Downtown Miami

Toba Khedoori explores the artist’s nuanced and powerful body of work. Born in Sydney, Australia in 1964, Khedoori has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 1990. Her early works are notable for their precise draftsmanship and for their use of negative space—often at a very large scale. Khedoori frequently depicts architectural forms from distanced perspectives, rendering commonplace objects and spaces familiar … +

The exhibition Letter from the Unknown by artist Angela Valella examines what might be referred to as arcane or archaic modes of communication and technologies. It comprises a collection of first found written literary work and drawings by a writer whose work was never published together with the artist sculptures, installation, collages and video. Letter from Unknown (Woman) is a 1922 novel … +

From Nobel Prize Laureate Harold Pinter, The Caretaker is a powerful exploration of social class and the human condition. This tangled tale of two brothers and the mysterious stranger who enters their world crackles with absurd comedy that comes to profound tragedy. The Caretaker sold out runs in both New York and London, and remains one of Pinter’s most celebrated and performed … +

South Florida Symphony Orchestra performance will be the last of its current season, bringing Mendelssohn’s popular Hebrides Overture opening the concert and Tchaikovsky’s fateful 5th Symphony’s brilliant fortissimos bringing the season to a majestic end. The SFSO has joined an international consortium of orchestras by co-commissioning a work written for returning pianist Jeffrey Biegel by composer/satirist Peter Schickele’s fictitious 18th Century alter … +

Miami City Ballet’ Program Four will include: “Divertimento No. 15” created by George Balanchine in 1956 and inspired in Mozart’s 15th divertimento, it remains in the repertories of ballet companies around the world. “Arden Court”, one of Paul Taylor’s best-loved works, coming back to MCB after 15 years with the exhilarating Baroque music of William Boyce. It also will include “Who Cares?” … +

In 1967, the Miami Herald published the first edition of Tropic, a weekend magazine. 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 accompanying interview, and captured the collective pulse of South Florida’s inimitable psyche, one spirit at a … +

Leading contemporary dance company, Augusto Soledade Brazzdance (ASBD), will premiere their latest piece Think Blue. Their performance will also include excerpts of different works both old and new, giving audience members a sample of ASBD’s diverse repertoire. Think Blue is inspired by the book Why The Sky Is Far Away: A Nigerian Tale, retold by Mary-Joan Gerson. This repertory work, along with … +

Winner of the 2015 TONY AWARD for Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book of a Musical, Fun Home is about Alison, a graphic novelist who dives deep into her past to tell the story of her father, a volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Through her work, she relives her unique upbringing in … +

Josemi Carmona & Javier Colina directly from Spain present De Cerca, the musical encounter between the flamenco guitar leader of the legendary band Ketama and the double bass playing of Javier Colina (a regular of Bebo and Chucho Valdés or Jerry González). Jazz & Flamenco share common roots in this virtuoso project that joins two essential names of Spanish music nowadays. Carnival … +

The 100 Years Show tells the remarkable story of Cuban-American artist Carmen Herrera, a pioneering abstract painter in the ‘40s and ‘50s who only found recognition as she approached her 100th birthday. Herrera’s work, Alba, 2014, juxtaposes bright-green acrylic paint with the off-white of raw canvas and creates a dynamic composition that evokes movement and depth. Alba can be found on view … +

Internationally renowned conductor Osmo Vänskä and the New World Symphony dedicate an evening to Nordic musical masters, featuring Nielsen’s grand sunrise that ascends in what the composer calls a “joyous song of praise.” From Nielsen Helios Overture. Grieg’s famous Piano Concerto comes to life in the hands of pianist Garrick Ohlsson before Sibelius’ magnificent First Symphony. Knight Concert Hall The Adrienne Arsht … +

Yes, the international best-selling autobiography and the powerful film is also an inspiring opera. Can a man’s life, a political revolution, and a pandemic all be summed up in one artist’s life? This opera tells those stories through the persecuted life of Cuban poet and dissident Reinaldo Arenas. His story will resonate with everyone in South Florida Purchase your tickets now! The … +

Returning to Miami following his critically-acclaimed debut in 2014, Jesús Carmona and his company of 11 dancers, musicians and vocalists perform an innovative and emotionally charged program created by Carmona. Titled Impetus (“bursting with energy”), the piece stars Carmona, who also choreographs and directs this powerful dance interpretation of the most famous scores from Spain’s beloved composers, including Albéniz, Riqueni and Escudero. … +

This one-woman tour-de-force performance brings more than 20 Latina characters to glorious life on stage by weaving together tales of love, marriage, immigration, and identity through eccentric stories and whimsical song. A world premiere collaboration between Artistic Director Stuart Meltzer and highly celebrated, three-time Carbonell Award-winning Cuban-American actress Elena María García, ¡FUÁCATA! finds endless humor in what it means to be Latina … +

Andrea Bocelli will present his annual Valentine’s performance for 2017 in Miami. One of the most renowned tenors and beloved voices of our time, who is equally at home on operatic, theatrical and pop music stages around the world. Although South Florida has become a second home to Bocelli over the past few years, the upcoming performance will be Andrea Bocelli’s first … +

Pecker is a Spanish band created by Raúl Usieto Aquilué, in 2001. In 2004 Usieto Aquilué produce “Diez y 1 galaxia”, the first album. In 2006 it is produced “2 y las nadadoras”, which took the band to New York, acclaimed in the Festival LAMC. This álbum was presented in United States live in Morning Becomes Eclectic (KCRW) in the west coast. … +

A dynamic and hilarious one-person-show that asks “I’ve changed my sex. Now what??” Transgender soapstar and activist Scott Turner Schofield shares humorous and moving tales from a guy who used to be a girl… “Funny, revealing, whip-smart and poetic.” – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution THURSDAY, FEB 9 at 7PM FRIDAY, FEB 10 at 8PM SATURDAY, FEB 11 at 8PM Each performance will be … +

  Susan Hiller  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. Commissioned by Pérez Art Museum Miami … +

Dubbed the “hottest artist on the classical planet!” by the New York Times, piano superstar Lang Lang inspires millions with his open-hearted, emotive playing. He is equally mesmerizing in intimate recitals or on the grandest of stages – such as the 2014 World Cup concert in Rio, with Plácido Domingo; the 56th and 57th GRAMMY Awards, where he performed with Metallica and … +

Violet isle is a multi-layered portrait of Cuba inspired by the rich color of the soil there that presents a unique, often enigmatic document of a vulnerable land. It combines two photographic visions: Alex Webb’s exploration of street life in Cuba, and Rebecca Norris Webb’s fascination with the collections of animals she discovered there, from tiny zoos and pigeon societies to hand-painted … +

It’s Tchaikovsky’s best opera and the most popular Russian opera ever written. Tchaikovsky is famous for The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and The 1812 Overture, but he also wrote the romantic and lyrical opera Eugene Onegin. It’s a love story, but can love overcome youthful foolishness. The Story: The self-centered Onegin carelessly rejects the love of an adolescent girl, Tatyana. When she grows into a beautiful woman, he … +