MiamiNights - Miami Night Clubs, Nightlife

Another year, another GenArt Shop Miami. I personally didn't make it last year but our resident Lady Wrangler made it out and raved about Shop Miami 2007, though she did have her qualms with the liquor selection (Where is the Bombay sponsorship??)....That aside this years event is being held June 26th at the Moore Building in the Design District.

Best of all they are looking for emerging designers and boutiques to take part and in this years event. All you need to do is submit a Professional Bio and/or Press Kit and low resolution jpg images showing at least 6 different designs (must be actual clothes or accessories, no sketches accepted) to miami@genart.org. Last day to submit the requirements is May 21st so get your shit together you starving designers. Click the jump to get all the details. Good luck!

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Thanks to Dan Renzi (Real World Miami alum) for the heads up. For all you models out there Jay McCarroll winner of Season 1 of Project Runway will be in town for the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at the end of this month. While in town, he will be hosting a fashion show of his very own work. So if you got model proportions (I surely don't), there are holding a casting call this Saturday at the Maxine Hotel, 1756 Collins Ave. from noon to 5 p.m.

Here is more infomation from Renzi's blog:

Jay McCarroll, winner of Project Runway Season 1, is coming to Miami for a screening of his documentary "Eleven Minutes," about his show in New York Fashion Week.

The screening will be followed by a party on the Dorset Hotel rooftop deck, featuring a fashion show of Jay's latest line.

Casting models models models:

• Women: at least 5'8", sizes 2 to 4
• Men: 5' 10" to 6' 2", sizes 40R to 42L, lean trim body types

Agency affiliation helpful but not necessary. There is no pay. All products, makeup, hairstyling, everything is being donated. There will, however, be heavy media exposure.

You do not need to make an appointment; this is an open call. But for more information, email lisa@mglff.com or call 305-534-9924.

In case Winter Music Conference isn't your thing, there are definitely other things still going on in the city. Today actually marks that start of Fashion Week Miami Beach bringing with the back the tents at 11th & Ocean. Showcasing this year will be Puma, Sweetface, LE JEAN DE, Christina Ferrari, Akademiks, Puta De Madre, Russell Simmons, Justin Timberlake, Parish, Marceau and Heatherette. So if you are interested in goin, you can RSVP at the Fashion Week Web site, but remember entrance to these kind of events is all based on who you know, since space is very limited.

Full schedule after the jump. 

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In the past three days, I've learned that two separate girls that I've seen out around the scene are hookers. I'm keeping my mouth shut, but if you spend some time on Craigslist you'll find them. Beware, gentlemen.

Is today blog about Miami people day? Gawker reports Jose "Jochi" Ortiz, contributing editor for Ocean Drive magazine and co-owner of Supermarket Creative Agency, and Nick D'Annunzio, co-owner of Tara Ink and husband of Tara Solomon, are going to be in some new reality show titled Mean Boys along with New York/Miami socialite Fabian Basabe. If the names go over your head you obviously have a life.

Last reality show that centered around Miami that I can remember was 8th & Ocean, and I don't think I need to remind anyone how utterly boring that shit was. I've heard so many rumors about reality shows in Miami, including one that was suppose to focus on Poplife and Pawn Shop back when Dirty Disco was alive, so we'll see if this actually pans out.

Just got this in from the good people who brought us the incredibly entertaining (*sarcasm*) show on VH1 Hogan Knows Best (Thank god I don't have cable). Pink Sneakers Productions is looking for talented liars, hams, self centered twits and the likes for their reality show. Let's be honest, you gotta be one of the above if you wanna make it on TV. But seriously here are the requirements. They are currently looking for men and women who:

• Appear to be in their late 20's to early 30's
• are unmarried, but not necessarily unattached
• are interested in having their lives documented on national television
• live a fascinating life filled with exciting & dramatic stories

Click the "Read more" link for the entire press release and contact information.

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Ever want to be in a music video shaking that ass for bling and Cristal? Well you might not get any $10,000 diamond nipple rings or showers of Cristal but you will get drinks and food and you will even listen to some songs, cuz that is the kind of band Modernage is. This Sunday Modernage will be shooting their latest video for "This Song" and they want you to be in it. IF you want to be a part of it you can contact Mario Giancarlo here or contact him at 786-797-8169. More info below: 

WHERE: Hialeah 826 and 103rd (a studio warehouse)
will give you exact directions or meet an hour before in Downtown Miami.
WHEN: SUNDAY NIGHT @ 7pm-11pm
WHAT: performance part of video...need a pretty crowd (that would be you)

www.myspace.com/modernage
www.modernagemusic.net
www.myspace.com/mariogiancarlo

I'm in love -- with this hot as fuck night named Favela Chic at Mokai. It was everything I hoped it would be and more. Hot venue, hot people and hot music. For those who haven't been, Mokai is done in a sort of a living room style first pioneered in South Beach in the '90s, where there is more seating than actual dancefloor space. The decor was simple yet impressive at the same time. And it might just be the newness of it all, but it looked like the staff actual takes time to clean and make sure the place looks good.

Of course, Mokai caters to a different clientele: business men, celebrities and Miami's elite, but Favela Chic still seemed very down to earth to me even though the venue wasn't. It was refreshing really, because I've been to dingy bars where I've felt scrutinized harder than I did at Mokai. That's not to say Mokai isn't like every other high-end lounge in Miami. There was a sizable crowd outside pleading with the door staff for admittance, and I don't blame them, the place is hot.

But on to the music. When I entered Ross One was on the decks and he killed it with a nice mix of rock, house, indie, pop, hip-hop and, of course, Brazilian baile funk. Tracks by Kanye West, Gwen Stefani, M.I.A., Justice and Daft Punk had the crowd eating out of the DJs hand. But more impressive than the track selection was the talent Ross One (and I believe there were more DJs, not sure) possesses when mixing in tracks to make for one continuous flow of aural bliss. And for a place that prides itself for its nightlife, it's rare to find a DJ in Miami this good. Yes Ross, you can feel proud that you've made my (very) short list of Miami DJs that I love.

So what are you waiting for? Go check out the night. Yes it's on a Tuesday and you probably have to go to work in the morning. But if there is any night worth getting fired for, it's probably Favela Chic.

Stay tuned for the photo gallery of the night!