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September 29, 2006 |
Issue # 23 |
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The Curtain Rises on a New
Arts Season
South Florida Readies for Theatre, Music and
Dance
By Mary Damiano
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Sanford and Dolores Ziff, whose
name graces the Ziff Opera House at Carnival Center. Photo: Mary Damiano |
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You could still smell the paint on the walls inside the
Ziff Ballet Opera House when the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts opened
for its first show, The Light in the Piazza, Tuesday night,
September 26.
After so many years of construction, so many hardhat tours,
most people who attended opening night were simply happy to be standing in the
completed complex.
And what a complex it is. Literally no matter how you look
at it, the Carnival Center is impressive. Partly because of its location on
Biscayne Bay, architect Cesar Pelli designed the complex so that there was no
backside, no ugly behind the façade. The Carnival Center, therefore, is
gorgeous from all sides. |
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Fiction
On the Edge
By Gregg E. Brickman
I sit in my living room, listening to my dog barking in the
yard, wondering what will become of him. Will he meet an end similar to mine?
I hope it will be better, gentler. The placement of my beloved dog won’t be my
decision to make. At least that much I’ve decided. I know it sounds cruel, but
one product of powerlessness, I believe, is indecision—the other is rage.
I turn the 351PD Smith & Wesson over in my hand, inspecting
the engraving, running my fingers over the AirLite logo. I’ve never fired
the weapon, though I took my time selecting it.
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