Month: September 2019

Taylor grew up in Bedford, Ohio, where his interest in music was piqued. At 10 years old, he took up the trumpet and got involved with the school’s band program. Two years later Taylor really started showing promise on his instrument. One night after seeing a great concert featuring trumpeters Jon Faddis and Steve Enos, Taylor was so inspired that he decided … +

With an ensemble of 24 world-renowned dancers, singers and musicians, I Am Tango presents a distinctive tango experience by staging its artistic evolution over time. The genre is represented by a central character named “Tango” who evolves through different ages and cultures while maintaining the essence of the music that made its mark all over the world. Directed by Alfredo Lerida Main … +

Five time Obie Award-winning actor and playwright David Greenspan adapts Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, turning this richly multi-faceted tale, of five travelers in colonial Peru hurled to their deaths by a collapsing bridge, into a wryly lyrical fable of fate, love, and the transformative magic of theater. “There is a land of the living and a land of the dead,” … +

Miami City Ballet opens their 2019/20 Season in October. The first program for the season includes three works including Balanchine’s own favorite ballet, Stravinsky Violin Concerto; a do-not-miss work by iconic choreographer Paul Taylor, Mercuric Tidings; and the celebrated stage spectacle set in a 1930s speakeasy, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue – a ballet with vaudevillian soul and a recognizable, toe-tapping score.  Program One STRAVINSKY VIOLIN CONCERTOChoreography: … +

Bringing together new and existing works spanning the last decade, In the Cone of Uncertainty foregrounds the artist’s consistent curiosity about the world and tireless experimentation with materializing the complexity of identity politics. The exhibition presents a selection of Yang’s oeuvre ranging from blind installations, anthropomorphic sculptures, light sculptures, and mural-like graphic wallpaper pieces, to thematic groupings of works related to certain … +

Nina Johnson Gallery presents Accidental Pictures, an exhibition of new works by Anna Betbez. Created on silver Mylar with a variety of synthetic pigments, this new body of work continues Betbeze’s exploration into the properties of uncertainty and entropy. Moving amongst the reflective works, viewers find themselves entangled in a dance of creation and degeneration as the play of light on the … +

The thing that makes any entertainer successful is the ability to connect with an audience. It’s this quality of sharing the humor in everyday situations that has made Bill Engvall one of the top comedians today – and one of the busiest. A Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum selling artist, Engvall is best known for being part of the enormously successful Blue Collar Comedy … +

Combining the epic horror story of Count Dracula with a dash of Mel Brooks and Monty Python, DRACULA: A Comedy of Terrors makes for a lightning fast, laugh-out-loud comedy. Five world-class actors play dozens of zany characters, as they tell their story through illusion and special effects.

Our Drawing Salons offer an opportunity to develop artistic skills while sitting in a relaxing gallery environment. Drawing materials and stools are provided. All ranges of drawing experience are welcome. This event is free and open to the public. Modesto Maidique Campus, 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami, FL 33199

Bring a friend and enjoy the gallery while you paint your own contemporary bowl and enjoy light sips + bites. Guests will learn basic contemporary lines, shapes and patterns, and paint a bisque fired bowl while sipping and enjoying light bites in the gallery. Lead by Grace Gdaniec. It will be fired so that it is food safe and will be available … +

In this hands-on workshop, KX2, the sister collaboration of artist Dana Kleinman and metalsmith Ruth Avra Kleinman, will help students merge metals with their imaginations by showing students a variety of beginner jewelry-making techniques and essential terminology. Ages 12 years and older. This event is free and open to the public. All materials provided and no prior experience is required. No advance … +

Few costumes from the “Golden Era” of Hollywood remain except for a small number that have been meticulously preserved by a handful of collectors. Greg Schreiner’s wonderful Hollywood film costume collection houses over 175 such masterpieces. During the 1930-60’s, Hollywood directors were told to “put the light where the money is” and this often-meant spectacular costumes. Studios hired the biggest designers and … +

What will happen when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? Jeanette Winterson shows us how much closer we are to that future than we realise. Funny and furious, bold and clear-sighted, Frankissstein is a love story about life itself. Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester, England. After graduating from Oxford University she published her first novel at … +

It’s one hot night as Benise, “The Prince of Spanish Guitar,” and his Emmy Award-winning production comes to town. Armed with his Spanish guitar, Benise will take the audience on an unprecedented adventure through Spanish Flamenco, Cuban Salsa, Brazilian Samba, Parisian Waltz, exotic drumming, and more. For Benise, music has always been a journey. From his humble beginnings as a street performer, … +

Join us for a zine-making workshop inspired by our current exhibition Art after Stonewall, 1969—1989. Zines are personal hand-crafted publications. Materials for the workshop will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. Please, sign-up at this link: Modesto Maidique Campus 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami, FL 33199

Join for the de-installation performance of artist Giannina Dwin’s Ebb and Flow salt installation. Experimental creator and performer Niurca Marques will dance atop of the salt installation, moving the salt around during the dance and deconstructing the installation. 

Seven Solos departs from our traditional group exhibitions by featuring only eight artists; each creating a unique, site-specific, immersive experience in six galleries plus the Margaret Blume Atrium space. These art installations can only be seen at the Cornell Art Museum Large-scale installations by Miya Ando; Giannina Dwin in collaboration with Freddy Jouwayed; Jacob M Fisher; Frank Hyder; Brookhart Jonquil; Shinduk Kang and … +

As part of the Speaking Sustainably Film Series the Deering Estate invites to a complimentary reception and screening of Toxic Waters. Reception begins at 7PM with light snacks and beverages. The screening will begin at 7:30PM. Following the screening guests can participate in a Q&A with featured experts and the production crew. Harmful algal blooms come in many forms, from toxic outbreaks … +

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery and Exhibit Hall is now accepting artwork submissions and exhibition proposals from artists at any stage in their career. All media are acceptable. Applicants must submit the following: 10-20 high resolution .jpg images or .mov files of current artwork with title, date, media, and dimensions, as well as an artist statement or exhibition proposal of 250 … +

“At once a devastating, curiously uplifting inhuman drama and a superbly crafted genre exercise, Let The Right One In can stand toe-to-toe with Spirit Of The Beehive, Pan’s Labyrinth or Orphee. See it.” – Kim Newman, Empire Magazine A lonely 12-year old boy, Oskar, befriends a mysterious 12-year-old girl, Eli, after she moves in next door. Pale and serious, Eli’s arrival coincides … +

With two Grammy nominations for his work as a guitar soloist and composer, Jose is a highly sought-after solo artist and collaborative musician with concerts across the US, including Carnegie Recital, New York City’s North-South Series, Baltimore, Houston, Miami, Charleston, and other cities; international concerts in Cuba, Spain, China, Germany, Czech Republic, Greece, and in four South American nations. He also has … +