|
Gay
Ft. Lauderdale Beaches, Fort Lauderdale Attractions, G ay 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.
GARDENS
DANIA
BEACH WATER GARDENS & GIFTS
400 South Federal Highway, Dania Beach, Florida
954-923-0321
Peace and love to all who enter here. We are a tropical oasis on
US1/Federal Highway. Our friendly staff will be happy to assist
you or leave you to relax in the harmony that comes with 130
fountains in a garden. Located at the Frost Home (circa 1924),
the property features aquatic gardening, calming lily ponds and
rambling park-like grounds, complimented by quality outdoor
decor. The gift shop displays an eclectic collection of items
from tacky to treasure. Open
Friday evening until 9:00pm until Christmas.
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
January 20 - April 11, 2010 (Special Exhibitions)
Marc Bell Presents: The Magical World of M.C. Escher
This retrospective exhibition is one of the most comprehensive and important exhibitions of Escher's work ever shown in the United States. It will present hundreds of rare original artworks - including the artist's original drawings, watercolors, prints, wood blocks, studio furniture, tool cabinet and memorabilia - from the M.C. Escher Family Collection, previously on loan to The Hague Museum. This exhibition has been organized by the Boca Raton Museum of Art in conjunction with Walker Fine Art/Rock J. Walker, and will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated catalogue. This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of Marc Bell.
Mary Cassatt: Works on Paper
One of the greatest and most popular of the Impressionists, the American artist Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) created some of her most inventive and appealing images in the print medium. This exhibition presents 41 major prints and drawings that have rarely been shown - etchings, color aquatints, counterproofs and drawings, which reveal the range of the artist's creative process and add to our understanding of her innovative approach to art, and her significant contributions to modern printmaking. Organized by Adelson Galleries, New York for the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Through May 2, 2010
Late Twentieth-Century Abstraction: Works from the Permanent Collection – Twenty abstract images from the Museum’s Permanent Collection.
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
AMARICK-GOLDSTEIN
CONCERT HALL 
At Lynn University
3601 N.
Military Trail, Boca Raton, Florida
561-237-9000
The Lynn University Conservatory of Music offers a diverse program of orchestral, chamber and solo concerts performed by a highly select group of gifted student and faculty musicians. Come and experience one of the hidden jewels of Boca Raton.
STUDENT RECITALS
Tuesdays at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Join us on Tuesday evenings as our conservatory students perform solo recitals. These performances are the product of years of intense preparation under the guidance of our artist-faculty. Come and witness these young musicians fulfilling their final requirements before they head out into the music world. Please call 561-237-9000 for recital schedule information.
Free
JANUARY
WIND ENSEMBLE
Saturday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. (Location: Louis and Anne Green Center for the Expressive Arts at Lynn University)
The Art of Fugue is Johann Sebastian Bach's last and most ambitious monothematic collection. Don’t miss the multimedia event featuring Lynn University’s Wind Ensemble in a quadraphonic performance of this masterpiece of artistic and technical brilliance. A pre-concert lecture will prepare you for the experience that will leave you with an understanding why the name “Bach” is synonymous with “musical genius.”
$10
“CANNON BURIED IN FLOWERS”: THE POLONAISES OF CHOPIN WITH GUEST PIANIST ARIE VARDI
Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Esther and Arnold Kossoff
Arie Vardi is a professor of piano at the Hochschule fuer Musik in
Hannover, Germany and at the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University in Israel. He has received international acclaim as one of Israel’s foremost pianists, and has performed widely as soloist with major orchestras under the baton of Kurt
Masur, Zubin Mehta, Lukas Foss and David Zinman, among others. His RCA records have won international praise and prizes, and more than 30 of his students have won first prizes in international competitions.
$20
MASTER CLASSES WITH ARIE VARDI, GUEST PIANIST
Sunday, Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Sponsored by Esther and Arnold Kossoff
Vardi has held master classes at the Paris Conservatoire, the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the London Royal Academy and the Juilliard School. He is artistic advisor and chairman of the jury of the Arthur Rubinstein International Master Competition and was the recipient of the Minister of Education Award in 2004 for lifetime achievement. The master classes will feature performances by Lynn conservatory piano students.
Free
CAROL COLE AND ROBERTA RUST IN CONCERT
Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Violinist Carol Cole and pianist Roberta Rust present a program of masterworks including the Sonata in A major, Op. 13 for violin and piano by Gabriel
Faure, the Fantasy op. 47 by Arnold Schoenberg and the Solo Sonata in C major for violin by Johann.Sebastian Bach.
$20
FEBRUARY
RICHARD BEATTIE DAVIS MEMORIAL CONCERT
Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
The life of Richard Beattie Davis will be celebrated in this beautifully sculpted program featuring selections of the rare romantic music he spent his life collecting and studying. Artists from the community will join conservatory faculty and students for this special event.
Free
FROM THE TRUMPET STUDIO OF MARC REESE
Friday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
An evening celebrating the trumpet’s rich repertoire. Reese and his current and former students will perform solo and trumpet ensemble repertoire. Bring your trumpet and join them on stage for the grand finale!
$10
YANG SHEN PIANO RECITAL: FLORESTAN AND EUSEBIUS
Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m.
In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth, the award-winning concert pianist Yang Shen will present a solo recital featuring his most celebrated piano works.
$20
ELMAR OLIVEIRA IN RECITAL
Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
One of the pre-eminent violinists of our time, Elmar Oliveira, Distinguished Artist in Residence at the Conservatory of Music, is the only American violinist to be awarded the gold medal at the International Tchaikovsky Violin Competition as well as the first violinist to receive the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. He has appeared as soloist on five continents with most of the world’s major orchestras. Oliveira and pianist Tao Lin will be presenting a recital of masterworks and virtuoso pieces for the violin and piano.
$20
DEAN’S SHOWCASE No. 3
Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
An exposition of various delightful solo and chamber works performed exclusively by the conservatory’s finest young musicians.
$10
MARCH
WONDROUS WOODWINDS!
Thursday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m.
You’ve seen and heard them from the back of the orchestra. Now join us for an evening of woodwind music up-close and personal! From timeless classics to "hot-off-the-press" undiscovered treasures, come experience the diversity and virtuosity of the Conservatory woodwind students.
$10
CELEBRATING CHOPIN & SCHUMANN:FROM THE STUDIO OF ROBERTA RUST
Sunday, March 14 at 4 p.m.
This concert celebrates the bicentennial of the birth in 1810 of Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann.The program presents solo piano and concerto repertoire by these Romantic masters, as performed by the gifted students of conservatory artist faculty member Roberta Rust.
$10
NOTHING BUT KLEZMER
Friday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m.
A Klezmer concert sings and swings, laughs and cries. Paul Green and his band Klezmer East will make you do all of that as they share with you the great works of this rapidly expanding art form.Classics of the Klezmer tradition will be performed along with new pieces from the Klezmer repertoire.
$25
REESE’S PIECES: BORROWED AND BLUE
Thursday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Marc Reese invites conservatory faculty, students and friends from our community to join him for an evening that will begin with transcriptions of popular classical works and conclude with blues, jazz and music from the American Songbook.
$10
STRING CONCERT
Sunday, March 21 at 4 p.m.
An enjoyable evening of music featuring performances by Conservatory of Music string students. Hear violinists, violists, cellists and bassists chosen to showcase the conservatory’s outstanding string department.
$10
DEAN’S SHOWCASE # 4
Thursday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m.
An exposition of various delightful solo and chamber works performed exclusively by the conservatory’s finest young musicians.
$10
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 Lauder dale 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.
CLUBS
SUNSHINE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
SAA offers a great addition to the usual ways of socializing. We
not only have five sporting groups and a social
group, we also have two annual service projects
which bring our community together on a regular basis.
|
