Events on Monday, December 17

Araka

Music

Araka

Monday 12/17 @ Jazid

Araka have been holding down Monday nights at Jazid recently, playing to the wayward souls who trickle in on one of... 

Ongoing Events

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Monday 12/17 @ Spyro

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

<em>Art Students League of New York: Highlights from the Permanent Collection</em>

Art

Art Students League of New York

Monday 12/17 @ Lowe Art Museum - University of Miami

One of the country's oldest art schools, the Art Students League of New York has been around since 1875, is still... 

<i>Fashioning the Modern French Interior: Pochoir Portfolios in the 1920s</i>

Art

Fashioning the Modern French Interior

Monday 12/17 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

The little pochoirs on view at the Wolfsonian are delightful, precious, and enticing. More commonly referred to as stencils in the... 

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

Art

Inspired by China

Monday 12/17 @ 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... 

<em>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Monday 12/17 @ 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... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Monday 12/17 @ Sushi Square

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

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

Theatre

Pablo Cano

Monday 12/17 @ 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... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Monday 12/17 @ Abbey Brewing Company

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

Moonchine

City Gems

Moonchine

Monday 12/17 @ Moonchine

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

Peter Sarkisian

Art

Peter Sarkisian

Monday 12/17 @ 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>Lichtenstein at Fairchild</I>

Art

Lichtenstein at Fairchild

Monday 12/17 @ Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Drawing from popular advertisements, mainstream comic books, and industrial production techniques, Roy Lichtenstein's primary-colored works are now iconic deconstructions of Americana.... 

The Room

City Gems

The Room

Monday 12/17 @ The Room

Miami might be one of the only places in America where you recover from a weekend of partying and drinking by... 

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

Art

Creating a Scene

Monday 12/17 @ 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... 

Leonel Matheu: <i>Definitions</i>

Art

Leonel Matheu

Monday 12/17 @ Dot Fiftyone

Leonel Matheu's work seems deceptively simple and naïve upon first glance, but each piece is ultimately underlain with a deeper, philosophical... 

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

Art

Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists

Monday 12/17 @ 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 —... 

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

Art

Georges LeBar

Monday 12/17 @ 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.... 

JAM (Just Another Monday)

Music

JAM

Monday 12/17 @ Transit Lounge

This weekly anything-goes, almost-anyone-can-play jam is well into its second year at Transit Lounge, and it's finally come full circle. JAM... 

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Monday 12/17 @ 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

Monday 12/17 @ 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... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Monday 12/17 @ W Wine Bistro

Hidden away under an overpass on the outskirts of the Design District, this tiny wine bistro has shown a lot of... 

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

Art

The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen

Monday 12/17 @ 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... 

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project: Cristina Lei Rodriguez

Art

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project

Monday 12/17 @ 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... 

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Monday 12/17 @ Casa Toscana

Go somewhere to deflate after the crush of Art Basel, eat a good meal, and connect with either yourself or your... 

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

Art

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

Monday 12/17 @ 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>Agitated Images: John Heartfield & German Photomontage, 1920-1938</i>

Art

Agitated Images

Monday 12/17 @ 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>The Brush That Never Rests</i>

Art

The Brush That Never Rests

Monday 12/17 @ 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... 

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

Art

Chimneys and Towers

Monday 12/17 @ 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... 

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Monday 12/17 @ 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...