Month: April 2011

O, Miami is a month-long initiative with a simple but ambitious goal: for every single person in Miami-Dade to encounter a poem in the month of April. The diverse program, produced by the University of … +

Apr 28, 2011. As Brazilians pour into Miami, one of the original pioneers to bring the country’s influence to market celebrates culture and style at the new Artefacto Aventura showroom. An arrival inspired by Copacabana … +

Apr 28, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Georgia Bottoms is known in her small community of Six Points, Alabama, as a beautiful, well-to-do, and devoutly Baptist Southern belle. Nobody realizes that the family fortune has long since … +

Books & Books Coral Gables. Apr 27, 2011. 8:00 p.m. New York Times bestselling author Charles Fishman brings us The Big Thirst, a fascinating journey into the secret life of water, a book that upends … +

Books & Books, Coral Gables. Apr 29, 2011. 8:00 p.m. For centuries we believed that humans were the only ones that mattered. The idea that animals had feelings was either dismissed or considered heresy. Today, … +

The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse. May 12 and 13, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Miami Light Project is presenting the Florida debut of musical mad man Reggie Watts on May 12 and 13 at the Light … +

From May 6 through 12, 2011. A cat and a mouse carry on a dysfunctional relationship in a futuristic landscape. A Chinese monk sets out on foot with a tiger during the Tang dynasty and … +

From Apr 29 through May 5, 2011. Even the Rain (Tambien la lluvia), a film directed by Iciar Bollain and written by Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty, is about, in the director’s words, “resistance and friendship. … +

Through Jun 9, 2011. Nancy Garcia’s interdisciplinary practice incorporates choreography, music/sound, video, performance, image making, and new media. Often slinging the viewer to the edges of performative events, Garcia draws attention to the exultant body, … +

Through Jun 5, 2011. Since the opening of its Joan Lehman Building in February 1996, MOCA has championed artists who make South Florida their home base. Open Process features new artworks by Jessica Laurel Arias, … +

Video by BrowardCenter 5/12 & 5/14/2011 Considered by many to be the most perfect opera ever written, Mozart’s Don Giovanni continues to thrill audiences today as it did at its … Watch on Youtube

Video by Widespreadpanic41 Procol Harum performing A Whiter Shade of Pale with the Danish National Concert Orchestra and choir at Ledreborg Castle, Denmark in August 2006. Watch on Youtube

Video by jballer7182 The University of Miami Frost School of Music launches its new outreach program titled New Horizons Band, a program geared toward teaching senior to play … Watch on Youtube

Video by Florida Grand Opera The statue of the Commendatore, having accepted Don Giovanni’s invitation to dinner, now invites the Don to dine with him. The Don, against Leporello’s advice, … Watch on Youtube

Video by Florida Grand Opera Leporello, wearing Don Giovanni’s clothing, is about to receive the punishment the Don deserves but is saved by revealing his true identity. Leporello: Tom … Watch on Youtube

Video by Florida Grand Opera Don Giovanni separates Zerlina from her groom on her wedding day, and manages to seduce her. Don Giovanni: David Pittsinger – Zerlina: Brittany Ann Reneé … Watch on Youtube

New World Gallery. From Apr 14 through May 20, 2011. Beyond Paper an exhibition by New World School of the Arts College visual artists barrows the traditional concept of a paper exhibition and gives a … +

Apr 15 through 17, 2011. Presenting a total of eight plays, the New World School of the Arts Theater Division presents the New Playwrights Festival 2011, featuring two student-directed, four faculty-directed, and one alum directed … +

Books & Books, Coral Gables. Apr 20, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Anchee Min was born in Shanghai and lived in China for 27 years. During the Cultural Revolution, she was ordered to denounce Pearl Buck as … +

April 2011. Currently on display at Eleazar Delgado new studio is the artist’s “Behind the Lights” collection. Created in Miami and inspired by the city, the prolific work of Eleazar Delgado’s Behind the Lights collection … +

Books & Books, Coral Gables. Apr 25, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Acclaimed writer Francisco Goldman was a self-professed niñote, or man – child – unlucky in love, resistant to commitment – when he met the beautiful … +