Entertainment And Culture 

DEK23 , a $2.5 million exclusive 4,000-square-foot ultra-lounge in South Beach will open in March 2007. For more information, visit www.DEK23.com.

Gemma , gem in Italian, recently opened on the second floor above the Italian restaurant Rosinella, one of the first restaurants opening on Lincoln Road in 1995 that is still in business. It is the brainchild of Miami Beach restaurateurs Tonino Donio and his brothers Paolo, Roberto and Luciano. The Donios, who opened the Sport Café on Washington Avenue in 1993, Rosinella on Lincoln Road in 1995 and a second Rosinella in downtown Miami in 1998, have gone one notch up with Gemma. The 128-seat lounge, accessible by staircase or elevator, glows with romantic chandeliers and subdued candlelight as contemporary jazz music plays and old black and white movies flicker on a screen. The 48-seat outdoor terrace enables guests to people watch on busy Lincoln Road below. The Donios spared no effect: wooden floors, dark wood columns, artwork, intimate areas with ottomans and one-of-a-kind coffee tables are a warm setting for a mahogany bar serving liquors, wine and Champagne by the glass or by the bottle. For more information, call 305-53-GEMMA (43662) or visit www.GemmaLounge.com.

Nightlife innovator Pure Management Group is making a splash in South Florida as it brings PURE, the nightclub that revolutionized nightlife on the Las Vegas Strip, to Miami Beach. PURE will open a new location at the freshly renovated and expanded Fontainebleau Miami Beach in 2008. A Miami Beach landmark since opening in 1954, the Fontainebleau is undergoing a $1 billion expansion/renovation that is scheduled for completion in mid-2008. The PURE Lounge, set to debut when the hotel reopens, will be smaller than its 40,000 square-foot Las Vegas namesake, but will retain the elegance, sophistication and impeccable customer service that guests have come to expect from the brand. For more information, call Pure Management Group 702-737-3100.

SIN nightclub, which opened its doors to the public in February 2007, provides VIP service for all, be it the big spender or the single bottle buyer. Seating ranges from one bottle bistro tables to velvet-roped VIP table alcoves. The VIP experience will begin with Hummers and stretch limousines escorting Miami visitors from hotel to nightclub, followed by international special guest DJs flown in on a monthly basis from Ibiza, London, Las Vegas, New York and elsewhere. Special features include laser beam lighting installations from Germany, enhanced track lighting and a DJ booth immersed center stage of VIP seating and eye level with revelers. For more information, visit www.MiamiSin.com .

The South Miami-Dade Cultural Center, located on more than 6 acres of waterfront property in Cutler Ridge, is scheduled to open winter 2007 for an estimated $44 million. The South Miami-Dade Cultural Center is conceived as a multidisciplinary arts center and showcase for the performing arts. The main theater building is seventy-one thousand-square-feet, 966-seat state-of-the-art theater, including a multipurpose/informal rehearsal space and a dramatic "Art is Public Places" project by internationally renowned artist Robert Chambers. The activities building is a separate seven thousand five-hundred-square-foot building, housing an informal performance space with dressing rooms and two smaller multi-purpose spaces for lectures, classes or community gatherings. The outdoor performance spaces – an outdoor plaza and promenade leading to a gently sloping lawn – are for outdoor concerts and festivals along the Black Creek Waterway. For more information, visit www.MiamiDadeArts.org/smd_culturalcenter.aspx.

Sunset Cinema now offers its unique movie-going experience in Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. Every night of the week, movie lovers can see first-run films on a giant, 60-foot screen with Dolby Digital Surround Sound in the park, under the stars and by the bay. Bring your own blanket and picnic or on-site seating and concessions are available. The box office is located just off Biscayne Blvd., in front of the fountain on Flagler Promenade, in the heart of Bayfront Park. For more information, visit www.SunsetCinema.com.