Events on Wednesday, February 27

Sweat Books Book Club: <em>The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs</em>

Special Event

Sweat Books Book Club

Wednesday 2/27 @ Sweat Records2

As if South Florida needed any more reasons to be grateful for Lolo Reskin, her new Sweat Records shop is, once... 

<em>Green Day: Bullet in a Bible</em> (2005)

Film

Bullet in a Bible

Wednesday 2/27 @ Cinema Paradiso

Recorded over two nights at the UK's Milton Keynes National Bowl in front of 130,000 punters, Bullet in a Bible... 

Yo! BBQ presents the Villain's Rummage Sale

Music: DJ

The Villain's Rummage Sale

Wednesday 2/27 @ BAR

Last summer, Yo! BBQ was merely an opportunity for local promoters IAmYourVillain to throw a laid-back, mid-week version of their popular... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Charley Friedman

Wednesday 2/27 @ Gallery Diet

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

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

Art

Degas in Bronze

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Wednesday 2/27 @ Sushi Square

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

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

Art

Work in Progress

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

Tuna's Garden Grille

City Gems

Tuna's Garden Grille

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

Phil Stein:<em> Streets </em>

Art: Photography

Phil Stein

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

Moonchine

City Gems

Moonchine

Wednesday 2/27 @ Moonchine

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

Alejandro Contreras: <em>Colonialism </em>

Art

Alejandro Contreras

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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;... 

<em>The High Style of Dorothy Draper </em>

Art

The High Style of Dorothy Draper

Wednesday 2/27 @ Museum of Art - Fort Lauderdale

An illustrious American interior decorator from the Jazz Age through the '60s, Dorothy Draper lived to bedazzle, with a bold, unabashed... 

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

Captain Jim's Seafood

City Gems

Captain Jim's Seafood

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

The Room

City Gems

The Room

Wednesday 2/27 @ The Room

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

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

Art

Lawrence Murray Dixon

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Gina Ruggeri

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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 —... 

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Art

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

<em>The Great Age of American Automobiles</em>

Art

The Great Age of American Automobiles

Wednesday 2/27 @ Museum of Art - Fort Lauderdale

Before American automobile design started becoming more and more homogenized, there was a time when cars actually had real presence, imagination,... 

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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>French Kissin' in the U.S.A.</I>

Art

French Kissin' in the U.S.A.

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

Xu Yongkang and Kim Joon

Art

Xu Yongkang and Kim Joon

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Wednesday 2/27 @ W Wine Bistro

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

Jill Cannady

Art

Jill Cannady

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Inspired by China

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

<I>Lichtenstein at Fairchild</I>

Art

Lichtenstein at Fairchild

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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.... 

Farouk Hosni: <em>The Energy of Abstraction</em>

Art

Farouk Hosni

Wednesday 2/27 @ Museum of Art - Fort Lauderdale

From his tenure as director of the Egyptian Cultural Center in Paris to his current position as Egypt's Minister of Culture,... 

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Wednesday 2/27 @ Casa Toscana

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

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

Art

Promises of Paradise

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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>Myth + Pattern: New Works by John Westmark</em>

Art

John Westmark

Wednesday 2/27 @ Chelsea Galleria

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

Jorge Pardo: <i>House</i>

Art

Jorge Pardo

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Mothersbaugh

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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.... 

Mac's Club Deuce

City Gems

Mac's Club Deuce

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Hernan Bas

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Wednesday 2/27 @ Spyro

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

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

Art

Wilfredo Lam

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Blackbooks

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Women Only!

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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>Sculpture: Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection</i>

Art

Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Wednesday 2/27 @ The Warehouse

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

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

Art

Tiffany Studios

Wednesday 2/27 @ 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...