Events on Thursday, January 31

<em>Yiddish Theater: A Love Story </em>(2006)<em> </em>

Film: Documentary

Yiddish Theater

Thursday 1/31 @ Cinema Paradiso

Acclaimed Israeli director Dan Katzir's 2006 documentary follows 84-year-old Polish Holocaust survivor Zypora Spaisman in her struggle to keep the longest-running... 

Deblois

Music

Deblois

Thursday 1/31 @ Transit Lounge

It used to be that a rudimentary one-line bio of this South Floridian, guitar-toting songstress referred to her former life as... 

United Nations Association Film Festival: <em>True Whispers</em>

Film: Documentary

True Whispers

Thursday 1/31 @ Wolfson Auditorium, Temple Israel of Greater Miami

Before John Woo's Windtalkers paid half-assed homage to the Navajo code-talkers of WWII, there was Valerie Red-Horse's full-on tribute to... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Thursday 1/31 @ 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 Pearl Fishers</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

The Pearl Fishers

Thursday 1/31 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Few literary devices have been exploited more than the love triangle. This opera by Bizet, which debuted in Paris in 1863,... 

Hernan Bas: <em>Works from the Rubell Family Collection</em>

Art

Hernan Bas

Thursday 1/31 @ Rubell Family Collection

Hernan Bas is Miami's biggest art star, creating darkly poetic, romanticized works read as chapters in an epic, sometimes mythical, and... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Diego Singh: <em>Burning Bridges</em>

Art

Diego Singh

Thursday 1/31 @ Fredric Snitzer Gallery

Diego Singh's new solo show at Snitzer is a departure from his early work, which was marked by a decidedly calm... 

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

Art

Fashioning the Modern French Interior

Thursday 1/31 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

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

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project: Cristina Lei Rodriguez

Art

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Moonchine

City Gems

Moonchine

Thursday 1/31 @ Moonchine

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

Spiegelworld presents <i>Absinthe</i>

Performing Arts

Spiegelworld

Thursday 1/31 @ Collins Park

Part Cirque du Soleil and part bawdy burlesque show, Spiegelworld creates a surreal and wicked wonderland where strength and sexuality rule... 

<em>Beyond Picturopolis</em>

Art

Beyond Picturopolis

Thursday 1/31 @ ArtCenter / South Florida

United by a vivid, surreal aesthetic, three artists — Neil Bender, Elisabeth Condon, and Michelle Weinberg (also the show's curator) —... 

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Thursday 1/31 @ Casa Toscana

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

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

Art

Work in Progress

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Thursday 1/31 @ Abbey Brewing Company

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

Phil Stein:<em> Streets </em>

Art: Photography

Phil Stein

Thursday 1/31 @ Damien B. Contemporary Art Center

Evincing a cubist's predilection for deconstruction, Pennsylvania-based photographer Phil Stein also possesses a keen sense for detail. After printing several digital... 

Graham Hudson and Aili Schmeltz

Art

Graham Hudson and Aili Schmeltz

Thursday 1/31 @ Locust Projects

Locust Projects opens the New Year with two installations — work that's, yet again, neither easily digestible nor readily sellable, but... 

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists

Thursday 1/31 @ 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 —... 

<em>Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures </em>

Art

Degas in Bronze

Thursday 1/31 @ Boca Raton Museum of Art

During his lifetime, French artist Edgar Degas was best known for his paintings of dancers, bathers, and racehorses. Though the 19th-century... 

Captain Jim's Seafood

City Gems

Captain Jim's Seafood

Thursday 1/31 @ Captain Jim's Seafood

For years, Captain Jim's has been the fish market of choice for many North Miami residents, but not everyone takes the... 

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Thursday 1/31 @ Spyro

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

Lawrence Murray Dixon:<em> Art Deco Master</em>

Art

Lawrence Murray Dixon

Thursday 1/31 @ Bass Museum of Art

Back in the '30s, well-heeled New Yorkers migrated to the Florida tropics as a getaway from the cold, often staying in... 

Enoc Perez

Art

Enoc Perez

Thursday 1/31 @ The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse

Although primarily a painter, Enoc Perez engages in an assiduous, multi-leveled process involving photographs, color separation, drawing, and pigment transfers to... 

<em>Tiffany Studios: The Holtzman Collection </em>

Art

Tiffany Studios

Thursday 1/31 @ Boca Raton Museum of Art

After art nouveau first emerged in Europe, the trend soon spread stateside, where American designer Louis Comfort Tiffany was particularly adept... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Thursday 1/31 @ W Wine Bistro

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

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Inspired by China

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Thursday 1/31 @ Sushi Square

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

<I>French Kissin' in the U.S.A.</I>

Art

French Kissin' in the U.S.A.

Thursday 1/31 @ The Moore Space

Taking its title from the 1986 Debbie Harry hit, the Moore Space's new exhibition gathers 18 contemporary French artists, including Adel... 

Tuna's Garden Grille

City Gems

Tuna's Garden Grille

Thursday 1/31 @ Tuna's Garden Grille

The original Tuna's was a charming waterfront eatery where you could sit on a rickety-but-romantic patio with plates of lobsters and... 

<em>Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection</em>

Art

Fortunate Objects

Thursday 1/31 @ Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation

The CIFO flexes its conceptual muscle with this wide-ranging multimedia exhibition culled from its permanent collection. These Fortunate Objects aren't always... 

Aramis Gutierrez: <em>Even Now, in the Final Hour of My Life, I'm Falling in Love Again </em>

Art

Aramis Gutierrez

Thursday 1/31 @ David Castillo Gallery

Aramis Gutierrez, a Cooper Union graduate now based in Miami, is one of the city's most promising young painters. With a... 

<I>Lichtenstein at Fairchild</I>

Art

Lichtenstein at Fairchild

Thursday 1/31 @ 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.... 

Jorge Pardo: <i>House</i>

Art

Jorge Pardo

Thursday 1/31 @ MOCA North Miami

Jorge Pardo subverts traditional definitions of sculpture, design, and architecture. For instance, his 1998 solo exhibition at MOCA in Los Angeles... 

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

Art

Art Students League of New York

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Lighthouse Tour

City Gems

Lighthouse Tour

Thursday 1/31 @ Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

Nestled on the far end of Key Biscayne — a world away from the razzle dazzle of South Beach — is... 

The Room

City Gems

The Room

Thursday 1/31 @ The Room

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

<i>Promises of Paradise: Staging Mid-Century Miami</i>

Art

Promises of Paradise

Thursday 1/31 @ Bass Museum of Art

Curated by Allan Shulman, one of Miami's most prominent architects, Promises of Paradise: Staging Mid-Century Miami delineates the potential of this... 

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

Art

Agitated Images

Thursday 1/31 @ 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>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Thursday 1/31 @ 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... 

Christina Pettersson: <em>This May Be the Last Time, I Don't Know</em>

Art

Christina Pettersson

Thursday 1/31 @ Spinello Gallery

Ft. Lauderdale-based artist Christina Pettersson creates meticulous graphite drawings that linger in your mind — one especially haunting piece, last... 

Mac's Club Deuce

City Gems

Mac's Club Deuce

Thursday 1/31 @ Mac's Club Deuce

Freaks, geeks, drag queens, hipsters, club kids, and straight-up drunks commingle at South Beach's most notorious dive bar. The second-oldest watering...