Events on Saturday, November 17

William Rothman: <i>Jean Rouch: A Celebration of Life and Film</i>

Film

Jean Rouch: A Celebration of Life and Film

Saturday 11/17 @ Books & Books - Coral Gables

    Back in 1947, Jean Rouch dropped his tripod in the Niger while filming a hippo hunt, forcing... 

Xperimento w/ Bachaco

Music: Global

Xperimento

Saturday 11/17 @ Jazid

Xperimento is the stripped-down secret identity of Locos Por Juana, the ubiquitous reggae/cumbia band that's been around the country almost as... 

Poets of the Dark: Movietelling

Art

Movietelling

Saturday 11/17 @ Miami Beach Cinematheque

Back in the days of the silents, many films, especially in Japan and Korea, were shown accompanied by narrators who would... 

Brendan O'Hara & the Humble Ones w/ Conjunto Progreso

Music

Brendan O'Hara

Saturday 11/17 @ Transit Lounge

Here's an interesting team-up: traditional Cuban son group Conjunto Progreso alongside ever-touring troubadours Brendan O'Hara & the Humble Ones,... 

Al's Not Well Reunion

Music

Al's Not Well

Saturday 11/17 @ BAR

Major founders of Miami's independent rock scene, Al's Not Well regroup after a decade-long hiatus, putting current trends in their place... 

Ongoing Events

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Saturday 11/17 @ Spyro

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

<i>The Brush That Never Rests</i>

Art

The Brush That Never Rests

Saturday 11/17 @ Art Rouge Gallery

Having recently relocated from Coral Gables to the ever-expanding Wynwood Art District, Art Rouge presents a four-person group show of contemporary... 

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

Art

Pip Brant

Saturday 11/17 @ 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... 

<i>Particulars</i>

Art

Particulars

Saturday 11/17 @ Gallery Diet

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

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

Art

Chimneys and Towers

Saturday 11/17 @ 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... 

medEia

Theatre

medEia

Saturday 11/17 @ 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

Saturday 11/17 @ 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... 

<i>Outsourced</i>

Film

Outsourced

Saturday 11/17 @ Cinema Paradiso

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

L/B Lang and Baumann

Art

L/B

Saturday 11/17 @ 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

Saturday 11/17 @ 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... 

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project: Cristina Lei Rodriguez

Art

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project

Saturday 11/17 @ 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... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Saturday 11/17 @ Sushi Square

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

<i>Così fan tutte</i>

Performing Arts: Opera

Così fan tutte

Saturday 11/17 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Grammy-winning soprano Ana María Martínez stars in the Florida Grand Opera's staging of Mozart's comedic battle of the sexes. When a... 

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

Art

Agitated Images

Saturday 11/17 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

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

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

Art

Sandro Chia

Saturday 11/17 @ 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... 

Glexis Novoa: <i>Ziggurat</i>

Art

Glexis Novoa

Saturday 11/17 @ 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

Saturday 11/17 @ 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'

Saturday 11/17 @ 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... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Saturday 11/17 @ 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... 

Quisqueya Henriquez

Art

Quisqueya Henriquez

Saturday 11/17 @ 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

Saturday 11/17 @ The Warehouse

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

<em>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Saturday 11/17 @ Norton Museum of Art

Adding to its already-expansive collection of more than 2,200 photographs (including works by Man Ray, Walker Evans, and Henri Cartier-Bresson), the... 

Celestial Music

Music: Classical

Celestial Music

Saturday 11/17 @ 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

Saturday 11/17 @ 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

Saturday 11/17 @ Freedom Tower

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

Yui Kugimiya: <i>Purrfect</i>

Art

Yui Kugimiya

Saturday 11/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen

Saturday 11/17 @ 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

Saturday 11/17 @ 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...