News

Miami Film Festival announces full list of award winners from our 39th edition

With another year in the books, Miami Film Festival is thrilled to announce the full list of award winners from our 39th edition! Making its US premiere, the Haiti-set Freda directed by Géssica Généus, earned the Festival’s top jury prize, the $25,000 Knight MARIMBAS Award, supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, an international competition for new narrative feature … +

Opportunities

Call to Artists – The Poetry of Place: An Ekphrastic Project at the Deering Estate
Deadline: March 17th, 2022

The Poetry of Place: Micro Residency Open Call for Poets Drawn to writing about place? This four-hour mini writing retreat facilitated by poet Caridad Moro-Gronlier guides participants toward generating work inspired by and in conversation with the Deering Estate. Deadline to apply: March 17th. If selected, there will be a $15 fee to reserve your spot Google form: https://forms.gle/U1p2g2AhbWbDgybm6 Apply page: https://www.omiami.org/submit

Attractions

Nature Preserve Tours – Daily, October through May at Deering Estate
Through May 31, 2022

Join our naturalist staff for a hike through the Deering Estate’s protected natural areas. Along the way, learn about native plants and animals and the Cutler Burial Mound. Staff Guided Nature Preserve Tour are offered once daily at 12:30pm, October through May. All guests, including Deering Estate Foundation Members, are required to sign-up at the Main Gate before the tour begins in order … +

Events

FUNDarte presents the 7th edition of ZunZún Children’s Fest
Saturday, Oct 2nd, 2:00pm

FUNDarte and the Miami-Dade County Auditorium present the 7th edition of ZunZún Children’s Fest, featuring a double bill festival featuring My Folk Life by Nallely Ponce and Insectos y Bicharracos by Rita Rosa Ruesga. My Folk Life by Nallely Ponce is a Traditional Regional Mexican Dances accompanied with a Live Mariachi Band and a Pre-Hispanic Mexican Dance presentation with a Children’s mini … +

Events

Japanese Spring Festival at Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Sun Mar 29, 2020

The Japanese Spring Festival invites guests to experience Japanese culture firsthand through interactive and immersive encounters including thundering performances of Taiko drumming by Fushu Daiko, Ikebana floral design workshops, traditional Japanese tea ceremonies, hands-on origami lessons and a Japanese Marketplace. A family-friendly event, the Japanese Spring Festival also offers a children’s corner featuring storytelling and arts and crafts.

Music

“Moonlight & Music” Valentine’s Day Concert at the Deering Estate featuring Keba
Friday, February 14, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The “Moonlight & Music” Valentine’s Day Concert at the Deering Estate offers couples the opportunity to celebrate their love at a romantic, outdoor concert under the stars, on the edge of Biscayne Bay. The concert will feature Trinidad-born artist Keba and her sensual fusion of Pop, R&B and Soul. Limited refreshments and food will be available for an additional fee. The concert … +

Cinema

The MIAMI's FF presents "Focus on: 2019 Festival Winners" at Deering Estate
Jan 19, 2020, 6 PM

The MIAMIsFF Series presents “Focus on: 2019 Festival Winners” at the Deering Estate. As the first shorts program of 2020 at the Deering Estate Theatre, it will feature 6 short films that were all winners at the 2019 festival. Enjoy a cocktail reception at 6:00 p.m. followed by a wonderful Short Film ‘Making of’ Workshop with Dir. Memo Sauceda, winner of the … +

Events

National YoungArts Week 2020: Full Schedule
Through Jan 12, 2020

National YoungArts Week is YoungArt’s signature program that aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and community while offering Finalists the guidance needed to prepare for the next stage of their artistic development. During the intensive, weeklong and all-inclusive program, artists across 10 disciplines participate in master classes and workshops with internationally recognized leaders in their field, which include: Tony Award winner Santino Fontana (2000 Winner in Voice & … +

News

Mistletoe & Martinis 2019 at Deering Estate
Fri Dec 13, 2019

On December 13, please join us for Mistletoe & Martinis, our annual holiday celebration featuring festive holiday music and scrumptious bites from the finest caterers in South Florida. Stroll through the homes decorated for the holidays by some of South Florida’s top interior designers and be dazzled by thousands of holiday lights as the Deering Estate grounds are transformed into an enchanted … +

Events

IRCC Diwali Festival of Lights 2019 at Eisenhower Boulevard
Nov 9, 2019

IRCC Diwali 2019 Festival of Lights is a once a year mega event being held at the Broward County Convention Center on November 9th 2019. This event attracts over 10000 people each year and is filled with colorful Indian dances, flavorful food from the Indian subcontinent and lots of shopping opportunities for authentic Indian clothes, jewelry, paintings and gifts. Where 1950 Eisenhower … +

Museums

Frost Family Day at Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
Oct 19, 2019, 10 AM

Frost Family Day is filled with hands-on art activities that bring the museum’s collection and exhibitions to life. Frost Family Day invites everyone to celebrate kindness, respect, acceptance, and friendship. The day will be filled with fun art activities including painting recycled doors, rock and roll abstract art, spin art, making wishes at our love for humanity tree, 60’s- 70’s music, face … +

Cinema

Flaming Classics: The Queen screens at the Frost Art Museum
Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Frank Simon’s revolutionary documentary The Queen looks at the drag and pageant culture pre-Stonewall. Taking the audience back to 1967, this documentary serves as a record of a queer New York City and a fascinating portrait of the subject and queer icon, Mother Flawless Sabrina. In conjunction with the exhibition Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989, the Frost Art Museum FIU is partnering with … +

Events

CultureFest 305 in its 2019 Edition at HistoryMiami
Sat Nov 9, 2019

HistoryMiami Museum invites to a new edition of CultureFest 305. Music, local flavours, culture, performances, live music and more. This festival brings together the city’s finest traditional artists for a day of performances and demonstrations, craft activities for all ages, and cuisine from our favorite local restaurants. Celebrating all what makes Miami the diverse, vibrant, and extraordinary city we love! FREE with … +

Museums

Flight Into Egypt’s Permanent Exhibit Opens at The Deering Estate
Sat Oct 19, 2019

This exhibit features part of Charles Deering’s collection recorded in the 1924 inventory of gifts to his daughters. Two pre-17th century works of art originally displayed in the entrance hall in the Stone House depict variations of traditional flight into Egypt motif, the holy family’s journey to escape the violence in their homeland from King Herod. During the Reformation period (1517-1648), some … +

Visual Arts

The Deering Estate presents Material Nature, an exhibition of works by artists Alex Nuñez and Julie Davidow
Oct 2, 2019 - Jan 15, 2020

Material Nature features the work of two Miami-based painters whose works employ the textures, rhythms and patterns found in nature. Immersed in the flora and fauna of South Florida, these paintings reflect the indexical relationships to natural areas that surround them. Emerging from her residency at the Deering Estate, Alex Nuñez’s large scale abstract paintings are a mediation on her research and … +

Events

Talk with Octavia Yearwood at Frost Art Museum
Thu Sep 26, 2019. 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Octavia Yearwood. Yearwood is an artist, programmatic curator, author, and co-founder of This Girls Lunchbox; a social club for creative lesbian and queer Miami women. Yearwood creates and host programs for arts institutions, organizations, and companies nationally. In 2016, Yearwood was named Emerging Arts leader by Americans for the Arts and on of the top 40 black leaders by Legacy Magazine. She … +

Visual Arts

New Contemporary Art Gallery opens in Wynwood : Coral Contemporary
Thu Oct 24, 2019

Coral Contemporary is a new art gallery based in Miami, Florida. Founded by Isabel Tassara, the gallery specializes in the exhibition and sale of contemporary art and consulting services. Collectors and art aficionados are invited to its Grand Opening, happening on Thursday, October 24, 2019 from 6 PM. The gallery program will include exhibitions, Artist Talks, discussion panels and gallery lectures all … +

Events

JACO PASTORIUS one-time-only Film and Big Band Concert at The Wick
Mon Dec 2, 2019

Film JACO will be screening at The Wick, in a one-time-only opportunity to enjoy it full frame and get in contact with Jaco’s very family and friends, besides the film director himself. Film JACO is all about star musician Jaco Pastorius and his great contribution to music. For many, the best and most influential bass guitarist ever, who’s being remember for his … +

Events

Gridiron Glory VIP Exhibition Opening Party at HistoryMiami
Thu Sep 26, 2019

Former Miami Dolphin and sportscaster Jimmy Cefalo, and other former NFL greats for an exclusive first look at “Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame,” the largest and most comprehensive exhibition on America’s favorite sport. Complimentary cocktails sponsored by Bacardi, food stations, and music as you browse the exhibition before it opens to the public officially on Sep … +