Posted on 01 July 2011
Bride Flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-World War II Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. Ada, the shy but sensual farm girl, Marjorie, who dreams of a big family, and Esther, a Holocaust survivor who aspires to be a fashion designer, become fast friends during the long flight taking them to their waiting husbands, who have already settled in Christchurch. On the flight the women also meet Frank, a dashing young man who will play a large role in each of their lives. Upon arrival, they part ways to start their new lives, but their paths continue to cross with chance meetings resulting in adultery, betrayal, and near tragedy leading up to a reunion 50 years later. In Dutch and English with English subtitles. This film will screen Friday, July 8 at 9 p.m.; Saturday, July 9 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, July 10 at 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Admission is $7 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non UM-students, and staff. General admission is $9. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online, or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.
Posted on 01 July 2011
James wants to make the most of this life – what’s left of it. He invites his three closest friends to join him on a road trip to his favorite place in the world. Like many an impulsive group holiday, however, the undertaking proves fraught with practical difficulties, surreal encounters, and emotionally ravaging revelations. For his best friend Miles, the trip means wrestling with the gloomy reality that the ones he loves tend to die. For Davy it’s about being there and holding the effort together, while for Bill it’s about running away from the mistakes he’s made and the comfortable trap that is his life. Each step of the journey is one step further from the past and to a brave new world where they learn what it means to live. This film is part of the “From Britain With Love” series that is running at the Bill Cosford Cinema from through July 24. For more information on all the films in the series, visit www.FromBritainWithLove.org. This film will screen Friday, July 8 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, July 9 at 5:30 p.m.; and Sunday, July 10 at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $7 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non UM-students, and staff. General admission is $9. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online, or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.
Posted on 01 July 2011
Rossini’s charming comedy, The Barber of Seville, is sure to leave you singing. A truly Italianate spectacle, performed on the classic stage of the Teatro Regio di Parma in Parma, Italy. Starring Luca Salsi as the rapscallion barber Figaro and Ketevan Kemoklidze as the clever beauty Rosina. In Italian with English subtitles. Tickets are $22 general admission, $18 discount. The film will screen Saturday, July 9 at 12 p.m.; Sunday, July 10 at 12:30 p.m.; and Monday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. To purchase tickets online, or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.
Posted on 29 June 2011
The University of Miami School of Architecture presents “La Habana,” an exhibition of photographs by Victoria Montoro. The exhibit will be on display from July 7 to August 12, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Korach Gallery of the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center. A reception will be held on Wednesday, July 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.
Cuban–born Victoria Montoro left Havana in 1961 and returned for the first time in 2008. The daughter of a former political prisoner, she calls the trip the most important of her life. It was a time for her to reconcile her memories from those invented ones or imagined ones acquired through the years. This body of work reveals how the buildings in La Habana have endured.
Posted on 29 June 2011
The Young Musicians’ Camp at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music presents the Fifth Annual Simon Salz Memorial Concert on Saturday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Clarke Recital Hall on the Coral Gables campus. Featured musicians will include vocalist Wendy Pedersen and veteran jazz artist Ira Sullivan. Performances by honors students from this year’s summer camp will open the concert.
Proceeds from the concert will fund scholarships that will allow young musicians to attend the camp.
The Annual Simon Salz Memorial Concert provides formal fundraising for scholarships and financial aid to support music education initiatives in South Florida. The Young Musicians’ Camp, created more than a decade ago by the late South Florida guitarist, Simon Salz, and his wife, Sarah Salz, has touched the lives of thousands of young musicians from all over the world.
Tickets to the event are $25. For reservations and more information, call 305-238-8937 or visit www.youngmusicianscamp.com. Tickets will not be sold at the door.