Gay Fort Lauderdale Attractions

Gay Ft. Lauderdale Beaches, Fort Lauderdale Attractions, Gay Ft. Lauderdale Golf - so much to see and so little time! Just minutes from the Fort Lauderdale beach is the Riverwalk Arts and Entertainment District in downtown Fort Lauderdale, home to cultural attractions, shops, parks and restaurants.  Along Riverwalk, the brick-lined meandering promenade, discover the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Museum of Discovery and Science with its Blockbuster 3D IMAX Theater, Florida Grand Opera, Old Fort Lauderdale, Stranahan House and the Museum of Art. (www.sunny.org) .

BEACHES (click here for a list of Fort Lauderdale Gay Beaches)
Over 23 miles of wide, sandy beaches. Perfect for sunbathing, swimming, fishing, snorkeling, jogging or just soul searching!  

GOLF (click here for a list of Golf Courses)
Florida has hundreds of public and private courses to tee off from. 


MUSEUMS

BOCA RATON CULTURAL CONSORTIUM 
The Boca Raton Cultural Consortium is comprised of fine art museums, theatre, dance, music and children’s learning centers offering a range of entertainment and artistic programming for people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. Visit www.artsinboca.org  for more information.

BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART
501 Plaza Real, Mizner Park, Boca Raton, Florida 33432
561-392-2500
http://www.bocamuseum.org        info@bocamuseum.org 
 

PORTRAITS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION - September 6, 2011 - May 13, 2012
From the pensive gaze of Georgia O'Keeffe in profile to the powerful punch of Mohammed Ali’s fist, some of the most iconic images of artists and celebrities are part of the Museum’s collection of portraiture. There’s something about a portrait that can be irresistible and quite revealing. Portraiture captures a single moment, giving us insight into someone’s personality. 

This exhibition presents more than 50 images in all media – painting, drawing, prints and photography – exploring the intimate as well as very public faces of artists, celebrities, politicians, and everyday people worldwide.


MARTIN SCHOELLER: Close Up: January 18 - March 18, 2012
Hollywood stars such as Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, politicians such as Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, sports icons Kobe Bryant and Andre Agassi, pop-idols such as Chris Rock and even it-girl Paris Hilton show that they are not afraid of "opening up" for Martin Schoeller and his camera. This exhibition presents 48 arresting large-format color images – many of which are Schoeller’s most famous celebrity portraits. The images challenge the viewer to question topics such as self-representation, celebrity, photographic honesty, as well as the impressive explanatory power of portrait photography. Furthermore, the portrayed provoke the observer to compare the individuals' appearance as communicated through the media with the viewer's own impressions and experiences.
New York-based photographer Schoeller worked as an assistant for Annie Leibovitz in the 1990s and began working for the New Yorker in 1999, where he gained recognition for his inspired photographic contributions to feature articles. His most famous work, and the subject of this exhibition, was developed when he began as a portrait photographer. In his close-up, “de-famed” portraits of celebrities, politicians, and unknown but intriguing faces, using the same lighting from the same angle, Schoeller achieves a unity of expression that brings out the personality and individuality of his subjects. It is in these portraits that the truth within his subjects, their surface and inner expressions, is most clearly revealed. This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions.


NATURA MORTA: Photographs by Patrizia Zelano 
January 18 - March 18, 2012
Natura Morta (Still Life) presents eighteen color photographs by one of Italy’s most interesting and controversial photographers working today. Featured are works from three portfolios: Attesa silente (Quiet Wait), Cenci (Rags), and In Carne ed Ossa (In Flesh and Bone).

Zelano’s mysterious and compelling images address the symbolic power and emotional force of their subject matter, both real and imagined. In different ways, each of Patrizia Zelano’s photographs underscores the interconnectedness of nature and humanity, while evoking the psychological, political, ethical, and ecological ramifications of our tendencies to conceive of them as separate entities. Images of stored hay bales: Attesa Silente (Quiet Wait); bales of used American clothing: Cenci (Rags); and recycled slaughterhouse waste such as heads, hooves, intestines and bones from cattle, sheep, and pigs: In Carne ed Ossa (In Flesh and Blood) each record the consumption and discard of society and the confrontation between man and nature. Patrizia Zelano was born in 1964 and she lives and works in Verucchio (Rimini), Italy. Since 2001, her photography has won numerous awards throughout Europe and she has been featured in several publications.

The Boca Raton Museum of Art is open Tuesday - Friday 10am – 5pm; Saturday and Sunday 12pm – 5pm.  Please see “Visit” area on the website for Admission information.  

BONNET HOUSE
900 North Birch Road, 954-563-5393
Tour this historical home with period antiques and art collection.

FORT LAUDERDALE MUSEUM OF ART
One East Las Olas Boulevard, 954-525-5500
Twentieth-century European and American art with works by Picasso, Calder, Dali, Warhol, Mapplethorpe, Stella, American Impressionist William Glackens; the 
United States’ largest collection of post-World War II Northern European expressionist CoBrA art (Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam); important African, South Pacific, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art; and a  collection of contemporary Cuban art.

MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY & SCIENCE & 3D IMAX
THEATER
401 SW 2nd St, 954-467-6637 
Dynamic hands-on exhibits and five-story IMAX theater put you in the center of the action.

STRANAHAN HOUSE 
Las Olas at SE 6th Ave, 954-524-4736. 
Preserved turn-of-the-century house furnished with antiques of the era. Oldest structure in Broward County. 

THE ARTS

BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
(954) 462-0222
Broadway musicals to Grammy-winning pop artists to the classic greats.



CINEMA PARADISO 
The theater, which is the year round art house theater for the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival screens many gay interests films, as well as independent films of all genres. For additional information on the theater and our activities, please visit our website at http://www.fliff.com/cinemaparadiso.asp .

FLORIDA GRAND OPERA
221 Southwest Third Avenue (954) 728-9700
2001 Season includes Manon, Katya Kabanova, The Barber of Seville, and Tosca. 

FORT LAUDERDALE FILM FESTIVAL
Occurs every October-November.

SIGHTS
ANNE KOLB NATURE CENTER 
West Lake Park, 750 Sheridan St, Hollywood 954-926-2410. 1,500+ acre wetland mangrove forest habitat for wading birds and other native wildlife. 

BIG CYPRESS RESERVATIONS 
(800) 949-6101. 
Learn about the land, history and culture of the Seminole Indians.

BUTTERFLY WORLD 
3600 W Sample Rd, Coconut Creek 954-977-4400
Three acres of lush tropical gardens with thousands of live butterflies. Waterfalls, fish, hummingbirds, an insectarium, orchids and roses complete natural habitat.

INT'L SWIMMING HALL OF FAME MUSEUM & AQUATIC COMPLEX 
1 Hall of Fame Dr, 954-462-6536. 
This swimming and diving facility is open daily for lap swimming and water aerobics. Hosts national and international aquatic competitions. A museum houses Olympic memorabilia.

RIVERWALK 
SW 7th Avenue to SW 2nd Avenue, 954-468-1541
Florida's most beautiful mile! Tropical landscape and winding walkways through downtown Fort Lauderdale's. Attractions, restaurants and shops.

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