Your Virtual MB Arts & Culture Fix!

Welcome to your weekly Miami Beach Arts & Culture guide. View below digital event highlights for the week and be sure to check out our website for all things Arts & Culture!

International Ballet Festival of Miami Goes Virtual! Celebrate 25 Years of Ballet South Florida’s longest running dance festival turns 25 this year and returns with a series of virtual performances! Ballet and contemporary dance fans will be in for a treat with the International Ballet Festival of Miami’s impressive lineup of performances featuring over 100 exceptional dancers from all over the globe. This year’s festivities run from August 15 through September 13. Highlights include: Companies from: Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, USA 19 prerecorded full length performances 3 LIVE Stream Performances directly from theaters Interviews with the DirectorsFREE online master classes, Dance Films, Books & Art Exhibit Presentations The Festival opens this Saturday, August 15, at 7 p.m. with the festival poster unveiling reception and art exhibit, followed by a special viewing of the dance-film The Kind Euphoria of Dance at 8:30 p.m. Learn more > Looking for COVID-19 related news? The City of Miami Beach has created a comprehensive resource detailing business assistance resources, travel & transportation details, useful tools and more. Learn more.

Museum in Motion August 12 7 PM The Wolfsonian-FIU More Info

Art Sounds: Impov August 12 6 PM Oolite Arts More Info

PLGDC@Home Virtual Series On Demand Peter London Global Dance Company More Info

Miami Jewish Film Festival Virtual Cinema On Demand Miami Jewish Film Festival More Info

Thursdays at Three: Jacqueline Goldstein with Marty Kreloff August 13 3 PM The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU More Info

MBC Interactive Archive Project: The 1970's On Demand The Miami Beach Film Society More Info

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Rosemarie Chiarlone at Mount Sinai Presented by Oolite Arts, Rosemarie Chiarlone's Underneath the Monotonous Blanket is an Entire World of Different Voices, explores the physical and psychological boundaries of human connection addressing multifaceted societal and political contexts. This installation consists of eight disconnected sculptural groupings utilizing language as image. The visual graphic and poetic expressions dissipating information allude to the concept of presence and impermanence between the physical and the psychological. The textual imagery is the result of the absence created by tiny pinholes in the paper. The words and phrases are inscribed by hand into the surface via bi-directional needle puncture. Learn more about the exhibition here >

PERFORMANCE REWIND FUNDarte Launches Digital Archive Enjoy free videos of electrifying concerts, theatrical plays, dance performances and much more from the FUNDarte digital archive, until their Performing Arts Season returns! Watch here >

RECOVERY RESOURCES

The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs staff is available to assist artists and arts organizations in identifying nationwide and local recovery resources for artists and arts organizations. If you or your organization has been impacted by Covid-19, you may be eligible for assistance. Learn more at our Recovery Resources portal. The site is frequently updated, so be sure to check back often. Still have questions? Some of them may be answered in the Arts & Culture Small Business Webinar, hosted by Mayor Dan Gelber. Originally hosted on Monday, April 6, the archive is available on Facebook here.

Un video que muestra los medios de pago favoritos de los estafadores

 Un video que muestra los medios de pago favoritos de los estafadores

3 de agosto de 2020

por 

Sachit Gali

Interno, División de Educación del Consumidor, FTC

Los estafadores inventan toda clase de historias para conseguir tu dinero, desde decirte que te ganaste un premio, que tienes una deuda, hasta que uno de tus familiares tiene una emergencia. Pero algunas cosas siempre permanecen iguales: los estafadores quieren tu dinero, lo quieren rápido y no quieren darte la posibilidad de que lo recuperes. Te pedirán que uses medios de pago que dificultan la posibilidad de seguirles el rastro — y una vez que sepas cuáles son estos medios de pago, tendrás una pista más para darte cuenta de que estás tratando con un estafador.

Mira este video para enterarte de cuáles son los medios de pago favoritos de los estafadores y cómo puedes usar esta información para evitar las estafas.

Y la próxima vez que alguien insista en que pagues usando uno de estos métodos, díselo a la FTC.

Leon County COVID-19 Community Update for August

 

August 10, 2020

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread globally, Leon County Emergency Management is committed to actively monitoring the disease and coordinating preparedness and response efforts with local health officials, healthcare providers, first responders and other critical emergency response functions.

The following update provides a timely, accurate and vetted source of official County and community information.

Significant Changes Since Last Update

Leon County launches an online mapping application to view COVID-19 Testing Sites. The map, available here, allows users to view details on COVID-19 testing sites in Tallahassee-Leon County and find which one is closest to their location.
COVID-19 antibody testing available at the FAMU-Bond Bragg Memorial Stadium test site starting August 7. The test is performed with blood drawn from the arm (not a finger stick), and results are available within 15 minutes. Available to those ages 18 and over only. Individuals MUST schedule an appointment for the antibody test by calling Leon County Health Department at 850-404-6399. Diagnostic  COVID-19 tests continue to be offered.
Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality (OEV) distributes cloth face coverings to businesses. Beginning Tuesday, July 7, face coverings are available at the Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality. A business with one location is eligible for up to 100 face coverings. Local businesses with multiple locations are eligible for up to 200 face coverings. For FAQs regarding the distribution of masks to businesses, click here.
Office of Economic Vitality (315 S. Calhoun Street, Suite 110, Tallahassee, FL, 32301) Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
County offering free face coverings for pickup at all Libraries. Leon County continues to make free face coverings available for pickup at all County library locations during regular hours. Through the library program and with OEV, the County has distributed nearly 300,000 masks to citizens. Five face masks per individual will be allowed to ensure adequate supply to meet demand. For locations and hours click here. 
It’s Not Too Much to Mask Campaign. Leon County launched the social media campaign, It’s Not Too Much to Mask to encourage the use of masks and facial coverings in public. If you’d like to participate, post a masked-up selfie and share why you wear a mask and for whom using #MaskOnLeon.

"Our ancestors survived a turbulent past to get us to where we are. If I'm asked to wear a mask to support our country, then it's the least I can do to honor them and our past, and to prepare for our future." – A.J. Brickler III, MD, OBGYN at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and North Florida Women's Care

COVID-19 by the Numbers. Global cases of COVID-19 now surpass 19 million. According to the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) there are or have been 5,006 positive cases of COVID-19 in Leon County. In Florida, there are or have been 536,961 positive cases of COVID-19, and 8,277 COVID-19-related deaths. These numbers are updated regularly by FDOH; visit the dashboard for more detailed information, here. Local testing date includes public and private tests performed in Leon County, including Antigen tests performed by Patients First.