PROGRAMS

Guided exhibition tours every Thursday and Friday at 6pm. Free gallery admission on Fridays from 6–9pm with the generous support of the Miami Herald. All programs take place at The Wolfsonian, unless otherwise noted.

SPECIAL EVENT
Throughout the month of February
MIAMI MUSEUM MEMBERS MONTH
Seventeen Miami museums are participating in the Miami Museum Members Month. Your Wolfsonian membership works as a free pass to any of the participating institutions. For more information: 305.535.2631 or
thea@thewolf.fiu.edu.

WOLF BOOK CLUB
Be a part of our book club! To join or to RSVP: 305.535.2644 or julia@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free.

Friday, February 1, 7pm
MARIO AND THE MAGICIAN by Thomas Mann (1929)
Mario and his family are on vacation in Italy when they meet the magician Cipolla, a manipulative figure able to control his audience with hypnotic force; politically, the book conveys Mann’s condemnation of Fascism.

EVENT
Tuesday, February 5, 6:30pm
SPIEGELWORLD
Join us for a night of cabaret at the world-famous
Spiegeltent. We’ll kick off with cocktails at the Raleigh Hotel. RSVP required: 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu.

EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED
PUBLIC TALK
Thursday, February 7, 7pm
“PASTE & POLITICS: MYTHS ABOUT COPYRIGHT USE/ABUSE”
Learn about legal developments in copyright. This event is part of SeminArt, lectures and workshops to meet the career development needs of artists. Copresented with LegalArt. RSVP required: 305.535.2644 or julia@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free to members and students; $10 all others.

DOCUMENTARY SERIES: SEARCHING FOR SECURITY IN AN INSECURE WORLD

These films expose contemporary crises. Curated by Barron Sherer and co-sponsored by The Jack D. Gordon’s Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies’ Program in National Security Studies. Free to members and students; $10 all others.

Friday, February 8, 7pm
TRADING WOMEN (2003, David A. Feingold, USA/Thailand/China/ Burma/Laos, 77 min, DVD)
This is the first documentary to comprehensively address the sex industry in Southeast Asia.

FILM
Saturday, February 9, 3pm
EMIL UND DIE DETEKTIVE / EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES (1931, Germany,Gerhard Lamprecht, 74 min, b/w,DVD)Young Emil, victim of a train robbery on his way to Berlin, is helped by a gang of young detectives who solve the crime. Copresented with the German Consulate General Miami. Free.

FAMILY & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
 Saturday, February 9, 1–3pm
FAMILY WORKSHOP: CREATING HOME INTERIORS
Adults and children collaborate on a 3-D model design, complete with wallpaper, floor treatments, and furniture. RSVP required: 305.535.2625 or mark@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free for members; $5 all others.

Tuesday, February 12, 11am
CURATOR’S TOUR AND LUNCH
Join curator Sarah Schleuning for a tour of Fashioning the Modern French Interior, followed by lunch and a book signing in The Dynamo Café. Tour at 11am, lunch at 12pm, book signing follows. RSVP required: 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu. $25 for members; $35 all others.

FILM
Valentine’s Day
Thursday, February 14, 7pm DU BIST NICHT ALLEIN / YOU ARE NOT ALONE (2007, Germany, Bernd Böhlich, 90 min, color, DVD)
This humorous film chronicles the lives of families in a German apartment building. Copresented with Romance in a Can and the German Consulate General Miami. Free to members and students; $10 all others.

PERFORMANCE
Thursday, February 21, 7pm
PIANO RECITAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Sara Laimon, co-artistic director of the ensemble Sequitur and teacher at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, performs three major recent works by Ezra Laderman, Brian Cherney, and Harold Meltzer, commissioned by Brandon Fradd. Free.

Saturdays, February 23, March 1 and 8, 12–5pm WORKSHOP: DESIGN DIMENSIONS
This three-part workshop encourages high school students to envision a better world and take responsibility for making it. Students work with local artists to explore the impact of propaganda and advertising. They’ll then create film, posters, broadsides, and billboard concepts. Registration required: 305.535.2625 or mark@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free.

Sunday, February 24, 12pm
BRUNCH/BOOK SIGNING
Sarah Giller Nelson speaks about Designing the Good Life: Norman M. Giller and the Development of Miami, co-written with her grandfather, Norman M. Giller, which details the architect’s indelible mark on Miami. Brunch at 12pm, talk and book signing follow. RSVP required: 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu. $25 for members; $35 all others.

PUBLIC TALK
Thursday, February 28, 7pm
“LIVING IN A GLASS HOUSE: THE MAISON DE VERRE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY”
Architectural historian Robert Rubin addresses the restoration of, and family life in, the Maison de verre—a private residence designed by modernist Pierre Chareau in Paris in the interwar period that has been described as a poetic, exquisite machine. Free to members and students; $10 all others.

FILM
Friday, February 29, 3-9pm
CUBA, AFRICA AND THE WORLD! FILMS BY EGYPTIAN AND MALIAN DIRECTORS
Copresented with France Florida Foundation for the Arts and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy / Miami chapter. Free.

3pm
DANCE, THE ARTS OF ENCOUNTERS (2007, France, Dominique Hervieu, 57 min, French, with English Subtitles)
This documentary is about the encounter of dances, a chronicle of the dance world and a poetic exploration of the history and geography of traditional dance from Tunisia, Mali and Cambodia through the dancing of Dominique Hervieu and members of her company. For Dominique Hervieu “This film is a reflection on cultural diversity; not diversity as a simple pretext for an artistic project but rather as a vital and unique experience of contemporary life.” Followed by Q&A.

6:30pm
BAMAKO (2006, France/Mali, Abderrahmane Sissako, 118 min, color, French and Bambara with English subtitles) Melé is a bar singer, her husband is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up...In the courtyard of the house, a trial court has been set up. Bamako is a unique opportunity for worldwide audience to become familiar with contemporary Africa.

EXHIBITIONS

Agitated Images: John Heartfield & German Photomontage, 1920-1938

Fashioning the Modern French Interior: Pochoir Portfolios in the 1920s

Art and Design in the Modern Age:
Selections from the Wolfsonian Collection
Ongoing; updated throughout the season

Our programs are presented in collaboration with the following FIU schools and departments: Honors College, School of Architecture, Department of Art and Art History, Women's Studies Center, Department of History, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.