Events on Saturday, July 5

Peter Murphy

Music

Peter Murphy

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Revolution Live

As the former lead singer of Bauhaus, perhaps the first-ever gothic-rock band, Peter Murphy has taught legions of gloomy, black-clad disciples... 

Gilberto Gil

Music: Global

Gilberto Gil

Saturday 7/ 5 @ The Fillmore Miami Beach

Though Gilberto Gil now splits his time between his music and a day job as Brazil's Minister of Culture, he wasn't... 

Poplife feat. Gameboy/Gamegirl and Miami Horror

Music: Electronic

Gameboy/Gamegirl

Saturday 7/ 5 @ White Room

Given his moniker and all the accolades from the music press, it's a little surprising that Miami Horror is only now... 

Ongoing Events

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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'

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Abbey Brewing Company

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

Moonchine

City Gems

Moonchine

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Moonchine

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

Captain Jim's Seafood

City Gems

Captain Jim's Seafood

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Sushi Square

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

The Honey Tree

City Gems

The Honey Tree

Saturday 7/ 5 @ The Honey Tree

Sandwiched between an inexpensive sushi joint and a popular Cuban restaurant, health-food store and vegetarian eatery the Honey Tree appears to... 

<em>The Sugar Babies</em>

Film: Documentary

The Sugar Babies

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Cinema Paradiso

Sugar and slavery have been entwined since Christopher Columbus' voyage to the West Indies, but few could have imagined a time... 

<em>Shadows, Disappearances, and Illusions</em>

Art

Shadows, Disappearances, and Illusions

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Miami Art Museum -

Miami Art Museum's Shadows, Disappearances, and Illusions shows off a delightfully disorienting selection of contemporary optical art. Artists such as Martin... 

<em>Sympathy for the Devil:  Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967</em>

Art

Sympathy for the Devil

Saturday 7/ 5 @ MOCA North Miami

Sympathy for the Devil is an exhaustive exploration of the intersection between rock 'n roll and contemporary art. The exhibition, which... 

Paley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts

Art

Paley Pavilion

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

Tuna's Garden Grille

City Gems

Tuna's Garden Grille

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Saturday 7/ 5 @ W Wine Bistro

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

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Lighthouse Tour

City Gems

Lighthouse Tour

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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 Year My Parents Went on Vacation</em>

Film

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Miami Beach Cinematheque

It's the summer of 1970 in Brazil, and 12-year-old Mauro's radical parents leave him at his grandfather's house so hastily that... 

Nathan Sawaya: <em>Art of the Brick</em>

Art

Nathan Sawaya

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Art and Culture Center of Hollywood

Nathan Sawaya's Art of the Brick, made of nearly 1 million individual Lego pieces, induces both giggles and awe. The deceivingly... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

JonOne: <em>Miami Beat</em>

Art

JonOne

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art

We can't think of a better location for a graffiti-inspired show than Carol Jazzar's garage-turned-gallery. Internationally acclaimed artist JonOne has transformed... 

Bin No. 18

City Gems

Bin No. 18

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Hernan Bas

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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>Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz</em>

Music: Global

Celia

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Already a hit in New York, Celia charts the life and times of late Cuban songstress Celia Cruz through the eyes... 

<em>Thoughts on Democracy</em>

Art

Thoughts on Democracy

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

Inspired by Norman Rockwell's "Four Freedoms" posters of 1943, the Wolfsonian's Thoughts on Democracy is divided into a quartet of categories:... 

Cary Kwok

Art

Cary Kwok

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

London hairstylist-cum-artist Cary Kwok's exquisite renderings of the human form are expertly executed with a simple ballpoint pen. Informed by a... 

The Radiators w/ Hagus MaGagus

Music

The Radiators

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Culture Room

As one of New Orleans' foremost party bands, the Radiators have an astonishingly deep repertoire — one that includes hundreds of... 

Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas: <em>Progeny</em>

Art

Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Bernice Steinbaum Gallery

Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas, mother and son, collaborate for Progeny at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. While each is an accomplished...