Alive on South Beach video episodes
A visit with Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, the celebrated “Fight Doctor” in his home and at his art exhibition in Coconut Grove, and a visit to Little Havana.
Stephan Mikes, foremost sitar player in the United States, demonstrates the beautiful sound of the instrument made famous by Ravi Shankar and George Harrison. James Cubby, photographer and night-life columnist talks about his book South Beach Star; Carlo Charles Harris demonstrates the art of Auctioneering.
Matti Herrera Bower-Mayor of Miami Beach & Michael Aller-Director Protocol/Tourism talk about the future of Miami Beach; Alejandro Arce, former presidential candidate of Peru and current Miami Beach community activist dances it up at a restaurant on Espanola Way; and the Stage Door Theater opens with a show at the Byron Carlyle in North Beach.
Fashion Week … nothing more needed to say….!
Actress JoMarie Payton (Harriet on the hit comedy show Family Matters) teaches Stewart how to look into the camera and talk to his guest at the same time, as well as talk about her latest activities; The paparazzi and ‘fans’ on Lincoln Road to see Jesse Eisenberg, star of the movie Thirty Minutes or Less; Dena and Stewart go to an Art Center reception on Lincoln Road and run into some of their friends.
With a portrait Dena had done of Stewart, as well as someone else doing a portrait of Stewart, Stewart and his mustache pretty much ruled Sketchy Miami; Also, at the Historic Museum in Miami, we found out what happened to the “coffee, tea or me” stewardesses who once were the reasons to fly TWA. And at the Bass Museum of Art on the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, after a dance performance choreographed by Pioneer Winter, Stewart spoke with newspaper columnist/writer/GLBTQ activist Steve Rothaus about the affect the Stonewall riots had on the Gay community and how it led to change.
Partying with a purpose includes Diana Agozi, Director of AYUDA children’s care, as well as Deanne Connelly Graham from Welcome Miami Magazine and Betty Alvarez of the Welcome Channel. Then Dena and Stewart get a tour of WEAM – World Erotic Art Museum and talk with its founder, Naomi Wilzig. And, of course, there’s “Mitch” on Lincoln Road, must see him to believe him.
A few weeks after the police shooting and riots at Urban Beach Week, Stewart and Dena have an update to share. They also check out the Wynwood art scene; and talk to Chef Bernie Matz at his Café at Books & Books on Lincoln Road.
For the past 14 or so Memorial Day Weekends, South Beach has been the place to go for the Urban Beach Week party. And over the past years, this urban party weekend has been associated with stampedes, shootings, rapes, robberies, drunken brawls and mayhem. So in came the police from several surrounding cities and this year, well see Stewart’s live report. Urban Beach Weekend drama introduces Alive on South Beach to SyndicatedNews.Net.
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