Events on Saturday, March 8

Junk Science feat. ArtOfficial, Bachaco, Amnesty, and DJ Stravinsky

Music

Junk Science

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Studio A

Hometown heroes ArtOfficial know how to throw a party, as evidenced by their successful State of the Art events last year... 

Manicato

Music

Manicato

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Transit Lounge

Something about the Manicato crew may strike local music fans as familiar — specifically, their freewheeling, big-band blend of Latin rhythms,... 

The '70s Soul Jam

Music

The '70s Soul Jam

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Broward Center for the Performing Arts

If you've ever sleeplessly grappled over whether or not to shell out for one of those Time Life '70s soul compilations,... 

The English Beat w/ RX Bandits

Music

The English Beat

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Culture Room

Ongoing Events

The Room

City Gems

The Room

Saturday 3/ 8 @ The Room

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

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

Art

Farouk Hosni

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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,... 

<em>Nanking</em>

Film: Documentary

Nanking

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Cinema Paradiso

In December of 1937, a million-member branch of the Japanese army invaded Nanking — then the capital of China... 

Luis Garcia-Nerey: <em>Babylon</em>

Art

Luis Garcia-Nerey

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art

Sadly, what begins as a utopia often ends in one hot mess. Such was the case with ancient Mesopotamia's capital city... 

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

Art

Promises of Paradise

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Gina Ruggeri

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Moonchine

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

<I>Lichtenstein at Fairchild</I>

Art

Lichtenstein at Fairchild

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Degas in Bronze

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Captain Jim's Seafood

City Gems

Captain Jim's Seafood

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Work in Progress

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Xu Yongkang and Kim Joon

Art

Xu Yongkang and Kim Joon

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Melanie Smith with Rafael Ortega:<em> Parres Trilogy</em>

Art

Melanie Smith

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Miami Art Museum -

British-born artist Melanie Smith examines contemporary life in the big city — and injects her work with a dose of turn-of-the-century... 

Alex Sweet

Art

Alex Sweet

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Fredric Snitzer Gallery

As one of Snitzer's younger artists, Alex Sweet is poised to create some buzz in the local scene, especially with this... 

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

Art

Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Saturday 3/ 8 @ The Warehouse

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

Mac's Club Deuce

City Gems

Mac's Club Deuce

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Casa Toscana

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

Jean-Michel Othoniel: <em>Diary of Happiness</em> and Johan Creten: <em>Strange Fruit</em>

Art

Jean-Michel Othoniel and Johan Creten

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

Gearing up for the spring season, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin opens two heavy-hitting shows, one by Belgian artist Johan Creten and the... 

<em>Spamalot</em>

Theatre

Spamalot

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Spamalot, as most folks know by now, is a musical lovingly ripped off from Monty Python's cult-film farce on the King... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Abbey Brewing Company

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

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

Art

French Kissin' in the U.S.A.

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Wilfredo Lam

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Women Only!

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Saturday 3/ 8 @ W Wine Bistro

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

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

Art

Tiffany Studios

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

The High Style of Dorothy Draper

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Langerado Music Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Langerado

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Homegrown music fest Langerado seems to double in size and prestige nearly every year — so much so that this year,... 

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Spyro

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

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Lighthouse Tour

City Gems

Lighthouse Tour

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Enoc Perez

Art

Enoc Perez

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lawrence Murray Dixon

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Blackbooks

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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>Talking Here and Now</em>

Theatre

Talking Here and Now

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Miami Light Project is one of the city's most important cultural institutions, making unconventional artistic explorations of theatre, hip-hop, and many,... 

Bin No. 18

City Gems

Bin No. 18

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Bin No. 18

Miami's midtown crowd has really caught on to wining, thanks to bars like the much-missed Stop Miami, which closed earlier this... 

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Sushi Square

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

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

Art

The Great Age of American Automobiles

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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,... 

Miami International Film Festival

Film

Miami International Film Festival

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Various locations

This annual cinephile powwow may not enjoy the prominence of Cannes or Sundance, but each year the Miami International Film Festival... 

Tuna's Garden Grille

City Gems

Tuna's Garden Grille

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Hernan Bas

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Fashioning the Modern French Interior

Saturday 3/ 8 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

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

Phil Stein:<em> Streets </em>

Art: Photography

Phil Stein

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Wendy Wischer: <em>N-S-E-W</em>

Art

Wendy Wischer

Saturday 3/ 8 @ David Castillo Gallery

Local artist Wendy Wischer has a gift for re-interpreting nature's uncanny elements, often with the aid of technology. She once projected... 

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Art

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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>Inspired by China: Contemporary Furniture-makers Explore Chinese Traditions</em>

Art

Inspired by China

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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... 

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Saturday 3/ 8 @ 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...