Events on Saturday, April 26

Babylon Circus w/ Rootz Underground

Music: Global

Babylon Circus

Saturday 4/26 @ North Beach Bandshell

Ska doesn't exactly have the best reputation these days, but the 11-man troupe Babylon Circus is working to change that. Since... 

Umoja Orchestra

Music

Umoja Orchestra

Saturday 4/26 @ Transit Lounge

It's been a little while since Gainesville's Umoja Orchestra brought their spirited big-band take on Latin funk and jittery Afrobeat down... 

Alland Byallo

Music: DJ

Alland Byallo

Saturday 4/26 @ The Laundry Bar

Finding a solid minimal-techno set in Miami can be quite the feat when Winter Music Conference isn't around, but tonight, Laundry... 

The Heavy Pets

Music

The Heavy Pets

Saturday 4/26 @ Jazid

Fort Lauderdale-based jam band the Heavy Pets introduced themselves to the South Florida masses at last year's Langerado Music Festival, with... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Beyond Borders </em>

Art

Beyond Borders

Saturday 4/26 @ Freedom Tower

Miami-Dade College is making good use of its recent Freedom Tower acquisition by hosting an exhibition of modernist works from the... 

<em>Baby Mama</em>

Film

Baby Mama

Saturday 4/26 @ Various locations

With their smart mouths and hyperactive wit, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have already proven irresistible as a comic team —... 

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

Art

The High Style of Dorothy Draper

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

<em>Julius Caesar</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Julius Caesar

Saturday 4/26 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Handel's Julius Caesar may not be as historically accurate as Shakespeare's version, but it certainly ends better for the titular character:... 

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

Art

Hernan Bas

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

Schubert, Berg, and the Lyricism of Vienna

Music: Classical

Schubert, Berg, and the Lyricism of Vienna

Saturday 4/26 @ Lincoln Theatre

As part of its In-Context Festival series, the New World Symphony pays tribute to two Viennese legends with Alan Berg's Lyric... 

<I>Lichtenstein at Fairchild</I>

Art

Lichtenstein at Fairchild

Saturday 4/26 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Fashioning the Modern French Interior

Saturday 4/26 @ 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>The Band's Visit</em> (2007)

Film

The Band's Visit

Saturday 4/26 @ Cinema Paradiso

An Egyptian police band invited to perform in Israel arrives at the wrong town, much to the dismay of its leader,... 

Moonchine

City Gems

Moonchine

Saturday 4/26 @ Moonchine

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

<em>Pivot Points I: Defining MOCA's Collection </em>

Art

Pivot Points I

Saturday 4/26 @ Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami

Last year, Miami collectors Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz donated the multimedia project No Ghost Just a Shell to MOCA... 

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Saturday 4/26 @ Casa Toscana

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

<em>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

Tuna's Garden Grille

City Gems

Tuna's Garden Grille

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

Mac's Club Deuce

City Gems

Mac's Club Deuce

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Melanie Smith

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

<em>My Blueberry Nights</em>

Film

My Blueberry Nights

Saturday 4/26 @ Regal Cinemas 18

Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights is undeniably, embarrassingly cheesy. Replete with slow-motion shots and blue-lit greasy spoons, it truly leaves... 

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

Art

Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Saturday 4/26 @ The Warehouse

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

<em>La Boh&egrave;me</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

La Bohème

Saturday 4/26 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème is one of North America's most performed operas, second only to his Madama Butterfly — and it's... 

Captain Jim's Seafood

City Gems

Captain Jim's Seafood

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Saturday 4/26 @ Spyro

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

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

Art

Tiffany Studios

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Saturday 4/26 @ Abbey Brewing Company

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

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

Art

Degas in Bronze

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Saturday 4/26 @ W Wine Bistro

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

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

Art

The Great Age of American Automobiles

Saturday 4/26 @ 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,... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Saturday 4/26 @ Sushi Square

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

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

Art

Lawrence Murray Dixon

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

Wilfredo Lam

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

<em>The Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Saturday 4/26 @ Regal Cinemas 18

Some character actors should never really be leading men (Jude Law), and some just haven't been given the chance. Richard Jenkins... 

Bin No. 18

City Gems

Bin No. 18

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Lighthouse Tour

City Gems

Lighthouse Tour

Saturday 4/26 @ 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

Saturday 4/26 @ The Room

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

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Art

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Saturday 4/26 @ 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... 

<em>Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037</em> (2007)

Film: Documentary

Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037

Saturday 4/26 @ Cinema Paradiso

Whoever said that they don't make 'em like they used to never got a peek inside the Steinway factory in Queens,... 

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Saturday 4/26 @ 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...