BLUE STAR MUSEUMS PARTNERSHIP In effect through September 6, 2010—Join The Wolfsonian and 600 museums across America in celebrating the Blue Star Museums partnership. In honor of the program, The Wolfsonian offers free gallery admission to all active duty military personnel and their families through September 6, 2010.
WOLF BOOK CLUB
Friday, August 6, 7pm
INDIGNATION by Philip Roth (2009)—Set in 1951 America, Indignation, Philip Roth’s twenty-ninth book, is a story of inexperience, foolishness, intellectual resistance, sexual discovery, courage, and error. It is a story told with all the inventive energy and wit Roth has at his command, at once a startling departure from the haunted narratives of old age and experience in his recent books and a powerful addition to his investigations of the impact of American history on the life of the vulnerable individual. The Wolfsonian Book Club explores literary works whose subjects are relevant to current exhibitions and collection themes. To become a member or to RSVP: 305.535.2644 or lydia@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free.
DYNO’NITE—FILM
Friday, August 13, 7pm
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920, Germany, Robert Wiene, 72 minutes, b&w, DVD)—In this silent 1920s masterpiece, an insane asylum inmate explains to his psychiatrist how he came to the institution, telling the shrink the story of the evil hypnotist Caligari and his unwitting pawn, the sleepwalker Cesare. This stark expressionist film from German director Robert Wiene astonishes with the power of its sets and visuals, and the creepy plot easily raises hackles on the back of one’s neck. The Dynamo Café will offer 2-for-1 beer and wine from 6-9pm on Dyno’Nites, specially designed as a venue for the local community to present their talent and knowledge. For more information: 305.535.2680 or paola@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free.
DYNO’NITE—BOOK TALK
Friday, August 27, 7pm
MARION MANLEY: MIAMI’S FIRST WOMAN ARCHITECT—The Dynamo Museum Shop & Café presents an illustrated talk with Carie Penabad, co-author of Marion Manley: Miami’s First Woman Architect. Best known as one of the designers of the innovative University of Miami campus built just after WWII, Marion Manley (1893-1984) successfully maintained an independent architectural practice in South Florida over much of the 20th century. Penabad, associate professor of architecture at the University of Miami and principal in the firm Cure & Penabad, will discuss the relationship of Manley’s work to her life and to the broader historical movement of which she was a part, including the overall development of the city of Miami. The Dynamo Café will offer 2-for-1 beer and wine from 6-9pm on Dyno’Nites, specially designed as a venue for the local community to present their talent and knowledge. For more information: 305.535.2680 or paola@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free.
FILM
Sunday, August 29, 4pm
REDWOODS (USA, David Lewis, 2009, Color, DVD, 82 min)—Set amid the splendor of Northern California’s Russian River, Redwoods tells the story of an unshakeable love and the difficult choices it can force one to make. Everett and Miles have a comfortable relationship. They are raising their learning-challenged son Billy, who absorbs much of their attention. When Miles and Billy go off to visit family, Everett plans to enjoy his time alone; that is, until he meets a lost writer. Co-presented with the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Free for Wolfsonian members, as well as producer and executive producer-level Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival members; $10 all others. To purchase tickets and for more information: 305.535.2644 or lydia@thewolf.fiu.edu.
TOURS
Each Friday at 6pm
Consider how an array of historical, cultural, and political trends inspired design of the machine age with a free guided exhibition tour each Friday night at 6pm.
ON VIEW
UNREALIZED ARCHITECTURE
ON VIEW IN THE MUSEUM’S RARE BOOK AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY VESTIBULE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
The exhibition explores the impact that unbuilt architectural projects have had on society and on other architects. Works on view include designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hugh Ferriss, Vladimir Evgrafovich Tatlin, and many others.
THE GRAND HOTELS OF SCHULTZE & WEAVER ONGOING AS PART OF ART AND DESIGN IN THE MODERN AGE The Grand Hotels of Schultze & Weaver features renderings, floor plans, drawings, and photographs of some of the firm’s luxurious hotels designed from 1921-1931 in South Florida and New York. Items in the installation are drawn from The Wolfsonian’s extensive archive of drawings and other items produced by the renowned architecture firm, designer of landmark hotels including the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, the Breakers in Palm Beach, and the Miami Biltmore in Coral Gables.
ADVERTISING FOR HEALTH ONGOING AS PART OF ART AND DESIGN IN THE MODERN AGE Advertising for Health explores nearly a century of advertising for medicine, pharmacy, and public health. The installation features rare advertisements, printed ephemera, and posters from a recent gift by William H. Helfand, a recognized author and print collector. Together with a selection of printed materials and objects from a rarely-exhibited segment of The Wolfsonian collection, these works reflect through their design strategies changing ideas about health in the Americas and Europe between the late nineteenth century and the Second World War. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
ART AND DESIGN IN THE MODERN AGE: SELECTIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION ONGOING The Wolfsonian–FIU holds an astounding collection of modern objects—both the rare and the overlooked—from the 1885 to 1945 era, demonstrating the active role design plays in motivating actions, expressing ideas, creating desires, and shaping identities. Exhibition themes underscore designers’ responses to new materials and technologies, the role of graphic design as an instrument of political and commercial persuasion, and the nature of state-sponsored public art and architecture programs.
DYNAMO HIGHLIGHT The Dynamo Café’s eclectic menu features a delicious array of soups, sandwiches, and salads, as well as a coffee bar and special dessert and tea menus. The museum shop is the destination for unique toys, jewelry, books, fashion, accessories and housewares.
FREE FRIDAYS, 6-9PM
Free admission to galleries from 6-9pm. Exhibition tour at 6pm. Recharge your batteries for the weekend. For more information on menus or to reserve your table at The Dynamo, please call 305.535.1457 or email dynamo@lyonandlyon.com.