Museums

Pérez Art Museum Miami opens first contemporary art exhibition inspired by the game of dominoes
Fri 30 Jun, 2017 - Sun 29 Oct, 2017

Spots, Dots, Pips, Tiles. . . showcases artworks that reflect the multilayered aspects of the domino game, a tradition that is heavily practiced in the American South, Latin America, and the Caribbean. This popular game with origins dating to ancient China, has a discernible aesthetic and political vantage point, and offers a look into specific communities that grow around the domino table. … +

Museums

Pérez Art Museum Miami awarded grant to bring George Segal sculpture back to life
Wed 5 Jul, 2017

A 1987 sculpture by artist George Segal, Abraham’s Farewell to Ishmael, has undergone a complete restoration by Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) thanks to a recent grant award received through the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. This is the second year that PAMM received a grant, used exclusively to treating the sculpture. The conservation effort included repairs to areas with intensive … +

Cinema

Black Audio Film Collective at PAMM: Handsworth Songs
Thu 6 Jul, 2017

Black Audio Film Collective at PAMM presents a selection of films characterized by an interest in the diasporic African experience, memory, and new modes of representation. Between 1982 and 1998 (BAFC) a seven-person group of British artists and filmmakers—produced groundbreaking documentaries and nonlinear films addressing social, political, and racial crises from a particular moment in Britain. John Akomfrah (b. 1957, Accra, Ghana) … +

Dance

Micromusicals Microtheater at CCE
Thu 13 Jul, 2017

CCEMiami and Microtheater Miami present Micromusicals the new season. This season will include Espejito, espejito directed by Kevin Cass; Jewbans in Miami directed by Sylvie Billings; Quiero vivir! directed by Gonzalo Rodriguez; The Promotion directed by Stefano Cipan; Milantis directed by Jason Yoskowitz; Te quede grande directed by Rosalba Maldonado and Y fueron felices directed by Carlos Villar. Prime Time Thu – … +

Visual Arts

CCE exhibits Ronald Moran’Dialogos Inmateriales
Mon 10 Jul, 2017

Dialogos Inmateriales is inspired by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando (n.1941). The architect affirms “to change the dwelling is to change the city and to reform society” which is related on how Moran uses the stairs and mazes to cause perception thresholds and social transformation. Moran uses photos of architectural spaces done by Tadao Ando and covers then with translucent sheets. Ronald … +

Music

Mainly Mozart Season Finale: The Jewish Bride at ARSHT
Sun 25 Jun, 2017

Considered a ground-breaking intersection of music, dance, literature and film, the 2017 Mainly Mozart Festival finale reimagines a festive and thought-provoking portrayal of Jewish folk wedding traditions and the genesis of their mystic roots. It includes music by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bloch, Feidman, Krein and Pigovat. Conceived by the Artistic Director of the Miami Chamber Music Society, internationally acclaimed pianist Marina Radiushina, this … +

Museums

Haroon Mirza’s ACIDGEST at PAMM
Through Sun 20 May, 2018

Haroon Mirza (b. 1977, London) is a multimedia artist who works with audiovisual materials, electronic equipment, amplifiers, and found objects to create immersive environments and kinetic sculptures. His work amplifies phenomena that are often imperceptible––such as electricity––and seeks to create or distort the relationship between optics and acoustics, giving unexpected visual and sensorial analogs to what we hear. Mirza uses a particular … +

Music

Diana Ross’ In the Name of Love Tour at ARSHT
Sun 25 Jun, 2017

GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award-winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and lead singer for The Supremes, Diana Ross’ famed and remarkable career includes hit singles such as “Endless Love,” “I’m Coming Out,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” and “Stop! In the Name of Love.” She is one of the most iconic female singers of all time and was named “Female Entertainer of … +

Events

Mural Interventation by Joan Tarragó and Alberto (Sabek) on CCE Miami’s building
Mon 26 Jun, 2017 - Sun 2 Jul, 2017

Spanish artists, Joan Tarragó and Alberto (Sabek) will intervene the mural located outside of the Cultural Center of Spain (CCEMiami – 1490 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami FL 33132), June 26th – July 2nd. They will also redesign one of the containers located at the patio at Microtheater. These actions are part of the project, Survibe, a 45-day journey, an experience, a painting trip … +

Music

MMF presents Miami Wagner Institute Concert
Sat 22 Jul, 2017

Miami Music Festival (MMF) in its second season of Miami Wagner Institute, welcomes Grammy Award-winning soprano Christine Brewer and returning bass-baritone Alan Held to MMF’s team of internationally acclaimed faculty, to teach and perform with eight rising dramatic stars. The Institute (July 3-22) will culminate with a concert in a continuation of last year’s program, featuring Die Walküre Act I in its … +

Dance

CCE presents Out of the Container
Thu 25 May, 2017

Centro Cultural Español in Miami (CCEMiami) and Microtheater Miami present the new season Out of the Container, dedicated to the LGTBQ community through June 25, 2017. The programming offers drama and comedy with 12 plays inspired by themes such as sexual identity, gender politics and other topics related to LGBTQ. Out of the Container will premiere Teatro Sorpresa, produced by filmmaker Abraham … +

Dance

Summer Shorts Festival at ARSHT
Thu 1 Jun, 2017

America’s Short Play Festival returns in 2017 with an all new line up of the best ten-minute plays and amazing mini-musicals in the country. Considered Florida’s Best Summer Show! it celebrates the diversity of Miami through laughter starring a company of South Florida theatre all-stars. This season features all new collection of scripts penned by the country’s best writers including the hilarious … +

Cinema

Screening of Liberty in a Soup at PAMM
Tue 18 May, 2017

In celebration of Haitian Heritage Month and Haitian Flag Day, PAMM will screen “Liberty in a Soup,” a documentary conceived and produced by filmmaker Dudley Alexis. This film reveals the origin of the “Soup Joumou” and its connection with the Haitian Revolution and Haiti’s Independence Day. Savoring this dish is a moment of great conviviality among Haitians and it marks the emergence … +

Music

PAMM: Poplife Social ft. Symbi Roots
Tue 18 May, 2017

In celebration of Haitian Heritage Month and Haitian Flag Day, PAMM presents a live performance by 11-piece band Symbi Roots, direct from Haiti, in partnership with Rhythm Foundation. Simultaneously in the auditorium, a screening of “Liberty in a Soup,” a film that reveals the origin of the “Soup Joumou” and its connection with the Haitian Revolution and Haiti’s Independence Day. Symbi Roots … +

Dance

ARSHT presents The King and I
Sat 13 May, 2017

Lincoln Center’s critically acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I directed by Tony Award Winner Bartlett Sher won four 2015 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. It features such beloved classics as “Getting To Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.” Set in 1860’s Bangkok, the musical tells … +

Dance

Death & Harry Houdini at ARSHT
Thu 11 May, 2017

Reappearing by popular demand following a sold-out run in 2012, Death & Harry Houdini delivers a ride through the life of the legendary Harry Houdini. Death and Harry Houdini is reappearing on stage with The House Theatre of Chicago, the Chicago company that presented the acclaimed plays: The Sparrow and The Magnificents. House Company Member and award-winning magician Dennis Watkins performs Houdini’s … +

Museums

David Reed: Vice and Reflection at PAMM
Wed 10 May, 2017

PAMM presents David Reed: Vice and Reflection – An Old Painting, New Paintings and Animations. Reed has experimented with methods of painterly abstraction for more than five decades, pushing and expanding material limits, forms, and references. Since the 1970s, his works have drawn upon and critiqued the legacies of Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, and Conceptual art, while continually responding to new forms of … +

Visual Arts

CCE: A conversation about women photographers in Cuba
Tue 9 May, 2017

CCE holds a conversation with Art historian Aldeide Delgado about Women Photographers in Cuba. It starts a process of recovery of memory and models that contributes to self-knowledge and self-esteem of women as photographers. The rescue in 1853 of the first Cuban woman photographer Encarnacion Iróstegui was the first step for developing of a historiography where the creators could find the visibility … +

Museums

Hew Locke: For Those in Peril on the Sea
Fri 16 Jun, 2017 - Sun 26 Aug, 2018

Photo by Daniel Azoulay. Friday, June 16, 2017 to Sunday, August 26, 2018Hew Locke, <em>For Those in Peril on the Sea</em>, 2011. Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, museum purchase with funds from the Helena Rubinstein Foundation Challenge Grant. Reproduced with the permission of the artist. Photo by Daniel Azoulay.Description: Hew Locke: For Those in Peril on the Sea is organized by PAMM … +

Museums

Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger
Fri 20 Oct, 2017 - Sun 4 Mar, 2018

Dara Friedman, Bim Bam,1999 16mm film installation with two slot-loading projectors and sound Dimensions variable Friday, October 20, 2017 to Sunday, March 4, 2018Dara Friedman, <em>Poetry Project,</em> 2016. Four-channel video projection with sound. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York ©Dara Friedman, courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New YorkDescription: Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger is organized by PAMM Curator … +

Museums

Tropical Wildlife: Portraits of Miamians, 1991-1996
Thu 6 Apr, 2017 - Sun 2 Jul, 2017

In 1967, the Miami Herald published the first edition of Tropic, a weekend magazine. Over the next 31 years, the magazine would win awards and the hearts of South Floridians. During the early 1990s, one weekly feature, called “Tropical Wildlife: Distinctive Markings of South Florida Species,” captured Tropic‘s own personality. The column showcased a random Miamian with a full page photograph and … +

Museums

Routes of Influence
Tue 18 Jul, 2017

Routes of Influence consists of six thematic presentations of works from the permanent collection, positioned within two galleries on the first floor and four galleries on the second floor. These Overview Galleries form a conceptual spine running through the building, continually placing collection works in visual dialogue with the exhibitions and projects presented in the museum’s additional galleries. Inspired by Miami’s position … +

Museums

Susan Hiller: Lost and Found
Through Sun 4 Jun, 2017

Susan Hiller (b. 1940, Tallahassee, FL; lives in London) is an influential pioneer of multimedia installation art recognized for her early adoption of video as an artistic medium and for her ability to transform conventional gallery spaces into haunting, immersive environments. Hiller combines the archival tendencies of conceptual art with an emphasis on psychologically charged subjects, from war memorials to paranormal phenomena. … +