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Posted by admin in Women on 05 3rd, 2010 | Comments Off
Isabel Allende tells tales of passion
This TED talk by Chilean feminist author Isabelle Allende isn’t new (filmed March 2007), but it’s new to me and to anyone who hasn’t seen it. In our real-time Twittering world, there is a dangerously growing perception that news that happened before this very second is obsolete and...
Posted by admin in Virtual Gypsyz on 02 15th, 2010 | Comments Off
Miami: The Land of the Virtually Employed
by Melanie Feliciano
There are two major industries in Miami: Tourism and Real Estate. Everything else – advertising, pornography, wellness, dance clubs – depends on this king and queen.
When I arrived in late 2003, it was relatively easy for me to find a job as a journalist with a start-up...
Posted by admin in Art on 12 9th, 2009 | Comments Off
Biscayne Writers Beehive Connects Miami’s Blogerati
by Melanie Feliciano
Art Basel 2009. It was interesting to showcase writing in the midst of visual art at Miami’s Independent Thinkers inaugural show at the Mitrani Warehouse in Wynwood. We had to figure out how to grab people’s attention in an atmosphere where art is defined as a painting...
Posted by admin in Art on 12 1st, 2009 | Comments Off
Buzz Into the Biscayne Writers Beehive Installation at Art Basel Satellite Show 2009
It’s the best week in Miami: Art Basel. So many places to go, too much art to see, and too many flyers for this or that show. How to choose? How to choose?
Allow Biscayne Writers to direct you to the Wynwood Art District. This is the area of Miami most beach people regard as “the bad part...
Posted by admin in Art on 11 17th, 2009 | Comments Off
Miami’s Independent Thinkers Fundraising Extravaganza Part II: Fashion, Film & Music
Multimedia art festival dedicated to South Florida’s premiere and emerging artists hosts fundraiser at Club 50 to support their inaugural show
(November 5, 2009) Miami, FL – 3GZ Productions, in association with Club 50, Mitrani Warehouse, AV8 Productions, The Agency Collective, Biscayne Writers and...
Posted by admin in Writers on 11 6th, 2009 | Comments Off
Caridad Moro-McCormick
Caridad Moro-McCormick, a featured author at the Miami Writers Association literary event on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Bookstore in the Grove, is a first-generation Cuban-American; born in L.A. and raised in Miami. She holds a B.A. in English and an M.F.A. from Florida International University. This...
Posted by admin in Film on 11 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off
Copyright and Creative Commons
by Melanie Feliciano
A year ago I started making video mash-ups after I discovered a tool called Clipnabber, which allows anyone to download a YouTube video. There are tons of copyrighted videos on YouTube, so it wasn’t clear to me if I was the criminal or if the person who uploaded “Legend,”...
Posted by admin in Writers on 10 21st, 2009 | Comments Off
Review: Headz by JJ Colagrande
Check JJ out November 11 at Bookstore in the Grove as he reads, “Headz.”
Thursday, Nov 12th at Sweat Records 5505 NE 2nd Ave. Miami, FL 33137 Tel: 305.342.0953.
Sunday Nov. 15th, at 3:00 PM at the Miami Book Fair International, in Room 7174.
by Melanie Feliciano
Biscayne Writer JJ Colagrande...
Posted by admin in Film on 09 24th, 2009 | Comments Off
Arthouse Film Series Movie Night at The Standard Hotel
The Standard Spa, Miami Beach, invites you to delve into the minds of the greatest American artists of the 20th century, screenings are free and on the last Monday or every month.
NEXT is playing in Miami on Monday September 28, 2009 at The Standard Hotel it will be shown as part of the hotel’s Arthouse...
Posted by admin in Writers on 09 16th, 2009 | Comments Off
TheJournalismShop.com
The Journalism Shop is an easy-to-navigate site for finding highly skilled newspaper veterans interested in taking on freelance assignments. All members are former Los Angeles Times staffers offering a wide range of skills and interests, from investigative reporters to book reviewers, page designers...
Posted by admin in Writers on 09 14th, 2009 | Comments Off
An Idea for South Florida
Changing the Odds Summer Internship 2009 from New America Media on Vimeo.
Over on the West Coast, where there are oodles of programs for young people, YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia helped 12 young adults learn about themselves and how to succeed when dealing with the complications of finances, relationships,...
Posted by admin in Writers on 08 13th, 2009 | Comments Off
Dysaffirmations
by Melanie Feliciano
A couple of members of the Miami Writers Association, Lee and Paul Reyes-Fournier, recently published a book that clueless me didn’t get upon first reading.
“I will suppress laughter at all times.”
“I am chlorine in the aquarium of love.“
“I will...
Posted by admin in Politics on 08 8th, 2009 | Comments Off
Miami Plans to Cut Arts Funding
On Monday, Miami Light Project joined colleagues in a standing room only town hall meeting at the Miami Science Museum with representatives from Miami-Dade County’s Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Affairs Council and Commissioner Dennis Moss to learn more about the proposed budget cuts. ...
Posted by admin in Business on 07 29th, 2009 | Comments Off
How to Install Wordpress on Godaddy
by Kemila Velan
I’ve been hosting all my web sites on Godaddy.com for the past four years. It’s relatively easy to install all kinds of content management systems, once you know where to find the area inside their impossible to navigate web site. I think it’s a clusterf-ck on purpose...
Posted by admin in Film on 07 20th, 2009 | Comments Off
Storybids Connects Creatives With Product Placement
by Kemila Velan 2.0
Last year, while I was studying marketing with a couple of masters, I started “seeing” in product placement.
That means even when I was reading a Christmas story to my niece, I gasped at the Hess truck in one of the illustrations.
“You need to double check the books...
Posted by admin in Writers on 07 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off
Sandra Cisneros Hates Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Editor’s Note: We were searching around YouTube for writing workshops and writers talking about their craft, and found this interview with Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street. It turns out she isn’t a big fan of one of the most prestigious writing programs in the country....
Posted by admin in Business on 07 1st, 2009 | Comments Off
Post Internet Journalism
By Jan Lundberg
Posted July 1, 2009
It is true that the Internet has challenged the newspaper business like nothing else. The Internet has also changed social networking and activist organizing. But we must also see beyond the Internet, a system that banks on the notion of unlimited non-renewable resources...
Guest Video Blogger: Jeile Marie of GoLiveMiami.com
by Kemila Velan
I met Jeile Marie, co-creator of GoLiveMiami.com on March 17, 2009 (see my typed out blog entries of our series of encounters below). Last week, we “got together” virtually to discuss the Miami blogosphere. The question was: Are there other chic techies in our Magic City doing...
Posted by admin in Writers on 05 28th, 2009 | Comments Off
Norma Chew: A South Florida Writer to Watch
Norma Chew, a member of the South Florida Writers Association, is a retired nurse who writes for Helium.com and Associated Content.
Posted by admin in Film on 05 11th, 2009 | Comments Off
One Day Screenwriting Workshop with Ben Odell
Florida Center for the Literary Arts
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: MDC Wolfson Campus Street: NE 2nd Avenue
COST: $50
In this intensive, four-hour master class, award-winning producer and screenwriter Ben Odell teaches the essential elements of screenplays from structure...
Posted by admin in Writers on 04 27th, 2009 | Comments Off
Josue Rojas
Editor’s Note: Every Monday is dedicated to young writers on www.BiscayneWriters.com.
Josue Rojas is a Salvadoran-American Mission Native who travels the world, documenting the “weird and cutty” beautiful bits of life. This scoundrel may be spotted painting murals in San Francisco,...
Posted by admin in Travel on 04 21st, 2009 | Comments Off
Remembering Columbine
By Curtis Esquibel
DENVER – Every once in a while a 10 year anniversary date pops into the synapses of my brain. The writer in me remembers everything — specific conversations, clothes people wore, “detailia” that shouldn’t be recalled. But somehow I do.
April 20, 1999 is...
Posted by admin in Writers on 04 13th, 2009 | Comments Off
Youth Outlook: Fighting for the Future
YO! Youth Outlook is an award-winning literary journal of youth life in the Bay Area. Featuring in-depth reporting pieces and first-person essays, comic strips and poetry pages, YO! is the communication outlet for youth who feel their voice and visions need to be seen and heard. YO! is a bridge...
Posted by admin in Yoga on 03 30th, 2009 | Comments Off
Treating the Writer’s Headache
Just happened to come across an article about treating a stress headache with acupressure, which releases blocked energy (or qi), which can help relieve discomfort and disease:
Sit or lie down, close your eyes, and focus on relaxing. Using your thumbs, put pressure on the points under the base of the...
Posted by admin in Art on 03 19th, 2009 | Comments Off
Pablo’s Inferno
We found this really cool comic while wandering through Wondercon in San Francisco. Pablo’s Inferno tells the story of innocent boy’s descent into Hell and the fantastic adventures that ensue when he encounters some of it’s oddball occupants. While there, he crosses...
Posted by admin in Writers on 03 13th, 2009 | Comments Off
Raise Your Writing Profile on BiscayneWriters.com
Write Your Life story and submit it to info@biscaynewriters.com. Keep it short and sweet – fewer than 2,000 words. Something like this.
Or, if you happen to be a screenwriter who knows how to create documentaries, submit a music video that shows your life story (we know there are lots of people...
Posted by admin in Writers on 03 5th, 2009 | Comments Off
Unsilent Generation
“Information and commentary for pissed-off progressive old folks (and future old folks). . . because we’re not dead yet.”
Veteran author and investigative journalist James Ridgeway, 72, writes about the reality of being a senior in the 21st century. I have a particular appreciation...
Posted by admin in Film on 02 26th, 2009 | Comments Off
Miami International Film Festival
Ticket sales open to the general public
Be the first to buy your ticket. Take advantage of ticket packages! Buy 4 tickets for the price of 3 for any single screening in Cutting the Edge, Gusman* or Dox. Ticket Packages
The mission of the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) is to bridge...
Posted by admin in Film on 01 20th, 2009 | Comments Off
Call for Applications: Sundance Documentary Fund
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program provides creative and financial support to U.S. and international documentary filmmakers working on pressing contemporary social issues. Support for documentary filmmakers includes the Sundance Documentary Fund, Sundance Creative Labs, documentary panels...
Posted by admin in Business on 12 8th, 2008 | Comments Off
The News on Monday, Dec. 8: Is Health Insurance Necessary?
I started paying for Humana health insurance at the beginning of this year in an effort to be a responsible woman who can take care of herself and ensure that if I got into a catastrophic accident or, god forbid, came down with some kind of awful disease, I’d be covered.
But after going to the...
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