May 16

XBiz Miami (2024) | Conventions, Trade Shows | May 13 - May 16, 2024

Bringing together industry pros, stars, and influencers-on-the-rise from every corner of the U.S. and the world beyond, XBIZ Miami offers an unrivaled conference experience. Beyond its core mission to deliver insights into the latest trends and tactics shaping adult entertainment, it provides an abundance of opportunities to form profitable connections with community peers and prospective ….

John Waters: Pope of Trash (2024) | Memorabilia Exhibition | Jan 1 - Aug 4, 2024

John Waters: Pope of Trash is the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the artist’s contributions to cinema. The exhibition delves into his filmmaking process, key themes, and unmatched style. Works on view include costumes, set decoration, props, handwritten scripts, posters, concept designs, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, film clips, and more. Click Here for the 2023 exhibition ….

New York African Film Festival (2023) | Film Festivals | May 10 - May 16, 2023

Launched in 1993 and one of the first of its kind in the United States, the festival reflects on the myriad ways African and diaspora storytellers have used the moving image as a mold to tell stories with their own nuances and idiosyncrasies. Under the banner Freeforms, the festival presents more than 30 films from ….

National Photography Month | Cultural Events | May 1 - May 31

The invention of the camera has been traced back to the work of Ibn al-Haytham, a medieval mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age. While the effects of a single light passing through a pinhole had been described earlier, Ibn al-Haytham gave the first correct analysis of the camera obscura, including the first ….