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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 … +

Nina Johnson Gallery exhibits carbon fiber and terra-cotta bas-relief works by artist Nicolas Lobo. Each has a rectilinear substrate made of carbon fiber that supports irregularly shaped wads and disks of terra cotta. The disks are marred with the indentations of different types of mechanically produced food: Onion rings, crinkle-cut French fries, M&Ms, breakfast cereal. The wads carry impressions of the interface … +

UNBOUND, New World School of the Arts’ 2017 BFA final visual arts is a group exhibition highlighting a variety of works from 23 visual artists of divergent disciplines, professionally curated by NWSA dean of the visual arts program, Maggy Cuesta and gallerist Fredric Snitzer. It explores hybridity in various ways. Participating NWSA BFA college students include: Lady S. Abanto, Cindy Becerra, Thomas … +

On.Stage Black.Box Theater at Miami Dade County Auditorium March 24 & 25, 2017, 8:30 p.m. March 26, 2017 – 5:00 p.m. Copperbridge Foundation and FUNDarte, in association with Miami-Dade County Auditorium, present 10 Million by the Cuban Theater Company, Argos Teatro, at the On.Stage Black.Box Theater at Miami Dade County Auditorium. Written and directed by Carlos Celdrán (Winner of the Cuban National … +

“ASTONISHING. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEASON.” – The Associated Press “A SURE-FIRE, ACTION-PACKED HIT.” – The Huffington Post Political intrigue takes center stage at Actors’ Playhouse in the Tony Award-winning drama All The Way by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan. This riveting behind-the-scenes look at President Lyndon B. Johnson’s (LBJ) tumultuous first year in office in the wake of President … +

Cuban dissident Reinaldo Arenas inspired a generation of Cuban immigrants proclaiming his political and sexual freedom. He also inspired a book, a film, and an opera. Florida Grand Opera’s production of Before Night Falls brings the story of the persecuted life of this Cuban poet and dissident to the main stage. His story will resonate with everyone in South Florida. A must … +

Cuban-born brothers Orlando Alonso and Orlay Alonso will share the stage and the keyboard- performing four hands in their Miami, Florida concert on March 31, 2017 at 7:30 PM at Trinity Cathedral. Equally talented, these brothers dazzle with their artistic exuberance and passionate expression. In a nod to their Spanish heritage, this duo has planned a program to include works by Manuel … +

In a career that took flight in 1985 with immediate commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination and technical wizardry that sets him apart from every known guitarist. His music also is imbued with a combination of passion, sensitivity, humor, daring, and shear brilliance. Whether bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or … +

Featured Presenters: Gloria Estefan Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman Judith Jamison Artistic Director Emerita, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Tig Notaro Stand-Up Comedian and creator of Amazon’s “One Mississippi” Michelle Ortiz Comedian & cast member of MadTv Chita Rivera Multi-Tony Award winner and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Featured Performers: Vanessa Williams Tony, GRAMMY and Emmy nominated artist Denyce … +

Aluna Art Foundation will participate in the inauguration of Concrete Space, an alternative art project that will open its doors to the public next Saturday, March 18th, with the exhibition “The Object and The Image (This is Not a Chair Either”. Curated by Aluna Curatorial Collective (Adriana Herrera and Willy Castellanos), the exhibition will feature invited artist Chema Madoz, and will recover … +

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 … +

Broward County’s newest opera company, Fort Lauderdale Opera Works (Opera FLOW), is pleased to announce its inaugural concert, “New Visions, New Voices.” This one-night-only performance will take place at 8pm on Friday, March 24, 2017 at the JM Family Studio Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. A concert celebrating contemporary American art song, “New Visions, New Voices” will feature … +

Following its 2013 hit Botanica, MOMIX returns with their latest production Opus Cactus, bringing the landscape of the American Southwest to life with illusionistic style, dynamic images of lizards and fire dancers, conjuring up a world of surrealistic images. Known internationally for presenting works of remarkable inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists founded and directed by Moses Pendleton. … +

Working in an insular farming community in Appalachia, Sal Damon, a modern-day Thoreau, seeks solace from a past relationship. After a sudden death in the community and the discovery of a feral child living on the lam, Sal must reconcile his place in a world that lives outside of the law. Some Beasts is the debut feature of Dallas writer/director Cameron Bruce … +

The Axis of Love Series concludes with an exquisite Egyptian duo, Middle Eastern guitar master Tarek Abdallah, accompanied by percussionist Adel Shams el-Din. Shams el-Din last visited Miami accompanying the Whirling Dervishes of Damascus with the Al Kindi Ensemble. This duo’s first collaboration, in 2015, was named one of the year’s Best World Music Albums by UK-based Songlines. The Axis of Love … +

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

The music festival offers young Miami Beach-based artists an opportunity to perform live for a large audience on a professional stage. Popular Latin funk band Locos Por Juana headlines the night, with lead-up sets by these selected young artists: Miami Beach High Rock Ensemble, Just Billy, Arrow Head, Monet, Avalanche, Flotilla, Glimpse, Ripcord, River Friedman. Free Admission North Beach Bandshell 7275 Collins … +

Dance Now! heralds the spring season with a romantic evening of dance performances under the stars. Daniel Lewis will introduce the masterpiece “Ritmo Jondo” and the evening will include special performances from ATMA YogaDance Company and the talented students from TAME Dance Academy. Dance NOW! has received critical and popular acclaim both at the national and international level. The company’s work has … +

Nouvelle Vague comes from Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux’s unique project, which, by appropriating the punk and post-punk cannon and running it through the Bossa Nova filter, reinvented the cover band genre, revealing new and brilliant talents along the way: Camille, Phoebe Killdeer (whose Fade Out Lines was remixed by The Avener,) Nadeah, Mélanie Pain and Cuban Liset Alea, who will be … +

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

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 … +