Events on Thursday, May 1

<em>This American Life: Live!</em>

Film: Documentary

This American Life: Live!

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Regal Cinemas 18

Drowning armadillos, bumbling detectives, and disgruntled Santa's-little-helpers were among the hundreds of bizarre, funny, and heartbreaking subjects that made This American... 

Toby Barlow: <em>Sharp Teeth</em>

Books: Reading

Toby Barlow

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Books & Books - Coral Gables

As if a Huffington Post-moonlighting Detroit adman writing his debut novel about modern-day LA werewolves isn't odd enough, the story is... 

<em>The Killer </em>(1989)

Film

The Killer

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Upper Eastside Garden

Before there was a Reservoir Dogs, a Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, or any other hip, high-octane shoot 'em up... 

Philharmonia of London

Music: Classical

Philharmonia of London

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

One of the world's foremost recording and performing orchestras, the Philharmonia of London remains just as graceful and groundbreaking as it... 

Ongoing Events

Paley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts

Art

Paley Pavilion

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Lowe Art Museum - University of Miami

A stellar selection of more than 150 glass masterpieces greets visitors to the new Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion for Contemporary... 

<em>Baby Mama</em>

Film

Baby Mama

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Hernan Bas

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Performing Arts: Opera

La Bohème

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Art

Alexander Calder Jewelry

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Film

Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Various locations

The Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival doesn't feature as many films as its sister festival in Miami, but it... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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>Pivot Points I: Defining MOCA's Collection </em>

Art

Pivot Points I

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Wilfredo Lam

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Casa Toscana

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

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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>My Blueberry Nights</em>

Film

My Blueberry Nights

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Bin No. 18

City Gems

Bin No. 18

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Captain Jim's Seafood

City Gems

Captain Jim's Seafood

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Melanie Smith

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Spyro

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

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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>Fashioning the Modern French Interior: Pochoir Portfolios in the 1920s</i>

Art

Fashioning the Modern French Interior

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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 Great Age of American Automobiles</em>

Art

The Great Age of American Automobiles

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Lawrence Murray Dixon

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Sushi Square

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

<I>Lichtenstein at Fairchild</I>

Art

Lichtenstein at Fairchild

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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.... 

Tuna's Garden Grille

City Gems

Tuna's Garden Grille

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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 Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

Moonchine

City Gems

Moonchine

Thursday 5/ 1 @ Moonchine

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

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Lighthouse Tour

City Gems

Lighthouse Tour

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

<em>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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... 

The Room

City Gems

The Room

Thursday 5/ 1 @ The Room

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

Mac's Club Deuce

City Gems

Mac's Club Deuce

Thursday 5/ 1 @ 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...