In his solo exhibition, All Grown Up, Cuban-American artist Richard Vergez explores and dissects the perception of development: oscillating between the emotional, intellectual, and physical spaces in which growth occurs.While creating this body of work, the artist posed the question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” In itself, the question exudes proverbial innocence and then at once can be transformed into contemplation ... +

The post All Grown Up, Cuban-American artist Richard Vergez at &gallery first appeared on Miami Art Guide.

Miami Music Festival (MMF), an intensive training program for the next generation of classical musicians, announces the lineup for the 2018 season from June 6 through July 30, 2018 at various venues in Miami. Young classical musicians gain world class experience and bring enchanting and passionate performances to Miami’s summer season, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Ghosts of Versailles; an entertaining ... +

The post Miami Music Festival 2018 first appeared on Miami Art Guide.

The World-premiere play of CASSIE by Jessica Farr will bring the tale of a woman space epic taking place in a post-human multiverse (starring Maha McCain) After an international space mission goes awry, a lone astronaut and a sentient computer travel on a journey through space and time, navigating through the possibility of never returning home again. Mad Cat Theatre Company 9816 NE ... +

The post CASSIE, A Woman Space Epic by Mad Cat Theatre Company first appeared on Miami Art Guide.

The MMF Orchestra Institute offers an annual showcase in which select winners of its Concerto Competition get to perform with the orchestra as soloists. In addition to the masterful performances of intense classical repertoire the winners offer, the concert will also feature Tchaikovsky’s spectacular 5th symphony under the baton of conductor Joel Smirnoff. Venue: The Broad Theater (Shepard & Ruth K. Broad ... +

The post Concerto Winners Concert of Miami Music Festival first appeared on Miami Art Guide.

The popular MMF Family Opera series returns with Janáček’s comedic fairy tale that brings the forest and its myriad inhabitants to life. Appropriate for ages 7 and up, the Grimm Brother’s style tale is at turns funny and philosophical. The story follows a spirited vixen through her cub-hood as a housepet, to her escape and coming of age in the moonlit woods. ... +

The post MMF: The Cunning Little Vixen first appeared on Miami Art Guide.

The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach depicts a French fantasy, woven together by the eponymous Hoffmann, who recollects the stories of his three past loves to a revelling tavern crowd late one night. Tales is a captivating journey through a lifetime of memories, including Hoffmann’s encounters with beautiful courtesans and ballerinas, an alluring but animatronic soprano, and unforgettable villains like the ... +

The post MMF presents The Tales of Hoffmann first appeared on Miami Art Guide.