This Week and Weekend's Musts
ART
Chris Friday: "Good Times"
In her new exhibit, Chris Friday showcases large-scale drawings of black bodies at leisure – playing, dancing, resting. However, what visitors will notice when they view “GoodTimes” is that the figures in Friday’s impressive drawings are turned inward – slightly away from the viewers, keeping parts of themselves hidden. As Friday explains, George Floyd changed everything for her.
Through Sunday, April 2.
Oolite Arts, 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach.
Information at www.oolitearts.org.
Lady Liberty: A Bonnie Lautenberg Retrospective"
Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU
The exhibit is on view through March 26 and is free and open to the public.
The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is located at 301 Washington Ave, Miami Beach. Tel: (305) 672-5044. Visit Jewish Museum of Florida | Florida International University (fiu.edu). A VIP Reception will be held Sunday, Nov 20 from 5 to 7 p.m.
See the feature story about the exhibition here.
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami
Didier William: Nou Kite Tout Sa Dèyè (Through April 16, 2023) presents an in-depth look at the Haitian-born, North Miami-raised artist’s career and memory among the very neighborhood where he once grew up.
Leah Gordon: Kanaval (Through November 9 – April 16, 2023) documents twenty years of Carnival in Haiti with images contextualized by a series of oral histories relayed by various troupe leaders.
VantaBlack: To What Lengths (Through January 20, 2023) showcases a key component to her artistic practice by reflecting on legacy building and preservation as foundational to Black culture and other diasporic peoples.
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, 770 NE 125th St., North Miami
Mindy Solomon Gallery
Through Feb. 11
New exhibitions by Super Future Kid, Jonathan Casella and Brittany Mojo.
The gallery is at 848 NW 22 St., Miami.
DANCE
Miami City Ballet
Modern Masters
7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11. 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 12
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami.
Information and tickets at www.miamicityballet.org.
FESTIVAL
Miami Jewish Film Festival
Thursday, Jan. 12 through Thursday, Jan. 26.
Various venues including Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive and Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables; Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave., Miami Beach JCC, 4221 Pine Tree Drive, O Cinema South Beach, 1130 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; Michael-Ann Russell JCC, 18900 NE 25th Ave., Miami, and Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE 2nd Ave., Miami Shores. Also, digital screening program.
Get more information in the miamiartzine.com story here.
THEATER
"We Will Not Be Silent"
Through Sunday, Jan. 29
Risking everything to stand up for social justice, German college student Sophie Scholl courageously led a major act of civil disobedience against Hitler and his fascist regime. Scholl’s moral strength is tested while being interrogated for her crimes, leading her to question whether to save her own life or continue her righteous crusade. Based on true events.
Gablestage at the Biltmore, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables.
$35- $65
Info: (305) 445-1119.
Check out special events surrounding the play.
See the miamiartzine.com preview.
See the miamiartzine.com review.
American Rhapsody
Through Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023
A World Premiere by Michael McKeever
Directed by Stuart Meltzer
Over the course of some 60 years — starting in 1969 and ending in 2032 — the Cabot family tries to keep up with the world as it evolves around them.
Carnival Studio Theater inside the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami.
"Anna in the Tropics"
Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Rd., Miami
Through Feb. 12
8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday,
305-674-1040 or miaminewdrama.org
To see the review, click here.
To see the preview, click here.
MUSIC
New World Symphony
The Catalyst Quartet: Chamber Music
Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m.
New World Center Michael Tilson Thomas Hall, 500 17th St., Miami Beach
The Cleveland Orchestra
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto featuring Lisa Batiashvili
Friday, Jan. 27, Saturday, Jan. 28 at 8 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami.
Tickets start at $29.
Miami International Piano Festival
Sunday, Jan. 28, 5 p.m.
Kenneth Broberg
Miami International Piano Festival “Classical Sundays At Five” series of classical piano artists performing in seven concerts taking place on Sundays at 5 pm at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188 St., Aventura. Tickets range from $45-55 and can be purchased online at aventuracenter.org. For more information, call 305-466-8002.
For a preview of the festival, click here.
Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mutter Virtuosi
Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
Program of Vivaldi, Unsuk Chin, Bologne, Chevalier De Saint Georges.
$50-$170.
arshtcenter.org for information
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