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The first Miami Book Fair (1984) was founded by Miami Dade College and community partners, since then, it has been recognized as the nation’s finest literary festival. Each November hundreds of authors and readers converge on Downtown Miami for the nation’s premier literary festival. The Fair will open with the popular Evenings With… series, featuring nights of readings and discussions with noted … +

Award-winning jazz vocalist, Zoë began her musical career at an early age, growing through dedication and practice. Currently attending the University of Miami Frost School of Music on a full scholarship, Zoë continues to perform around Florida while finding time to teach voice and piano. Zoë has played in Austin, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Boca Raton, where she opened for Natalie Cole. … +

MOCA North Miami holds the events An Evening with Rolando Peña: Creativity, Resistance and the Latin American Vanguard and Performance of “Fuego Sagrado/Sacred Fire” (Rolando Peña; Press Cartoonist Rayma Suprani; Emmy Award winner Jorge Heilpern) These will be host by Curator Jorge Luis Gutiérrez. This will be the closing day for Black Gold exhibition by Peña, considered an homage to the citizens … +

Kansas City Choir Boy is a theatricalized concept album about love altered by unexpected fate. The show tells the story of two lovers in small town America who separate when one goes in search of destiny and then disappears. Borrowing themes from ancient myth, the show features songs by acclaimed composer/lyricist Todd Almond performed by rock icon Courtney Love and Almond. They … +

Brought to life by a full orchestra, Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions is the video game concert of the year, giving fans and newcomers of all ages the chance to experience the evolution of the Pokémon franchise like it has not been presented before. It features the music from Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver; Pokémon Crystal; Pokémon … +

Following the spectacular success of the first MISO-CHIC dedicated to fashion, this season MISO-CHIC will be presenting a visual arts extravaganza. Painting, sculpture, and urban street art with live performances on stage. Music and Color will be combined as paint for the soul. The program will include from Marturet-Mikesell: Pictures of an Exhibition (World Premiere); from LeFrak: Variations on work by Sandra … +

Jazz South Florida celebrates 25 years of jazz with Benny Green Trio in Concert. Benny Green (piano), David Wong (acoustic bass) and Rodney Green (drums). Green’s most recent recordings, Live in Santa Cruz (2015) and Magic Beans (2012) (Sunnyside) are examples of his brilliance. Since emerging under the four-year tutelage of Betty Carter, then Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard and Ray Brown in … +

Slow Burn Theatre Company presents Avenue Q directed by Patrick Fitzwater. Winner of the Tony Award “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. This laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way … +

Steve Vai is a virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer who sculpts musical sound with technical mastery. At age 12, he started taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani. At 18, he began his professional musical career transcribing for, and then playing with, the legendary Frank Zappa. After more than three decades, 15 million album sales and three GrammyAwards later, Vai continues … +

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, the latest milestone in Miami’s emergence as an international arts destination, has completed construction of its permanent home in the Miami Design District. The construction completion sets into motion a six month timeline in which the museum will ready the building’s galleries, interior spaces and sculpture garden for the public opening on December 1, 2017 in … +

Kenneth MacMillan’s full-length ballet is a compelling exploration of identity in the turbulent wake of the Russian Revolution. Events overtake the young Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov and her family: World War I is declared, and then the Russian Revolution brings their privileged lives to an end. A woman who believes herself to be Anastasia, sole survivor from the massacre of the Romanovs, … +

Zoetic Stage opens the 2016-2017 Theater Up Close Season with the newest world premiere from multiple Carbonell Award-winning, internationally produced playwright, Michael McKeever, author of Daniel’s Husband and Clark Gable Slept Here. The Campbells and the Beckmans have been good friends and neighbors for years. When a senseless act of violence turns their perfect lives upside down, they must turn to each … +

Island City Stage opens it’s fifth season with the regional premiere of Topher Payne’s “Perfect Arrangement” which The New York Times heralded as a “clever canape of comedy” during its premiere Off-Broadway last fall at Primary Stages. It’s 1950 and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying … +

Wynwood’s newly arrived gallery presents an exhibition of international acclaim, Chinese artist Canal Cheong-Jagerroos on Friday, November 11th from 6pm- 9pm. Canal grew up in Macau, China, in a family steeped in traditional Chinese art. Her current painting series Noah’s Ark and her latest work Eternal Love will be featured in this upcoming exhibit with Tranter-Sinni Gallery located in the world-renowned Museo … +

Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show in the United States. And, the largest with over 500,000 square feet of exhibition space. Leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa show historical work from the masters of Modern and contemporary art, as well as newly created pieces by emerging stars. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, and … +

Technique is a boutique art fair taking place during Miami’s Art Week in December. Located in the iconic art deco hotel, the Shelborne Wyndham Grand South Beach, just three blocks from art week’s perennial anchor, Art Basel. Technique kicks off its inaugural year in 2016, opening on November 29th and running through December 4th. The focus of Technique Art Fair is work, … +

For 2016’s Miami Art Week, the second edition of Superfine! The Fairest Fair makes a move to the belly of the beast: Midtown Miami. With an exhibitor base spanning both galleries and independent artists, Superfine! will showcase challenging and accessibly priced works from Miami and around the globe. THE SUPERFINE! MANTRA Superfine! represents the continued evolution of the art world. We believe … +

Discover Spectrum Miami, a juried, contemporary art show in the heart of Midtown Miami. Featuring an international slate of artists and galleries, Spectrum is much more than just an art show – it’s a five-day fine art experience where guests can immerse themselves in the world of contemporary art and attend exciting events, live performances, late-night parties, and educational seminars, as well … +

The fifth Miami Project represents an ambitious step forward for the world class art fair. Miami Project Edition 5 will be erected atop and within an expansive structure located in Miami Beach, just steps from the entrance of NADA Miami. A dramatic, 75,000 square foot exhibition space featuring 40 foot cathedral ceilings will be built seamlessly into the existing architecture, elegantly housing … +

The Betsy Hotel Presents a curated Mini-Fridge, the Art Basel Festival formerly known as ERIC GINSBURG’S FRIDGE FAIR, and AKA “The little art fair that could” will go on for another year thanks to a fortunate turn of events. Fridge Art Fair, originally expected to take place this year in Little Havana, has found a new home in The Betsy Hotel, returning … +

CONTEXT is the sister fair to Art Miami. CONTEXT is committed to the development and reinforcement of emerging and mid-career artists. The fair’s open atmosphere creates a meaningful dialogue between artists, galleries and collectors while providing the ultimate platform for established and emerging galleries to present cutting-edge and emergent talent. The 75 international galleries vetted by the CONTEXT Selection Committee will exhibit … +