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Bal Harbour Village Cultural Series - Opera on the Green
Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m.
Bal Harbour Village Cultural Series presents Opera on the Green featuring favorites performed by students of FIU's Opera Theater. Under the direction of Robert B. Dundas, Associate Professor of Voice and Director of the FIU Opera Theater, the students will perform popular selections from operas, operettas, Broadway, and classical Cuban and Neapolitan songs. The FIU Opera Theater is made up of graduate and undergraduate students from all of Florida, the Caribbean, and the Americas. The concert will be on Bal Harbour Beach behind ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa. Public parking will be available at the municipal lot beneath Haulover Bridge, or valet park at ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa for $10.
ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa
10295 Collins Avenue, Bal Harbour
305-455-5400
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Opening Reception for Robert Fleisher: Works
Saturday, March 13 from 7 to 10 p.m.
Meet Robert Fleisher at the opening reception for his new exhibition at 101/exhibit. Robert Fleisher refuses to look at the world the way the rest of us do. The self-taught painter, who resides in Miami Beach, creates microscopically detailed work using watercolor and oil. Meticulously rendered faces, hands, hair, buildings, and textures in Fleisher’s paintings may for a moment be mistaken as ordinary representation, but not for long. A closer look reveals that conventions of space, perspective, matter and gravity are broken at will. Signs, symbols and words often play a powerful role in his paintings. Billboards, advertisements and graffiti make frequent appearances. But Fleisher reads them his own way, revealing to us their oblique and hidden meanings. His work can be found in the private collections of Wayne Newton, Mickey Rooney, James Woods, Paul and Joanne Woodward Newman and James Lipton, among others. The exhibition will remain on view through April 6.
101/exhibit
101 N.E. 40th Street, Miami Design District
305-573-2101
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Bodybuilding
Saturday, March 13 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Finnish design house Marimekko Miami is collaborating with Miami’s Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) to present a bodybuilding performance produced by performance artist and teacher at DASH, Fernando Calzadilla. Ten students will perform in Marimekko’s storefront windows, engaging in an unrehearsed exploration of architectural form and costume construction using Marimekko’s fabrics. Without scissors or a sewing machine, the students will work in pairs using clips, tape, staples, balsa wood sticks and fabric of various sizes. As one member of the pair focuses on design, the other will play the role of bodybuilder, their body operating as the support structure for the piece. Viewable from inside and outside of Marimekko’s store, the students’ improvisations will be completely in-the-moment.
Marimekko Miami
3940 N. Miami Avenue, Miami Design District
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Gary Burton and the Next Generation Band
Saturday, March 13 at 8 p.m.
South Florida Jazz presents vibraphone icon Gary Burton and his Next Generation Band in the first Florida performance of this hand-picked group of formidable young musicians from Berklee College of Music. Three-time Grammy-nominated young guitar phenom, Julian Lage, will perform along with his colleagues: Ukrainian born, classically trained pianist, Vadim Neselovskyi; the amazingly talented bassist Luques Curtis who has already collected a Grammy Award playing with Eddie Palmieri; and inventive and fresh-sounding drummer, James Williams, the consummate ensemble player. The group performs under the leadership of one of the most respected and acclaimed musical artists and jazz educators of this era. Tickets are $35 ($25 for South Florida JAZZ members and $10 for students of any age with I.D.) and may be purchased from the Broward Center Box Office, by phone or online.
Rose & Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center Nova Southeastern University Campus
3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr. Boulevard, Davie
954-462-0222
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Opening Reception for Heaven to Earth
Wednesday, March 17 from 7 to 10 p.m.
Avant Gallery presents the exhibition of paintings by Jacqueline Ripstein, internationally renowned artist, healing pioneer, and United Nations ECOSOC representative of the International Association of Educators for World Peace. Among her latest paintings to be unveiled is Heaven to Earth: A Call to Consciousness, an urgent call to all human beings in these times of distress, to create an opening for peace and inspiration in our hearts. The show is a solo exhibition in the West Wing of Avant Gallery that explores Ripstein’s belief in what she calls the Invisible World, represented through her patented Invisible Art & Light Technique, a new highly vibrational technique in the world of art. Black lights illuminate the paintings to expose figures and scenes not otherwise visible, revealing the hidden messages to uplift us as we encounter our emotions through her art. Meet Jacqueline Ripstein and enjoy an evening of peace and inspiration. Cocktails, wine and hors d'oeurvres will be served courtesy of Russian Standard Vodka and The Cheese Course. RSVP is essential. This event is sponsored by the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, and a portion of the evening’s proceeds will benefit Common Ground for Conservation.
Avant Gallery
3850 N. Miami Avenue, Miami Design District
305-573-8873
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Tony Orlando in Concert
Thursday, March 18 at 8 p.m.
Tony Orlando, one of America's most endearing and enduring stars, performs in concert at Alper JCC for one night only. From million selling records (five number one hits), a popular television variety series, movies and Broadway (Barnum and Smokey Joe's Cafe) Tony Orlando has conquered every facet of show business. He began hitting the national charts at the age of 16 as the first vocal artist to sign with Epic Records. His string of hits includes Knock Three Times, top song in 1971 selling over 6 million copies, and in 1973 Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, which became his theme song and grew into an American anthem of hope and homecoming, reunion and renewal. The yellow ribbon has welcomed home POWs from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, the hostages from Iran and troops from Desert Storm. Tony Orlando has played to packed arenas and performed for five U.S. presidents. Tickets are $50 for preferred seating and $35 for general admission.
Alper JCC on the Jay Morton-Levinthal Campus
11155 S.W. 112th Avenue, Miami
305-271-9000, Ext. 268
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Moonlight Concert @ The Kampong
Saturday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m.
The Kampong continues its series of concerts for adults in the garden's intimate outdoor performance pavilion with renowned jazz vocalist and violinist, Nicole Yarling. For this concert the Kampong will be transformed into Miami's newest jazz club, The K Lounge, open for purchasing drinks at 8 p.m. with Ms. Yarling and her quartet performing at 9 p.m. Born and raised in Brooklyn and inspired early on by her musician father’s playing and jazz recordings, Nicole was already “jamming” on the violin with her father at the age of nine. The Darlin’ Ms. Yarling, as she is known, is a charismatic performer - both violinist and vocalist - with a rich velvet voice displaying great technical skill and great personality on stage. She is a well-established and respected star in the jazz community and the South Florida musical scene. She shines as a performer, composer, and educator working in jazz. Seating is limited, and various categories of seats are available.
Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden
4013 S. Douglas Road, Coconut Grove
305-442-7169
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