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The Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program, with guidance from the Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council, develops, coordinates and promotes the performing and visual arts groups in Miami Beach. To date, Cultural Affairs has awarded over $9 million in grants to approximately 130 diverse not-for-profit arts groups, which contribute so richly to the artistic landscape of the City, proving that the Council plays an integral leadership role in supporting, promoting and advocating the unique and extensive scope of cultural offerings in Miami Beach.
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| MBCulture, hosted by Ileana Bravo, features the latest in Miami Beach's vibrant Arts and Culture scene. In this edition, we highlight the City's latest Art in Public Places piece: the beautiful and modern lighthouse in South Pointe Park. And hear how the Bass Museum's new "Lindemann Family Creativity Center" is bringing another option for artists of all ages to Miami Beach.
The new show is now airing on MBTV 77 & 99.
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Art Club for Adults
Thursday, July 5, 1:00 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art, 2100 Collins Avenue
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
The mission of this program is to stimulate creativity and provide an opportunity for discussions about art and life. Each week features a different program or activity for the class. For more Info: www.bassmuseum.org or call 305.673.7530. Members and Miami Beach Residents: free. Non-members: $8 (cost of museum admission) |
IN THE FAMILY
Thursday, July 5, 7:00 p.m. and
Friday, July 6, 7:00 p.m.
Miami Beach Cinematheque, 1130 Washington Avenue www.mbcinema.com
In the town of Martin, Tennessee, Chip Hines, a precocious six year old, has only known life with his two dads, Cody and Joey. And a good life it is. When Cody dies suddenly in a car accident, Joey and Chip struggle to find their footing again. |
Beats after Sunset
Friday, July 6, 8:00 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art, 2100 Collins Avenue
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
The first Friday of every month on the terrace. Guest Dj and complimentary specialty cocktails (21+) Members: Free. Non-members: $8 (cost of museum admission) |
North Shore National Register District Tour
Saturday, July 7, 9:30 a.m.
SE Corner of 73 Street and Collins Avenue
305.672.2014 www.mdpl.org
The tour will use the buildings and streetscape to tell three stories: 1. how the area has been preserved and what needs to be done to continue its preservation; 2. how the designs used in the area came to be; and, 3. the history of the area that provides context for stories 1 & 2. Cost: $20. |
Museum Tours
Saturday, July 7, 2:00 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art, 2100 Collins Avenue
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org Docent led tours of the museum exhibitions. For more Info: www.bassmuseum.org or call 305.673.7530 Members and Miami Beach Residents: free. Non-members: $8 (cost of museum admission). |
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
Saturday, July 7, 5:15 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. and
Sunday, July 8, 5:15 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.
Miami Beach Cinematheque, 1130 Washington Avenue
The feature film debut of director David Gelb, Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a thoughtful and elegant meditation on work, family, and the art of perfection, chronicling Jiro's life as both an unparalleled success in the culinary world, and a loving yet complicated father. (In Japanese with English subtitles.) |
Gallery Walk FREE
Saturday, July 7, 7:00 p.m.
ArtCenter South Florida, 800/810/924 Lincoln Road
www.artcentersf.org
ArtCenter South Florida's First Saturdays Gallery Walk! Come visit artists' studios and the current exhibit. |
Madama Butterfly
Saturday, July 7, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 8, 4:00 p.m.
Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road
305.674.1040 www.miamilyricopera.org
Lieutenant Pinkerton an American Navy Officer opportunistically engages a marriage broker to find him a house and a wife. A 15 year old young Geisha, named Butterfly was introduced to him who fell immediately in love to Pinkerton, converted to Christianity and banishes her relatives from their lives. Admission: $45, 35 and $25. Students with ID $25 at Box Office. |
CHILDREN OF PARADISE
Tuesday, July 10, 7:00 p.m. and
Wednesday, July 11, 7:00 p.m.
Miami Beach Cinematheque, 1130 Washington Avenue
www.mbcinema.com
Deftly entwining theater, literature, music, and design, director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert resurrect the tumultuous world of nineteenth-century Paris, teeming with hucksters and aristocrats, thieves and courtesans, pimps and seers. |
The Afterlife
Continues through July 22, 2012
ArtCenter/South Florida, 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road
ArtCenter/South Florida presents The Afterlife with works by Alex Heria, Franklin Sinanan and Byron Keith Byrd, an exhibition that explores the concept of the afterlife in fanciful, thoughtful, and probing ways. |
Charles Ledray: Bass Museum of Art
Continues through August 12, 2012
Bass Museum of Art, 2100 Collins Avenue
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
Tiny suits, miniature ceramic vessels in towering vitrines, hand-embroidered baseball caps, Charles LeDray's work is a poetry of material, scale, and cultural resonance rich with history and emotion. |
MANIFEST AND MUNDANE: SCENES OF MODERN AMERICA FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
Continues through August 2012
The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Ave
305.531.1001 www.wolfsonian.org An exhibition of more than fifty American paintings, sculptures, and fine art prints from the 1920s to the 1940s, drawn from The Wolfsonian's collection of fine arts, with loans from the museum's founder, Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. The exhibition explores how artists manifested in their work the most profound and the most mundane aspects of American life. |
Once Upon a Time in Lithuania & the Florida Connection
Continues through September 30, 2012
Jewish Museum of Florida, 301 Washington Avenue
www.jewishmuseum.com
This exhibit of paintings and prints by English artist Naomi Alexander, ROI, records the last remnants of Jewish heritage in the country of Lithuania. It also serves as an open window to the past, where one can picture a vibrant town filled with Jewish inhabitants. It is a powerful and evocative tribute that brings to life a world that was all but destroyed in the Holocaust. |
Syd Hoff: Finding Home
Continues through October 1, 2012
Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St.
Beloved children's book author and illustrator Syd Hoff made Miami Beach his home and there created his best-loved characters like Danny and the Dinosaur (1958) and Sammy the Seal (1959). The exhibition traces the life, achievement and influences of the prolific cartoonist and author. Exhibition-goers will see the connection between Hoff's storybook characters' search for belonging to his earlier political and gag cartoons. |
MEL FINKELSTEIN: PICTURING THE MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA
Continues through October 14, 2012
www.jewishmuseum.com
From the late 1960s to late 1980s, when readers rifled through the Daily News to see "what happened in New York yesterday," more often than not, their view of the city and themselves came through the lens of Mel Finkelstein. This collection of photos from the 1950s-1980s focuses on iconic symbols from our cultural past - from presidents to performers - giving a sense of this larger-than-life man and his world of time, place and celebrity. |
Egyptian Gallery
Ongoing
Bass Museum of Art, 2100 Collins Avenue
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.orgThe Bass Museum of Art invites visitors to experience the ancient world at the only Egyptian Gallery in Florida. The gallery offers a unique opportunity to learn about one of the world's oldest and most mysterious civilizations from its surviving objects, including an Egyptian sarcophagus and mummy. |
Watercolors-English and American
Ongoing
World Erotic Art Museum, 1205 Washington Avenue
305.532.9336 www.weam.com
The extraordinary persona of Sylvie Jones, the famed London artist who has also written such popular children's books as "Who's in the Tub," will be on view. Tickets are $15 with no one under 18 admitted. | |
Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from the Wolfsonian Collection
Ongoing
Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Ave.
305.531.1001 www.wolfsonian.org
The nearly 300 works on display, 1885 to 1945, provide insight into the ways design has influenced and adapted to the modern world. |
Artcenter/South Florida Artists-In-Residence Ongoing
FREE
Artcenter/South Florida, 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road
305.674.2728 www.artcentersf.org
ArtCenter/South Florida ("ACSF") announces the arrival of four new Artists-in-Residence and welcomes visitors to their working studios. |
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Selections from the Collection
Ongoing
Bass Museum of Art, 2100 Collins Avenue
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
The permanent collection of the Bass Museum of Art spans more than five hundred years and four continents, including works from Renaissance and Baroque paintings; Rococo court painting and English portraiture; painting and sculpture of North America and much more. |
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MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida
Ongoing
Jewish Museum of Florida, 301 Washington Avenue
305.672.5044 www.jewishmuseum.com
More than 500 photos and artifacts that depict the Jewish experience in Florida since 1763. The exhibit includes three films and a timeline wall of Jewish history. | |
Jazid
Nightly -- Varying Times
1342 Washington Avenue
305.673.9372 www.jazid.net
Jazid is proud to be the longest-running nightclub on Miami Beach with live music every night of the week. Jazid's diverse music includes a multi-cultural mix of Latin and American jazz, funk, cumbia, reggae, rock, and more. |
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Van Dyke Cafe
Live Jazz Nightly
846 Lincoln Road
305.534.3600 www.thevandykecafe.com
Join us Upstairs at the Van Dyke, the perfect place to enjoy live music, lounge and socialize. |
Free Fridays at the Wolf FREE
Fridays, 6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Ave.
305.535.1001 www.wolfsonian.org
FREE gallery admission with the support of The Miami Herald. Tours begin at 6:00 p.m. with innovative programming at 7:00 pm.
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Guided, Private and Self-Guided Tours of the Art Deco Historic District
Ongoing
Art Deco Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive
305.672.2014 www.mdpl.org
All tours take approximately 90 minutes. Prices vary. |
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Art Deco Bike and Segway Tours
Ongoing
Bike and Roll, 210 Tenth Street
305.604.0001 www.bikeandroll.com
$39 adults/$29 kids and students. | |
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