Coral Gables

For teenager Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway), just surviving each school day is an adventure. Then the shocking news arrives that she’s a real-life princess! So begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness, including a media storm, jealous schoolmates, and a plot to take over her country. The Princess Diaries features the breakthrough role for Anne Hathaway, who before this had starred … +

An intimate and innovative film about English-born, often California-based artist David Hockney and his work, honoring its subject through creative risk-taking. Director Jack Hazan creates an improvisatory narrative-nonfiction hybrid, featuring Hockney, a wary participant, as well as a circle of his friends, capturing the agonized end of the lingering affair between Hockney and his muse, an American named Peter Schlesinger. The result … +

CGAC and Books & Books pay tribute to the memory of trailblazing American storyteller Toni Morrison with a special screening of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ artful and intimate documentary meditation on her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted through a literary career that earned her the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes for Literature and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Through the … +

Filled with hope, humanity and humor – this is the riveting true story of Simon Wiesenthal, who devoted his life to bringing more than 1,100 Nazi war criminals to justice. Intelligent, funny, flawed and noble – his unbelievable dedication and tenacity over decades is honored in this play, which gives equal weight to his wisdom and wit during his long, purposeful life. … +

Women in Focus, brought to you by Leica Store Miami, is a photography exhibition and weekend festival dedicated to bringing visibility to leading women in the photographic industry who shoot with Leica. Through photography presentations, panel talks, image review, and a women’s-only workshop, this multi-day event will provide an outlet for photographers to discuss and empower women and their advocates within the … +

Have you ever wondered how paper can be made into art? Miami-based artist Lisa Haque at Books & Books Coral Gables, hold an intimate conversation about her work and papermaking process. Haque was a Studio Collaborator and the Production Manager at Dieu Donné in Manhattan, where she worked with artists in residence to create new bodies of work. Prior to that, she … +

Join Leica Store Miami in the Leica Lounge invites documentary photographer Vivianne Peckham. This Leica Lounge is coordinating with the Women in Focus festival weekend going on from July 24th – 28th. More events include a panel discussion, workshop with Maggie Steber, a brunch edition Leica Lounge and Photo-Slam. Currently living in Washington, DC, Vivianne was born in Belgium and has lived … +

Highly accomplished artists with different visions of abstract painting are being exhibited in “Abstract Diversity in Painting”. For its spring show Virginia Miller, owner and director of Greater Miami’s longest-established contemporary fine art gallery, selected three of the gallery’s leading artists: Florian Depenthal, Ned Evans and Linda Touby. “These artists have been painting for decades and have now reached the mature phase … +

Jul 17 – Aug 11, 2019 / Mixing classic musical comedy with a dash of Agatha Christie, everyone is a suspect in this house of eccentric characters unfazed by the dead body on the floor.  Murder for Two is a hilarious musical murder mystery with a twist; one actor investigates the crime, the other plays all 13 suspects, and they both play the … +

The play tackles the corrosion of the American Dream – and the economic, racial, and social tensions of a city, a workforce, and a nation. Set in a small factory in Detroit – the play articulates the workers struggle to survive. Their banter and confrontations are a powerful currency, posing urgent questions and revealing startling truths. “CRITICS PICK! A deeply moral and … +

Mixing classic musical comedy with a dash of Agatha Christie, everyone is a suspect in this house of eccentric characters unfazed by the dead body on the floor. Murder for Two is a hilarious musical murder mystery with a twist; one actor investigates the crime, the other plays all 13 suspects, and they both play the piano! A zany madcap musical mystery, … +

In grand style, Frank Cooper moderates the finale of the Chopin Festival, which will re-enact a typical soiree of a 19th century Parisian salon. Specially selected guest artists of the Festival will perform a variety of works in a relaxed setting on stage. Frank Cooper will introduce the performances and read interesting readings and excerpts. Sponsored by the Miami Salon Group Nocturne: … +

Jun 26, 2019, 7 PM Winners of the Frost Chopin Academy Concerto Audition, the Escher String Quartet, and Grzegorz Fankowski will perform Chopin Piano Concertos arranged for piano and string quintet by Kevin Kenner. Escher String Quartet Adam Barnett-Hart, violin Danbi Um, violin Pierre Lapointe, viola Brook Speltz, cello Gzegorz Fankowski, double bass Frank Cooper, moderator

Deeply invested in both the environment and environmental concerns, James Prosek is a contemporary artist whose creative output explores timeless aspects of humanity and the natural world while also engaging directly with the zeitgeist. These complementary threads are beautifully woven together in his exhibition, James Prosek: Contra Naturam/Against Nature, providing a critical commentary on South Florida’s rapidly changing ecosystem. Artist, writer, naturalist, and … +

Everyone’s favorite swashbuckling “Feline in Footwear” shines in this musical retelling of the classic tale by Charles Perrault. Discover how Puss gets his Bodacious Boots and Flashy Fedora, and then join him as he helps the Miller’s youngest son go from rags to riches. Can Puss convince the King that the poor Miller’s son is the Marquis de Carabas? Can he help … +

Through Jun 9, 2019 / Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for “Best Play,” all elements come invigoratingly together like clockwork in John Patrick Shanley’s provocative play Doubt, a gripping story of suspicion cast on a priest’s behavior that is less about scandal than about fascinatingly nuanced questions of moral certainty. Doubt is blunt yet subtle, manipulative but full of … +

Thirty five years ago, Oscar-winning cinematographer Néstor Almendros (Days of Heaven) and El Super co-director Orlando Jiménez Leal joined forces to document the systemic violation of human rights and the persecution of homosexuals in Castro’s Cuba. The film, produced by Barbet Schroeder (Barfly, Reversal of Fortune, Single White Female), was an international eye-opener, picked up major awards from Strasbourg to San Francisco … +

Roman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his violent past, is required to participate in an “outdoor maintenance” program as part of his social rehabilitation. Spotted by a veteran trainer (Bruce Dern), he is accepted in the selective wild horse training section of the program. There, Roman discovers his own humanity in gentling an especially … +

The beloved 1939 film is well known to most and is based on the 1900 book series by L. Frank Baum. This version of the show, first performed in 1987 by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, England, featured the film’s music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg—including “We’re Off to See the Wizard” and “Follow the Yellow Brick Road”, … +

In a remote cottage on the lonely British coast, a couple of retired nuclear engineers are living a very quiet life. Outside, the world is in utter chaos following a devastating series of events. When an old friend turns up at their door, they’re shocked to discover the real reason for her visit. This scary play makes tense drama out of the … +

Inspired by actual events, Memphis follows the story of Huey Calhoun, a fictitious white radio DJ who was one of the first to play black music in 1950s Memphis, and Felicia, a black club singer who is hoping for her big break. Filled with laughter, soaring emotion, forbidden love, irresistible dancing, rhythm and blues, and roof raising rock ‘n’ roll, this winner … +