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Songs about September are abundant, but I suspect few Miami people have felt good enough during this month to have recorded them. Recent allegations suggesting that we are living in the rudest city in the United States may bring up or down nods or side to side ones, but if there is actually any truth to this, September would be the month when our lack of manners might reveal itself. The relentless rain, the ceaseless heat and the incessant humidity provide a trifecta of misery only felt in month nine.
Compounding this angst is a nonstop avalanche of doomsday weather forecasts generously supplied by our talented weather forecasters reminding us of some upcoming tropical disturbance we must prepare for. Inside the brutal heat dome live a hundred volleyball and football games we can watch, but then this gets ruined when we see our favorite team get knocked off and Tyreek Hill dragged out of his car. Add election disgust and fatigue to the mix and its “vote for me or the world will end” refrain, and there are some serious reasons why we might want the clock to sprint toward October when we can see some sort of finish line, breathe a little easier, and get outside more. This begs one question: is it possible to enjoy September?
I looked at the Arsht, the Kaseya, the Fillmore, and so on until I saw this: the best thing in Miami this month in Here & Now: 2024, Miami Light Project’s program to provide a stage to new aspiring local talent. As Miami’s primary artist incubator, Here & Now has hatched dozens of performers who have gone on to entertain audiences both nationally and internationally. Since its inaugural run in 1999, Here & Now has provided stage and crowd for dance, theater, and more. One of the 2023 performers, Gentry Isaiah George, will have just finished his Zest Collective, WLRN, Salon Series at the Moss Center and will appear in October at the Light Project. He is one of many who are established.
Miami Light Project, the innovative gateway that reaches out and partners with other generous local players, is directed by Beth Boone; the Board of Directors’ President is Teo Castellanos. These two who have dedicated their lives to the spread of Miami-based performance. Nobody has done it better.
Here & Now: 2024 ran for three nights at Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE 2nd Ave. in Miami Shores, where the Light Project relocated after Wynwood went full-tilt tourist, eat, and drink. Shows began Thursday September 19 at 8:00. Check for upcoming events at https://www.mtcmiami.org/education/family-series/.
If all this fails to uplift you as you are sitting around, moping, sulking and apathetic with no meaning or purpose because it is September, then I can only recommend a prescription of songs of the season. Crank up your Spotify playlist and add these:
September by Earth, Wind & Fire; Sinatra’s September Song; See You in September by The Happenings; Wake Me up When September Ends by Green Day; Neil Diamond’s September Morn; September by Daughtry. You can search for similar songs about September by The Bangles, Dinah Washington, Barry White, Carole King, Frazey Ford, Melissa Etheridge, Fiona Apple, James Taylor, Kool & The Gang, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Rosanne Cash, and Johnny Cash.
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