Events on Friday, November 16

Art and Wine Lecture Series: Paul Gauguin

Special Event

Art and Wine Lecture Series: Paul Gauguin

Friday 11/16 @ ArtCenter / South Florida

Paul Gauguin is one of the brightest European painters to surface in the post-impressionist period. A friend of Van Gogh, the... 

<i>L'Humanité</i> (1999)

Film

L'Humanité (1999)

Friday 11/16 @ Miami Beach Cinematheque

French avant-realist Bruno Dumont's stark drama revolves around the rape, mutilation, and murder of an 11-year-old girl. Set in the steam... 

<i>Consumption Junction</i>

Film

Consumption Junction

Friday 11/16 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

Stitched together using endless reels of public domain television footage (cult classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, for example), Consumption Junction... 

Lee Burridge and Prefuse 73

Music: Electronic

Lee Burridge

Friday 11/16 @ Studio A

There are two famous Lee Burridges. The first was a noted typewriter manufacturer, and the second is the British house, acid-jazz,... 

Youssou N'Dour

Music: Global

Youssou N'Dour

Friday 11/16 @ Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts

N'Dour, Africa's most popular musician, is a master of mbalax, a blend of Senegal’s traditional rhythms, religious chant, Afro-Cuban arrangements, and... 

Ongoing Events

Celestial Music

Music: Classical

Celestial Music

Friday 11/16 @ Lincoln Theatre

The New World Symphony soars into heaven with Kernis' Musica Celestis and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, featuring virtuoso soloist Michael Collins, and... 

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller: <i>The Killing Machine and Other Stories 1995-2007</i>

Art

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

Friday 11/16 @ Miami Art Museum -

The Miami Art Museum's MAC@MAM program launches its first much-anticipated exhibit: 11 installations by husband-and-wife team Janet Cardiff and George Bures... 

<i>Goya: The Complete Etchings</i>

Art

Goya: The Complete Etchings

Friday 11/16 @ Freedom Tower

Now under the stewardship of Miami Dade College, the Freedom Tower is finally being put to good use, opening its new... 

<i>Particulars</i>

Art

Particulars

Friday 11/16 @ Gallery Diet

Following her stint as a curator at the esteemed Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Nina Johnson is now opening Gallery Diet, her very... 

<i>Modern Urban Expressionism: The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen</i>

Art

The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen

Friday 11/16 @ Damien B. Contemporary Art Center

Despite the rather turgid genre title used to refer to his work ("modern urban expressionism"), Marcus Antonius Jansen's paintings are beautifully... 

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Friday 11/16 @ Christine's Roti Shop

Christine's Roti Shop is a North Miami Beach institution. Just after Hurricane Wilma, when the power was out across the city... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Friday 11/16 @ Sushi Square

Sushi Square is more like a cube — a block of Biscayne Boulevard restaurant so tiny that you might miss it... 

Quisqueya Henriquez

Art

Quisqueya Henriquez

Friday 11/16 @ David Castillo Gallery

Abrogating cultural stereotypes is certainly one of Quisqueya Henriquez's central goals. But, more interestingly, the Cuban-Dominican artist, who currently has a... 

<i>Sculpture: Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection</i>

Art

Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Friday 11/16 @ The Warehouse

The Margulies Collection is one of the foremost private contemporary art repositories in Miami (and the United States, for that matter),... 

<i>Gods and Heroes: The Painting and Sculpture of Sandro Chia</i>

Art

Sandro Chia

Friday 11/16 @ Boca Raton Museum of Art

A medley of influences and art-historical references appear in Sandro Chia's oeuvre, but most important is his affinity for mythic symbolism... 

medEia

Theatre

medEia

Friday 11/16 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Featuring the music of Joy Division, Public Enemy, and Twisted Sister, this modern retelling of the ancient Greek tale of Medea... 

Pablo Cano: <i>Viva Vaudeville</i>

Theatre

Pablo Cano

Friday 11/16 @ Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami

A Dadaist sensibility and a refined knowledge of bricolage inform Pablo Cano's inventive, found-object marionettes. For his new production — the... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Friday 11/16 @ Tap Tap

Those who've passed a lazy evening in the rocking chairs on Tap Tap's front porch, sipping Miami's best mojitos while listening... 

Yui Kugimiya: <i>Purrfect</i>

Art

Yui Kugimiya

Friday 11/16 @ Ingalls & Associates

Yui Kugimiya has a keen sense of nature's splendor and chaos. For her second solo show at Ingalls, the young, Tokyo-born... 

Pip Brant: <i>The Flying Carpet and Other Reusables</i>

Art

Pip Brant

Friday 11/16 @ The Frost Art Museum - FIU

Pip Brant, a local, internationally recognized artist and professor at FIU, works in sundry mediums, but one common thread in all... 

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project: Cristina Lei Rodriguez

Art

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project

Friday 11/16 @ Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Visiting the opulent Vizcaya estate is an experience in itself, so hitting it up for the unveiling of a new art... 

<i>Outsourced</i>

Film

Outsourced

Friday 11/16 @ Cinema Paradiso

What do you do if the only way to save your job is to fly off to India and train your... 

<i>Agitated Images: John Heartfield & German Photomontage, 1920-1938</i>

Art

Agitated Images

Friday 11/16 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

An iconoclast ahead of his time, Berlin Dadaist John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld) helped revolutionize modern photomontage, subversively using the medium... 

<em>Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists</em>

Art

Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists

Friday 11/16 @ ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries

Asian neo-pop art (encompassing South Korea, Japan, and China) is one of the hottest new trends on the contemporary market —... 

Glexis Novoa: <i>Ziggurat</i>

Art

Glexis Novoa

Friday 11/16 @ Bernice Steinbaum Gallery

Glexis Novoa's aesthetic is unlike any other in Miami. For one, he draws on polished marble slabs — the textures and... 

Ian Bagg

Comedy

Ian Bagg

Friday 11/16 @ Miami Improv

Ian Bagg is a funny guy — a noble quality in a standup comic. After coming up through the club circuit,... 

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Friday 11/16 @ Garden of Eatin'

With all the tropical flora found in Florida, you'd think the natives would be a bit more appreciative of fruits and... 

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Friday 11/16 @ Spyro

Biscayne Boulevard, the main thoroughfare through the northern end of this fair city, is a complete and utter mess thanks to... 

L/B Lang and Baumann

Art

L/B

Friday 11/16 @ Locust Projects

Switzerland-based artist couple Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann (aka L/B) are best known for their fantastic Hotel Everland — a mobile,... 

<i>California as Muse: The Art of Arthur & Lucia Mathews</i>

Art

California as Muse

Friday 11/16 @ Norton Museum of Art

For many, California embodies a particular Arcadian ideal. The state's rural splendor was the main source of inspiration for early 20th-century... 

<i>Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster</i>

Art

Chimneys and Towers

Friday 11/16 @ Norton Museum of Art

A pioneer of American precisionism and modernism, Charles Demuth was also involved in Paris' early 20th-century avant-garde scene, where he hung...