Miami Book Fair International rounds out its ``Evenings with . . .'' events with actress Isabella Rossellini on Nov. 12.

Rossellini will talk about her book and film series Green Porno, which explores animal mating habits. She'll show some of the films, talk about them, answer questions and sign books.

``Evenings with . . . '' author appearances have a $10 admission fee this year; tickets are not yet available. Info: miamibookfair.com.

-- CONNIE OGLE

MURAL AT MDC

With the help of art students, Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rosales, once an assistant to the renowned Diego Rivera, is creating a 400-square-foot mural at Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus. The mural, Universal Man, will represent the transition of mankind from ancient to modern times and is expected to take 16 weeks to complete.

Rosales attended the National School of Paint and Sculpture, La Esmeralda, and worked on various restoration projects as well as his murals for Mexican government and cultural institutions. Also assisting Rosales with his MDC mural is Tonatiuh Portela Rosales, his fellow artist and grandson.

-- FABIOLA SANTIAGO

ANOTHER HONOR

Composer (and former Miamian) Charles Norman Mason was to be honored Friday with the University of Miami Frost Music School's 2009 distinguished alumnus award. Mason, who teaches composition and theory at Birmingham-Southern College, serves as executive director of Living Artist Foundation, an organization devoted to promoting new music. He also is founder and director of Living Artist Recordings, a nonprofit recording company solely dedicated to new music. His work has been commissioned by such groups as The Goliard Ensemble, Denmark's Corona Guitar Kvartet, the Atlas Saxophone Quartet and the Alabama Symphony.

The Frost recognition is the latest in a series of awards for Mason, who also has won a Samuel Barber Rome Prize fellowship and an individual composer's grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

-- Miami Herald Staff

ART 'N' SOUL

Art and soul are so inestimably valuable that they should be free, a concept Miami arts organization Tigertail Productions -- in the cutting-edge culture biz for decades -- knows well. Mary Luft's spirited group kicks off its 30th season from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday with the Art n' Soul party in the River Lounge at the Epic Hotel (at the old Dupont Plaza location), 270 Biscayne Blvd. Way, Miami. Enjoy music by Bob Boise and his Backyard Band featuring Clifton Childree; spoken word from the Miami Poetry Collective and the Tigertail Wordspeak Team; free drinks and a spectacular river view. Info: www.tigertail.org.

-- JORDAN LEVIN

OKA DONER TALK

Michele Oka Doner, whose highly styled conceptual art celebrates nature, will discuss her work at a reception and talk at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 14. The event is part of the Natural Forces: Broward County Public Art & Design '06-'09 exhibition, on display Nov. 1 at the center, 1650 Harrison St. Admission to the reception is free for ACCH members and $10 for nonmembers.

Oka Doner's presentation will focus on her public art projects, sculpture, jewelry, furniture and design objects, including her largest bronze cast sculptural element to date, now on exhibit at Port Everglades as part of a public art project by a group of international artists.

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