Stageleft: life on the left side

Stage Left – Life on the Left Side

Variety is the Spice of Life and this month South Beach, Miami Beach is certain to be Spicy! Our game plan for this month includes an afternoon sipping fine French champagne and nibbling chocolates at the Marquis, a sexy bikini swim show on Ocean Drive, a down-home craw fish boil Downtown, and Miami Beach’s largest Gay Pride Parade ever!

Our hottest local nightclubs have booked another all star line up including Stephan Luke, Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike and Max Vangeli. Big Brooklyn Red brings his jazz review to B Bar and Iko Iko and Piano Bob’s Big Easy Mardi Gras Band are performing live at a free concert down by the Miami River.

Come to Lummus Park at 1200 Ocean Drive and join the City of Miami Beach in welcoming the Gay Pride Parade and Festival to town including today’s gala event starting at noon with Grand Marshal Extraordinaire – Bravo TV’s Andy Cohen and 35,000 friends who will witness the fabulous floats, live music, dance performances, drag shows and more! The parade route from 5th to 15th street will close Ocean Drive to auto traffic so be sure to arrive early to find parking.

Check this site for all the top Miami restaurants, but remember, you can also celebrate $35 Miami Spice Dinners at the Betsy hotel’s BLT Steak where a 3 course menu includes a choice of pork belly or tomato watermelon salads followed by a top cap steak or organic chicken or snapper entree paired with sides of charred peppers, bok choy or jalapeno mashed potatoes and desserts of passion fruit souffle or the house special key lime pie! BLT Steak at the Betsy Hotel, 1440 Ocean Drive, South Beach.

The same goes for RED the Steakhouse where a 3 course menu includes a choice of salads, soup, mussels, clams casino or oysters to start, main courses of filet mignon, atlantic salmon, chicken breast or double pork chop, a selection of pastas and a blueberry shortcake or a s’mores tart for dessert. Menu changes weekly and is available every night. RED, 119 Washington Avenue, South Beach.

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Japanese food may confound most Americans with it’s emphasis on raw fish and dried seaweed but not nearly as confounding as birthers. We promise there’s nothing fishy about Pocky chocolate covered pretzels and a variety of other free colorful snacks served up for two hours starting at 2pm at this award-winning Mecca of graphic novels, action figures and all things nerdy and fun.

For the First Time On Any Stage (Left or Otherwise)… Although I’ll never catch up to Stageleft in the grandfathering department, I made my first.

Tucked inside the rather quiet exterior of the Westin Hotel, Mango Gang Chef Norman Van Aken and his son Justin are working the huge exhibition kitchen crafting a wild hodge podge of globally inspired plates from tuna tartare, Vietnamese beef and noodle soup to a trio of pork preparations and good old Southern fried chicken. Fasten your seatbelts and give it a whirl tonight.

Été d’Amour is a great weekly dance party with it’s roots in Paris and New York. Miami’s version of this innovative event features BREAKBOT Ed Banger (“Baby I’m Yours”) and DJs Mike Deuce and Jessica Who? bringing the cool vibes and innovative music to Grand Central starting at 10pm.

Miami Science Museum at 3280 South Miami Avenue, where The Planetarium hosts free shows on the first Friday of every month with telescope observing (8-10pm) and free lectures starting at 8pm. Tonight’s trippy lineup includes: 7pm Legends of the Night Sky Family Laser Show, 9pm Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here, 10pm The Doors, 11pm Pink Floyd: Echoes, 12 Radiohead.