening beautiful blue and Beautiful is provided by Gander & White.

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But the lion’s share of the city’s artistic action takes place in the ARTISTIC ESCAPE Waterfront Museum District, which is home to both The Dalí Museum and the Museum of Fine Characterized by graceful parks, broad streets and a lively Arts, cultural cornerstones within the community. This district is as arts scene, St. Petersburg is the ideal destination for good a place as any to set off on a South Floridians in search of a little culture. sublime adventure. Home to a remarkable by ANDREW PRINTER permanent collection of works by the legendary Spanish surrealist — the most comprehensive outside of Europe — The Dalí Museum nlike its rambunctious of all the cultural activity. The has long been an institution in Atlantic counterpart, Edge District, for example, is a St. Petersburg. It solidifi ed its Florida’s gulf coast bohemian neighborhood noted standing as such upon opening its — stretching from for its craft beer scene and for new awe-striking, Dalí-inspired SarasotaU in the south right up to being home to the country’s largest building in 2011. Pensacola in the panhandle — selection of mid-century modern This October, the museum distinguishes itself with its easier furniture. The Warehouse District, is highlighting the creative pace, spectacular sunsets and along 22nd Street South, is home relationship between Elsa serious arts cred. to a number of artists’ studios that Schiaparelli and Salvador Dalí, The SHINE St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, home to seven are accessible to the public and • friends and collaborators that Mural Festival takes place in arts districts each with a distinct open late every second Saturday October. To fi nd out more, set Paris ablaze with their fl avor, is arguably the epicenter for a monthly art walk. visit shineonstpete.com. groundbreaking vision. Prepare Courtesy of VisitStPeteClearwater.com (2) palette•oct|nov 2017

• The Dalí Museum houses embraces the city’s rich African- more than 2,000 works American Heritage, and the latter of art, including the most is where you might find artists and comprehensive collection of Dalí’s work outside of Europe. writers sipping coffee or tea. Art is not just a body of work that a scholarly decision- maker schedules for a cultural institution. Strolling the streets and people watching can be just as inspiring, as is the enjoyment of the regional cuisine. Similarly, art isn’t limited to flat pictures on walls. It’s spoken, sung and often performed in unlikely spaces. yourself for a vivid display of featured in the first seven films of The third SHINE St. Petersburg haute couture gowns, paintings, the series. Mural Festival returns in October, drawings and objets d’art. Other districts worth visiting once again showcasing work by Farther up the waterfront, the include the Central District, a nest artists from around the world. A Museum of Fine Arts has served as of artist’s studios and galleries; corresponding festival involves a magnet for creative minds and and Grand Central District, bicycle tours along with a diverse their patrons since 1965. Starting characterized by antiques stores range of community projects. in November, Star Wars™ and the and home to Haslans, Florida’s This is just a sampling of what Power of Costume offers a close largest new and used bookshop. St. Petersburg has to offer tourists examination of the captivating Deuces Live and M.L. King of all stripes, but especially those process of costume design, North are two emerging arts with artistic inclinations. Have fun displaying up to 60 iconic outfits neighborhoods. The former and “may the force be with you.” ©2017 – Salvador Dalí Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (3) • 054 q&a palette•oct|nov 2017

when biking around, and you see or Schooner Warf listening to so much more that’s going on. For live music. MICHAEL LEGG me there are no cons. I have never had a drivers license. I have biked Q: Some might say the arts in Key Front Desk Clerk and Concierge at everywhere all my life. West happens on the street, all year round. What are some of the more the La Te Da Hotel in Key West Q: Visitors come to Key West from notable street events? all over the world. Where do you A: Papio Kinetic Sculpture Parade by ANDREW PRINTER direct guests who are interested in in May. It’s human-powered art the arts – visual or performing? sculptures, and it’s amazing. The ichael Legg’s position A: Obviously, La Te Da Piano bar, best street event, however, is the as front desk clerk which is open 7 nights a week. Plus Locals Parade/Masquerade March. and concierge for our cabaret shows, local theaters the famous La Te Da such as Red Barn, Waterfront, the Q: Key West’s high season gets into hotelM on Duval Street puts him smack- Key West Theatre and the Tropic full swing in the fall. Are there any dab in the middle of the island’s arts Cinema. My best advice: Walk events that visitors might enjoy? community. Originally from Germany, down Duval street and when you A: I’d suggest looking at he and his husband moved to Stock hear the right music, go in. Live exhibition openings at The Island in the Lower Keys in 2016. entertainment is everywhere. Studios of Key West and theater Legg’s partner had been recruited openings at the Waterfront and by City Hall to help develop public Q: What happens at La Te Da’s the Red Barn. Of course, Fantasy transportation and biking options on famous Crystal Room? Fest and Goombay Fest both the densely built island, and the move A: Christopher Peterson’s Eyecons happen in October. was ideal for Legg, as an avid cyclist and Randy Roberts Live! Great and in many other ways. cabaret. Great impersonators. And, Q: You live on Stock Island. Tell us no lip-synching. something about Key West’s closest Q: What brought you to Key West? neighboring island community. A: The fi rst time I visited Key West Q: What do you and your partner do A: The word on Stock Island is in 2011 I said I would live here one for entertainment? that we are the “Brooklyn of Key day. Five years later my husband A: The newly refurbished Key West West.” Lots of popular restaurants and I did it. Theater is a great new asset to the are there such as Hogfi sh, Chico’s, community. Roostica, De Luna’s, and the Q: What are the pros and cons of Rusty Anchor is open again. New riding a bike every day? Q: What’s your favorite place on the Marina hotels like The Perry have A: Well, cycling everywhere keeps island to get a bite to eat? opened and there’s Safe Harbor • Michael Legg, front desk me in excellent shape. You really clerk and concierge at the A: I can waste away an entire Art Studios behind Hogfi sh Bar

feel as if you are part of the island La Te Da hotel in Key West afternoon sitting at Blue Macaw and Grill.• Andrew Printer 56 THE ART OF LIVING 57 INTELLIGENT FINDS

58 HISTORIC AND REFINED 59 EYE FOR DESIGN 60 SPOTLIGHT: JESPER SOERENSEN 61 INSPIRED SPACES

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physically active. For many, it’s not just about “staying fit,” but about combining fitness with fun, engaging group activities. State-of-the-art fitness centers with the newest equipment, onsite yoga, and Pilates and kickboxing classes, along with easy access to parks and waterfront trails are no longer perks. They’re musts. Workout buffs might consider properties like Bay Parc Apartments in Miami, which boasts an onsite boutique cardio boxing gym. The apartments are conveniently located within walking or biking distance of nearby services, retail and restaurants, so residents can stay fit while being environmentally friendly, too. Culture is another driving factor for renters, and easy access to the rich, vibrant and diverse arts and entertainment scene in the greater Miami area is a must. Whether taking in dance, opera or concerts at the Arsht Center or keeping the night spontaneous with a stroll along the many bars, restaurants and shops that line the streets of South Beach, residents relish the chance to relax and play close to home. While many renters may not have children, creating a home for their pets is an important factor. With the unconditional love and companionship offered by four-legged friends, it’s only The Art of Living fitting that they are fully welcomed and FINDING AN APARTMENT HOME IN SOUTH FLORIDA GOES cared for in their owner’s apartment community. Doggie day spas, grooming BEYOND LANDING A PLACE WITH GREAT CLOSET SPACE. centers and dog parks are becoming By Catherine Keeter staples of many apartment complexes and pre-requisites for residents. Consumers ought to expect more oday’s consumers are not close to the water with a panoramic view from their apartment homes than just moving to apartments for short- trumps all other settings. Renters seeking updated bathrooms and stainless steel T term housing. They are actively highly coveted locations have a number kitchen appliances. While the appearance choosing apartment living for the of great options, including the Flamingo and comfort of an apartment surely convenience, amenities and alignment South Beach, a resort-style community remains paramount, choosing a living with their lifestyles. with picturesque views of Biscayne Bay. space that offers a better lifestyle requires Young and mid-career professionals Apartment dwellers often get perks looking for the perfect neighborhood and value a work-life balance that allows beyond resort-style pools. The Flamingo, amenities for your needs and desires.• them to advance their careers while living for example, also features private cabanas, in a beautifully landscaped community poolside service and a tiki bar. Many who Catherine Keeter without worrying about lawn care; have actively chosen South Florida as Regional Property Manager enjoying a luxurious pool without having their home, want to be transported to a Bay Parc Plaza & Flamingo South Beach to deal with the maintenance; and getting vacation-like setting just steps from their bayparcplaza.com to work, restaurants or attractions around home on a daily basis. flamingosouthbeach.com town without depending on a car. Beyond atmosphere, roughly 70 Corporate Partner Member of As with most real estate, location percent of greater downtown Miami the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian

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Please share with a bit of your learn a lot about different people and personal background. certainly about your own abilities to I was born and raised in Denmark. I adapt and learn. grew up wanting to explore and travel the world, so I left Denmark in 1996 to SBE (formerly Morgan’s Hotel Group) embark [to the] U.S.A., Nicaragua and the Shore Club and you have a London. I first spent 10 years in the history of support for diversity and U.S.A. (Miami and LA). After that I was inclusion in the workplace. Do you six months in Nicaragua, and finally I see that support being sustained? moved to London where I spent 10 years. Ian Schrager, Morgans Hotel Group Work offered me an opportunity again in and now SBE are pioneers in the United States, and in 2013 I moved hospitality. Diversity and inclusion are to Miami for the second time, where I our strengths. 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partner/owner in the business, bringing her experience as a successful attorney to the shop. The pair have been together since they met on a blind date in Miami Beach in the fall of 1996. Prints and posters from catalogs were the hospitality industry artwork standard in the 1990s. Seeing an opportunity to provide custom imagery at a fraction of the price, Sweeny and Lardner purchased their first wide format printer in 1999. Today they offer wide format printing services with four printers, cutting edge software and alternative, innovative substrates for artwork printing and framing. Throughout their history, Sweeny and Lardner have maintained a constant eye toward future development. Both have also earned the prestigious industry designation of Certified Picture Framer, awarded by the Professional Picture Framing Association. Less than five percent of all picture framers in the country hold this designation. Their commitment to continued personal development in their chosen trade has allowed them to enjoy consistent growth for more than two decades. The two women are proud of their reputation througout South Florida for exemplary framing services and for their constant and continued support of local charities, community events and school arts programs. Married since 2004, the couple has raised two extraordinary daughters, who are currently high school students in the prestigious visual arts program at New World School of the Arts. Both Sweeny and Lardner are extremely proud of their family, for which they had to overcome many legal and social obstacles, their rameWorks was launched over family is, as Cris’ Mom says “the most two decades ago when Christine normal queer family you could ever Framed! F Sweeny moved to Miami and meet’! They remain active and involved opened frame shop Kennedy Studios in their church, South Miami’s Riviera A DIVERSIFIED, WOMAN- in Coconut Grove in 1989. The original Presbyterian and are committed to being OWNED, COMMERCIAL ART business she opened with her father was a shining example of what is possible.• CONSULTING AND FRAMING rebranded as FrameWorks and moved to its current corner on Commodore Christine Sweeny and Claire Lardner COMPANY, FRAMEWORKS Plaza in 1995. At the time, Sweeny was Certified Picture Framers and Owners CASTS A SHADOW WELL a sole retail operator. Now, the company FrameWorks BEYOND ITS COCONUT employs 22 people, many of whom have frameworksmiami.com been with the company for over 15 years. Corporate Partner Member of GROVE LOCATION A year after the rebranding and the the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian

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