Archive for April, 2007

MOCAfresh celebration April 28, 12-4pm

Friday, April 27th, 2007



MOCAfresh celebration April 28, 12-4pm

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MOCA will celebrate the best of young Miami with MOCA Fresh, a special day of art, music, dance, design and technology for teens and young adults. MOCA Fresh will be held on Saturday, April 28 from noon to 4 pm and is free of charge. In conjunction with the final weekend of MOCA’s exhibition Merce Cunningham: Dancing on the Cutting Edge, MOCA Fresh will focus on the central elements of Cunningham’s creative legacy — the convergence of dance, art, music and technology in a spontaneous form to create new ‘fresh’ expression.

Fresh Moves, Fresh Sounds: Continuous live dance and music performances will be offered throughout the day. On stage in MOCA Plaza, Rudy Goblen of The Flipside Kings, will host a B-Boy break dance battle. In the spirit of legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham’s Chance Operations, each dancer will roll dice to determine their dance style. Also performing will be dance students from Norland High School and Charles Drew Middle School. Radio DJ KFoxx of 99 Jamz will host live performances by musical guests and audience members will be invited to join in a karaoke competition.

Fresh Tech: Scrapblog.com, a new tech start-up company based in Coral Gables will be demonstrating their new multimedia software which allows users to create multimedia on-line scrapbooks.

Fresh Forum: Students may explore new forms of expression in three separate interactive technology workshops: Art+Design, Music+Performance and. Anything+Everything. Sign up today for your 15 minutes of fame: mocafresh@mocanomi.org

Fresh Art: Students from Michael Krop Senior High School fine arts magnet program will exhibit their paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture in a special exhibition in MOCA’s Pavilion Gallery.

Fresh Gear: Designer R. Grimes will demonstrate silk-screening methods by creating custom t-shirts. Miami urban boutique, Culture Kings, will direct a sneaker design workshop. Participants are asked to bring their own gear.

Event details:
MOCA North Miami
April 28, 2007,noon to 4pm, FREE of charge
770 NE 125th ST, North Miami, FL 33161
305 893 6211 www.mocanomi.org

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First year!

Friday, April 27th, 2007



refreshmiami.org anniversary

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Well, if you want to be picky about it, the first RefreshMiami occurred on May 4th, 2006, at a Starbuck’s on Alton Road with just a few people. Over the course of the year, Refresh has been an opportunity to meet people, to get involved in the local tech community, to learn about and follow local startups, to hear new speakers, to find a job and to have fun and chat in a relaxed atmosphere.

Over the next year, we hope to grow in new ways, including:

- regular monthly meetings with speakers
- informal bi-weekly or more frequent meetups
- workshops on web 2.0 / social media / design / running a startup
- co-working location discussion and setup
- bootstrap network ideas
- refreshmiami online forum

If you’ve got more ideas on how you would like to see RefreshMiami evolve, please let us know by posting a comment here, in our Facebook group, in the googlegroup or privately to Dan, Kim, Brian, Nick or me.

By the way, Brian recently sent out a survey, please respond by next week so he can compile the results. We’ve already learned that word of mouth brings in over half of new participants … so tell your friends!

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Next Refresh: April 25th

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

It’s that time again, so let’s get right to it: Our next meeting is going to be a totally casual gathering, in part to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Refresh Miami, and so everyone can just chill out, relax, and share with our fellow Refreshers.

This month’s Refresh will be held Wednesday, April 25th @ 7:30pm at the Rathskeller on the UM campus in Coral Gables (need directions? here’s the location on Yahoo! Maps: http://tinyurl.com/26ttmk).

There’s wireless access, and the Rathskeller is open until 10pm, so we’ll all have plenty of time to chat with everyone :)

Oh behalf of Brian, Nick, Alex and everyone else who’s helped make this first year happen, thanks for participating — Refresh is nothing without you!

See you all next week!

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Future Dates & Speakers

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

To try and get Refresh on more calendars (and get more people showing up each month) we’ve scheduled meeting dates and secured the room at the University of Miami (thanks Kim!) for the following dates:

We’ll still post reminders each month, but now you can get the dates on your calendars and plan ahead — even invite someone to a future meeting!

Now, what we really need your help with are the speakers and topics: The format of the meetings will be changing slightly, with more time for casual conversation, but we still want to have main topics for each meeting, and speakers whenever possible.

To that end, please send me any topics or speakers you would like to see at Refresh, and I’ll get on organizing things pronto. I’m already working on rescheduling Paul Scrivens (from 9rules), and have been talking with a few other folks who would be happy to come down and speak (if anyone’s interested in hearing from Dan Benjamin of Cork’d and Hivelogic fame, let me know), but I’d love to match speakers with the topics you all want to hear about.

Thanks for helping make Refresh Miami better!

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