FUNDarte presents Out in the Tropics 2022. This year we are happy to announce a comprehensive program of live events featuring diverse artistic disciplines and poetics. Miami audiences will be able to enjoy Corporeal Decorum (premiere) choreographed by Liony Garcia (Miami); Réquiem por un Alcavarán by Lukas Avendaño (Mexico); a double-bill musical performance featuring Sadonna, by Miguel Gutierrez (New York) and Trópico ... +

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Set in New York in 1982, the script follows forty-eight hours in the lives of three very lost young souls: Warren, a dejected nineteen-year-old who has just stolen $15,000 from his abusive, tycoon father; Dennis, his charismatic drug-dealing friend who helps Warren put the stolen money to good use; and, Jessica, the anxiously insightful young woman who Warren yearns for. Funny, painful, ... +

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The Lenore Raphael trio with Steve Hobbs, vibes, and Hilliard Greene, bass will play a dynamic mix of jazz standards reminiscent of Oscar Peterson and The Modern Jazz quartet but will give them their own spin on these tunes. Lenore Raphael, is an internationally renowned jazz Pianist, Steinway artist, radio host, and jazz teacher and has been critically acclaimed as one of ... +

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By the 1980s, the first waves of Cuban exiles who migrated to South Florida in the previous two decades had begun to establish themselves as an economic force with increasing political power. In the process they developed an ideological narrative around which the community could rally; that is, to liberate Cuba from communism. This thinking not only informed their political and social ... +

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Retrospectrum is the most expansive and in-depth exhibition of Bob Dylan’s artwork ever staged in the United States. Spanning six decades, Retrospectrum features over 180 paintings, drawings, ironwork, and ephemera, showcasing the development and range of Dylan’s visual practice, in tandem with that of his musical and literary canon.  The show spans some 60 years of Dylan’s career and includes what an exhibition ... +

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A powerhouse singer and protégé of Quincy Jones, Sheléa has brought her gorgeous vocal talent to working with Stevie Wonder, performing for the Obamas at the White House, and recording with Take 6 and Dave Koz. She’ll perform timeless hits from pop-soul divas Aretha Franklin, Adele, Whitney Houston, and more. Run time: 90 min with intermission Tickets: $35.50-$45.50; $66 VIP* Recommended for ... +

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FUNDarte and Miami Light Project present a double-bill concert featuring Jorge Luis Pacheco and Carlos Averhoff Jr. with Special Guest Artists on March 12th at 8:00 p.m for the Global Cuba Fest 2022 Closing Night at Miami Dade County Auditorium. Global Cuba Fest Closing Night MARCH 12th – Miami Dade County Auditorium The Closing Night of the XV edition of the Global ... +

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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

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Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami returns to the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center’s Lab Theater this March with another exciting salon program, featuring an insider’s glimpse at five works, all in different stages of progress, being prepared for premiere later this year. Our program spotlights the work of four cutting-edge neo-classical & contemporary choreographers including 2021 Guggenheim Fellow Helen Simoneau, our own ... +

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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 ... +

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Under the musical direction of Riley Mulherkar, Songs We Love is a journey through the first 50 years of jazz song. Three guest vocalists will join an all-star band made up of New York’s rising stars. Combining their distinct talents, the group will sing their way through four decades of music, beginning with the early blues and jazz of the 1920s and ... +

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World Premiere of Adele Myers and Dancers’ new evening-length dance theater work- T.W.I.S.T- featuring the company’s signature blend of athletic physicality and personal theatricality with a dash of wry wit. T.W.I.S.T  is an acronym for These Women in Space and Time and offers engaging and empowering acts of female solidarity performed by a dynamic ensemble of female athletes of the heart. This ... +

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2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Stone House at the Deering Estate. Throughout the months of February and March, Deering Estate staff will be bringing out new photographs, artifacts and texts to illustrate the inspirations, ideas, and individuals that helped to build the historic Stone House. Through historic photographs and objects, guests can explore the unique and hidden ... +

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Coral City Camera is a multimedia artwork and (click here for live stream) research tool by artist-scientist duo Coral Morphologic and presented by Bas Fisher Invitational (BFI) and Bridge Initiative. Submerged alongside PortMiami, the Coral City Camera reveals the surprising diversity of pioneering coral reef organisms that call Miami home. Coral Morphologic is studying these populations in conjunction with NOAA and the ... +

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Bridges captures our intersecting community of South Florida artists and students as an act of inclusion and visibility within greater Miami. Utilizing the windows and galleries at the Lowe Art Museum, this nested exhibition serves as a bridge between the quiet contemplative spaces of viewing contemporary art and the bustling university campus. This action is a collaboration between 2b Non Profit, the ... +

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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 ... +

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FUNDarte, the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, and Siren arts, present Climakaze Miami 2021 featuring the performance Mermaid Truth or Consequences: A Biodiversity Game Show by Elizabeth Doud, on August 21st at 8:00 p.m. at the On.Stage Black Box Theatre at Miami-Dade County Auditorium. Mermaid Truth or Consequences is a live game show where, if you can’t tell the truth and biodiversity loss, you ... +

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It’s Annie like you’ve never seen it before! Area Stage Company proudly announces their newest Mainstage professional production, performed by eight actors and no children. Conceived and directed by ASC’s Giancarlo Rodaz, and starring NYC actress Staci Stout as Annie, this reimagining of the well-loved Broadway hit is the latest in Area Stage’s tradition of presenting classic titles in fresh and exciting ... +

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Divided by oceans and centuries, American tap and Indian Kathak dance come together in a celebration of rhythm and culture in SPEAK. Leela Dance Collective’s Rachna Nivas and Rina Mehta, contemporary leaders in the ancient storytelling form of Indian Kathak dance, collaborated with revered tap artist Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards and MacArthur Award winning tap choreographer Michelle Dorrance, to explore tradition, innovation, improvisation, female ... +

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Named for a mythical shape-shifting Japanese spirit, Japanese group enra combines martial arts, gymnastics, ballet, street dance and more with vivid digital art projections to create futuristic theatrical magic, riffing on Japanese pop culture and appealing to audiences worldwide.  The key to enra’s artistry is the fusion of interactive digital technology with performance art. Blending the skills of dancers with backgrounds in ... +

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For over 30 years, The Peking Acrobats’ jaw-dropping acrobatic skills and colorful productions have enchanted audiences worldwide. Based on centuries old Chinese folk traditions, their impossible-seeming feats of balance, juggling, trick cycling, and precision tumbling stretch the limits of human ability, while beautiful traditional costumes and music recreate the atmosphere of an exuberant Chinese carnival. The troupe usually performs at much larger ... +

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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 ... +

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Ukraine’s National Ballet Theatre of Odessa, historic home to some of Russian ballet’s most famous artists, performs Mikhail Lavrovsky’s balletic interpretation of Shakespeare’s timeless romantic tragedy, set to Prokofiev’s enthralling score. Main Stage

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Visit Santa, take pictures, create holiday crafts, and enjoy food vendors and signature holiday drinks for adults and kids. See a movie on the Concert Lawn: The Grinch * Lawn chairs and blankets. No outside food or drink permitted. FREE

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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 ... +

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Featuring artists, chorus and orchestras interpreting the best moments from memorable operas on red-hot renditions of jazz classics and original fusion. This year Opera Gala will have Raffaele Cardone as Artistic Director. Main Stage

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Inspired by the 1980 seminal David Byrne/Brian Eno album, Remain in Light is a phenomenal aggregate of funk, hip hop, afro beat, minimalism, punk, ambient and electronica. The album demurs from fusion and meets on another harmonic plane of collaborative engagement. Remain in Light celebrates meeting the “otherness” of the natural world with this same collaborative engagement. From that spirit of welcome ... +

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Unrivaled flamenco masters Casa Patas return to Miami Dade County Auditorium with their newest show, RAIZ DE 4, created by and featuring Rafael Peral and Marisa Adame.  RAIZ DE 4 honors the art of Flamenco by delving into its most primitive roots, evoking the convergence of cultures and the folklore of Spain. The work expresses the purest styles of flamenco, some of ... +

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Performed by the students of the Pre Professional Division, Ballet for Families features excerpts from some of Miami City Ballet’s amazing ballets and music from some of the world’s greatest composers. Miami City Ballet creates programs for families to experience the beauty and fun of ballet in an interactive and dynamic format. (“BFF”) engages all the senses as families learn, watch, dance ... +

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Deering Estate in partnership with the MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL presents a new series that provides screenings of selected short films. The Movie Labyrinth; Are we there yet?; Then there was you and Slippery Corners of the Mind and more shorts will be screened as a part of the event. Individual tickets on sale. The Miami short Film Festival is dedicated to ... +

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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 ... +

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For teenage Nola (Sabrina Carpenter), home is the open road. Her self-reliant father (Steven Ogg) is her anchor in a life of transience. The pair crisscross the United States in a lovingly refurbished RV, making ends meet through odd jobs while relishing their independence. A shocking rupture, though, casts Nola out on her own. She makes her way to Albuquerque, New Mexico ... +

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Benise, “the Prince of Spanish Guitar”, and his Emmy Award-winning music and dance spectacular return to Miami-Dade County Auditorium on Saturday, October 12, 8pm. His newest production, “Fuego!” takes the audience on a romantic and exotic journey of music and dance that celebrates the fire, passion and spirit of Spain. Benise debuts all new music, dance and costumes, adding his signature twist ... +

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A zine-making workshop inspired by current exhibition Art after Stonewall,1969—1989. Zines are personal hand-crafted publications. Materials for the workshop will be provided. A perfect opportunity for those in the world f publications, art publications, art marketing and visual arts communication. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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Join Chief Curator, Dr. Amy Galpin and special guest Dr. Julio Capó, Jr., author of Welcome to Fairyland: Queer Miami before 1940, on a special tour of our exhibition Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989. The exhibition focuses on both the work of openly LGBTQ artists as well as the practices of artists engaged with newly emerging queer subcultures. Following the tour, please join ... +

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With an ensemble of 24 world-renowned dancers, singers and musicians, I Am Tango presents a distinctive tango experience by staging its artistic evolution over time. The genre is represented by a central character named “Tango” who evolves through different ages and cultures while maintaining the essence of the music that made its mark all over the world. Directed by Alfredo Lerida Main ... +

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Our Drawing Salons offer an opportunity to develop artistic skills while sitting in a relaxing gallery environment. Drawing materials and stools are provided. All ranges of drawing experience are welcome. This event is free and open to the public. Modesto Maidique Campus, 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami, FL 33199

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Join us for a zine-making workshop inspired by our current exhibition Art after Stonewall, 1969—1989. Zines are personal hand-crafted publications. Materials for the workshop will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. Please, sign-up at this link: Modesto Maidique Campus 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami, FL 33199

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As part of the Speaking Sustainably Film Series the Deering Estate invites to a complimentary reception and screening of Toxic Waters. Reception begins at 7PM with light snacks and beverages. The screening will begin at 7:30PM. Following the screening guests can participate in a Q&A with featured experts and the production crew. Harmful algal blooms come in many forms, from toxic outbreaks ... +

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FUNDarte’s 2019-20 Season opens up with the 5th edition of our International Festival of The Arts for Youth and Children, “ZunZún Children’s Fest”. A fun journey of classical and contemporary orchestral music performed by Musicall, brings us a lively Miami children’s orchestra, conducted by Jose Antonio Bornot. Rita Rosa Ruesga and musicians interpret the most popular and lasting Latin American songs. ZunZún ... +

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Miller’s band Boom Tic Boom, featuring pianist Myra Melford, violinist Jenny Scheinman, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, cornetist Kirk Knuffke, bassist Todd Sickafoose, and Miller on drums and composition, is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary with the release of their 5th album, Glitter Wolf. NYC-based drummer/composer/teacher Allison Miller (1992 YoungArts Winner in Jazz) engages her deep roots in improvisation as a vehicle to explore all ... +

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The premiere of the Theater Play, La Golondrina by the Spanish play-writer Guillem Clua, inspired by the Pulse nightclub terrorist attacks in Orlando (USA) will take place at MDCA on September 12th-14th. What is it that make us human? Among all the things that we are and we do, what is it that truly defines our human nature? For Amelia, a mother heart ... +

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In Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window, what starts as a traditional documentary about the Hong Kong art world becomes an intimate and comedic study of loneliness within an increasingly globalized world. Upon realizing that the film he thought he would make is not going to happen, filmmaker Andrew Hevia turns the camera on himself while continuing to engage with Hong ... +

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A spoken word superstar in a poetic class of his own, Shane Koyczan’s mesmerizing performances of his powerful poems have taken him around the world and garnered millions of views online, from Youtube to TED Talks. A down to earth “creative hurricane” (Vancouver Sun), Koyczan confronts bullying and loneliness in fierce and musical poems that are sad, funny, and ultimately uplifting.

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Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir; the tour brings a message of music, love and acceptance, to communities and individuals confronting intolerance. Over 300 singers travelled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas and over the bridge in Selma. They performed in churches, community centers and concert halls in hopes of uniting ... +

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NYC-based drummer/composer/teacher Allison Miller (1992 YoungArts Winner in Jazz) engages her deep roots in improvisation as a vehicle to explore all music. Described by critics as a Modern Jazz Icon in the Making, Miller has been named “Top 20 Jazz Drummers” in Downbeat Magazine and her composition “Otis Was a Polar Bear” is on NPR’s list of The 200 Greatest Songs by ... +

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It’s time again, rising from the ashes the COLLABO is back. Following the tradition held five times before, COLLABO 6 ALL IN! engages the Miami artists community to come together, and as before, the only rule is that artists must collaborate to create a new artwork in any media. Utilizing a recently vacated Payless Shoe Store space on Flagler, one night only ... +

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By the Bye Summer is presented alongside Collabo 6…All In!, an exhibition featuring over one hundred local artists. The all-day event includes building activations through live music, performance, open studios, and other experiences presented by the Mana Contemporary Miami community. By the Bye Summer features projects commissioned by Pabst Blue Ribbon, an after party with live music by Donzii, and danceable tunes ... +

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Join Commuter Biennial in conversation with artist Virginia Overton as she discusses her sculptural installation Late Bloomer on site on The People’s Dock at the Deering Estate. With this work, Overton repurposes the bed of her Dodge Ram 150 pickup truck and fashions it into a habitat for native aquatic plants. This piece will evolve throughout the course of its installation as the plants continue to grow. This discussion ... +

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Produced by Karen Peterson and Dancers, the festival is one of the first festivals and conferences anywhere in the world showcasing groundbreaking physically integrated dance companies and choreography. This groundbreaking contemporary dance form – inclusive of those with and without disabilities, on stage, and in the audience – challenges artistic and societal perceptions of what defines physical beauty, and beautiful movement. Forward ... +

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Amelia, a mother in grief, says: What really makes us human is the capacity to feel the suffering of others as our own, that is what differentiates us from beasts. La Golondrina is the latest play written by the renowned playwright Guillem Clua (Barcelona, 1973). It is a work inspired by the Pulse nightclub terrorist attacks in Orlando, FL. This play will ... +

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A recreation of the famous 1969 Rolling Stones album this concert features songs that became staples of the band and on rock radio stations for decades to come, including “Gimme Shelter” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” The magic of rock and roll, note for note, cut for cut, played by some of the world’s best musicians. Main Stage Aug ... +

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On Thursday, August 15, The Deering Estate Foundation hosted Lt. Governor Jeanette Nuñez and other invited guests for a presentation of a State of Florida legislative appropriation of $200,000 to begin the renovation of a 10,700 sq. ft. field study research center. When completed, the facility will provide temporary living quarters for up to 14 researchers as well as house an archival ... +

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Return to the world of a beloved classic in the premiere of The Not So Little Prince — a whimsical new one-act opera based on the story of The Little Prince which will take you on a journey through space and time. Join the adventure with the Prince and the Rose as they travel to new worlds and experience the folly of ... +

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Hailed by The New York Times as “athletic, energetic, and sexy,” Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami turns up the summertime heat with an all new, must-see program bookended by two world premiere ballets: “Bolero” by Yanis Pikieris, inspired by Maurice Ravel’s famous work of the same name, and “Equus” by Ariel Rose, set to the intense string compositions of Philip Glass. Main Stage Jul 13, ... +

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Everyone is familiar with the story of Cinderella, immortalized by Charles Perrault and the brothers Grimm. Yet this is not quite the story of La Cenerentola, even though was inspired by it when was written. This drama giocoso, whose full title is Cinderella or Goodness Triumphant, focuses on the adventures of Angelina, a frail and brilliant heroin for whom Rossini has reserved his most tender melodies, interwoven ... +

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MacArthur “Genuis” Fellowship winner and two-time Grammy nominee Dafnis Prieto conducts the Downbeat Award winning Frost Latin Jazz Orchestra in music from his outstanding new big band recording, Back to the Sunset. This concert will highlight Prieto’s compositions, including Song for Chico, dedicated to the late Cuban composer Chico O’Farrill, and Una Vez Más, dedicated to Brian Lynch and maestro Eddie Palmieri. Dafnis Prieto, director Wednesday, ... +

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The official national tour of the Broadway show Legally Blonde – The Musical comes to South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Fabulously fun and based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde – The Musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical ... +

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WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT MUSICALL SUMMER CAMP IS IN Musicall Summer Camp Program offers children from 5 years to 18 years old a safe and fun Music Camp during the summer Register Here Our program includes Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Classes. Chorus, Music Theory, Piano, Strings, Guitar, Percussion, Woodwind and Brass, Musical Theatre, Sports, Orchestras and Chamber, Composition, All-State Preparation, Field Trips……… ... +

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The Zoppé Italian Family Circus takes family entertainment to new heights, performing Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Match 22, 23 and 24 under the intimate, one-ring Big Top on the Concert Lawn at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. The audience is treated to the best of Old World Italian tradition, with a circus that features acrobatic feats, equestrian showmanship, canine capers, clowning and ... +

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The Miami premiere of guest composer Dan Welcher’s 3 Places in the East, inspired by the natural beauty of three national parks, including South Florida’s Everglades. Also featuring Frost lecturer and 2013 Concerto Competition winner Oleksii Ivanchenko on Igor Stravinsky’s epic Concerto for Piano and Winds. The Frost Wind Ensemble at the University of Miami is comprised of  the finest wind and ... +

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Miami-Dade County Auditorium and Teatro Avante present En Ningún Lugar del Mundo (Nowhere in the World) by playwright Abel González Melo. The dramatic comedy explores the relations between Cubans from two shores, and poses the question: Do visible borders define one’s homeland? Exile breaks up families, and years of separation produce the mirage of a reunion. After a long forced exile, Ángel returns to ... +

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FUNDarte and South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center are proud to present Flamenco Master Farruquito, on Feb. 2nd / 8:00 p.m. at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Heir to a famed gypsy flamenco dynasty, Farruquito first lit up the stage at age four, alongside his legendary grandfather El Farruco. Since then, he’s been consistently acclaimed as one of flamenco’s greatest performers, and a ... +

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The Dance of Harlem (DTH), the groundbreaking black classical dance troupe, whose visit to South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center last season – after a nearly 20-year absence – was such a powerful artistic and community event, returns to SMDCAC as part of its 50th Anniversary season a celebration of 50 years of passion, power and perfection. This year’s program features a special ... +

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Miami-Dade County Auditorium and ARCA Images present Exquisita Agonía, (Exquisite Agony), by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, a story of love and loss, grief and romantic obsession. When opera singer Millie’s husband Lorenzo, a famous classical musician, dies in a car crash, her grief leads her to a doctor’s office, in a desperate search for the recipient of her husband’s heart. Millie ... +

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FUNDarte in collaboration with The Miami Dade County Auditorium presents Mendoza, a theater play by Los Colochos Teatro (Mexico). The internationally acclaimed and award winner play will impress the Miami audience for two nights only, October 11th & 12th, 2018. “Mendoza” is an adaptation by Antonio Zúñiga and Juan Carrillo of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth in a Mexican context. With an alternative dramaturgy ... +

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Benise’s spectacular new PBS production ‘Fuego!’ is one hot night! The Emmy Award-winning composer and virtuoso guitarist takes his audience on an unprecedented journey of music and dance that celebrates the fire, passion, and spirit of Spain. Armed with his Spanish guitar, Benise is backed by a stage full of an international cast of musicians and dancers from Brazil, Cuba, France, Italy, ... +

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FUNDarte’s FY 2018-19 Season opens Saturday, October 6th, 2018 with the 4th edition of our International Festival of The Arts for Youth and Children, Zunzún Children’s Fest featuring music from Rita Rosa Ruesga (Cuba/Miami), theatre performances El camino del bosque by Artefactus Cultural Project (Miami), Martina, The Little Roach by Teatro SEA (New York), and film Títeres: Puppetry in the Caribbean, by ... +

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SMDCAC in Indie Flicks: Independent Film Series will screen the Documentary Film: Dark Money. Just in time for the midterm elections, this political documentary thriller examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy; the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. A gripping story, Dark Money uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American elections ... +

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Cutler Bay Community Theater presents Almost, Maine (a collection of eight one acts by John Cariani). On a cold, clear moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in ... +

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The Summer Cabaret Concert Series features intimate concerts inside the Grand Hall of the Stone House. The 2018 series continues on Saturday, July 28th with JuJu, performing a mix of jazz standards and ragtime. Concerts begin at 8:00 p.m. and the main gate opens at 7:00 p.m. It is recommended to arrive early for preferred seating. Guests are welcome to bring refreshments and ... +

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In Seville by a cigarette factory, soldiers comment on the townspeople. Among them is Micaëla, a peasant girl, who asks for a corporal named Don José. Moralès, another corporal, tells her he will return with the changing of the guard. The relief guard, headed by Lieutenant Zuniga, soon arrives, and José learns from Moralès that Micaëla has been looking for him. When ... +

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Bizet’s Carmen has everything you want from an opera: high drama, passionate characters, a love story. And what’s more, it’s absolutely packed with great melodies – even if you don’t know the opera, you’ll definitely know the tunes. Main Stage South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 Street Miami FL 33189 786.573.5316 www.smdcac.org

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1st Prize winner of the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw opens the Frost Chopin Festival with a recital dedicated to the music of Paderewski, Liszt and Chopin, with a special introduction to the program by Miami’s own eminent scholar Dr. Frank Cooper. Dang Thai Son, piano Frank Cooper, moderator UM Gusman Concert Hall Jun 24, 2018, 7:30 – 9pm Gusman Concert Hall Frost School of ... +

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The Air National Guard Band (ANG) of the South is a traditional National Guard Unit whose primary function is to be ambassadors for the Air Force and to bring the message of the Air Force to the public. The band accomplishes this through their patriotic and inspirational music shared with civilians in public settings throughout the United States. Celebrate the Fourth of ... +

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Classic Albums Live performs note for note and cut for cut from the greatest albums ever made.The world-class musicians of Classic Albums Live recreate Fleetwood Mac’s legendary GRAMMY® award-winning album Rumours almost forty years after its release. Revisit Fleetwood Mac’s passionate look at love, loss, breakups, betrayals, and dreams. Originally released in 1975, it contains many of the group’s greatest hits, including ... +

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Presented in partnership with the Chopin Foundation of The United States, the Frost Chopin Academy is presenting the Frost Chopin Festival which allows concertgoers to enjoy a weeklong celebration of the music of Chopin and beyond featuring world-class artists from around the globe. This year’s festival features performances by pianists Dang Thai Son, Margarita Shevchenko, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydron, Kevin Kenner, jazz pianist Shelly ... +

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A two act dance production where a school science teacher is developing a time machine and demonstrates to his students how it works. His curious students decide to test it out after school hours and surprisingly travel through time, visiting different eras of dance. A presentation of most dance genres, beginning from the tribal era, 1800’s classical ballet, to today’s contemporary and ... +

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Seminar by Lyle Rexer, reknown historian of outsider art. Panelist: Sohrab Sam Mosaddad, MD & Nikita Boudoukhin FREE and open to the public. Frost Art Museum Florida International University FIU 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami, FL 33199 954.922.8692 www.naemi.org

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Outsider artists, or artists who work apart from mainstream art communities and academic culture, are self-taught. Certain outsider artists suffer from some form of mental illness that contributes to the creation of unconventional and elaborate works of art. A documented history exists of mental health professionals who, since the 19th century, have identified and helped bring recognition to patients whose skilled artistic ... +

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9 Sculptors. Types of Abstraction features the work of Artists Manolo Valdés; Waltercio Caldas; Agustí­n Cárdenas; Pablo Atchugarry;  Ramírez Villamizar; Jaildo Marinho; William Barbosa; Manuel Felguérez and Germán Botero. 9 Sculptors. Forms of Abstraction includes about twenty works that show the amplitude and richness of the sculptural forms of abstraction. Sculptures in marble, iron, and bronze, but also in aluminum, wood, and mixed ... +

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The Other Mozart is the true, forgotten story of Maria Anna (Nannerl) Mozart, the sister of Amadeus – a prodigy, virtuoso and composer, who performed throughout Europe with her brother, to equal acclaim, but her work and her story faded away, lost to history. The play is based on facts, stories and lines pulled directly from the Mozart family’s humorous and heartbreaking ... +

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LOOK AND SEE is a cinematic portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting valuesof rural America in the era of industrial agriculture, as seen through the mind’s eye ofwriter, farmer, and activist, Wendell Berry. The first documentary about Berry, undoubtedly one of America’s most significant living writers (see “About Wendell Berry” below), LOOK AND SEE was filmed in and around the rolling ... +

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SMDCAC presents a breathtaking tour through pre-historic Australia. You’ll observe, meet and interact with an eyepopping collection of amazingly life-like dinosaurs and other creatures presented in a theatrical performance that will thrill and entertain kids while stimulating their imaginations in ways that will forever connect them to the world of dinosaurs. Main Stage South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211th St ... +

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Florida Chamber Orchestra on its 22th Anniversary will present a selection of unforgettable melodies written for the big screen by world-known composers. From Michel Legrand to Leonard Bernstein. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Love story, Phantom of the Opera to West Side Story and more. Music Director: Marlene Urbay Guest Artist: Pepe Forte The Florida Chamber Orchestra 1442 SW 155 Court Miami FL ... +

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Around 1830, in Paris, France, there are four Bohemians, the poet Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard, and the philosopher Colline in an old attic. They are poor, but happy. On the night of Christmas Eve, they all intend to go to a bar, but Rodolfo has not finished writing his poem yet. Rodolfo promises to join them soon, and the ... +

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“Make” Outsider Art Documentary introduces us to the art, lives and mental illness of artists Judith Scott, Ike Morgan, & Royal Robertson. Screening will be followed by a discussion facilitated by Eugenio Rothe, MD with panelists Silvia Quintana, LMHC, Elizabeth Hoy, MD & Maite Castillo. Friday – April 13, 2018, 6:30pm. Free and open to the public. Upcoming Events The Value and ... +

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Will and Anthony Nunziata bring new interpretations and originals from Broadway classics and American pop standards. They combine their tenor voices with their brotherly banter and comedic flair. The Nunziata brothers have packed houses and won acclaim for their performances throughout the country and around the world. They have recently performed as guest artists with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, ... +

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  In a garret of Paris in 19th Century’s Latin district, the painter Marcello and poet Rodolfo try to keep warm by burning pages from Rodolfo’s latest drama. They are joined by their comrades Colline, a young philosopher, and Schaunard, a musician who has landed a job and brings food, fuel and some funds. They find a way not to pay the ... +

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Veteran South Florida jazz tenor saxophonist Gary Keller teams up with jazz all stars, John Hart on guitar, and John Yarling on drums for a night of blues and standards in the tradition of the great jazz organ quartets such as Shirley Scott, Jimmy Smith, and Jack McDuff…featuring Adam Scone on the Hammond B3. Black Box Theater South Miami Dade Cultural Arts ... +

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  R.S.V.P. 305.206.5111 [email protected] Dorfsman Fine Arts 2330 SW. 62nd Court Miami, FL. 33155 305-206-5111  

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Based on the award-winning novel by Walter Dean Myers, Darius & Twig is a street-smart, suspenseful and profound story of two young men who must overcome obstacles by finding the best within themselves. Darius & Twig is a Kennedy Center World Premiere Commission. In today’s Harlem two teens are faced with college decisions. Darius, who is writer, wants to get out of ... +

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Featuring all of the greatest hits from the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, Decades Rewind is a live concert experience including an eight-piece rock band and six vocalists. This high-energy production will have the audience singing and dancing along, as performers cover everybody’s favorite artists, from ABBA to Led Zeppelin. Main Stage South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211th St Miami FL ... +

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Cristina Pato, known for her work with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silkroad Ensemble, brings her new album Latina to the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Cristina Pato leads a high-energy quartet that combines her love of the gaita with a blend of jazz and Latin sounds.With the help of her quartet, Pato explores what it means to be a Latina and a ... +

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Not dancers, but STREB super heroes perform a wild kaleidoscope of action events careening through, around, and above invented structures accompanied by high energy music and STREB’s resident DJ. STREB’ choreographer Elizabeth Streb calls her dancers action heroes. STREB aims to create work that speaks of and to intrinsic human potential. Reinventing a radical art, entwined with the culture of the street, ... +

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Featuring the legendary Multi-GRAMMY® award-winning bassist Dave Holland, GRAMMY® nominated drumming icon Ignacio Berroa, and internationally acclaimed pianist Martin Bejerano, Trio Nation is an exciting modern piano trio representing some of the top talent in jazz. Black Box Theater South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211th St Miami FL 33189 786.573.5316 www.smdcac.org

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Sean Grant has been a comedian for over 10 years and was recognized as the Funniest College Kid in America by Jimmy Kimmel Live! during his time at Florida State University. After college, Sean moved to Atlanta aka Black Hollywood and was immediately picked up in stage plays and TV projects. Since then he has moved to Hollywood to write the next ... +

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Seraphic Fire brings top ensemble singers and instrumentalists from around the country to perform repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant and Baroque masterpieces, to Mahler and newly commissioned works by this country’s leading composers. Two of the ensemble’s recordings, Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem and A Seraphic Fire Christmas, were nominated for 2012 GRAMMY® Awards, making Seraphic Fire the only choral ensemble in North ... +

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Selected works by: Alejandro Aguilera, Jose Bedia Ernesto Capdevila, Ahmed Gomez Carlos Gonzalez, Manuel Mendive Clara Morera and Tomas Oliva R.S.V.P. 305.206.5111 [email protected] Dorfsman Fine Arts 2330 SW. 62nd Court Miami, FL. 33155 305-206-5111  

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The most loved arias, duets and ensembles with the inclusion of famous overtures and “intermezzi” from the most celebrated Italian operas such as La Forza del Destino, Lucia di Lammermoor, L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love) and La Bohème will be included in Miami Lyric Opera Gala. Highlights with Chorus’ and Orchestra solos from the greatest Opera composers, such as Giuseppe Verdi, ... +

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SCORE: A Film Music Documentary follows the creative struggles of designing a modern soundtrack from scratch, featuring some of cinema’s most recognized names in film music. SCORE explores the power and influence of film scores in the modern world while revealing the evolution of sound and how composers assemble music the complements a picture to achieve powerful reactions from worldwide audiences. Classroom ... +

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“Twelve Summers” features GroveHouse Artists’ paintings and watercolors from their 12th season of collaboration with the Deering Estate and includes works from the January Affair en Plein Air juried painting event. In “Capturing Brazzdance,” photographer Carlos Di Roberto Martinez documents the choreographic and performative works from Augusto Soledade’s Brazzdance 2016–2017 season. This initiative invites photographers and visual artists to capture the company’s ... +

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Indie Flicks (the Independent Film Series) brings Pushing Dead. It tells the story of Dan Schauble, who attempts to navigate his way through a Byzantine insurance system to correct a problem after the denial of his prescription refill. Directed and written by Tom E. Brown, in the cast: James Roday, Danny Glover, Robin Weigert, Khandi Alexander, and Tom Riley; the film is ... +

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Ground Up and Rising, Inc. Presents The Good Thief by Conor McPherson. The play invites to witness a fateful night in Dublin, where a gangster’s life takes a transformative turn after a kidnap job jolts hims into a spiral of remorse and regret. The play was first performed under the title The Light of Jesus by Fly By Night Theatre Company at ... +

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Guitarist/songwriter David Feder has been captivating audiences with his playful music for over 20 years. His fresh approach to finger style guitar has brought new life into the American Gypsy-World Music scene. Three decades of island-living in the Florida Keys has influenced Feder’s breezy yet sophisticated music. Feder has been praised by NPR’s All Songs Considered, World Café Live, PBS Art Loft, ... +

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The Barber of Seville, performed by Miami Lyric Opera, remains one of Rossini’s most frequently performed comic operas in the repertoire. The barber of the title is Figaro, whose impressive entrance aria (“”Largo al factotum””)—with its repeated proclamations of his own name—is one of the best-known of all opera arias. The Barber of Seville will be conducted by Beverly Coulter, with Raffaele ... +

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A free educational screening of the critically acclaimed documentary 13TH directed by Ava DuVernay. 13TH, explores the history of race and the criminal justice system in the United States. The screening will be followed by a brief discussion with a legal expert moderated by South Florida’s own Jill Tracey, host of WHQT Hot 105’s Hot Talk with Jill Tracey. Black Box Theatre ... +

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In 1955, Manuel Carrillo (1906-1989) began photographing and documenting indigenous Mexico. His street photography of campesinos, indios, mestizo men, women and children chronicled Mexico’s essential character and recorded everyday life. Carrillo embraced the ideas of Mexicanidad, a cultural movement that emerged in the 1920s after Mexico’s Revolution, which comprised influential writers, photographers, and artists. Its overriding ambition was to substantiate a national ... +

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Classic Albums Live performs note for note and cut for cut from one of the greatest albums ever made. With hits like “New Kid in Town,” “Hotel California,” and “Life in the Fast Lane,” Album Live presents an evening of classic rock at its best. Hotel California is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Eagles, and is one of ... +

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Two of South Florida’s most enduring performers, vocalist Wendy Pedersen and pianist Jim Gasior, present an evening of jazz. Music from their album We Two, offering new interpretations of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, the Gershwin brothers and brand new arrangements. Black Box Theatre South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 Street Miami FL 33189 786.573.5316 ... +

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Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, newest critically acclaimed contemporary ballet company brings a collection of ballets this summer. The program includes three Miami premieres, and the reprise of two audience favorites. The featured ballet is renowned Venezuelan choreographer Vicente Nebrada’s “Fiebre,” set to the hits of Cuban singing sensation La Lupe, with live musical accompaniment by Alain Garcia and his Latin Power ... +

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Finland, 1962. Boxer Olli Mäki (Jarkko Lahti) is 26 years old and in love. He comes from a humble background – his manager Elis Ask (Eero Milonoff), however, wants to turn him into a glamorous boxing star. Olli is expected to be the first Finnish boxer to defeat the US-American world champion for the 1962 World Featherweight title. Olli certainly has the ... +

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To find the driver of the vintage mocha-colored Mercedes which she thinks hit her son and devastated her life, Diane Kramer (Emmanuelle Devos) embarks on a trip to take revenge. She goes to Évian, where she has learned the driver of the Mercedes lives, but she now has to face another woman, Marlene (Nathalie Baye) – a beauty salon proprietor and owner ... +

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Los Nocheros will celebrate their 30th anniversary Concert at South Miami Dade County Auditorium. Los Nocheros is a pop/folk music group from Salta, Argentina. Composed of Mario Teruel, Rubén Ehizaguirre, Kike Teruel and Álvaro Teruel (who replaced Jorge Rojas when the latter pursued a solo career in 2005). Their 1994 debut album was titled Con El Alma. Los Nocheros gained fame during ... +

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International Mixed Ability Dance Collaboration with Austria’s LizArt Productions What makes a person or object physically beautiful? How do our ideas of what makes compelling contemporary dance change when people with disabilities are fully included on stage? Together, Miami’s Karen Peterson and Dancers (KPD) and Austria’s LizArt Productions (LAP) dive into these questions, and address the state of the world today, in ... +

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Gallim Dance is one of New York’s leading contemporary dance companies. Artistic Director Andrea Miller creates works of uncompromising language that exert every drop of sweat, every breath, and full abandonment from a virtuosic company of dancers. With each new work, Gallim dives into singular explorations of universal struggles such as love, spirituality, and the tensions between the individual and collective experience. ... +

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A film performed in real time with overhead projectors, shadow puppets, actors in silhouette, and live music. The film’s setting is the mid-century American Southwest and is inspired by the music of Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, and Patsy Cline. Lula Del Ray is a mythic reinvention of the classic coming-of-age story. There will be an O, Miami Poetry Festival Free Closing Night ... +

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Tigertail’ FIRE festival closes with a solo concert by jazz and guitar legend James Blood Ulmer. Ulmer is among the most distinctive and influential free jazz electric guitarists to emerge in the past four decades. He has worked and recorded with Ornette Coleman, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Arthur Blythe, David Murray, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Vernon Reid and George Adams as bandleader and ... +

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Climakaze Miami 2017 is highlighting profound female voices from Haiti and Australia in a unique event, Miami-grown songstress Inez Barlatier and Melbourne’s riveting cabaret priestess Moira Finucane get together to address climate issues through the arts and dialogue. The Rapture by Moira Finucane (Australia) Fri May 5, 2017, 8:30 PM Inez Barlatier in Concert (Miami-Haiti) Sat May 6, 2017, 8:30 PM Eco-Theater ... +

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The 11th Annual All Kids Included Family Arts Festival provides a full day of activities and cultural experiences for children with and without disabilities. This event will include: productions by Magic Morgan and Miami Childrens Theater’s Beauty and the Beast; music and performers inside and outside ASL storytelling; face painting, rock wall and food; free surprises and book giveaway of Misty Copeland’s ... +

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After his ex-girlfriend disappears, Sidney, a glam rock dilettante, is forced to look after his 11-year-old son full-time. His ‘cool dad’ facade quickly falls apart and his life goes into full tailspin as he struggles to let go of his rock-and-roll lifestyle. Meeting with Film’s director after the screening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPeBVnhqLP8 Classroom South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 Street Miami ... +

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The music of HuDost, the Neo Folk World Rock Ensemble from Montreal and KY, weaves a seamless tapestry of sound that renders tears and laughter in listeners. The duo has toured extensively throughout the US, Canada and Europe since 2008. Their performance here in South Florida will include local tabla sensation, Jeffrey Deen and special guest flutist, George Tortorelli. Their music is ... +

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Gary Mullen along with his band The Works, delivers the look and the sound of arguably the greatest live band of all time. A concert designed to present hit after hit of Queen’s “never-to-die” anthems, including “We Will Rock You,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “A Kind of Magic,” “I Want to Break Free” and “We Are the Champions.” Main Stage South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts ... +

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DRUMLine Live is a show created by the musical team behind the hit movie, it joins 40+percussive musicians, dancers, singers and actors performing intricate choreography that embodies the soulful, high-stepping style of the historically black college and university marching band experience. It includes jazz, ragtime, big band, funk and hip hop. Main Stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nbrn9QzrAU South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW ... +

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Composer and virtuosic pianist Frederic Rzewski will open Tigertail’s Fire festival with a solo concert. Rzewski is recognized both for his innovative works and for his strong political convictions. His pieces often bridge the gap between classical music and avant-garde jazz. This major figure will make a rare appearance in the U.S. for a single Miami concert. Rzewski began playing piano at ... +

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Orchestra and Chorus of MIAMI LYRIC OPERA Pablo Hernandez  Chorusmaster Jeffrey Eckstein  Conductor Raffaele Cardone  Artistic and General Director Lieutenant Pinkerton, an American Navy officer, opportunistically engages a marriage broker to find him a house and a wife. A 15-year-old young Geisha, named Butterfly is introduced to him. She falls immediately in love with Pinkerton, converts to Christianity and banishes her relatives ... +

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FUNDarte and Miami Light Project, in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Auditorium, present the 10th annual edition of Global Cuba Fest (GCF) 2017, a very special evening celebrating an event that for a decade has brought the most talented musicians from Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora to Miami audiences. Three amazing concerts will bring to the stage some of the most celebrated names ... +

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One of the finest Indian tabla players in the world, Zakir Hussain, and renowned santoor player Rahul Sharma team up for one legendary night. Zakir Hussain has been awarded the titles of Padma Shri in 1988, and Padma Bhushan in 2002, becoming the youngest percussionist to be awarded these titles, given to civilians of merit by the Indian government. Rahul Sharma on ... +

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Enjoy an intimate dance experience with the electric artists of Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami as they team up with three generations of local Latin American choreographers and literally “stretch” their own limits. Choreography by Yanis Pikieris, Douglas Gawriljuk, and Ariel Rose (courtesy of Miami City Ballet), including insightful commentary on the evolving creative process by each of the choreographers. South Miami ... +

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Max Pollak and his musicians meld Afro-Cuban music and dance with American jazz, body percussion and tap dance. An explosive brass and percussion section evokes a powerful “Orquesta” capturing the deep grooves and charged electricity of Afro-Latin Soul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lRH-mU83j0 Black Box Theater South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 Street Miami FL 33189 786.573.5316 www.smdcac.org

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The Mayhem Poet’s unique approach to spoken word has landed them feature spots on The Today Show and Eyewitness News, after winning 1st place and a grant for 100K in the Microsoft Idea Wins Challenge in 2006. They are theater-trained, comedically gifted and lyrical virtuosos who blend raw elements of hip hop, theater, spoken word poetry, improv and stand-up comedy. Since then ... +

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City Theatre, known nationally for its production of short plays, and the regional leader of the Summer Theatre Season with its annual Summer Shorts Festival, has created a special traveling program with the best short plays for this production. The plays, running ten minutes or less, include entertaining classics and brand new work celebrating City Theatre’s 22 seasons. Performed by an ensemble ... +

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China’s most gifted tumblers, contortionists, jugglers, cyclists, and gymnasts complemented by live musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments will present their 2,000-year-old tradition of acrobatics in this event. Main Stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EG2PVRTJYo South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 Street Miami FL 33189 786.573.5316 www.smdcac.org

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‘Shake ’em On Down’ is the story of Fred McDowell, the godfather of the North Mississippi style of blues and an important influence on the music of the Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, RL Burnside, Taj Mahal and the North Mississipp All Stars. McDowell was working as a cotton picker and tractor driver when he was first recorded by Alan Lomax and Shirley ... +

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Vocalosity is the all-new live concert event from the artistic producer Deke Sharon (Pitch Perfect, The Sing-Off) that takes a cappella to a whole new level. This fast-paced production features an all-star ensemble of diverse young vocalists singing some of today’s chart-topping hits in brand-new arrangements that set a new standard for 10-part harmony. Main Stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KQ5_63jHBY South Miami Dade Cultural Arts ... +

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Broadway and TV star Adam Trent exemplifies a new generation of magician. As one of the stars of the hit Broadway show ‘The Illusionists’, which shattered box office records during it’s 2014/2015 run, as well as his appearances on Good Morning America, America’s Got Talent, Disney Channel, ABC, among others. Described as Justin Timberlake meets David Copperfield, his audience interactive performances are ... +

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Their first-ever visit to Miami; Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s bold vision is been ranked as top global standard choreographers Company, including a groundbreaking repertoire and virtuoso dancers. The program will include three sets of Dance and two intermissions: 1st Flash with choreography by Jorma Elo; Silent Ghost with choreography by Alejandro Cerrudo and Huma Rojo with choreography by Cayetano Soto. Main Stage ... +

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FUNDarte presents the debut in Florida of Chiflón, the Silence of Coal by Chile’s Silencio Blanco Theatre Company. To keep working, a young miner must travel to Chiflón del Diablo, one of the most dangerous mines in Chile. Based in part of a story by distinguished Chilean author Baldomero Lillo, and devised during trips to the mining town of Lota, it reflects ... +

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Marcia Ball is a Texas-born, Louisiana-raised musician who has earned worldwide fame for her ability to ignite a full-scale roadhouse rhythm and blues party every time she strolls onto the stage. Her groove-laden New Orleans boogie, deeply soulful ballads and rollicking Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite with music fans all over the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-_ISUR6mE0 Black Box Theater Jan ... +

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The angelic voices of Seraphic Fire sing carols in the experience of Seraphic Fire’s traditional Christmas concerts. Three world premiere carol settings by Susan LaBarr James K. Bass, associate conductor. The audience will be surrounded in the beauty of Gregorian chant, glorious English Christmas carols, and the favorite Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, as the ensemble welcomes the season with festive style. ... +

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Elephant Gerald is an elephant: lumbering, formally attired, prone to melancholy. Piggie is (what else!) a piggie: perky, smiley, full of fun. Total opposites? No way! In Mo Willems’s beloved, award-winning, bestselling children’s books, Elephant Gerald and Piggie are best friends! And in We Are in a Play!, a brand-new vaudevillian romp of a musical, Elephant Gerald and Piggie sing and dance ... +

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A little girl’s dreamlike journey to the magical Land of the Sweets with the Sugarplum Fairy. The cast features star professional dancers and students from Miami Youth Ballet. Guest artists include former Miami City Ballet dancers Jennifer Kronenberg and Carlos Guerra. Main Stage https://vimeo.com/71162120 South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 Street Miami FL 33189 786.573.5316 www.smdcac.org

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Founded by legendary dancer and former Prima Ballerina of The Bolshoi Theater Ballet, Maya Plissetskaya, The State Ballet Theater of Russia, now under the direction of award-winning dancer and Moiseyev dance company soloist Nikolay Anokhin, presents one of the greatest classical ballets of all time. This full-scale production, set to the music of Tchaikovsky and based on Russian folklore and German legend, ... +

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Featuring some of the most talented young performers in South Florida Miami Children’s Theatre is “re-telling” the Wizard of Oz. This production has all the fun and spunk of the recent NBC live theater production of The Wiz directed by Damaris Lopez Canales. Miami Children Theater 11155 SW 112 Avenue. Alper JCC. Suite 501 Miami, FL 33176 305.233.2206 www.miamichildrenstheater.com

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The Hot Sardines return with their yuletide classics and a twist on New York, Paris, and New Orleans jazz. This troupe is led by chanteuse and washboard player Miss Elizabeth and joined by her Prohibition era band that includes tapper “Fast Eddy” Francisco. Experience beloved chestnuts like “White Christmas” and “Please Come Home for Christmas,” Edith Piaf’s “Le Noël de La Rue” ... +

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FUNDarte and Casa Patas -direct from Madrid- present Los Silencios del Baile, a performance to distinguish the art of flamenco. Performed by the renowned young dancer and coreographer Francisco Hidalgo and its company. The Company will provide a master class for local dancers about flamenco’s outbursts and blows of silence that define the passionate character of this form. Nov 5, 2016, 8:30 ... +

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The company that brought “Tango Fire” Estampas Porteñas presents their newest production. “Deseos” is a celebration of the greatest artistic elements of Argentina including the indomitable tango, the athletic malambo of the gauchos, and musical styles that range from the melancholic to celebratory. Deseos, a new creation of artistic director, Carolina Soler, will also include advanced technical elements such as projection mapping, ... +

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Hailed as one of the world’s greatest troupes, Limón Dance is the living legacy of dance theater developed by the legendary José Limón, whose innovative work revolutionized American movement. This performance will feature historical pieces representing the best works of the past 70 years. José Arcadio Limón (1908 – 1972) was a pioneer in the field of modern dance and choreography. In ... +

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Duende brings traditional flamenco music and dance. Created by Paco and Celia Fonta, Siempre Flamenco is dedicated to preserving the tradition and pure art of flamenco in a fresh and engaging performance where the trilogy of guitar song and dance come together in dialogue and are moved in unison by the flamenco “duende.” Award winning Paco Fonta is internationally recognized as a ... +

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Inventive and wildly fun, NUTS! recounts the mostly-true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a Kansas doctor who in 1917 discovered that he could cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles into men. From there, the story only gets more bizarre. Penny Lane is an award-winning American nonfiction filmmaker who was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in 2012. ... +

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Laurie Anderson has stunned audiences for decades. Spanning music, film, performance, and the visual arts, Anderson’s work confronts politics, culture, and humanity. The Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’ Lecture Series invites Anderson for a lecture to inspire us to think critically, investigate further, and consider the discourses and practices that shape the world of art. Since 1981, the Steven & Dorothea Green ... +

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Pianist Monty Alexander along with his Harlem-Kingston Express Band bring together the musical worlds of American jazz, Calypso, bebop and the music of his native Jamaica into one grand show. Monty Alexander long ago combined together the influence of Oscar Peterson with the soul of Gene Harris and Nat “King” Cole to form his personable style. His band Monty and the Cyclones ... +

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Former stars of the Miami City Ballet, Jennifer Kronenberg & Carlos Guerra bring their new company to the stage in an evening of excitingly diverse ballet infused with live music. Showcasing various styles and reflecting Cuban rhytms & Culture, the program will have the audience dancing in their seats! Miami-Dade County Auditorium 2901 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33135 (305) 547-5414 www.miamidadecountyauditorium.org

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Tigertail on its 37th Season invites Guitarist Mary Halvorson to perform solo. Halvorson has been steadily reshaping the sound of jazz guitar with her elastic, wholly unique style. One of improvised music’s most-in-demand guitarists; Mary Halvorson has been active in New York since 2002. She has performed with Anthony Braxton, Marc Ribot, Jessica Pavone, Myra Melford, Taylor Ho Bynum and Trevor Dunn, ... +

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Tigertail’s annual fundraising party, Ring of Fire—A Hot Ticket, which will be held at Miami’s historic Koubek Mansion and Gardens. Guests are invited to arrive in fire-themed costumes or in their favorite party attire to enjoy an evening of camaraderie, food, drink, dancing, performance and a fine art silent auction curated by Carol Jazzar. Tigertail will present a full season of music, ... +

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This seven-piece band from Algeria stirs the funky soul of Mama Africa with Algerian grooves and West African instruments. The group will make its American debut under the auspices of Center Stage, an exchange program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. With Ifrikya Spirit cultures of city dwellers and Arabic speakers, Amazigh villagers and Saharan oases, ... +

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A double bill of classic opera featuring Cavelleria Rusticana with music by Pietro Mascagni and Suor Angelica with music by Giacomo Puccini performed by Miami Lyric Chorus and Orchestra. Cavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci. Suor Angelica is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to ... +

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The Backyard Bash on the Concert Lawn at SMDCAC invites Band Molly Hatchet. 18 Wheelers among other South Florida local bands will also join. The classic southern rock sounds kicks off the current season with the legendary band with more than 25 years of created. Molly Hatchet was founded by guitarists Dave Hlubek and Steve Holland in 1971. The band originated and ... +

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The B-The Underwater Bubble Show, starring Mr. B! is a dive into the latest theatrical sensation that uses cutting-edge laser technology, snow cannons, soap bubble tornadoes and optical illusions. B–The Underwater Bubble Show is an interactive performance that appeals to children and adults alike. It includes dance, puppetry, juggling, contortionism, sand art, and magic. Main Stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMfCZ5haSlo South Miami Dade Cultural Arts ... +

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The popular Puerto Rican singers unite once again. After a Sold-Out performance of their 2014 show at MDCA the duo is set to reprise their Coincidencias concert. Danny Rivera, often called “the national voice of Puerto Rico,” after his magnificent way of singing is known all over the Spanish-speaking world. Rivera has recorded over seventy albums and is the only Puerto Rican ... +

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IV Miami Music Festival from around the World starts with a concert by Miami Chamber Players. They will play Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in g minor, and the Piano Trio in B Major, Op.8. In its original form, the B major Trio is considered perhaps Brahms’ most Romantic creation revealing his fullness of heart. The Chamber Players for this concert are ... +

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A Celebration of Italian Opera and Zarzuela is an evening concert which program spans the Italian operatic masterpieces and rich Spanish zarzuela repertoire. Manny Perez Vocal Studio and Guest International Artist Soprano Eglise Gutiérrez join to sing a few surprises for the audience. Singers: Betsy Diaz, Hector Mir,Sydnee Waggoner, Daniel Aleeksenko, Raquel Rubi, Megan Barrera, Gerardo Ortega, Jennifer Zamorano, Katiuska Rodriguez, Stephanie ... +

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Sounds of Video Games is a concert featuring music from the greatest video games of all time. Full orchestra (Chorus and Full Screen Projector) and a choir will perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, solo performers, electronic percussion, and interactive segments to create a one-of-a-kind experience. Music from Mario, Zelda, Halo, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger and Skyrim. ... +

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Fusing the spirituality of worship music with the technique of classically trained musicians, the group Opus Praise lends a new hip-hop flair to traditional sacred works. The band features the acoustic piano as main instrument accompanying two lead singers, acoustic instruments and a rock band. The Miami Music Festival from around the World hosts an extensive array of both contemporary and traditional ... +

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As a part of Tigertail 37th Season leading Scottish disabled artist Claire Cunningham and US/Berlin choreographer/performer Jess Curtis team up to perform their duet The Way You Look (at me) Tonight. In this piece, which has its world premiere in London in early September, Curtis and Cunningham investigate the role of movement and sensory dynamics in the perception and performance of otherness. ... +

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20 Concert Pianists are back on stage following the success of the Monster Piano Explosion last year, the 2nd edition is back to present a piano marathon recital that features and shows off the talent of some of the best pianists living in South Florida. Piano solos, four-hands, dueling two pianos and much more. The Miami Music Festival from around the World ... +

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Pre- Caribbean Carnival Party will be an evening of Caribbean music by 21ST Century Steel Orchestra and DJ Dorenzo to kick off Miami Broward Carnival in October 9th. There will be food trucks, bars, Mas Band displays, models, and more. Back Yard Concert Lawn & Plaza Free South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 Street Miami FL 33189 786.573.5316 www.smdcac.org

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Aymee Nuviola performs wonderful World tunes in an intimate setting. Including Boleros, Ballads, Love Songs and soft Tropical tunes, is a night to experience the lady and her voice. The star of the winning television series, CELIA, will be joined by the musical direction of three time Grammy Nominee pianist Jose Negroni and Negroni’s Trio, featuring Grammy Winner and renowned sax musician ... +

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La calle al final del mundo (The Street at the End of the World), is a Spanish-language play written by local playwright Ramón Caudet and directed by Anna Silvetti. In the cast: Gabriel Porras, Gloria Peralta, Ariel Texido, Cristina Ferrari and Francisco Porras. This play tells the story of a director and two actors who come together to rehearse. The appearance of ... +

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The Dance Creative program gives students chosen by audition, the opportunity to participate in the creative process of new works created specifically on them by invited contemporary choreographers. They learn the attitude and behavior necessary to successfully be a contributing part of a new creation and then get to perform it within a professional setting. Choreography by Vicente Nebrada, Yanis Pikieris, Melissa ... +

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In this special appearance “A Standard Affair”, singer Nicole Henry goes back twelve years to when she first discovered the Great American Songbook. Reviving performances from her first three CD releases and songs that established her as a world renowned jazz vocalist. Nicole Henry explores songs by Harold Arlen, George & Ira Gershwin, Lerner & Loewe among others. Black Box Theater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abXr06kstOI ... +

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One Night in Cairo is a Community workshop and Performance night featuring Mid East Performing Arts Academy. The award-winning performing artist Amara Sayid along with her professional dance troupe will present a live performance and teach a playful folkloric dance style for two. The evening will end with an Egyptian-themed dance party. Lab Theater 18 and up South Miami Dade Cultural Arts ... +

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Classic Albums Live will perform Led Zeppelin II Concert. It will include drum solos, guitar solos and more, featuring songs like “Whole Lotta Love,” “Heartbreaker” and “Ramble On.” The concert presents the very best of Led Zeppelin. Classic Albums Live go to great lengths to faithfully recreate every sound on the original album. They have performed with orchestras, sitarists, choirs and schools. ... +

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The worldwide known Opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini released for the first time in 1900 will be performed by Miami Lyric Opera as a part of its current season. This Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini with libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa will have Nathalie Avila as FLoria Tosca, Enrique Pina as Mario Cavaradossi, Nelson Martinez as Baron Scarpia ... +

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It’s New Year’s Eve and most of the party guests are in the kitchen admiring photos of their babies. But two lonely strangers find themselves cut off from the rest. Jane was invited because she knows the people in the kitchen. Tim was invited because he painted the kitchen. Jane drunkenly asks Tim, “What are you doing for sex tonight?” And a ... +

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This special summertime themed show will take you on a trip across the Tropics and beyond with our fabulous cast! Step into a world of exotic jungles and sparkling oceans as the spectacular dancers make the temperatures rise for a truly entertaining Burlesque Revue, Cabaret, and Variety show! This 90 minute production will feature both classic and neo burlesque, along with showgirls, ... +

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Artistic Dance Center presents Neverland. Costumes, sets and scenery accompanied by young dancers from the school. Through Ballet, Jazz, Aerial, acorbatics and other forms of dance, a story will be interpreted to show how a young boy discovers that he can fly and fights off the Pirates off Neverland. That boy is Peter Pan. Main Stage South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center ... +

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A live recreation of one of the greatest pop/rock albums ever made “Money”, “Breath”, “On the Run”, and “Time”. Classic Albums Live takes classic albums from the 60s and 70s and performs those albums live on stage note for note, cut for cut. Using the world’s best musicians, fans are treated to an exact replication of the album followed by a seconds ... +

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Black Violin is a blend of classical, hip-hop, rock, R&B, and bluegrass music.Classically trained, Wil Baptiste (viola) and KevMarcus (violin) are a string duo from Florida with equal footing in the world of hip-hop. Accompanied by ace turntable whiz DJ SPS and their drummer, Black Violin’s groundbreaking collaboration has seen them play for everybody from the troops in Iraq to President Barack ... +

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Stars Dance Company is owned and operated by Victor Smalley and Angel Armas, stars from Season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance who have worked and inspired 15,000 dancers across the United States and Canada. Specialized mostly in contemporary technique stars Dance Studio will present its one-night-only event, Purity. Main Stage South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 ... +

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The native of Trinidad and Tobago: Leon Foster Thomas is considered a unique force in modern jazz. All About Jazz has labeled him as “the next big thing on his instrument”. His latest release, Brand New Mischief, highlights his penchant for lyricism, his creativity as a composer and has been receiving rave reviews all around. Leon holds a Master in Music degree ... +

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NPR’s From the Top presents Sounds and Stories, a unique musical event aimed at celebrating the arts in Miami’s schools. Using the power of music to showcase the assets of a diverse community, this performance will present 200 of Miami’s talented elementary through high school students in a rich tapestry of performances and stories. Four alumni of From the Top’s radio and ... +

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Mother’s Day Jazz in the Bay will present Jazz Vocalist Kevin Mahogany, Bobby Watson All-Star Quartet and Curtis Lundy, and the Richmond Heights Middle School Jazz Band for this one time only event celebrating Mother’s Day. Bobby Watson is a saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator, he grew up in Kansas City, and trained formally at the University of Miami. Curtis Lundy is ... +

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One of the greatest jazz vocalists to emerge in years, Cécile McLorin Salvant thrills audiences with a rich, velvety voice that is both smoky and crystalline. Known for her blues-infused vocals, she sings in the jazz style the‘20s and ‘30s. She was winner in four categories in the 2014 Annual Downbeat International Critics Poll including Jazz Album of the Year for WomanChild, ... +

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Musical director and conductor Keith Levenson and The Curtain Up Orchestra celebrate Broadway’s Best! Featuring hits from: Gypsy, 42nd Street, Damn Yankees, Kiss Me Kate, Guys and Dolls, Annie Get Your Gun, West Side Story, and On The Town. The Great White Way was a magnificent platform for a staggering number of hit songs during the Big Band Era. Popularized by stars ... +

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GlobalFEST On The Road brings Creole Carnival, with a fusion of sounds from the Caribbean and Americas, and revolving around Carnival. From Brazil (Casuarina) to Haiti (Emeline Michel) and Jamaica (Brushy One String), each country has its own rich traditions for music, dancing and cutting loose. Back Yard Concert Lawn & Plaza Appropriate for all ages Lawn chairs and blankets welcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyZYPOfRv6I ... +

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Companhia Urbana de Dança, direct from Rio de Janeiro is back in Miami. This fierce young company will perform two works from their high energy repertory, featuring choreography by Artistic Director Sonia Destri Lie: NÊGO (I. You. We. All Black) and Chapa Quente. Founded in Brazil in 2004 by dancer Tiago Sousa and choreographer and Artistic Director Sonia Destri Lie, Companhia Urbana ... +

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The Deering Estate presents Intersections – a thought-provoking exhibition of site-specific works by more than two dozen notable contemporary artists that bridge past and present, nature and the man-made. Part of the Deering Estate’s annual Festival of the Arts, Intersections offers visitors an opportunity to experience artworks inspired by crossroads, both physical and metaphorical, throughout the Estate’s varied and expansive outdoor and ... +

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Dr. Marilyn Valiente is an accomplished water-colorist as well as a psychotherapist whose understanding of human nature and passion for life is apparent in her beautiful work. “Being involved in the creative process allows me to disconnect from the constant chatter in my head and puts me in a divine meditative space where there is peace and clarity, and time stands still ... +

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Cuba’s leading contemporary dance company DanzAbierta presents Malson, choreographed by Susana Pous with music by X Alfonso. Malson is a love letter to Havana that is immersed in a virtual video world. The award-winning Malson is a part of the program CUBAAHORA: the next generation by Centro Cultural Español. It has received several awards, including Villanueva’s for the Best Dance Performance in ... +

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FUNDarte and Miami Light Project present Global Cuba Fest 2016, the ninth edition of the much awaited festival that this year brings to the stage some of the most recognized musicians of the Cuban Diaspora in Spain. The program includes sets by Iván “Melon” Lewis, considered one of the most recognized jazz pianists of his generation; by Yadam, singer-songwriter who in the ... +

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Seraphic Fire, conducted by Director Patrick Dupré Quigley is pleased to offer an encore presentation of Mozart’s signature opus, with a completion commissioned by Seraphic Fire featuring three newly-composed movements by young American composer Gregory Spears introducing a new Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei. Venues Feb 12, 2016, 7:30pm, All Saints Episcopal (Ft. Lauderdale) Feb 13, 2016, 8:00pm, Miami Shores Presbyterian Feb ... +

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Three little birds sing their sweet songs to Ziggy, a very shy child who is happy to see the world from the T.V. in his room. But his tricky friend, Nansi wants him to get out and enjoy the Island of Jamaica. But, Ziggy is afraid of hurricanes, mongooses and evil spirits. Their worldly adventure is enlivened by the fantastic songs of ... +

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Conde Contemporary Gallery invites photographer John Sevigny. In a 45-minute talk, the artist will discuss metaphors related to his work such as: beliefs and rituals, encounters with violence, Santeria and Miami’s collective identity themes. A new group of 14 photographs, Dark Arts, will be on view the same night. John Sevigny was born in Miami and lived on US-Mexico border for four ... +

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The all-male Argentinian dance company, Che Malambo, presents percussive dance and music spectacle. Malambo is at the heart of the gaucho (South American cowboy) tradition and is a new production by choreographer Gilles Brinas. Malambo began in the 17th century as competitive duels that tested skills of dexterity among the gaucho. It soon evolved to include its hallmark, zapeteo, the fast-paced footwork ... +

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Joan Soriano, the Dominican Republic’s ‘Duke of Bachata’ will perform in Little Havana Social Club. The presentation will include a pre-concert bachata dance lesson, DJ set and the live show. Joan Soriano and his family band bring old-school charm and modern sensibility to the genre, creating a danceable sound that is as gritty as it is romantic. Koubek Center Little Havana Social ... +

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Miami International Guitar Festival 2016 (MIGF) will present eleven concerts, five masterclasses, three lectures, and a composers panel, as well as a composition competition and luthiers expo. All masterclasses are open to the public for viewing. The composition competition invites the young and emerging composers of new guitar compositions for solo, duo, or trio in two age categories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_qoSNcTCvs&list=PL0OeASTO6ZjKiMt4_Kc3ct7OL2qEfSSSm&index=1 Miami International Guitar ... +

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Dolphin Promotions is pleased to announce its returning with a new show, the Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show, to be held at the Miami Airport Convention Center (MACC). The inaugural Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show will feature 100 national and international exhibitors offering a broad range of rare antique furniture, decorative and fine arts including silver, paintings, bronzes, ... +

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Burlesque Magnifique includes Burlesque revue, cabaret and variety show. Some of the finest Burlesque artists and Las Vegas (style) Show Girls come together for two-nights only. This production will feature classic burlesque, along with show girls, comedy acts, special performances and live music. Black Box Theater Jan 8, 2016, 8:30 PM Jan 9, 2016, 7:30 PM, 9:30 PM South Miami Dade Cultural ... +

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Again, for the First Time: Contemporary Remakings of Abstraction is the first of two group exhibitions guest-curated by Rina Carvajal. This exhibition examines contemporary abstraction’s contextualization and its re-interpretations, aiming to think contemporary culture and to incite ongoing critical dialogues with everyday reality. The exhibition brings together a group of seven artists whose work engage divergent conceptual approaches to abstract art, such ... +

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DINA SHENHAV: D.O.A. Curated by Tami Katz-Freiman Preview & Artist Talk | Sunday, November 29 | 6-9 PM Opening Reception featuring DJ Doron Solomons | Monday, November 30 | 7-10 PM VIP Breakfast Reception | Saturday, December 5 | 9 AM-12 PM (by invitation) On view November 29, 2015 – January 31, 2016 ArtCenter [Little River Edition] 7252 NW Miami Ct, Miami ... +

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The Liszt Piano Series features the South Florida Chapter of the American Liszt Society, dedicated to disseminating the work and ideals of Franz Liszt. The Chapter, inaugurated in 2010 has since presented yearly mini Festivals at different venues throughout South Florida, including the Deering Estate. In 2012 the Chapter inaugurated a new Piano Series at the Deering Estate, including recitals and master ... +

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Encompassing over 2,000 square feet, the exhibition spans nearly 20 years of the artist’s trajectory with more than 35 works of art (many on view for the first time), including mixed media sculptures, assemblages, installations and works on paper. Estevez’s work arches across many historical periods and a wide spectrum of human knowledge from different eras, his study of the principles of ... +

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Conde Contemporary is delighted to present Shie Moreno crafted book “Ogbön”. Moreno will be signing copies of his book and exhibiting a carefully curated selection of his work. The body of “Ogbön” includes forty paintings created between 1999 and 2014, by Shie Moreno, laid out to give viewers an insight into the painter’s varied styles and techniques. Abstract paintings are displayed alongside ... +

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The exhibition features works by the artists Alex Yuzdon, Guo Jian, and Rubén Torres LLorca. Curated by Adriana Herrera and Willy Castellanos, the show brings images of fraternity from China (Guo Jian), the celluloid Hollywood heroines and heroes by the Cuban Ruben Torres Llorca; and the deconstruction of epic stories coming from Soviet Union (Alex Yudzon). The exhibition goes around questions related ... +

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Proudly presenting the world premiere of Tsunami, a poignant docudrama, based on transformative stories of Japan. This new play introduces us to the resilient people behind the front-page horrors of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster that occurred in 2011. The actors from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds find a common theatrical language to retell the stories gathered from interviews conducted by ... +

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Featuring special screenings of documentaries, independent films and thought-provoking stories, during this Short film series the filmmaker on tour Ian Samuels will be present within the audience. From his filmography: Myrna The Monster, Caterwaul, The eyes and the ice, Nancy and the Dapper Toad. Ian Samuels is a director based in Los Angeles. His hybrid work has screened internationally at festivals and ... +

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Tigertail will present a full Season of music, dance and spoken word events to mark its 36th Year of cultural work in Miami. The season will begin with a solo concert by guitarist Marc Ribot, who has released over 20 albums under his own name over a 30-year career, exploring everything from the pioneering jazz of Albert Ayler to the Cuban son ... +

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ArtCenter South Florida is presenting the exhibition Textual Undercurrents  by Elysa D. Batista,  a Miami based artist that makes three-dimensional work  exploring signs and text as sculptural communicators of coded information. The evolution of language as a form of interpreting the world is a constant investigation in her work. Batista carves and cuts manipulated digital typography onto materials ranging from wood, cardboard, foam ... +

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Miami Lyric Opera performs the classic work that defined Italian opera, Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto. Famous for mocking the husbands of the women the Duke has seduced, a deformed court jester Rigoletto finds himself in the same ill-fated predicament. When Rigoletto’s own daughter, whom he has kept carefully hidden, falls victim, he vows to have revenge. But repaying evil with evil goes horribly ... +

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Incoherent Stories is a series of drawings on cotton paper using different mediums. The series is based on random stories Aurora Molina has gathered from trips and those posted on social media, rumors, news, newspaper headlines, mythical stories and history books. Molina has created this collection of drawings, made on cotton paper using thread, scrap fabrics, spray‑paint while experimenting with the quality ... +

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A ‘narrative-light’ one act ballet, The Four Seasons is a hallmark piece of choreography by Artistic Director Wade Schaaf which exemplifies Chicago Repertory Ballet’s ‘new ballet’ style. Incorporating classical and contemporary movement forms into one ballet, The Four Seasons delights audiences with a series of vignettes from everyday life and is set to the beautiful re-composition of Vivaldi’s original score by Max ... +

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The Deering Estate’s Summer Cabaret Concert Series features intimate concerts inside the historic Stone House Ballroom. The concert on Saturday, July 25th will feature LeNard Rutledge and the concert on Saturday, August 29th will feature Dr. Ed Calle. Saturday, July 25th featuring LeNard Rutledge LeNard Rutledge, born and raised in Miami, is usually compared, aptly, to the legendary Lou Rawls. Like Rawls, ... +

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Miami’s Karen Peterson and Dancers (KPD) company, for the past twenty-five years, has been a pioneer in breaking new ground in what audiences have come to expect with its inclusion of dancers with disabilities in its group. An international showcase with special guests artists the daringCroi Glan , from Ireland, now on their third US tour; and the socially engaged mix of ... +

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The National Art Exhibitions by the Mentally Ill (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to collecting, displaying and selling art by artists recovering from mental illnesses, will open its 27th Annual Art Exhibition “Mental illness has been in the news a lot recently. Mental Illness is the ‘abandon’ illness of our century. For the past 28 years, NAEMI has made it its mission to ... +

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Repossessed integrates a variety works in different media, including Oquet’s new collage paintings, into a single installation, and addresses multidimensional aspects of cultural identity and post-colonial cultural legacy. Issues of politics, religion, social inequities, and the human condition will be woven into a resonant abstract language that embodies a decolonized aesthetics. An internationally acclaimed and interdisciplinary artist, Oquet transforms simple materials into ... +

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Schnall Gutierrez’s multimedia work is rich with psychological and intellectual references that is dedicated to issues of the feminine condition. In this current exhibition, the artist takes her inspiration from the1970 comedy-drama film, Diary of a Mad Housewife, and parallels memories and experiences of her own world as a young women in the same era. In this recent project, Schnall Gutierrez insists ... +

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In the exhibition, artist Carla Fache exposes her artistic quest for Super Powers”; her proposal on searching life answers through colors; finding the connection with how she leads her life through hues rather than thoughts. Through the Super Power canvas exhibition, Fache unlocks the power of light, sometimes geometrically, most of the time through just plain abstraction without pretension. The colors of ... +

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FUNDarte and Miami Light Project present Global Cuba Fest 2015, featuring some of the most prominent names in Latin Jazz, and world music. The festival kicks off with an Opening Night Contemporary Cuban Sound Extravaganza on Saturday, March 7, from 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at the Miami Dade County Auditorium . The remaining three events will be held at The Light ... +

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A 1954 American Classic, this suspenseful drama depicts a jury forced to consider a homicide trial. As in most American criminal-cases, the twelve men must unanimously decide on a verdict of "guilty" or "not guilty". (In the justice systems of nearly all American states, failure to reach a unanimous verdict, a so-called "hung jury", results in a mistrial.) Several of the jurors ... +

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Kids have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about jazz from prominent, internationally recognized jazz composers hailing from countries as diverse as West Africa, Israel, Cuba, Puerto Rico, India and the United States. The program also features fun, short video interludes that offer background on each of the project’s composers, and commentary on the various ways that both the American jazz tradition and ... +

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Savor a delicious brunch on January 11th at 11am, as you join us for the opening reception of a special show to celebrate the work of over ten South Florida artists using soft pastels. Become familiar with a brilliant art material, favored by painters since the renaissance to depict vibrant plant forms, landscapes, still lifes, portraits and more. With various levels of ... +

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Just My Height Art Shows brings fine art to young children’s eye level by displaying professional-level, fine art (not children’s or “childish” art) at just 36 inches high so young children can see it. With its innovative approach to art shows, Just My Height Art Shows productions are just like any other art show—only the art is hung at a “new low.” ... +

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Enjoy a little girl’s dreamlike journey to the magical Land of the Sweets with the Sugarplum Fairy, dazzling costume characters, and Tchaikovsky’s beautiful score that will transport you to a magical world where mischievous mice besiege a battalion of toy soldiers, and an onstage blizzard leads to an enchanted Land of Sweets. The cast features star professional ballet dancers and students from ... +

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Part of the Frost’s longstanding collaborative partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Buenos Aires (MACBA), this exhibition features 30 works spanning 1950-2014. The commanding roster of artists showcases MACBA’s emphasis on crosscurrents of influence in geometric abstraction between artists worldwide. The scope of A Global Exchange sets it apart as one of the only group shows to present the interchange ... +

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Each year, in celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University hosts Breakfast in the Park. This event draws hundreds of art enthusiasts, patrons, collectors, gallery owners and artists from around the world, many of whom are visiting Miami for Art Basel. Each year a noted sculptor is invited to speak. Guests enjoy ... +

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Writing in Sand is a multidisciplinary stage production directed by Carlos Caballero, featuring actress Mabel Roch, choreographer and dancer Lucia Aratanha, musician Inez Barlatier, and the writing of Griselda Ortíz. The work opens a dialogue that explores themes of displacement, immigration, trauma, personal crisis, and assimilation as a mirror of Miami itself. Three female performers – one Cuban, one Brazilian and one ... +

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The 34th annual Alper JCC Berrin Family Jewish Book Festival brings over a dozen acclaimed authors to our community to share the power of words that initiate conversations, inspire change or entertain us with their stories. The festival begins Monday, October 20th when award-winning journalist and legal analyst Lisa Bloom presents her compelling book, Suspicion Nation. Bloom exposes mistakes made in the ... +

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Still presents a series of new works of various scales, from expansive installations to small stand-alone objects. The large works made up of countless small, layered gestures envelop the viewer, while intimate smaller works, equally elaborate and layered, suggest a larger psychological space. Tellería constructs a contemplative and meditative space that allows for introspection and reverie. The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art ... +

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This exhibition explores the experiences of individuals who have been connected directly with or associated with Guantánamo through art. Artwork in Kept At Bay speaks for thousands of diverse individuals who have lived in or have been influenced by Guantánamo. American military personnel and their families, Haitian refugees, Cuban refugees, and post 9/11 detainees are among those who have had associations with ... +

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