SUBMISSION: Jose Garza Teams With Lester's to "F**k Gentrification of the Arts"
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In spite of his hideous antics, the man always brings a damn good show. And his latest project, a collaboration with locally owned Wynwood coffeehouse Lester's, should be no exception. They're calling it SUBMISSION.
When Daniel Milewski opened Lester's in 2010, his vision was to create a venue where artists and their audiences alike could express themselves and where local talent could thrive, much like the cafés in Greenwich Village during the 1950's Beat era and Haight Ashbury throughout the 60's. According to Garza, SUBMISSION is all about making Milewski's vision a reality.
"What I'm trying to do is bring to life Daniel's concept of sharing and exchanging ideas in a constructive environment so there can be artistic growth stemming from the Wynwood community," Garza said. "What I'm trying to do is make this a space for every type of medium."
The Friday night showcase is Garza's brainchild and it makes sense -- local artists at a locally owned venue with local exposure. Every month, Garza and Lester's will host a different range of artists -- musicians, poets, bloggers, painters -- for what Garza described as "condensed microcosmic festivals." In the coming months, SUBMISSION will feature a print exhibition with some of Miami's most talented graphic designers, a blogging night that will bring out the city's top online scribes and sleuths, and a live performance by dancers from Miami's New World School of the Arts choreographed to music by one of the resident bands at Lester's.
For the first installment, Garza said, "We're going to open up with Sean Wooters, one half of the band Deaf Poets, cutie patootie; our second band, which is gonna be the resident band, is Copán ... and then headlining we've got Dear Darling, Miami Beach surf punk quartet, and they're awesome. The whole night we've got Aristotle Georgeson MC'ing, up and coming member of the Mustache Ride comedy collective -- he looks kind of like T.J. Miller -- and Jolt Radio's going to be doing live stream interviews from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m."
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2519 NW 2nd Ave., Miami, FL
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