What's up in the Magic City

Party at the C.G.Art Cinema, Sing the Blues in Key Largo, Admire the Art at M.B. City Hall, Jazz at WDNA Gallery, Roseanna Vitro at C.G. Congregational Church

The Coral Gables Art Cinema is having a party...and you're invited. Saturday, July 21, at 8:00 pm, the Gables Cinema will have an Italian-themed fete, From Italy With Love, on its outdoor plaza, to celebrate Woody Allen's film, To Rome With Love. The reception includes an open bar and bites. After the reception, patrons will be transported to Rome with a 9:15 pm screening of the first run To Rome With Love . The film is being held over through July 26. The evening is presented in collaboration with the Societa Dante Alighiere and the Italian Film Festival under the auspices of the  Consulate General of Italy in Miami. Tickets, which include the reception and the screening, are $20. Tickets are available in advance through the Cinema's website www.gablescinema.com or in person at the box office during regular screening hours.

If you're going to be Key Largoing it this weekend stop in at the Bayside Grille and Sunset Bar and catch gun slinger blues with Bobby and the Renegades.  Showtime is Saturday at 6:30 pm and the music is free. 305-451-4885 http://keylargo-baysidegrill.com/  

Ninety-five works of art created by City of Miami Beach employees and their families are on display in the Seventh Annual Exhibit of the National Arts Program® in the City Hall Fourth Floor Gallery through September 27, 2012. The juried exhibit is judged by professional artists and arts professionals. The annual program provides City employees and family members with a rare opportunity to exhibit their original works publicly and to compete for $2,400 in cash prizes and four continuing art education scholarships. The exhibit is sponsored by the National Arts Program Foundation, with support and cooperation by the Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council and the City of Miami Beach. 

There'll be an 88.9 WDNA fm Serious Jazz Friday night at eight, with Jazz Encounters featuring the Jamie Ousley Trio with special guest Nanami Morikawa, one of Japan's leading jazz vocalists. Nicole Yarling will be leading the session and young musicians are invited to play. Catch it all at the WDNA Jazz Gallery, 2921 Coral Way, Miami. 305-662-8889 http://www.wdna.org  

"[Roseanna Vitro] has the unrelenting scatability of Ella Fitzgerald, the pristine elegance of Sarah Vaughan, the blues-bucket gutsiness of Aretha Franklin, and her distinct, clear voice."  - Downbeat

"A first rate improviser ... determined to use her voice with the same musical breadth and density with which instrumentalists use their horns."  - The Los Angeles Times  

You can catch Roseanna Vitro Thursday August 2 at 8 pm at the Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 De Soto Boulevard, Coral Gables. The concert is part of the Community Arts Program, 2012 Summer Concert Series.