The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is proud that Winter Party Festival is the forum to preview this new traveling memorial. The mission of The Gay American Heroes Foundation is to honor and remember the victims of hate crimes against LGBT people, while at the same time seeking to engage and inform the public about the reality of hate crimes against our community. The exhibit hopes to inspire compassion and instill a greater appreciation and acceptance of diversity within the community.

Fort Lauderdale-based The Stonewall Library & Archives brings its well-received exhibit, "Days Without Sunshine: Anita Bryant's Anti-Gay Crusade", to the county targeted by this enemy of the LGBT community. In 1977, the Dade County ordinance that prohibited discrimination in housing, employment, loans and public accommodation based on race or religion was amended to include "affectional or sexual preference". That extension of civil rights to the LGBT community engendered a backlash among social conservatives. Anita Bryant; former beauty queen, singer and citrus industry spokesperson became one of the chief opponents of this measure. This exhibit can be viewed simultaneously with the "Gay American Heroes" memorial.

Join LGBT-friendly congregations and spiritual groups from around South Florida as we gather together in downtown Miami's beautiful and historic Temple Israel for a powerful interfaith service and joyous musical celebration.

Vine Wine Shop hosts "Water: A Study on the Complexity of Women and Water", an exhibit exploring how three visual artists liken women to water. June Cashwell uses painting as her medium to convey and invoke emotional intensity and turbulence; Laury Garcia uses photography in an idiosyncratic approach to reveal suppleness and power; and Jennifer Maria Cordoba uncovers through photography the resemblance between the bows of the female form and the waves and drops of water by the submersion and immersion of one shape into the next.

Sephora of South Beach opens its doors to Winter Party Festival guests after regular business hours for this exciting shopping experience, including complimentary wine, raffle prizes, terrific discounts and advice from color and skincare experts.

The first of Winter Party Festival's magical dance parties features the music of the fabulous DJ Phil B. and Miami favorite DJ Pride at Score, the perennial Lincoln Road hot spot. If you are ready to start dancing, this is the perfect venue for you.