Events: April 26, 2024
Battle Court Jai-Alai
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM - English
Come experience the World’s Fastest Ball Sport LIVE at the Magic City Fronton!
Highlights:
- FREE ADMISSION
- FREE-TO-PLAY WAGERING
- FREE PARKING
- FUN FOR ALL AGES
- DJ LU ENTERTAINMENT
Wagering Rewards:
- 1st Place: $250 cash prize for the night's top bettor!
- 2nd to 20th Place: Win $50 each! It's a win-win for the top 20 players.
Get ready for a night filled with fast-paced action, incredible skill, and a celebration of a century of Jai-Alai in Miami. See you there!
Location
Magic City Fronton
450 NW 37th Ave,
Miami,
FL
33125
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Sunflower
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM - English
Seventeen-year-old Leo has his life together in the high school hierarchy: drunken parties, decent grades, the popular girlfriend; and comes home to the loving bickering only a family can provide. But Leo experiences an identity crisis as he becomes increasingly attracted to his best friend, Boof. His well-groomed facade begins to crack and with every step Leo takes towards embracing his sexuality. This includes overcoming the incessant socialized homophobia of the boy’s locker room. Hopeful and romantic, this is an enticing drama about growing up with your heart stuck in your mouth. With tender performances, Sunflower is a classic queer coming of age film elevated by a heartfelt authenticity from debut filmmaker Gabriel Carrubba.
Location
Regal Cinemas South Beach
1120 Lincoln Rd.,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
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Mid-Century Modern - Church of the LIttle Flower
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM - Other
James K. Bass, Conductor
Furniture or architecture might come to mind when one hears the phrase mid-century modern, but the creative style also impacted the music of the time. Inspired by rapid technological advancements and a post-war world, artists in the mid-20th century strove to predict and create the art of the future. Composers like Arnold Schoenberg experimented with new sounds and compositional techniques. At the same time, others like Alan Hovhaness and Samuel Barber returned to styles of the past with new understanding. You'll likely discover a mid-century work you've never heard before on this program for a cappella chorus.
Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation 1 hour before the concert with Dr. Brad Diamond, tenor!
Location
Church of the Little Flower
2711 Indian Mound Trail,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Conjuring The King
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM - English
From The Creators of Miami Motel Stories
An Immersive Theatrical Experience About Fandom
- Written By Dipti Bramhandkar
- Direction and Immersive Concept by Ana Margineanu
- Starring Susie K. Taylor and June Raven Romero
Welcome to “Conjuring The King” a one of a kind immersive theatre Experience! This one-woman show is led by Avery, the president of the Miami Elvis “Fan Club”. Experience fandom and obsession like never before and the personal ties that bind us to our idols. Limited to 15 guests set in a secret location in Little River, revealed to you once you purchase a ticket. Get ready to dive into idol mania!
Location
A Secret Location
Little River,
Miami,
FL
33138
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Silhouettes: Image and Word in the Harlem Renaissance
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 various times - English
The flourishing of literary, visual, and musical arts between the 1920s and '40s known as the Harlem Renaissance projected a new picture of Black life to the world. Silhouettes: Image and Word in the Harlem Renaissance considers the role of art in this movement, paying special attention to collaboration between artists and writers on illustrated books—works that reached a broad audience with stories and images that challenged demeaning stereotypes and asserted African Americans' capacity for self-determination.
Curated by Christopher Norwood, founder of Hampton Art Lovers, in consultation with Shawn Christian, professor of English at Florida International University, and Wolfsonian staff. Sponsored by Cowles Charitable Trust, Tamara L. Harris Foundation, and Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Art of Black Miami.
Location
The Wolfsonian-FIU
1001 Washington Avenue,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
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Gary Simmons: Public Enemy
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM - English
Gary Simmons: Public Enemy is the first comprehensive career survey of the work of multidisciplinary artist Gary Simmons (b. 1964, New York; lives in Los Angeles). The most in-depth presentation of Simmons’s work to date, the exhibition covers thirty years of the artist’s career, encompassing approximately seventy works.
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Since the late 1980s Simmons has played a key role in situating questions of race, class, and gender identity at the center of contemporary art discourse. Notable for his early application of conceptual artistic strategies, Simmons exposes and analyzes histories of racism inscribed in US visual culture. Over the course of his career, Simmons has revealed traces of these histories in the fields of sports, cinema, literature, music, and architecture and urbanism, while drawing heavily on popular genres such as hip-hop, horror, and science fiction. Guided by an internal logic, his approach is cool, analytical, and unflinching in its interrogation of intense historical narratives, yet the results consistently deliver a strong emotional charge.
In this timely exhibition accompanied by a major exhibition catalogue and slate of related programs visitors will gain a holistic understanding of the complex and profoundly moving work of this groundbreaking and influential artist.
Location
Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
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All that we _has / Cutout
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 various times - English
Stop by the Lincoln Gallery for the opening of the thought-provoking exhibition All that we _has / Cutout by multimedia artist Antonina Konopelska, PhD. As an Assistant Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and a Lecturer at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw, Konopelska delves into the complexities of identity, interpersonal relations, and proxemics (the study of the conditions produced by the space people feel they need between themselves and others). In this exhibition, she explores the life of Z.Z., who lives with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). This exhibition is curated by Director of FIU Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator (RA+DI) and Professor of Art + Art History, Dr. Jacek J. Kolasinski.
Location
Miami Beach Urban Studios
420 Lincoln Rd. Suite 440,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
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Living With Water: Ancient Knowledge, Designing Our Future Exhibition
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 various times - English
Stop by FIU CARTA | Mana Wynwood to witness the creative exploration of bodies of water through the lens of Simone Stark's Tropical Landscapes students in the exhibition Living With Water. The exhibition promises a unique perspective, utilizing captivating cyanotypes to convey the profound relationship between nature, landscape architecture, and art. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with the artistic interpretation of water in all its forms.
Location
FIU CARTA | Mana Wynwood
318 NW 23rd St,
Miami,
FL
33127
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Germane Barnes: Ukhamba
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 from 12:00 AM to 11:45 PM - English
Named after a type of African woven-wood basket, Ukhamba is a ten-foot-tall circular structure with four arched entrances, built of curved wooden elements stacked in horizontal layers. Its construction invites visitors to walk inside and congregate but allows the surrounding plaza and urban landscape to remain visible through the structure. Inspired by Barnes's time working abroad in South Africa, as well as in Miami, Ukhamba not only responds to Miami's sub-tropical climate but also unites architectural elements typical of diasporic communities of African and Caribbean origin. It comprises a pavilion that appears part basket, part traditional breeze wall.
Ukhamba is a space for reflection on our relationship to the built environment, urban design, its histories, and cultural memories. Barnes's pavilion continues the artists' exploration of themes of spatial identity, migration, the cultural influences of the African diaspora, and its contributions to classical architecture. Primarily using materials found in South Florida, the artist has focused on sustainability and has designed a structure in dialogue with the history and natural environment that surrounds it.
Location
MDC's North Campus
11380 NW 27th Avenue,
Miami,
FL
33167
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Media Under Dystopia WISPer edition
Friday, Apr 26, 2024 various times - English
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The MUD Foundation announces Media Under Dystopia WISPer edition, an extended reality exhibition featuring projects by artists that delves into the relationship between the internet, extended reality (XR), and the democratization of art creation.
The exhibition will open with an opening reception, on November 29th at 7pm, (RSVP) which will kick off the Miami Art Week, when Miami becomes the center of the art world with over 20 art fairs, 1,200 galleries and thousands of artists and art lovers in town. The show will run online for six months until June 30, 2024.
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A hybrid exhibition with 25 local and international artistsThe WISPer edition combines physical and internet based artworks by 25 artists, exploring the internet as extension of their current practices. Visitors can experience and engage with artworks both in person and in a virtual realm, becoming active participants in the artworks themselves. This concept lies at the heart of the MUD Foundation's mission, to facilitate educational and artistic projects that foster awareness of contemporary digital culture and its impact on society.
The exhibition will run virtually on the MUD Foundation metaverse (MUD Verse) and on Loop.Onland.io, two XR platforms developed by the organization to host exhibitions and educational programs over the internet. These platforms feature real-time interaction and XR interfaces, utilizing augmented and virtual reality through a web browser. Since its launch in 2018, the MUD Foundation XR (XRCamp) programs have been featured by the Perez Art Museum Miami, De La Cruz Collection and Bakehouse Art Complex, among other institutions. In 2022, MUD Foundation received the Knight Foundation New Work Award for the development of the exhibition program Media Under Dystopia.
The participating artists in the exhibition include Gretchen Andrew, Connie Bakshi, Martin Carrillo, Leo Castaneda, Dhiren Dasu, Laurence de Valmy, Richard Garet, Jose Hernandez, Lans King, Rodolfo Peraza, Amelie Schlaeffer and Ariel Baron-Robbins, alongside LOOP artists in residence: Angie Amaro, BBraio, cha, Wenjun Chen, AdrienneRose Gionta, Inbar Hagai, Ibuki Kuramochi, Joelle McTigue, Zhou Peng, Denis Rovinskiy, David Sainte, Ryan Seslow and Match Zimmerman.
The WISPer edition unfolds as a co-creative lab, featuring progressive activities such as hands-on workshops, eTalks, and the XRCamp program. MUD aspires to evolve into a dynamic hub for art-tech-centered collaboration, both online and in-person.
Location
MUD Foundation
350 Northeast 75th Street,,
Miami,
FL
33138
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