Events on Tuesday, February 26

Russell Banks: <em>The Reserve</em>

Books: Reading

Russell Banks: The Reserve

Tuesday 2/26 @ Books & Books - Coral Gables

Hollywood loves the far-flung tales of Russell Banks. In the last decade, his novels Affliction (1989) and The Sweet Hereafter (1991)... 

Modernage

Music

Modernage

Tuesday 2/26 @ Jazid

With just a little more mystique than other Miami rock bands, Modernage appeal to the imagination of local audiences in a... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Work in Progress

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Shuffle Tuesdays

Party

Shuffle Tuesdays

Tuesday 2/26 @ Fox's Lounge

Fox's Lounge is giving South Miami a break, offering up unbeatable two-for-ones all night to those unwilling to trek all the... 

Phil Stein:<em> Streets </em>

Art: Photography

Phil Stein

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Alejandro Contreras: <em>Colonialism </em>

Art

Alejandro Contreras

Tuesday 2/26 @ Fredric Snitzer Gallery

If you swing by Snitzer's, you'll notice two peculiar, orange-hued figures, standing tall in the grassy area adjacent to the gallery;... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Tuesday 2/26 @ W Wine Bistro

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

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Charley Friedman: <em>A'Cappella</em>

Art

Charley Friedman

Tuesday 2/26 @ Gallery Diet

Once, Charley Friedman walked into New York's Jack Tilton Gallery as one of his alter egos, "art dealer" Betsey Geffen, and... 

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

Art

Lawrence Murray Dixon

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Tuesday 2/26 @ Casa Toscana

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

Gina Ruggeri: <em>New Works</em>

Art

Gina Ruggeri

Tuesday 2/26 @ Kevin Bruk Gallery

New York-based artist Gina Ruggeri displays an obsessive interest in accumulated masses, from cloud buildups, rockpiles, and leaves to otherwordly heaps... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Tuesday 2/26 @ Abbey Brewing Company

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

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Art

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Tuesday 2/26 @ Norton Museum of Art

Throughout his prolific career, American sculptor Alexander Calder created a variety of objects — from inventive children's toys and 1927's miniature... 

Jorge Pardo: <i>House</i>

Art

Jorge Pardo

Tuesday 2/26 @ MOCA North Miami

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

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Hernan Bas

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Xu Yongkang and Kim Joon

Art

Xu Yongkang and Kim Joon

Tuesday 2/26 @ Galerie Bertin-Toublanc

As gallery shows pop up all over the country and a new slate of stars makes its way to Miami, there's... 

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Tuesday 2/26 @ Spyro

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

Jill Cannady

Art

Jill Cannady

Tuesday 2/26 @ Bernice Steinbaum Gallery

In addition to Luis Cruz Azaceta's solo show, Bernice Steinbaum is exhibiting Jill Cannady's dramatic and stirring works. Titled Women of... 

Blackbooks: <em>Ask Us About Our Free Stabbings</em>

Art

Blackbooks

Tuesday 2/26 @ Spinello Gallery

Blackbooks is the the Fort Lauderdale-based artist duo Andy Black and Books IIII. They've already made a name for themselves by... 

<I>Lichtenstein at Fairchild</I>

Art

Lichtenstein at Fairchild

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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.... 

Mark Mothersbaugh: <em>Beautiful Mutants</em>

Art

Mark Mothersbaugh

Tuesday 2/26 @ Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery

Highly regarded for his scores — most notably for Wes Anderson's films — Mark Mothersbaugh is also an eccentric visual artist.... 

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

Art

Promises of Paradise

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Tuesday 2/26 @ Sushi Square

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

<em>Myth + Pattern: New Works by John Westmark</em>

Art

John Westmark

Tuesday 2/26 @ Chelsea Galleria

Early in his career, Florida's John Westmark found inspiration in the abstracted landscape paintings of Richard Diebenkorn. But in the past... 

Tuna's Garden Grille

City Gems

Tuna's Garden Grille

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Moonchine

City Gems

Moonchine

Tuesday 2/26 @ Moonchine

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

Mac's Club Deuce

City Gems

Mac's Club Deuce

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

Captain Jim's Seafood

City Gems

Captain Jim's Seafood

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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... 

<em>Wilfredo Lam in North America</em>

Art

Wilfredo Lam

Tuesday 2/26 @ Miami Art Museum -

This retrospective is the first large-scale Wilfredo Lam exhibition ever organized in a South Florida museum. Arguably the 20th century's most... 

The Room

City Gems

The Room

Tuesday 2/26 @ The Room

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

<em>Women Only! In Their Studios</em>

Art

Women Only!

Tuesday 2/26 @ Lowe Art Museum - University of Miami

To increase attention to American women in contemporary art, the Lowe's Women Only! show gives props to 20 notable ladies in... 

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

Art

Fashioning the Modern French Interior

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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>Tiffany Studios: The Holtzman Collection </em>

Art

Tiffany Studios

Tuesday 2/26 @ 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...