Events

Miami City Ballet’s Open Barre events take place at the MCB Studios on South Beach. Watch performance excerpts with the MCB Dancers, meet Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez, and go behind the scenes with special guests in a fun, intimate setting! Friday, February 5, 2016 | 7:00pm Saturday, February 6, 2016 | 2:30pm Saturday, February 6, 2016 | 7:00pm MCB’s new production of … +

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) and Steinway and Sons Piano Gallery Miami are pleased to announce “Song Fest Miami,” a free concert series performed by members of FGO’s Young Artist Program featuring a variety of classical singing styles. Each concert highlights a different style of song: German lieder, Broadway love songs, French mélodies, and English art song. Venue Steinway & Sons Piano Gallery … +

WordSpeak, an ongoing spoken word program for South Florida teens, invites performance poet, playwright and educator Emanuelee Bean also known as “Outspoken”. The program includes Workshops, Open Mic and Reading. Emanuelee Bean is a Texas Poet Laureate nominee, and ranked 9th in the Individual World Poetry Slam in 2013. He ranked 2nd in collaborative poetry at Group Piece Finals in 2013 and … +

The living legend, Plácido Domingo kicks off at the American Airlines Arena. He will be performing a selection of well-known songs from his repertoire, hits from Broadway musicals as well as all-time audience favorites including “Granada” and “Bésame Mucho”. American Airlines Arena Tickets at American Airlines Arena Box Office The Miami Symphony Orchestra 10689 North Kendall Drive Suite 307 Miami FL 33176 … +

Tigertail Productions continues its WordSpeak teen spoken word project for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Questioning) with nationally recognized Arab-American Spoken Word Poet and playwright Andrea Assaf. Andrea Assaf will perform and lead workshops for students at Pridelines and a number of Miami-Dade high schools. These SpeakOut events provide Miami teens the opportunity to learn more about spoken word as a … +

ViolaFest includes activities exploring this instrument through master classes and Special Viola Topics with NWSA Professor Richard Fleischman, guest Master teacher Dr. Jesus Alfonzo, performances, and even a Viola Ensemble and Faculty Recital. Free event and open to students Grades 6-12, also College-age students Participants must bring their viola Check in and registration at NWSA Lobby 8:30 AM – 7:30 PM New … +

Burlesque Magnifique includes Burlesque revue, cabaret and variety show. Some of the finest Burlesque artists and Las Vegas (style) Show Girls come together for two-nights only. This production will feature classic burlesque, along with show girls, comedy acts, special performances and live music. Black Box Theater Jan 8, 2016, 8:30 PM Jan 9, 2016, 7:30 PM, 9:30 PM South Miami Dade Cultural … +

In 1962, most men went to the Catskills to escape the summer heat, but others went to an inconspicuous bungalow colony that catered to a very special clientele: heterosexual men whose favorite pastime was dressing and acting like women. Casa Valentina is written by Harvey Fierstein and directed by Murphy Davis. Tickets $40 No performances due to holidays on: Dec 24, 2015 … +

For the first time, HistoryMiami Museum will host the Miami Street Photography Festival (MSPF) during Art Basel Week (Dec 3-6, 2015). In conjunction with the festival, the Museum will exhibit the finalists of MSPF’s international street photography competition through January 2016. The MSPF is an international photography festival showcasing the best of contemporary street photography, and featuring the work of professional and … +

The Miami Bach Society together with University of Miami Collegium Musicum will celebrate a concert dedicated to people in Paris, devastated by the terrorist attacks of past november. The great English Christmas Tradition, will feature music of Henry Purcell, G.F. Handel, William Boyce, and others. The program includes: The Praise of Christmas, Remember O Thou Man, Lute Book Lullaby, Coventry Carol, Behold … +

For four days during Art Basel, MDC Live Arts will present HOLOSCENES, an epic performance art installation designed to "make people feel climate change in their gut." A human aquarium spontaneously floods and drains with twelve tons of water, as performers inside strive to adapt and continue their activities. This visceral project by TED fellow and arts visionary Lars Jan embodies the … +

Standing in contrast to the experience at the fairs and museums, Open Studios at Cannonball will provide a behind-the-scenes view of ideas still looking for their material form and reveal how the artists negotiate the constraints of media, the slipperiness of ideas, and the demand for novel visual vocabularies. Local artists in residence Sofia Bastidas, Guillermo Leon Gomez, and Matthew Evan Taylor … +

Opening of solo exhibition dedicated to video and performance artist Alex Bag, on view in ICA Miami’s Atrium Gallery, The Van (Redux) through Jan 31, 2016, features a seminal but rarely-seen video by the artist: “The Van” from 2001. After the opening ICA Miami presents a special performance by XL Recordings artist Shamir. Las Vegas’ Shamir evokes ’90s house, pop, and R&B … +

Musician Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange) and artist Ryan McNamara will perform together on PAMM’s terrace. This presentation will include an original multi-part composition by Hynes, an internationally-acclaimed musician and producer, and sculptural elements and choreography by McNamara, a celebrated performance artist. Presented within the global context of Miami Art Week, the performance is an allegory of Miami’s history as a place of … +

PAMM has been chosen as the Florida Collection site for Ai Weiwei’s new international art project, Lego Collection Point. This project is part of Ai Weiwei’s ongoing efforts to challenge censorship and discrimination from LEGO who refused Ai Weiwei’s order to make a piece. Ai decided to make a new work to defend freedom of speech and political art with LEGOs from … +

Carlos Salas has been engaged in a range of activities and initiatives in art-making and discoursing: painting, sculpting and writing to tackle head-on the sorry state of the human condition. His work is a site for exploration of the boundaries in which human subjectivity is located. Admission $30 Free for Members, North Miami Residents & Art Basel VIP Museum of Contemporary Art … +

Robert Carnochan conducts the Frost Wind Ensemble in Schuman’s George Washington Bridge, Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis. The Guest conductor Chee Weng Yim will perform Benson’s The Passing Bell. The Frost Wind Ensemble at the University of Miami consists of the finest wind and percussion players at the university, and performs for numerous concerts, conferences, and festivals throughout the season. … +

In collaboration with Markowicz Fine Art, The National Hotel will transform into a temporary art gallery for Carole A. Feuerman’s iconic water sculptures, hyperrealistic pieces and prints, featuring “The Golden Mean,” a 16-foot male diver statue representing the struggles to achieve perfect balance; and “Survival of Serena,” her first sculpture in a series of painted bronze pieces. The Golden Mean will be … +

Spinello Projects celebrates its 10th Anniversary in a new gallery space in Little River. This exhibition refers the mystery and magic qualities associated to the full moon. The Full Moon is understood, both within vernacular and occult cultures, to be a time of transition and of reaching full potential. Full Moon will include ten Spinello Projects represented artists such as Farley Aguilar, … +

Jazz Roots on its 8th edition presents Kenny G and his Christmas disc “Miracles: The Holiday Album” with more than 8 million units sold. Kenny G is the biggest selling instrumental musician of the modern era with more than 75 million records. He has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the business including Michael Bolton, Weezer or Whitney Houston. Knight … +

The MSPF is an international photography festival showcasing the best of contemporary Street Photography viewed through the eyes of emerging photographers in this genre capting the world around us. The featured artists of the present edition are Bruce Davidson, David Alan Harvey, Peter Turnley, Maggie Steber and Larry Towell. The 2015 MSPF Street Photography Festival holds its usual contest open to participants … +