Miami Beach

Join us in celebration of the Sackner Archive, the world’s largest collection of concrete and visual poetry right here in Miami, FL. This performative dinner will commemorate the intersection of word and image, where language, typography, and poetry inspire each course. From typewriter pieces by Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, to event scores by Alison Knowles and linear poems by Ian Hamilton Finlay, this unique … +

Mindie 2017, the second annual event of Miami Independent Film Festival takes place at The Historic Miami Beach Cinematheque screening a selection of the best 27 films and web series between the 86 semi-finalists that won the 2016 Monthly Editions. These finalists will be screened during Mindie 2017, winners will receive prizes from our sponsors like Final Draft and Movie Magic. During … +

In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after the nuking of the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until Tetsuo’s supernatural powers suddenly … +

David Lynch: The Art Life looks at Lynch’s art, music, and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world and giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist. As he says, “I think every time you do something, like a painting or whatever, you go with ideas, and sometimes the past can conjure those … +

No burden as heavy is a group exhibition with works by Sanford Biggers, Kate Gilmore, Quisqueya Henriquez, Pepe Mar, Jillian Mayer, Robert Melee, Christina Quarles, Carlos Rolón/ Dzine, Xaviera Simmons, Shinique Smith and Wendy White. It considers the weight of history, invoking the present as a landscape imprinted upon by the gestures, values and practices of the past. The exhibition traces the … +

A Curated Selling Exhibit with Historic and Recent Artworks from Cuban Artists of the 80’s Generation The Sagamore Hotel and Aluna Art Foundation present its latest curated exhibit: Cuban Artists: The Prodigious Decade. This thoughtfully curated project showcases a significant selection of historic and recent artworks created by Cuban artists from the 80’s generation, some of the most important artists who pioneered … +

La Shica is a Madrid-based artist who mixes the raw passion of flamenco with the girt of urban Hip-hop and rap, adding touches of rock and funk, and rounding out the sound with generous jazz and blues influences. Born in the miscegenation of funk and rap, and in her desire to find her own sound, La Shica develops her own hybrid language … +

Investigating gender, crime, and other social issues in the United States, In the Shadows. . . explores pulp magazine and paperback cover art of the 1920s–1950s. Designed to appeal to male readers, the glossy cover illustrations of pulp featured stereotypical, often lurid, images of stereotypical gun-wielding gangsters, tough detectives, seductive or vulnerable women, and foreign enemies. Exhibition runs through Jul 9, 2017 … +

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, the two founding members of the house electronica band Daft Punk, wrote and directed the memorably eccentric and bizarre sci-fi opus about two robots’ quest to become human. DAFT PUNK’S ELECTROMA!’ screening on 35 mm will take place one-night-only. The film was shot on 35 mm Kodak stock under the cinematography of Bangalter. He purchased and … +

The Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony concludes its 28th season with ¡Danzas!. A night-only performance bringing Latin dance forms with original wind band/ensemble literature and the classic film music of John Williams. Members of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band will join the ensemble for solo performances and a grand finale of John Williams’ Escapades — the iconic theme from the popular … +

Out In The Tropics 2017 is a weeklong performing arts series featuring artists who tackle issues of gender politics, sexuality, and LGBTQ identity. Now in its eighth year, this provocative program series runs in Miami Beach. It will present four distinct national and international artists including concerts at the Gleason Room at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Out in the Tropics also features … +

Indie folk rock band The Head And The Heart brings Signs of Light Tour with smile-inducing ode to Los Angeles “City Of Angels” and the head-nodding “Rhythm & Blues” nod to classic Fleetwood Mac, while the organ-flecked “Dreamer” is a timeless-sounding ballad that could have been beamed straight out of an old jukebox. The Head And The Heart is the result of … +

The rock event of the year returns, as Brit Floyd brings the music of Pink Floyd with its Immersion World Tour 2017. The spectacle of a Pink Floyd concert experience is truly recaptured in high-definition sound, and with a stunning million dollar light show and state of the art video design. As well as performing the favourite moments from The Dark Side … +

Climate Sync by artist Tom Scicluna is part of SEA LEVEL RISE: a series of site-specific temporary public art interventions exploring the topic of rising seas and its impact in South Florida. Climate Sync is an inverted yet fully operational alternating time and temperature display unit which critically invokes geographic, social and economic conditions at play concerning the given South Florida environment. … +

David Lynch: The Art Life looks at Lynch’s art, music, and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world and giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist. As he says, “I think every time you do something, like a painting or whatever, you go with ideas, and sometimes the past can conjure those … +

This group exhibition features resident artists from the MFU: New York Studio & Teaching Program. The interdisciplinary show includes works created by the artists Nina Behrle, Jesse Chun, Kentaro Ikegami, Pastiche Lumumba and Andrew Ross. Parafiction is loosely defined by art historian Carrie Lambert-Beatty as an emergent genre of artwork that plays between fact and fiction. In a climate of “alternative facts” … +

Vocalist Vivian Sessoms will be in Concert to celebrate International Jazz Day. Dr. Ed Calle’s student jazz ensemble will open the afternoon, and there will be a farmer’s market courtesy of the Market Company. Vivian Sessoms has been a featured vocalist for several artists, including Chris Botti (Jazz trumpeter), Harold Mabern (legendary jazz pianist), Eric Benet, Will Downing, Towa Tei (Dee-Lite), Ryuichi … +

The MiFo LGBT Film Festival is a bi-annual film festival with a mission to inspire and educate the public encouraging a sense of community through international and culturally diverse film, video and other media that offer historical and contemporary perspectives on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. This year the festival opening night will screen Handsome Devil(2016). Ohter films included are: … +

Master of modern music Reinbert de Leeuw returns to the New World Symphony for the U.S. premiere of one of his own works and an explosive violin concerto. With a name exposing a clash of sacred and profane, Kaija Saariaho’s Graal théâtre is inspired by writings of King Arthur and the Grail, and spectacularly tackled by contemporary music advocate and consummate violinist … +

Bass Museum of Art’ Adult Program explore topics, techniques and themes in art through a series of engaging films and art making workshops offered on a rotating basis. This STUDIO session will present 3D paper sculptures and text-based art. Bass Museum of Art 2100 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, 33139 www.bassmuseum.org

William H. Bradley was America’s foremost graphic artist from the end of the nineteenth century into the 1930s. Derived from the Art Nouveau aesthetic, the flowing lines of his designs for advertisements, periodicals, catalogs, and posters made a marked impact on both commercial and fine art in the United States. The Wolfsonian–FIU Museum 1001 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 305.531.1001 www.wolfsonian.org