Miami Beach

From Purcell to Vaughan Williams, countless composers throughout the centuries have found inspiration in William Shakespeare. Actress Siobhan Doherty and Seraphic Fire explore this magnificent canon of settings based on the great Elizabethan bard’s timeless words. Concerts and Venues Tue, May 8, 7:00pm Vanderbilt Presbyterian 1225 Piper Blvd, Naples, FL 34110 Wed, May 9, 7:30pm St. Sophia Greek Orthodox 2401 SW 3rd … +

Miami Web Fest (or Miami Web Series Festival) is a New type of “film festival” for a new type of “filmmaker”. A “web series” is a TV pilot, divided into segments and shown on the internet. Miami Web Fest finds the best of these programs and shows them in theaters in Miami, along with panel discussions, exclusive parties, and an elaborate awards … +

In Still Lives, Kristen Thiele’s paintings reflect on isolation, ambiguity, and the space between action and reaction. Her imagery derived from classic films of the 1930’s to the 1950’s resonate with what is fleeting, missing, and unattainable through their opulence and escapism. The repetition of crowds and close-ups in her paintings are indexes for the ignored places between the deliberate and the … +

“Art of the Teese” will mesmerize with a re-staged performance of “Lazy” from Von Teese’s residency at Crazy Horse Paris this past year (including new costuming sponsored by Swarovski and designed by British designer, Jenny Packham), and a revitalization of the Cowgirl Act including her sexy new male “Vontourage.” The “Burlesque Superheroine” (Vanity Fair) will be joined on stage by a diverse … +

Nu Deco kicks off their multi-year commissioning series at the New World Center with multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and violin looper Kishi Bashi. This catalyst of this performance will be the world-premiere of Bashi’s multimedia piece, Improvisations on EO 9066, based on Executive Order 9066, the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The concert will also include music of Mason Bates, Shostakovich, … +

French music authority and Music Director-Designate of the St. Louis Symphony, Stéphane Denève makes his anticipated return to lead an in-depth exploration of the music of Maurice Ravel, one of the most extraordinary composers of the 20th century. Discover Ravel’s rich body of work in a three-part event that highlights his style and influences, from childlike charm to American jazz to glittering exoticism. Writer … +

Global conducting phenom Stéphane Denève conjures a vibrant, sun-dappled Italy seen through the lens of French and homegrown musical giants. No composer captured the spirit of Italy quite like its own Ottorino Respighi, whose Pines of Rome is a breathtaking ode to nature and the iconic landscapes of the Eternal City. From climbing pine trees and mysterious catacombs to vivid bird calls, this … +

Queen of Basel is an Only-in-Miami story of lust, power and class. Hilary Bettis, one of America’s hottest young playwrights and a writer on the FX hit series The Americans, revamps August Strindberg’s classic Miss Julie for the present day. Set during Miami’s famous Art Week at a luxurious hotel, Julie, the owner’s glamorous but spoiled daughter, gets entangled with Christine, a … +

Tom Scicluna presents Climate Sync, an inverted yet fully operational alternating time and temperature display unit installed above the main entrance to the ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami Beach. Situated five blocks west of Lincoln Road’s landmark rooftop time and temperature clocks, the commercially produced upside down sign critically invokes geographic, social and economic conditions at play concerning the given South Florida environment. Tom … +

In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a … +

Intertidal offers a multi-disciplinary experience of what Miami might look like as the seas continue to rise. Visitors will be immersed in a series of newly commissioned videos, audio and wall drawings by A.S.T. This exhibit imagines Miami as an intertidal zone, an area above water at low tide, yet flooded at high tide. How could Miami adapt to live with water? … +

The Wolfsonian–FIU Museum will hold the second screening of classic Italian cinema in partnership with Cinema Italy! Federico Fellini’s autobiographical film about filmmaking, 8 1/2 (1963), was the Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film in 1964. Presented with support from the Consolato Generale d’Italia and Florida International University’s Program in Eurasian Studies, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, and Italian Club. Free event … +

Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels explores the little known story of the Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi-occupied Europe and found a safe haven on the Caribbean island of Cuba. After a wave of Jewish refugees to Cuba in the 1920’s and 30’s, the island shut its doors to immigrants, most notably to the Jews aboard the ship the St. Louis in 1939. In 1940, … +

John Adams, today’s contemporary American music icon returns to lead his own music, as well as that of a younger generation. Quietly heralding the evening’s start is Adams’ spatial fanfare Tromba lontana. Samuel Adams pushes to the extreme in his many words of love, finding inspiration in Schubert and Japanese pop. Hailed for his “playful intelligence and individuality,” Timo Andres creates a … +

Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alexey. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alexey disappears… Andrey Zvyagintsev (Director/Writer) Born in Novosibirsk, … +

A refreshingly sunny performance from Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher, Elle) is at the center of this comic charmer from South Korean Master Hong Sangsoo. Huppert plays Claire, a school teacher with a camera (that might be magical) on her first visit to Cannes. She happens upon a film sales assistant, Manhee (Kim Minhee), recently laid off after a one-night stand with … +

Art imitates life in this quietly devastating masterpiece from Hong Sangsoo. Kim Minhee (The Handmaiden, Right Now, Wrong Then)—in the role that won her the Silver Bear for best actress in Berlin—plays Younghee, an actress reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director. Younghee visits Hamburg then returns to Korea, but as she meets with friends and has … +

In a popular all-concerto program—a staple of the NWS program—select Fellows take the coveted spotlight as winners of this season’s concerto competition, an intense contest where Fellows compete head-to-head armed with their favorite solo work. The concert opens with lush, cascades by the harp in Reinhold Glière’s dream-like Concerto featuring Chloe Tula. Rewind over 130 years for the classical cheerfulness and regal … +

Orchestra Miami’ most popular annual event returns! This year’s concerts will feature violist Richard Fleischman, performing Telemann’s Concerto for Viola, along with Beethoven’s undeservedly neglected Symphony N. 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 60., and the dramatic “Coriolan” Overture. Orchestra Miami performs, led by Artistic Director Elaine Rinaldi. Having performed in twenty countries around the world, Richard Fleischman has received numerous honors, … +

Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema’ Romeo and Juliet, tells the classic story of mad love among these two lovers, while their respective families are caught in a bitter rivalry ending in heart-wrenching tragedy… Alexei Ratmansky, former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, stages the company’s premiere of his production with dramatic urgency and a fresh re-telling of Shakespeare’s beloved classic. His brilliant and … +

Ana is a young girl in a middle class family in Madrid (played by the dark-eyed Ana Torrent, who haunted audiences two years earlier in Víctor Erice’s The Spirit of the Beehive), mourning the death of her mother with her two sisters under the guidance of their aunt and grandmother. Her mother María (Geraldine Chaplin, married at the time to director Carlos … +