Events on Saturday, December 1

Kurt Elling

Music

Kurt Elling

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club

An exceptional baritone who has collaborated with several jazz masters, Kurt Elling is consistently ranked as one the best and most... 

Beth Dunlop: <i>Miami: Mediterranean Splendor and Deco Dreams</i>

Books: Reading

Beth Dunlop

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Books & Books - Coral Gables

Beyond the Beach and Coral Gables, it's easy to overlook our young city's architecture. But let's not forget the whimsy of... 

Poplife Returns

Music: DJ

Poplife Returns

Saturday 12/ 1 @ White Room

Over the better part of the past decade, one party has shaped Miami's young underground like so much techno-loving plasticine —... 

Ongoing Events

Maurizio Pellegrin: <em>Once Upon a Time There Was Venice</em>

Art

Maurizio Pellegrin

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Sacco Gallery

Italian artist Maurizio Pellegrin has a distinct vision and a highly poetic sensibility. His last big show in Miami was more... 

<i>Miami Contemporary Artists: Creating a Scene</i>

Art

Creating a Scene

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Various locations

A hefty, eye-popping 256-page hardcover volume, Miami Contemporary Artists is a testament to the international relevance (and interest in) the Miami... 

<i>Three Headed Baby</i>

Art

Three Headed Baby

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Harold Golen Gallery

The "heads" of Harold Golen's new three-artist exhibition Three Headed Baby all make particularly interesting use of technology. Kii Arens transfers... 

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

Art

The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

<i>Breaking the Waves</i>: A Group Show

Art

Breaking the Waves

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Dorsch Gallery

Curator Nikki Beem brings together more than 20 artists whose works express a desire for change. Most impressive here are Arnold... 

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project: Cristina Lei Rodriguez

Art

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

Enrique Martínez Celaya: <i>Nomad</i>

Art

Enrique Martínez Celaya: Nomad

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Miami Art Museum -

A quiet, spiritual solitude inhabits Enrique Martínez Celaya's work, especially in his dark, ethereal oil-and-tar paintings. The Cuban-born artist makes effective... 

<i>Così fan tutte</i>

Performing Arts: Opera

Così fan tutte

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

Jason Middlebrook: <i>One Man's Treasure Is Another Man's Trash</i>

Art

Jason Middlebrook

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Kevin Bruk Gallery

The vast difference between urban and country life is essential to Jason Middlebrook's work, as is the world's supposed tendency towards... 

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

Art

Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Saturday 12/ 1 @ The Warehouse

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

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Spyro

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

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

Art

Chimneys and Towers

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Pip Brant

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Sandro Chia

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Brush That Never Rests

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

<i>Particulars</i>

Art

Particulars

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Gallery Diet

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

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

Art

California as Muse

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Abbey Brewing Company

There are a few watering holes on South Beach that feature an endless selection of excellent international beers, and, of this... 

<em>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

L/B Lang and Baumann

Art

L/B

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Locust Projects

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

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

Art

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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>Work in Progress: Herzog & de Meuron's Miami Art Museum</i>

Art

Work in Progress

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Miami Art Museum -

Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron have envisioned an ambitious future for the Miami Art Museum's new bay-front home. The... 

M*A*S*H

Art

M*A*S*H

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 3800 N Miami Ave

NYC's Cottelston Advisors comes strong with its second edition of the M*A*S*H art fair. This year's installment is dubbed the "Expanded... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Sushi Square

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

Peter Sarkisian

Art

Peter Sarkisian

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Bernice Steinbaum Gallery

Santa Fe-based artist Peter Sarkisian liberates video from the traditional frame. One of the most salient features of his recent work... 

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

Art

Agitated Images

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

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

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

Yui Kugimiya: <i>Purrfect</i>

Art

Yui Kugimiya

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

Miami Short Film Festival

Film

Miami Short Film Festival

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Various locations

With entries from such faraway lands as Canada, Greece, Belgium, Australia, and Singapore, not to mention a mingling that pits Colombia... 

Moonchine

City Gems

Moonchine

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Moonchine

Miami's Upper Eastside isn't lacking in cozy restaurants that feature both Japanese and Thai cuisine, but new eatery Moonchine trumps them... 

<em>Inspired by China: Contemporary Furniture-makers Explore Chinese Traditions</em>

Art

Inspired by China

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Museum of Art - Fort Lauderdale

For centuries now, European and American artisans have used Chinese art and culture as a source of inspiration. Back in June... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

Georges LeBar: <i>Microwave of Mascara</i>

Art

Georges LeBar

Saturday 12/ 1 @ Art and Culture Center of Hollywood

Postmodern mishmashes of consumer society, Georges LeBar's paintings are vivid metaphors lambasting a culture of wantonness, image obsession, and gluttonous gratification.... 

Quisqueya Henriquez

Art

Quisqueya Henriquez

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Pablo Cano

Saturday 12/ 1 @ 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...